"Sisters, that is the holy mountain! We found it!"
Hakara screamed and vented her joy. Many witches stood still, shocked by the wonders in front of them, and some reacted and cried with their companions around.
Chi Tong frowned, "Is that really the holy mountain?"
"What's wrong, is there something wrong?" Ye Zi leaned forward and asked in a low voice. She also has the same question in her heart. The city in the sky does not look like the description in the ancient book. It is glittering and magnificent. The minaret, although imposing, is gray-black in color and dim even in the daytime. Not to mention the red fog that permeated the sky over the city, as thick as blood that could not be dissolved.
"Something... squeezed in those holes," Chi Tong's voice was a little dry, "I can't see clearly, but those things don't look like gods..."
Ye Zi felt a layer of goose bumps all over his body, and Chi Tong was the one who saw the farthest in the mutual aid club. Her statement made Ye Ye feel a little uneasy. It's a pity that Lightning has left with Nightingale, otherwise she could have a closer look.
"Sisters! The Holy Mountain is at hand," the Master shouted, raising his hands. "Just work harder, and we'll find eternity in no time!"
After she finished speaking, she immediately urged the stone girl to carry her forward. Ye Ye wanted to step forward to dissuade him, but he opened his foot and retracted it. She remembered what happened to Wendy half a month ago. At this time, I am afraid that any dissuasion is meaningless. If you don't see it in person, the teacher will not give up.
The group started to speed up. After leaving the foot of the mountain, the snow cover unexpectedly decreased, and the surrounding temperature also picked up. This is the legendary forbidden area, and it is also an area that humans cannot step on, Ye Zi thought, but they are now printing their footprints on this no-man's land. If the lightning is there, she must be very happy, right
Looking back, the majestic mountains are rolling up and down behind them, like an insurmountable barrier. This made Ye Ye wonder if it was precisely because of the Desperate Mountains that the Evil Beast could not directly invade the hinterland of the continent, so it was necessary to detour to the extreme north
No matter what, if I can really find the holy mountain, I don't need to wander anymore, and I'll be satisfied... She sighed softly. To be honest, when Nightingale told what she saw and heard about Border Town in the camp, she was moved. of. When Wendy asked who wanted to leave with Nightingale, she couldn't help but want to take a step forward and call out her name aloud. But until the end, she still couldn't cross the threshold in her heart and lost to the shadow left by her past.
Ye Zi shook his head, telling himself to stop thinking about these past events, keep up with the pace of the team, and rush through the yellow and white fields.
But something weird happened very quickly, no matter how fast they accelerated, the city always receded as if it was keeping the same speed as them. After walking down for an hour, the "Holy Mountain" was still suspended in the clouds, neither growing nor shrinking, as if... they had not moved at all.
"Teacher, please take a rest, the sisters are tired," said the stone girl. During this period, there have been several waves of people carrying mentors, and she is the one who has persisted the longest.
"No, how can we stop now!" Hakkara rejected her suggestion without hesitation, "This is the test of the gods for us, sisters, without a firm will, we will never reach the holy mountain! You can't stop, you have to go. Go down until the gate of the holy mountain appears before our eyes!"
Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, the group had to move on.
But the situation did not change. On the way, the witches also encountered two waves of evil beasts. The second wave appeared two deformed hybrid beasts. The weed restraint of the leaves could not last for too long, and a sister was caught off guard. It was cut open by sharp claws, and blood was scattered all over the floor.
After finally solving these monsters, everyone found that the sky was gradually darkening, and it was obviously dusk. The city was still in front of them, but the outline became more blurred and seemed to be disappearing.
According to past experience, they had to find a suitable place for camping to build a camp, but this is completely different from the Desperate Mountains. It is almost flat when looking at it, and with the evil beasts that may appear at any time, they simply cannot be in such a place. overnight.
"Lord Instructor, let's go back to the foot of the mountain first! Let Chi Tong lead the way, and red peppers will illuminate, maybe we can get back before midnight."
"No!" Hakkara yelled. "It took us all afternoon to get here, and we hardly stopped on the way. Now that everyone has exhausted most of their physical strength, it is impossible to return at the same speed. Sisters, hold on a little longer, Only when we find the holy mountain can we truly rest in peace."
"What about Shirley?" Someone asked, pointing to the lifeless witch on the ground.
"We don't have time to bury her," the mentor shook his head. "Leave her here, the earth will take her in."
Ye Ye closed her eyes sadly, and another sister left. If she was stronger, she wouldn't have to die in this desolate place, and she wouldn't be able to leave a tombstone.
Just when everyone was undecided whether to move forward or back, Shi Nu suddenly exclaimed: "Look at the sky, the city is gone!"
Ye Ye opened his eyes, looked up, and saw that the sky had turned gray-black, the clouds were hidden in the night, and the city had disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.
Everyone stood there, and the surrounding silence was terrifying for a while.
A city that can never be approached, an illusion floating in the air, and disappearing into nothingness when the sun sets... Ye Ye suddenly remembered the adventure stories told by lightning, those bizarre worlds seen on the sea. She shuddered and whispered, "We were deceived..." Soon, she shouted, "We were deceived, that's not a holy mountain at all! What we saw was a mirage!"
"A mirage?" Hakkara turned his head sharply, with a terrifying look on his face, "What is that?"
"As mentioned in the story of lightning, this phenomenon is often encountered on long voyages, but is much rarer on land. What we see is only an illusion, the real city may be far away from us, and even, it may Not in front of you at all!"
"That at least means it really exists? And it hasn't disappeared?"
"This..." Ye Zi suffocated, "I don't know."
At this moment, Chi Tong suddenly warned, "Be careful! Something is coming!" She stared at the left side of the group with a very ugly expression on her face.
"Another evil beast?" Chasing Feng made a gesture of facing the enemy, "How many are there?"
"No..." Chi Tong took two steps back, "I don't know what that is..."
While speaking, a black shadow shot from far to near, and shot straight at Chi Tong with lightning speed. Although she saw the incoming light and shadow, she couldn't dodge—unlike the crossbow, it was too fast.
Almost in the blink of an eye, this black shadow penetrated Chitong's chest, took her out, and pinned her to the tree trunk behind her.
It was a spear.