I'm just a swineherd, not a beastmaster.

Chapter 120 Chase

The fifth floor.

Everyone was teleported to one place.

Being kept in the same cage, it was a bit crowded.

Yuan Feng glanced at the crowd, then moved to join Tao Yunwan and the other two.

Everyone was crowded together and the noise was so loud that he had to speak louder.

"Did you find anything?"

Tao Yunwan looked around and pointed behind Yuan Feng: "Does that count?"

Yuan Feng turned around and was stunned.

Outside the cage, there were more than a dozen ferocious iron mantises, each as big as a bull.

Each of the birds had its wings fully spread out, and they were circling outside the cage in large numbers.

The foot sword on his chest was waving, flashing a cold light.

Seeing the Iron Mantis, Yuan Feng couldn't help but swallow.

One is fine, but there are more than a dozen of them, rushing forward at the same time, no one can guarantee that they will survive 100%.

Everyone noticed the iron mantis in the sky and gasped, and the scene became anxious.

"Oh my God! What is that!"

"So many flying puppets, you must be kidding."

"Who can withstand so many? Even if they all come together, we are no match for them!"

More than a dozen flying puppets, giving off a strong sense of oppression.

The tense atmosphere spread, the noisy sound quickly subsided, and everyone held their breath.

There was a tense silence for a moment.

Yuan Feng calmed down and silently counted the number of iron mantises.

Fifteen!

It was a bit of a coincidence, as if it was specially set up, there were exactly fifteen people in the cage.

"Is it going to be one person against one?" Yuan Feng guessed secretly.

Tao Yunwan frowned and found Lu Qing: "Can you tell the strength of Iron Mantis?"

Lu Qing shook his head with a bitter face: "I can't tell, I don't know anything about puppets."

Hearing this, Tao Yunwan couldn't hide her disappointment. She looked at Nu Shi, but quickly looked away.

Fu Shi is just a knife fanatic and knows nothing about puppets.

Finally looking at Yuan Feng, Tao Yunwan's eyes flashed, and she saw Yuan Feng take out a book.

Her sixth sense told her that Yuan Feng seemed to have found the information.

She waited until Yuan Feng put away the book before she walked over.

"How is it?" Tao Yunwan asked in a low voice.

Yuan Feng stroked his forehead: "It's a bit bad."

"How bad is it?"

Yuan Feng lowered his voice, fearing that it would cause a commotion: "Each of these iron mantises is a fourth-level puppet, with the strength of the late foundation building stage."

"Ah?" Tao Yunwan turned pale, "Are you sure?"

"Are you sure you can handle one by yourself? There are fifteen in total here. I suspect Immortal Lu Yang deliberately set it up so that when the cages are opened, everyone will have to deal with one."

"No, not to mention me, even Mu Yuntian can't beat him. There is still room for improvement for the third level, but the gap for the fourth level is too big, unless I build a foundation temporarily now."

"Building a foundation also requires time and environment," Yuan Feng reminded.

"Of course I know that. So even if one person can deal with one separately, he still can't defeat them."

"Oh, I see." Yuan Feng rubbed his temple and suddenly smiled.

"At this time, you still have the mood to laugh." Tao Yunwan complained.

"I didn't have any thoughts at first, but when you said that you couldn't even beat Mu Yuntian, I started to have thoughts about it." Yuan Feng said with a smile.

"What do you mean?"

"Since we can't win, then it's a dead end. Do you think Immortal Lu Yang will set up a dead end?" Yuan Feng asked back.

Tao Yunwan thought about it seriously and said, "It shouldn't be possible. What do you mean?"

"Since that's not possible, then the test on this level is not about dealing with the Iron Mantis. I guess that this level should just involve running. Combined with the additional questions on the previous level, my guess is very likely."

Tao Yunwan took out the magic talisman, her eyes lit up: "Yes, the magic talisman is a hint."

Yuan Feng turned his head and looked forward. It was pitch black there. The entrance to the sixth floor should be over there, a little far away. "It's a little far. I'm afraid one magic talisman won't be enough."

Tao Yunwan hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want me to give you another one?"

Yuan Feng thought about it and shook his head: "No, if you have any extra, give one to Brother Nu Shi. I have a way."

The distance is a bit far, and the characteristic of the magic talisman is that its effect time is short. If one is not enough, adding one more will not be enough, because the road ahead is too long.

If he really couldn't run away, Yuan Feng still had a trump card, which was the feather given by Feng Xi from the Red Sail Beast Clan.

There are nine feathers in total, and each one has the power of a blow from a master who has reached the state of out-of-body. It is more than enough to deal with a fourth-level puppet.

The only thing I'm afraid of is that the fifteen iron mantises will rush over at once, and in that case, nine feathers won't be enough.

Even so, Yuan Feng still had a backup plan, which was Shadow Escape. With the intelligence possessed by the fourth-level puppet, Shadow Escape could be easily avoided.

"Crack!"

There was a sudden sound of something opening, accompanied by a heart-wrenching scream.

"Run, the cage is open!"

This shout made everyone more nervous and they rushed out of the cage.

The cage door is very small and not everyone can get out.

Yuan Feng was standing some distance away from the door, so he naturally fell behind.

At this time, he became calmer and looked back at the iron mantises.

The iron mantis's two pairs of wings flapped even more vigorously, but it showed no intention of pouncing on me.

After someone ran out of the cage for some distance, the iron mantises began to fly out one after another.

"Very well behaved."

This time Yuan Feng was no longer panicked. Immortal Lu Yang had not set up a dead end for him at this level.

Yuan Feng glanced at the remaining iron mantises and guessed with interest which one was chasing him.

"What are you doing standing still? Run!"

It was not until Nushi pulled him that Yuan Feng walked out of the cage without haste, took out the tail-swinging scorpion from the storage bag, and sat on it.

It’s so tiring to run by yourself, it’s more relaxing to sit on a puppet.

At this level, whoever reaches the finish line first will probably get the highest points.

Now Yuan Feng is no longer simply considering points. There are still books waiting for him to find. If there is a chance to find them, he will naturally try his best.

"Why aren't you anxious at all?" Nu Shi was extremely worried. Everyone had run away, leaving only the two of them.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Do you see an iron mantis chasing us?"

Nu Shi looked back and saw two iron mantises flying in the sky behind him, circling and not catching up. In front of them, the iron mantises were frantically chasing after the other people who ran out.

"Huh? Why isn't Iron Mantis chasing us?"

"It's not that we won't chase them." Yuan Feng pointed to a red line on the ground ahead, "Once we cross this line, they will catch up with us."

"Is that so? Then what should we do? Just stay where we are?" Nu Shi seemed to understand.

"Heh..." Yuan Feng was amused. "If I don't move, I'll be a turtle. How can I get to the next level if I don't move?"

"So we still have to run." As he said that, Nu Shi took out the magic talisman and prepared to stick it on.

"Wait." Yuan Feng called him.

"What's wrong?" Nu Shi stopped holding the talisman.

"I have a guess, would you like to hear it?" Yuan Feng asked.

"You said."

Nu Shi nodded. Of course he was willing. He could tell from the way to pass the second level that Yuan Feng was a smart man. He was willing to listen to smart people, especially those who had no ill will towards him.

"Look at the person running in front, what did you notice?" Yuan Feng asked, pointing ahead.

Nu Shi looked carefully but found nothing: "Some run slowly, some run fast, it's very chaotic, there's nothing wrong."

"How can there be no problem? You have pointed out the problem. Some are slow, some are fast, but none of them were caught up by the Iron Mantis. This is very telling."

"What do you mean? I don't understand."

"Don't you understand?" Yuan Feng was a little speechless. "The Iron Mantises are all the same, so why are their speeds different? What do you think is the reason?"

"Is it because the person you're chasing is different?" Nu Shi seemed to understand.

"Oh, right. The people being chased are different. According to my observation, the faster the person running, the faster the Iron Mantis chases. If the person being chased dares to slow down, he will be caught up."

Yuan Feng's words were soon confirmed in front of us. A man could no longer run and jumped into the pit next to him. There was no movement. The Iron Mantis fell to the ground and had no ability to move.

It seems that there must be a secret in the pit. No one knows where the people were taken, so Iron Mantis stopped taking any action.

"You mean, this magic talisman is actually a trap?" Nu Shi is not stupid, but his wisdom is not as dazzling among the geniuses.

"Yes, at first I also thought that we would need to rely on the magic talisman to pass the level, but when I saw how long the road was, I gave up the idea. No one could predict that the magic talisman would be used and prepare a large amount of talisman paper in advance to enter the secret realm. Given the style of Immortal Lu Yang, who has hidden many props for passing the level in various places for people to find, it is obviously abnormal for us to prepare talisman paper."

"So what do we do?"

"Just run. What else can you do? But you have to maintain a constant speed. Don't let the Iron Mantis speed up. Once it speeds up, according to my observation, its speed will not decrease."

"I understand." Nu Shi nodded and walked to the red line to prepare.