Cataclysm King

Chapter 98

In the dark sawtooth forest.

A demonic archer wearing a fur cloak quickly shuttled through the jungle.

She is like an elf in the dark night, even if she doesn't deliberately hide it, the rich dark elements linger on her body surface, allowing her to blend with the darkness.

This is the innate ability of the dark elves.

The moment she shot the arrow just now, although she killed a very strong human being, her intuition told her that it was in mortal danger.

He didn't dare to stay any longer, and quickly retreated all the way.

After traveling through the forest for several kilometers, it was far enough from the battlefield.

She just stopped under a big tree.

After observing the surrounding area, no humans caught up.

The dark elf breathed a sigh of relief.

The battle consumes too much mana, and she also needs to recover.

Dark elves are natural lurkers, they have a very keen sense of crisis.

However, not long after resting on the tree trunk, her eyes suddenly froze.

I didn't wait to figure out where the sense of crisis came from.

Without warning, a sharp scalpel suddenly appeared on the neck.

The dark elf's reaction was also very quick. As soon as the blade cut through her skin, her entire figure turned into a cloud of dark elements and collapsed on the spot.

"what?"

There was a doubt in the void.

Only then did a translucent figure appear in the air.

It was Ji Xun who was wearing [Relic·Hidden] sneaking in the darkness.

He also didn't expect that the sneak attack that he was bound to win would fail.

The knife just now clearly cut a hole in the neck, but the demon avoided it by teleporting to the limit.

At this time, Ji Xun saw it clearly, and wondered in his heart: "Is it a descendant of the dark elves in myths and legends?"

A few tens of meters away, it was a demon shooter with pointed ears and dark blue skin.

【Half-Blood Dark Elf Archer】

Detailed Explanation: Tier [-] C Calamity; an excellent demon archer with dark elf blood, it is the darling of darkness, dark elf blood makes it have excellent archery skills and the ability to sneak in the dark;
After the dark elf was discovered, he used the innate instant body secret technique to escape.

Glancing at the distorted air behind her, she realized that this human being possessed equally powerful stealth skills.

Archer is not a melee class.
After escaping, she didn't dare to have the slightest desire to fight, and ran away quickly in the forest.

As she ran, dark elements quickly condensed around her body to hide herself.

From the naked eye, she was teleporting while running.

The figure flickered.

Even though there were many obstacles in the forest, it didn't affect the speed of the elf archer at all.

It will disappear in a blink of an eye.

Instant body plus escape in one go.

This life-saving ability is worthy of being a C-level disaster-level demon.

And with this agility, in the forest, it is almost impossible even for an assassin of the All-Agility type to catch up to her.

But Ji Xun looked at the little blood left on the scalpel, and sneered: "Want to run?"

Relying on the scent left on the arrows to chase them just now, I was afraid that the dark elf lost all the arrows and could not catch up.

Injured now, under the stalking of the werewolf with keen sense of smell, it is impossible to escape.

Since the sneak attack was unsuccessful, Ji Xun didn't need to hide anymore.

As soon as the blue light in his eyes appeared, his physical body quickly expanded.

The needle-like dark blue hair flew long, and hearing a crackling sound of bones, he turned into a two-meter-tall werewolf in an instant.

He sniffed the blood on the scalpel.

A red thread of blood appeared in Ji Xun's perception, leading him to the darkness of the forest.

Without hesitation, he slammed his legs on the ground, and his whole body was ejected like a cannonball.

Running and running, the legs became quadrupeds, and the speed became faster and faster.

Not limited to the ground, even if the dark elf jumped onto a tree tens of meters high, the werewolf body could easily climb up, even if it was a cliff, Ji Xun could also easily jump over it.

It is impossible for the opponent to use the location to get rid of his tracking.

If the demon shooter looked like a night elf, then Ji Xun, a bloodthirsty hunter in the darkness, pursued him all the way.

"Feels great."

Ji Xun is still running at full speed after trying to transform into a werewolf.

The werewolf muscles have a very powerful explosive ability, and the smooth body shape can minimize wind resistance.

It seems that there is a window for the surging energy in the body to release.

chasing more

The better the condition,
The body feels lighter.

The wind whistled in my ears.

At this moment, Ji Xun suddenly felt that he was not running, but flying at a low altitude, easily leaping tens of meters.

The dark elf in front thought he had escaped.

But I didn't want to run for a long time, and saw a tall werewolf behind me chasing up at an overwhelming speed.

Glancing back, the distance was shortened a lot.

The dark elf looked terrified.

Seeing that she was getting closer and closer, she hastily pulled out the feathered arrow in the leather case behind her, and shot it towards the shadow behind her.

However, she is really good at archery.

But the werewolf is even more agile!

Ji Xun looked at her action of pulling the bow, and there was only a sneer in his blue eyes.

The front action of drawing the bow is too obvious, and the trajectory of the conventional arrow is almost a straight line or a parabola in a plane.

Bows and arrows that have lost their concealment are easier to predict than firearms.

Ji Xun himself is an excellent shooter, watching the dark elf's bowstring finger muscles relax for a moment.

He also flashed swiftly.

The black feathered arrows almost brushed against the scalp.

Arrows are as fast as lightning.

Very deadly indeed.

This arrow is enough to kill most first-order spell card masters!
But when the demon archer shot and killed the leader of the black wolf group, Ji Xun had a clear grasp of the parameters of the rate of fire.

It looked thrilling, but in fact it was easily avoided.

The arrow flew close to the scalp, but he didn't want to waste too much effort to do too much dodge.

The dark elf was distracted while moving and shot an arrow, which slowed down a lot.

Ji Xun didn't give her a chance to shoot the second arrow.

It just so happened that the distance was not far away. Seizing the right moment, the accumulated mana power poured into his legs.The muscles in the legs swelled and exerted force, and the feet kicked off the ground. The speed suddenly increased several times, and the wolf's body turned into a series of afterimages and rushed forward.

【Brutal Charge】!
Just as the dark elf was about to shoot the second arrow, Ji Xun hit him head-on.

With a "boom", a bone crack was faintly heard.

The momentum of the werewolf body continued unabated, and it knocked the dark elf against a big tree.

The hard trunk "clicked" and sank deeply.

The dark elf archer was not good at melee combat, so he was dizzy from the impact, and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

The dark elf drew out his dagger and swished it twice, trying to resist desperately.

But Ji Xun's werewolf incarnation also avoided it sensitively, and then slapped it on the ground with one paw.

Although his fighting skills were far behind that of the dark elf, his overwhelming physical attributes made the opponent unable to move at all.

With a powerful slap from the wolf claws, it grabbed five bloody mouths directly on the neck, the neck bone was broken, and blood gushed out.

Added a few more claws.

Killed on the spot.

Ji Xun watched the shooter's magic power condense on the corner of his head, so he gave up.

"Kill the C-level calamity 'Half-Blood Dark Elf Archer', combat merit +300"

Looking at the corpse, Ji Xun's beast-like features slowly receded and turned back into a human form.

There was also some disbelief in his eyes.

How could he kill a C-level disaster so easily?
Although it was no problem to calculate the data before, it is another matter to actually do it.

If not before advanced.

This monster kills itself with one arrow, and can't even escape.

Now it's easy to kill.

Even for him, it was much easier to kill such a C-rank calamity shooter whose agility was completely suppressed than some D-rank troll.

This feeling of being able to control powerful and extraordinary power made Ji Xun feel very good.

Looking at the corpse on the ground, I don't know if this is the bloodthirsty characteristic of werewolf transformation, or what.The smell of blood rushed into his nostrils, giving him a feeling of hunger as if his soul was empty.

"call"

Ji Xun let out a slight breath.

Then he took out the knife and took off the devil's horn again.

The military prizes of black iron quality and above all need devil horns, which can also increase the chances of drawing a lottery. Naturally, the more of these things, the better.

Devil horns cannot be placed in storage rings, nor can they be contained.

You can only put it on a small belt and hang it on your body.

Looking at the second devil horn harvested in a short period of time, Ji Xun also felt a little bit emotional: "No wonder the enlightenment said that the final holder can increase the settlement reward, not the hunted winner. It turns out that the space also encourages intercepting and killing companions to obtain ?”

Thinking of this, some strange thoughts seemed to emerge.

When it comes to spawning monsters, especially high-level monsters, he can't beat that elite army alone no matter what.

Ji Xun didn't think much about it, and pawed at the corpse.

C-level calamity is considered an elite small boss among demons, and the equipment is naturally not bad.

Another set of leather armor, a black iron dagger, a silver longbow, and six black iron arrows were harvested from the corpse.

【Dark Wind Bow】

Quality: Silver

Detailed explanation: The devil's bow that can condense wind elements, precision +3, wind element convergence +340%; with the entry "Spiral Breaking Demon", which gives 10% magic-breaking special effect to the shot arrows;
"It's a good thing. It's a pity that I can't use it."

Ji Xun looked at the bow and arrow and muttered.

This is much stronger than any special bullets for firearms.

It's a pity that I can't shoot arrows.

Enlightenment shows that these are all equipment that can bring out different-dimensional spaces.

Although it is not suitable for personal use, it can also be sold for a good price in the auction house.

The benefits of the war mode are indeed well-deserved.

A piece of silver equipment came out as soon as it came.

The corpses on the ground were still bleeding.

Ji Xun also dealt with the stripped corpse, and then took the shelter card.

He didn't stay where he was, put on the relic cloak, and walked towards the beacon tower.

Without the shackles of the team, Ji Xun moved several times faster in the sawtooth forest alone.

[The Hidden One] The unique light-absorbing invisibility characteristic of the cloak, even without using the shadow stealth ability, he is like a mass of flowing air, which is difficult for monsters to detect.

The forest area is very large, and Ji Xun encountered some sporadic monsters such as little devils along the way.

The monster density per unit area is very low.

But just like that, he became more and more puzzled: "It's strange, how did those demons confirm the precise location of the hunter team?"

There were thousands of demons in the ambush before, and there were two catastrophes. This is definitely not accidental.

Instead, the demon army seemed to have a clear grasp of the action plan of their human scouts, and then ambushed on the road.

"Could it be those little bats?"

Ji Xun guessed that there might be some special perception means in the demon army.

Along the way he saw some bats hanging upside down from the treetops.

Red eyes, like a camera, are less noticeable.

But once you notice them, they're everywhere.

But it should be more than that.

With Ji Xun's thoughts together, he changed direction.

Instead of heading towards the shortest straight path from Thunder Fortress to No.16 Beacon Tower, he circled around.

He noticed immediately that the number of red-eyed bats had decreased significantly.

In other words, there are more bats on a particular line.

Ji Xun immediately came to a very likely conclusion: "Someone in Thunder Fortress leaked the information to the devil?"

Ghost story?

Ji Xun was not too surprised.

A real war is not simply a collision between soldiers of the two armies, but also various interludes, espionage battles, and infighting.

He guessed that digging deeper along this clue might trigger a more difficult hidden plot.

But for a moment, I didn't think where the train of thought was.

Without thinking too much, he chose to go to the Beacon Tower first.

About two hours later, Ji Xun arrived at the NO.16 Beacon Tower marked on the previous map.

In the dense forest, Ji Xun looked at the stone building full of magic runes in the distance.

When he looked at the layout of the beacon towers on the map before, he found that the sixteen beacon towers seemed to be the corners of some kind of super large formation.

It is said that after being ignited, it can dispel the dark power of the Jagged Forest, preventing demons from approaching the fortress.

Obviously the devil also knows the importance of this beacon tower.

There is a squad of Demon Legion stationed here.

But they don't seem to dare to get close to the pyramid-like rune beacon tower.

Lying staggeringly on the outskirts, groups of three and four were lazily chatting.

There was a large iron pot on the bonfire, which was gurgling with human or other Warcraft broth.

Ji Xun observed in the dark and counted: "One D-level calamity giant demon, less than a hundred other demons."

Can kill!

The demon legion is more like a mob than hunters, without any military discipline at all.

Even the leader of the giant troll put aside his stick at this moment and was fast asleep.

In Ji Xun's eyes, these demons are all military exploits.

The beacon tower can't run, so he didn't plan to light a bonfire first.

As soon as Shadow Stealth was activated, his whole body merged into the darkness.

Ji Xun ignored those little devils.

Instead, he went straight to the side of the sleeping [Giant Demon].

Until standing next to the monster's head, the monster didn't notice it at all.

Having killed one before, he knew very well that this kind of demon's defense was astonishing.

With a spread of palms, a scalpel appeared in the palm.

With the relic in hand, Ji Xun suddenly became violent.

Without hesitation, he took the scalpel and stabbed it, piercing the entire handle of the scalpel.

But the head of the giant monster is very big, and the scalpel is completely pierced into it, which is less than one-third of the diameter of its head.

This knife failed to sneak attack and kill the monster.

It screamed and woke up suddenly.

This guy's IQ is obviously not too high.

It wanted to slap away the mosquito that hurt its eyes, and slapped itself violently.

There was a "slap" on the eye socket, and the flying knife pierced deeper.

The giant demon screamed in pain even more.

Ji Xun took the opportunity to withdraw and retreat.

At the same time, the little devils around woke up, and rushed forward one by one with weapons.

Now that there is no one else, Ji Xun doesn't need to worry about anything.

The magic power poured into the limbs, the body swelled up, and suddenly turned into a werewolf form!
The agility attribute of the werewolf form completely crushed all the minions, and Ji Xun killed seven in and seven out of the monster group.

"Kill the 'little devil', battle merit +1"

"Kill the 'big devil', battle merit +9"

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Enlightenment also kept flashing.

Ji Xun also tried, and the wolf claws could easily break through the [Giant Demon] rhinoceros skin-like defense.

But the injury is too shallow, and it has very little impact on that kind of big man.

He didn't waste any more energy.

While constantly harvesting mobs, they also wandered around the giant monsters.

Because as long as the distance is close enough, he can control the throwing knife with mental power.

Before the "Greedy Mine" killed the A-level disaster, Ji Xun used his mental power to control the flying knife to kill monsters for the first time.

Then it was as if he had suddenly enlightened, and somehow mastered the essentials of controlling the knife with mind power.

Although the mental power is still limited, the controllable distance of the throwing knife is very limited.

But as long as it's close enough, it's perfectly fine.

Within one meter, the sword is controlled by mind force, just like pinching a knife with two fingers.

It's not strong enough, but it's enough to smash brains.

Under the control of thought power, the scalpel crazily drilled into the monster's brain nucleus.

The giant monster had a splitting headache and waved the boulder stick around.

However, Ji Xun could avoid the mace in human form before, but now it is easier in werewolf form.

The monster was beaten with sticks, not only did not hurt Ji Xun, but killed many of its minions.

Ji Xun was also surprised to find that this kind of indirect killing of monsters was actually part of his military exploits.

Muran suddenly, the flying knife seemed to penetrate deep into the brain nucleus, and the giant demon stood on the spot as if struck by lightning, having already lost its vitality.

With a muffled "dong", the corpse kicked up dust on the ground.

"Kill the D-level calamity giant monster, combat merit +100"

Seeing that the leader was dead, all the minions dispersed and disappeared into the forest.

Ji Xun didn't pay attention to any monsters.

He took out his scalpel from the monster's head, and then cut off the third devil's horn familiarly.

Converged materials and corpses.

Then Ji Xun walked towards the beacon tower.

Stepping up the steps engraved with countless runes, Ji Xun lit a fire in the oil basin at the top of the pyramid.

In a blink of an eye, the runes of the entire beacon tower lit up, and a blue magic light that was completely different from the surrounding darkness spread rapidly.

It was like a lighthouse lit up in the darkness, and a large nearby forest was illuminated by blue light.

Those monsters hiding in the forest were also like mice that had seen the light, fleeing in fright one by one.

The blue light covered Ji Xun's body, and a halo status appeared on his panel: War enchantment, mana recovery +10%, physical recovery +5%, morale +5%, darkness resistance +5%.

At this time, Enlightenment also appeared: "You have completed the D-level mission, ignited the Beacon Tower, combat merit +800"

Two hundred were missing because there were still two people alive in the team before.

But it's not bad, it doubled at once.

Ji Xun watched his combat achievements soar to "1533", and suddenly felt that the previous prizes exchanged for [-] military achievements were not so far away.

It costs a thousand points to light a beacon tower.

Sixteen seats, isn't it [-] thousand?

Ji Xun seemed to have seen the advanced materials in the military catalog beckoning to him.

With the current strength, except for the team of the Lionheart family, it is almost impossible for other teams to be able to ignite the beacon tower.

Obviously, a few more can be ignited.

Ji Xun suddenly moved his mind: "The distance between each beacon tower is only tens of kilometers, so it can be done!"

When he thought of this, he didn't pay any attention to killing demons any more, he wanted to get the achievements of the Beacon Tower into his hands.

And if the Beacon Tower is guarded by a monster army, it can take the opportunity to harvest a wave of extra combat achievements and devil horns.

It is currently D-level difficulty, and theoretically there will be no particularly difficult disasters.

I recalled the location of the nearest beacon tower in my mind.

Ji Xun identified the direction, put on his cloak, and disappeared into the darkness again.

(End of this chapter)