Chapter 128: Entering the second floor
Liu Yang's lips twitched, his face extremely ugly.
Just when everyone thought Liu Yang was about to refuse, he suddenly laughed and said, "Since Junior Brother Jiang's demon sword technique is unique in range attacks, then the matter of clearing the first level of poisonous scorpion monster will be left to Junior Brother Jiang to handle!"
After saying that, he pulled Yan Nanzheng, who had a look of unwillingness on his face, and went back to work with Bu Zheng and others to maintain the weakness of the defensive shield.
When Jiang Chen saw that Liu Yang was so embarrassed, he was surprised that he had a son-in-law.
Of course, he would not naively think that Liu Yang had given up from now on, but his expression became more solemn between his eyebrows. With Liu Yang's vindictive character, he was so tolerant of him at this time. I believe that the revenge in the future will become more vicious and fierce. After passing through the third level that requires team cooperation, it is safer to act separately from Liu Yang.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
At this time, Jiang Chen waved several sword energy in succession, sweeping over like a strong wind. In front of him, the black poisonous scorpion was cleaned up like the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves.
Afterwards, Jiang Chen gave way to Bu Zheng and three other disciples who consumed less spiritual power to replace him. He took out a bottle of spiritual wine and drank it to replenish his spiritual power.
However, Bu Zheng and others' advancement speed was not as fast as Liu Yang, so it was naturally impossible to move forward much distance.
Therefore, after Jiang Chen slightly recovered half of his spiritual power, he picked up the Yanling Sword and went into battle.
Just like this, after repeated several times, in just half an hour, Jiang Chen and others walked nearly five hundred feet and successfully arrived at the square exit.
"Let's go in!" Jiang Chen shouted softly and walked into the glittering hole first...
After entering the second floor, the temperature was much lower than the desert area on the first floor. The light also dimmed. Jiang Chen squinted his eyes and looked around with his spiritual sense. It seemed that this was a dark swamp area. There were potholes around him.
I heard a sharp scream of "squeak!", and a venom with a gloomy green light sprayed towards him.
Jiang Chen's eyes turned cold, and his figure flexibly dodged to one side, avoiding the venom shot, and the goose feather knife in his hand suddenly slashed forward.
I heard a "puff!" sound.
The monster that rushed towards the darkness had been cut into two pieces by the sword energy.
"Grey Spotted Crocodile!"
Only then did Jiang Chen see clearly, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
Unexpectedly, just as he came in, he encountered a monster. He almost accidentally got caught in the green venom. Although he carried the poison pill on his body, it was very time-consuming and labor-intensive. Just using the power to drive away poison was very time-consuming.
At this time, the figures of Bu Zheng, Liu Yang, Yan Nanzheng and others also flashed one after another. Each of them held magic weapons and entered the second floor.
Jiang Chen's eyes had gradually adapted to the light in the second layer, which was far dimmer than the first layer, and then he looked towards the swamp area.
I saw a large number of water-type monsters, gray-spotted crocodiles, were everywhere here. Of course, their number was significantly smaller than that of the desert poisonous scorpions in the first layer, but their strength was higher.
The desert poisonous scorpion is just a first-level monster. It is equivalent to the level in the early stage of Qi refining. The gray-spotted crocodile is a second-level monster. It must be one level higher, which is equivalent to the level in the middle stage of Qi refining.
This gray-spotted crocodile is much stronger than the desert venom. Not only does it have higher defense and intelligence than the scorpion, but it also sprays venom. Once it is sprayed, with everyone's current cultivation level, although it is not fatal yet, it can lead to paralysis and slow movement speed, which is extremely unfavorable for them to pass through the second level quickly.
Moreover, this gray-spotted crocodile has another skill, which is capable of evacuation, and its attack power and range are not weak. Although in this swamp, the number of gray-spotted crocodile is much less than that of the desert poisonous scorpions that are everywhere in the mountains and clouds. However, it is much more difficult to deal with them than the desert poisonous scorpions.
"If we attack normally, how long will it take to pass this second level?" Jiang Chen looked at the people behind him and asked calmly.
"I'm afraid it will take about three hours! And it's still the case of sufficient detoxification pill." A neutral disciple smiled bitterly..
Jiang Chen looked at Bu Zheng again, and his eyes showed a look of inquisitiveness.
After scanning for a moment, Bu Zheng sighed: "It may take about three to four hours! The strength of this second layer of gray-spotted crocodile is similar to that of the cultivator in the middle stage of Qi refining. Moreover, the environment here is a swamp, which is more conducive to the attack of water-type monsters like them. The places we pass by are within the range of their venom and water arrow spells, and there is nowhere to dodge. We must kill all the gray-spotted crocodiles before we can get through!"
"Well, Senior Brother Jiang, I just observed it. There are about 500 gray-spotted crocodiles in this layer. Although they are only second-level monsters, with our strength, anyone can solve them, but they are not like the anti-virus scorpions in the first layer. They can kill a few of them with just one move. I am afraid that it will take some effort to kill each head. It is estimated that with our advancement speed, it will take at least three hours to pass through this second layer, and this does not include the time for rest and rest adjustment." Another neutral disciple also told the situation he analyzed at this time.
This person's name is Gu Lei, about 25 or 26 years old, thin and has the strength of the peak of Qi Refining Period. He belongs to Sima Xin's sect.
Although his cultivation level is higher than that of Jiang Chen, who has just reached the ninth level of Qi Refining Stage, in theory, he should be a senior brother, but now after seeing Jiang Chen's strength, he dares not regard himself as a senior brother, so he naturally speaks "little brother".
Jiang Chen nodded. It seems that it is indeed difficult for the nine of them to quickly pass the second level.
"By the way, you all bring the Detox Pill, right? The green liquid emitted by this crocodile is highly toxic!" Jiang Chen asked, touching his chin.
"Of course I prepared a lot!" Several disciples took out several pill bottles from their arms and said.
When Liu Yang saw this, the neutral disciples changed their faces and followed Jiang Chenyan's advice, as if he was just following his horse's lead, and he was even more angry.
However, he also knew that it was not the time to break up with Jiang Chen, so he simply turned his head away and was not upset.
Seeing this, Yan Nanzheng was a little unwilling. He sent a voice to Liu Yang and said, "Senior Brother Liu, did you give up the power of command to Jiang Chen like this?"
"Hmph! Jiang Chen, this guy, doesn't know the world is so strong, and thinks the captain is so easy to be a good person? The second floor needs to be passed, and the difficulty is much greater than the first floor. When he gets bleeding, I will stand up and clean up the mess... Gu Lei's fence-bearing sluts will fall to wherever he sees. At that time, I'm afraid he will cry again and beg me to take it in!" Liu Yang replied viciously.
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said, "Now, we must think of other solutions! What I mean is that everyone is divided into two groups and rotated to attack so that they can pass through this second level in the shortest time!"
"Okay!" Bu Zheng also nodded, "It's of course the best way to attack in groups and take turns, so that you can keep moving forward. At the same time, you can also take turns to get a rest. However, Junior Brother Jiang, how do we group?"
Jiang Chen was already thinking about it at this time. He smiled slightly and said, "You are all in one group, I am one group alone, just take turns to move forward!"
"What? Are you a group of people alone? We are all in groups?" Don't say that Gu Lei, even Bu Zheng was stunned. Does Jiang Chen have such strength? He is a group of people alone?
Liu Yang couldn't help but sarcastically and said, "I really don't know how high the world is, and I'm arrogant!"
Yan Nanzheng also shouted angrily: "Jiang Chen, it doesn't matter if you want to die yourself. But don't let everyone go crazy with you! When you passed the first level before, it was because your demon sword technique contained group attack skills that made you show off. Don't think that there is such a good thing when you arrive at this level! These crocodiles are scattered very wide and can only be killed one by one!"
Jiang Chen smiled faintly at this time, obviously guessing that everyone would react like this. He looked at the swamp covered in the dark twilight and said in a deep voice: "My devil sword technique is against such weaker enemies but with a large number of enemies. It has a special killing effect and is more effective than ordinary magic weapons or magic attacks. If you don't believe it, let's see me try to attack first!"
After hearing this, Bu Zheng, Gu Lei and others nodded helplessly, holding the magic weapon tightly in their hands, and making preparations for the response to Jiang Chen if something goes wrong.
"Xuanming shield!"
Jiang Chen raised his hand and released a black mist. The black mist began to spread along his arms and quickly covered his whole body.
Soon, a black round body protection cover completely enveloped Jiang Chen's whole body.
This "Xuanming Shield" is like the "Xuanming Shield" he learned, and is both defensive spells, but its effects are somewhat different.
The Xuanming shield can only cover one side of the attack. The Xuanming shield is like a defensive shield supported by several people just passed the first floor, which can achieve full-scale protection against the cultivator's body.
This also leads to the two spells having completely different functions.
The Xuanming shield is easily broken by the opponent bypassing it, but because of its large coverage area, it can completely resist the erosion of the cultivator's body by flying insects, smoke, venom, etc., and isolate it outside.
The Xuanming Shield cannot achieve all-round defense, but when facing the enemy's magic weapons and magic attacks, it is much stronger than the Xuanming Shield, and it can be said that each has its own strengths.
After Jiang Chen added a layer of "Xuanming Guard" to himself, he stepped on the ghostly tracing step, held the goose feather knife in his hand, looked straight ahead, and prepared for battle.
Within the range of spiritual consciousness, gray-spotted crocodiles were distributed in groups of three or three.
There is one end every few feet, walking around. Some dense places also gather several ends at the same time, but relatively speaking, other places are much less.
Jiang Chen shouted lightly, his toes stumbled on the ground, jumped up, turned into a black light, holding a goose feather knife, and rushed towards the depths of the swamp with a sharp wave of spiritual power.
He rushed forward very quickly, forty or fifty feet in a very short time, and immediately alarmed more than ten gray-spotted crocodiles along the way.
Not far ahead, many alarmed gray-spotted crocodiles sprayed water arrows and venom at Jiang Chen.
"squeak!"
"puff!"
Balls of green venom and blue water arrows shot fiercely at the black escape light transformed by Jiang Chen.
The water arrows and venom of the gray-spotted crocodile can shoot thirty feet at the farthest distance, and the range is more than five times farther than the sword energy emitted by Jiang Chen's Yanling Knife. This distance is enough to allow them to attack Jiang Chen before being killed by Jiang Chen's Yanling Knife.
"Ba!Ba!Ba!Ba!Ba!"
The gray-spotted crocodiles hit by Jiang Chen were torn apart by the light of the Yanling Knife.
However, the golden sword aura emitted by the Yanling Knife was also impacted by more than twenty water arrows and venom, and its power was weakened and corroded a lot.
Moreover, the water arrows sprayed by the gray-spotted crocodile have a slow effect. Jiang Chen's body, under the continuous bombardment of water arrows, was moving forward slowly.
At this moment, Jiang Chen's Xuanming shield was covered with a thick layer of blue viscous water, which made him feel extremely heavy and stagnant. Although he tried his best to rush forward, he still could not increase the speed of advance.
He had rushed forward for nearly seventy feet and killed more than twenty gray-spotted crocodiles. However, his speed dropped sharply from the first blink of an eye to the half-incense stick to only going forward more than five feet, and it was getting more and more stagnant. This speed was already incredibly slow.
Although Jiang Chen was only seven or eight feet away from the gray-spotted crocodiles in front of him at this time, this distance seemed to be insurmountable.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiang Chen immediately swelled and began to turn around and retreat.
When the gray-spotted crocodile saw that the enemy wanted to run away, he was not willing to give up. Venom and water arrows sprayed continuously and hit Jiang Chen's Xuanming shield. In just one incense stick, he was hit more than twenty consecutive times.
The Xuanming shield, which was flashing with black light, was quickly corroded by the venom, becoming thinner and thinner, and cracks appeared on the surface...
With a "click!", the Xuanming cover finally completely shattered.
However, Jiang Chen had already "whooshed" at this time and retreated to the place where he had just set out. He successfully escaped from the attack range of the gray-spotted crocodile in front of him. His clothes were also stained with a little light green venom ejected by the gray-spotted crocodile.
"Jiang Chen, are you okay?" Bu Zheng had already rushed over and asked with an anxious look on his face.
"I have a detoxification pill here! Senior Brother Jiang will take one pill first!" Gu Lei asked with concern when he saw that there was venom on Jiang Chen's clothes.
Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "It's okay! I'm wearing Nether Silk Armor, and this little venom cannot be corroded."
At this time, all the disciples of the Demon Soul Peak on the side were stunned. Jiang Chen's previous wave of impact, after using the Demon Sword Technique, had already cleaned up the crocodile within more than 70 meters in front. Even if they all came together, they might not be much faster than Jiang Chen.
"It seems that Jiang Chen's strength is indeed far stronger than Liu Yang. I guess Liu Yang is definitely not as fast as Jiang Chen when he asked him to come up to clean up these crocodiles!" Gu Lei thought to himself.
Chapter completed!