In fact, even Kirito was groping his way forward in this smokescreen. He only had a general direction and roughly knew how far the mysterious golden light beam was from him. He had an approximate distance in his heart!
But even so, he still walked very carefully. This was because he had to use his mind power to check the situation around him with every step he took. The range of his detection was just a little bit further than the range of his vision!
At this moment, it was frighteningly quiet. It was as if there was nothing left here except for Kirito himself. The only life here was Kirito himself. Kirito's footsteps were almost one-thousandth of his usual footsteps, but in this empty place, it was still so obvious!
But even if Kirito was now so difficult to move forward, even if he was risking his own life and the risk of being sneak attacked, he still didn't dare to use the few small black shadows that he had always used!
In fact, Kirito also wanted to use them. After the explosion, Kirito deliberately used the black jade in his hand to try to contact the mysterious small black shadows that he had just released. Originally, Kirito was very worried. When he detonated his trap, he didn't think that the power would be so great, so he didn't withdraw the small black shadows at all!
But after the explosion, when he recovered, the first thing he did was to see if his small black shadows were damaged. If they were really damaged, then it would be a huge loss for him!
However, this was also a blessing in disguise. Even though the power of the explosion was so great, the small black figure still did not suffer any damage. It was as if the explosion just now was nothing to him!
But even if his small black shadows were fine, he couldn't use these small shadows to explore in front of him. If he really used these small shadows, then he would be in danger!
Because although these small shadows could replace him to explore some unknown and dangerous places, the most fatal thing about these small shadows was that he had to use almost 80% of his mental strength to control them. Moreover, he had to be single-minded and couldn't think of anything else!
Normally, this would be fine. After all, there would always be a lot of people by his side to help him keep an eye on the enemies. However, in this situation, there was no one around him. Even this small shadow's vision range was almost the same as his own!
Therefore, if he really used this small shadow, then the possibility of being ambushed by the two puppets of the Order of the Stars controlled by Yohabach would greatly increase. It was even equivalent to exposing himself to a completely dangerous situation!
Thinking of this, Kirito also gave up on using the small black shadows and decided to explore by himself. Although this might be a little dangerous, overall, it was much less unpredictable than using the small black shadows!
At this moment, not far from where Kirito and Kazumi Kuroki separated, which was only a few days' journey away, there were two teams fighting fiercely. If someone could look down from the sky, they would find that one of the teams had three times more people than the other team!
There was no need to guess who the team with more people was. It must be the Quincy army under Yohabach's control. This army had been lying in ambush here for a long time. After they discovered the enemy, they also fought for a long, long time!
The other team that was almost three times less than the other team was none other than Kazumi Kuroki's team. When they just separated from Kirito, they were directly surrounded by Yohabach's Quincy army that had been lying in ambush here. At this moment, they almost forgot about the time!
However, what was unexpected was that Yohabach's Quincy army that had just ambushed here actually had more than five hundred people, while Kazumi Kuroki's team only had more than fifty people, which was equivalent to a ratio of ten to one!
And it was this terrifying ratio of ten to one that had not been able to eliminate Kazumi and the others until now. There were more than 50 of them, and even when the other party was ten times their number, they were not afraid at all. They had eliminated nearly 400 of the other party's people!
However, even if they eliminated almost four-fifths of the other party's people, the other party's attack was still fierce because they had received Yohabach's death order. Even if they lost their lives here, they had to try their best to eliminate Kirito's team here!
In fact, normally speaking, if Kirito's team had not suddenly thought of how Wise Joe Yifeng found them, Kirito and Kazumi Kuroki should be fighting these troops here now. Even with Kirito's participation, they could not eliminate these enemies blocking their way so quickly!
And if Kirito had not used that mysterious golden beam of light to lure Yohabach away, the two puppets of the Order of the Stars controlled by Yohabach would have caught up with them long ago. At that time, they might not even have been able to hold on until now. They might have been directly annihilated by the two puppets of the Order of the Stars controlled by Yohabach and the Quincy army!
Therefore, Kazumi Kuroki had been rejoicing that Kirito had lured away the two most powerful enemies. If it were not for Kirito, their so-called resistance here would have been useless at all. They would have been quickly disintegrated by the two puppets of the Order of the Stars controlled by Yohabach!
But even so, Kazumi Kuroki's team still felt very tired when facing enemies that were several times more than them. The enemies around them seemed to not care about their lives and rushed towards them, even at any cost to kill them!