Firefly Journey

Chapter 190 Seeing Mountains as Not Mountains (7)

The night sky is a tapestry of stars and moon.

The golden-backed praying mantis's molting ceremony lasts about a week. After discovering that it was preparing to advance, the two were not in a hurry and chose to go there in the early morning of one day.

In fact, most of the creatures in Warcraft are nocturnal, and they are more active at night than during the day.

The two chose to come over in the early morning because the enemy was in the open while they were in the dark; since it was a surprise attack, the time didn't matter.

Second, and this is the main reason, yesterday afternoon Fengling was very sleepy, and she fell asleep while she was sleepy...

When I woke up, oh dear, it was already dark.

So the two of them traveled through the night.

It's that simple and casual.

As they drew closer to the Golden-backed Mantis's ascension site, the two gradually slowed their pace to avoid alerting the creature.

Wind Chime's "Sound Mage" is a secondary profession within a secondary profession. Since awakening, she hasn't practiced it much and only knows some basic Oracles.

Just like when she rescued the reporter in the tundra, Fengling also used a magic similar to "squad voice" to allow herself and Lin Yuanran to communicate silently.

This startled Lin Yuanran. It seemed that from now on, even if he wanted to complain about her, he could only do so in his heart. If she overheard, who knew what kind of punishment he would receive?

But then he thought back, Fengling had been a "sound mage" for quite some time now, before that...

Since she didn't bring up the past, it's fine. Just be more careful in the future!

Lin Yuanran's lips moved slightly: "Generally speaking, when extraordinary beings advance to a higher level, they will find a quiet place to avoid being disturbed by external forces."

In this desolate forest, given the large size of the golden-backed praying mantis, the only place it could find to hide would be a cave.

Lin Yuanran is right. Most breakthrough rituals can be stopped midway without affecting the person.

If I had to say something, it would be that I missed an opportunity, and I don't know when the next one will come.

The Golden-backed Mantis and its minions had spent so long collecting materials in the Amarama Mountains, and having finally waited for this opportunity, they naturally valued it highly, and there must have been a large number of magical beasts guarding the perimeter.

Lin Yuanran wasn't too worried about this. Even the strongest Golden-backed Mantis in the monster horde wasn't a match for Wind Chime, let alone those small fry. There's a saying that "quantitative change leads to qualitative change," but clearly, this group of monsters hadn't reached that point of "qualitative change."

"You guessed right, we've arrived," Feng Ling said calmly, stopping in her tracks.

Before the two of them lay a massive cliff.

The cliff is hundreds of meters high, and there is not a single plant on it, only a few scattered caves. The caves vary in size, some are only the size of a fist, while others look like they can accommodate several adults walking side by side.

Without exception, these caves are located at least fifty meters above the cliff face.

In other words, ordinary magical beasts can't even reach the entrance to the cave.

Only winged magical beasts are qualified to go up and take a look.

The Golden-backed Mantis belongs to the Winged Beasts, so it's perfectly reasonable to place its advancement location there.

“So many openings…” Lin Yuanran muttered to himself, “I think it must be inside the biggest one.”

In Warcraft, strength reigns supreme. The Goldenback Mantis is arrogant and has so many subordinates, so naturally it must have the best caves.

Fengling nodded. Through the magical imprint, she knew that the Golden-backed Mantis was located at the largest spot in the cave above.

The intelligence of Warcraft is questionable; unlike intelligent beings, they don't understand the principle of excess leading to deficiency or the cunning of having multiple burrows.

Of course, it never actually considered that two humans would launch a surprise attack tonight. If it could, it wouldn't be a monster.

"Shall we go straight up?" Lin Yuanran asked.

Looking up from below, the cave entrance was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face; no one knew what was inside. Going in rashly would likely be dangerous.

“Go straight up,” Wind Chime said.

"I?"

"Okay, you go, I'll wait for you downstairs."

Lin Yuanran's lips twitched. "Are you kidding me? The Golden-backed Mantis's strength is equivalent to a human superhuman's third awakening. If I go in alone, wouldn't that be just suicide?"

Lin Yuanran wanted to argue, but Feng Ling added, "You don't have to go, I'll go, and you can come and meet me. But are you sure you can handle a large group of magical beasts?"

Faced with an unknown cave, it would be safer for one of them to stay outside, so that if something unexpected happened, they wouldn't both be in danger.

If Lin Yuanran were to guard the outside, with his meager skills, he wouldn't even be able to protect himself, let alone support the wind chimes.

Lin Yuanran hesitated for only a moment before agreeing.

"I'll take you up."

Feng Ling revealed a strange smile, then lashed out with a lightning whip, "lashing" Lin Yuanran up.

"Hey, can you hear me?" Lin Yuanran asked the wind chime from the cave entrance.

This scenario is somewhat similar to making a phone call in an area with poor signal.

Fengling said irritably, "Yes, then hurry up and get inside!"

Lin Yuanran stopped dawdling and carefully made his way in along the rock wall. To minimize the noise, Lin Yuanran moved very lightly, not daring to light a fire, relying entirely on the faint light clinging to his eyes for illumination.

In the dark cave where the whole thing is obscured, if viewed from a third-person perspective, one would only see a pair of glowing eyes moving slowly, without any other physical objects in sight.

Outside the cave, after Lin Yuanran left, Fengling burst into laughter.

Immediately, she unleashed a barrage of magic upon the cliff face before her, the sounds of which instantly ignited the silent night sky.

The roars of countless demonic beasts came from afar, growing ever closer.

After confirming that the monster horde was about to surge over, Fengling flashed to a branch of a large tree, concealing herself to watch the show.

What would you do?

Should we run away immediately, or fight back with all our might?

The wind chimes looked on with anticipation.

Indeed, the Amarama monsters were rampant, but the solution was simple. Fengling brought Lin Yuanran along, along with Cassius.

Cassius is about to leave the Duchy and hopes to do his best to guide his students during his time in St. Louis.

Lin Yuanran has a poor foundation but good talent, making him very suitable for forced growth.

After some thought, he approached Fengling, intending to put Lin Yuanran in danger first, and then use the principle of "no destruction, no construction" to establish a new order.

Strictly speaking, since he had the wind chimes to fall back on, he wasn't really in danger; he was just trying to create an illusion.

It appears to be a success at first glance, but it remains to be seen how Lin Yuanran will respond.

The commotion outside the cave was too great, and the rocks weren't exactly soundproof. Lin Yuanran, inside the cave, panicked instantly and quickly asked Feng Ling:

What's the situation outside?

Wind Chime said, "I'm actually a follower of an evil god. I tricked you into coming here so I could kill you."

Lin Yuanran said, "Don't tease me. There are a million ways you want me to die. What's going on?"

"Figure it out yourself." After that, Fengling fell silent.

Lin Yuanran felt uneasy and struggled between retreating and continuing forward, but finally chose to continue forward.

How could Fengling harm me? She must have her reasons for doing this. I'd better go inside and check...

Suddenly, Lin Yuanran's "fiery eyes" froze.

Ahead, there was a beam of very white light.

Golden-backed praying mantis?

Now they've met on a narrow path.

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P.S.: Thank you Nilu for the update reminder and everyone for your support.