Split personality

"Su Mo be careful!"

A silver shield appeared in Arthur's hand, and a dazzling silver glow appeared on the shield, and a huge oval barrier diaphragm appeared out of thin air—it was the guardian skill of the Light Knight, Holy Protection.

'Holy Protection' is Arthur's life-saving skill, which consumes a lot of energy; the moment he used the skill, his already ugly face became even paler.

Having said that, the effect of 'Holy Protection' is still very good.Not only rescued Su Mo who was carrying Jenny on his back, but also protected them from escaping from the bloodthirsty spider's territory.

After escaping from the cave of the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider, the three of them, who were in a state of embarrassment, quickly found a safe place to hide.

"How is it? Jenny... Is there any help?"

Looking at Jenny, who was missing an arm on the ground, her face was purple and blue, and she was obviously poisoned and fell into a severe coma, Arthur's pale face was full of guilt and self-blame.

"It's all my fault, and if I hadn't been able to hurry up, Jenny wouldn't have..."

"Don't worry, you can't die."

Su Mo coldly interrupted Arthur's babbling, and while stopping Jenny's bleeding, he kept stuffing various pills into her mouth.As the pills took effect, the purple cyan on Jenny's face eased a lot.

"The bloodthirsty demon spider is very poisonous. Fortunately, she is in good physical condition, and she cut off her arm in time to save herself, otherwise the gods will not be able to save her when they come." Su Mo's face was as flat as ever, but there was a gloomy look in his eyes. .

Arthur, who fell into self-blame, didn't notice Su Mo's strangeness, but Su Mo's calm attitude infected him, and at least he regained his composure.

The pale Arthur gritted his teeth and cast a healing spell on Jenny.As the healing technique took effect, Jenny's severed arm stopped bleeding, and her face became much rosier.

"I don't know what happened to Bian Long and the others, His Royal Highness..."

"Don't worry, they're fine."

Su Mo didn't receive the reminder of Nelson's death, and they have a player platform, and they can keep track of their movements at any time through Shi Xingze.

Just as the two rescued the half-disabled Jenny, a figure appeared behind them silently.

"Success?"

Su Mo turned his head, with a trace of expectation on his calm face.

The ghost face nodded, and Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Didn't the griffins come after them?" Arthur's face was full of surprise, "How did you get rid of them!"

Although it was a question sentence, Arthur just simply sighed, and didn't expect the ghost face to give an answer.As for the griffin beast he was talking about, it was one of the most terrifying beasts in the depths of the wild swamp.

The griffin beast has the body and limbs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle. It is a legendary beast and is very terrifying.Like the giant dragon, the griffin beast has been extinct in the Tianfa Continent for tens of thousands of years. No one thought that there were still alive in the wild swamp, or even more than one!

That's right, Su Mo and the others met Griffins, and there were two of them, or a 'husband and wife'.

The male griffin is bronze in feathers and hair, the female is dusky brown; both are adults and have been living on a cliff face deep in the wild swamp.

There is no doubt about the terror and power of the Griffins. The wings comparable to an eagle allow them to gallop in the sky; their bodies stronger than a lion allow them to look down upon the earth.

The most important thing is that the griffin beast has a pair of sharp eyes, and those eyes are as beautiful as blood gems, and they will shine dazzlingly even in the middle of the night-no living thing within a thousand miles can escape its sight.

The savage swamp is filled with poisonous miasma all the year round, which also affects the vision of griffins.It is precisely because of this that Ghost Face was able to escape successfully from the pursuit of the two griffin beasts.Of course, it was Ghost Face. If it were someone else, even Su Mo himself would not have confidence.

Here comes the question, why did Su Mo and the others provoke such a powerful griffin?

yes, provoke;

It wasn't that they strayed into the griffin territory, but they provoked them on their own initiative!

They not only provoked the griffin, but also provoked another group of poisonous bloodthirsty spiders not far from the griffin!

Logically speaking, with Ghost Face, the top 'scout', even if they couldn't avoid the flying griffins, the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider could always avoid it.If they don't avoid it, why should they take the initiative to take risks?

There is only one reason: Chu Han and the others have entered the inner domain;

Yes, it's that fast!

Counting from the time Su Mo and the others stepped into the wild swamp, it took nearly a week to reach the inner region without any danger.

As for the other team, Chu Han and his party, including Busa, Princess Ellie, great swordsman Huan Si, and five official players, took less than two days, except for the death of an unimportant mercenary. In a few steps, with almost no damage to all members, step into the wild swamp!

Such terrifying speed and efficiency instantly brought a strong sense of crisis to Su Mo and the others ahead.

Although the inner domain is not as good as the outer area, even that ultra-luxury team can no longer look down on them like the outer area, and even become as cautious as Su Mo and the others.But the strength gap between the two sides is there. If you don't think about it, you will be caught up by the other side sooner or later!

Of course, Su Mo and the others also have their own advantages, such as the map of the inner domain, such as Nelson's sense of 'treasure'.

It is precisely because of these two advantages, coupled with Ghost Face's pathfinding and Su Mo's judgment, that they avoid many detours.

However, the map of the inner domain is very rough after all, and look at the degree of decay of the parchment, it has been stored for at least a thousand years. In 1000 years, the structure of the inner domain is enough to produce earth-shaking changes.

Therefore, even with the map, even if Su Mo and Ghost Face avoided many dangers with their respective powerful abilities, everyone still fell into danger many times.Even Xiaojie, who had the poorest physical fitness, unfortunately died in a dangerous situation.

Xiaojie's death caused Arthur great guilt.Now that Jenny is seriously injured and dying, this man who has always been smiling and calm has long lost his former glory.

Similarly, Xiaojie's death also sounded the alarm for Su Mo and Ghost Face - we can't wait any longer!

The two originally planned to save the final battle after finding Hill's treasure, but the powerful team behind them chased too closely, and the inner area of ​​the wild swamp was much more dangerous than they imagined. As they waited, the chips in their hands would only become less and less.

Therefore, there will be the previous scene of splitting up;

Su Mo is quite reassured about the strength of the ghost face. He said that if he gets rid of the griffin beast, he will definitely get rid of it, but...

"Do you still feel it?"

Ghost Face hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Su Mo's face darkened, and he silently took out the 'Witch's Crystal Ball'.The crystal ball changed several screens one after another, but still nothing.

Seeing Su Mo's serious face, Arthur hesitated for a moment and asked, "Could it be an illusion?"

At first Su Mo also thought it was an illusion, but when he knew that even the ghost face would feel that way occasionally, could Su Mo not pay attention?

Peeping, the feeling of being watched;

Since stepping into the inner domain, Su Mo has always had a feeling of being spied on from time to time.

There are countless terrifying beasts and poisons in the wilderness swamp. At first, Su Mo thought they were being targeted by a powerful beast nearby. Although he was paying attention, he didn't pay too much attention.

The main reason is that this feeling is minimal and sometimes absent.If it wasn't for Su Mo being cautious enough and having a strong sense of strange 'eyes', he wouldn't even be able to detect it.

However, as they continued to go deeper, this feeling of being 'peeped' not only did not disappear, but became more frequent!

This feeling of being 'peeped' is very erratic and mysterious, but after all, this is an inner domain full of crises, and Su Mo still dare not take it lightly.

When Su Mo expressed his feelings and found that Ghost Face occasionally felt the same way besides him, Su Mo's face became extremely ugly.What's more, the ghost face also gave a more accurate answer - the 'eyes' peeping at them from time to time at that time, with a high probability came from the same person or creature!

If there were really a pair of eyes staring at them in the dark, Su Mo was confident that he would find out.What's more, there is a ghost face who is more sensitive to eyes beside him.But whether it's him or the ghost face, except for the occasional mysterious feeling, they can't find the slightest trace of the 'peeper' at all.

Su Mo, feeling restless, secretly put down several small half-human beasts along the way, but still found nothing;

"Maybe it's just an illusion."

Looking at Jenny, who was still unconscious, Su Mo hesitated for a moment, and said, "There is no room for failure in the plan, Jenny...at this moment, I can only find a safe and hidden place to hide her."

What Su Mo said sounds good, but this is the wilderness and swamp, where is there any safe place?

This is clearly trying to abandon Jenny!

"No, no!"

Arthur's face changed several times, and after struggling several times, he prayed, "She was hurt because of us, we can't abandon her!"

Abandoning his companions, Arthur had never done such a despicable thing since he was born.

What's more, Jenny stayed because of him.And at this moment, he was seriously injured and dying, and Arthur was also partly responsible.If possible, he wished to save her with his own life. How could he accept Su Mo's suggestion?

"Arthur, have you forgotten our previous promise?"

"I……"

Su Mo stood up, no emotion could be seen on his indifferent face, "No matter who it is, as long as it affects the plan, give up all of them."

That's right, when Su Mo decided to split up, Su Mo took the precautionary measures in advance.They escaped death in this operation. No matter who they are, as long as it affects the plan, they must be prepared to sacrifice or even be abandoned.

This is how Xiaojie died;

It's just that Xiaojie, who was hit hard, left the team on his own initiative and won a glimmer of life for them.Jenny was different. She was abandoned passively, and she was abandoned on the premise that she was seriously injured or even fell into a severe coma, without the slightest ability to resist.

After several struggles on Arthur's face, he finally stretched out his fist and slammed it to the ground, and roared ferociously, "No! I can't do it! I can't be as cold-blooded as you guys! Jenny has been with me for nearly ten years! I can't do it!" May abandon her!"

Su Mo frowned, and when he was about to continue to say something, Arthur smiled bitterly with red eyes, "Su Mo, don't try to persuade me, I'm sorry, Your Highness, I..."

"Team, Captain..."

"Huh? Jenny, are you awake?"

Arthur was overjoyed, and quickly hugged Jenny in his arms, "Don't worry, you'll be fine! I'll take you out safely, I swear!"

Glancing at her broken right arm, Jenny tugged at the corner of her mouth, and smiled wryly, "Actually... I knew I was going to die when I decided to stay. It's just that I didn't expect it to come so soon..."

Arthur hurriedly said, "Stop talking stupid! How can you die now? Don't worry, I..."

Jenny raised her left hand with difficulty, Arthur was taken aback for a moment, quickly grabbed the trembling hand, and placed it on his cheek.

"Captain, you actually shed tears for me, I'm so happy."

The suppressed tears finally burst, and Arthur sobbed, "Jenny, I..."

Jenny shook her head weakly, then turned to look at Su Mo.

"But, can you let the captain and I have a private conversation... say a few words?"

Su Mo and Gui looked at each other and walked towards the distance together.

After confirming that the surroundings are safe, Ghost Face asked in a low voice, "What did you do?"

Su Mo nodded, "We can't lose Arthur."

Arthur's strength is still stronger than him and the ghost face.Xiaojie is dead, losing Arthur, the next plan will fail.

Although Su Mo had been vaccinated before splitting up, he knew very well that Arthur looked wise and decisive on the surface, but he was actually very emotional.

No matter how hard Arthur struggled, he couldn't give up Xiaojie's own choice of sacrifice.But Jenny was different, a companion who fell into a coma, and it was caused by his own 'mistake', Arthur would never abandon her.

Therefore, Su Mo helped him make a decision;

The medicine he fed to Jenny, besides relieving the injury, also had poison.It is not highly toxic, it can stimulate Jenny's brain nerves and forcefully wake her up from a severe coma.

Of course, the price is also serious.Due to the drug stimulation, the originally suppressed toxin had swept through Jenny's body, and she would definitely die in two hours.

Su Mo is ruthless and vicious, he has calculated all unexpected situations.

Arthur can never give up on the unconscious Jenny, Su Mo can only let Jenny wake up and choose to leave.However, everyone has the desire to survive. If there is a chance to survive, will Jenny give up?

Su Mo can't guarantee that she will be as righteous as Xiaojie, willing to die for her companion.If Jenny wanted to live too, or if Jenny didn't convince Arthur in the end, but was persuaded by Arthur, and then both of them left... This is not the result Su Mo wanted.

Therefore, he had to make Jenny realize that she couldn't live anymore.

Su Mo was very concealed. He hid Arthur who was struggling in a dilemma, but he couldn't hide the truth from the client, Jenny.

"You should just kill her."

Ghost Face disagreed, "Or don't save her at that time."

"She escaped by herself, even if I don't save Arthur, I will." Su Mo said helplessly, "In that case, there will inevitably be a rift between Arthur and us."

Right now, we can only pin our hopes on Jenny's 'humanity', but no matter Su Mo or Ghost Face, what they both disbelieve the most is human nature.

Half an hour later, Arthur came out, no one else was around; his face was dead and hopeless, but he appeared anyway.

Su Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't ask anything, but said, "Let's go."

……

On the other side, Chu Han and his party who stepped into the inner domain were not as relaxed and casual as they were outside the swamp. Even Priest Busa and Princess Ellie became much more cautious.

"what?"

Accompanied by the sound of suspicion, the team stopped. Tai Jingtian, who had the best eyesight, frowned and said, "What is that? Bloodthirsty Demon Spider?"

Bloodthirsty Demon Spiders are quite famous in the wild swamp. They like to live in dark and damp caves, and they don't have a fixed site and often 'move'.Not only the adventurers, but even other ferocious beasts in the inner domain are also very troubled by the bloodthirsty spiders who like to wander.

This kind of monster generally likes to act in groups, and the largest one will not exceed the height of half a person.However, the bloodthirsty spider that appeared in front was not only several circles larger than ordinary spiders, but there was no companion around.

What's even more weird is that the bloodthirsty spider that keeps climbing up only walks on the back four legs, while the front ones are huddled in their arms, as if they are holding something.

"Huansi."

After entering the inner domain, even Princess Ellie became much more cautious.A strange bloodthirsty spider suddenly appeared in front of her. She also felt that it was abnormal, so she immediately ordered Huan Si to go forward and check it out.

Despite the fear of Chu Han, this great swordsman is still very powerful.Hearing Princess Ellie's order, Huan Si didn't dare to delay, and immediately raised her weapon and moved forward cautiously.

Huan Si, who restrained her breath, was extremely careful, but when she was still about ten meters away from the bloodthirsty demon spider, she was still spotted.The devil spider that was climbing hard suddenly stopped and turned its head slowly.

"Hey... what kind of monster is this?"

The gasping sound came from Tai Jingtian who had the best eyesight, he actually saw a human face the moment the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider turned around!

"Eh? That's not..."

A member of the hired mercenary group recognized who the face was, but just as he was about to say it, he was interrupted by another cry full of surprise!

"Griffin!"

The cry of surprise comes from Princess Ellie.

Being well-informed, she instantly recognized what was hugged by the bloodthirsty demon spider with a human face, "God, it turned out to be a griffin egg!"

That's right, the one held in the arms of the bloodthirsty human-faced demon spider is the egg of the legendary beast that has long been extinct - the griffin beast!

"Huansi, hurry up! Grab it!"

At the same time as ordering Huansi to do it, Princess Ellie twisted the snake's waist and rushed towards the bloodthirsty spider with a human face!

Not only her, Pastor Busa's cloudy eyes were also shining brightly.Instead of rushing up like Princess Ellie, he raised his staff high.

Princess Ellie rushed halfway to the figure, and was suddenly trapped by a cloud of black mist.Her expression changed immediately, and she yelled at Busa viciously, "Old guy, do you want to rob me?"

Of course Busa, the egg of the griffin beast, was moved, but compared to this, his heart was more strange.

"His Royal Highness, don't be impatient! This is in the wild swamp, and two griffin eggs suddenly appeared, don't you think it's weird?"

"The Bloodthirsty Demon Spider is a well-known 'thief'. What's so weird about it? What's more, if there are really living griffins, how could they allow their eggs to be stolen?"

While the two were talking, Huan Si had already made a move!

Not only Huansi, but players from the Qingyu and Chiyan mercenary groups also took action!

Although they don't know what a griffin is, those two eggs are even coveted by Princess Ellie, and even fools know they are good things. How can players miss them?

It's true that Huansi took the lead, but both Qingyu and Chiyan's mercenary regiments have ranged players.

Especially Qingyu, the archer Tai Jingtian realized the importance of the 'egg', without even thinking about it, he directly drew out several arrows and shot at Huan Si quickly!

Although Huan Si is a great swordsman, he has to pay attention to the enchanted arrows.He had no choice but to turn around when he was halfway through the charge, swinging the big sword in his hand repeatedly, cutting off all the arrows.

Although the crisis was over, Jing Pengtao and Shang Yuanlong had already rushed past him and headed straight for the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider after his delay!

"Damn it, one for each person, don't grab it!"

Shang Yuanlong said it nicely, but he threw his fist directly at Jing Pengtao!

Jing Pengtao didn't dare to be negligent. While dodging the attack, he was also entangled with Shang Yuanlong.

At this time, a gorgeous fire magic fell from the sky - the one who shot it was Zhan Qingqing who was a step behind Tai Jingtian.

However, Tai Jingtian's target is Huan Si, while Zhan Qingqing's target is the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider!

Everyone in the Chiyan Mercenary Group cooperated very tacitly. Behind the gorgeous fire magic, there was another figure hidden—it was none other than Du Sheng, who was the fastest!

"Damn it! Bai Xin, get it under control!"

Shang Yuanlong screamed angrily, and signaled the shaman in the team to control the bloodthirsty spider.

Without Shang Yuanlong's reminder, after realizing the importance of the 'egg', Bai Xin immediately raised the green staff.However, to his surprise, his control technique failed.

Can it not fail?After all, that human-faced bloodthirsty demon spider... has an owner!

At this time, the bloodthirsty spider holding the griffin eggs seemed to be frightened, and even threw the two eggs high, and then fled to the other side in a 'squeaky' all of a sudden.

The bloodthirsty demon spider with a human face is certainly strange, but compared to the griffin eggs, no one cares about it at all.

Seeing the eggs being thrown high, everyone was anxious!

Even more coincidentally, the direction in which one of the griffin eggs was thrown was Du Sheng who happened to come over.

Seeing this, Du Sheng showed great joy on his face, and hurriedly swooped down and hugged the vulture egg into his arms.The moment the griffin egg was in his arms, he wanted to store it in the storage space, but the system unexpectedly indicated that it could not be stored...

As for the other egg, it was controlled by Princess Ellie with powerful thoughts and flew towards her, and it will soon be in her pocket!

Seeing that the vulture eggs were about to arrive, Princess Ellie showed obvious surprise on her face.

Just then, an accident happened.

There was a sudden burst of malicious ridicule in Princess Ellie's ear!

"Hey, the egg is back to me!"

A figure suddenly appeared beside Princess Ellie. The evil aura emanating from that person not only interrupted Princess Ellie's thoughts, but also directly grabbed the griffin egg in her hand in front of her!

"Damn it, how dare you rob the princess?"

Princess Ellie's face was extremely ferocious in an instant, and her huge snake tail was drawn straight to Chu Han's waist!

boom……

The drawn Chu Han turned into a bubble, and when he reappeared, he had already returned to the ground!

At this moment, the team, which was not very united, collapsed just because of the two griffin eggs, and the hired mercenaries were stunned.

However, just as the magic swordsman Wei Dong charged towards Du Sheng and Princess Ai Li charged towards Chu Han, two deafening lion roars came from the sky... no, it was the cry of an eagle!