Although Cheng Huaiqian didn't have the talisman paper of this world, his sword had its own magic energy, which seemed to restrain the evil spirits and could kill them easily.
Both of them found a way to correctly deal with the enemies in this mission world, and felt a lot more relaxed.
Seeing that Cheng Huaiqian could kill evil spirits without sticking talisman papers, the old white head was even more surprised, and praised:
"Old Cheng is amazing, he doesn't even need an exorcism talisman to injure an evil spirit!" How much money will be saved!
But Cheng Huaiqian replied calmly: "It's nothing, I've run out of exorcising charms."
How did the old man know that Cheng Huaiqian had just heard the word "exorcism charm" from him? I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that he might have met the legendary spirit-hunting warrior who practiced asceticism, and revered not relying on external objects to kill evil spirits.
At this time, Datouweng said in a low voice: "I have prepared spare exorcising talismans. If you need them, I can lend them to you. You can also sell them to you one by one."
Xia Ruize was still very curious about the exorcism talisman, so he exchanged a spirit stone for an exorcism talisman from Datou, and he stuck the exorcism talisman on the Poyun Crossbow. Creatures will have additional damage].
The performance of this introduction in actual combat is that a crossbow nu arrow can kill an evil spirit, and it really shows the powerful attack power of the broken cloud crossbow as a yellow low-grade weapon.
It can be seen that there is still a big difference between sticking the exorcising talisman or not.
With this spirit expelling talisman, evil spirits close to him can be killed with a sword, evil spirits a little further away can be killed with a single arrow from the cloud-breaking crossbow, and evil spirits in the distance can be dispersed by Xia Ruize with mental power.
Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian's gradual display of strength made Lao Baitou deeply feel lucky today, and the temporary teammates of this team were recruited well.
As they got farther and farther away from Ping'an City, the number of evil spirits around them increased, and the spirit lamp in Xiaonan's hand became bluer and brighter. Although it lost its warning function, it became a lighting tool. main force.
The light emitted by the spirit lamp is blue and gloomy, and will outline the outline of evil spirits, so that humans can clearly see the evil spirits around them.
At the same time, due to the increase in the number of evil spirits, Xiao Nan also had the opportunity to attack, and even five people confronted five or more evil spirits at the same time.
After witnessing a large number of evil spirits, Xia Ruize discovered that the shape of most evil spirits is not fixed. To put it simply, it is a piece of irregular black shadow, which grows into irregular shapes wantonly and randomly. Feeling gone.
However, according to what the old white head said, these irregular black shadow-shaped evil spirits are the most common among low-level evil spirits. They don’t even have their own names, so they are called evil spirits. They can easily kill these low-level evil spirits That doesn't mean you're safe outside the city at night.
After realizing that everyone in the team would encounter evil spirits from time to time, the old white-headed man who was walking in the front slowed down his speed and took every step carefully.
He has always been cautious, let alone brought his nephew with him this time, and he dared not be careless in the slightest.
In comparison, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who were at the end, were in the most relaxed state.
The situation within fifty meters was under Xia Ruize's control. Cheng Huaiqian spread his demonic energy wantonly, and the area covered by his demonic energy was his attack area.
The two also gradually discovered several special low-level evil spirits mentioned by the captain of the guard team. After comparison, they discovered that the spirit stones and other low-level evil spirits that exploded after the named evil spirits were killed It's going to be a little different, more rounded.
As he walked, the old white head was puzzled. He was born in Ping'an City and grew up in Ping'an City. He was very familiar with the surrounding area. Even at night, he could roughly estimate how far he had traveled and where he was. .
According to his original speculation, reaching the current position is the upper limit that their team can bear, and then they should stop and move laterally in order to find more evil spirits to kill.
But the actual situation is that he still feels comfortable in his current position. Even if there are many evil spirits suddenly appearing, when he thinks he will face a lot of pressure, the two teammates behind him will help solve it in time.
So that the old white head only slowed down further, but did not stop moving forward.
Unknowingly, the old white head saw a green line appearing on the ground in front of him, his expression was startled, and he quickly reminded:
"This is the warning line laid down by the city lord. After crossing this line, there may be mid-level evil spirits ahead. Shall we continue walking?"
"Of course we keep going, it's still early."
Cheng Huaiqian replied naturally that the low-level evil spirits were not enough for him to sharpen his sword, and he wanted to see what the middle-level evil spirits were.
The old white head really hesitated. The spirit stones of middle-level evil spirits are more valuable. It is rare to meet suitable teammates and walk here easily. It would be a pity if we don't continue to move forward.
And there shouldn't be many middle-level evil spirits near the warning line. If they don't go deep, the problem shouldn't be big.
"I also support continuing to go."
Datouwen cast his vote in a low voice.
In the past, when he formed a team to go out of the city, he always walked in the front as the shield holder, and he faced the greatest pressure from the evil spirits, but today was really smooth. When he was under great pressure in the battle, not only did he not need to cover his teammates However, the teammates in the rear will help him share the pressure, so that the process of his battle tonight can be described as comfortable.
The opportunity is rare, and Datou is willing to continue to challenge further.
Old Baitou made up his mind to move forward, but he turned his head to observe the state of Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize, and repeatedly confirmed: "Old Cheng, Ozawa, you two are not one-star spirit hunters, are you feeling pressured now?" Is it big?"
"There's not much pressure, you can keep going."
Cheng Huaiqian urged calmly.
The calmness of Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize gave Lao Baitou courage, he gritted his teeth and took the lead across the green line on the ground.
After walking for five minutes, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared from under Xiao Nan's feet and completely surrounded Xiao Nan in an instant.
Cheng Huaiqian's long knife and Xia Ruize's long sword attacked one after another, and the old white-headed man who reacted was anxious, raised his big knife and slashed at him. The black shadow was successfully killed, but Xiao Nan was also frightened and sat down on the ground, his teeth chattering constantly.
The little guy has never encountered a middle-level evil spirit in actual combat. After being entangled, he only felt cold and shivering.
The old man deeply regretted that he was still greedy, and set up Xiao Nan to go back:
"Everyone, let's stop here tonight, let's go back."
"Want to go? I'm afraid it's not easy to go."
Cheng Huaiqian's tone was inexplicable, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he smiled playfully.
The upper half of his face was covered by a hood, and the smile on the corner of his mouth looked particularly eerie under the light of the fire and the blue spirit lamp. At this scene, the old white head was terrified, and he immediately became vigilant about Cheng Huaiqian.
But they saw Cheng Huaiqian throwing the torch in his hand forward, and as the flame passed by, everyone else could see that what was particularly dark ahead was not the night, but densely packed evil spirits.
"We are surrounded by middle-level evil spirits."
In the panic of Lao Baitou, Xiaonan and Datou, Xia Ruize stated this fact in a flat tone.
Three minutes after crossing the cordon, Xia Ruize keenly noticed that the number of mid-level evil spirits popping up around him suddenly increased.
At first he thought this was a normal situation, but it didn't take long to find out that the number of evil spirits they encountered after walking in the low-level evil spirit area for nearly an hour did not have the number of evil spirits surrounded by them five minutes after stepping into the middle-level evil spirit area. Their evil spirits are numerous.
Xia Ruize immediately realized that this would not be a normal situation.
"Everyone, I made a mistake in my judgment. If we can escape back successfully, I will apologize to everyone!"
Old Baitou's voice was very hoarse. He was always cautious, and he didn't expect the current situation at all. The overwhelming mid-level evil spirits slowly approached them, and the outlines outlined by the blue spirit lamp overlapped.
"According to your experience, shouldn't there be so many evil spirits here?"
It was clearly a critical moment, but Cheng Huaiqian's voice was still unhurried, and he asked curiously, wanting to confirm his guess.
"Of course there shouldn't be! Don't worry about it, I'll lead the way, and we'll rush out together!"
There was a little more eagerness in Datou's voice, and he no longer used the Exorcism Talisman stingily, and pasted three Exorcism Talismans on his big shield in a row, and then signaled the others to follow behind him, ready to rush out together.
"But your direction is reversed." Xia Ruize stopped the big head who was about to rush forward in time, pointed to the ground under his feet under the doubtful eyes of the three natives, and explained: "There are evil spirits under our feet that hold us here. The small area turned in a circle, so the direction you thought to return to the city is actually the direction to go deeper."
As soon as Xia Ruize's words came out, the old white head and the big head couldn't help but shuddered. They had been fighting evil spirits for many years and had never heard of such a situation.
There was a conflict between common sense and trust in teammates. Old Baitou and Datou looked at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who were still abnormally calm under such circumstances, and looked at each other again. Finally, they decided to believe in years of experience. Under the current situation, they No matter how you look at it, you feel that your two teammates are a little weird.
Seeing that they insisted on rushing away from Ping'an City, Cheng Huaiqian gave a "hehe" laugh, and Xia Ruize took his lover's hand reassuringly, and followed them together.
So, the big head opened the way with the shield in front, and the old white head and Xiao Nan followed closely behind, left and right, attacking vigorously, and rushed forward together.
After that, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian completely let go of the weapons in their hands, and launched a powerful attack on the surrounding evil spirits.
Before, the two of them had been obediently walking behind their teammates, and their agility hadn't shown, but now they let go of their hands completely, and quickly moved around among the evil spirits, so fast that even the evil spirits couldn't catch them.
Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian did not retreat but rushed straight into the group of evil spirits around them, one after another the mid-level evil spirits dissipated.
The big head and the old white head ran quickly for a minute, and after quickly consuming one of the exorcising talismans, they finally realized that something was wrong. They walked at small steps when they came. The green cordon is right.
But in fact, they only saw more and more evil spirits around them, and they were shocked. Old Baitou and Datou realized that what Lao Cheng and Ozawa said might be true, and they were really captured by the evil spirits unknowingly. confused the direction.
Terrified, the two subconsciously turned their heads to look for the figures of Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize. Fortunately, the two mysterious tycoons did not abandon them, and their figures appeared and disappeared not far behind.
The reason why the figure of the boss is said to appear and disappear from time to time is because there are evil spirits blocking the figures of Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize from time to time, but they will soon be killed by them.
"Don't go on?"
Cheng Huaiqian's voice came with some regret.
The strength of the middle-level evil spirits is a step higher than that of the low-level evil spirits. In addition, there are more of them. He is fighting to the core and wants to continue to explore, but the three seem to be awake and ready to return. up.
Old Baitou and Datou heard black lines all over their faces, but they still ran in the direction of Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize in a hurry, "Boss, let's go, let's go!"
"Let's go. If you go back early, you can ask where there is such an exorcism talisman. The effect is good. Buy more."
Xia Ruize suggested to his lover in Xinwang. After the weapon is affixed with this kind of exorcising talisman, the attack power of the weapon itself plus the effect of the exorcising talisman will cause great damage to the evil spirits. It is very practical, so you need to buy more spares.
Judging from the reactions of Old Baitou and Datou, what happened tonight was beyond their experience. Out of prudence, Xia Ruize decided to restrain himself first.
When Xia Ruize spoke, Cheng Huaiqian did not disagree. This time, the big head led the way, Lao Baitou and Xiao Nan followed, and Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize stayed behind.
The so-called queen is to seize the opportunity to wantonly kill the mid-level evil spirits that surround them.
Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were not uninjured. The result of the large number of evil spirits was that they would also be attacked by evil spirits.
But the two have strong recovery ability, high physique, and high vitality. It is difficult for the evil spirit to cause too much damage to them. Even if the place where the evil spirit attacks will feel cold, the feeling will completely disappear within two seconds.
They dared to rush forward to exchange injuries, but the evil spirits couldn't. When the evil spirits were attacked, their bodies would become thinner at least, and they would be broken up directly at worst. They couldn't last the third round at all, and could only snap Drop the spirit stone down.
While fighting, Xia Ruize had to take care of the overall situation and snatch back the fallen spirit stones. He was really busy.
There were two big men blocking the evil spirits chasing from behind. The big head and the old white head ran this time and saw the green warning line on the ground. After struggling to cross the warning line, the front was suddenly empty. The number of evil spirits chasing behind Also less.
The two continued to run with Xiao Nan, and found that there were no evil spirits around them. They turned their heads and found that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian hadn't followed, and they were still on the other side of the cordon, constantly killing the evil spirits.
"Wow, brother Cheng and brother Ze are too strong, when can I be like them?"
Xiao Nan followed his uncle's pace and stopped, cast envious eyes at Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize, and he also yearned to easily fight back and forth among the evil spirits.
The old white head and the big head looked at each other, but they saw the bitterness in each other's eyes. This kind of strength cannot be obtained by time.
Although the two mysterious teammates did not take off their cloaks from beginning to end, they could tell from their voices that they were not very old, so young but so powerful, talent and training were indispensable.
It may be that the children of some wealthy family went out for a walk to experience, otherwise it would not be able to explain the contradiction between the two being strong but not having enough experience.
After killing all the middle-level evil spirits that dared to chase after him, Cheng Huaiqian finally felt a little bit of fun, handed in the spirit stone he had conveniently put away, and waited for the lovers to reunite and divide again. Cheng Huaiqian encouraged the lovers:
"I think we don't need to go back to the barracks to continue training, it's better to kill evil spirits every day to get spirit stones."
Xia Ruize angrily took advantage of the dark night to pinch his lover's face. This guy talked nicely, but the main reason was that he didn't like that the military camp would restrict him from getting close!
Sure enough, Cheng Huaiqian took the opportunity to grab his lover's waist, and lowered his head to touch Xia Ruize's exposed lips. After a hearty battle, he was able to kiss his lover, and his feeling was doubled.
Relying on the darkness of the night, Xia Ruize let his lover go, until he was out of breath, then pushed Cheng Huaiqian away, turned around and walked in the direction of Ping'an City, he said in a bad mood:
"Let's go, others are still waiting. I think the training opportunities in the military camp are very rare. If you can take care of it, you should try your best."
After the two of them cut through the night and walked into the range illuminated by the torches of the three of Lao Baitou, Lao Baitou immediately took the initiative to greet them.
"Thanks for your hard work, both of you! Thank you for lending a helping hand."
Old Baitou took the initiative to hand over two exorcising charms while talking, and the distribution of team rewards belonged to the distribution, but the favors that should be inherited still had to be inherited. If Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian hadn't reminded and protected them, they might really be surrounded by mid-level evil spirits tonight and couldn't escape.
Of course, it was because of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian's strength that Lao Baitou decided to go deeper, so there's no need to mention it, it's just annoying.
Cheng Huaiqian unceremoniously accepted two exorcising talismans, and the other big head also sent two.
"Where is this sold?"
Cheng Huaiqian continued to ask.
This sentence alone is enough. The first thing every spirit hunter looks for is a place that sells supplies. The two mysterious bosses couldn't even find this, so they must be very unfamiliar with Ping'an City.
So on the next journey back to the city, the old white head chattered and introduced a lot about the situation of Ping'an City.
Ping'an City is close to the Evil Sea, and evil spirits are active all year round outside the city at night, but the number of evil spirits is rare and most of them are low-level evil spirits. Only around the full moon of each month, the number of evil spirits will be slightly more.
Many local spirit hunting warriors in Ping'an City took advantage of this time to hunt evil spirits to obtain spirit stones.
Every year, when August and fifteen months are at their fullest, the evil spirits outside the city are most active, and when the moon is full every three years, the number and activity of the evil spirits will reach their peak, and they will even intrude on the opposite side. safe city.
According to historical records, a long time ago, the full moon calamity was the nightmare of Ping An City. Until later, the spirit hunters continued to grow stronger, and human beings were no longer always on the weak side when facing evil spirits. Even the spirit hunters began to greedily chase evil spirits. frequent areas.
After that, the full moon calamity in Ping'an City every three years has become a challenge with both danger and opportunity that attracts countless spirit hunting warriors to come to share a piece of the pie.
"I have been a spirit hunting warrior for more than ten years. I have experienced five full moon catastrophes. The ten days to five days before the full moon catastrophe is the peak period of my activities. Going out of the city at night at this time not only The most spiritual stones can be harvested, and the danger is tolerable.
But the situation I encountered today is the only one I have ever seen in my life. The evil spirit will design to frame us? It is unheard of! I will report the relevant situation to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow, this year's full moon calamity seems to be more terrifying than ever... "
The old white head is puzzled, he is so cautious that he has fallen into the trap of the evil spirit. When did the evil spirit become so smart
"I think the big shots above may have known it a long time ago. I heard that hundreds of temporary guard team members have been recruited this year."
The usually silent Da Tou suddenly interjected.
The old white head was taken aback for a moment, and he let out a long sigh:
"Who says it's not? Last time before the full moon calamity, we recruited members of the No. 50 temporary guard team. That full moon catastrophe was indeed extremely dangerous. Only half of the original guard team of more than 500 people remained. The fifty There are less than 30 temporary team members left.
This time I heard that more than 200 temporary team members were recruited, alas... I should have thought of it earlier. "
Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were silent, they were just the unlucky temporary team members.
After getting a lot of information from Old Baitou and Datou, and knowing that even if he went out of the city during the day, he would not encounter evil spirits, Cheng Huaiqian could only follow Xia Ruize to continue training in the barracks with peace of mind. Anyway, they could run out at night at will.
After climbing over the city wall and returning to the city, Old Baitou led the way, and brought the five of them back to Homeway Tavern.
This time, Xiao Nan was placed in the seat and allowed him to have a drink or two to calm the shock. Old Baitou personally led Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize to a secret door in the tavern. After knocking on the secret door according to a specific rhythm, the door was opened.
The three of them walked through a long passage and walked into a wide cellar. The cellar was brightly lit by candles, and there were various weapons and armor hanging around it. It looked like a small hidden shop.
"Old Zhang, let me introduce two friends, it's credible, don't cheat them."
The old white head went straight to one of the counters, and greeted the person who was dozing lazily on the counter.
"I don't have any problems with people you think you can trust, you two, what do you want?"
The teller glanced at Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize, and asked lazily as he didn't mind that they were still covered with hoods and couldn't see their faces clearly.
"I bought my weapons and talisman paper from Lao Zhangtou. He has all kinds of weapons and armor with engraved patterns. The more patterns are engraved on the weapons and armor, the more effective the talisman will be at the critical moment. .
In addition, there are various things specially designed to deal with evil spirits. The most important thing is the Exorcism Talisman. The Exorcism Talisman can be attached to the weapon to increase the power of the weapon, and it can be attached to the armor to prevent the evil spirit from approaching. It is absolutely not too much. Good stuff, other gadgets and spirit lamps..."
Old Baitou also knew Lao Zhangtou's attitude, so he took the initiative to undertake the explaining work.
Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian listened patiently, asking questions from time to time.
Seeing that the two of them didn't seem to understand the market very well, Lao Zhang couldn't help lying back lazily, listening with one ear and the other.
Here, the old white head is introducing, while Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian continue to discuss over there. In the end, they kept three of the thirty-six low-level spirit stones and twenty-two middle-level spirit stones they got tonight, and replaced the rest with I bought 6 spirit lamps worth 3 spirit stones and 60 spirit expulsion charms.
One mid-level spirit stone can be exchanged for three low-level spirit stones. Lao Zhangtou received thirty low-level spirit stones and sixteen middle-level spirit stones with a face full of surprise. He had no idea what these two looked like. The country bumpkin who doesn't know is actually a big customer, so generous
Old Baitou was not surprised, seeing the skills of these two big men, he knew that it would not be the one who lacked the spirit stone.
After making a big deal, the old Zhang head decided to give away two cloaks of better texture. The ones Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian are wearing now look like street stalls. Most of them are bought by ordinary people pretending to be spirit hunters. It's ridiculous that real spirit hunters wear cloaks of this quality.
After leaving the underground store, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian exchanged a low-level spirit stone from Lao Baitou for a hundred currency of this world, a shell-shaped currency with high purchasing power. good-looking.
If Lao Baitou and Datou make an appointment with the two of them, they will continue to form a team tomorrow, and then they will go home separately.
During this night, Lao Baitou and Xiao Nan got 14 low-level spirit stones together, almost equal to half a year's income.
Aside from the excitement, the old white head also had some hidden worries in his heart. He even began to think about whether he should leave Ping An City before the full moon calamity came this year.
After being reminded by the big head, the old white head suddenly realized that there were too many temporary guards recruited by Ping An City this year, and felt a little uneasy. It seemed that the upper management had already known some bad news in advance but did not make it public.
On the other side, when Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian passed by the previous stall selling cloaks, they threw 3 shells on it, 1 shell for each cloak, and the extra shell was counted as compensation. The stall owner got 3 shells out of nowhere, quickly put them away and stuffed them into his bag, no matter what he did.
Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian returned to the barracks. Because the sergeants guarding the city wall would change shifts at night, there was always a small door on the side of the barracks. After passing through the small door, the two of them did not return to the barracks, but set up their tents outside the barracks. Covered by illusion.
Compared with the Datong bunk in the barracks, it is more comfortable to sleep in my own tent.
It was almost twelve o'clock at this time, and they still had four hours of sleep before getting up early for training the next day. Cheng Huaiqian hugged his lover into his arms, and the two of them fell into a deep sleep almost touching the pillow until the sound of the trumpet in the morning.
In the darkness and chaos, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian returned to the team in time, and no one noticed that there seemed to be something unusual about their whereabouts.
The drowsy bearded man even teased Xia Ruize: "You're still a baby who can't be weaned, you're so old and you need your brother to sleep with you."
Although Xia Ruize and the others didn't feel that it was too crowded to sleep at night, they still couldn't see that Cheng Huaiqian had to tell his "brother" a short bedtime story before going to bed. Do you want to be so childish
Xia Ruize turned his head expressionlessly, his lover insisted that he weave such an illusion, what could he do, he would be embarrassed too!
Daily training still starts with running around the city wearing armor. The day before, there were soldiers who were not too interested in training. Today is different. In order to obtain spirit stones, everyone is full of fighting spirit, but running Not long after the beginning, many soldiers scolded their mothers in their hearts.
Because today's running speed was faster than the day before, so that the little soldiers who originally calculated that they should be able to survive five laps as long as they persisted seriously, fell to the ground one after another from the third lap.
In the end, those who successfully completed the running training mission and returned to the barracks were not as many as the previous day.
The difficulty of the spirit crossbow training in the morning also increased abruptly, from the original need to shoot three humanoid cards in a row to the requirement to shoot five humanoid cards in a row.
The previous morning, many people were able to complete the assessment because they were lucky enough to shoot the third humanoid card, but no matter how lucky they were, they couldn't shoot five humanoid cards in a row.
As a result, there were fewer soldiers who had lunch than the day before, and more soldiers could only work overtime and practice with hungry stomachs, but they were bitter in their hearts. It was not a problem to be so hungry every day.
In addition to physical training, the training in the afternoon also included combat training. The little soldiers finally realized clearly that the official was trying to trick them, and many of them hadn't even performed as well as the day before, so where else could they get spirit stones
Sure enough, when they gathered in the evening, there were only thirty soldiers who got the spirit stones. On the contrary, twelve members of the temporary guard team who hadn't eaten three meals for two consecutive days were eliminated.