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Chapter 337 Ritual Mutation
At this time, in the underground wilderness, at the edge of the area covered by the lantern's light, ferocious or evil figures have appeared one after another, and in places where the lantern's light cannot reach it, there are also frightening sounds or noises. It sounded like all the nearby monsters were rushing towards here.

"Please help us deal with the incoming monster! I will complete the ritual as soon as possible!"

The old mage with a majestic face finally said to Wang Zhifan. Once Wang Zhifan nodded, he turned around and walked to the little dirt bag next to him to continue his spell casting.

"Brother, you happen to be a melee professional and I am a long-range professional. How about we cooperate?"

The Gunner player wearing a cowboy hat immediately extended an invitation to Wang Zhifan with a smile. It seemed that he didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so in this instance.

"Row."

Wang Zhifan glanced at him and had no answer. He didn't mind at all that the punishment mechanism was lifted in this dungeon, which meant that shooter players could hit him from behind without any burden, and might even join forces with surrounding NPCs to trick him.

This is the confidence brought by strength. He knows that even if he is attacked and surrounded by these people, he can easily counterattack, not to mention that it is basically impossible for them to sneak attack.

"You guys guard that side! We'll guard the other directions!"

The archer holding a long bow then shouted to them and assigned everyone their defensive tasks.

Uh-huh! Uh-huh! boom!
With a flash of the sword, a wolf-headed monster in front of Wang Zhifan was instantly killed by Wang Zhifan. Then he turned around and rushed to the flank, cutting the other monster in half with a single blow.

Some of these people were warriors and archers working together, and some were bombarded with magic spells from dual mages. Each showed their abilities and managed to eliminate the monsters one by one fairly smoothly.

Wang Zhifan naturally knew what was going on. In fact, it was due to collusion that the monsters did not take the initiative to attack him, which made the monsters go straight to the young gunman. If he had a dark heart, he could let all the monsters attack this man, but for the sake of fairness For the sake of safety, he still stopped about half of the monsters.

The man was thinking in his mind while attacking. He felt puzzled. He had never done this kind of close-to-distance professional cooperation before, but it had never been so outrageous. If the man in front of him hadn't blocked it with all his strength, he felt that everything was coming from him. Monsters in the current direction will attack him.

So in this underground wilderness area illuminated by a lantern suspended above the tomb, Wang Zhifan cooperated with the young gunman in a cowboy hat behind him.

"Haha... It's not a good thing if you want me to withstand all the pressure alone."

This task is reasonably distributed. There are currently nine people present. Except for the old mage who is casting a spell, two people are arranged to defend in one direction to fully deal with the gathering monsters.

Wang Zhifan in front immediately replied while killing monsters, and also deliberately increased the pace of killing monsters. It seemed that he was "operating at full capacity", which showed that he was really not trying to fish, but the monsters didn't want to see him.

"Brother! Hold the monsters! They are all running towards me!"

The two of them cooperated quite well at first, but soon the young gunman responsible for outputting firepower from the rear discovered a very strange phenomenon:

Wang Zhifan actually has no interest in these monsters that are about to fight with them. He can judge their approximate strength through perception from a long distance away. They are all monsters that look bluffing but are actually not very strong. After obtaining information, he decided to act as a ritual guard.

"It's really weird! Was I born to be a human shield?!"

"Is the ceremony almost successful?"

More and more monsters were rushing towards him past the warriors in front, as if they were less interested in the person in front and more interested in him, the gunner outputting firepower from behind.

He charged forward very actively, pulled out the Wolf Slayer Blade and slashed at the incoming monsters, and guarded the safety of the direction with the gunmen behind him, leaving other directions to the NPCs.

The young gunman behind fired a volley of pistols from his left and right hands, naming the monsters that Wang Zhifan could not take care of one by one with great accuracy.

Wang Zhifan saw that there were fewer and fewer monsters coming to die, so he turned his attention to the old mage in the center. He found that the old man was still chanting incomprehensible spells with his eyes closed, but the light of the lantern on the tomb became slightly dim. When I got up, something seemed to be dancing in the flame of the lantern.

While these two people were struggling to kill monsters, the NPCs in other directions were also progressing smoothly. Just by looking at their appearance, you could tell that they were powerful professionals. They were enough to control the situation when facing a group of monsters that had a certain number but not outstanding quality. , it didn’t take long for the nearby land to be filled with the corpses of various monsters, and the number of monsters that followed became increasingly scarce, which meant that the difficulties at this stage had been passed.

"I try my best! But these monsters only like you! There's nothing I can do!"

Monsters of different shapes immediately overcame Wang Zhifan's blockage and rushed towards the young gunman wearing a cowboy hat behind him, forcing him to speed up his firing pace and jump up and down and run in circles to avoid them. The monster was approaching and he was so busy that he could no longer relax.

The young gunman who felt very confused immediately shouted to Wang Zhifan in front, hoping that he would stop being so fishy and transfer too much pressure to him.

Not quite understanding the progress, he immediately asked the gunman in the cowboy hat who had also defeated the monsters. You could see a little sweat on this guy's forehead now. It was obvious that he had done a lot of exercise after being chased by the monsters just now.

"I am not sure as well……"

The young gunman shook his head after hearing this.

"I have only known them for two days and the details of their plan were not explained to me."

The person explained, took out a bottle of pure water out of thin air, opened the top and took a sip.

"How much information do you know about the Demon King now? Are you interested in communicating with me?"

Wang Zhifan felt that this man was quite honest. At least he had not tried to trick him in the process of killing monsters before, so he decided to share the current progress of the copy with him.

The cowboy hat gunner nodded immediately after hearing what he said and said:

"What I understand so far is that the Demon King is about to appear, but no one knows when and where it will appear. It is said to be very powerful and cannot be fought by ordinary players. Fortunately, there are many powerful people in this world. All the indigenous forces are waiting to deal with it. The arrangement of the dungeon is for us to assist these natives and join them in their crusade against the Demon King. As long as we can kill the Demon King together with the local forces, this dungeon will be completed..."

"Are you guys sent by those kingdoms?"

Wang Zhifan guessed what was going on after hearing this. Before entering the dungeon, he heard from Jack that various kingdoms were recruiting high-level professionals. Now these people are likely to belong to the power of a kingdom and are one of the manifestations of the local people's positive actions. one.

"Yes, I came to this dungeon in a royal city. The players who came with me have all joined the indigenous forces, but the tasks assigned to everyone are different. Our team came to the dungeon to find clues to investigate the demon king's traces. , some of the other players are joining the team to find the legendary artifact that can fight against the Demon King, and some are helping to hunt and collect rare anti-demon materials..."

The young gunman introduced the situation of their group of players. It can be seen that they are luckier than Wang Zhifan and others in terms of task orientation. Unlike Wang Zhifan and others, there was a lack of information sources when they first arrived. The arrangement of the dungeon may be based on the strength of different player groups. A balancing act taken when there is a gap.

"What about you? Do you have any fresh information?"

After sharing, the young gunman looked at Wang Zhifan with some expectation.

"I understand that the devil is most likely to be in a seal. You can collect runes to unlock its seal, or wait for it to come out of the seal on its own. The seal is located in a different space..." The other party was honest enough, and Wang Zhifan was not stingy in getting him. The information was also shared, causing the young gunman to quickly frown.

"It turns out it's in the seal... Those NPCs have never mentioned this, and the runes have never been mentioned. It may be that we players have not entered their core group, and they think there is no need to explain..."

The two chatted for a while, each gaining something, until the movement from the old mage attracted them.

I saw that the old mage had stopped chanting incomprehensible spells at this moment. He stared firmly at the lantern hanging above the tomb, staring at the creation whose light had become very dim, and pointed the staff in his hand. It seemed like there was some dangerous enemy inside.

"Descendant of the Demon King! I swear on my soul! Answer me the traces of the Demon King! I will give you your freedom! Otherwise I will imprison you forever! Let you suffer the pain of burning fire forever!"

The old mage seemed to have imprisoned the soul of the so-called descendant of the Demon King, and now entered the stage of interrogation, which caused everyone around him to stop their actions and concentrate on watching his performance.

"Ha ha ha ha ha……"

A few seconds later, a faint laughter came from the dimly glowing lantern. The voice was slightly childish, very similar to the cry for help they first heard.

In response to this impolite response, the old mage immediately took action. He pointed the staff in his hand towards the lantern above the tomb in front, and a white light passed through the center of the lantern, causing the being inside to let out a cry. Screams of agony.

"Answer me! Descendant of the Demon King! You are just the most inconspicuous of the Demon King's countless descendants! You are an existence that was completely abandoned by it! You should take revenge on it! Instead of keeping secrets for it!"

After physically attacking the opponent, the old mage launched a psychological offensive, causing the darkness in the lantern to gradually flicker, as if the opponent's mind had been shaken.

"I have no idea……"

After a few seconds, the childish voice reappeared, but it was full of confusion. It had no idea where the devil was.

"Speak its name silently! You will know! Tell me where it is!"

The old mage taught the soul of the descendant of the devil how to locate the devil on the spot.

"Is this method really reliable..."

Wang Zhifan couldn't help but feel a little confused when he watched all this, but he didn't say much out of ignorance about this aspect and kept all his thoughts in his heart.

As everyone watched in anticipation, the lantern above the tomb soon heard the voice again:

"Hahaha...it's coming...it's coming..."

The voice changed from the previous confusion and was filled with a kind of excitement and madness, as if it was the reunion of relatives who had been separated for a long time.

"What! The Demon King is here?!"

When the old mage heard what it said, his expression suddenly changed. He couldn't help but look around, but he didn't notice any change in the surrounding scene.

"You're lying! I'm going to punish you!"

Feeling that he had been tricked and a little lost his temper, the old mage then used his staff to send out a holy light to torture the being in the lantern, trying to make it truly surrender.

However, what he didn't know was that Wang Zhifan, who was standing behind him, suddenly turned around and looked into the distance with a serious expression.

In the direction he was looking at, a scarlet eye appeared in the darkness. This red was not very eye-catching in the current world where monsters were swarming, but it also gave people a particularly strong sense of sharpness. Just a glance seemed to be able to penetrate people's eyes. The soul can make people lose consciousness.

Of course, Wang Zhifan's feelings were based on those with ordinary strength. To him with the title of Overlord, he was unscathed. Only a slight strange feeling reminded him that he was definitely not a simple existence.

"Is that the Demon King? Why can't I feel his form?"

Wang Zhifan instantly judged that there was a high probability that it was a demon king-level existence. The only thing that could make him feel dangerous was this kind of existence. However, those eyes disappeared in the darkness in an instant, and there was no trace of the related spirit or entity. Even if he wanted to rush forward and fight, there would be no chance.

"The devil really came just now, but he left again."

After thinking about it, he decided to remind others of this situation, but when he turned around, he saw that the old mage had disappeared. The place where he was just now was empty, and there was only a handful of gray-white things left on the ground.

The lantern above the tomb also fell to the tomb in front of everyone, shattering like fine glassware, no longer as bright as before.

"Enemy attack!"

"Everyone, be careful!"

……

Many NPCs around them then exclaimed. Some people used the light spell for emergency lighting, and some people turned around and shot multiple arrows behind them, even though no enemies appeared behind them.

"He...he turned into ashes!"

The young gunman in the cowboy hat also looked shocked at this time. Under the illumination of the light spell, he raised his hand and pointed at a small pile of gray and white things on the ground, and said with an expression of disbelief.

Wang Zhifan didn't pay special attention to what he said. Instead, he first activated his perception to the place where the lantern was broken and determined the condition of the soul of the so-called descendant of the Demon King.

"It disappeared... completely disappeared... it should have been completely destroyed by some powerful force in an instant."

Wang Zhifan's intuition told him that this being died as completely as the old mage. He was killed in an instant, so fast that his perception could not capture the specific process.

"Is the Demon King demonstrating? Or is he warning? Haha, what he did made me feel the hidden weakness."

Wang Zhifan was probably the only person present who was not frightened. On the contrary, he wanted to see the Demon King as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)