Chapter 3045 High Platform
According to Su Ling, its clone is in the area where the lava river flows ahead.
Perhaps the fire and earth elements near the lava river are too powerful, and the energy perception is disturbed in some way, so Su Ling cannot accurately locate it.
However, most of the areas where the lava river flows can be seen at a glance.
The only special place is... the high platform filled with flames.
It is highly likely that the few wisps of wind from Su Ling are on the high platform. If not on the high platform, then it can only be in the lava river.
The probability of being in the lava river is low. Although Su Ling's clone has no wisdom, it still has basic survival instincts. Unless it is seriously ill or forced by others, it is impossible to sneak into such an extreme environment as the lava river.
Moreover, if Su Ling's clone really runs into the lava river, it is estimated that it will be dead.
Therefore, searching in the lava river is not considered for the time being.
Angel still set his sights on the high platform.
The wizard behind the creation of the Paradise game should be there; Su Ling's clone may also be there... So, is there any connection between the two?
Was it the space wizard who forced the Speed Spirit clone to stay?
Angel was thinking about various possibilities in his mind while following Dox and walking towards the platform.
Although the platform was surrounded by lava rivers, the lava rivers did not completely cut off the platform from the outside world. There was a straight long road leading directly to the bottom of the platform.
The lava rivers intertwined around this long road, but did not cut off the long road.
Walking on this long road with lava rivers on both sides, Angel had a subtle feeling. The surrounding lava rivers seemed to be guarding the platform. Their existence was not to block, but to create a sense of oppression for the visitors.
It made people feel the urgency of "once you set foot on this road, it is difficult to turn back."
Perhaps this is a psychological suggestion, or a special ritual?
Soon, they walked through this long road and arrived at the last section of the road under the platform.
The reason why this last section of the road was specifically mentioned is because it is different from the previous long road. The first half of the road they walked on was basically paved with scorched earth. Apart from not being too bumpy, there were no other effects and not too many artificial traces.
But the second half of the road was different. It had obvious artificial traces, and the ground was not scorched earth, but was made of three-color gems.
The colors of the gems were: red, reddish brown, and black.
The red gems and reddish brown gems corresponded to fire amber and burning amber respectively. These two gems are both isotopic gems of the fire system and are also gem materials with the best fire dispersion reaction.
The above two gems occupy 95% of the area of this road, which is a bit like the road surface.
There are the least black gems. It is not paved in the middle of the road, but there is a line of black gems on each side. And this black gem is artificially synthesized amber, which can make wizards more focused when meditating.
Although it is artificially synthesized, its value is also the most expensive of the three gems.
"Fire dispersion reaction... and amber that enhances the effect of meditation." Dox whispered, "This should be a facility that Paradise already has."
The so-called fire dispersion reaction refers to the effect of two isotopic gems when they are combined in a special arrangement. The highest gem energy level will be the main one.
For example, the fire amber and burning amber in front of us. Fire amber is a low-level fire gem, and burning amber is a low-level elemental gem.
Generally speaking, if you want the surrounding element level to reach the energy level of burning amber, you must cover it with burning amber.
But if the fire dispersion reaction is used, a lot of burning amber can be saved. Three burning ambers and seven fire ambers are combined in a specific arrangement, and the fire element energy released in the end will reach the effect of ten burning amber gem energy levels.
This is a very resource-saving and effective means.
Behind Paradise is Paradise Pavilion. As a store opened in various wizard markets, Paradise Pavilion can basically be equivalent to a "business alliance". Merchants value profit, and how to create the maximum profit with the minimum cost is a must for merchants.
Fire dispersion reaction is a method that uses a small amount of money to pry most of the energy. The Paradise Hall is the most proficient in the entire wizard world.
There is not only fire dispersion reaction here to improve the purity of the surrounding fire elements; there is also amber stone to assist meditation. At a glance, it is clear that this area was originally built by Paradise for some fire wizards.
However, it has now been transformed into a cave arena competition by the space wizard according to local conditions.
In addition to the gemstones paving the road on the ground, there is another place that makes them very concerned.
That is... people.
There are people on this road, and more than one person.
As far as Angell can see, he has seen more than a dozen wizard apprentices, but most of them are lying on the ground motionless... They are not dead, but they are all unconscious.
Only two people still have their eyes open.
These two people are at the end of this road, that is, under the high platform.
Soon, Angell and others came under the high platform and saw these two people.
One was a female apprentice leaning against a torch stand. She seemed to be under some kind of pressure, with bloodshot eyes and veins on her forehead.
However, although she looked very uncomfortable, she was obviously still conscious.
After hearing the footsteps of Angel and others, she still managed to hold on and turned to look at them.
She seemed to be expecting someone to come. When she turned around, her eyes were still shining, but when she saw that the people coming were Angel and his group, her eyes dimmed slightly.
Perhaps because she didn't wait for someone who could make her eyes shine, her mind was a little depressed, and because of the relaxation at this moment, the pressure she was under suddenly increased.
She even cried out in pain.
"Are you okay?" Kael asked in a low voice.
After a heart-wrenching scream, the female apprentice finally regained the knack of resisting pressure and calmed down a little; but she looked more frightening than before, with blue veins on her exposed skin, and even bleeding in some places.
Before, she could turn her head to look at Angel and others, but now, she didn't even have the strength to turn her head.
However, facing Kael's question, she still gritted her teeth and tried her best to say a word.
Her voice was very low, and there was a vague feeling of blood foam. Kael listened for a long time before he was sure what she said: "... Be careful of the statue?"
"Statue? What is a statue?" Kael's eyes were a little confused.
The female apprentice obviously didn't have the energy to explain at this time, so Kael could only give up asking.
At this time, Dox patted Kael on the shoulder and motioned him to look forward.
Following Dox's guidance, Kael saw a "winding" staircase leading to the platform not far away.
The staircase went around the belly of the mountain where the platform was located, all the way up, and finally reached the top of the platform.
Before, they were still far away from the platform, and the stairs were on the side, so they didn't see it. Now that they came to the bottom of the platform, they saw the winding stairs.
However, what Dox asked Kael to see was not the stairs, but a human-shaped statue standing next to the stairs.
The human-shaped statue had its back to them, and there was no sign of anything fishy for the time being.
But this is the only statue nearby... Maybe the female apprentice was talking about this statue?
Anyway, the statue was nearby and they would definitely encounter it, so Kael put aside the statue issue for the time being. He turned his gaze back to the struggling female apprentice.
"Should we...save her?" Kael asked in a low voice.
As soon as Kael finished speaking, Dox sneered, "When did you become so kind? Why, were you influenced by Axe?"
Kael: "I mean, after saving her, maybe we can get some information from her."
Dox snorted, "You only have 'her' in your eyes, right? Didn't you see that there is another person here besides her?"
"You only see a woman, but don't you see that there is a man next to her?"
There are two people who are not unconscious nearby, one is a female apprentice, and the other is a middle-aged male apprentice who kneels on the ground and gasps for breath.
"If you really want to get information, it doesn't matter who you save, why do you have to save her?" Dox put his face in front of Kael: "Or do you like her?"
Kael almost wanted to roll his eyes.
He just asked casually, and Dox went off to the horizon.
He was too talkative! Knowing that Dox's personality was not good, why did he ask Dox?
"She should be under some kind of mental pressure now. If she can hold on, it will be good for her. If she can't hold on, the worst that can happen is that she will faint like other people, and her life should not be in danger." At this time, Angel said.
Hearing Angel's words, Kael was a little stunned... It turned out to be some kind of mental oppression.
That would be difficult to save.
When it comes to the mental level, a little carelessness will cause the mental sea to collapse. Moreover, according to what Angel said, saving her at this time may make her lose an opportunity, so it is better not to save her.
But, speaking of it again.
Why do people here suffer from mental pressure?
Kael cast his eyes on another male apprentice who was not unconscious, perhaps he could get some information from him?
Just as Kael was thinking this, he heard the male apprentice say in a terrified voice: "It's not me, it's not me... I didn't pass the information out..."
"It was No. 3, No. 3 asked me to do it!"
"Why did you lie to me..."
As he shouted, he seemed to see great fear, his eyes suddenly blurred, and then he fell to the ground and fell into a coma.
"It seems that he didn't hold on." Dox whispered: "But what did he mean by those words just now? Who is No. 3?"
Dox shook his head: "Forget it, it has nothing to do with us anyway."
After speaking, Dox took a step forward.
Since they were going to the platform, they would definitely not stay here.
As for the "statue" that the female apprentice warned them, Dox didn't care. Whether there was a problem with the statue and how big the problem was, they must go and see it in person.
In addition, Dox didn't think that there would be a big problem with this statue.
There were shouts above the platform, and more than one voice, indicating that someone had climbed onto the ring. The statue couldn't stop others, so it naturally couldn't stop their steps.
Soon, they came to the vicinity of the winding stairs and saw the statue standing there.
Before, they were looking at it from the back, so they could only see the rough outline, a human figure.
But now, looking at it from the front, Dox had only one thought in his mind... He now understood why he had to turn his back to them at the beginning, because when he turned his back to them, at least he had some room for imagination; when he looked at it from the front, it was really rotten.
Except for the human face pattern on his face, the rest of his body is just like plasticine, without any details.
In short, it looks like a person from a distance, but a stick figure from a close distance.
The apprentices were all under certain mental pressure, and they might have seen the front of the statue and were mentally polluted.
When Dox was madly complaining in his heart, the human face pattern opened his eyes.
Then, the familiar mechanical voice came out from the mouth of the human face pattern.
"The new players have been assembled, and the end game is about to start."
"The game is fixed as a ring match, and the winner passes; as long as you don't fall, you can challenge repeatedly."
"Before challenging, you need to confirm whether you are qualified to enter the ring. The qualification certification method is: mental shock."
"Please confirm whether to conduct qualification certification, countdown five seconds."
"Five, four, three..."
While the human face pattern was still counting down, Dox and others directly skipped it and walked towards the stairs.
"You need to conduct qualification certification before you can enter the ring!" The human face pattern probably didn't expect that someone would rush up directly, and quickly called out.
But they ignored it and continued to walk up.
Dox and Angel walked very peacefully, but Kael was a little worried and said in the mind band: "Can we really skip it like this?"
Dox: "Don't worry, we are not players, what can it do to us?"
The voice of the human face pattern continued: "You need to undergo qualification certification before entering the ring! If you don't stop, you will be attacked!"
Dox sneered and still ignored the human face pattern, but continued to say to Kael in the mind band: "I bet it will never dare to attack us."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a mental arrow spewed out from the mouth of the human-faced statue.
The target was directly aimed at Dox!
Whoosh——
Although the mental arrow did not penetrate Dox's body, it also made Dox stagger and almost fall.
Looking at this scene, Kael and Angel were silent.
"..."
Dox: "It attacks better!"
Dox turned around and took a big step, landing in front of the statue, and punched the human face with a huge fist.
Accompanied by a crackling sound, the human face statue shattered all over the ground.
Dox said lightly: "Others are controlled by it because they have signed a contract. We are not players. If the human face actively attacks us, we can fight back."
After speaking, Dox waved his sleeves and walked quickly to the front, leaving only Angel and Kael with a chic back.