Chapter 277: Fighting the Monsters with Unity, and Finding the Truth about the Treasure
Chapter 277: Fighting the Monsters with Unity, and Finding the Truth about the Treasure
Xia Lin's staff shone brightly, its ochre-colored light like a giant net, enveloping the entire stone chamber. Ren Xiaoyao felt a powerful force emanating from Xia Lin, a warm and heavy force that formed a sharp contrast with the icy atmosphere around him.
"Roar!" The ice crystal puppet felt threatened and roared angrily, waving its sharp ice blade and rushing towards Ren Xiaoyao and Xia Lin.
"Well done!" Ren Xiaoyao shouted, his figure flashing like a ghost, dodging the ice crystal puppet's attack. The long sword in his hand glowed with dazzling golden light, and he slashed down with the "Breaking Army Slash" move, the sharp sword energy tearing through the air.
With a resounding "boom!", the sword energy and the ice blade collided, emitting a dazzling burst of light. Ice shards flew everywhere, and a chilling air was overwhelming. Ren Xiaoyao was thrown back several steps, but he didn't panic at all. Instead, he became even more excited.
"Brother Xiaoyao, be careful!" Xia Lin shouted and waved her staff. A wall of earth rose from the ground, blocking the attack of another ice crystal puppet.
"I'm here to help you!" Master Li shouted, and swung the whisk in his hand. Several golden lights shot out and accurately hit the joints of the ice crystal puppet.
"Ouch--" The ice crystal puppet felt pain and its movements became slower.
Pharmacist Chen took the opportunity to step forward, silver needles in his hand flying, and several poisonous needles pierced into the body of the ice crystal puppet.
“Roar——!” The ice crystal puppet let out a painful roar and its body began to tremble violently.
Ren Xiaoyao and Xia Lin seized the opportunity and launched a joint attack. Swords flashed, rocks and dirt flew, and new scars continued to appear on the ice crystal puppet.
"Everyone hold on, their weakness is..." Ren Xiaoyao attacked while carefully observing the ice crystal puppet. Suddenly, his eyes fixed on the ice crystal puppet's eyes, "Could it be..."
"Could it be that... the weakness is in the eyes?" Ren Xiaoyao stared at the ice crystal puppet's dark blue eyes while struggling to resist its attack, thinking to himself.
"Brother Xiaoyao, what's wrong?" Xia Lin noticed that Ren Xiaoyao was acting strangely and asked with concern.
"I suspect their weakness lies in their eyes. You see, every time before they attack, their eyes flash." Ren Xiaoyao pointed at the eyes of the ice crystal puppet and said in a firm tone.
"But their eyes are covered with thick ice crystals, and we can't attack them at all!" Master Li frowned and said worriedly.
"Indeed, and their attack speed is too fast, making it difficult for us to aim at the eyes." Pharmacist Chen nodded in agreement.
"I have an idea!" Xia Lin suddenly had an idea. "Pharmacist Chen, can you make some potions that can emit strong light to temporarily confuse their vision?"
"High-intensity light potion?" Pharmacist Chen pondered for a moment. "That's not difficult. I happen to have some medicinal herbs that can emit strong light. We can give it a try."
"Great!" Xia Lin smiled delightedly. "There's no time to lose, Pharmacist Chen, hurry up and get ready!"
"Okay!" Pharmacist Chen nodded and turned to search the medicine box for the necessary herbs.
"Brother Xiaoyao, let's try to delay them first!" Xia Lin turned to Ren Xiaoyao and said, her tone full of determination.
"Okay!" Ren Xiaoyao nodded firmly, and the sword in his hand danced even more vigorously.
Xia Lin waved her staff, and earthen walls rose from the ground, blocking the ice crystal puppet's attack. Master Li waved his whisk like a spirit snake, continuously attacking the ice crystal puppet's joints.
"Roar!" The ice crystal puppet was enraged, roaring and attacking more fiercely.
Ren Xiaoyao, Xia Lin and others did not dare to slack off at all. While resisting the attacks of the ice crystal puppets, they anxiously waited for the strong light potion from Pharmacist Chen.
Time ticked by, and Pharmacist Chen finally finished preparing the bright light potion. He quickly approached the group, holding a few pills emitting a dazzling light. He said in a deep voice, "The potion is ready. Choose the right time to use it!"
Ren Xiaoyao took the pill and nodded firmly. He knew success or failure depended on this one move! He took a deep breath and stared intently at one of the ice crystal puppets, ready to strike...
"Now!" Ren Xiaoyao seized the opportunity and, seeing the moment when one of the ice crystal puppets swung its claws, he decisively threw the high-light pill in his hand towards its face.
The pill drew a graceful arc in the air, and with a "bang", it exploded in front of the ice crystal puppet. The dazzling white light instantly illuminated the entire cave and successfully blocked the ice crystal puppet's vision.
"Roar!" The ice crystal puppet let out a painful roar and instinctively retreated, its waving claws suspended in mid-air.
"Now, attack its eyes!" Ren Xiaoyao shouted, his figure flashed out like lightning, and the long sword in his hand stabbed straight out, aiming at the ice crystal puppet's eyes that were closed due to the stimulation of the strong light.
"Puchi!" The sound of a sharp blade piercing through the ice crystal was heard. Ren Xiaoyao's sword accurately pierced the eyes of the ice crystal puppet, bringing up a cloud of ice chips.
The ice crystal puppet howled in pain, and its huge body fell to the ground with a loud bang, without a sound.
"Success!" "We won!"
Seeing this, everyone's morale was boosted, and they all used all their strength to launch a fierce attack on the other ice crystal puppets.
Xia Lin's fireball technique, Master Li's talisman, Pharmacist Chen's poison, all kinds of attack methods emerged one after another. For a moment, the entire cave was filled with colorful lights and deafening explosions.
The white fox moved nimbly across the battlefield, and every swing of the dagger in its hand could take the life of an ice crystal puppet.
With everyone's concerted efforts, the remaining ice crystal puppets were quickly wiped out.
"Huh...finally solved." Master Li wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thanks to Brother Xiaoyao for thinking of attacking the eyes, otherwise we would be in great danger today." Xia Lin said with lingering fear.
"Yes, Brother Xiaoyao, this time it's all thanks to you!" Pharmacist Chen also nodded gratefully.
Ren Xiaoyao smiled faintly and was about to speak when he suddenly felt a movement behind him. He turned around and saw that the stone door, which had been closed, was slowly opening. An ancient and mysterious aura emanated from the crack of the door.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this, and their eyes were all cast towards the slowly opening stone door, their eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.
As the stone door opened, a dazzling golden light shone through the crack in the door, illuminating the entire cave.
"Treasure! It must be treasure!" Master Li shouted excitedly, his voice full of greed and desire.
However, a sense of uneasiness rose in Ren Xiaoyao's heart. He always felt that things were not that simple.
"Be careful, there may be danger inside." Ren Xiaoyao warned in a deep voice, staring vigilantly at the slowly opening stone door.
The stone door finally opened completely, and everyone was eager to go in and take a look, but they were stunned by the scene before them. Behind the stone door, they saw not the gold and silver treasures they had imagined, but a dark space that seemed to lead to the abyss of hell, which was chilling.
"What...what is going on?" Master Li asked in surprise, his tone full of confusion and fear.
Ren Xiaoyao didn't say anything, but slowly drew out the long sword from his waist, staring at the dark space with a serious look, and an inexplicable sense of crisis surged in his heart.
"Do we...still need to go in?" Charlene's voice trembled a little, and she was obviously frightened by the scene before her.
Ren Xiaoyao took a deep breath, a hint of determination flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Since we are here, how can we go back empty-handed?" After that, he took the lead and stepped into the unknown darkness.
Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to follow...
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