Chapter 24

After drinking the purple acceleration potion and adding the 2% agility bonus from the Stone Beast suit, Xia Mo roamed in the wilderness faster than hunters and assassins.

The demon army couldn't catch up with her speed and could only chase after her with difficulty.

The duration of the intermediate acceleration purple medicine is 8 seconds.

Seizing this precious moment, Xia Mo unleashed every skill she had in a single go. Since she added 1 point to her Balance each time she leveled up, her critical hit rate was higher than others.

After several star shocks and star destructions, she actually launched three critical strikes in a row!

The second row of demons, whose defenses had been improved, all had their defenses broken by the continuous critical hits.

boom!

The last starquake struck, and the second row of demons was destroyed by her.

The acceleration potion also lost its effectiveness at this moment. The next time he could drink the potion, he had to wait until the 90-second freeze time was over. Xia Mo decided to change his tactics this time.

Pulling monsters is only suitable when the player is much faster than the monsters, so that the player can always take the dominant position and control the situation at any time. But now there is no speed potion, and she, a short-legged magician, is only one beat faster than a demon of the same magic system, so pulling monsters is risky.

Suddenly decided to turn into underground warfare.

There were many rocks in the wilderness. Using these rocks as a barrier, she released an attack and then jumped to another place. Every time, she stepped on the fireball that was about to be thrown on her head and barely avoided it.

Gradually, Xia Mo mastered the rhythm.

As she changed her location each time she attacked, the demons in the third row didn't even get close to her, and their health dropped to the bottom.

Swish——!

As the group attack skill Star Extinction was thrown out, all the demons in the third row fell to the ground.

In the fourth row, Xia Mo noticed that all the demons in this row had an extra shield in their hands.

The shield is used for blocking, which means that the defense of this row of demons is very high and more difficult to break than the previous rows.

Then we can only break through one by one.

Xia Mo changed her tactics again. She came out from behind a big rock, with another bottle of purple medicine for acceleration in her hand.

She gulped it down, and with the potion superimposed on the suit bonus, she felt her steps were as light as a dragonfly skimming the water.

When she was fighting in the tunnel before, she had been moving around in the rocky area. Now she had a very thorough understanding of the terrain here. After a serpentine movement, a demon chasing her suddenly got stuck and could not move.

Xia Mo raised his lips and smiled confidently.

She immediately turned around, jumped onto another stone not far away, and then landed on the ground.

The demons chasing her had no time to react and rushed straight into the crevice of the rocks. In a flash, two more demons were stuck.

With the help of stones of different sizes, Xia Mo successfully trapped half of the demons. As for the remaining half, she could just attack them directly. Now that their number had been halved, could she still not defeat them?

It took her half an hour to knock down the shield demons that were not stuck one by one, and finally she returned to the stone ground and began to mindlessly stand still and attack the stuck demons.

In less than a quarter of an hour, she dealt with the remaining demons.

The fifth and final row of demons attacked her.

Fireballs more violent than before came one after another, like meteorites falling from the sky, creating fire pits of varying sizes on the ground.

Xia Mo drank another bottle of purple medicine and turned on the acceleration mode.

She blasted out a group attack skill, a critical hit!

The blood levels of most demons dropped significantly, except for one.

Xia Mo narrowed his eyes and noticed that the appearance of that demon was a little different from the other demons. It was slightly taller and its equipment was more refined. And judging from its position with the other demons, it seemed to be the leader of this row.

To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader, and then blow up the leading demon!

While the acceleration time was still running, Xia Mo once again flexibly got into the stone ground.

She used the same method to trap the ordinary demons in the cracks of the rocks, leaving only a few that could not be stuck and the leading demon.

attack!

When the group attack skill Star Extinction is used, not only will it deal another critical hit, but the accompanying freezing effect will also take effect.

The ordinary demons and the leading demon were frozen. Xia Mo knew he had 8 seconds to destroy them! Normal attack, star shock, star shock, normal attack!

Under her continuous bombardment, all the ordinary demons fell to the ground.

Only the leading demon was still standing in front of Xia Mo, his skin so thick that Xia Mo almost sighed.

Knowing that this was a tug-of-war, Xia Mo jumped off the rock and prepared to return to his previous tactics of pulling the monster in circles.

The extra monsters had already been caught by her, and now she only had to catch one, so it didn't put much pressure on her.

After drinking a bottle of blue medicine, Xia Mo circled around, dodging, and attacking at the same time.

Another half an hour passed, and the leading demon's blood was finally exhausted by her.

At this time, Xia Mo's blue was almost gone, and there were still seven monsters on the stone ground that had not been eliminated. After thinking about it, Xia Mo decided to minimize his own losses in order to maximize the damage to the monsters.

Without drinking the blue medicine, she took a step forward and deliberately walked in front of several demons.

The demons were so angry that they threw fireballs at her.

Xia Mo didn't dodge and let himself be hit by the fireball.

-305!

-295!

-300!

…

Her blood dripped down.

However, when she fell to about one-fifth of the way, her eyes flashed and she jumped away nimbly, instantly widening the distance between her and the demon.

She glanced at the blue bar. Well, [Star Shift] had successfully converted 200 MP for her. With the remaining 100 points, she could release 7 Starquakes or 5 Star Extinctions.

Obviously, in this case, the effectiveness of group attack skills is far greater than that of single-target skills.

Xia Mo threw out Star Destroyer without hesitation.

The health of the seven demons dropped simultaneously.

He just outputs without thinking, and when the fifth Star Destruction is released, a critical hit takes the lives of all the demons.

The next moment, the scene in front of him changed, the vast wilderness disappeared, and Xia Mo returned to the familiar Nordland Forest.

"Young human, I never thought you could defeat the demon army. I admire your courage and wisdom. You deserve my guidance."

As the female elf spoke, she stretched out her white finger and tapped Xia Mo's forehead.

A clear stream like spring water flowed through her veins and throughout her body.

[Congratulations, you have received the blessing of the Elf Queen Aphra: Permanent Constitution +0.05]

[Successfully defeated the Demon Legion, EXP +5500, Silver +220]

[Obtain the Talent Scroll [Physical Fitness] dropped by the Demon Legion]

[Obtain the shoulder guards [Life Shoulder Guards] dropped by the Demon Legion]

Looking at the series of rewards, Xia Mo was stunned.

She knew she would definitely receive a bonus to her [Physique], but she never imagined that the exquisitely-looking female elf before her would be the legendary Elf Queen?!

Shouldn't we have a good conversation to improve our relationship with the elves? If we need the elves' help in the future, we can ask for it.

However, before Xia Mo could speak, he blinked again.

The Elf Queen had disappeared from her sight at some point, and the quiet Nordland Forest was left with only the breeze blowing. Where was the shadow of the Elf Queen?

Xia Mo sighed with some regret, and then she turned her attention back to other rewards.

Defeating the demon army netted her a full 5,500 experience points, nearly equivalent to spawning two mutated stone beasts! The silver coin reward was also quite generous: 220 silver coins, enough to buy several bowls of Ashaya's dessert (bushi).

Of course, these material rewards are just superficial. What makes Xia Mo most excited is that she actually got another talent scroll!

You know, she just found one at the bottom of the Ritor Canyon in the morning. As soon as she finished learning it, the Demon Legion sent her another one!

Xia Mo took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the boiling in his blood, and clicked on the scroll.

[Physical Fitness: Increases your physical defense (current level: Level 1) (Level 1: Permanently increases physical defense by 2%)]

Defense! The favorite thing of the crispy star officer!

It’s a pity that she only has the scroll but no talent points.

In order to activate this physical fitness skill, it must be completed by talent points, just like she activated [Cooling Compression]. The scroll and talent points must be combined into one for the character to learn it.

But Xia Mo is already very satisfied. She is only level 11 now, and the progress of obtaining talent scrolls is much faster than before. She was not so anxious in her previous life. In this life, she has the game plot in her hands. Is she still worried about not being able to find other talent balls?

After temporarily putting the talent scroll into his backpack, Xia Mo then checked the dropped equipment.

Name: Life Shoulderpads

Quality: First-grade silver

Durability: 100

General attributes: Health +23, Magic +10, Strength +13, Physical Defense +15

Special attribute: Demon resurrection [passive skill, 15% chance to resurrect the character at the same place after death, and the health after resurrection is 20% of the total health]

The regular properties of this shoulder pad are actually more in line with physical professions. For example, the added 12 points of strength will be very useful for warriors, assassins, and hunters, but it is a waste to use it on magic professions such as star officers.

However, it comes with a special attribute that makes Xia Mo particularly excited - resurrection!

Although the chance is only 15%, it also improves her survival rate to a certain extent, especially when the priest or warlock in the team does not have time to heal herself, she can come back to life with this skill.

Xia Mo put on the shoulder pads without hesitation and was very excited about this trip to the Nordland Forest.

Now, all she had left to do was Brett's forging mission and Quinn's sparring mission.

I glanced at the current time and it was already sunset.

He could also collect the materials required for the forging task. Thinking of this, Xia Mo rode on the little black horse and headed towards the target map without stopping.

Long-distance horse riding is quite boring. Xia Mo wanted to check out the channels and forums, but in a blink of an eye, she found that her friend icon was flashing.

[Player "Sisi Yuyu" wants to add you as a friend. Do you agree? ]

[Player "Sisi Yuyu" wants to add you as a friend. Do you agree? ]

…

Xia Mo's eyes turned cold. She raised her hand, clicked [No] on all the responses, and then blocked everyone.

Suddenly, a line of white text popped up and floated in front of her eyes in the form of a floating box.

[Player "Lingyun Huangtian" invites you to join the guild [Absolute Dynasty], do you agree? ]

First, Xiaoyu frantically applied to add her as a friend, and then the president of Absolute Dynasty invited her to join. Xia Mo himself didn't believe that there was no connection between the two.

Without hesitation, she declined the invitation.

She was reborn not to cause trouble for herself, but to make those who wronged her in the past pay for it one by one.

*

The news of her refusal to join the guild was instantly transmitted back to him. Lingyun Huangtian frowned and asked with suppressed anger, "Why did she refuse?"

A flash of panic crossed Xu Xiaobei's face, but then he revealed an expression of surprise and suspicion: "Ah? She refused? Wait, let me go ask."

As he said that, he pulled Xiaoyu and Yao He and hurried out of the temporary guild headquarters.

"How could this happen? Xia Mo refused to join the club? What's going on? Does she want to be a lone wolf?" Xu Xiaobei asked the two of them in annoyance and anxiety.

Xiaoyu looked a little embarrassed: "I just received a reply from her rejecting the friend request..."

"What?! Is she sick?" Xu Xiaobei's eyes widened, looking at Xiaoyu in disbelief. "I'm doing this for her own good. She's already level 10, and she hasn't even joined a guild. I finally managed to contact Absolute Dynasty, but she doesn't even appreciate it!"

Yao He suddenly coughed twice: "Ahem, Xia Mo is already level 11..."

Xu Xiaobei's face stiffened, and then he tried to save face: "Whatever, I don't care what level she is. Anyway, she really went too far."

"Then how are we going to tell Lingyun Huangtian?" Xiaoyu looked at her and Yao He worriedly. "If we tell the truth, we'll definitely be kicked out."

Xiaoyu knew very well what the combat power level of the three of them was. It was impossible for them to join a particularly good guild, but if they joined a worse one, they were unwilling to lower their heads and felt it would be embarrassing.

After much deliberation, I finally chose Absolute Dynasty.

Even though Absolute Dynasty was established not long ago, it has already attracted more than 30 players so far. Moreover, just before they contacted Xia Mo, the town channel just happened to report that their guild had refreshed the record for the fastest clearance of the level 5 dungeon and currently ranked first on the speed pass list.

With this record in front of them, Xiaoyu and the others thought that this was a guild worth joining.

But now, they are about to be kicked out of the guild for lying. If this gets out, they won’t know how embarrassing it will be!

After thinking about it, Xiaoyu felt more and more that she couldn't tell the truth. She turned her mind and suddenly raised her eyes: "How about this, let's just say that we have broken up with Xia Mo. Anyway, judging from her current attitude towards us, she doesn't regard us as friends."

"Ah? But I'll get kicked if I say that." Xu Xiaobei blinked in confusion.

Xiaoyu looked at her and suddenly smiled. "You don't understand. When we described Xia Mo to Lingyun Huangtian, we tried our best to discredit him, saying things like he didn't bring us into the game, he snatched monsters from us in the wild, and he even beat up our friends for his own selfish interests. In the end, he blocked us... Do you think Lingyun Huangtian would dare to accept a player with this kind of character?"

If it is taken, it will be a potential minefield that will disturb the peace of the guild. Who wants to be the scapegoat?

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Xiaobei's mouth opened wide: "Oh my god! You are still the best, Xiaoyu! You are worthy of being the military advisor of our class!"

Xu Xiaobei was overjoyed, but Yao He still felt something was wrong: "But Xiaoyu, what we said only dispelled Lingyun Huangtian's idea of ​​not wanting Xia Mo, but the combat power of the three of us still doesn't meet the standard, right?"

A basin of cold water poured down on him, and Xu Xiaobei suddenly realized: "That's right, our own problems are still not solved?"

At this moment, Xiaoyu smiled mysteriously again: "This is easy. I just thought about it, and I think we can still meet Lingyun Huangtian's first requirement."

"How to achieve it?!" Xu Xiaobei asked impatiently.

Xiaoyu looked at her and smiled faintly: "Transfer all the money we have to Yao He, and ask him to buy the best equipment from the forge and tailor shop."

"Yao He's the closest to 100 combat power among the three of us. As long as he gets good equipment, he'll definitely meet the standard. No, not only meet it, but with the equipment, I estimate his final combat power can reach around 200. When the time comes, if we divide his extra 100 between the two of us, won't the average be over 100?"

Before, they all used their own money, so naturally they couldn't afford to buy good equipment. But if they combined their money, buying a few good equipment would not be a problem.

"I suddenly seem to understand what the teacher meant when he said in class, 'Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang.'" Xu Xiaobei said as he laughed.

Xiaoyu patted her on the back and scolded her with a smile, "What do you mean by idiot? We are not good at this. The three of us are just not used to the rules of the holographic game yet. We are just a little behind the others. Once we get used to it, we will definitely catch up!"

"That's it, you two transfer the money to me, and I'll go back to the town to buy equipment. As for Lingyun Huangtian, I'll have to trouble you, Xiaoyu." Yao He said solemnly.

Xiaoyu nodded: "Leave it to me, I'll go and talk to you."

*

After rejecting Xiaoyu and Lingyun Huangtian’s invitations, Xia Mo closed the panel and continued moving forward.

During the period, she passed by several level 12-18 maps and decided to stop and kill some monsters.

Originally, she hadn't planned to kill monsters to level up. After all, she was already at level 11 and at the top of the level list. But after the battle with the demon army, her blue bar was almost gone and her red bar was only half left. It was too dangerous to drag such a fragile body around.

So I decided to kill a few more and upgrade them to level 12 in one go, so that I wouldn't waste red and blue medicines.

After releasing Jingjing, the man and the beast cooperated with each other in a particularly tacit understanding.

After brushing for almost 2 hours, Xia Mo received another upgrade reminder.

Now that his health and mana bars were full, Xia Mo felt relieved and continued on his way.

Not long after he ran, the friend icon in the lower left corner flashed again. Xia Mo was speechless and thought about blocking Xu Xiaobei and Yao He together. As a result, when he opened the background, he saw that it was not them who sent the friend request, but Fenghuo Xi Zhuhou.

The player who listened to her and changed his career to become a miner.

Xia Mo accepted the friend request: [What's up? ]

Fenghuo Xi Zhuhou: Ahhh, boss, you passed! Boss, help me! I was mining in the Liki Hills and was doing fine when suddenly a few people showed up and beat me up. Ugh, they stole all the ore I just mined and all the new gear I just bought!!!

Robbery? Xia Mo raised his eyebrows: [Where are you now? Have you resurrected and returned to the town?]

Feng Huo Xi Zhu Hou: No wow! I just don't dare! As soon as I revive, they come to kill me again! I've been lying on the ground for over half an hour, sob ...

Not only did they rob, they also guarded the corpse.

Xia Mo roughly understood the situation. She looked at the distance to Liji Hills and said, "Okay, wait for me. I'll be there in 15 minutes."

Opposite: [Wow, thanks, big guy! ]

Xia Mo almost forgot the rules of resurrection. Once the first player walked out of the town, the player would not be able to resurrect back to the town after death, but could only resurrect on the spot.

Resurrecting on the spot means that as long as there are enemies nearby, there is a risk of continued assassination.

The beacon fire is now encountered.

In order to avoid this situation, the game later released an item called [Resurrection Stone], which is specially prepared for players who are lying dead. As long as the stone is rubbed, the player will be resurrected and return to the bound city.

At this stage, the player definitely does not have a resurrection stone, and as soon as Fenghuo comes together, he will be beaten immediately.

Although he didn't have much interaction with Fenghuo, when he thought about her being the miner he had specifically chosen to train, he suddenly felt like a young cabbage that had not yet grown up being trampled on by others.

accurate.

Then she kicked the horse's belly and rushed towards the Liki Hills.