The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 423 The Fourth Form

at the same time.

Dragon Valley Secret Realm, southwest direction.

Not far from the Yingyu Pool.

"Chichi!"

A huge one-horned ferocious species shaped like a rhinoceros, with two streams of white air rising from its nostrils, and its front hooves digging the ground. Its huge eyes like copper bells were staring at a human swordsman in front of it.

The swordsman was seen carrying a two-meter-long two-handed sword slung across his back and wearing a simple linen coat in a natural color.

The swordsman was none other than Lambert, the eldest disciple of the Tide Sword Master.

"Ow!!!"

It seemed like a giant, ferocious rhinoceros that could not withstand the pressure of confrontation.

It roared toward the sky, then lowered its head, pointed the black horn on its forehead at Lambert, and rushed towards him at full speed!
"Boom boom boom!"

The dull footsteps sounded like the dense beating of drums, and the ground began to tremble slightly in sync.

Facing the giant beast charging like a steam locomotive, Lambert did not move, but instead showed a smile on his face.

"Shh!"

Just as the opponent was about to approach, Lambert, who was standing right in front of the giant beast, suddenly became blurred and then disappeared on the spot.

And a long silver arc of light emerged from the side like lightning.

I saw a silver arc of light instantly streaking across the neck of the giant rhinoceros, but the beast seemed unaware and continued to rush forward for more than ten meters before stopping.

At this time, Lambert's figure slowly appeared on the spot. He was seen holding a big sword in one hand with the tip of the sword pointing downwards.

A trace of bright red blood dripped from the blade.

"Pfft!"

There was a sound of a heavy object hitting the ground!

The giant rhinoceros species that had just been extremely violent, its huge one-horned head fell off its body.

The huge incision on the neck was as smooth as a mirror.

The spine, blood vessels, bright red muscle texture, etc. are clearly visible.

"Chi!!"

Like a small blood fountain, a large amount of blood gushed out from the aorta at the incision of the body under high pressure!

"We are lucky to have taken down the third freshwater rhinoceros so quickly."

Lambert smiled and said to himself.

After he arrived at the secret realm, he followed the task requirements in the re-examination and came to obtain the dragon language mark of the young dragon.

Lambert had already thought it through before entering the secret realm.

He was descended from the Tide Swordmaster, so he gave priority to obtaining the Dragon Language Mark of the blue dragon offspring whose talents tended towards water and ice.

And he was lucky. The location he was teleported to was very close to the Yingyu Pool.

Because the Whispering Pool happens to be the settlement of some teenage blue dragons.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, he found a teenage blue dragon, and after communicating with it in simple dragon language, he obtained this "small task".

The mission requires you to get three giant freshwater rhinos for the other party, and you can obtain the dragon language mark of a blue dragon offspring.

And the one in front of me is already the third one.

"It seems that these three giant freshwater rhinos are a family."

Lambert looked at the other two giant freshwater rhinos, one big and one small, lying not far to the left, as big as a hill, and thought to himself.

"That's good. A family should be neat and tidy."

Just as Lambert was about to take the body back, he suddenly looked up to the northeast.

“This energy fluctuation.”

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a rare metal energy particle fluctuation. Huh? Doesn't that mean that the Ryan I'm looking for is over there?"

Lambert raised his eyebrows and instantly thought of something.

He had observed Ryan during his initial Dragon Knight test and naturally remembered that he was good at the relatively rare metal-based witchcraft.

There is one more thing.

That is the one who came to participate in the secret realm re-examination this time, but there is no other metal crystallized wizard.

So, if it is not an equally rare metal creature, then the answer is self-evident.

Within the secret realm.

West of Huoyan Mountain.

Just as Ryan and his four companions were looking at Barnes and his three companions.

The three men looked at Pierce's body lying on the ground with dull eyes, then focused their attention on the two women, and finally, stared at Ryan without moving away.

It seemed as if he had discovered something very interesting.

Ryan began to understand a little bit.

Because the message from Tatia on the sheet said, 'According to the reminder of the great astrologer Dallion, the void beasts prefer to parasitize creatures with strong physical strength, and among humans, they are more inclined to choose blood descendants.'

Obviously, these three void beasts should have regarded him as a more delicious dish.

"Who are you?" Army captain Baldwin, seeing the other party's slightly stiff but extremely fast-moving figure, felt a little nervous for some reason.

But before he could get a reply, the three men ignored everyone else and rushed towards Ryan at an extremely fast speed.

This made the Eredar sisters, who had just become Ryan's followers, feel ignored.

Sister Alida flashed and came behind Barnes, and the sharp blade pierced from top to bottom like lightning!

But what surprised Alida and everyone else was that the blow was almost completely without any force, as if it had pierced into cotton.

Because the opponent's body changed from solid to virtual in an instant, from flesh to a jelly-like translucent energy body. At the same time, he was almost immune to Elida's powerful blade stab!

"careful!"

Seeing the opponent's strange response, sister Erida immediately reminded her, and at the same time, she immediately cast a shadow shield for her sister.

Barnes, who was parasitized by the Void Beast, suddenly turned his body from virtual to real, and instantly turned around and threw a punch at Alida.

"Oh!"

Alida's reaction was naturally very fast. She blocked with her blade, but she was knocked back seven or eight meters.

"This power."

Alida looked at Barnes in front of her, and a trace of fear and doubt flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Because the opponent's strength has obviously increased a lot compared to before.

"Be careful, the other party is parasitized by the Void Beast." At this time, Ryan reminded.

After hearing what Ryan said, the two Erida sisters couldn't help but look enlightened.

When they first entered the secret realm, they had killed similar giant beasts, but they had not expected that humans would also be parasitized, so they had not thought about it from that perspective.

At this time, Eredar's sorcery "Shadow Strike" just hit Reagan among the three.

Although Reagan, after being parasitized, also used 'virtualization' to resist, a charred mark could still be seen on his energized chest.

"Lord Ryan, you are almost immune to 90% of physical attacks and at least 60% of witchcraft attacks." Ereda frowned and said.

Ren nodded.

He was not in a hurry to take action, as Ereda's analysis just now was similar to what he observed.

Although the film contained some key intelligence about the enemy provided by the command center, it did not provide detailed instructions on how to eliminate them, and one still had to rely on one's own flexibility and maneuverability on the spot.

However, Ryan did not agree with Ereda's statement that he was immune to more than 90% of physical attacks.

because
Here we need to add a prefix - 'when it becomes blurred.'

When it is not virtual, it is not immune.

"First-level innate magic 'Metal Transfiguration'!"

"Second-level magic 'Iron Armor'!"

"Third-level innate magic 'Steel Armor'!"

"Combination Magic: Iron Armor!"

As Ryan chanted the spell quickly, his body was covered with a layer of thick armor that shone with dark silver light. Then, in the astonished eyes of the three people, he rushed towards the other party quickly.

"But" Erida thought at first that she had not explained it clearly, and was about to remind Ryan again that the other party was almost immune to physical attacks.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Because she realized that her parents couldn't have not heard it, so there was only one result.
Ryan flashed and performed shadow steps, and immediately came to the side of Reagan who was parasitized.

Seeing Ryan's sudden attack, Reagan's body immediately became ethereal and translucent like jelly.

Ryan's punch was like hitting a ball of thick fog, passing through his body but obviously did not cause much damage to him.

But although Ryan's punch failed, he did not look discouraged at all.

At this moment, Reagan suddenly turned around and punched Ryan hard in the abdomen. When the translucent fist was about to hit him, suddenly, his whole body turned from virtual to real.

"Now!" Ryan narrowed his eyes and punched again like lightning.

Compared to the first punch, this time his punch was obviously more than 50% faster.

The result was that before Reagan's fist hit him, Ryan's fist arrived first and hit the materialized Reagan first.

"Snapped!"

Don't forget that Ryan's boxing skills are also at the top level and extremely powerful. This heavy punch contained explosive force, which immediately pierced Reagan's jaw and went straight through the skull.

The sound of fists hitting flesh was not a normal dull sound, but a very crisp sound of skull-crushing! Reagan, who was parasitized, had his entire head blown up, and red and white were scattered all over the ground.

Reagan's headless body slowly fell to the ground like noodles.

A transparent jellyfish-like thing screamed and rushed towards Pierce's body in the distance.

But as Ryan pointed, a fine metal net emitting silver light hit it.

"Hey!"

It was immediately crushed to pieces.
"This..." Erida and Baldwin looked at each other and were stunned for a moment!
how did you do that?
In the distance, Alida, who was standing beside Ryan, brightened her beautiful eyes and immediately understood why Ryan was able to hit the opponent.

That's because his lord, Ryan, has grasped a flaw of the opponent that is not really a flaw, which is that the opponent cannot be in a virtual state when launching a physical attack.

Otherwise, even if you are immune to physical attacks, the physical attacks launched by the opponent will not be effective against you.

However, this momentary opportunity is fleeting and requires extremely fast reaction and speed of attack.

Alida estimated that the counterattack would basically take 0.1 seconds to complete.

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If this time is exceeded, the opponent will become invisible again to avoid the attack.

When Alida figured this out, she couldn't help but become eager to try it.

Perhaps many titled knights may not be able to do this, but she is different. She is also known for her agility and speed.

With a "whoosh", Alida came to the side of Bronson who was parasitized, and the blade in her hand danced with a beautiful knife flower, and slashed towards the opponent's waist and abdomen.

However, this time, she also learned Ryan's tactics and did not use her full strength in the first attack, but slightly controlled the speed.

Sure enough, it was like cutting into the water flow, without causing any damage to it.

The next second, Bronson's counterattack began. The opponent quickly turned around and punched her hard in the abdomen. Just as the fist was about to hit her body, suddenly, the opponent turned from virtual to real!
In a flash, Alida's beautiful eyes lit up, and the blade in her hand spun rapidly and accelerated suddenly.

"Hey!"

Bronson was cut in half by her sword, and she was hit by the opponent's fist that penetrated the shadow shield and was knocked back several meters.

Although she was hit in one round, Alida looked happy!

"Lord Ryan's attack method is indeed effective!" Alida said secretly.

When Ryan saw this scene, he couldn't help but smile.

"This Elida is such a quick learner," Ryan thought to himself.

At the same time, as if the parasitic body had been cut off, a jellyfish-like thing emerged from the top of the opponent's head.

Then, just like the previous one, it quickly crawled towards Pierce's body in the distance.

However, it was doomed to fail.

Seeing her sister being punched, the elder sister Erida was filled with anger and reacted very quickly.

She immediately released a shadow attack towards the opponent, and a black beam of light hit the translucent void beast.

"Hey!"

After leaving the parasitic body, the Void Beast's own defense does not seem to be very high.

The Void Beast, after being hit, suddenly disappeared into nothingness and turned into a wisp of gray smoke. However, everyone could feel an invisible wave spreading around with the opponent as the center.

After Ryan took action, the two Void Beasts were destroyed in just a few seconds.

It seemed that because he saw his companions being killed, the parasitic Barnes suddenly became a little crazy.

Suddenly, his whole body became ethereal, and a transparent ripple radiated out from him, and all the roots of plants and trees that it touched withered.

Ryan and Alida dodged the opponent's special halo-like ability by quickly moving forward.

However, Ryan's counterattack came extremely quickly!

He pointed at the opponent and used the liquefied killer move "Metal Cutting Net!", and the Eredar in the distance also released a shadow attack towards Barnes!
As the three metal nets took turns cutting through the jelly-like translucent body, even though the Void Beast was immune to most witchcraft damage, it was still seriously injured.

But Barnes didn't care and rushed towards Ryan.

The next second, his chest suddenly swelled and his neck bulged.

"Ok?"

As Ryan was good at dragon roars, he immediately understood what the other party was going to do.

Instead of retreating, he rushed forward using the Shadow Step and raised his hand with lightning speed, hitting Barnes on the chin.

The next moment, a transparent beam of light shot diagonally upward into the air, and a large hole was suddenly pierced through the tall tree in front of it, which quickly turned black.

But this attack seemed to consume a lot of the opponent's energy. The opponent could not maintain the virtual state and began to turn from virtual to real.

Suddenly, an iron fist hit Barnes' head, and almost at the same time, a battle blade slashed into Barnes' head from top to bottom.

The Iron Fist is naturally Ryan.

The war blade is Elida who has been waiting for an opportunity for a long time.

This made Ryan smile at Alida.

At this moment, a jellyfish-like monster that was larger than the previous two appeared from above Barnes' head, attempting to escape in a panic.

But this is just a beautiful dream.

With a flash of black light, the last void beast turned to ashes.

Ryan was looking at this scene, thoughtful.

"It seems that the strength of these void beasts varies."

at the same time.

In the Imperial Capital of Tamriel, in the command hall on the second floor of the Astrologer's Terrace.

After watching the battle between Ryan and the three infected, everyone looked thoughtful.

General Augustus asked first, "Have you recorded the fighting methods and special abilities of the three infected people?"

"It's all recorded, sir." Tatia nodded and said.

"Very good. Immediately have the combat staff analyze the possible weaknesses of the enemy. At the same time, quickly inform the other executors in the secret territory and tell them to be careful of the bodies after they die."

"After killing the enemy, it is best to destroy the body and all traces."

General Augustus quickly issued two orders.

"Okay, my lord."

"By the way, do you think the way Ryan handled the situation just now can be promoted?" Marshal Alfred suddenly asked Augustus.

"Well, I think the possibility of promotion is not great, or rather, only a few people can achieve the level of Lord Ryan." Augustus shook his head and said.

"Because most of the enforcement personnel are wizards, there are only a few titled knights, and those who can reach the level of Lord Ryan in close combat are even fewer."

Augustus added,

Marshal Alfred nodded and said nothing more.

"Tatia, inform Mr. Ryan about the encirclement and suppression."

Augustus just opened his mouth but was interrupted by Marshal Alfred, who said, "Wait, let me tell you."

This made Augustus stunned.

You know, as the highest commander on the scene, it is almost impossible for the marshal to do it himself and contact every mission performer.

"Okay, Marshal." Tatia, who was standing next to him, also had a hint of surprise in her beautiful eyes.

Marshal Alfred took the slice respectfully handed over by Tatia and said:

"Sir Ryan, I'm Alfred."

Hearing the word "Your Excellency", General Augustus, who was standing next to Marshal Alfred, raised his eyebrows, and Major General Tatia confirmed a certain guess in his heart.

Obviously, Lord Ryan's performance has completely impressed Marshal Alfred.

You have to know that in the entire empire, there are not many people who can be addressed as "Sir" by Marshal Alfred, and in the Imperial Sword Bearer System, there are even fewer people like him.

"Marshal?" Ryan was also slightly surprised when he heard Alfred's voice.

"It's me. Lord Ryan, I have a rather difficult task for you."

"Marshal, please speak." Ryan said with a slight smile.

"I think you have seen the message before. The goddess of the underworld has entered the secret realm. Although her purpose is unclear, we cannot let her move freely in the secret realm."

"In this regard, I have arranged two task forces, the Internal Guard and the Sword Bearers, to go and encircle and suppress them. But I am still a little worried, so I hope that after you successfully install the rift closer, you can quickly go to support us."

"Should we set up the rift closer first and then go over to provide support, right?" Ryan confirmed again.

"Yes, try to complete the setting of the rift closer within half an hour. As for the assembly point, I will have Tatia send it to you immediately. Is it difficult?"

"No."

After ending the call, Ryan couldn't help but look up to the north. He was about to fight with the goddess of the underworld, Hela, again, which made him feel a little excited.

It's not fear, but a kind of expectation and excitement.
However, he still has one thing to do now.

Baldwin and the Eredar sisters were destroying the corpses, while Ryan came to the improved Hellfire Golem, took down the last box, and took out the test tube containing Barnes' blood essence.

As he dipped his index finger into it, the system prompt sounded again:
[Ding! Detected that the host has touched a special blood essence, found that some of the dragon gene fragments can be absorbed, yes/no to absorb? ]

(Note: After the dragon gene fragment is absorbed, it can enhance the blood concentration of the host dragon.)
"Sure enough, unlike Reagan and Bronson, Barnes, a descendant of the red dragon bloodline who possesses the second-stage transformation ability, the system uses the term 'part' instead of 'a small amount'."

This made Ryan feel happy.

“It seems that there may be a chance this time.”

Without hesitation, Ryan immediately chose "Yes!"

However, unlike last time, after Ryan finished absorbing it this time, the system prompt appeared on the screen:
[Congratulations, your mutant dragon blood concentration has been upgraded to 'High'! ]

[Congratulations, with the blessing of bloodline power, you have unlocked the fourth form of the mutant dragon man (dragon beast form)! ]

(End of this chapter)