Chapter 94: Ground Subsidence

Gao Fei made a visual inspection and found that the height of the tower was no less than a hundred feet, and it must be the burial place of the legendary dragon-slaying hero.

After lunch, everyone continued on the road. After walking for another three hours, they finally arrived near the tower.

Using the "floating ball" to illuminate it, Goofy discovered that the wall surrounding the tower had collapsed.

The ring fort on the inside of the city wall has been overrun by weeds, and wooden and stone buildings such as barracks and checkpoints have been eroded by hundreds of years and have now turned into moss-mottled ruins.

Tall bushes covered the ground with ruins and completely swallowed up the original roads in the fort.

Everyone had to use knives and axes to carve out a path among the dense heather and rose bushes, stepping on the broken bluestone floor, and continued to advance in the direction of the tower.

When he was about half a mile away from his destination, Muning suddenly stopped, looked around, and growled in a low voice.

Gao Fei heard the flash dog warning and quickly stepped forward to ask Muning what happened.

At this moment, the ground beneath everyone's feet began to tremble without warning, as if a sudden earthquake had knocked all the explorers to the ground.

Before everyone could get up, the ground covered with weeds and gravel suddenly sank!

Along with the rumbling roar, countless sand and gravels gathered into a raging debris flow, dragging everyone to slide deep into the cracks in the earth.

The last ray of light disappeared from the eyes, and the overwhelming sand swept over, and everything was swallowed up and buried by darkness.

After an unknown period of time, the sudden earthquake finally subsided.

"Pooh!"

Goofy raised his head from the sand like a groundhog, spat out the sand in his mouth, and struggled to stand up, only to find that his chest was buried in sand and he couldn't move.

The ground collapsed, forming a huge sinkhole, and Gao Fei was buried at the bottom of the sinkhole.

There is a faint light like a fire suspended above the head, which is the "floating ball".

This ray of light brought some comfort to Gao Fei. He issued a mental command and controlled the light ball to float in front of him. He used the light to observe his surroundings and find his lost companions.

Just as he was thinking hard about how to escape, Gao Fei noticed that the soil around him was rising slightly, as if something was digging into the soil and moving closer to him.

This strange scene awakened Gao Fei's sense of déjà vu.

When he accompanied Jiang Feng on his adventure in the desert, he also witnessed similar abnormalities.

"I'll wipe it! Are there sandworms settling here?"

Gao Fei groaned secretly.

The raised mound suddenly cracked open, and a giant made of sand rose slowly. Its body was dotted with branches and weeds, and its shining eyes were like two golden gems.

This is... a large earth element?

Gao Fei was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed and shouted loudly at the 4-meter-tall rock and earth giant.

"Eve, is that you?"

The giant nodded and slowly moved towards him.

The solid sand layer automatically separated in front of the large earth element Eve turned into, opening the way. When she passed, the sand automatically closed again, leaving no trace of excavation.

This is the supernatural talent of the earth element "Escape from the Earth", which is also vividly called "Escape from the Earth"!

Girl Eve, in the form of a large earth element, has a strength attribute of up to 25, which is the same as when Gao Fei turned on his rage. She stretched out a thick long arm made of sand and pulled him out of the mound, just like pulling him out. Carrot is so easy.

After Gao Fei got out of trouble, he didn't even bother to take a breath and urgently urged Eve to rescue other teammates.

Eve nodded, and her huge body sank into the soil, like a shark diving into the sea, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Not long after, Eve held the disgraced Jiang Feng and Al in both hands and returned to Gao Fei, followed by Mu Ning.

Before the hostess could come to the rescue, the flash dog used "any door" to teleport from the deep burial place to the surface.

Jiang Feng and Al were fine, just a little frightened.

The expedition team is now the only one left whose whereabouts are unknown.

Eve dived into the depths of the earth again. After some searching, she finally found Ush who was buried alive deep in the soil and rescued him.

Due to long-term suffocation, poor brother Wushi had fainted and turned blue.

Eve quickly changed back to her human form and used magic to provide first aid.

Wushi regained consciousness after receiving treatment. Just as he was about to get up, he stumbled and fell to the ground, hugging his right leg and twitching in pain.

Eve checked his right leg and sighed: "Ush's right leg has a broken fibula. Even if it is splinted, he will not be able to walk for a short time."

"It's all my fault for being useless and holding everyone back."

Ush's face was filled with self-blame.

"How can I blame you? It was a complete accident."

Goofy patted Ush on the shoulder, encouraging him to cheer up.

"What should we do next?" Al looked at his injured friend, "How about I carry you on my back?"

"That's not possible!" Wushi shook his head firmly, "You can't take risks with a burden. Just leave me here. I can take care of myself."

Of course, everyone couldn't bear to leave Wushi alone with a broken leg, but they had to admit that Wush's point of view made sense.

The Dragon Bone Tower is right in front of you, and the tower must be densely packed with traps and murderous intent.

If you take the incompetent Wush on the road, not only will the progress of the adventure be slowed down, but you may not be able to take care of him in case of emergencies.

Gao Fei thought for a moment and said to his companions: "Leave one person to take care of Wu Shi, and the others will continue on the road. They will come back to meet after the expedition."

No one objected to his proposal, but the question was who would take care of Wu Shi?

"I'll stay!" Al took the initiative to apply.

"Our team already has a Berserker like you, and Al's departure will not have much impact. The functions of Druid and Monk cannot be replaced by other characters." Jiang Feng said to Gao Fei in the private chat channel of the star chart.

Gao Fei nodded and agreed with her point of view.

Carrying the injured Wu Shi on his back, Gao Fei activated the "Flying Protection Spell" and flew out of the tiankeng. He turned back to move the other companions out and found a safe place to camp.

Gao Fei left enough dry food and water, and told Al and Wu Shi to wait patiently in the camp, and continued on the road with the other companions.

The three of them, with a dog, finally came to the closed door of the Dragon Bone Tower.

The bronze-cast tower door had a thick layer of green rust on its surface, but it was still very strong.

Gao Fei wanted to push the door forward, but was stopped by Jiang Feng.

"The door lock may have a trap, so let me do it." Jiang Nvxia had a confident smile on her lips, "The 'skillful hand protection spell' that Qieyun A Ling blessed for me has finally found its place."

The "skillful hand protection spell" enabled Jiang Feng's monk to temporarily master a full set of thief skills. With the "thief toolbox" prepared in advance, he passed a DC10 "skillful hand check" and successfully pried open the door lock.

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