Going up the river, the fog in the forest becomes thicker and thicker. The snow eroded by the fog forms a wonderful border of broken ice with the hot spring river.
The terrain under Yang Yu and his companions' feet had turned into a pile of pebbles since some point in time.
Monsters like mud monsters have no definite form. They often turn into a pool of water and hide among the pebbles near the hot spring river, thereby capturing some small animals or monsters to survive the cold winter.
But Yang Yu and his companions did not have to worry about encountering mud monsters nearby. Most of those mud monsters had already been hunted down by Qiu Ye Dolan, and only a few extremely powerful mud monsters were left, gathering at the place where the hot springs gushed out.
There are many tips for dealing with mud monsters. The most important one is to prevent different mud monsters from combining and gathering into a larger mud monster to resist external enemies.
The only way to defeat a sludge monster is to target a single one and try to block its movements, find the core of the magic surge and render it ineffective.
As he got closer to the center of the hot spring, Yang Yu could see some yellow mud on the ground.
The mud pits are the debris left behind after the mud monsters were defeated.
These debris will slowly disappear over time, but they may also come back to life and become new mud monsters. However, the most likely scenario is that these mud debris will be absorbed by the living mud monster and become part of its body.
After walking a distance further, Yang Yu saw obvious signs of a fight.
The traces of the fight were still fresh, especially on the pebbles that were cut in half very neatly.
Apart from swordsmen like Qiuye Dolane, Yang Yu found it hard to imagine anyone else who could cut a pebble in half so neatly.
If it was really as Qiuye Dolan described, Yang Yu could preliminarily conclude that the man fighting with Qiuye Dolan came from a rather troublesome ancient martial arts school.
Suddenly, Lotkar stopped and pricked up his ears. He caught a hint of something strange from the sound of the slowly flowing spring water.
Looking in the direction where Lotkar was standing, Yang Yu could vaguely see a figure walking out of the thick fog.
Before he could see what he looked like, Yang Yu heard a hearty laugh:
“It’s finally here, hahahaha!
So many people came at once, which was beyond my expectation.
Are you adventurers? Or are you just someone who wants to become stronger
I want to hear the reasons why you want to become stronger.
With fists—"
Before he finished speaking, the white mist shrouding the hot spring surged to both sides like a tidal wave, clearing a path. A man with a clenched fist stabbed towards Yang Yu like a bolt of lightning.
"I am a warrior. I can communicate much faster with my fists than with other things. Let me see your strength."
As soon as these words rang in Yang Yu's ears, a huge fist came directly towards him.
This man's speed is comparable to the speed of sound.
Before going deep into the hot spring, Yang Yu asked his companions to be ready to fight at any time.
At this moment, Yang Yu opened his shield in time and used [Shield Block]. A dull sound was heard, and the man's fist hit Yang Yu's Flame Dragon Shield hard.
Although [Shield Block] blocked the damage of this attack, the terrifying force caused Yang Yu's feet to sink into the cobblestones. In such troublesome terrain, he had no way to use [Climb] to hold on to the ground firmly, and was pushed back several meters.
What's even more troublesome is that a strange force actually penetrated the shield and entered Yang Yu's body, running rampant inside him.
The result of this state reflected on the panel is that the skill [Shield Counterattack] is actually blocked, and the magic power has decreased to a certain extent.
Sure enough, that’s right.
Just as Yang Yu had expected, this man came from a rather troublesome ancient martial arts school—[Quiet Flow].
In many ancient martial arts schools, there is the concept of [Qi]. In their minds, the whole world is made up of [Qi].
There are two main ways in which Qi exists.
One type is called [invisible]. They exist around everyone, diffuse, constantly moving, so small that they cannot be observed by the naked eye, but they do exist, so they are called invisible.
The other is called [tangible]. When tiny and diffuse gases condense together, they become a visible and tangible entity.
It is worth noting that even if it condenses into a visible and tangible entity, Qi is still in constant motion.
Drawing out [Qi] from one's own body and then stirring up the surrounding [Qi] for use by oneself is the foundation of many ancient martial arts schools, and many ancient martial arts schools were born from this.
The most domineering of them is [Quiet Flow]. They will inject their own [Qi] into other people's bodies, thereby achieving the purpose of attacking and disrupting the enemy.
According to research by relevant scholars, the way ancient martial arts schools use Qi is extremely similar to the way magicians release magic power, and when calling upon Qi, it is also extremely similar to the way magicians use magic circles to mobilize the surrounding magic power.
Therefore, there is also a saying that [Qi] is a kind of magical power.
Just like cherries, even though they sound so high-end, in fact, they are just a kind of cherry.
Thinking about it this way, the sealed skills were probably sealed because some kind of magic power in the body was disturbed.
After just one fight, one of his skills was sealed, which shows how difficult that man is.
Recalling the skill illustrations he had seen before, Yang Yu remembered that the skill description at that time was a random sealing skill, but it did not say how many skills could be sealed at most or how long the skill would be sealed.
But there is no doubt that the greater the gap in strength, the longer the ban will last.
There are skills that can seal other people's skills. There is more than one such skill, such as [Silent Flow], and there are many other skills that are quite troublesome.
The Flame Dragon Shield was activated, and a huge flame spurted out from the shield, but the force on Yang Yu's shield suddenly disappeared.
In a blink of an eye, a strong wind swept in from Yang Yu's right half and submerged Yang Yu.
Looking back, he saw that the man had actually circled to Yang Yu's right side and was coming towards him with a fist raised.
Before he could see his panel clearly, Yang Yu concentrated his mind and made a black shadow leap on the sword, sinking into the blade and dyeing the sword body black.
You have to use ancient martial arts to defeat ancient martial arts.
With a swing forward, Yang Yu's sword blade collided with the man's fist, splashing black light.
During this moment of stalemate, Yang Yu finally saw the name of the person in front of him.
As expected, this person is House Bolpo, the captain of the S-class adventure team [Indestructible King Kong].
The world has been peaceful for a long time, and ancient martial arts are gradually declining. Not many people are willing to learn ancient martial arts.
[Quiet Flow] is powerful, but like other ancient martial arts, it has a fatal flaw. The threshold for mastering it is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. In addition to the talent requirement, it also requires a long period of accumulation and practice to master it.
(End of this chapter)