Chapter 18 Encounter

"Have they encountered any trouble?" Li Qi looked at Adu and asked for his opinion.

"Let's take a detour. No matter what it is, don't get involved!" Adu said immediately. He had experience in this kind of thing. No matter what it is, it is not a good thing to join in rashly.

Li Qi nodded. Since the other party is capable of dealing with it, let's take a detour. It's better to have less trouble than more. It would be best if there are no twists and turns.

The two people who were traveling together made up their minds, and then turned around decisively, and rushed directly into the forest from the mountain road.

Walk in the forest for a while, then return to the mountain road and bypass that circle. In this way, the danger is attracted by the merchant group, and they are equivalent to picking up leaks.

However, just when they wanted to go to the forest, they heard a strong man among the merchants come out: "Two boys over there! Don't go into the mountain!"

Li Qi heard that the voice sounded a little familiar. When he looked up, he saw a familiar face.

It was the strong man who got up and wanted to teach him a lesson during the day today.

After he finished shouting this sentence, he stopped talking and concentrated on swinging the hatchet, hitting each other and shouting.

Li Qi clearly saw that after the other party made this move, the progress bar of the barrier was obviously accelerated, which means... the duration of maintenance became much shorter.

In this case... it is obvious that the other party is risking his life to remind himself!

"Adu! Stop! Don't go into the forest!" Li Qi stopped immediately and shouted to Adu at the same time!

But Adu had already stepped half a foot into the mountain.

Li Qi's pupils shrank, and he clearly saw a progress bar emerging in the darkness, with the word "attack" written on it.

Seeing that the progress bar was about to be filled, he immediately accelerated, grabbed Adu's backpack, and pulled him back!

But Adu had just escaped from danger, but he saw a bloody mouth full of stench suddenly stretched out from the darkness of the forest. There was only a mouth, without even a head, as if the darkness had opened its mouth itself!

It was too late to sing now, but Li Qi's mind moved, his body suddenly swelled up, his muscles squirmed, he clenched his fists, and punched hard!

With a bang, the ground shook, and Li Qi felt his fists numb, as if he had hit a stone.

However, he saw that the big mouth was directly broken up, turned into black mist, and dissipated in the air.

With this punch, the surrounding mountains and forests suddenly surged!

"Roar!" There were faint howling of wild beasts in the forest. The originally silent and deep darkness actually flowed like water, swirling and dark. The rolling black air wandered in the forest, allowing Li Qi to intuitively understand what "demon atmosphere" was.

Adu was so scared that his face turned pale. He immediately started singing and shouted "The magnificent seven stars are clearly above."

This actually worked a little. Li Qi could see the strengthening progress bar on his body. At the same time, the surrounding black mist was also forced back a little.

As Ah Du sang the song, his body was actually glowing faintly, and the warm light emanated from his body. The cold air was dispelled, and the black fog began to retreat.

Li Qi understood at a glance that the ballad taught to him must be used in conjunction with a certain martial arts method, but the martial arts method could not be taught to outsiders, so only Ah Du could exert the full power of the song.

The black fog was dispelled for a moment, but Ah Du also ran away and rushed to the crowded place.

Li Qi saw this and ran away immediately.

Are you kidding? If you don't run, you are a fool. There is strength in numbers. The knives over there are so powerful that you can tell it is useful at a glance!

Li Qi took two steps at a time and ran quickly to the merchant group with great strength.

The merchant group did not stop them, but took the initiative to approach them, and the knives kept knocking and the sound of weapons did not stop.

Ah Du also rushed over, rolling and crawling. The yang energy emitted by the faint light on his body, coupled with the knocking of weapons, suddenly became very powerful, and the surrounding black fog and evil spirits were forced to retreat and could not move forward.

Seeing this, Li Qi also sang loudly, chanting with that strange rhythm: "The seven stars are bright and shining, and they are clearly above. The valiant warriors are so majestic!"

He had the Niu Li technique, and his blood was full. He was stimulated by the ballad, and the steam from his body came directly to his face, just like air conditioning. The skin that had already turned red because of the Niu Li technique looked more like red copper, not only red, but also with a metallic color.

The yang energy bursting out by Li Qi was even more powerful than Ah Du, who had a matching technique!

With Li Qi and Ah Du coming to support, the people in the merchant group also showed joy on their faces. It seemed that they might be able to get through the night safely?

The group had a tacit understanding. Although they couldn't communicate with each other because they were singing and shouting, both sides knew what to do now. They knew that even if they left now, they wouldn't be able to walk for long. The main purpose was to wait until dawn and wait for the sun to come out.

This black fog can be dispelled by Yang Qi, and the Yang Qi of the sun is tens of millions times more concentrated than that of a person. When it gets light, it will definitely disperse the black fog completely.

Therefore, the group formed a circle, not caring about being tired. They didn't dare to stop for a moment with the hatchets in their hands, shouting and singing in their mouths. Their hands were sore, their mouths were soft, and their throats were sore, but they didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

At the beginning, Li Qi could still rely on the Niu Li Shu to burst out a lot of Yang Qi, but after ten minutes, when the Niu Li Shu time was over, he became the most useless one. It can only be said that he relied on his strong body and good endurance, so he could hold on when others were exhausted.

In this way, the group endured a whole hour in the dark night.

Looking at the moon phase at this time, it is still midnight, and there is still a long way to go before dawn.

Swordsmen clashed and Yang Qi boiled, making it impossible for the black mist to advance even an inch.

But the black fog seemed to be in conflict with this group of people. It was unwilling to leave no matter what. It was circling and whistling around until this group of people died of exhaustion.

After singing for an hour, Li Qi frowned and simply stopped. He was also the most useless one anyway, and not singing would not affect the overall situation too much.

He stopped, but did not rest. Instead, he stood next to Adu and said to everyone: "Continuing like this is not an option. We won't be able to survive tomorrow. When we are all exhausted, we will die."

As he said this, he glanced at everyone. Within an hour, Adu was already sweating on his forehead. Although his voice was not hoarse, it was a little weak.

And banging hatchets against each other was even more physical work. Some of the merchant group were weak and already sweating profusely and panting. They might be able to hold on for another two hours, but if they continued, they would definitely collapse on the ground from exhaustion.

As Li Qi spoke, everyone else looked at him and continued to work. Obviously, they all knew the current situation, but they didn't know how to change it.

After all, if you stop, your life is in danger.

"Everyone, listen to me, I have an idea." Li Qize said to them.