Chapter 259: Target and Betrayal

Jie Ming simulated slightly in his heart, and then obtained the same conclusion as Levin Mills: "In this way, the range that needs to be searched will increase exponentially, and it cannot advance in the same formation as before."

"So I decided to divide the wizards into two teams." Levin Mills stated his idea.

"The wider and higher area above will be searched by those of us in the squad who cooperate more tacitly."

"And the relatively narrow area below will be searched by you (referring to the recruited wizards)."

Jie Ming and the others had no opinion after hearing this arrangement.

Although it was obvious that the wider area was more likely to obtain more resources.

However... firstly, the strength of these people was weak, self-preservation was okay, but the ability to cooperate in combat was almost zero.

Secondly, as recruited people, their most important task was to complete the mission of searching for the "lost wizard," not treasure hunting.

And with their strength, rather than dispersing, it was better for most people to cooperate and look after each other.

In that case, they might be able to search faster in this narrow area, and maybe even obtain more resources.

So this proposal of Levin Mills was set without any waves under the condition of no opposition.

The next day, the two teams of wizards began to advance separately in strict accordance with the plan agreed upon yesterday.

Because Jie Ming was the strongest among these recruited wizards, he was pushed as the temporary captain.

He led the remaining ten recruited wizards to move forward and explore along the established route at the bottom of the space.

This space located below the twisted area was much smaller than the previously empty and dead area.

After careful exploration, they confirmed that the width of this space might only be a dozen kilometers.

So the wizards simply stopped dispersing and gathered together, forming a combat formation to advance together.

In this way, at least they could look after each other.

As soon as Jie Ming entered this area, he clearly felt the difference.

Perhaps because of this special "inverted trapezoid" spatial form, a large amount of matter was able to gather at the very bottom.

The clouds and mist under their feet finally changed from the previous illusory uncertainty to a form with slight "substance."

Although this soft "ground" was of no great use to wizards who could fly freely.

But at least when resting, they could have a solid place to land.

Just searching in this area for a few more days, Jie Ming found that the area they were searching was constantly tightening.

The width of the entire space had changed from the initial dozen kilometers to a few kilometers wide now.

And as the space continued to shrink, the density of this pure white land under their feet also became higher and higher, and even various other colors began to appear.

This meant that the material density of this area was extremely enriched, and there was even "surplus" matter to produce "pigments" that could absorb specific light.

Naturally, the various biological resources and mineral resources here were also becoming more and more abundant.

The various biological communities they encountered along the way were also increasing, and of course, the strength of these biological communities was also gradually strengthening.

However, at this time, the benefits of these recruited wizards gathering together were revealed.

The team combat effectiveness that the wizard squad could display was not comparable to that of a single wizard.

Even if they occasionally encountered some special species that were difficult to deal with, learned wizards could soon find their weaknesses and formulate methods to deal with them.

The only pity was that as material resources that were materialized increased, the number of pure energy resources decreased significantly.

Jie Ming speculated that the high-value energy resources in this area should mainly appear in the high altitude lacking matter.

So Jie Ke and Levin Mills's side should have collected more of this type of resources.

However, judging from the news from Jie Ke, the area they were searching also changed.

Contrary to the situation on Jie Ming's side, the area that Jie Ke's squad needed to check above became wider and wider as they went deeper.

In order to conduct a more careful check, Levin Mills's team also had to significantly slow down their forward speed.

Thus, unknowingly, a difference in speed appeared between the squad searching in the sky and the squad advancing rapidly below, presenting two gradients that were far apart from each other.

After Jie Ming discovered this situation, there was some faint unease in his heart.

But he had no reason to describe his unease, and through the mosquito swarm network, Jie Ming observed that Jie Ke and the others were indeed working very seriously, so he didn't say much.

This day, the wizard squad led by Jie Ming was surprised to find that the size of the space they were exploring was shrinking rapidly as they continued to move forward.

Even, it soon formed a space with solid cloud and mist cliffs on both sides, "narrow" and deep like a "canyon"!

Correspondingly, the vertical height of this space was rising rapidly as if there was no end.

Soon, it exceeded Jie Ming's limit of perception.

All the wizards became cautious.

They sent out all the "Glow Worms" they controlled to search carefully around.

However, they bizarrely discovered that this area, which looked so suitable for biological survival, strangely did not find any traces of any creatures.

Jie Ming couldn't help but activate his Universal Eye, risking soul damage, to observe carefully whether there was any ambush nearby.

But the result obtained was the same as the previous reconnaissance; indeed, nothing was found.

Drinking a bottle of magic potion to treat the soul, Jie Ming looked at the others: "What do you think should be done?"

Everyone looked at each other, and after confirming that the surroundings were indeed safe, they decided to continue moving forward.

Don't know how long it had been in this canyon that seemed to have no end, Jie Ming suddenly felt that some "Glow Worms" flying at the very front seemed to have entered an extremely open area!

With his current spiritual power strength, even if he tried his best, he couldn't let the Glow Worms explore the boundary of that area.

Most importantly...

"Strange, seems like something is blocking the front. Is it the spatial barrier of this twisted space?" Jie Ming felt a bit puzzled.

Other wizards also felt this point from the shared perception and shook their heads blankly.

Without too much hesitation, the group walked quickly toward that direction.

After arriving at the huge space discovered by those "Glow Worms," everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them.

Leaving the narrow cloud and mist canyon, under their feet was a white and barren land, flat as a mirror, with no end in sight.

And on both sides far away on the land, there were extremely thick white mists standing vertically as if split by a giant axe.

These white mists formed magnificent terrain like mountain ranges, as if two giant walls connecting heaven and earth!

Everyone prepared for battle and then continued to advance toward the area that the reconnaissance Glow Worms could never break through.

After a long time, they finally arrived not far from that area.

And when their sight broke through the layers of white mist and saw the scene in front of them clearly, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Because behind that "spatial barrier" they couldn't penetrate, there was a wizard who looked covered in injuries and in a sorry state, sitting there weakly.

Jie Ming couldn't see the face covered in blood clearly, but he could still feel the aura coming from him inadvertently.

Feeling the aura as vast as an abyss, Jie Ming couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Because from his perception, this person in front... was actually a Level 4 wizard!

The arrival of Jie Ming and the others also alarmed the wizard who was healing.

Or rather, the previous Glow Worms had already alarmed him.

Looking at the unkind look in the opponent's sharp eyes, Jie Ming was just about to step forward to greet him and express the intention of his group.

Then he saw that wizard suddenly raise his hand toward all of them!

"Careful!"

"Evade!"

Noisy shouts came from beside him!

Seeing the obvious aggressive action of this wizard, other wizards reacted quickly, either holding up shields to guard or using wizardry to hide their figures.

Although the gap in strength between the two sides was huge, everyone still subconsciously prepared to resist or dodge the attack about to be launched by that Level 4 wizard opposite!

Only Jie Ming, after being stunned for a moment, saw his pupils shrink and decisively activated "Acceleration"!

Afterward, relying on the extraordinary reaction speed brought by "Acceleration," he turned around violently and quickly!

Facing the direction he came from, which was empty, he unfolded a huge shield!

Boom boom boom!!!

Accompanied by a deafening roar, Jie Ming had just turned his head and held up the shield when he saw a series of various attacks coming from the direction he came from.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and these attacks all hit the shield he had just unfolded!

At the same time, the terrifying attack of that Level 4 wizard behind him also fell silently!

But his target was not Jie Ming and the others.

It was Jie Ke's group who had just launched an attack on Jie Ming and the others and had arrived here at some unknown time!

As that Level 4 wizard's hand clenched, large areas of space began to twist crazily!

Relying on the morphological changes of the surrounding white mist, Jie Ming could clearly see that large spatial distortion covering the entire sky!

However, this attack, which was enough to kill a Level 3 wizard in seconds, missed!

Levin Mills and the others seemed to have expected this, and the moment that Level 4 wizard's attack fell, they had already retreated as a whole, accurately dodging the range of that spatial distortion.

Jie Ming slowly stood up from the aftermath of the explosion.

His gaze stared sternly through the twisted space at Jie Ke, who had a cold expression above.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 260 =====