Cataclysm King - #98 - Chapter 98: Skyrocketing exploits

  Chapter 98 Skyrocketing exploits

  In the dark sawtooth forest.

  A demonic archer wearing a fur cloak quickly shuttles through the jungle.

  She is like an elf in the night, even if she doesn’t deliberately hide it, the rich dark elements linger on her body surface, allowing her to blend in with the darkness.

   This is the innate ability of the dark elves.

  The moment she shot the arrow just now, although she killed a very strong human being, her intuition told her that it was in mortal danger.

   He didn’t dare to stay any longer, and quickly retreated all the way.

   Shuttled through the forest for several kilometers, far enough away from the battlefield.

   She just stopped under a big tree.

   Observed around, no humans caught up.

  The dark elf breathed a sigh of relief.

   The battle consumes too much mana, and she also needs to recover.

  Dark elves are natural lurkers, they have a very keen sense of crisis.

  However, not long after resting on the tree trunk, her eyes suddenly froze.

   I didn’t wait to find out where the sense of crisis came from.

   Without warning, a sharp scalpel suddenly appeared on the neck.

  The dark elf’s reaction was also very quick. As soon as the blade cut through the skin, her whole figure turned into a cloud of dark elements and collapsed on the spot.

“Huh?”

   There was a doubt in the void.

  A translucent figure appeared in the air.

   It is Ji Xun wearing [Relic·Hidden] stealthily in the dark.

  He didn’t expect that the sneak attack he was bound to win would fail.

  The knife just now clearly cut a hole in the neck, but the demon avoided it by teleporting to the limit.

  At this time, Ji Xun saw it clearly, and wondered in his heart: “Is it a descendant of the dark elves in myths and legends?”

  A few tens of meters away, it was a demon shooter with pointed ears and dark blue skin.

  【Half-Blood Dark Elf Archer】

  Detailed Explanation: Tier 1 C Calamity; an excellent demon archer with dark elf blood, it is the darling of darkness, dark elf blood gives it excellent archery skills and the ability to sneak in the dark;

  After the dark elf was discovered, he escaped by using the innate instant body secret technique.

   Glancing at the distorted air behind her, she realized that this human being possessed equally powerful stealth skills.

  A shooter is not a melee class.

  After she escaped, she didn’t dare to fight at all, and ran away in the forest.

  While she was running, dark elements quickly condensed around her body to hide herself.

   It looks to the naked eye that she is teleporting while running.

  The figure flickered.

  Even though there were many obstacles in the forest, it didn’t affect the speed of the elf archer at all.

   It will disappear in a blink of an eye.

   Instant body plus escape in one go.

  This life-saving ability is worthy of being a C-level disaster-level demon.

  With such agility, in the forest, it is almost impossible for even an assassin of the All-Agility department to catch up to her.

   But Ji Xun looked at the little blood left on the scalpel and sneered: “Want to run?”

  Just now, he was chasing after the arrow with the scent left on it, but he was afraid that the dark elf would lose all the arrows and be unable to catch up.

   Now injured, under the stalking of the werewolf with keen sense of smell, it is impossible to escape.

  Since the sneak attack was unsuccessful, Ji Xun didn’t need to hide anymore.

   As soon as the blue light in his eyes appeared, his physical body quickly expanded.

  The needle-like dark blue hair flew long, and hearing a crackling sound of bones, he turned into a two-meter-tall werewolf in an instant.

   Sniffing the blood on the scalpel.

  A red blood thread appeared in Ji Xun’s perception, and it was drawn all the way to the darkness of the forest.

   Without hesitation, he kicked his legs on the ground, and his whole body was ejected like a cannonball.

  Running and running, the legs become quadrupeds, and the speed is getting faster and faster.

   Not limited to the ground, even if the dark elf jumped onto a tree tens of meters high, the werewolf body can easily climb up, even if it is a cliff, Ji Xun can also easily jump over it.

   It is impossible for the opponent to use the location to get rid of his tracking.

   If the demon shooter looked like a night elf, then Ji Xun, a bloodthirsty hunter in the dark, pursued him all the way.

“Feels great.”

  Ji Xun is still running at full speed after trying to transform into a werewolf.

  The werewolf muscles have a very powerful explosive ability, and the smooth body shape can minimize wind resistance.

  It seems that there is a window for the surging energy in the body to be released.

   Chase more,

  The better the condition,

  The body feels lighter.

  The wind whistled in my ears.

  At this moment, Ji Xun suddenly felt that he was not running, but flying at a low altitude, easily leaping tens of meters.

  The dark elf in front thought he had escaped.

   But I didn’t want to run for a long time, and watched a tall werewolf behind me catch up at an overwhelming speed.

   Glancing back, the distance has been greatly shortened.

  The dark elf looked horrified.

  Seeing that she was getting closer and closer, she hastily pulled out the feather arrow in the leather case behind her, and shot it towards the shadow behind her.

   However, she is really good at archery.

   But the werewolf is even more agile!

  Ji Xun watched her bow-drawing action, only sneered in his gleaming eyes.

  The front action of drawing the bow is too obvious, and the trajectory of the conventional arrow is almost a straight line or a parabola in a plane.

   Bows and arrows that have lost their concealment are easier to predict than firearms.

  Ji Xun himself is an excellent shooter, watching the dark elf’s bowstring finger muscles relax for a moment.

  He also flashed swiftly.

  The black feathered arrows almost brushed against the scalp.

   Arrows are as fast as lightning.

   Very deadly indeed.

   This arrow is enough to kill most first-order spell card masters!

   But when the demon archer shot and killed the leader of the black wolf group, Ji Xun had a clear grasp of the parameters of the rate of fire.

   It looked thrilling, but in fact it was easily avoided.

  The arrow flew close to the scalp, but he didn’t want to waste too much effort to dodge too much.

  The dark elf was distracted and shot an arrow while moving, and the speed slowed down a lot.

  Ji Xun didn’t give her a chance to shoot the second arrow.

   It happened that the distance was not far away, so he seized the right moment and poured the accumulated mantra into his legs. The muscles in the legs swelled and exerted force, and the feet kicked off the ground. The speed suddenly increased several times, and the wolf’s body turned into a series of afterimages and rushed forward.

  【Brutal charge】!

  The dark elf was about to shoot the second arrow when Ji Xun hit him head-on.

   There was a “boom”, and a bone crack was faintly heard.

  The momentum of the werewolf body remained undiminished, and it knocked the dark elf against a big tree.

  The hard trunk “clicked” and sank deeply.

  The dark elf archer was not good at melee combat, so he was dizzy after being hit, and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

  The dark elf drew out his dagger and swished twice, trying to resist desperately.

  But Ji Xun’s incarnation of werewolves also avoided them sensitively, and then slapped him on the ground with one paw.

  Although his fighting skills were far behind the dark elf’s, his overwhelming physical attributes made the opponent unable to move at all.

  The wolf paw slapped it hard, and it grabbed five **** mouths directly on the neck, the neck bone was broken, and the blood gushed out.

   I added a few more claws.

   Died suddenly on the spot.

  Ji Xun watched the shooter’s magic power condense on the top corner of his head, so he gave up.

   “Kill the C-level disaster ‘Half-Blood Dark Elf Archer’, combat merit +300”

  Ji Xun looked at the corpse, his animalistic features slowly receded, and he turned back into a human form.

   There was also some disbelief in his eyes.

  I killed a C-level disaster so easily?

  Although it was no problem to calculate the data before, it is another matter to actually do it.

  If you haven’t advanced before.

   This monster kills itself with one arrow, and cannot escape.

   Now it was easily killed.

  Even for him, killing such a C-rank calamity shooter whose agility is completely suppressed is much easier than some D-rank troll.

   This feeling of being able to control powerful and extraordinary power makes Ji Xun feel very good.

  Looking at the corpse on the ground, I don’t know if this is the bloodthirsty characteristic of werewolf transformation, or what. The smell of blood rushed into his nostrils, giving him a feeling of hunger as if his soul was empty.

   “call”

   Ji Xun let out a slight breath.

   Then he took out the knife and took off the devil’s horn again.

  Military prizes of black iron quality and above all require devil horns, which can also increase the chances of drawing prizes. Naturally, the more of these things, the better.

  Devil horns cannot be put into storage rings, nor can they be contained.

   You can only pack it with a small belt and hang it on your body.

Looking at the second devil horn harvested in a short period of time, Ji Xun also felt a little bit emotional: “No wonder the enlightenment said that the final holder can increase the settlement reward, not the hunted winner. It turns out that the space also encourages intercepting and killing companions to obtain ?”

  Thinking of this, some strange thoughts seemed to emerge.

   When it comes to spawning monsters, especially high-level monsters, he can’t beat that elite army alone no matter what.

  Ji Xun didn’t think much about it, and pawed at the corpse.

  C-level calamity is considered an elite small boss among demons, so the equipment is naturally not bad.

   Another set of leather armor, a black iron dagger, a silver longbow, and six black iron arrows were harvested from the corpse.

  【Dark Wind Bow】

  Quality: Silver

  Detailed explanation: The devil’s bow that can condense the wind element, precision +3, wind element convergence +340%; with the entry “Spiral Breaking Demon”, it gives 10% special magic-breaking effect to the shot arrow;

   “It’s a good thing. It’s a pity that I can’t use it.”

  Ji Xun looked at the bow and arrow and muttered.

   This is much stronger than any special bullets for firearms.

  It’s a pity that I can’t shoot arrows.

   Enlightenment shows that these are all equipment that can bring out different-dimensional spaces.

  Although it is not suitable for personal use, it can also be sold for a good price in the auction house.

  The benefits of the war mode are indeed well-deserved.

  A piece of silver equipment came out as soon as it came.

  The corpses on the ground are still bleeding.

  Ji Xun also disposed of the stripped corpse, and then took the shelter card.

  He didn’t stay where he was, put on the relic cloak, and walked towards the beacon tower.

  Without the shackles of the team, Ji Xun traveled several times faster in the Jagged Forest alone.

  [The Hidden One] The unique light-absorbing invisibility characteristic of the cloak, even without using the shadow stealth ability, he is like a mass of flowing air, which is difficult for monsters to detect.

  The forest area is very large, and Ji Xun encountered some sporadic monsters like little devils along the way.

   The monster density per unit area is very low.

   But just like that, the more he felt puzzled: “It’s strange, how did those demons confirm the precise location of the hunter team before?”

  Before the ambush of thousands of demons, there were two disasters, this is definitely not accidental.

   Instead, the demon army seemed to have a clear grasp of the action plan of their human scouts, and then ambushed on the road.

   “Could it be those little bats?”

  Ji Xun guessed that there might be some special perception methods in the demon army.

   Along the way he saw some bats hanging upside down from the treetops.

   Camera-like red eyes are less noticeable.

   But once you notice, they’re everywhere.

   But it should be more than that.

  Ji Xun thought together and changed direction.

  He did not head towards the shortest straight path from Thunder Fortress to Beacon Tower 16, but circled around.

  He immediately noticed that the number of red-eyed bats had decreased significantly.

   That is to say, there are more bats on a particular line.

  Ji Xun immediately came to a very likely conclusion: “Someone in Thunder Fortress leaked information to the devil?”

   Ghost plot?

  Ji Xun was not too surprised.

  A real war is not simply a collision between soldiers of the two armies, but also various interludes, espionage battles, and infighting.

  He guessed that digging deeper along this clue might trigger a more difficult hidden plot.

  But for a while, I didn’t think where the train of thought was.

   Without thinking about it, he chose to go to the Beacon Tower first.

  About two hours later, Ji Xun arrived at the No. 16 Beacon Tower marked on the previous map.

  In the dense forest, Ji Xun looked at the stone building full of magic runes in the distance.

  When he looked at the layout of the beacon towers on the map, he found that the sixteen beacon towers seemed to be the corners of some kind of super large formation.

  It is said that after being ignited, it can dispel the dark power of the Jagged Forest, preventing demons from approaching the fortress.

   Obviously the devil also knows the importance of this beacon tower.

   There is a squad of Demon Legion stationed here.

   But they don’t seem to dare to approach the pyramid-like rune beacon tower.

   Just lying on the periphery, lying here and there, in groups of three or four, lazily, chatting.

  There is a big iron pot on the bonfire, which is stewed with human or other Warcraft broth, gurgling.

  Ji Xun observed in the dark and counted: “One D-level calamity troll, less than a hundred other demons.”

  Killable!

  The demon army is more like a mob than hunters, without any military discipline at all.

  Even the leader of the giant monster has thrown his stick aside at this moment, and is fast asleep.

   In Ji Xun’s eyes, these demons are all military exploits.

  Beacon tower can’t run, so he didn’t plan to light a bonfire first.

  As soon as Shadow Stealth was activated, his whole body merged into the darkness.

  Ji Xun ignored those little devils.

   Instead, he went straight to the side of the sleeping [Giant Demon].

   Until standing next to the monster’s head, the monster didn’t notice it at all.

   Having killed one before, he knew that this demon’s defense was amazing.

   Spread out your palms, and a scalpel appeared in your palms.

  With the relic in hand, Ji Xun suddenly became violent.

  He took the scalpel and stabbed it without hesitation, piercing the entire handle of the scalpel.

  But the head of the giant monster is very big, and the scalpel is completely pierced into it, which is less than one-third of the diameter of its head.

   This knife failed to kill the monster with a sneak attack.

  It screamed and woke up suddenly.

   This guy’s IQ is obviously not very high.

  It wanted to slap away the mosquito that hurt its eyes, so it slapped itself violently.

   There was a “slap” on the eye socket, and the flying knife pierced deeper.

  The giant demon screamed in pain even more.

  Ji Xun took the opportunity to get away and retreat.

  At the same time, the little demons around woke up, and rushed up one by one with weapons.

   Now that there is no one else, Ji Xun doesn’t have to worry about anything.

  The magic power poured into the limbs, the body swelled, and it suddenly became a werewolf!

  The agility attribute of the werewolf form completely crushed all the minions, and Ji Xun killed seven in and seven out of the monster group.

   “Kill the ‘little devil’, battle merit +1”

   “Kill the ‘big devil’, combat merit +9”

  「.”

  Inspiration keeps flashing.

  Ji Xun also tried, and the wolf claws could easily break through the [Giant Demon] rhinoceros-like defense.

   But the injury is too shallow, and has very little effect on that big guy.

  He didn’t continue wasting his energy.

  While constantly harvesting mobs, they also wander around the giant monsters.

  Because as long as the distance is close enough, he can control the throwing knife with mental power.

  Before “Greedy Mine” killed the A-level disaster, Ji Xun used his mental power to control the flying knife to kill monsters for the first time.

   Then it was as if he suddenly became enlightened, and he somehow mastered the essentials of controlling the knife with mind power.

  Although the mental power is still limited, the controllable distance of the throwing knife is very limited.

   But as long as it’s close enough, it’s perfectly fine.

  Within one meter, the sword is controlled by mind force, just like pinching a knife with two fingers.

  The strength is not strong enough, but it is enough to break the brain.

  Under the control of thought power, the scalpel crazily drilled into the monster’s brain nucleus.

  The giant demon had a splitting headache and waved the boulder stick around.

  However, before Ji Xun could avoid the mace in human form, it is easier now in werewolf form.

  The monster was beaten with sticks, not only did not hurt Ji Xun, but killed many of its minions.

  Ji Xun was also surprised to find that this kind of indirect killing of monsters was also part of his military exploits.

  Muran, the flying knife seemed to have pierced deep into the brain nucleus, and the giant demon stood on the spot as if struck by lightning, having already lost its vitality.

   There was a muffled “boom”, and the corpse kicked up dust on the ground.

   “Kill D-level Calamity Giant Demon, Combat Merit +100”

   A group of minions saw that the leader was dead, and they also dispersed and disappeared into the forest.

  Ji Xun didn’t pay attention to any minions.

  He took out his own scalpel from the monster’s head, and then cut off the third devil’s horn familiarly.

   Converged materials and corpses.

  Ji Xun then walked towards the beacon tower.

  Stepping up the steps engraved with countless runes, Ji Xun lit a fire in the oil basin at the top of the pyramid.

   In the blink of an eye, the runes of the entire beacon tower lit up, and a blue magic light that was completely different from the surrounding darkness spread rapidly.

  Like a lighthouse lit up in the dark, a large nearby forest was illuminated by blue light.

  The monsters hiding in the forest were also like mice that had seen the light, and they ran away in fright.

  Blue light covered Ji Xun’s body, and a halo status appeared on his panel: War enchantment, mana recovery +10%, physical recovery +5%, morale +5%, darkness resistance +5%.

  At this time, Enlightenment also appeared: “You have completed the D-level mission, lit the beacon tower, and your battle merit +800”

   Two hundred were missing, because there were still two people alive in the team before.

   But it’s not bad, it doubled in one go.

  Ji Xun watched his combat achievements soar to “1533”, and suddenly felt that the previous prizes exchanged for 100,000 military achievements were not so far away.

  Light a beacon tower, just a thousand points.

  Sixteen seats, isn’t it 16 thousand?

  Ji Xun seemed to have seen the high-level materials in the military catalog beckoning to him.

  With the current strength, except for the Lionheart family team, it is almost impossible for other teams to be able to ignite the Beacon Tower.

   Obviously, a few more can be ignited.

  Ji Xun suddenly moved his mind: “The distance between each beacon tower is only tens of kilometers, so it can be done!”

  He thought of this, and he didn’t bother about killing demons anymore, he wanted to get the battle achievements of the beacon tower.

  And if the Beacon Tower is guarded by a monster army, it can also take the opportunity to harvest a wave of extra combat exploits and devil horns.

  Currently it is D-level difficulty, theoretically there will be no particularly difficult disasters.

   I recalled the location of the nearest beacon tower in my mind.

  Ji Xun identified the direction, put on his cloak, and disappeared into the darkness again.

  (end of this chapter)