Chapter 112 A dead end?
The floor tile that Lin Tianlang stepped on sank, and then a "whoosh" sound sounded in the air.
A small arrow shot out from the dark hole on the side, hitting Lin Tianlang's left calf without any bias. The sharp arrow penetrated deeply into the flesh, leaving only half of it outside.
"Ah!!!" Lin Tianlang yelled and fell to the ground. Severe pain attacked his nerves, and he immediately felt a burning, tearing pain in his left calf.
"Lin Tianlang!!" Xu Weiwei shouted and quickly ran over to check on Lin Tianlang.
"What the hell... I've been caught in a trap..." Lin Tianlang took a breath, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He looked down at his injured calf. A small arrow pierced deeply into the flesh, causing excruciating pain.
"Classmate Lin Tianlang, are you okay?" Aniya, who had almost calmed down, immediately panicked again when she saw this unexpected situation.
The wound struck by the arrow began to bleed, and his trousers were immediately stained red. However, the arrow was still inserted into the wound and blocked it to a certain extent, so the amount of bleeding was not very large.
"How could this happen?" Aniya said anxiously.
"No, Lin Tianlang is already very lucky." Xu Weiwei said with lingering fear. She looked at the hidden hole in the mechanism next to her that was exposed due to being triggered, and her heart felt violently.
It turns out that there are far more than just this one dark hole, but ten. In addition to the dark hole that shot Lin Sirius' left leg, there are nine more holes going up.
There is another corpse under the dark hole, but I don't know how long it has been here. Most of the flesh and blood has rotted, leaving only a withered skeleton. However, between the skeletons of bones, many arrows could be seen inserted, which were exactly the same as the one on Lin Tianlang's leg.
Fortunately, all the mechanisms below the underground palace were in disrepair. When Lin Tianlang triggered the trap, only the last dark hole shot out the arrow. If the nine dark holes on it were functioning normally, Lin Tianlang would have been pricked into a hedgehog, and it would not be as simple as an injury. His life would probably be decided here.
Lin Tianlang saw the withered bones that Xu Weiwei pointed at and couldn't help but swallow his saliva. The god of death passed him by once again, which was ultimately a blessing in misfortune.
"How is the situation?" Sherrys, who was in charge of the rear, also retreated to the side of the three people and asked, nervousness could be heard in her voice.
The stone statues were catching up. Originally, these stone statues were not moving very fast, but because everyone stopped, the army of stone statues seemed to be catching up very quickly.
"Lin Tianlang, can you leave?" Xu Weiwei asked anxiously.
"I think... it should be okay..." Lin Tianlang gritted his teeth and tried to get up from the ground, but the severe pain in his legs made it impossible for him to stand firmly in a short time.
"Okay, don't be brave." Xu Weiwei frowned, then stretched out her hand towards Lin Tianlang.
Lin Tianlang glanced at the silver-haired girl, then nodded, without showing off, and honestly handed out his hand. The girl's hands were soft, as gentle as jade, and felt comfortable to the touch.
But of course, now is not the time to think about such things. With Xu Weiwei's help, Lin Tianlang stood up. The silver-haired girl put Lin Tianlang's arm on her shoulders. In this position, the two people's bodies had to be close to each other.
However, Lin Tianlang is still a boy after all, and Xu Weiwei is just a girl, and she is not a powerful dragon like Long Xinyu, so it is still quite difficult to support Lin Tianlang, an adult man who weighs almost 80 kilograms. Hard work.
Upon seeing this, Aniya quickly came over to help. She held Lin Tianlang's other side. With her petite figure of 1.4 meters, her head reached Lin Tianlang's chest. Despite this, she still tried her best to help.
"#impactspell#!" Because the lethality of the elven bow was too low against the stone statues, Sherry put away her bow and arrows and used magic attacks instead.
The elves' magic talent is also good, and their initial magic power is relatively high. The impact spell they used also defeated several stone statues at once. But this was only a drop in the bucket for the army of nearly a hundred stone statues that were chasing after them.
"Let's go quickly!" Xu Weiwei said anxiously: "Don't worry about anything, just focus on looking at the rainbow gems to find the way!"
"I know!" Lin Tianlang gritted his teeth and limped forward with the support of the two women. Although during the movement, severe pain continued to come from the friction of the wound, he still remained silent and endured all the pain silently.
This is already the case, and we can no longer let our three companions have any additional worries.
Lin Tianlang suddenly felt a little guilty at this moment. Two minutes ago, he was dissatisfied with Aniya and others for not following them, but now he has become the biggest burden, and this is all caused by his carelessness. If he hadn't stepped on that stone brick, he wouldn't have triggered the trap and wouldn't have ended up like this.
However, there are no ifs in the world. Things have come to this, and we can only take one step at a time.
Lin Tianlang suddenly felt extremely lucky again. Fortunately, he had three companions by his side. If he was acting alone and no one could help him in this situation, he would probably have to lie on the floor and wait to be swarmed by those stone statues and torn to pieces. .
Lin Tianlang's injury caused the four people's traveling speed to slow down significantly. Originally, he could get rid of the stone statue army with a few steps of acceleration, but now his speed is almost the same as the stone statue army.
Chelis kept using impact spells and repelling spells alternately, but the consumption of magic power caused the blonde girl's pretty face to gradually turn pale and her breathing to become rapid.
However, although the situation looks dire, it is not entirely without good news. First of all, everyone has entered the inner city of the underground palace, and no stone statues are joining or blocking the way. Now they only need to deal with the army of stone statues behind them.
Secondly, Lin Tianlang found that the flash of the gem fragment in his hand turned into three flashes, which meant that they were one step closer.
He chased and then escaped, covering a distance of several hundred meters. Lin Tianlang's left leg wound was so painful that he almost lost consciousness. Because he was afraid of losing too much blood, he never dared to pull out the arrow and could only let it continue to pierce his flesh.
Sharing most of the weight of Lin Tianlang's body, Xu Weiwei and Aniya worked very hard, but neither of them said a word, and no one complained about being tired. Both women's eyes revealed determination.
"No...we have to get rid of these stone statues as soon as possible..." Sherry's breathing became more and more severe, and her cheeks were flushed. Her consumption has been great.
"That's almost it. Let's go faster and don't worry about me." Lin Tianlang said.
"But……"
"Don't worry about my injuries at this time. I can't die. I can only wait until I get out of the underground palace. This little thing is just a matter of Miss Ovelina's magic." Lin Sirius grinned and forced a smile: "But If we don’t get rid of these stone statues as soon as possible, we will be completely doomed when Sheris’s magic power is used up.”
"Hmm...ok!" Xu Weiwei pursed her lips and glanced at Lin Sirius with some distress. But she also understood the current situation very well, so she could only grit her teeth and say: "Be patient."
"Well! Don't worry!" Lin Tianlang said.
"Aniya, we have to go faster!" Xu Weiwei said to Aniya.
"Ok!"
The two women quickened their pace, at the cost of intensifying the pain of Lin Sirius's wound. Having already adapted to this level of pain, he was already numb, but now it has reached a new level of pain. Lin Sirius's expression immediately became ferocious, and the beads of sweat on his forehead became denser.
The group of people continued walking forward, passing a corner, and then another corner. However, just when Lin Tianlang counted to the ninth corner, everyone was suddenly surprised to find that there was no road ahead!
A huge city gate was tightly closed. The entire gate was estimated to be ten meters high.
We've hit a dead end!
"What should I do? How could this happen?" Aniya's pretty face turned pale immediately. Lin Sirius also had strong suspicions and quickly looked at the Rainbow Gem's reaction. However, the feedback from the gem told them that they were not wrong, because the gem flashed from three times to four now. The frequency of the flash was becoming more and more frequent, and it was getting hotter.
However, after flash after flash, it is true that the gem led everyone into a dead end!
"Don't worry, this is not a dead end!" Xu Weiwei suddenly shouted. She observed more carefully that the city gate had obviously gone through hundreds of years and was already somewhat rotten and dilapidated. She saw that the lower part of the door gap between the two door leaves was seriously damaged. This was also the area most prone to wear and tear when the door was opened and closed.
"# Lightning Spell#!" Xu Weiwei immediately released magic to try to attack the weak point in the middle of the door. However, the power of the lightning spell was too weak, and the door did not move at all.
"No, I guess I have to use explosion techniques to blast open the gap." Xu Weiwei said anxiously.
"I'll do it." Lin Tianlang let go of Aniya, who was still supporting him, and summoned the Staff of Judgment. Although the pain in his legs makes it difficult for him to walk, if he just stands, he will be fine if he has a strong willpower.
"#**Fireball Technique**#!"
Lin Sirius controlled the fireball technique very well this time. A fireball flew towards the weak point of the gap, and then exploded.
"Boom!" The wooden city gate was immediately blown up, causing sawdust to fly everywhere, and the gap was suddenly widened a lot.
Lin Tianlang released a few more fireballs, trying to widen the gap further. But unfortunately, only the damaged parts can be destroyed. The other relatively strong parts are basically undamaged. At most, they are a little blackened by the fireball.
Lin Tianlang's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley. Although this gap has been enlarged a lot, it is obviously impossible for him to get through. It is still a dead end.