Chapter 221 The Three-Headed Monster Reappears
After a short rest, everyone's physical strength gradually recovered. Zhang Shi stood up and looked around the dilapidated buildings. He made up his mind to find the key clue to leave the foggy area from here.
"Everyone check your weapons and equipment, and we will continue to move forward." Zhang Shi said, his eyes revealing determination.
Zhao Feng clenched the giant axe, stood up, and patted the dust on his body: "Okay, I want to see what else this ghost place has."
Ge Dalong also stood up, made seals with his hands, and a faint blue light appeared on his body. It was obvious that he was gathering magic power for emergency use: "Let's go, be careful."
Huo Xiuxiu gently shook the bell, looked around vigilantly, and said: "There may be other dangers nearby, everyone follow closely."
Everyone walked cautiously towards the depths of the building complex. Along the way, the moss and vines on the walls became more and more dense, and the stone slabs under their feet were also rugged. From time to time, some dried blood and broken weapons could be seen. Obviously, fierce battles had taken place here.
As they walked, a huge square suddenly appeared in front of them. In the center of the square stood a towering stone platform, and something seemed to be flashing on the stone platform.
"What's on it?" Zhao Feng asked curiously, and his pace unconsciously quickened a bit.
"Don't worry, be careful of traps." Zhang Shi reminded, and at the same time slowed down his pace, vigilantly observing the movements around him.
When they approached the stone platform, they found a tall figure sitting cross-legged on the stone platform, emitting a faint black mist, and there seemed to be an invisible force protecting it.
"It's the three-headed monster!"
Huo Xiuxiu stepped forward and tried to use the sound waves of the bell to dispel the invisible force, but to no avail.
"This layer of power is very strong, it seems that it can't be easily broken." Huo Xiuxiu frowned and said.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise of footsteps around the square. When everyone looked back, they saw a group of short, ferocious monsters with fog all over their bodies rushing out from all directions. They held various simple weapons, made sharp cries, and rushed towards everyone.
"No, we are surrounded!" Ge Dalong shouted, and the ice cone in his hand quickly shot towards the group of monsters, freezing several monsters instantly.
Zhao Feng wielded a huge axe and rushed into the group of monsters. Every swing could knock several monsters away: "Come on, you ugly guys!"
Zhang Shi and Huo Xiuxiu were not to be outdone. Zhang Shi held Lao Duan and his knife skills were sharp. Monsters fell down one after another in the flash of the knife; Huo Xiuxiu kept shaking the bell, and the monsters' movements became slow wherever the sound waves reached.
However, the number of monsters was too large, and everyone gradually felt a little tired.
"This is not a solution. We have to find a way to break through!" Zhang Shi shouted, revealing a trace of anxiety in his eyes.
Huo Xiuxiu suddenly had an idea: "I have a way. Everyone, move closer to the stone platform and use the terrain of the stone platform to defend."
Everyone heard this and retreated towards the stone platform while fighting. When they leaned against the stone platform, the monsters' attacks became more fierce.
Huo Xiuxiu took a deep breath, raised the bell above her head, and shook it with all her strength. A powerful sound wave spread out from her as the center, shaking the surrounding monsters back one after another.
"Now, Zhang Shi, see if you can find a way to break that layer of power, and we will stop these monsters." Huo Xiuxiu shouted.
Zhang Shi nodded and concentrated on observing the figure emitting black mist on the stone platform and the invisible power around it. He found that the invisible power seemed to have some subtle connection with the surrounding environment, as if it had drawn mysterious energy from this ancient building complex.
Suddenly, Zhang Shi noticed that there were several faint runes on the stone platform, and the arrangement of these runes seemed familiar. A flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he remembered that he had seen similar runes on the centaur's pendant before. Although they were not exactly the same, there should be some connection.
Zhang Shi quickly took out the fragments of the centaur pendant he had collected before from his arms and carefully compared them with the runes on the stone platform. After a careful examination, he found that as long as the fragments were placed around the runes in a specific order, this layer of invisible power might be disturbed.
"I have a way, you hold on first!" Zhang Shi shouted, and then carefully brought the fragments closer to the stone platform.
The monsters noticed Zhang Shi's intention and launched an even more frantic attack. Zhao Feng, Ge Dalong and Huo Xiuxiu fought hard and were injured, but they still stubbornly held their positions to buy time for Zhang Shi.
Zhang Shi took a deep breath, and with his agile skills and accurate judgment, he placed the fragments one by one in the corresponding positions between the monsters' attacks. At the moment when the last fragment was placed, the invisible power emitted a violent fluctuation, and the light flickered.
"It worked!" Zhang Shi was delighted.
As the invisible force weakened, the black mist on the stone platform gradually dissipated, revealing the true face of the three-headed monster. Its head was restored to three, showing different expressions. Chen Beipan was ferocious, the old woman was cunning, and the other stranger was in pain. His body was huge and strong, his muscles were tight, and he seemed ready to attack at any time.
At this time, the surrounding monsters also fell into a brief chaos because of the disappearance of the invisible force.
"Attack now!" Zhang Shi shouted, holding the old Duan and rushing towards the three-headed monster.
Zhao Feng also roared, wielding a huge axe, leaping high, and slashing fiercely at one of the three-headed monster's heads. The three-headed monster reacted quickly, and one of its heads opened its bloody mouth and spewed out a black flame. Zhao Feng quickly dodged sideways, but his arm was still burned by the edge of the flame.
Ge Dalong quickly formed seals with both hands, condensed several huge ice spears, and shot them at the three-headed monster. The ice spears hit the monster's body, making a crisp sound. Although it did not cause fatal injuries, it also slowed down the monster's movements.
Huo Xiuxiu kept shaking the bell on the side, emitting interference sound waves, trying to influence the thinking and actions of the three-headed monster.
The three-headed monster was angered by the attacks of the crowd, and its three heads attacked at the same time. For a time, black flames, poisonous fog and powerful sound waves attacked everyone.
Everyone dodged left and right, struggling to avoid the attacks, while looking for the flaws of the three-headed monster.
While dodging the attack, Zhang Shi discovered that after the three-headed monster launched a fire attack, the middle head would pause briefly, as if accumulating strength.
"Attack its middle head!" Zhang Shi shouted, then seized the opportunity, rushed forward, and stabbed the middle head fiercely with Lao Duan.
The three-headed monster sensed the danger and wanted to dodge, but it was too late. Lao Duan stabbed its head, and the monster let out a painful roar, and black blood gushed out of the wound.
However, this attack did not make the three-headed monster lose its fighting power, but it fought back more frantically. The surrounding monsters also gathered around again, and the situation became more critical.
Just when everyone was in trouble, Zhang Shi suddenly found that the stone platform had a crack under the struggle of the three-headed monster, and a strange light faintly shone through the crack.
"There may be something there, we have to find a way to get close to the stone platform!" Zhang Shi shouted.