Chapter 38 Demon Hunting
"cough cough"

Two light coughs.

The witcher apprentice, with a big hole in his chest, staggered to his feet.

"Survived!"

Ailin looked through the gradually dissipating ice crystal smoke and saw a large hole in the slate ground. Cold sweat broke out on his back.

The witcher apprentice felt a little scared.

"Fortunately, ten days ago, the chief gave me the Mirage Pearl as a reward..."

"Fortunately, Ms. Vera activated the Mirage Pearl for me a week ago..."

"Fortunately, I have never slacked off in the past week and have found time to familiarize myself with the Mirage Pearl every day!"

Yes, the reason why Ailin survived the terrifying attack of the Water Ghost King was all thanks to the Mirage Pearl given to him by the Chief.

Half a minute ago,

The demon hunter apprentice saw that the Water Demon King not only locked onto him with his eyes.

When the huge body was still gathering magic power that was almost condensed into a solid entity, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The magic power quickly communicated with the Mirage Pearl, and within a few seconds it created the illusion that only he was fleeing in a panic.

Because of the tight time schedule, Ailin's level was not up to par.

The fantasy constructed by the demon hunter apprentice actually only faced the back of the Water Ghost King.

But even with such simplification, the illusion looks very unreal, and the movements are very uncoordinated.

Thanks to the poor lighting in the cave, the Water Ghost King seems to have problems with his eyesight.

Otherwise, such an unreal and weird illusion would be difficult to hide from the eyes of the Water Ghost King.

While admiring his own wit, Ailin quickly ran into the cave entrance.

Fortunately, the originally burning flames were extinguished by the ice crystal mist.

The water ghosts outside the cave had long been scared away by the burning flames.

"Master Vesemir, I'm fine!"

Arlin entered the cave entrance and quickly and loudly reported to Vesemir that he was safe.

The Demon Hunter Master heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.

It’s okay if it’s okay, it’s okay if it’s okay.

The moment he saw his apprentice being pierced by the icicle, Vesemir felt as if his heart had suddenly stopped.

"It should be an illusion."

The Master Demon Hunter thought to himself, he remembered that the Chief had once given Aelin an illusion pendant during a practical lesson.

However, can't normal illusion pendants only form fixed illusions?

Why was the illusion that the witcher apprentice just used a temporary one?
“Kuala——!!!”

The angry roar of the Water Ghost King interrupted Vesemir's reverie.

Now that Ailin is safe, the next step is to find a way to hunt down this monster.

The Demon Hunter Master looked at the Water Ghost King's sturdy body, which seemed to be protected as thick as his arm, and suddenly felt a headache.

Large monsters tend to move and attack very slowly over short distances.

The reason why it is so difficult to deal with is that humans are too small, even with a silver sword that can break the magic of chaos.

If it does not attack the key organs, it is only equivalent to scraping the surface of the muscles.

Difficult to cause fatal damage.

And the closer you are to the monster, the harder it is to dodge its attacks.

If you are not careful, you will die on the spot.

The monster encountered this time was even more difficult to deal with than any Vesemir had encountered in the past.

None of the dangerous large monsters that Vesemir had hunted in the past would actively release magic shields.

He tentatively rushed to the monster's feet, spun around and chopped it.

The blue film of light didn't even flicker this time.

"Sure enough, the silver sword is not magic-blocking gold after all, and has little effect on the magic protection that has already been formed."

Vesemir's head hurt worse.

Quickly moving sideways to avoid the giant foot that was stepping down, the Demon Hunter Master chopped and chopped hard for more than a dozen times before finally breaking the Water Ghost King's defense. Immediately afterwards, Vesemir bent his right index finger and seized the opportunity to let the Water Ghost King eat an Igni Fire Sign.

"Quack!"

A blue light flashed around the Water Ghost King, and the magic shield appeared again.

The fierce flames ejected from the Igni Sign were blocked outside the body by the blue light film before they could touch the monster's skin.

Taking a few quick steps back, Vesemir helplessly looked at the magic shield that was quickly formed by the roar.

Suddenly I felt like a mouse trying to pull a turtle, with nowhere to start.

“Perhaps only a chief who has hunted dragons can deal with such a monster,” Vesemir thought.

Just when the Demon Hunter Master was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard Ailin's shout.

"Master Vesemir, keep attacking, buy me some time!"

Vesemir's head turned sharply.

He saw the witcher apprentice, half of his body hidden in the passage, with only his eyes and the tip of his sword showing.

At this moment, he was nodding at him firmly, seeming to be full of confidence.

The Demon Hunter Master hesitated.

Can Ailin really deal with a monster that even he can only fight to a stalemate?
"Believe me, I won't joke with my life!"

The witcher apprentice advised again.

“Perhaps he can really give me a surprise?” Vesemir heard the confidence and determination in the witcher apprentice’s tone.

Then he suddenly remembered the amazing sword in the first practical class.

Gripping the silver sword again, Vesemir nodded with his back to Arryn.

Then he rushed towards the Water Ghost King, repeating the actions of dodging, breaking the defense, dodging, and breaking the defense.

In dangerous battles, demon hunters must trust their comrades.

The witcher apprentice also believes in his comrades.

He stared at the Water Ghost King's every move and held Elsa tightly in his hand.

[Ding! Your skill: Demon Hunting LV1 has been upgraded to Demon Hunting LV3]

[Demon Hunter] Powerful, but flawed.

Ignore defense, ignore weaknesses, as long as you enter the demon hunting state and the conditions are met, you can kill the monster with one blow.

Almost regular killing effect.

Of course, with such a strong foul effect, the restrictions on its use are also very large.

After locking onto a target, you cannot be distracted, so it is ineffective when facing multiple enemies.

In the demon hunting state, just observe and don't attack, the progress of [Demon Hunting] will grow very slowly.

Finally, the demon hunting state has a time limit. For LV1 [Demon Hunting], the demon hunting state can only last for 50 seconds.

If the progress cannot be fully accumulated within these fifty seconds, even if the second skill is used in time, the previous progress will not be inherited.

Therefore, during these ten days, Ailin used Demon Hunting only a handful of times, and most of the time he used it to test the performance and rules of this skill.

But during these times of experimenting with [Demon Hunting], Ailin still gained some useful results.

For example, other people's attacks on the target can also increase the progress of [Demon Hunting] accumulation.

Just in case, Ailin consumed two special skill points and directly upgraded the skill to level three.

[Demon Hunting (Active): Consume 150 points of physical strength, concentrate your mind to enter the demon hunting state, and when the conditions are met, launch a critical strike (the monster will definitely be killed)]

The effect of the upgrade is simple and crude, increasing the physical strength consumed by skills and increasing the time of the demon hunting state.

everything's ready.

Ailin concentrated and held his breath.

[Demon Hunting] Progress 1%
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