Of course, Lei and Steele had never heard of the name Tight Hoop, but the world before Sui Xiong traveled was almost a household name, at least in the cultural circles that spoke the same language as him.
It has no other use than two effects - first, you can't take it off if you put it on; second, once you recite the tightening spell silently, the circle will be tightened and tightened again, no matter whether the powerful Monkey King becomes Whether it was a fish, an earthworm, a drop of water or a ball of fire, or even his soul leaving his body, it would still give him a splitting headache and he would have to admit defeat.
The tight hoop made by Sui Xiong is different from the original one. It not only has the activation method of the tightening curse, but also has a preset activation method - this inspiration naturally does not come from Journey to the West, but from Star Master's movie "Westward Journey".
Of course, Sui Xiong's preset activation trigger for it cannot be as harsh as "Moving the Heart" - in that case, I'm afraid Steele will be strangled to death in a few days... maybe not even a day.
Do not use coercion to interact with others. This is the "commandment" Sui Xiong has set for Steele. She doesn't need to actually do it, as long as she has such thoughts, the tight hoop will start to tighten. If she doesn't repent or give up after being warned, the tight hoop will continue to strangle people... Strictly speaking, this circle will not really strangle people to death, but if they insist on it, Fainting from pain is inevitable.
After Sui Xiong explained the effect of this circle, he said with a smile: "It is said that this tight hoop was used by a peerless hero who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace and shocked the three worlds. To be honest, you are not worthy of it, but who called me Be kind to others.”
He threw the tight hoop to Lei: "Let's just educate the fire-breathing brat... Lei, put it on her. From now on, you will be responsible for reciting the tight hoop."
Without thinking, Steele flapped her wings and ran away, hoping to escape with her flying ability.
However, how could she escape in front of Sui Xiong? Sui Xiong laughed three more times, and his magic power turned into a giant palm, which directly swatted her down from the sky and pressed her to the ground like a fly. The giant palm immediately changed and turned into an iceberg that looked like five fingers, holding her firmly. Pressed under the mountain.
"Hey! You evil beast, you can't escape from Buddha's Five Finger Mountain!" Sui Xiong shouted in Chinese, feeling full of accomplishment. It's a pity that no one in the world can understand his Chinese, which greatly reduces the sense of accomplishment.
After suppressing Steele, Sui Xiong taught Lei the tightening spell, and then asked him to put the tight hoop on Steele, and then he absorbed the magic power and turned the iceberg into nothing.
"I can rest assured of your wisdom and knowledge. As long as you are in charge, this weird thing will not be able to change the world." Seeing that Steele was put in a tight hoop, several methods were used in succession, whether it was magic or virtualization. , even after using the soul to leave the body, he still couldn't break free of the golden hoop on his head. Sui Xiong couldn't help but smile slightly and said to Lei, "When to recite the tightening curse and how many times, you can decide by yourself. "
"Also, if necessary, you can recite the tightening spell backwards, which can suspend the effectiveness of the tightening spell for a period of time - of course, you still can't take it off."
Lei nodded with joy and silently recited the tightening spell in his heart. Suddenly, Steele felt that the band on her head began to tighten. It wasn't very tight at first, but she could bear it, but as Lei recited the curse more and more often, the hoop became tighter and tighter, giving her a splitting headache. She cried for father and mother for a while, in the mud and water. She was rolling around, but she was completely unable to do anything. She could only beg Lei to be merciful and spare her this time.
Only then did Lei stop chanting the curse with satisfaction. Strangely enough, as soon as he stopped speaking, Steele's head immediately stopped hurting. She touched the tight band on her head fearfully, imagining the future situation, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
The happy and carefree life is over!
During the subsequent travels, Steele became much more honest with the tight constraints. Not only did she no longer harass Lei, she even went out hunting less frequently.
However, this had its pros and cons. She would often get a headache suddenly while flying, fall to the ground, and scream in pain, which greatly reduced her efficiency as a scout.
This also allowed Sui Xiong and Lei to truly see the exaggeration of this strange flower - basically, she would have evil thoughts anytime and anywhere. In just less than a day, the tight hoop was triggered more than twenty times...
After barely holding on for a day, at night, she couldn't bear it anymore and begged Sui Xiong to change the setting of the tight hoop with tears in her eyes.
"There's no way I can live this life!" She cried heartbrokenly. "If you can't even think about it, then what's the point of living! It would be easier to just kill me!"
Sui Xiong could only express his admiration for this guy's spirit of "do it or die". After some haggling, he finally modified the setting of the tight hoop.
First, the constraints on “ideas” are relaxed. In any case, just "thinking" is not sinful. Although his original intention was to use severe restraint to correct Steele's wrong thinking, it seemed that this guy was already crooked even in his bones, and there was no possibility of correction, so he had to give up.
Secondly, based on the principle of "beat a stick and give a sweet date", he added another function to the tight hoop - as long as Steele works hard to restrain her desires, she can store her power until needed. For use.
"Does this mean that I usually store my desires, so that at the critical moment I can launch a large-scale indiscriminate sexual act and hold a vigorous unobstructed conference?" Steele's eyes lit up when she heard this, and her mouth was watering. Out.
Sui Xiong sighed and gave up the long speech he had originally prepared.
This woman...is out of control!
After finally solving this problem, the team finally arrived at the Duanyun Mountain Range.
The Duanyun Mountains are a series of high mountains known as the "Roof of the Continent". They start from the vast sea in the west and run diagonally across the earth along a vein that runs roughly from southwest to northeast. When they approach the middle of the continent, they turn to From west to east, it separated the Ancient Forest and the Eagle Kingdom. Finally, it circled slightly to the north, drawing an arc, and then continued eastward, extending to the vast eastern plains—that is, the territory of the Blue Moon Kingdom.
The biggest feature of this mountain range is its height, which is ridiculously high. Except for the section that extends to the eastern Great Plains, most areas are covered with cliffs connected to cliffs. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, you can see one cliff after another extending above the clouds, like a cliff. The sky is full of clouds and clouds are like partitions - hence the name "Broken Clouds".
This mountain range is not only a natural chasm that cuts off transportation between the north and south of the mainland, but it is also a famous holy land for cultivation. According to Lei, at least half of the legendary powerful people in the world today, and more than 70% of the demigod powerful people, live in this majestic and steep mountain.
The reason is simple, the concentration of magic power is high.
The distribution pattern of magic power concentration in the main plane is roughly as follows: with the sea level as the dividing line, the magic power concentration will increase upward and downward. The concentration of magic power in high altitudes and deep seas is very high, so powerful monsters either live in the mountains or in the deep seas.
Regardless of the deep sea, the highest mountain on the continent is the Duanyun Mountain Range, so most of the most powerful monsters on the land live here. It is precisely because of the high concentration of magic power that those powerful people who have exceeded the limits of mortals like to live here, hoping to increase the possibility of further breakthroughs.
In this world, there are many places called "forbidden areas". For example, the core area of the Western Wilderness Gobi is a forbidden area. Those who want to survive must not go there. But the Duanyun Mountain Range is not a forbidden area, because... people who are not strong enough will not be able to go up even if they no longer want to live.
High-concentration magic power can not only spawn powerful monsters, but also act like a poison to creatures accustomed to low-concentration magic environments. If you can't break through the limits and step into the legendary realm, you won't even be qualified to climb mountains.
Want to commit suicide? It would be practical to find a rope and hang it from the tree yourself.
"I definitely can't climb over the Duanyun Mountains." Panting, he climbed up a steep peak and looked at the cliffs that were getting higher and higher in front of him. He felt that there was obviously a lot more magic in the air, and Lei couldn't help but shake. He started to think, "This is really not possible, I can't do it."
Sui Xiong didn't make things difficult for him, and turned to look at Steele.
"I think...it doesn't matter..." Although Steele was still speaking harshly, her panting appearance had already betrayed her.
Obviously, for their adventure team, "crossing the Broken Cloud Mountains" is really a difficult challenge. Neither Lei nor Steele has this ability.
What's even more troublesome is that the Duanyun Mountain Range doesn't have gaps like the Barren Mountains. This continental roof stretches continuously without a single gap.
If you want to get there, you have to either rely on your strong strength to cross the mountains or just take a detour.
Looking at his teammates who were almost unable to hold on anymore, and then looking at the mountains ahead that were still tall and straight, with no idea how high they were, Sui Xiong fell into deep thought.
After a while, he finally figured out a way.
"... Your Majesty, are you sure this is really okay?" Looking at the bloody mouth in front of him, which is big enough for an adult to enter and exit, even the bold Lei couldn't help but feel a little trembling, "This method... doesn't feel reliable..."
"Yes! Let's take a detour!" Steele also had a rare consensus with Lei, nodding her head like a chicken pecking at rice.
No wonder they were worried and frightened, when they saw Sui Xiong suddenly transformed into as big as a room, and actually asked them to get into the belly of a giant jellyfish, and called it the "Jellyfish Airship" to fly directly over the Duanyun Mountains.
To be honest, this is not a bad idea and can effectively solve many possible problems.
The magic concentration is too high? Sui Xiong can absorb and filter it.
Thin air? Sui Xiong can use it to suck in all the nearby air to artificially increase the oxygen supply.
Are there dangerous flying monsters in the sky? Sui Xiong can use coercion to drive them away.
Flying in the sky and can't see the road clearly? Sui Xiong can be positioned using magic.
Generally speaking, except for the somewhat scary style, the jellyfish airship is indeed very good.
But it's terrible.
Yes, it's terrible!
It's really terrible!
Because it is very important, I must say it three times!
Sneaking into the belly of a huge monster by yourself, this is something a normal person would never be able to do!
To be honest, Ray and Steele can't be considered normal people, but even lone thieves and weird bitches can't convince themselves to burrow into other people's stomachs just to hurry!
"This won't work!"
"Yeah! It really can't be done!"
They were so emphatic.
But in the end, they gave in.
With an excited laugh, the huge floating jellyfish slowly rose into the sky and flew towards the clouds...