Chapter 81 If you want to play, play big!
Xiao En only has one chance to attack.

Whether he kills the wizard lurking at the edge of the swamp first, or the two hunters who are investigating the corpse first, he will immediately expose his presence. These two enemies are almost capable of killing Xiao En instantly. After all, he is a wizard, and unlike a warrior, he has strengthened his flesh and blood and has a very strong ability to resist attacks.

Even if the rangers cannot get guns in the weird country, they are very dangerous when using bows and arrows.

There was no time for Xiao En to think more.

Once the two lizardman hunters finish investigating the corpse, they will most likely discover Sean's presence. After all, the Ranger Path has built-in tracking capabilities.

——Mirror image technique!

Sean followed his instinct and decided to give it a try. He swooped out and directly locked onto the spellcaster at the edge of the swamp. He was not sure what kind of monster it was, but its ability was very close to that of a wizard.

boom!
A gunshot broke the peace here.

The sudden gunshots undoubtedly startled the two lizard hunters. Their first reaction was to roll over and dodge, and then they put arrows on their bows and aimed at Xiao En's position. But the next second they were a little dumbfounded, because they saw nine almost identical enemy figures.

Xiao En's figure is hidden in these nine mirror images that look exactly the same.

Currently, Xiao En has a limited number of spells at his disposal. Faced with the current situation, no matter what other spells he uses, they will not be very effective. It is better to give it a try and see if the enemy can find where his real body is.

no doubt!

The two lizardman hunters were a little confused at the moment. They didn't see the situation clearly at first, and so many enemies suddenly appeared. Subconsciously, they wanted to avoid the attack. After all, the instinct of survival was here. The number of enemies had an advantage, and they were attacked by surprise, so they must avoid the damage first.

This gave Xiao En enough time to act. He did not empty the magazine in one breath, but instead concentrated his spiritual power and locked onto the position of the old monster. After taking off the illusion, although Xiao En could not see the target's appearance with his naked eyes, he was able to determine the specific location by relying on the strange dark green projection reflected by the other party.

boom! boom! boom!
Xiao En adopted a precise shooting strategy, relying on inspiration to guide himself and slightly slowing down the pace of his attack.

A flash of blood suddenly appeared.

The first bullet hit the target accurately, but did not hurt the enemy because after the bullet got close to its body, it seemed to be blocked by something and shifted from its original position.

——Energy deflection force field.

The enemy is indeed a monster from the wizard's path.

The wizard's signature defensive abilities are the energy protection field and the energy deflection field. The enemy activated the energy deflection field, and because the bullets were deflected to both sides along the invisible energy barrier, they did not hit the opponent's vital points at all.

But Sean's second bullet hit the target. In the flash of blood, the monster was shot in the chest. Then several bullets hit the target in succession. One bullet hit its head directly, and a hole was instantly opened in the monster's head.

Instant kill!

They are all extraordinary people of the wizard path, and that monster is no more resistant than Sean. A headshot will almost certainly lead to death.

call out!
The sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air was heard.

All this happened in just a split second. The two lizardman hunters reacted quickly. One of them drew his bow instantly, but not with one arrow, but three at the same time. The other one was a little slower, shooting two arrows at the same time.

Multiple shots!

Bows and arrows are more concealed than guns, but they also have a flaw, which is that their attack speed is far slower than that of guns. Xiao En had already used up all his bullets, and they were just preparing to shoot.

Xiao En rolled and dodged without hesitation, and nine identical figures rolled and dodged at the same time.

The enemies must still be a little confused at this time, because they couldn't determine where Xiao En's real body was. They could only randomly choose from the nine targets. Sharp arrows cut through the air with amazing accuracy. The ability of the Ranger Path was too strong in the early stage. Almost every arrow hit the vital parts of the mirror.

The chances are fifty-fifty, life or death depends on a single moment!

this moment.

The goddess of luck seemed to favor Xiao En. All five arrows hit the target and the mirror image shattered instantly. However, Xiao En's real body was not hit by the enemy. He and the remaining three mirror images suddenly stood up and shot one of the lizardman hunters in the head with a burst of violent shooting.

Still an instant kill.

The flesh and blood side must be upgraded before it can withstand bullets.

Another stronger and more deformed lizardman hunter was hit by five bullets in a row, but he was able to draw the bow and load the arrow again. The instinct between life and death made him realize that he had no chance to fight with Sean in close combat. At the moment of shooting, he locked onto one of the targets, which was Sean's real body.

The enemy is really too strong!

The fight lasted less than three seconds, and it actually found Xiao En's real body from the mirror.

boom!
The invisible hand's shot hit the opponent's arm. Under the severe pain, the opponent's shot immediately deviated. An arrow broke through the air and narrowly brushed past Xiao En's shoulder. A trace of blood flowed out, and his right arm immediately felt numb. The flesh at the wound turned dark blue, as if it was rotten meat.

This is a poisoned arrow from a transcendent relic!
Sean was in severe pain, half of his body was paralyzed, but the invisible hand behind him had no effect. He simply emptied his bullets, and the last two bullets hit the enemy's forehead. With a bang, the burly lizardman hunter slowly fell down.

"poisoned!"

Xiao En activated the mysterious knowledge in his brain without hesitation and unleashed the power of the strange object on his body. The paralyzing effect gradually dissipated and the toxicity was temporarily suppressed.

There was no time to think about it.

Xiao En took out a dagger from the Witch King's Ring, gritted his teeth and cut off the rotten flesh on his arm. The severe pain made him tremble all over. After digging out the rotten flesh from the wound, he quickly bandaged himself, then took out the butcher's endless wine and drank one third of it in one breath.

This is the most useful item in his hand. In about three days, the blood wine inside will be automatically replenished.

At this time, Xiao En no longer cared about the contamination of flesh and blood.

He ran quickly towards the enemy's body, reloading bullets as he walked, and fired another shot before getting close.

boom.

Nothing happens.

Only then did Xiao En breathe a sigh of relief and quickly looted the bodies of the two enemies. One of them did not condense any extraordinary relics. He dug out the eyeballs of the burly lizardman hunter, stripped off the strange equipment they were wearing, then walked into the mudflat and quickly found the body of the monster Lao Liu.

It is indeed the wizard path.

This hunchbacked monster had even more strange objects on him, including a magic staff, two amulets, and several strange gadgets that looked like sacrificial props, all emitting an obscure and polluted aura.

puff.

Xiao En gritted his teeth and used a dagger to pry open the enemy's skull, then dug out the opponent's brain. The extraordinary essence of the monster after its death gathered in the brain, directly turning its brain into an extraordinary relic.

"We have to go."

Xiao En groped around in the filthy swamp to see if there were any relics dropped in the puddles. When he stood up, he felt like he was rolling in the mud, his whole body was covered in filthy mud, and there were asphalt-like stains spreading.

"It's time to change places."

After this ambush, Xiao En could no longer stay nearby.

A lot of the magic power in his body has been consumed. The wizard must not use up the last bit of magic power, otherwise he will really have no power to protect himself.

"Fortunately, the poison wasn't too severe. The poison the enemy applied mainly had a paralyzing effect."

Under the effect of the magic item, Xiao En's right arm was not greatly affected and could move freely. He decisively dug out the rotten flesh and let the blood, which should have reduced the impact of the toxin.

Sean did not return to the hillside where he started.

He walked around and entered the plain area, then chose a hillside location with a wide view to hide and lay on the ground to rest.

If there are still enemies tracking him, this position is easier to find the target.

The wound healed very quickly. The Endless Wine that the butcher left him was almost a perfect recovery item except for the contamination of blood and flesh. His wound was now scabbed and even felt a little itchy. It might be that the flesh was regenerating.

The strange items on the two lizard hunters were similar, all of them were the same amulets, probably to enhance their survivability. The further deformed big guy dropped a promotion relic, which was its eye stalk and the core material for the advanced ranger path. It was almost useless to Xiao En, but it could be sold for a high price in Abyss City. This kind of extraordinary relic often contains the original power of the corresponding path. The ranger path is also an enhancement of the flesh and blood side, mainly enhancing agility and amazing vision.

The key point is the relics of the wizard monster. Sean dug out its brain.

The mysterious knowledge is restless and ready to move.

But Xiao En sensed a breath of corruption, and there were still fragments of the monster's consciousness remaining in the other party's brain.

"Fuck! Fight!"

Xiao En directly arranged the extraction ritual on the spot. This brain can be used as the core material for the promotion of wizards, or he can directly use his own knowledge to digest the other party's knowledge. But there is almost no need to think about it. The brain of this monster must be a highly polluted extraordinary relic.

High risk, high reward!
In Sean's hands, the monster's dark red brain was slowly melting, like melted meat paste. Part of its extraordinary essence dissipated into the air, while the other part flowed into Sean's body along with the decomposition of the ritual.

The mysterious knowledge in Sean's brain was restless. It devoured the other knowledge contained in this brain. Along with the decomposed and digested knowledge, spells emerged in Sean's consciousness one by one.

This is almost equivalent to Xiao En eating the opponent's spell book!
But as the price of all this, a strange and incomplete consciousness suddenly appeared in Xiao En's mind. It was the monster that was killed by it.

It wanted to control Sean's consciousness in turn, and even enter his brain to control his body.

"If I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time!"

Xiao En's spiritual light was shining, and the mysterious knowledge in his brain poured out, directly suppressing and absorbing the incomplete spirituality contained in the knowledge. It was like the ghost of a monster entering his body.

That was a fragment of the monster's personality. Sean killed it again and again until there was no trace of spiritual light left in the knowledge it had devoured.

At this time, Xiao En, who was covered in cold sweat, finally had the energy to see how much mysterious knowledge he had absorbed from the enemy.

Don't think about it.

His mental pollution must have skyrocketed now, because knowledge spoke, and they whispered: "Master! We won!"

“We’ve become stronger!”

Yes. Xiao En became stronger, and he even felt that the original magic power in his body had increased. Although he was still at the level of a three-ring wizard with five extraordinary levels, he had gained his first super magic ability.

——Magic expansion.

This roughly increases Sean's raw mana by the mana cap of a third-level spell. (The effect is equivalent to an extra spell slot.)
This super-magic ability originally belonged to the monster, but now it has been swallowed by Xiao En, so the extraordinary essence containing the super-magic ability has also been transferred to Xiao En.

Everything in the weird kingdom is so cruel!
Even if it is a super-magic ability, it can only be plundered from other monsters, or stolen from more powerful indescribable ones. It is impossible to master it through one's own practice.

But no matter which one it is, it represents the increase of spiritual pollution, and the indescribable source turns all extraordinary people into the same kind.

"Secondary deflection field, grease, wizard armor, archery..."

Three 1st-level spells and one 0th-level cantrip.

This monster wizard had some spell abilities that overlapped with Sean's, and those mysterious knowledge were directly converted and consumed. It also had a lot of life-saving abilities, the most typical of which was the energy deflection field, which could block all physical damage, whether it was bullets, arrows, or swords, which could all be diverted aside by the energy deflection field.

An energy deflection force field and an energy protection force field are almost the same as an AT force field for wizards, and are an important guarantee for their survival.

Wizards in the late stages can basically ignore firearms because they cannot break through the double energy field protection.

Wizard armor is equivalent to having an invisible and weightless armor on the body, which can be superimposed with two energy fields and is the second-to-last line of defense.

The last line of defense is oneself. Stoneskin, or spells that increase natural armor, those spells that can make one's skin as tough as dragon skin, are the wizard's last line of defense.

Deflection force field, protective force field, invisible armor, natural armor, plus the fifth line of defense - early warning, to guard against all sneak attacks, all accidents, and a super strong sixth sense. This is the five-fold protection of a regular late-stage wizard.

The lifeline is not included in these five levels of protection because the wizard's last lifeline is guarded by the 9-ring chain accident spell.

"Strong acid arrow!"

The next mysterious knowledge he digested made Xiao En break out in a cold sweat. This was a 2nd-ring spell that could condense a strong acid arrow and shoot it at the enemy. It had very high damage and amazing corrosive ability.

Although Sean has been using the game method to understand this bizarre world, reality is reality after all. If you are hit by an acid arrow, it is definitely not as simple as losing blood. The acid arrow can penetrate the enemy's body, and then the strong acid summoned by the spell will melt in the enemy's body. Basically, all internal organs at the wound will be corroded.

In the game, if you are hit by an arrow and beaten half to death, you can still continue to fight. But the reality is that once you are seriously injured, you can bleed to death and your physical strength will decline rapidly.

If Xiao En was hit by a strong acid arrow, he would basically be dead.

It seems that he is not the only one who does not master all the spells. The strength of this monster wizard is similar to his, also around the third ring, and the number of spells he masters is also very scarce. Basically, it is related to the environment here. It should be that the extraordinary relics condensed by the nearby environment have limitations.

"Wild power."

The second digestion 2nd level spell is a blessing ability.

"Under the blessing of wild power, the target becomes stronger and more wild, and his face becomes more like a beast. You infuse the primitive power of nature into the recipient, improving his strength, agility, and physique."

Knowledge is hungry for everything.

This is a positive blessing spell that can be used on oneself.

Without a 3rd ring spell, the opponent might be a little weaker than Sean, a monster wizard of around level 4 in the extraordinary realm, just at the threshold of a rd ring spell. Or it could be that the extraordinary relic has not condensed the mysterious knowledge of the rd ring.

The extraordinary relics condensed from the enemy's brain do not retain all the spells. Sean digested a total of 6 new spells.

The mysterious knowledge is growing rapidly, and they feel very powerful.

Go one step further in the realm of access knowledge.

After completing all this, Xiao En felt a little bit nauseous.

He used sand to wipe off the dark red liquid from the melted brain, stood up and looked around, ready to find a safe place to rest. It was not dark yet, but when it was really dark, he would not be able to sleep.

"It should still be a few hours before dark, so take this time to rest and recover your magic power."

"I really can't sleep after dark!"

Xiao En's mind was very clear at the moment. The weird kingdom would overlap and resonate with the spirit world after dark, and ghosts and spirits would come out at that time, as well as some strange evil monsters. Therefore, it was safest for him to rest during the day, and he had to be more cautious at night.

If you want to survive here for three days, the best time is to start resting in the afternoon and take the time to restore your magic power.

The edge of the swamp.

After Xiao En left, an unknown amount of time passed before a group of sneaky monsters came over. There were a total of six deformed lizardmen, a complete combat team. The leading monster checked the bodies of his companions, his expression full of madness and anger.

"Take the body back!" (Lizardman)

The leader of the team looked at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "We will track the enemy tomorrow."

it's getting dark.

Even they would not easily leave the tribe in the swamp at night, because there are evil spirits more terrifying than them under the cover of night. Without the protection of the blood sacrifice totem, they may die at the hands of evil spirits at any time.

The bodies of the companions were brought back not for burial, but as food reserves.

The living environment in the weird kingdom is extremely harsh. Any edible meat cannot be wasted, and now some lizardmen are gnawing on the arms of their dead companions.

They ate the monster that Sean had killed at the beginning, and then carried the remaining corpse back into the poisonous swamp.

Before leaving, the leader of the monsters took away the scattered bullet shells. The enemy used this weapon to kill their kind. It wanted to take it back to show the priest of the tribe. To survive in this dangerous swamp, even a deformed monster needs to be careful.

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Valley of a Thousand Faces.

This is a huge canyon. On the steep cliffs of hundreds of meters, there are huge human faces carved, with a diameter of about three meters. There are a total of one thousand faces. Each face is different, with different expressions, some fierce, some resentful, and some crying. They look lifelike.

There are many caves below the canyon, and there are human settlements nearby.

Grimlock.

A completely degenerated and deformed subspecies branch of humans, an ethnic group of humans that failed to enter the real world. Their intelligence is very low, almost the same as that of a smart puppy (Intelligence 7 points). They live like cave dwellers, and after degeneration, they have formed a self-protection mechanism, which is a complete lack of mental power, making themselves blind and stupid.

They cannot see any spirits, nor can they see those strange evil creatures. Basically, they cannot see any supernatural or strange existences, and they are always shrouded in blindness and stupidity.

Of course, they couldn't feel the strange evil spirits hunting them, so they could only hide in caves.

They have a very bad memory.

Even if their parents and children were killed and eaten by monsters today, they would quickly forget all about it and rely on their primitive instincts to live again in this bizarre land.

They close off their hearts.

In many places in the weird kingdom, these stone blind barbarians are raised as food by strange beings, just like the cattle and sheep raised by humans.

The Stoneblinds can farm and obey some simple commands, but they will not leave their tribe. They have almost degenerated into human-shaped beasts, but have retained some of the natural instincts of humans. Blindness and stupidity are a barrier for self-protection. It is not known whether to say it is evolution or degeneration. In the end, they survived by raising food.

This is the sorrow of the weak. Humans living in the weird country, those who have not been promoted to extraordinary beings, all eventually become deformed and degenerated.

In the breeze, Amon walked into the Valley of a Thousand Faces with an expressionless face.

A strange mental fluctuation emerged.

On the cliff, one of the hideous human-faced statues suddenly opened its eyes. It stared at Amon's figure and said fearfully, "Amon! What are you doing here?"

Seeing Amon's figure, the grimlocks hid in the dungeons in fear.

They instinctively feel fear.

Amon looked at these grimlocks with a trace of pity in his eyes. He said calmly: "I want the Brain of Suen. You are the only one who has it nearby."

The art of locating rare objects.

You can directly predict and lock on to what you are looking for, and get the corresponding information. The stronger your strength, the more accurate the information you can get with your fingers.

Xiao En has not yet learned the art of prophecy, and the prophecy skills of low-level spellcasters are not accurate.

The human-faced statue that spoke changed to another one. It glared at Amon in front of it and said, "What if I don't give it to you?"

Amon took a light step forward.

In an instant!
The ground was melting, and traces of magma were spreading on the surface, extending to the end of the canyon. Behind Amon was the shadow of the Balor Lord, who was hundreds of meters tall. When he raised his hand, the entire canyon seemed to be on a volcano that could erupt at any time. The earth's crust was shaking slightly, and the power of the law distorted everything in the material plane.

This is the authority of the Lord of the Abyss!
Amon smiled, looking gentle and easy-going, but his words were not polite at all. He said calmly: "Here. I owe you a favor."

"If you don't give it to me, I will tear down your Valley of Thousand Faces."

There was dead silence all around.

After an unknown amount of time, a monster that looked like a giant tumor and covered with tentacles and eye stalks floated in the air and flew over. It respectfully handed a black box to Amon.

"Thank you." Eamon said goodbye very politely and left.

He is a decent man.

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(End of this chapter)