Main Volume Chapter 173: Exploding Birds and Bandits
The main reason why Zhang Yun and Lucina stayed in Baxia City was for their eldest cousin, so without much thought, they joined the first echelon of the search for their eldest cousin and entered the underground passage built by the enemy.
I have to say that the person who dug this tunnel was truly a talent. The entire road has been kept wide enough for three or four people to walk side by side, and the height is 2 meters. A group of people walking in it does not feel crowded at all.
It feels like... it was left for them on purpose?
Seeing this, Zhang Yun frowned, leaned over to Lucina's ear and whispered a few words, then summoned a group of elemental elves, letting them pass through the ranks of the Great Xia Royal Guards and head straight to the end of the underground passage.
Huang Min and others were puzzled: "Brother Zhang Yun, what is he doing?"
Zhang Yun explained for Lucina: "We sent the summoned beast to explore the way because Yutiel and I felt something was a bit strange."
"We have been walking in this underground passage for more than ten minutes, and we haven't reached the end yet. Apparently, the other party has arranged the exit of the passage on the outskirts of Baxia City."
"It has been nearly four days since Lord Liu Ting was captured. During this time, the other party did not cover up the underground passage, but left such a wide path for us..."
Huang Min asked, "Are you saying there's an ambush?"
Zhang Yun nodded and said, "It's very likely... because the earth elves of Yutiel are beings that control earth magic. They can sense the energy that created the underground passage, but from the initial accident point to where we are now, there is no excess energy in the middle, and there are no other hidden underground passages around."
"So, this underground passage only leads to the suburbs east of the city from beginning to end. It is not a false illusion that the other party deliberately buried the real route."
"Since it is a real road, it is a good choice for the other party to use the secret technique of controlling the soil to bury the passage while escaping, or come back the next day to fill the passage up bit by bit."
“Why do we need to keep this passage?”
"Give us a chance?"
After hearing this, Huang Min and others said in a deep voice: "Well... that makes sense."
"Then let's be careful, spread out, and walk slowly. Don't give the other side an opportunity to take advantage of us."
After that, the group divided themselves into groups tacitly. Huang Min and another Great Xia Imperial Guard walked in the front, Zhang Yun and Lucina walked in the middle, and the other Imperial Guards were in teams of two, each separated by more than three meters.
The crowd's pace of progress also slowed down a few steps.
At this time, Zhang Yun finally felt the gap between human rights heroes and those without.
If Veronica were here, why would she take so much time to explore the way?
Just keep going!
If the opponent sets an ambush, they will most likely use earth magic, which has extremely lethal abilities in underground passages, to launch a sneak attack. As soon as the magical elements are produced, Veronica will be able to react and deconstruct them immediately, turning the opponent's sneak attack into vain.
Even if he used the alchemical weapons from Fantasia, such as the powerful explosive ball from before, Zhang Yun was not afraid.
After all, there is a cannon fodder brigade exploring the way ahead. If you hide an explosive ball in such a narrow passage, it will be sensed by the earth elves in no time and they won't be able to harm anyone.
Even though the bombs were buried deep, they did not intend to kill Zhang Yun and others in one go, but to rely on the explosion to cause the underground passage to collapse, and then bury them alive...
Zhang Yun can also let other heroes and followers put up shields to block the first few rounds of attacks, and then use the abilities of the earth elves to open up a new underground passage.
Or let Veronica use space distortion to teleport herself and others into the space matrix, relying on the insurmountable wall of space to avoid all enemy attacks.
Then use the teleportation to return directly to the ground...
Simple and crude!
And if the other party sends people to ambush, it will be even easier. Just summon all the heroes, open the shark world, and chop them one by one, just like cutting carrots!
In short, Human Rights Heroes is a bug -level existence. If you can get it, the game experience will be directly upgraded to several levels, and it will also be very enjoyable after traveling through time...
Afterwards, everyone carefully crossed the underground passage and came to the exit of the underground passage. They did not encounter any ambush along the way, and the earth elves did not sense any unusual movements.
Well?
A false alarm?
The other party just doesn't want to fill the hole?
Since there was nothing wrong, everyone was too lazy to think about it. They looked around and found that this was at the foot of Hengshan Mountain to the east of Baxia City, a few thousand meters away from the east gate of Baxia City, and covered by a small forest in the middle.
Huang Min checked the surroundings and said, "It seems that the clues have been cut off here. We need to think of a new way to identify the direction in which the enemy fled!"
Zhang Yun said: "On the mountain, they tied Lord Liu Ting up and didn't come down the mountain. They are probably waiting for us."
Huang Min asked doubtfully: "How do you judge this?"
Zhang Yun did not say anything, but winked at Lucina, asking her to attack the white bird squatting on a stone. At the same time, she summoned two barrier elves and used a small barrier to trap the white bird.
But in the eyes of others, it was a handsome young man named Yutier who suddenly took action. He first summoned two transparent elemental elves, released strange magic to create a translucent sphere, and covered an inconspicuous white bird.
Then he drew the long sword from his waist, flashed , and slashed the white bird with the sword, cutting it in half and killing it instantly.
The stone where the white bird was standing was completely intact, without even a sword mark visible. Only the white bird's red blood was sprayed on it and flowed slowly.
Wow!
Such strong control!
And... this person is actually a dual-professional? Summoner and swordsman? And both are top-level among high-level professionals?
Amazing!
As everyone was amazed, Zhang Yun ran over quickly, took out a special prop "transparent bag" from her backpack, wrapped the body of the white bird, and threw it more than ten meters away.
"boom!!!"
There was a loud bang, and the body of the white bird exploded. The bag was torn to pieces by the impact force, and the pebbles on the ground around it were also blown everywhere by the explosion.
A group of people were stunned: "What is this? What is this? How can it be so powerful?"
Zhang Yun made up an excuse: "This is the enemy's explosive bird. They first trained the bird to be obedient, then hid the special alchemical props in the bird's stomach. When we get close, it will actively detonate the alchemical props in its body and finally blow us to pieces."
“And I know this thing…”
"Because the monsters in the Rising Sun Country used similar methods before, so when I saw this bird staring at us with a strange look instead of running away, I guessed it might be an enemy ambush."
No way!
The reason why Zhang Yunzhi knew that there was something wrong with the bird was not because he had seen similar methods before, but because there was a red dot on the map, which was the location of the white bird.
Then Zhang Yun used his insight to take a look at the white bird, and scanned out all the information about its name, combat power, characteristics, and the explosive ball hidden in its body. It didn't require any technical skills at all...
"This bird was waiting here to ambush us. Apparently it guessed we would find this place."
"So, I think the other party might have done it on purpose, wanting to kill us directly."
"But one bird can't blow us all up."
“They should have other means.”
"The only place in this area that can hide people and is easy to defend is this steep hill in front of us, so I guess they are all hiding on the mountain and are waiting for us to go up the mountain."
"Therefore, I think this ambush is just an appetizer to weaken our combat effectiveness. Once we get to the top of the mountain, they will prepare the main course."
This wave of reasoning is well-reasoned and convincing.
However.
Same with the white bird.
Zhang Yun did not guess it at all. He just took a look at the path leading up the mountain and found that there were a few exploding birds hidden there, as well as a small trap discovered by insight. Only then did he think that the other party might be hiding on the mountain.
In addition, there is information about Ajid in the white bird's profile, which obviously means that it was created by Ajid or human forces instigated by Ajid. This kidnapping case is likely aimed at himself.
He was even more certain that the other party was lying in ambush on the mountain, like a loosened sack, waiting for him to get in.
These Agitos...
Since you can’t win with a frontal attack, you’re trying new tactics?
Kind of interesting huh?
OK!
I'll just play with you guys!
Huang Min and others pondered: "Is that so? Then the other party may really be hiding in the mountains!"
"But what is their goal? To use Lord Liu Ting to attack our Great Xia Imperial Guards?"
"But what's the use of this?"
“It’s no good!”
Zhang Yun bewitched, "I don't know either... Let's go up first! Once we subdue them, we'll know what they're up to!"
Huang Min nodded: "Okay!"
Then, the group headed towards the top of the mountain.
With Zhang Yun's guidance, the Great Xia Royal Guards were careful enough. None of the traps and explosive birds laid by the enemies along the way could hit this group of high-level professionals with double levels over fifty.
It took them half an hour to climb to the halfway point of Hengshan Mountain. Unlike the narrow path up the mountain, this place was quite spacious. There was also a mountain stronghold wall that had been built at some unknown time, blocking their way forward.
On the wooden castle stood a group of patrolling red-named enemies, all of whom were between level 20 and 30. They wore leather clothes made of animal skins and vines, and their weapons were iron tools such as spears, bows and arrows.
"Bandits?"
Suddenly, the Great Xia Royal Guards were shocked. They didn't expect that the enemy was just a group of bandits, and they were so arrogant that they built a stronghold on a hill only a few thousand meters away from a city?
More importantly, they dared to kidnap the court ministers of Daxia, become enemies of the powerful Daxia Dynasty, and deliberately leave clues, openly provoking the Daxia Imperial Guards, whose status was only under the imperial power.
Is this being impatient with life?
Looking for excitement?
Huang Min hid in the dark, waved his hand, and whispered: "Kill them!"
As they spoke, several of the Great Xia Imperial Guards took out the small crossbows they carried on their backs, each of them took aim at a target, and shot a sharp arrow, instantly killing the patrolling bandits.
"ah!"
"There are enemies!"
Several bandits died suddenly and fell directly off the wall of the stronghold, making a dull sound, which alarmed a group of bandits behind the stronghold.
They took out their longbows, climbed to the top of the village, and looked around frantically, searching for the enemy attackers.
“Whoosh!”
The sharp arrows were shot out again, and several bandits who climbed up the city wall were killed instantly. They screamed and died beyond death.
However, there were two bandits in their 30s who were holding wooden shields and blocked the shooting, so they were not killed instantly.
But they were not feeling well either. After all, it was an attack from a level 50 elite being. Even with the help of wooden shields and quick defense and blocking, they managed to avoid fatal injuries from the crossbow arrows.
There was no way to stop this powerful force from penetrating their shields and piercing their shoulders, taking away a large amount of their blood.
However, although they were injured, they were not dead. The two surviving bandits immediately pointed to the direction where the Great Xia Imperial Guards were hiding and shouted, "Hurry up! The enemy is behind the big tree in the south! Shoot them! Shoot them to death!"
As they spoke, the two young men were afraid that the Royal Guards would shoot them with another arrow, so they jumped off the city wall and hid in the rear, where it was safe.
The other prepared archers stood behind the castle where they could not be attacked by crossbows, drew their bows and shot arrows, releasing a dense rain of arrows.
Ah!
Professional archer!
As long as you know the direction and are familiar with the terrain, even if your vision is blocked by the village wall and you can't see the actual situation, you can still roughly predict the location of the Great Xia Imperial Guards!
Therefore, the bandits' rain of arrows hit the target exactly, covering all the Great Xia Imperial Guards standing together, with a deviation of only two or three meters at most.
"Pretty accurate?" Zhang Yun exclaimed as she winked at the barrier elves, asking them to release a defensive barrier that could block attacks and protect everyone.
After such a long battle, Zhang Yun's inherited skill "Words" had been upgraded long ago. Although it had not yet reached the highest level where he could give orders directly with just a thought in his mind, he could already achieve this form of quantum command by just giving a wink to his followers and making any follower of any intelligence obey his orders.
Seeing that the rain of arrows was blocked by the suddenly appearing defensive barrier, the Great Xia Royal Guards put down the weapons they were preparing to use to block the rain of arrows and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "Is it a magic barrier that can resist physical attacks?"
and!
The caster was actually the elemental elf who had just trapped the white bird!
I'm convinced. One summoned beast with several abilities, each of which is very useful, and you can summon several at a time!
Yutiel...
This man is extremely strong!
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement while experts watch the doorway. As the strongest fighting force of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Great Xia Royal Guards naturally know and have seen Western magic.
According to common sense, they would not be surprised by the summoned beasts summoned by Lucina, just like when Zhang Yun said that digging holes with Western magic was easy, they would not find it strange at all.
But Lucina...or Zhang Yun is fine too, the abilities displayed by the beasts he summoned are just too powerful!
As knowledgeable senior professionals, the Great Xia Royal Guards could see all the details, so they couldn't pretend that these magic tricks were boring. That would be too tasteless and make them look like amateurs who couldn't even discover the real "essence".
Not to mention that the current summoner is Lucina, and her swordsmanship ability is also very strong, far beyond that of ordinary people.
In the Great Xia Kingdom, which prides itself on warriors, no matter where Lucina comes from, she will be respected by all professionals in Great Xia.
In addition, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lucina had just killed the white bird with one sword without touching the stone.
If only one person from the Great Xia Imperial Guards present could fight Lucina head-on.
There will only be one ending.
That is……
lose!
How could this not shock them?
