Myriad Paths

"Did something happen to them?" Li Qi looked at Adu, asking for his opinion.

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

Li Qi nodded. Since the other party is capable of handling it, let's take a detour. One more thing is worse than one less thing. It would be best if there are no setbacks.

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

Walk in the forest for a while, then turn back to the mountain road and go around the circle. In this way, the danger will be attracted to the trading group, and they will be equivalent to picking up the leak.

However, just as they were about to walk into the mountains and forests, they heard a strong man coming out from among the merchants: "Two boys over there! Don't go into the mountains!"

The voice sounded familiar to Li Qi. 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.

After he shouted this sentence, he stopped talking and focused on waving the hatchet, knocking each other, and shouting continuously.

Li Qi clearly saw that after the other party made this action, the progress bar of the barrier speeded up significantly, which meant... the maintenance time became much shorter.

In this case...it's obvious that the other party is risking his own safety to remind himself!

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

But Adu has already half-footed his way into the mountains.

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 full, he immediately accelerated, grabbed Adu's backpack, and pulled him back!

But just when Adu was out of danger, he saw a bloody mouth full of fishy stench suddenly stretched out from the darkness of the mountain forest. There was only one mouth, not even a head, as if the darkness opened its mouth!

It was too late to sing now, but with a thought in his mind, Li Qi suddenly swelled up, his muscles squirmed, he clenched his fists, and punched him hard!

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

However, the big mouth was blown away and turned into black mist, dispersing in the air.

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

"Roar!" There was a faint roar of wild beasts in the forest. The originally silent and deep darkness actually flowed like water, swirling and dark, and billowing black air moved in the forest. Li Qi intuitively understood what "demon atmosphere" meant.

Adu turned pale with fright. He immediately started singing and shouted, "Huanghuang Qiyao, Mingming is above."

This actually worked. 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 Adu sang this song, his body actually glowed faintly, warm light escaped from his body, the cold air was dissipated, and the black fog began to recede.

Li Qi understood at a glance that the song taught to him must be used in conjunction with a certain skill. However, the skill could not be taught to outsiders, so only Adu could exert the full power of the song.

The black fog was dispersed for a moment, but Adu also ran away, rushing towards a crowded place.

When Li Qi saw this, he immediately ran away.

Just kidding, you'd be a fool if you didn't run away. There's strength in numbers, and the knife over there strikes so powerfully, you can tell it's useful just by looking at it!

Li Qi took three steps and two steps at a time. With great strength, he quickly ran to the merchant group.

The merchant group did not stop them. Instead, they took the initiative to move toward them. The knives kept tapping and the sounds of fighting continued.

Adu also rolled over and rushed over. The yang energy emanating from the glimmer of light on his body, coupled with the strike of the soldiers, suddenly became powerful, and the black mist and evil atmosphere around him were forced to retreat. No progress.

Seeing this, Li Qi also sang loudly and began to recite with that weird rhythm: "The brilliant Qiyao, clearly above, the brave warrior, so majestic!"

He had the Niu Li Technique and was full of energy and blood. He was aroused by the song, and the steaming heat from his body hit his face directly, like an air conditioner. His skin, which had already turned red due to the Niu Li Technique, was even more... Red copper is not only red, but also has a metallic color.

The yang energy that Li Qi burst out was even more powerful than that of Adu who had the matching skills!

With Li Qi and Adu coming to support them, the people in the trading group also looked happy. It seemed that they might be able to survive tonight safely?

The group of people had a tacit understanding. Although they could not communicate with each other due to the constant singing and shouting, both parties knew what to do now. They knew that even if they left now, they would not be able to leave for long. The main purpose was to stay up until dawn and wait for the sun. come out.

This black fog can be dispelled by Yang Qi. The Yang Qi of the sun is thousands of times stronger than that in a human body. When daybreak comes, the black fog will be completely dispersed.

Therefore, a group of people gathered in a circle, not caring about being tired. They held the hatchet in their hands, shouted and sang songs in their mouths, and did not dare to stop for a moment. Their hands were sore, their mouths were soft, and their throats were sore, but they did not even have the time to drink water. .

At the beginning, Li Qi could still use the Niu Li Technique to burst out a large amount of yang energy, but after ten minutes, once the Niu Li Technique time passed, he turned into the most useless one, which can only be said to be a battle. He has a strong body and good endurance, so he can just stand up when others are exhausted.

In this way, the group stayed up in the dark for an entire hour.

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 the most useless one anyway, so 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.