Chapter 85: Life and Death Speed

Yes, with the advantage of speed, on such a narrow and steep mountain road, their numbers could not be used to their advantage. If I was ahead, occupying the dangerous position…

I kept my face expressionless, but my mind was racing with ideas. In fact, whether we got the treasure or not was no longer the key. All we needed was a clue to Kunlun and to send Ruoxue to the tomb. So if there really was a treasure, it didn’t matter if those people took it.

The key to my plan is that these are two gangs, and they are also fighting each other. If Xiao Chengqian’s faction wins, it’s okay, but if the evil cult faction wins, I don’t think we have a reason to get out alive!

But if we enter the tomb, with the magic of the Dragon Tomb, we may be able to delay the time in the tomb, which is the key to our survival. After all, before coming here, I let Lao Zhang, Ruyue, and Qin Huai go back, which is a glimmer of hope.

“Kid, you’ve also obtained the demon soul, so be a good boy and come with us to open the tomb, or we won’t kill you for the sake of secrecy.” A voice suddenly sounded in my ear. I looked up and saw that it was an elder from Xiao Chengqian’s lineage, who was looking at me with ill intent.

Standing behind him was Xiao Chengqian. Xiao Chengqian looked at me with some concern, and his lips were moving slightly. I looked at his mouth and guessed that he was probably saying something like, “Find a chance to run.”

I sneered in my heart. It turns out that none of these two gangs of people planned to let us go. At this time, more and more people had already come down, such as Xue and Chengxin, who had brought Xiaoxi and Xiaomao, who had turned into weasel bodies, down.

I gave them a look, and they silently stood behind me, looking at the old man who spoke, and another one who was also staring at me. I pretended to be a little guilty and said, “I’ll open the tomb for you, but you have to keep your word and don’t kill me.”

When I said this, I pretended to be ashamed and dared not look them in the eye. I looked around, but in fact I took the opportunity to whisper a word to Ruoxue and Chengxin with my eyes and mouth: “Run!”

“Haha, you’re smart, don’t worry…” The old man was pleased and started to babble, probably waiting for everyone to come down.

Xiao Chengqian also believed in my performance and was worried there, so worried that he could hardly restrain himself from persuading me.

But at this time, I pretended to be ignorant, squatted down to tighten my shoelaces, stood up, stretched, and suddenly turned around and began to run towards the mountain without saying a word.

Chengxin and the others naturally followed closely behind!

I heard the old man yelling and someone else shouting to chase after him, but none of that was important to me anymore. The only thing that mattered was that we had to get to the top of the mountain first.

The ice surface of the river was very slippery, and if you weren’t careful, you would fall hard. Plus, the ice surface was hard, so the feeling was no different from falling on a rock!

We were wearing professional shoes, but we were rolling and crawling all the way, falling countless times, not to mention the sound of “plop, plop” behind us all the way!

At this time, a cold aura locked me in. Without thinking, I released Shatu and told him, “Don’t think about winning. Use your speed to entangle them.”

Shatu roared once and rushed over. This kind of thing doesn’t need to be thought about. I know that the evil cult has released the ghost heads. Putting aside the evil magic, the real magic is aimed at people. Even if it’s not a big magic, doesn’t it take time to prepare?

The wind whistled in my ears, and the sound of Shatu’s angry roar echoed in the depths of my soul, along with the feeling of struggling to block it. I had to hurry, and hurry even faster!

As I ran, I took out the ice pick from my backpack. In addition to carrying various small items and artifacts, I even discarded my backpack, so that I could move faster.

Similarly, Xue and Cheng Xin did the same thing!

I fell again, and slid along the ice for nearly 10 meters. After I stopped, I continued running without thinking, but my nose was still hurting from the impact, so I wiped it off with my hand, and the bright red blood smeared my hand.

However, the most impressive thing was that dozens of people were chasing after my friend. I felt like I was in a blockbuster movie, and I felt like a hero!

Biting my teeth, I almost ran to the limit of my speed. Due to the slippery road, my body was simply moving forward with a strange kind of inertia. Falling, sliding, getting up and continuing to run, every minute and every second felt like the most intense!

But fortunately, the magical ice road was less than 20 meters away.

I looked back at Shahu and realized that he was the one who was in the most trouble, being entangled by dozens of ghosts. I communicated with Shahu, almost shouting at the top of my voice, “Shahu, hang in there, we’re almost there!”

I sped up even more!

Finally, the ice road was in front of me. However, this icy slope would have been very difficult to climb without special equipment. But luckily I had an ice pick, which I used to firmly fix the ice surface. With the strength of my arms, I was the first to climb up this ice road!

Hurry, hurry, faster, this ice road is not suitable for walking, you can only crawl on it. But we finally made it up. Due to the steepness, we only advanced a few steps and we were already at a relatively high position. I looked back and found it funny that these people who rushed up behind us couldn’t get up the ice road for a while because they didn’t bring any tools and were crowded at the bottom!

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the real trouble would be the ghosts. I couldn’t let Shatuo fight any longer. If things went on like this, Shatuo would get hurt. I summoned Shatuo back at once, then shouted at them, “A monk who runs away can’t escape the temple. There’s only one road up here. Where else can I run? You’re going to force me to fall to my death from up here, and you won’t get anything.

Yes, my goal was nothing more than to rush to the front to occupy a geographical advantage. My goal has been achieved, and at this time it is to threaten with an advantage.

After all, I am a cultivator, and they know too well that it is not realistic to use the ghost head to control me. It is entirely possible that I will die with the net, and my sentence that there is only one way is also true!

This sentence worked. The evil cultivators withdrew their ghost heads. Those who were chasing me were not so anxious anymore. We could finally go up the mountain with peace of mind.

Seeing that the situation had calmed down, Chengxin said to me as he was trying to help himself move forward with an ice pick: “Chengyi, you really are something. You knew to run ahead and take advantage of the terrain. How did you know that? You can’t let people with the medical pulse stand on high ground with the wind behind them. Once I took advantage of this terrain, they were finished! You’re so smart, praise you.”

I was sweating. I knew nothing about the medical pulse standing high and doing things well. I was simply thinking of my heroic spirit of being a hero who can hold the gate against thousands of enemies!

But I would never tell Chengxin about this. I would rather agree with him and admit it. I am afraid that Chengxin would kick me off this steep icy road in anger.

The ice road is not long, about 20 meters long, connecting the mountain peak and the river, but it is very steep. With the help of professional tools, it took us quite a long time to climb this 20-meter ice road. It took us more than ten minutes to climb the short ice road to the end.

I was the first to stand on that strange mountain peak. As soon as I stood on it, I noticed that the mist floating on the mountain surrounded me, but it did not affect my vision. Instead, it gave me a very comfortable feeling, as if the mist had a nourishing effect, making my tired body and spirit feel comfortable.

Is there anything strange about this fog? I didn’t have time to take a look at the surroundings, and the first thing that came to mind was this! But even if there is something strange, it has to do with some powerful people, or even dragons, and it’s not something that I, a little shrimp, can see.

I took a look at my surroundings and realized that at this height, just a dozen meters above the ice, I felt dizzy and lightheaded. This terrain is really dangerous. The simple stone steps without railings are less than two meters wide. How could I not feel dizzy and lightheaded standing on these stone steps?

Not to mention that this mountain peak is not an ordinary height. At least when I looked up, not counting the places that were not clearly visible because of the fog, even the height I saw was at least several hundred meters!

It’s really scary!

However, this is not the point. I carefully clung to the mountain wall, letting Ruoxue and Chengxin lead Xiaoxi and Xiaomao to walk in front of me. As for Wu Laogui, don’t worry, it’s floating, 10,000 meters and 1 meter are no different to it.

I just shouted that there was no way to escape, but at this moment, looking at the ice road, I had a new idea鈥攖he dragon fire technique! Should I create a little trouble for them and delay them a little longer?

Fire dragon magic is not enough to destroy the ice road, but it is definitely no problem to delay the time.

But the next moment, when I was about to cast the spell, I was completely shocked.