Volume 4: It's Dark, Please Close Your Eyes Chapter 24: The inner demon appears, and demons are in chaos
"Bang——" At that moment, a human-shaped meteor smashed directly on the bloody battlefield with such arrogance. Smoke and dust flew up, and a big hole was directly smashed into the ground.
"Puh, puh!" Tang Zheng spat out a mouthful of dust for a long time, then he rubbed his neck and held his waist, and slowly climbed out of the big pit.
"Damn, I finally understand why so many seniors and instructors have repeatedly warned that only when you reach four stars can you try to further practice short-altitude air skills based on footwork martial arts. Only when you are at least mid-level four stars can you consider truly learning to ride the wind. It turns out that without the physique of a martial artist at the peak of three stars, you can't bear the tragic consequences of a failed test flight!" Tang Zheng felt the pain all over his body as if it was falling apart. He grinned and suddenly realized.
While he was still in a daze, suddenly a martial arts skill attacked him from behind.
At the same time, several sharp claws, still dripping with blood and covered with minced meat, were slashing at him from all angles.
Feeling the fluctuations of the star power of the martial arts and the sound of the blade breaking through the air, Tang Zheng smiled and shook his head: "Fortunately, I am not just a warrior here, instant step, concealment--"
The dodge skill combination that he had memorized in his bones in his previous life was activated in an instant. As expected, the martial arts and blades that came at him with great force were completely in vain. Those ferocious demon soldiers with green faces and fangs found that the target they were targeting suddenly disappeared completely, and they were stunned for a moment.
At this moment, a ripple appeared in the air, and a translucent figure gradually took shape behind the demon soldiers.
That figure was as fast as lightning, and slashed with the sharp blade in his right hand, completely cutting the tendons and bones of a demon soldier's hind limbs. The demon soldier lost his balance and fell backwards, but the sharp blade in his left hand followed seamlessly and stabbed upwards, directly into the back of the demon soldier's head. With a light "puff" sound, the demon soldier didn't even have time to splatter blood before his life was completely destroyed.
Another demon soldier turned around in horror, and was greeted by a weird smile and a dagger that had just been pulled out of his companion's head.
Cut throat!
"Crack--cough--" The demon soldier, whose throat was cut in an instant, covered his hands with blood that kept flowing out of his throat, groaned meaninglessly, and fell down with a bang with a look of unwillingness on his face. Following his companions, he also set foot on the road to the underworld.
"Big wave of Kill--" Tang Zheng gently shook off the blood on the two daggers, played a built-in killing BGM, and looked towards the figure fighting in the battle not far away. It turned out to be the owner of the familiar voice he heard - Leng Zhan.
At this moment, Leng Zhan seemed to be completely trapped in a tough battle. He was surrounded by countless demon soldiers. The corpses of demon soldiers were piled up around him, and even the battlefield under his feet was raised a lot.
The azure light of lightning flashed continuously in the splattering blood. The burnt smell of flesh burned by the lightning, accompanied by a strong smell of blood and the strong body odor of the monsters, mixed together to form a unique smell of iron, blood and tragedy on the battlefield.
Any one of these demon soldiers alone might not be a match for Leng Zhan, but as the saying goes, "An ant in large numbers can kill an elephant." These demon soldiers kept emerging in a bloody fog, as if they could not be cut off or killed. It seemed that they were going to exhaust Leng Zhan to death here.
Leng Zhan has been using martial arts frequently, and his body and face are covered in blood. No one knows whether it comes from the demon soldiers or himself. It seems that if he continues to fight like this, he will be forced to use even his astrological talent and the true body of the Thunder Emperor to stabilize the situation.
Tang Zheng sighed and moved his body like a ghost, rushing through the seemingly impenetrable encirclement while his dagger flew left and right, and he released martial arts and assassin skills in turn, taking care of those blind demon soldiers who were attacking him with weapons and minions one by one.
Leng Zhan, who was trapped in the circle of demon soldiers, immediately noticed that the situation had changed. He looked up and said with a little surprise: "Tang Zheng?!"
However, he soon frowned and said, "You shouldn't have come here. We are surrounded by demon soldiers. You should break out of here quickly. Don't worry about me. I can hold on until we kill them all!"
Leng Zhan's tone was firm, his eyes were full of anger and determination, which made Tang Zheng speechless: "Brother, you are so desperate to dream, do your family know?"
However, the situation was critical and it was not a good time to explain. Tang Zheng did not say much. He raised his hand and sprinkled a stream of golden smoke towards Leng Zhan, then he jumped high into the air: "Falling Spin Slash followed by Dragon Spine Cross Kill!"
Immediately afterwards, several dark shadows like black holes lit up and spun wildly twice on the ground. Then, two cross-like bloody knife marks were drawn out of thin air .
These two skills with extremely cool light effects directly chopped several nearby demon soldiers into pieces. Tang Zheng used his skills to create a small gap in the airtight encirclement.
"Collect the stars!" Tang Zheng flashed in front of Leng Zhan and shouted loudly.
In such a fierce battle situation, it would be tantamount to suicide for a warrior to rashly put away the star sign. However, Leng Zhan and Tang Zheng had cooperated for a long time in the martial arts conference of the academy. Leng Zhan had long believed in Tang Zheng's command. He did not doubt him and put away the star sign without hesitation.
"The assassin has used both of his group attack and clearing skills. If we don't leave now, when will we leave? Little Bell, catch up!" Tang Zheng yelled again, turned around and went behind Leng Zhan , and directly grabbed Leng Zhan, who had just put away the Star Sign and felt a little confused, by his belt. He made a big turn, suddenly felt weak, and threw Leng Zhan directly into the sky.
"Go!"
Seeing Leng Zhan's puzzled face being caught by Xiao Lingdang who had been on standby in the air, Tang Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He used his martial arts skills Cloud Step, assassin skill Instant Step, and stealth. All his footwork and hidden skills were fully activated. Before the demon soldiers who wanted to surround and kill him could react, he had already quietly escaped.
A moment later, Tang Zheng and Leng Zhan, who was full of question marks on his face, met in the grassland in Tang Zheng's dream area.
"You go first, those monsters will definitely catch up with us!" Leng Zhan looked at Tang Zheng, who was wearing strange equipment, his mind was full of question marks, but he finally shouted this sentence anxiously.
Tang Zheng watched Leng Zhan roar out these words, and a blood-colored mist was about to form behind him again. He quickly said, "Don't worry, I sprinkled cloaking mist on you before throwing you out, so your scent won't spread out for the time being. And you're walking on the Sky Road, and there are no flying monsters among the monster soldiers, so they will definitely not be able to catch up with you."
Leng Zhan listened to Tang Zheng's analysis, and the anxious expression on his face gradually calmed down: "Well, okay."
Just after Leng Zhan believed Tang Zheng's words, the blood-colored mist that was about to form behind him gradually disappeared. Tang Zheng curled his lips and turned to look at Leng Zhan: "Do you have a lot of questions to ask me, such as my strange equipment and martial arts that I have never seen before, why there are suddenly a large number of three-star monsters in our camp, why the little bell can fly, and where is this strange place we are in now?"
Leng Zhan listened to Tang Zheng's rapid-fire questions like a hundred thousand whys, thought about it, and realized that all the questions in his mind were included in it, so he nodded.
"Do you think that the things you see are particularly strange, particularly incomprehensible, and particularly illogical?" Tang Zheng continued to ask.
"Except for the battle with the demon clan, everything else... really doesn't feel real." Leng Zhan told the truth.
After listening to this, Tang Zheng smiled and snapped his fingers: "It's right that it feels unreal, because you are dreaming now!"
"Are you dreaming? We've been pulled into an illusion?!" Leng Zhan, who had a lot of combat experience, reacted immediately, "But, those monsters are too real, and those battles are too real. Is there such a terrifying illusion?"
“You can call it an illusion… As for those monsters and the battle, they were all caused by your inner demons, how could they not be real?” Tang Zheng smiled and shook his head, “No matter who arranged this dream, this guy is really good at playing tricks on people. Now it seems that our fear and inner demons are all sources of his power…”
"Inner demon?" Leng Zhan thought about it, and seemed to be lost in some memories. He did not deny Tang Zheng's statement.
But he soon became serious and looked at Tang Zheng: "If it is as you said, whether this is a dream or an illusion, it is probably very dangerous for many warriors. But... why did I encounter the attack of the inner demon, but you didn't? Don't you have any memories of fear and terror?"
"Me? Of course he attacked me, and the way he did it was very precise... Well, I guess you can't tell with this outfit on, so I'll take it off first... and then look again, what's the difference between this outfit and my previous outfit?" Tang Zheng closed his eyes slightly, used his mind to make the assassin equipment on his body disappear, and returned to the scholar's long shirt that he most often used in Xingyao Continent, and then asked.
Leng Zhan squinted his eyes and looked at Tang Zheng, and suddenly said: "Belt, your unique belt is gone!"
"That's right, you react quickly, which means you have been secretly paying attention to me." Tang Zheng said thoughtfully.
"What does this have to do with the inner demon? What does the belt have to do with fear?" Leng Zhan asked puzzled.
"Isn't it obvious? Do you know what's in my belt? Money, gold. Do you know what I fear the most? I'm afraid of being poor. My belt that means I'm rich is suddenly gone. Can't you see that I'm scared now?!" Tang Zheng said excitedly.
"Sorry, I can't tell at all." Leng Zhan told the truth.
"Well, okay, actually I'm not afraid, because for some special reasons, I knew from the beginning that I was dreaming, so this inner demon has little effect on me. However, I believe that most people would not be able to react for a while when faced with their most familiar scenes and the most terrifying memories. The threat of this inner demon is very great." Tang Zheng glanced at the little bell that was still flying happily in the sky, lowered his voice a little, and became serious with a rare look.
"So, we must find other teammates as soon as possible." Leng Zhan nodded, drew out the thunder hammer again , and stood up.
