King of Black Mist

The abyss was right in front of them, separated from the eight people by a pile of messy ice blocks - like a huge object falling from the sky and smashing the ice sea, pieces of broken ice were thrown away and landed here.

The ice cubes have different shapes, because there is no snow and no dust. They are clean and beautiful, like a dream.

"Is this the 'place to leave a name'?" Tully asked infatuatedly.

Yete walked up to her and deliberately scared her: "It's also called 'the place to stay'."

Information like this would expose himself as soon as Li Changzhou opened his mouth, so he remained silent.

"Old man," Andy turned to look at the old man, "Where did you leave your name?"

The old man didn't say anything and walked forward, and everyone followed.

"The names of the captain, me, and Botz are all written together with the old man." Yetter said.

"We made a lot of money last time we came here," Botz said, "even though six people died."

"The share of those six people also belongs to us." Yetter said again.

"Little Tully, dig more when you see the solid ice later." Boz looked at Tully with evil intentions.

They both teased her together.

"Hmph, Yett, Boz, you two should dig more," Tully countered.

The old man stopped in front of a piece of ice, half buried in the earth, like a tombstone.

There were many names written on it, and all but four of them had a scratch carved on them, which represented death.

"I brought these people down," the old man said.

He stood in front of the ice monument for a while, then stepped aside to get out of the way.

Andy, Stone Fist, and Tully stepped forward and left their names on it.

Li Changzhou took a look and saw that the former captain of the Shadow Team whose identity he replaced was named 'Ming Zhou'.

It's very interesting. The "great power" of darkness is called "Mingshi". Does this mean that only light can defeat darkness?

Li Chang Zhou is very similar to Captain Ming Zhou on the surface, but there is a fundamental difference. His instinct is [Black Mist], named 'Chang Zhou', but in reality it is darkness.

The captain of 'Tomorrow' might have been silently swallowed by the 'great power-darkness' he held on his way to Della's Tavern. Stars will burn out one day, and mortals can only light up for a while with their lives. .

"alright!"

"Brother Andy's name is written too big!"

"The bigger you write, the better your luck and the longer you live!"

"Everyone can see you even if you are dead." Yete said.

"Yet——"

"Let's go, hurry up." The old man interrupted the young man's play with a solemn expression.

The eight of them moved on.

Tully took a deep breath. Now she was really about to enter the abyss. She clenched her hands. Only four names on an ice tablet were still alive. Can she survive?

The abyss is a deep pit.

As for how deep it is, no corpse has ever climbed up after falling to the bottom.

The old man unfolded two bundles of ropes, a group consisting of the old man, Andy, Yeter, and Baizi, and a group of Li Changzhou, Yang Qinglan, Tali, and Shi Fist.

"Remember," the old man confirmed the firmness of each person's rope. "If someone's foot slips and you can't pull yourself up, just cut the rope. Don't hesitate - if you go down from here, there will be no teammates, no relatives, and no friends."

"Don't worry too much," Yett comforted Tully, who was so nervous that her whole body was shaking. "There will be a long 'safe zone' for you to get familiar with. You need money. Just go a little deeper into the 'fall zone' and there will be unbreakable ice." .”

"As long as the captain is here, the 'Fall Zone' is nothing." Botz said.

Tully pursed her lips and nodded.

"Yete! You are the first!" the old man shouted.

"What the hell!"

Tully noticed that Yett's fingertips were trembling slightly as he walked towards the abyss, and he was also afraid.

For some reason, Tully felt at ease. Even Yet was afraid, so what was the use of being afraid herself?

Yett dug the iron thorns on the toes of his boots deeply into the ice wall, hit the ice ax in his hand on the ground, and slowly moved his body downward inch by inch.

Next came the old man, then Andy, and finally Botz.

In Li Changzhou's group, he was the first.

He has no experience climbing ice walls, but he has the courage to walk on cliffs in heavy rain and low temperatures, and the skills to fight Guanyin and Sun Wukong.

Before his body was completely attached to the ice wall, he was already very familiar with it, and even more sophisticated than the old man in terms of force technique.

The second is Yang Qinglan, the third is Tali, and the last is Shi Fist.

The eight people were divided into two groups, moving down the ice wall like worms.

The ice wall is so cold that when you use ice spikes or ice picks to dig into the ice wall, your hands and feet are like tools. They have been completely frozen and have lost consciousness, separated from your brain by a long distance.

"Don't look down!" the old man yelled, "Don't look into the abyss!"

Ding! Ding! Ding!

After three attempts, Yang Qinglan dug the ice pick into the ice wall. The fine ice flakes rolled down and turned into a villain in the process, falling irreversibly into the abyss.

All the way down, ten minutes, half an hour, one hour, three hours.

As the sun gradually rises, the temperature, on the contrary, drops sharply.

"Pay attention!" The old man said this several times, "The only danger in the safe zone is yourself!"

Tully looked up at the sky. The sun was above the abyss, as cold as if it was frozen.

There was a gentle tug on the rope around her waist, and she came back to her senses. She knew that the lone traveler had descended to the limit that the rope between the two could reach. She took a breath with her lips (just after descending into the abyss, she used her nose Inhaling is already like a knife cutting) and starts to go down.

After stopping, Yang Qinglan took a breath.

She turned her head and saw a trace of excitement flashing in the eyes of Li Changzhou beside her. He was not afraid at all in such an environment where he was walking on thin ice.

"There's someone down there," she whispered.

"Other teams? How many?" Li Changzhou asked.

"The ice fell too fast. I didn't see clearly. There seemed to be three of them."

Li Changzhou nodded.

Their speed is not fast. They work in groups of four, with only one person moving at a time. The remaining three act as 'anchors' to prevent the movers from falling.

When the four get back together, the leaders Li Changzhou and Yete will continue to move downwards, and so on.

At this speed, there will be no chance of encountering other teams.

However, we still met, and the other party was climbing up.

"Something ghost is coming!" Yete was so nervous that his face twitched, because he couldn't look down and couldn't confirm whether it was a living person or an ice corpse.

But whether it is a living person or an ice corpse, it is fatal in a place like this.

The old man's voice also became tense: "Captain!"

You can't look down. Li Changzhou is also unable to fight. It's okay to be an ice corpse, but if the opponent is a holder of 'great power', especially that child.

The terrain must be changed.

The dark snake poked its head out from behind Li Changzhou and bit into the ice wall beside him, chewing out a hole in the solid ice wall.

The dark snake swung its tail and threw out seven tails, hooking Yang Qinglan, Tali, the old man, Andy and others.

The dark snake burrowed into the cave and followed it in with its tail. When the seven people came to their senses, they were already standing in the cave.

"Captain!" Yete shouted to Li Changzhou outside the cave.

Darkness cannot pull Li Changzhou out of thin air, just like he cannot rely on his left foot to step on his right foot, or his right foot to step on his left foot to reach the sky.

A black hand was raised high from behind him, and with a bang, it was clasped on the ice wall above his head like sharp claws. He pushed lightly against the ice wall with his feet, and he fell into the cave like a swallow.

"Captain's skills are better than before." Boz said.

"Stop talking nonsense!" The old man pulled out his scimitar, and the others also took out their weapons.

The old man and Andy clung to the ice wall and stood at the entrance of the cave.

Two steel sword users, Yett and Boze, stood in front, attracting enemies.

"What if the person coming is a human? Are you going to kill him?" Andy said excitedly.

"As long as you take action against us, you and your mother will be killed too!" Botz shouted. This slightly silent strong man seemed to want to use his voice to embolden himself.

Stone Fist held the shield and took a deep breath nervously. He was obviously the shield bearer, but he was not standing in front of him. Behind him was Tully.

"Tully! Start the fire!" the old man whispered.

"I'm doing!"

"high speed!"

"Yes!" Tully set the bow and arrow on fire.

"No matter what the coming person is, remember to ignite your bow and arrow as soon as possible. If it is an ice corpse, only flames and abyss can kill this monster." The old man pointed out to the newcomers, "The ice corpse is extremely powerful. If you want to kill it vertically, It is simply impossible for the ice wall to knock the opponent down."

"Yes!" Tully responded.

Everyone held their breath.

As the sound of climbing got closer and closer, an inexplicable fear surged into my heart, as if my body, which had been soaked in ice water, was suddenly lifted up, and then a cold wind blew.

"It's an ice corpse!" Yett shouted.

Three corpses rushed into the cave!

"Andy!" the old man shouted loudly.

Andy dwarfed him at the same time, aimed at the legs of the corpse, and held out the scimitar in his hand.

laugh!

The blade of the knife penetrated the flesh and severed both legs.

Two corpses fell to the ground, and a rocket accurately hit one of them.

"Back off!" the old man shouted again, retreating quickly.

Yett and Boz stepped forward with steel swords in hand, and Tully nervously ignited the second rocket.

The three corpses, for a lifelong warrior like the old man, might have narrowly escaped death on the ice wall, but in the cave opened by Li Changzhou, they were not a threat.

However, Andy's movements were slowed down by the cold, and he took a step back.

The corpse whose legs were cut off by him wrapped his right foot and ankle with his frost-covered right hand.

"Caught! I caught him!" The corpse was ecstatic, stretched out his left hand, and clasped his hands together.

The powerful force bursts out like a flood.

"Ah!" Andy screamed violently. Due to the severe pain, his face stretched into a weird look for a moment.

"Andy!!" The old man's legs that had retreated suddenly kicked the ground.

"Old man!" Yett shouted and followed, followed closely by Boz.

"Caught him! Caught him!" The three corpses were shouting with ecstasy.

The ignited corpse, the pieces of flesh dissolving in the firelight like a solution.

Click~

The neck that melted in the fire could not support the head, and the head rolled to the ground like a fireball. Even so, the head was still screaming.

"Pull him back! Pull him back!"

The only corpse still standing, he picked up the corpse's legs that were holding Andy's ankles like he was pushing a wheelbarrow, and walked backwards out of the cave with a harvest expression.

The joyful scene in front of him was really weird to the extreme.

The old man's machete was unsheathed again. The old man's eyes were bloodshot, and he rushed forward like a hungry wolf. He simply cut off the corpse's hands and rescued Andy.

"Ah?" The corpse was stunned for a moment.

"Give him back! Give him back!" The two corpses went crazy.

The corpse with intact limbs threw away the legs of the other corpse in his hand and suddenly hit the old man.

The old man rushed forward without hesitation, and there was no way to retreat at this time.

"Ah!!" Yett and Boz roared violently, their voices breaking with trembling.

Two steel swords were pulled out.

Tully's face turned pale and she wanted to scream, but her voice was stuck in her throat. The two steel swords were actually aimed at the old man!

At this moment, the old man curled up his body as if disappearing.

laugh!

The head of the corpse shot into the sky, and the crotch was cut off directly.

The upper body, which had lost its head and legs, still grabbed the clothes on the old man's chest with both hands before landing.

"Caught! Caught again!" The corpse that had held Andy's ankles opened its mouth, bit the upper body with its teeth, and twisted and crawled out of the cave.

"Catch him! Catch him!" The head of the upper body encouraged at the edge of the cave.

When the body retreated, it pushed the head into the abyss, and the voice of "grab him" still came from the abyss.

Yett and Boz took a big step forward, and then struck the steel sword down like a heavy hammer.

The arms of half of the corpse were smashed. The two of them had one arm each and backed away while holding the old man.

"Tully!" the old man raised his head and roared.

Tully came to her senses and loosened her bowstring.

The rocket that was flying in the air was almost extinguished. As soon as it landed on the corpse, with a sound of "Whoosh!", the flames shot up half a meter high.

The firelight shone, and the people who had saved their lives gasped violently, but the terror of the abyss did not leave them like their shadows reflected on the cave walls, staring at them all the time.

"Ah" Andy leaned against the ice wall, holding his ankles and moaning in pain.

The old man stood up with a gasp, walked to him, took off his thick shoes and socks, and checked the injury.

"Fortunately," he breathed a sigh of relief, "I wore enough clothes and no bones were injured."

The cold eyes of Yet and Boz softened. If Andy was really dead, they would abandon him.

The old man took off his gloves, took out a piece of ice frozen with liquid medicine from his waist, held it in his mouth until it melted, sprayed it on Andy's ankle, and then pressed it hard with both hands.

"Ah!!" Andy's face twitched.

"Does it hurt?" The old man didn't scold, but smiled happily.

"It hurts me so much! Be gentle, old man!"

"It hurts, it's a hard lesson, and I didn't really suffer any injuries. It's very good! You kid will know how to restrain himself from now on!"

"If my hands and feet hadn't been frozen, I-ah!!!"

The old man wanted to rub the flesh on his ankle as if it were bone-free, then turned back to Yet and said, "Yate, tell him what we will do if his foot is disabled."

"You want me to be the bad guy?" Yett was not happy, but he still said, "Andy, if you break a bone, we will leave you here."

A very simple way of handling it, a very calm tone, without any guilt or heaviness.

Andy's screams became weaker and weaker. His face was in pain and he was breathing heavily, but his mouth was silent.

"No. Is there a captain?" Tully whispered.

"Tali," Boz turned around and said, "It's us who need the captain, not the captain who needs us. Do you understand? With the cave created by the captain, we can't deal with the ice corpses, so we are a burden."

"In the face of the boss's 'great power', even if we can deal with the ice corpse, wouldn't it be a burden?" Shi Fist was puzzled.

"Little brother Stone Fist," Yete put his elbow on Stone Fist's shoulder, "The 'Great Power' is very strong, but it is not invincible under all circumstances, especially in the abyss.

"For example, just now, the boss also needs us younger brothers to stand in front and observe the enemy first. If the kid playing with the green light comes up, we can use our lives as a shield for the boss.

"If it is another 'great power', it can also obtain intelligence through the other party's killing methods."

"Don't call me so cold." Li Changzhou walked out from the depths of the cave.

Yett shrugged.

Li Changzhou walked to the old man: "Is everything okay?"

"It's okay, little--" the old man turned around, met Li Changzhou's eyes staring at him, and paused for a moment, "--hurt."

Li Changzhou nodded and suddenly said: "You and Andy go back."

"Boss! I can continue!" Andy shouted.

Li Changzhou continued to look at the old man.

The old man said: "We can continue."

After a moment of silence, Li Changzhou walked towards the entrance of the cave: "Your life is your own."

Yang Qinglan followed him.

Yett, Boz, Stone Fist, and Tully followed closely. Andy was afraid of being left behind, so he put on his shoes and socks in a panic and gritted his teeth to catch up.

"You little bastard, slow down, don't use that foot hard for now, and then use it harder during the fight!" the old man who was still squatting on the ground cursed.

He turned slightly to the depths of the cave and glanced down at his chest. Where he was caught by half of the corpse, blood and clothes were frozen together.

"Old man! Follow up quickly!" Andy shouted.

The old man stood up slowly, his head buzzing and his eyes darkened.

As if nothing was wrong, he walked towards the cave exit in the dark, his vision gradually restored.

"Yeter, please change, I'll go to the bottom." The old man said.

"what ever."

The two exchanged positions.

Li Changzhou and the old man went down first. When they reached the extreme position of the rope and were waiting for the next person, the old man said: "Captain, if something happens to me, don't save me."

Li Changzhou turned to look at him.

The sun was getting smaller and smaller, and it was bitingly cold. The abyss was watching them from below, and they were alone on the ice wall for the time being.

"With my injury, even if I go back now, I may not be able to get out of the snowfield." The old man said in a relaxed tone, "If I don't die in front of Andy, this kid, and give him enough shock, he won't live to be twenty years old."