Chapter 217: Life and Death
"Attack with ice!"
Meng Duanyue shouted, and the one with ice attribute immediately threw out an ice ball.
The leech that was hit by the ice ball suddenly stopped moving.
“It works!”
There was a hint of surprise on everyone's face.
But soon, they couldn't laugh anymore.
Because the range that the ice hockey can hit is very small, the number of leeches that can be stopped is very limited, which is a drop in the bucket.
However, they had already used up most of their spiritual power just to escape. Now, if they mobilized their spiritual power and threw out ice balls, although it could cause damage to the leeches, only a few leeches could be stopped. Instead, it would greatly consume their spiritual power and slow down their escape.
Seeing this, Meng Duanyue and Jiang Wanyin stepped forward to replace all the people and take charge of covering their retreat.
"This is not a solution."
"Let's not talk about these mountain leeches. They have lived here for a long time and are more familiar with the terrain than we are."
"Even if they chase us, we may not need to waste any spiritual energy, but it is obvious that we will not be able to escape from them."
They have not yet distanced themselves from these leeches, and if they are not careful, they will be caught up immediately.
Moreover, they were clearly exhausted now, but they were just holding on with all their strength...
But no matter how hard you try, you will eventually run out of energy.
It’s another life-or-death situation, how can we solve it?
Is there anyone who can save them this time?
There was no chance of escaping even if they separated...
After all, there are a large number of mountain leeches. If you just send two or three thousand of them to chase them, it will be enough to devour them all.
"Captain, I can't run anymore."
Yao Ran's voice was choked with sobs, and the spiritual power attached to the soles of his feet was obviously so weak that it was about to dissipate.
"I buried two jars under the third wind flower tree in the back mountain. They contain the spirit stones I have accumulated over the years."
Her voice was sad: "I probably won't have the chance to go back."
"If you encounter this damn thing, I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave a complete corpse."
"Captain, if you can return alive, bury this along with the treasures I have hidden."
"Just think of it as a way to be buried with me."
Meng Duanyue pouted her and said, "What depressing words are you talking about! We all want to go back alive and well."
But even though she said this, she actually had no idea in her heart.
There's no escape...
Yao Ran saw through her stubbornness and said, "Captain, please stop trying. I know we can't escape this time."
"Wait a moment, I'll stop and detonate all my spiritual power. Even if I can't die with them, killing them all will at least delay them for a while. You guys should take this opportunity to run."
Yao Ran's eyes were filled with sorrow, but he still earnestly instructed: "You must survive!"
"Otherwise, those treasures I hid will never see the light of day again."
Meng Duanyue was also really amused by what she said: "Why are you still thinking about those material things at this time?"
"I can't help it if I don't want to!"
Yao Ran said uncomfortably, "After decades of hard work, in the end, the person is dead and the money is unspent... Who can bear this?"
"Okay, stop thinking about those discouraging words."
As Meng Duanyue spoke, she gave a bit of her spiritual power to Yao Ran to help her increase her speed.
"If you want your treasures to see the light of day again, you have to go yourself."
"Run!"
Even if one person really has to be sacrificed to detonate spiritual power to stop these leeches from pursuing her, it should be her who does it!
Snap!
Snap!
The mountain leeches were chasing faster and faster, jumping and hopping, each leap covering a full meter.
The bounce is quick and effortless.
It was much easier than running for Meng Duanyue and the others.
After accelerating significantly, he quickly closed the distance with Meng Duanyue and the others.
Meng Duanyue gritted her teeth and said, "Wanyin, lead everyone and run!"
She took a deep breath, as if she had made a decision.
"No matter what you hear or see later, don't hesitate, run forward with all your strength."
Jiang Wanyin immediately realized what she was going to do: "Are you crazy?!"
"You're going to die!"
Meng Duanyue interrupted her: "This is our only chance to escape!"
"Leave me alone!"
"Run forward and don't look back."
Although Nan Ran didn't understand what the two of them were saying in code.
But they probably also guessed that Meng Duanyue was prepared to sacrifice herself to delay time and buy them a chance to escape.
"Mimi!"
Nan Ran looked at the Frost Beast and made a decision in his heart.
Shuangmimon understood and nodded the deer's head lightly.
"Senior Sister Meng!"
Nan Ran shouted, "I have a way that may be able to save all of us."
As her voice fell, the Frost Beast instantly enveloped everyone in a huge frost shield.
The crowd, who had already felt hopeless, was stunned for a moment when they saw the scene before them and heard the crackling sound of leeches hitting the frost cover.
"This is……"
"Those leeches seem to have already run away?"
Several people discussed in low voices.
Nan Ran looked over with a serious expression: "Everyone, please keep quiet and don't talk as much as possible."
Everyone fell silent instantly, all looking back at Nan Ran.
"As far as I know, these leeches determine their targets based on a person's body temperature, including the heat from their breath."
"As long as you keep breathing, their pursuit will be faster and more targeted."
"And no matter where you hide, as long as your body is still radiating heat, even if you hold your breath, it will be of no use."
Nan Ran's words made Meng Duanyue nod: "Indeed."
"That's why we can't get rid of these leeches."
Because when they are running for their lives, their breathing frequency will be higher than before.
It will also be easier for mountain leeches to target you.
But if you don't escape, you will also die.
"So I have an idea."
Nan Ran looked up at the frost cover above him.
"All of us will enter a state of hibernation, and then Frostbeast will teach us how to use frost to freeze us..."
This is indeed a solution.
But--
"What if we all went into a state of hibernation and were frozen."
"Even if I escape the leeches, there's no way I can recover from the frozen state!"
By then, won’t there be only one way out, which is death?
"I know……"
Nan Ran exhaled lightly: "So, I will freeze myself with a thin layer of frost. This thin layer of frost will completely thaw in half an hour!"
"If we can successfully avoid the pursuit of the mountain leeches, then I can thaw everyone..."
Meng Duanyue immediately said, "Even if I have to leave one person behind to be covered with frost, it should be me!"
Nan Ran shook his head: "The only person left behind is me!"
Meng Duanyue didn't understand and was about to say something, but Nan Ran spoke first, "Only I, the master of the Frost Beast, can awaken it from its frozen state!"
She wasn't telling the whole truth.
Nan Ran didn't intend to freeze herself. She planned to... try again, to see if she had the same damage-reduction buff against this leech.
If not, Mimi would immediately cover her in frost.
It's inevitable to get injured.
But it’s not a big problem…
You can also try to see if she has an automatic repair buff!
Although Meng Duanyue still wanted to stay, what Nan Ran said made sense.
None of them could command Nan Ran's contracted beast.
at the same time--
This also means that they have completely handed their lives over to Nan Ran's hands.
If something happens to Nanran during this process, even if they are lucky enough to escape the pursuit of the mountain leeches, they will still die!
"What do you think?"
Meng Duanyue looked at everyone and gave them the right to choose.
"I do!" Jiang Wanyin spoke first with a cold face.
Feng Yang also raised his hand: "Me, I am willing too!"
Others soon followed suit.
If you hand your life over to Nan Ran, there is a high possibility that you will die.
After all, putting aside Nan Ran's personality and conduct...
Nan Ran’s cultivation level is also a flaw!
But at this point, if they don't trust Nan Ran, they will have no way to survive.
Faced with the pursuit of mountain leeches, they had no way to escape.
Nanran and Shuangmi Beast looked at each other.
A layer of frost immediately condensed between the Frost Beast's horns.
Soon, the frost between the two antlers of the Frost Beast formed a huge ball.
The moment the ball was thrown out, everyone took a deep breath.
Immediately afterwards, frost balls fell on everyone, quickly freezing them all into ice sculptures.
[The freezing period can last up to three days. If they are thawed after three days, they will die from the blood coagulation caused by being frozen for so long.]
Nan Ran nodded.
"I see."
The Frost Beast then withdrew the surroundings, but left the top.
Nan Ran only felt a crackling sound in his ears, and the sound of a bunch of huge insects, like meat lumps, hitting the ice surface became clearer.
Then, a bunch of leeches fell down from all directions as if the Dragon King was holding a basin of water and pouring hail.
Snap, snap, snap.
The sound of leeches hitting the ground was crisp, but also had a bit of fleshiness.
Only then did Nan Ran see clearly what these things looked like.
“Eh——!!!”
nausea!!
Each leech is like an elastic rope that can be pulled infinitely. Once it falls to the ground, it immediately begins to wriggle and pull, moving towards where there are people.
"How do I kill this thing?"
Nanran knew that all leeches, whether on dry land or in water, could be killed with salt.
But that was in the past life.
According to what she had learned before, and what Meng Duanyue had said before, after the great change, all living things in this world, including humans, had undergone certain changes.
So it is hard to say whether the previous theories are still valid for these things.
Even if it works...
There's no way to find salt in this place, right?
She did bring some into her space for seasoning.
But that's just a drop in the bucket.
There are so many leeches on this mountain...
Crowded.
The originally lush green ground had now turned pitch black.
call out!
Suddenly, a leech about an inch long and as thick as a thumb jumped up and flew towards Nan Ran's face.
(End of this chapter)
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