Chapter 99 Players who are following the footsteps of the Demon King
Hide somewhere on the second floor of the maze, in a gloomy and dark grotto.
A scorpion half as tall as a man was dormant in the shadows, motionless like a corpse.
At this moment, an uninvited footsteps suddenly broke into its territory.
Sensing the approach of prey, the twelve eyes scattered throughout the body opened instantly, searching for traces of prey like radar.
ˆ It took almost an instant -
ˆ Relying on the perception of the earthquake source, it quickly locked the location of its prey!
Without the slightest hesitation, the giant scorpion lunged forward, its tail like a hook and sickle spear thrust forward along with the lightning-fast figure.
The poisonous needle attached to its tail is enough to render a gold-level knight incapacitated.
As long as the prey is stung by it, there is absolutely no chance of survival!
However, something unexpected happened. The feeling of the poisonous needle piercing the flesh did not come from the tail, but more like passing through the hollow bone.
A shivering cry came from under the carapace. It realized that something was wrong and was retreating, but it was already too late.
The stone bullets fired like cannonballs directly hit its head, smashing the hard carapace into pieces and passing under its tail.
The corrosive liquid was spread all over the floor.
Before he even had time to let out a scream, the half-human-tall scorpion fell to the ground.
Not far away.
Standing in the cave, Luo Yan still maintained the preparatory movements for casting spells. It was not until Sarah, who was responsible for the investigation, confirmed that there was no danger ahead that she put away the wand in her hand and moved forward.
Since he understood the nature of extraordinary power, he has been consciously practicing casting spells without chanting.
With the accumulation of practice over time, he has benefited a lot. Some spells with simple element structures and single effect types can be cast skillfully without chanting.
And the power has risen to a higher level than the original chanting spell!
This is a mystery that Luo Yan discovered unexpectedly while constantly delving into the nature of "extraordinary power".
When he is familiar enough with a spell, in addition to not having to rely on the original casting path, he can also fine-tune the framework of the original arrangement of elements.
For example, imagine that the wind blade is filled with oxygen!
For another example, imagine that the rock bomb is mainly composed of granite, and then add wind power to it!
The boundaries of this fine-tuning are very blurry, and a little carelessness may cause the spell to disintegrate.
This is a bit like letting go of the handles with both hands when riding a bicycle. An unskilled person will fall to the ground in an instant, while a skilled person can't even corner.
Even with many years of experience in learning magic, it is difficult for Luo Yan to describe this feeling in detail.
Different from the inscription magic system, the elemental magic system has been an abstract thing since its birth, and has become further and further down the road to abstraction as the times change.
However, although he could not describe this feeling in words, its effect was obvious.
Once you figure out the boundaries between success and failure in fine-tuning a spell, manipulating the power of the elements will be as easy as breathing.
Not only the perception of the elements, but the affinity with the elements will also increase by more than a little!
Just as Luo Yan was carefully reminiscing about the feeling of "playing with elements while clapping", Sarah's excited voice suddenly came from not far ahead.
"Lord Demon King! Treasure Chest!"
Perhaps because she is going on a long trip, Sarah seems to be particularly energetic today.
Of course, having said that, she did not neglect her vigilance. When she should be serious, she was even more serious than before.
Hhearing that lively voice, Luo Yan smiled and said in a teasing tone.
"Yes, treasure box, then dear classmate Sarah, think carefully, who would put a box here for no reason."
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As if she realized her stupidity, Sarah's face was instantly stained with red.
Looking past the cat ears that were folded into airplane wings, Luo Yan glanced at the old actor standing in the corner and even guessed its species.
"It seems you already have the answer."
In fact, this kind of box has about a 50% chance of yielding something good. After all, you need to hang a bait when fishing.
However, the treasure box in front of him is obviously not the latter - what is inside is just the bad taste of the little devils.
If an unlucky child opens the treasure chest, the potion that dissolves the cloth will instantly break its defense...
Summons a temporary skeleton soldier again, Luo Yan controls it and takes out the magic crystal from the giant scorpion, and then throws it into the money bag he carries like an adventurer.
All this is to make him look more like an adventurer, so that he can sneak into the safe area of the Adventurer's Guild without being exposed and mingle with the adventurers there.
"Let this treasure box be left to those in need. We'd better leave it alone."
Just as Luo Yan and Sarah continued to move towards the lower level of the maze, Yiye Zhiqiu, Hu Wan and others who were leveling up somewhere on the same floor were caught in a hard fight.
In the depths of the deep and dark cave, a giant centipede was seen like a rampaging python. It roared angrily from its huge jaws while rushing towards the undead rat that dared to challenge its majesty.
That hard carapace is as strong as steel, and can even be immune to a full blow from a black iron-level swordsman!
And the huge jaws are even more deadly. It is said that even steel can be easily pinched!
As the "overlord" of the second floor of the maze, Giant Centipede's individual strength can be said to be the ceiling of the second floor of the maze. Even the little devil is unwilling to provoke it easily due to its impeccable physical defense and supermodel melee capabilities.
Not even just a little devil.
Unless they receive a special commission, ordinary adventurers will basically avoid this guy when they encounter him!
Although the magic crystals dropped by this guy are large and valuable, brushing a few more rip ants has the same effect, and the risk factor is much lower than challenging giant centipedes.
From an economic point of view, this is indeed the case, but from an "experience" point of view, it is completely another matter.
The motivation of players to farm monsters is different from that of adventurers. The latter is to make money, while the former is more for experience.
As the character levels continue to increase, the experience provided by other monsters on the second floor of the maze to Yiye Zhiqiu and Hu Wan becomes increasingly limited.
Especially since they recently formed two more teammates to serve as front row players, and now the experience is worth sharing among four people.
To keep the pace of upgrading, they must challenge more powerful monsters.
It is precisely because of this——
When Yiye Zhiqiu had enough confidence, he immediately set his sights on this big guy.
Faced with the storm-like attack, Ku Wan calmly rolled to distance himself. His figure moved as fast as a ghost, giving no chance for the pliers to hit him. At the same time, he maintained an appropriate distance to prevent the monster from losing its hatred.
For him who has experienced thousands of battles, large and small, this is not easy at all!
As the target entered the attack area, the lizard man and skeleton sword and shield bearer ambushing behind the rock rushed forward decisively.
Tauren warrior: "Pig head! Attack his head!"
Pig head warrior: "Ouch!!"
A giant ax struck the centipede on the top of its head, just jamming the root of the latter's mouthparts.
The centipede subconsciously contracted its jaws. As a result, the ax head was too thick and could not be pinched off, so it immediately wanted to retreat.
The tauren warrior with quick eyes and quick hands didn't give it a chance at all. He held his shield and slammed into its upright abdomen. The blade passed through the flapping joints and stabbed it randomly in the abdomen.
Unfortunately, he was still twelve buffs short of Bond. Although the scraping made the centipede grin in pain, it did not cause fatal damage.
"Hiss——!"
The giant centipede roared, twisted its jaws and threw the lizard man holding the two-handed ax away, and then the dozens of jointed limbs in front of it kicked hard, kicking the skeleton carrying the shield directly away.
"Holy shit——!"
The tauren warrior hit the ground and rolled several times before stopping.
If it were not for the peak strength of Black Iron, his body would probably fall apart!
“This guy is as tall as a bronze—bah! Gold!” The pig-headed knight limped up from the ground. As soon as he picked up the ax, a creepy feeling crawled up his back.
I saw that the centipede directly ignored the tauren warrior who had no meat on his body, and stared directly at himself, who had the most meat.
The pig-headed knight suddenly panicked, only hating himself for choosing this unlucky race.
In addition to having two more brothers, this gecko man can be said to be full of debuffs!
Had he known that he would challenge the giant centipede, he would have chosen the little devil!
"Holy shit! Don't come over here!"
Feeling the fear of the prey, the giant centipede's jaws hissed with ferocious laughter.
However, just when it was about to bite the lizard man in front of it, a dazzling light suddenly broke into its field of vision.
Before it could react, the huge fireball hit its face.
The burning pain from the flames made it let out a shrill howl.
Ichiba Zhiqiu did not stop after he finished casting the spell, and then threw another fireball. In conjunction with the oil bottle that Kuwan threw into the air, he created a set of combos.
Stab it——!
With the sound of breaking glass, the exploding fire oil instantly bloomed into a rain of fire that filled the sky.
Being drenched by the burning fire rain, the giant centipede's body instantly turned into a sea of fire, and in a painful twist, it fell heavily to the ground.
Looking at the monster that was no longer moving, Huwan, who was hiding behind the rock, breathed a sigh of relief and gave a thumbs up in the direction of Yiye Zhiqiu.
"Well done!"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and made a gesture.
"You too."
Looking at the dusty battle, the tauren warrior got up from the ground and said with a wry smile.
"Sorry... I have held you back."
Unlike his good brother Zhu Tou, he is the more shameless type.
"In any case," Yiye Zhiqiu smiled and said in a gentle tone, "If it weren't for your support, I wouldn't be able to cast spells with such ease."
This is the truth.
He and Hu Wan also tried not to sit in the front row before, but it turned out that it was still too risky.
At least for now, he has no way to kill and throw fireballs at the same time.
Those are two completely different power systems, and the difficulty is one level higher than releasing fireball and waterball at the same time!
With his current proficiency and panel attributes, he is not yet able to do two things at once.
"Even so, cannon fodder has the value of cannon fodder!"
The pig-headed knight who escaped from death walked over from the side, stretched out his hand to pull the tauren warrior up from the ground with a playful smile, and said without blushing at all.
"If it weren't for my jumping chop, would our Yiye brother be able to take the head so smoothly?"
Yiye Zhiqiu smiled, but Huwan was too lazy to respond.
Looking at this shameless guy, the tauren warrior complained angrily.
"You are so embarrassed!"
The pig-headed knight chuckled.
"What's the point of being embarrassed... Damn it, I've upgraded!"
It's not just him who has upgraded.
Just now, Yiye Zhiqiu also discovered changes in his attribute panel.
Physique: 11
Strength: 9
Agility: 6
Intelligence: 7 (+1)
Spirit: 9 (+1)
Spirit: 9 (+1)
Due to frequent spell casting, his mental strength and intelligence have grown a little.
Yiye Zhiqiu is quite satisfied with the current pace of attribute growth.
While he was silently feeling the changes in his spiritual power, the pig-headed knight suddenly spoke.
"By the way, brothers, since there is no challenge on the second floor, how about we go to the third floor and have a look?"
Tauren warrior: "There is no challenge anymore, but that's okay... Do you think that the battle just now was easy?"
Pig-headed knight: "Ahem...no one was injured."
Tauren warrior: "..."
Huwan thought seriously and said for a moment.
"This is actually a good idea... I also think it's almost time for us to continue moving to the lower levels."
Ichiba Zhiqiu said with a smile.
"Since everyone has no objections, let's go together... I also plan to go to the Iron Fang City on the third floor to have a look. I heard that there are a lot of good things there."
The pig-headed knight smiled shyly.
"Hey, actually that's what I'm planning to do...Yesterday, Brother Yiyi promised me on the forum that he would enchant my ax for free. When the time comes, I'll find a way to help you with it for free."
Hearing the word free, a subtle expression suddenly appeared on Huwan's face.
His intuition told him that this thing must not be cheap.
"No need... If necessary, I will let the NPC help me enchant."
The pig-headed knight had a regretful expression on his face.
"That's it... that's a pity. I heard that he made a lot of good things."
The tauren warrior said sweating profusely.
"Brother, calm down. You can find out about that guy's reputation by searching on the forum. Can he let you take advantage?"
Hushi Huwan nodded.
“+1, that guy’s understanding of good things is probably not at the same level as normal people.”
As soon as this sentence came out of his mouth, he suddenly remembered that the guy in front of him didn't seem to be a normal person.
There seems to be nothing wrong with two abnormal people getting together and having a similar odor?
· Sure enough——
· The pig-headed brothers are still trying to defend themselves from suffocating the chemical pool.
"It's different! This time it's Mingwen, not explosives!"
Looking at the pig-headed knight who was still trying to explain, Kazuyo Zhiqiu walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, smiling to smooth things over.
"No matter what, we'll find out soon after we go take a look."
(End of this chapter)