Pale Emblem

Chapter 76 The Transformation of the Arena
In the grand and empty dream arena, the mythical three-headed lizard stood quietly in the center of the field, and the three pairs of jewel-like eyes reflected Vertok's gradually forming body.

Vertok regained his sight, first glanced up at the deep and distant dark sky above the arena, and slowly exhaled.Every time he came here, he was afraid of the boundless darkness that shrouded the arena.

The dream arena is the manifestation of his soul, and the darkness surrounding the arena represents the chaotic nature of the pan-conscious ocean.

Vertoc is always worried that the Dream Arena will be completely swallowed by darkness, which is actually the natural fear of the soul consciousness to the source of chaos.

Fortunately, there are dozens of flame towers that shine brightly, firmly banishing the darkness and protecting the Dream Arena.

Virtok wanted to know what the flame tower in the arena represented. He could briefly restore his memory by winning five rounds of the competition. At that time, he should have understood the nature of the flame tower, but he would have forgotten these memories after he woke up.This made Vertok very annoyed.

Restoring his memory and finding himself back is Vertok's strongest desire.He has always had a bad premonition that if he can't find himself, the flame tower in the dream arena will eventually go out, which means that the soul is swallowed by the source of chaos, then he will be finished.

The problem is, Vertok doesn't know what triggers the flame tower to go out, and how much time does he have left?

When he entered the Dream Arena this time, he clearly noticed something strange.

The manager of the arena, Portanos, did not immediately invite him to participate as usual.

After standing on the spot and observing for a while, Vertok cautiously approached the manager and asked after consideration, "Portanos, what happened to the arena?"

The mythical three-headed lizard made of smoke did not respond.

Vertok thought for a while, and then took the initiative to test: "I want to participate in the arena trial."

The manager of the arena finally moved. Three slender snake heads circled and danced in front of Vertok. He said, "The Dream Arena is transforming, and the competitive trials are suspended."

Vertok was shocked and asked eagerly: "Metamorphosis? Why?"

"Challenger Vertoc has completed two trials successively, and his mental attributes have increased by 11 points in total. I also gained additional mental power. Therefore, the Dream Arena began to transform. Before the transformation is completed, the challenger cannot participate in the trial."

The ocean of pan-consciousness is a manifestation of the sea of ​​fire element.The Dream Arena draws samples from the ocean of pan-consciousness for challengers to participate in the trial, which is also a process of drawing spiritual power from the sea of ​​fire elements.

The master GeVictor doesn't want the sub-personality to grow too fast. On the one hand, the sub-personality's experience and wisdom are not enough to control too powerful power, but it is easy to attract opponents of the same strength; on the other hand, Dream Arena is from the sea of ​​fire elements While extracting spiritual power, it is also polluted by sample memory.

There is no free lunch in the world.Due to the isolation of the memory of the main personality and the sub-personality, Vertoc did not know that he improved his ability through trials, but his soul was bearing the burden, and it took time to eliminate the pollution of the sample memory on the will side of the soul.

However, Vertoc intuitively thought that it was a good thing that the Dream Arena could automatically close the trial.He breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, and asked again, "When will the transformation end? What will the Dream Arena look like?"

"The time when the Dream Arena will complete its transformation cannot be determined. After the transformation is over, the Dream Arena will resume trials and gain some new functions."

"This transformation of the Dream Arena is divided into three stages. At present, the first stage of transformation has been completed."

"First of all, the ratio of the time flow between the dream and the outside world becomes 15:1. The 15 days of the challenger Vertoc in the Dream Arena is equal to 1 day in the outside world."

"Secondly, the challenger Vertoc can manifest the items in his memory in the Dream Arena, and the number of manifested items does not exceed ten. The more the challenger understands the characteristics of the items, the higher the success rate of manifesting."

"Finally, Challenger Vertok may repeat the challenge to those contestants who have already been defeated, however, there is no winning reward for repeating the challenge."

"The transformation of the second stage of Dream Arena will be completed after 60 days of external time."

Vertoc understood roughly that the Dream Arena was also growing, which was called transformation.There will be no new trials until the transformation is complete, but the Dream Arena can be used as a place to practice skills.Vertoc can hone his skills as long as he sleeps.

When he thought about it, the phantom of the weapon appeared in his hand, which gradually turned into a real one, a sword and spear five feet long.Its size, pattern, material and weight are exactly the same as Captain Rhodes' Adamantine Sword and Spear.

The content of the original method of Vientiane does not include the breaking of swords and spears. It was the first time that Vertok used swords and spears. He had enough time to explore the skills of swords and spears in the Dream Arena, and tried to integrate it into the original method of Vientiane.

After waving the sword and gun for about two hours in a row, Vertok said confidently: "Manager, I'm going to repeat the second and fifth round."

"As you wish, Huo, the gnoll king from nowhere, will accept Vertoc's challenge."

The thin and sturdy figure of the storm gnoll appeared in the arena. It saw Vertok holding a weapon. The green wolf eyes shrank immediately, and he arched his back and stepped back a few steps, asking, "What is this place? Are you? what?"

Vertok sneered, this gnoll shouted like this every time he opened, and he had heard it too many times.However, Huo the gnoll was always unfamiliar with everything here.

Vertoc's shoulders didn't move, he slid forward without warning, raised the sword and spear in his hand, and aimed at the fierce gnoll with a standard lunge thrust.

Vientiane's original method operates internal and external breathing, mobilizes internal and external forces, and integrates popular and boiling blood. Vertok's stab is impeccable and has reached his peak level. The sword and spear turned into a straight purple streamer, like a flash of electric light. , to the extreme.

The storm gnoll couldn't dodge in time even if it exceeded the reaction speed of its peers, and was instantly pierced through the chest by the sharp sword and spear.

With a touch of red, the blade pierced the back of Huo the Gnoll.Vertoc was very satisfied with his sword. He did not use the title of the gnoll killer. The fierce gnoll's fighting instinct lost its meaning in the face of the lightning-fast thrust.Its body movements can't keep up with its own predictions, and it can't avoid the fate of a sword piercing its chest.

However, before Vertok had time to be happy, the storm gnoll did not retreat but advanced, allowing the blood-stained blade to pierce his body completely, swooped in front of Vertok, and opened his bloody mouth full of fangs. , bit him viciously in the face.

Victor's eyes suddenly darkened, and then it became bright again.In the arena, the storm gnoll has disappeared.

He knew that he lost, and the sword just pierced the heart of the gnoll.And before the gnoll died, he stimulated his bloodthirsty talent and tried his best to die with him.

This was undoubtedly a failed exercise.The purpose of battle is to protect oneself first, and then destroy the enemy.Vertoc's fighting skills can completely suppress the third-order fierce gnoll, but he still loses.

Most orcs have strong vitality, and they will not die immediately when they are stabbed in some vital parts, they can still maintain relatively complete combat effectiveness, and carry out the most ferocious counterattack.

This is actually a very scary ability.There are many adventurers who think they have defeated the orcs, only to die in the orcs' dying counterattack.

Vertoc heard that Bartom, Huck and others had just started to join the adventure group, and there was a companion with excellent sword skills in the team.In his first fight, he instantly stabbed the gnoll seven times with a long sword.The gnoll couldn't dodge even a single sword, so it simply didn't dodge, slammed the half-elf down with all of its serious injuries, and then bit his face off in one bite.

Vertok has not yet ignited the fire of his soul. In the case that his vitality, explosiveness and reaction speed are not overwhelming, he can only cope with the desperate counterattack of the fierce orcs by improving his martial arts level.

In fact, there is still a lot of potential to be tapped in the middle-level Vientiane Original Law, and the Dream Arena can help him explore a set of targeted fighting skills based on the Vientiane Original Law.

Wiltok waved his sword and spear, and shouted with burning eyes: "Manager, I want to compare it again!"

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In the afternoon, Vertoc, who was immersed in a spiritual dream, was shaken awake.

"My lord, wake up. My lord, wake up..."

Huck's big anxious face met Vertok's eyes, "Huh?"

"My lord, the orcs are here again, and the hobgoblins... look!"

Vertoc jumped up from the twig cushion, turned his head to look, and immediately found that a large group of goblins and ten fierce gnolls were gathering in front of the low hill camp.

Compared with the attack in the early morning, the bone collector orcs were clearly organized this time.They formed a circular formation at a distance of 300 meters from the low hill camp. More than a dozen strong bear goblins were at the forefront of the formation, acting as assaulters; more than 200 sharp claw goblins were divided into two rows as the main force of the attack. One row of clawed goblins held short knives and round shields, and the second row held bows and simple spear throwers; while the vicious gnolls roamed around the periphery of the formation and were responsible for support.

It is conceivable that once the Bone Collector Orcs attacked, the circular array they arranged could just wrap up the Dwarf Hill camp.In this case, the front and both wings of the half-elf professionals are all enemies, and their weakness is undoubtedly revealed. They can defend the front, but cannot defend the left and right wings. Either side may be broken by the orc bone collectors.

Huck and others looked nervous, but their emotions were relatively stable.

The Orc Bone Collector attacked the camp for the first time and was inexplicably defeated.Although Vertoc did not explain the reason, the half-elf professionals had some guesses.

However, Veltok's expression was particularly serious at the moment, and he frowned and stared at the back of the orc swarm.There was also a small group of orcs, who had a hobgoblin under guard.

Each gang of bone gatherers generally has 2 or 3 hobgoblin leaders.After the attack of this group of Bonemen was frustrated, it is not surprising that the Hobgoblin personally commanded the next battle.

However, the orc bodyguard beside the hobgoblin caused Vertok to be on high alert.In addition to the most common goblins, there are more than a dozen half-human, half-sheep monsters.

Their humanoid bodies have a head that looks like a ram, with an average height of more than 2 meters. Their full and knotted muscles seem to burst their fur. They also hold a bright long knife in their hands. Full.

These are goat heads!
The sheep-headed monsters belong to the mild-mannered alien orcs. They unite with the four-horned sheep mother to form a sheep monster clan, and they live by growing pastures.The sheep-headed monster doesn't have any fighting talent. It is strong in physique and amazing in strength. Coupled with a plant-eating talent, it can fully absorb the medicinal properties or toxins in plants and store them in the body.The goat head can actively release the plant medicinal properties and toxins accumulated in the body, and obtain effects such as excitement, frenzy, poisonous blood, self-healing, pain and paralysis.

Predatory orcs especially like to hunt sheep-headed monsters, and when the number of sheep-headed monsters reaches a certain size, they can protect themselves.Even the most powerful centaurs and wild monsters must carefully weigh the gains and losses of attacking the sheep monster clan.They tend to surreptitiously hunt lone goatheads, while avoiding head-to-head conflict with goat clans.

The stubborn goathead has the ability to inflict heavy losses on intruders.

The goblin kingdom's main infantry is the goat head monster. It can be said that the goblin kingdom without the goblin infantry is not worthy of being called a kingdom.

The most powerful bodyguards of the hobgoblins are the wild trolls.But after these days of observation, Vertoc judged that there were no wild monster bodyguards among the group of bones.

The reason is very simple. Wilderness trolls have a surprisingly large appetite. When they are hungry, they will give priority to eating their fellow beastmen around them. Even the goblin leader cannot stop them.It's hard for a hungry gang of bone collectors to support a troll bodyguard.Perhaps, they haven't collected enough treasure, and the claw goblins in the gang have been reduced by half.

Vertoc did not expect that this group of orc bone collectors would have vegetarian goats as bodyguards.

Sheepsheads are inherently dull and not good at fighting.The dozen or so goat head bodyguards actually pose little threat to half-elf professionals.

However, Veltok's "Goblin Slayer" and "Gnoll Slayer" two types of Mind Touch definitely have no effect on the Sheepshead.

He can scare goblins, but not the stubborn and dull goatshead.

If the Hobgoblin leader throws all the Sheepshead bodyguards around him into the battlefield, even if Vertok frightens the Clawed Goblin, the dire gnolls will give it a shot under the cover of the Sheepshead.

When Vertok turned his thoughts and tried to deal with the goat head monster, the opposite bone collector started to attack.

(End of this chapter)