In this session of the Metaphysics Grand Competition, several senior brothers from the Xingyi Sect were injured due to previous accidents, leaving only one healthy Ju Jingbai.
The surrounding...
Before Ju Jingbai could react to what the ghost said, he saw more than ten armored ghosts following closely behind the male ghost.
Those armored ghosts were just as Xia Chenglin had described, like well-trained soldiers, tall and strong, except that each ghost seemed to be twice her size. They ran in a row of two, like soldiers in a parade, in perfect alignment, and each stride was about one meter long, advancing towards them at an extremely fast speed.
"Brother Ertiao, Brother Huaishu, don't just stand there, run quickly." Ju Jingbai used Taoist magic to call for help, casually slapped two swift talismans on his legs, and rushed towards the fork in the road.
Ju Jingbai's words seemed to have turned on a switch, and a group of ghosts rushed forward.
Of course, there are also ghosts who think they have strong fighting power, and their subconscious reaction is not to run away, but to swing their weapons at the armored ghosts.
Unfortunately, the ghost's machete didn't leave any mark on the armor, and he was caught.
The armored ghost put the ghost into a cage that they dragged behind them.
Only then did Ju Jingbai see the rectangular cages behind the armored ghost. They looked like train carriages spliced together, more than ten meters long. There were quite a few people imprisoned inside, including muscular big ghosts and what they called two-legged beasts. She even saw Zuo Ye in the cage.
The wolf ghost's team members were at the end of the team. After the armored ghost caught up with them, he chopped the ghosts one by one with his palms, like chopping tofu, and knocked them unconscious and put them into the cage.
However, even after doing so many things, their speed did not slow down at all, and they kept pressing forward.
It seemed that the armored ghost was about to bite the tail of the locust tree ghost team.
The locust tree ghost naturally couldn't bear to see his team members being captured by the armored ghost, so his branches had already stretched to the armored ghost's feet, trying to knock the ghost down.
Unexpectedly, the armored ghost crushed the branch with one kick, and the soul power of the locust tree ghost was weakened a lot.
Seeing this, Ju Jingbai pulled the thunder talisman array that had been condensed while running and threw it at the armored ghost behind him.
The purple lightning that struck the armored ghosts only slowed them down and dimmed the light of their armor, but did not cause any substantial damage.
With the help of thunder and lightning, the locust tree ghost pulled the headless ghost.
Countless golden small scissors rushed towards one of the armored ghosts. The small scissors bit into the armor of the armored ghost, and made cracks in the armor.
Xia Chenglin's flashing knife also penetrated into the body of one of the armored ghosts. He drilled the armor from the inside and tried his best to carve out a gap and get out. "Fuck, what is this armor made of? It's too hard! It looks like the companion weapon of a particularly powerful ghost, but it's impossible for a ghost to produce so many companion weapons!" Xia Chenglin couldn't help but complain.
"Bang, bang, bang." The means of probing on the armor appeared one after another, making the crisp sound of metal collision.
Later, they found out that the armor could only be broken by physical means, especially when they found out that the armored ghosts could share the damage. They also took out a stick as thick as a wrist from their waist. Those attacks became even more vulnerable in the face of so many ghosts. Even Xu Ge's attack only made cracks in the armor and could not hurt the ghosts inside.
"No, it would be better if they could come one by one, then I would be sure to beat them to pieces." Ju Jingbai took a deep breath, "I can't run anymore." Ju Jingbai said, and slapped a few talismans on his legs.
"Xiaobai... Xiaobai... take a picture... of me too! I'm so tired! Don't these ghosts... get tired?!" Xia Chenglin said familiarly.
If I remember correctly, we are still competitors, right?
Ju Jingbai looked at Xia Chenglin's expectant eyes and reluctantly gave him a Swiftness Talisman as well.
The headless ghost behind her was not so lucky. The headless ghost was the biggest in the locust tree ghost team. Apart from his strength, he had no advantages in terms of speed. He was about to be caught just now. Fortunately, he got the help of the locust tree ghost and was able to run to this point.
But he had really used up all his strength, and the headless ghost felt that he would die if he ran any further!
The hanged man who fell behind had the same idea. He was able to sneak into the mercenary team purely because of his good brain. He was not the type to escape at all.
"Headless ghost?!" Ju Jingbai turned around and saw the headless ghost about to fall into the hands of the armored ghost. He was so anxious that he even shouted out the name in his heart. He subconsciously threw his Vajra Shield over to protect the headless ghost.
"Dang, dang, dang!" The sound of the armored ghost hitting the cover with the long stick in his hand echoed throughout the maze.
The next second, Ju Jingbai watched helplessly as the hanged ghost was grabbed by the armored ghost without hesitation, knocked unconscious, and thrown into the cage behind him.
Ju Jingbai gritted his teeth and threw back two thunder talismans, but it couldn't stop the armored ghost's actions at all.
After she joined the locust tree ghosts, the headless ghost and the hanged ghost were the two ghosts who showed the most kindness to her and answered the most of her questions. This feeling of powerlessness, of saving one but not the other, was too debilitating. Ju Jingbai clenched his fists, and being led by Xu Ge prevented him from doing anything reckless.
Anger only deepened her connection with the Diamond Shield. Ju Jingbai could feel a small crack in her shield from the continuous blows. After this competition, she would probably need to retreat to repair it, but fortunately, the headless ghost saved her. Ju Jingbai waited until the armored ghost was far enough away from the headless ghost before putting away the Diamond Shield.
After running for a long time, they finally escaped from the range of the purple star and finally found a fork in the road leading to other stars. A large part of the road in the middle was a dead end. When escaping, no one had the energy to find out which was the shortcut or the way out. They ran along the most obvious road on the maze map.
Finally, we came to a fork in the road, with both sides leading to black and blue stars respectively.
"Xiaobai, which way are we going?" Xu Ge asked.
"On the right." Ju Jingbai answered briefly. They didn't know when they reached the front of the team and ran with the locust tree ghost behind them.
Wolf Ghost led his team to sprint and rush to the left. They had obviously already discussed where to go.
The armored ghost's weakness lies in its IQ. When Ju Jingbai looked back to see if he had caught up, he saw the two people led by the armored ghost standing at the fork in the road, looking left and right, confused about which way to go. After thinking for a while, the group rushed towards the fork on the left.
Ju Jingbai pulled Xu Ge into a small path and slowly stopped.
When she stopped, her mind went blank. She gasped for breath and instinctively followed the dull pain in her chest.
I felt like I was running away like an idiot.
"What's your name?" After calming down his panting, Ju Jingbai looked at the male ghost who brought the armored ghost here at the beginning.
"You..." The male ghost looked at the locust tree ghost. He had initially thought that Ju Jingbai and the others were just two-legged beasts collected by the locust tree ghost. He never expected that each of these two-legged beasts had more weapons than the Changyan mercenary team, and they were even more powerful. What the hell was going on? "Brother, who are these people?"
The locust tree ghost was counting the number of people in his team, his face looked very unhappy. He was missing five brothers in total: "They are our own people."
Ju Jingbai explained, "We all escaped from the laboratory at the entrance of Changshan Alley. They were conducting an experiment to give ghosts a physical form, and now the experiment has been successful. Otherwise, do you think the two-legged beasts would communicate with you?"
The person who said that blue was dangerous at the beginning heard Ju Jingbai's words and quickly waved his hand: "No... yes."
"What's not, it's just that you are in the same group with us."
Xia Chenglin listened to Ju Jingbai's introduction in confusion, nodded politely, and patted the man threateningly.
"What you said at the beginning is that the people in Changshan Alley want to kill all of us. They want to turn all the people or ghosts who come in here into two-legged beasts. What does that mean?" Xu Ge asked. Wang Guocheng also came over and looked at the ghost with a sharp gaze.
The ghost smiled bitterly and said, "My name is Ersheng, and I'm the captain of the Changyan mercenary team from Changyan Forest. All my team members were captured by those armored ghosts. When we accepted the offer at the entrance of Changshan Alley, the commander said he wanted to hire a team of us to help capture the two-legged beasts. The reward was very generous, so we came here."
Unexpectedly, the place we came in was close to the blue star, where there was a laboratory. There was a kid in my team who wanted to go in and use the toilet, and he happened to hear the content of the experiment. Then the laboratory sent armored soldiers to catch us.
The child heard that the armored ghost would chase everyone who entered the maze, and then the ghost would be injected to transform into a bipedal beast, and then the injection would erase the person's memory, making them speechless and transforming them into a bipedal beast, and then be sold for money. Judging from your expressions, I know their experiment must have been successful.
Ersheng showed an angry expression: "There are armored ghosts guarding the door of the laboratory. We can't go through easily."
"In that case, we must master the method to defeat the armored ghost?" Ju Jingbai said.
"That's right." Wang Guocheng agreed. "We can't find the card quietly this way."
"I agree. I want to rescue Er Tiao and the others." The locust tree ghost agreed, "but I definitely can't resist them alone."
Wang Guocheng said: "We can defeat them step by step. I just tested it and I can drag two armored ghosts past without them noticing."
Xia Chenglin: "Then let's do it!"
"Have you all been to the black star?" Xu Ge asked. "According to the differences among the stars, the blue ones are laboratories where bipeds are produced, the purple ones have potions for catching bipeds, and the red ones are for temporary imprisonment. So what is the black one? Could it be the place where bipeds are escorted out? I need to go check out the black star first. It's nearby, right? I'll go take a look and be right back."
Xia Chenglin nodded: "Okay, anyway, you can use the scissors to carry you, you are the fastest."
Wang Guocheng glanced at Ju Jingbai, nodded, and said confidently: "I don't think it will be the exit. I have divined it."
"Okay, Xiaobai, I'll be back soon." Xu Ge said, and the golden scissors under his feet slid to the right corner as he wished.
Ju Jingbai was stunned when he saw this and stopped the man: "Boss, the black star is going to the left."
Upon hearing this, Xu Ge calmly turned to the left and slid out. After a while, he turned back, secretly approached the locust tree ghost, and said with a smile: "Brother, you know the way to the black star, right?" The locust tree ghost nodded.
"Then come with me. It's all up to you to lead the way." Xu Ge grabbed the locust tree ghost's hand without saying anything and said in a tone of asking for help.
Locust Tree Ghost: “……?” Why is this ghost so unreliable!
Ju Jingbai naturally saw Xu Ge's actions, but she didn't look back, she just smiled secretly.
She was wondering why the boss was always one step behind her when she escaped just now.
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