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Chapter 154 I’m awesome!

The unknown mutant level of LV67 dropped to LV60, and the terrifying aura emanating from its body suddenly weakened a lot.

"Don't let it leave the range of the barrier."

Zhou Yuan used his level 1 ability [Psychic Grease] on the unknown deformed creature, making its entire body slippery.

Whoosh whoosh!
Several rockets flew over, flames rose, and the power of the explosion blew the unknown deformer back. The feet made up of countless tentacles slipped, and the body as heavy as a mountain leaned back. A hurricane burst out with a heavy roar, and the earth shook violently.

In the distance, the orc Will was wearing a dark red heavy armor, like a wild giant made of steel. The style of the armor was primitive and rough, with sharp metal spikes on the shoulder armor and knee armor, power rods and pipelines exposed, and traces of welding could be seen everywhere like ugly patches.

Behind the armor, two thick and large gun barrels were emitting smoke, and as the ammunition was loaded, the terrifying firepower poured out again, bombing the tentacles on the body of the unknown deformed body into pieces, spilling smelly yellow-green slime.

Zhou Yuan then used his Level 1 ability [Paralysis Suggestion] to cause the unknown deformed being to fall into a state of confusion, believing that it had become paralyzed and had lost the ability to move.

However, the distorted mental power of the unknown aberration is very strong, suggesting that the effect may not last too long.

But it's enough.

The unknown deformed creature seemed to have identified Huo Yanluo in the sky and extended countless twisting tentacles towards her. Huo Yanluo dodged flexibly one by one and swung the flaming sword to cut all the tentacles into pieces.

On the ground, Bai Lang's magic powers were ready. An ice cone emitting cold air flew towards the unknown deformed creature and hit its huge body.

The vast freezing force spread out, forming a thin layer of white frost on the body of the unknown deformer. It quickly solidified within two or three seconds, freezing hundreds of randomly dancing tentacles into thick ice, which looked spectacular.

At high altitude, Huo Yanluo restrained the heat of the flames to prevent the ice and snow from melting. At this level, even the conflicting elemental attributes of fire and ice could be perfectly coordinated.

A huge fire bow burning with brilliant flames appeared in her hand. When she pulled the bow, it was like a full moon. With a bang, a fierce light burst out. The divine flame arrow condensed from the three fire elements turned into a red stream of light, which instantly crossed a distance of a hundred meters and penetrated into the body of the unknown deformed creature.

boom!
As the fire wind spread, the frozen body of the unknown mutant shattered and exploded without any accident, and thousands of fragments flew in all directions along with the shock wave.

Gorgeous upgrade special effects burst out from everyone's body.

Zhou Yuan reached level 61, and the others also caught up, all reaching level 59.

"What a pity! If we could drag it out of the Equality Barrier for All Beings and then kill it, we could get more experience points." Zhou Yuan felt a little regretful.

Bai Lang shook his head: "If we drag it out, it won't be so easy to kill it. In the later stages of the game, the numerical difference between each level is huge. We may not be able to reduce one-fifth of its health even after bombing it for a long time. This result is already very good."

Jiang Wuming called out at this time: "Come and take a look."

He was holding a branch and poking at an eyeless human face that had fallen from an unknown aberration.

[This human face was once a carpenter. On the day of the disaster, he was drunk and was devoured and assimilated by the monster in his sleep. One day later, the unknown aberrations were defeated, and their eyes were all dug out by the winner.]

"Ah...ah..."

This eyeless human face could actually make sounds at this time, wailing in pain, and everyone finally understood what the roars made by these human faces before meant.

"--kill me."

Zhou Yuan took out the sword and pierced the eyeless face with one sword. The wailing sound stopped abruptly and the whole face turned into powder.

"This thing actually still retains a certain degree of consciousness. No wonder its mental power is so strong. I wonder if there are any similar monsters." Jiang Wuming wiped the blood from his nose caused by the mental shock.

"There must be." Zhou Yuan said, "Their eyes have been dug out, so there must be a monster with eyes all over its body, and the power of that monster will only be stronger."

A moment later, Huo Yanluo flew back with a black irregular crystal in her hand.

[Unknown aberration core: rare quality, with a large amount of chaotic and twisted painful mental power remaining. It can be directly absorbed to enhance mental power, but it has a high probability of madness and can also be used as material.]

"If no one wants this thing, I will sell it on the platform and use the money as public funds."

No one objected.

After resting for a while, everyone found a place to hide and wait for the opportunity.

The battle just now was too noisy, and it might attract other monsters. It's a good time to kill monsters and level up.

But after waiting for half an hour, no more monsters came.

"Is there only one monster in this place?" Zhou Yuan scratched his hair. It is possible. If this monster is a overlord, then this area is its territory, and naturally no other monster would dare to approach.

"Wait a little longer. Being a hunter requires patience." Huo Yanluo said calmly.

Zhou Yuan sat down cross-legged and entered a meditative state to cultivate his spiritual power. There were too many people around him, so it was not easy to cultivate the shadow system.

Another hour passed, and Bai Lang, who had the most acute senses, suddenly showed a change of expression.

"somebody is coming."

He had cast a group invisibility spell early on to hide everyone, but this was actually an attempt to cover up the truth, because the sunstone dispelled the poisonous fog around. Anyone with a little experience would be able to realize that someone was ambushing as soon as they saw the poisonous fog disappear.

But that is for "humans". Monsters basically don't have this kind of intelligence.

After a while, a figure holding a lantern walked out of the thick fog. He was wearing a loose magic robe and his face was hidden under a hood.

The lantern was of ancient style, the metal had rusted, and the glowing object inside was not a sunstone, but an unknown flame.

The figure who looked like a magician was slightly startled after walking into this place. The place where his sight was looking was the huge frozen body of the unknown deformed monster. Part of it was cold air rising into the sky, and part of it was raging fire. It seemed that he didn't notice that the poisonous fog here had been dispersed before he came.

[LV69 Lantern Magician]

[He is a magician who was corrupted by the magic energy right after leaving the magic academy, and his mind has been severely distorted. Because the magic academy is closed by the barrier, he cannot return to the magic academy, and can only wander in the outside world, looking for a way to return to the magic academy.

He carries a key fragment on his person. 】

Zhou Yuan's heart was excited, and he quickly passed the information to others through telepathy.

"I'll sneak over there, and after I put down the anti-magic dummy, we'll attack him together and beat him up."

Zhou Yuan rushed out silently.

The Lantern Magician was still staring at the corpse of the unknown aberration, seemingly shocked, not noticing that something was approaching in the air.

In fact, his perception was not weak, but Zhou Yuan had been taught by Chen Guangxi after all, and his footwork had already been perfected. He would not cause any slight sound, not even a slight breeze. In addition, he was in an invisible state, so the lantern magician naturally could not detect him.

To be safe, Zhou Yuan deliberately ran behind the lantern magician. When the distance between them was about right, he immediately took out the [Anti-Magic Dummy] and put it down.

At the same time, they raised the Iron Rose and loaded the [Armor-Piercing Bullet]. Bang!
The bullet flew towards the lantern magician's head, and several layers of magic shields automatically lit up. The armor-piercing bullets tore through the first four layers of magic shields, but the next four layers were helpless.

The lantern magician was startled and turned around suddenly. His other empty hand bent into a claw, surrounded by dazzling arcs of lightning.

Level 7 Magic: Lightning Claw!

At that moment, the anti-magic dummy emitted a red light that hit the lantern magician. The flashing arc of lightning disappeared instantly, and the brewing lightning claw was interrupted.

"Counter spell?" The lantern magician was shocked and immediately stepped back, trying to stay away from the influence of the magic device.

Behind him, Huo Yanluo and others moved.

Jiang Wuming manipulated the gravity ring, squeezing from both the upper and lower directions at the same time. The lantern magician's body stagnated and was oppressed by the terrifying gravity, as if he was suddenly pulled into the deep sea. Even lifting a finger was extremely difficult.

"So hard." Jiang Wuming frowned. The two forces of gravity from above and below were squeezing at the same time. Even if it was made of metal, it would have been crushed into a discus. But the lantern magician didn't move at all. With this physical fitness, is he really a magician?

Huo Yanluo slashed at him with a flaming sword, and the lantern magician instinctively cast magic to resist in panic. However, just as the spell was being constructed, it was detected by the anti-magic dummy and automatically fired a counter spell to interrupt it.

The hot sword blade swept across, cutting the lantern magician in half, and the health bar above his head immediately dropped by one third.

The flames burned fiercely, burning the wide magic robe into ashes, and then everyone saw a scene with great visual impact.

The lantern wizard was naked, and his entire body was covered with eyes!

There were nearly ten pairs of eyes even on his face, densely packed and randomly scattered all over his face.

Those eyes kept blinking, looking at everyone.

Bang, bang, bang! The anti-magic dummy fired more than a dozen spell counter-beams in succession, interrupting the mental attack that was about to be launched.

"Wow!" Huo Yanluo praised, Zhou Yuan really made the right purchase!
She shouted loudly and swung her flaming sword, splitting the lantern magician's upper body in half. However, even with such an injury, this guy was not dead yet.

Fortunately, the lantern magician had lost his ability to resist, and everyone bombarded him and finally killed him.

The level of all members is increased to level 65.

"The eyes of the unknown deformed creature can't all be on him, right? No... the number is wrong..." Jiang Wuming touched his chin, "There should be another expert."

Zhou Yuan walked forward and picked up the equipment dropped by the Lantern Magician.

They are an ancient lantern, a magic wand inlaid with blue gems, and a key fragment.

The blue gem magic wand can increase the damage of ice skills, and it is simply tailor-made for Bai Lang.

As for the ancient lantern, the outer shell of the thing is not important, what is important is the flame inside.

[Holy fire, the holy fire obtained from the goddess temple, can dispel all unclean things. 】

"This flame was obtained from the Goddess Temple." Zhou Yuan recalled the game map, "Is there no temple in this place?"

"Maybe a private collection? Or a collection from a magic academy?"

"Anyway, it belongs to us now." Jiang Wuming looked at the key fragments, "and we also got another fragment. Next, we just need to find two more pieces."

"Maybe it won't be that troublesome."

Zhou Yuan chuckled and used [Secondary Recovery Technique] on the key fragments!
A large amount of spiritual value was lost, and something incredible happened. The metal fragments in his hand began to multiply, gradually returning to being complete at a slow speed, and turned into a slender key shining with golden light.

Zhou Yuan felt dizzy and his spiritual value was too much. He drank several bottles of alchemy potions in one breath to replenish his blue bar.

Everyone was already shocked.

"Oh my god!" Jiang Wuming exclaimed.

If this isn’t cheating, what is it? It just skips the process of collecting key fragments!

"This ability is amazing, is it time travel or something else?" Huo Yanluo took the key and looked at it carefully.

"How can it be so awesome? It's just some kind of repair technique obtained from an abnormal incident." Zhou Yuan explained modestly.

"Can everything be repaired?" Bai Lang asked.

"Probably, but it requires a certain amount of fragments, the more the better."

Bai Lang hesitated for a moment, then took out a half-broken jade pendant: "This is the jade pendant my mother gave me. I accidentally broke it when I crossed the narrative barrier..."

"No need to say more, just bring it."

Zhou Yuan took the jade pendant generously and used secondary repair techniques to restore it to its original state.

Bai Lang excitedly took the intact jade pendant, and his eyes couldn't help but become moist. After all, this was the only thing he had to remind him of his family.

He quickly adjusted his mood, put away the jade pendant, and then solemnly clasped his fists: "Thank you very much!"

"It's a small matter." Zhou Yuan smiled and waved his hand.

"So... should we charge directly into the Magic Academy next, or should we continue leveling up?" Jiang Wuming asked for everyone's opinions.

Everyone has witnessed the power of the anti-magic dummy. It is so easy to deal with the magician.

However... the anti-magic dummy's capabilities are limited, and the magic academy is full of magicians, so it is a bit unrealistic to counter all magic. You know, the effective distance of many magics is as far as several kilometers.

"Leveling up, of course."

Zhou Yuan still has to kill monsters and collect materials to sell for money, and even at their current level, entering the magic academy is still dangerous.

"In that case... there is a corrupt dragon in the north, let's go and defeat it." said the orc Will.

"Okay, let's go."

A dragon is full of treasures. Even if it is a rotten dragon, there must be a lot of valuable things on its body.

The group quickly left the town, and as the light of the sunstone faded away, the poisonous fog covered the place again.

And in the endless rolling fog, a pair of cold eyes that had been watching for a long time followed silently.

(End of this chapter)