The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 251 Close your eyes and cover your ears (two chapters in one)

Ryan stopped for a moment and decided to complete the assigned task first and rescue Alyosha.

Because the sound of fighting coming from the passage ahead was still quite far away, even if he rushed over, it would probably take him a lot of time, and Alyosha was about twenty or thirty meters away.

Not long after Ryan turned right, he discovered a large wall made of light blue stone slabs faintly appearing in front of him, and an underground hall suddenly appeared in front of him.

This is a real hall!

Unlike the passage, which was newly dug, this hall has existed for a long time and gives people a very ancient feeling.

Since the original cave entrance had collapsed not far away, it seemed that this tunnel was dug just to connect to here.

The walls of this hall were built with the same light blue strip-shaped boulders that Ryan had seen when he walked down the cave. In addition, there were two rows of supporting Doric-style columns in the center of the hall, also made of light blue boulders.

In addition, at the far end of the hall, there is a passage that seems to extend deeper, with sparkling water reflections on both sides.

The sudden appearance of the quaint hall aroused Ryan's curiosity.

So Ryan walked lightly, approached slowly, and took a quick glance.

In the stone hall, there were more than twenty white-scaled fishmen of the same type that he had just killed, guarding the hall with a sentry every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. In addition, there were three blood-cursed nagas stationed here.

To his shock, against one side of the hall wall, there were seven or eight hanging cages woven from some tough seaweed, holding human men and women.

These people all have one thing in common: the knight's plate armor or wizard's robes on their bodies are torn or damaged, and they look listless.

Ryan keenly noticed that the young woman with a ponytail on the outermost side was holding a faintly glowing stone in her hand, which was exactly the same communication stone in his hand.

It seems that this person should be the target person, Special Envoy Javier's youngest daughter - Alyosha.

It was about ten minutes ago that Alyosha noticed that the communication stone in her arms was glowing slightly. At first, she thought she was dazzled.

Because only when another communication stone approaches will the one in his arms become brighter.

But how is this possible?
My father is far away in Munster, why did he send someone over so quickly?
When he thought that the rescuers sent by his father were about to arrive, Alyosha's beautiful eyes, which had been a little listless, immediately widened and instantly became bright!
But soon, she frowned slightly, as if she had thought of something, and her expression became worried and uncertain again.

She just turned her head slightly and looked at the other members of the imperial elite team who were also captured beside her.

"The two closest to me are members of the Rifttooth Bear Squad under the Imperial Army's special division, Earthshaker. They were captured not long after me. I chatted with them for a while while the fishmen guards were making noise."

"The three further away are also under Earthshaker's command, but they belong to another team, apparently called the Raptor Team. They were captured about an hour later than the Raptor Team. They were said to be exploring some altar."

"The other two are even more powerful. They are members of the Empire's special department, the Sword Bearers. I haven't had time to ask which team they belong to."

"But from the brief conversation between them and the members of the Velociraptor team, it seems that they are here to rescue the two teams of the Imperial Army."

"So many powerful teams have been defeated here. Even if it is the people sent by my father, can they successfully save us?"

"Goddess of Luck! Please bless me."

When Alyosha thought of this, he suddenly lost confidence.

And here is Ryan.

Since he had discovered the target person, he naturally decided to rescue him immediately. If he delayed too long, the more uncertainties there would be.

So, he observed the enemies in the hall again.

Suddenly, he discovered that one of the three Blood Curse Nagas in the hall was extremely different.

He just took a casual glance just now, and the other person's figure was mostly blocked by the stone pillars, so he didn't see it clearly.

This time, the other party moved a distance and changed his position, allowing him to see the other party clearly.

The opponent turned out to be a rare female Blood Curse Naga!
Ancient books clearly state that the Blood Curse Nagas, like other Nagas, are a matriarchal society, which means that female Blood Curse Nagas are generally stronger than male Nagas.

This made Ryan's expression slightly tense, and he began to observe the other party carefully.

Suddenly, the female Blood Curse Naga turned her head and looked in the direction of Ryan.

Ryan's heart trembled, and he immediately took a step back and hid in the shadow of the passage he came from.

At this time, the Blood Curse Naga leader Gneiss, who was in the underground hall, couldn't help but look puzzled. She had clearly sensed that there seemed to be something over there just now.

Just when she was about to send someone to take a look, her pair of snake pupils shrank slightly!
I only saw a marine iguana crawling out of the ground.
It turned out to be this little thing
Then, Genis felt relieved and looked away.

Ryan was quite surprised by the other party's quick reaction!
This female Naga had a beautiful face. If you didn't count the fins standing tall around her head, she would be as beautiful as the beautiful woman Jennifer.

In addition, the opponent actually has four arms. Although the thickness of his arms is not as muscular as that of the male Blood Curse Naga, he holds four different melee weapons, namely a sword, a knife, a short spear and a trident.

Judging from the ease with which he wielded the metal weapon unintentionally, the opponent should be very strong, but his body features only appeared delicate.

Ryan originally thought that judging from the four weapons in the opponent's hands, the female Blood Curse Naga in front of him should also be a melee Naga similar to a knight.

But he didn't expect that the other party's mental perception was so sharp that he almost discovered him just now.

In other words, this female four-armed Naga is not only strong in close combat, but also, as recorded in ancient books, is likely to be born with the ability to cast water-based witchcraft.

This couldn't help but make Ryan frown!
Because if he wanted to save people, he had to kill the group of sea creatures in the hall. He was confident that he could kill the white-scaled fishmen and the male blood-cursed naga, but the only uncertainty was the female naga in front of him.

In other words, his current means of dealing with the enemy are not enough.

Without any hesitation, Ryan immediately opened the system panel.

Originally, he planned to save up 4 skill points plus 2 gold skill points to upgrade the intermediate skill 'Shock Wave' to the advanced skill.

But now it seems that this step will be slowed down.

Because the battle at hand is inevitable and cannot be delayed.

According to ancient records, the ancient blood-cursed Naga likes to sacrifice the blood of powerful enemies.

By the time he went back to call for help and came back, Alyosha and his captured colleagues from the empire would probably have returned to the arms of the goddess.

It just so happened that the first extraordinary combat skill he learned on the road to becoming a knight—the Giant Bear Swordsmanship—had actually already taken half a step toward comprehending the essence of it.

Ryan was very sure that as long as he used a little gold skill point now, he would be able to comprehend the subsequent mysteries of the Giant Bear Sword Skill'Roaring Strike'.

The mystery derived from the giant bear swordsmanship secret technique "Roaring Strike" also made Ryan vaguely guess and look forward to it.

Since encountering the Blood Curse Naga, Ryan may not have gained much in other aspects, but his efficiency in obtaining gold skill points is really high.

In just less than a quarter of an hour, he had already earned two gold skill points.

Therefore, Ryan did not feel any regret when using it.

In addition, since Ryan already had the experience of comprehending the ultimate skill 'Shock Wave', he knew that two conditions needed to be met to perform the ultimate skill.

The first item is the accumulation of the Force over the years, which is to reach the minimum limit of the Force required to perform the ultimate skill. However, this item had already been met when Ryan comprehended the ultimate skill "Shock Wave" before.

At this moment, his Bear King Breathing Technique has reached level 14, far exceeding this requirement.

Therefore, Ryan now only needs to further deepen his understanding of the Giant Bear Sword Skill's 'Roaring Strike', and finally, combine the two extremely skillfully, so that he can successfully comprehend and display the subsequent mysteries.

With the investment of gold skill points, Ryan seemed to have come to a mysterious space. In an instant, he experienced several years of training in the giant bear sword secret technique "Roaring Strike".

When Ryan came to his senses, the system prompt came as expected:

[Congratulations, you have mastered the primary secret of the Giant Bear Sword Technique: Roaring War Cry! ]

Secret technique——roaring war cry?
A smile appeared on Ryan's lips. This was almost what he had expected.

After all, the previous giant bear swordsmanship secret technique "Roaring Strike" can be said to be a sonic attack that is better than a sword attack.

But there's nothing wrong with that.

Perhaps, in this stone hall with so many enemies, sonic attacks would be more effective.

Immediately, the delighted Ryan found a new icon on the Weapon Master (Legend) panel, right above the Giant Bear Sword Skill "Roaring Strike".

The pattern inside the icon is a sturdy head with his hands wide open, roaring towards the sky. There are arc lines around the wide-open mouth, which seem to represent the sonic attack rushing outward, looking extremely fierce.

"When it was a secret skill, the icon was a bear's head. Now that it's a secret skill, it's become a strong man's head?"

"This. System aesthetics improvement?"

Ryan was also a little confused for a moment, and he couldn't understand the system's aesthetic standards.

He continued to look down.

There is a line of small words at the bottom right of the icon:
Roaring War Cry (Basic Secret) Effect: Use a special method of combining the Force with the power of the vocal cords to roar out a blow with powerful sound waves, attacking and shocking surrounding enemies.

(Note: The power of Roaring War Cry decreases with distance and is proportional to one's physical fitness.)
(Note: Roaring War Cry is a secret skill and cannot be upgraded through skill points.)
(To upgrade Roaring War Shout to the intermediate secret, the following conditions must be met: 14. Bear King Breathing Technique lv30 or above; 2. Physical Fitness points or above; . Consume gold skill points.)
Ok?
Ryan narrowed his eyes and immediately fell into thought.

"This last sentence is very interesting."

No wonder the icon has nothing to do with the giant bear.

The primary secret skill 'Roaring War Cry' has been upgraded to the intermediate secret skill, and there is no need to upgrade the Giant Bear Swordsmanship at all!
This seems to indicate that the 'Roaring War Cry' has been refined and sublimated into a purer sonic mystery.

After realizing this, the smile on Ryan's face became even brighter.

This means that when he performs the Tokkar Hammer Technique, he should be able to perform this new sonic technique, 'Roaring War Cry', at the same time!
It doesn't have to be used when using the Glimmering Greatsword.

This is such a pleasant surprise!
The key is that after comparing the conditions for upgrading to the intermediate level one by one, I find that I fully meet them!

"what?"

"Need 2 gold skill points?"

Seeing that it required 2 gold skill points to upgrade to the intermediate level, Ryan frowned slightly.

He remembered clearly that when the hammer technique 'Shockwave' was upgraded to the intermediate level, it only required 1 gold skill point, but now, 'Roaring War Cry' required 2 points. "Is there a difference between self-realization and adding points to break through?"

"Or are they different mysteries? Are there differences in the number of gold skill points required to upgrade them?"

Suddenly, an idea flashed in Ryan's mind.

"Could it be that this has something to do with weapon specialization?"

"Because my hammer expertise is at level 3, and my sword expertise is only at level 1 according to the weapon master's exclusive talent 'Elementary Weapon Mastery'. Could it be because of this?"

"But the number of samples is too small to be determined."

"2 gold skill points, which I just happen to have"

Save the gold skill points and use them to upgrade the hammer's ultimate skill 'Shockwave' to an advanced ultimate skill?

No.

Renn shook his head slightly.

In the passage hall, those blood-cursed nagas are the walking 'golden skill points'.

It seems obvious that female Blood Curse Nagas are much more difficult to deal with than males.

At this time, it would be foolish to keep the gold skill points.
When facing a powerful enemy, it is natural to improve your strength if possible.

So, Ryan invested another 2 gold skill points.

Instantly, a huge amount of training memories about the sonic secret skill 'Roaring War Cry' flooded into Ryan's mind.

In my memory, it seems that there is another Ryan in the mysterious space, roaring in the vast forest, roaring in the boundless sea, roaring in the vast desert, and even standing on the top of the mountain.
When Ryan came to his senses, he found a system prompt quietly coming:

[Congratulations, you have mastered the intermediate sonic secret: Roaring War Cry! ]

Intermediate secret!

Become!

Ryan was very happy!

At the same time, the icon of the intermediate ultimate skill 'Roaring War Cry' also underwent slight changes.

The arc-shaped lines that came out of the sturdy man's mouth became more dense and thicker, as if to indicate that the power of the sound waves had become stronger!
At the bottom right of the icon, the small text has also changed:

Roaring War Cry (Intermediate Secret) Effect: Use a special technique of combining the Force with vocal cords to roar out a blow with super strong sound waves, attacking and shocking surrounding enemies.

(Note: The power of Roaring War Cry decreases with distance and is proportional to one's physical fitness.)
(Note: Roaring War Cry is a secret skill and cannot be upgraded through skill points.)
(To upgrade Roaring War Cry to an advanced secret, the following conditions must be met: 16. Bear King Breathing Technique lv35 or above; 3. Physical Fitness points or above; . Consume gold skill points.)
"Does it take 3 gold skill points to upgrade to the advanced secret?"

"Sure enough, the promotion conditions are different from Shockwave's."

At this moment, Ryan's mood was like when he went hunting and hoped to have a bow, but accidentally got a gun. Ke took a closer look and found that the gun was actually a six-barrel Gatling gun!

Now, Ryan's gold skill points have been cleared, and there are only 2 ordinary skill points left.

Without giving it much thought, Tokkar's hammer technique was his most powerful attacking method at the moment. In addition, it would also be needed to upgrade his advanced skills in the future.

Ryan then started to continuously add points to the hammer technique.

There was no problem in investing in the first point. In an instant, a huge amount of Tokkar Hammer Training memories flooded into Ryan's mind.

However, when he invested the second skill point, his face was stunned.

The system prompt is as follows:

【Ding! Adding points failed! 】

[Your skill Tokkar Hammer has reached level 15. If you want to continue to upgrade, you need to use gold skill points! ]

this.
"I see."

"Ordinary skill points can only upgrade skills to level 15, at least, this is the case for hammer skills."

"And the second function of the gold skill points has also been discovered. It can be used to upgrade skills after level 15."

"In that case, let's add the last skill point to the Bear King Breathing Technique." Ryan made a decision quickly.

As the Bear King Breathing Technique also reached level 15, Ryan clearly felt that the speed of generating the Force and the total amount of the Force in his body had increased slightly.

This is what breathing techniques do. The changes they bring to the body are gradual and not achieved overnight, but they are effective over time.

Adding points completed!

Just as Ryan was about to step forward, he suddenly stopped and retracted his steps.

He broke off a luminous stone from the stone wall nearby and threw it into the air in the hall. At the same time, he shouted in a deep voice:

"Close your eyes!"

Since those present were all elite team members from various special departments of the empire, they reacted immediately to the human voice and showed surprise on their faces!
I knew someone was coming to rescue me.

So, when they heard Ryan asking them to close their eyes, most of them closed their eyes immediately.

At this time, the murlocs and nagas were still looking at the slightly glowing luminous stone that was passing quickly above their heads like a meteor.

Even though he heard Ryan's voice, he was a little confused for a moment, not knowing whether he should observe the flying stone or look for the source of the sound.

This made the Blood Curse Naga leader, Gorganis, speechless and angry.

These are a bunch of stupid guys under my command!
"Idiots! That human is over there, kill him! (Naga language)"

Just as the white-scaled fish people were about to take action, suddenly, a strong light suddenly lit up at one end of the dim hall. This was the witchcraft "Burning Light" cast by Ryan.

The sudden and extremely bright light instantly blinded the fishmen, and everything they saw was white.

The two male Blood Curse Nagas and the Naga leader Genis couldn't help but cover their eyes with their hands to avoid damage to their eyes from the strong light.

The next second, the hall returned to darkness again.

It only lasted a second, but it was enough.

Ryan's goal was to use the witchcraft 'Blazing Light' to create the effect of a strong light bomb, giving him an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

The sound of sword swinging was heard!
White-scaled fishmen kept screaming in the hall.

The ancient race, the Blood-Curse Nagas, had extremely strong physiques, and in less than two seconds, their eyes regained their vision.

Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but get furious. Two male Nagas rushed up immediately, followed by the white-scaled fish people who rushed towards Ryan from all directions. At this time, the fish people's vision gradually recovered.

This scene immediately made the seven elite imperial soldiers hanging in the cage, including Alyosha, worried!

Originally, they thought that Ryan was just the vanguard, and there should be one or even several teams of elite imperial troops following him!

But unexpectedly, after a few seconds, Ryan was still the only one in the center of the hall.

Obviously, there is no such thing as an elite imperial team!
The reinforcement is just one young man!
Young man, you are too reckless!
Many people shouted anxiously: "Be careful! The Blood Curse Naga is coming!"

"If it doesn't work, retreat immediately!"

"Young man! Hurry back and report to the Empire. You can't save us by yourself!"

"."

"Cover your ears!"

In response to them, Ryan said this.

Hearing what Ryan said, the captured imperial elite were stunned at first, but quickly did as he was told.

Because there were two people who didn't listen to Ryan the last time they "closed their eyes", and now they are crying!

So this time, when Ryan shouted "Cover your ears" again, everyone covered their ears without hesitation.

Ryan's chest was swollen like a balloon, and the veins on his neck were bulging, like an angry cobra with his mouth wide open!

"Roar!!!"

A violent sound wave accompanied by surging airflow swept around like a tsunami!

Suddenly, this group of white-scaled fishmen had a look of astonishment on their faces. Their huge fish faces were severely deformed and shaking violently due to the strong wind!
At the same time, my eardrums burst instantly and my head was buzzing!
They all stood there, waving their weapons in an attacking posture!

next second!
The white-scaled fishmen closest to Ryan, about five or six in number, had their heads exploded! The necks of the headless bodies were hissing with tall columns of blue blood.

The one a little further back had its top of the head shaken open by the sound waves. The huge fish head was still there, and the bulging big eyes were still cute, but the brain had turned into a paste, very much like a dish in the previous life, 'raw monkey brain' - the state of a monkey brain with the lid opened.

The white-scaled fishmen further back had dull eyes, and thin lines of blue blood flowed from their noses and ears!
The two male Blood-Cursed Nagas that were charging forward had their tridents dropped to the ground, and their huge arms were covering their ugly dragon heads, with a look of great pain.

Even the Blood Curse Naga leader Gneiss, who was about to cast a spell more than 20 meters away, had her spell interrupted at this moment, and an expression of pain and anger appeared on her beautiful face.

"Puff! Puff!"

The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground was heard!

Dozens of white-scaled fishmen, like harvested wheat, formed a large fan shape and fell outwards in unison!

And Ryan stood at the apex of this fan-shaped area.

Such power made the ponytail girl Alyosha's big eyes twinkle, which were even cuter than the fishman's watery eyes.

(End of this chapter)