Dust Swamp
Xia Li didn't notice Collins' depressed expression at all. She checked the rewards and packed her backpack, and finally patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction.
"I'm leaving. See you later."
It’s better to say goodbye to your good friends seriously!
Then he disappeared in a flash.
Collins looked in the direction where she disappeared, his eyes full of grievance.
Ying, she knew that the flower petals Lillian gave her were for bonding, but she lied to him and said they were just ordinary souvenirs!
The more I think about it, the angrier I get.
He was the king of the demons, after all. How could he be fooled by a human girl?
No, from today on, he has to stand up and show off the face of the demon clan!
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the first-tier players had all reached level 40, and the long-awaited Herrant Arena was finally opened.
[Boss, are you free? Let's spar in the arena?]
Just after finishing her daily tasks, Xia Li received a message from Pipixia.
[Sure] she replied, as she also wanted to go in and practice some of the new skills she had learned.
[OK, see you at the arena entrance]
Three minutes later, Xia Li arrived at the main entrance of the Herrant Arena on time. The huge oval building, like a Colosseum, stood tall, exuding a natural majesty.
Xia Li found Pipixia in the crowd and greeted her with a smile, "What mode are you in?"
Competitive gameplay is divided into team mode and individual mode, and each mode is further divided into blood battle mode, exploration mode and free mode.
In Blood Battle mode, players have three chances to resurrect. After entering the arena, just focus on fighting to the death.
In exploration mode, players enter a specific map. Different maps have different exploration tasks. Players must also fight against the enemy while exploring. Whether they complete the exploration task or defeat the opponent, they can get corresponding points.
As for the free mode, it just gives you a small map and two people fight each other in it. Whoever falls first loses.
"Free Mode."
The mantis shrimp looked very confident and obviously came prepared.
Xia Li smiled slightly: "Okay."
After that, free mode was turned on.
The NPC at the door politely teleported them, and after a brief moment of dizziness, the two of them stood at the two ends of a small map.
It's a basin.
Xia Li quickly browsed the map, memorized a few key points, and rushed forward.
Pipixi is also an alchemist like her, so Xia Li can easily predict what the opponent's first move will most likely be.
After seeing the other party rushing towards her with great vigor and confidence, Xia Li suddenly stopped, leaned over and slid to the side.
Bang!
Mantis shrimp hid secretly behind her and originally planned to throw a potion at Xia Li to catch her off guard, but it missed the target.
"Haha, I knew you would hide!"
Having predicted Xia Li's move, Mantis Shrimp was not panicked at all. Instead, he laughed loudly and used his skill [Acid Mist] in the direction she was dodging.
[Acid Mist] is the plus version of the normal attack skill [Green Mist]. It can be obtained by taking related tasks from the professional mentor Morgan. Xia Li knows this advanced skill. The attack power is not bad, but it consumes a lot of mana.
While she was thinking, the acid mist had already enveloped her, causing her more than 500 points of damage and more than 100 points of additional damage.
"good."
Xia Li curled the corners of her mouth slightly and continued running forward.
Of course, the mantis shrimp would not miss this opportunity to take the initiative to attack. He drank the purple medicine, accelerated his feet and chased after it, while throwing poison gas and acid mist from behind.
The sounds of explosions and corrosion continued one after another. Pipixia stared at the damage panel, but suddenly found that all his skills missed.
It shouldn't be like this, he was secretly surprised. Even if there was a level difference, the hit rate shouldn't be this low, right?
I decided to go around from the side and cut off her escape route.
Just then.
Mantis suddenly felt his feet a little numb, and at the same time, the numbers -50 and -80 kept appearing on his head.
"Poisoned!" He reacted belatedly and looked down, only to find a shallow gelatinous trail left on the trail.
"Let me introduce you to [Poison Glue]." Xia Li arrived at the key point on the map she had previously set up, stopped, and turned around. "I'll leave a trail of poison along the path I take, dealing continuous damage to enemies along the way, with a slowing effect."
Ahhh, he was careless!
Pipixia regretted it too late. If he had known, he would not be so greedy for the sword. He hurriedly used skills to protect himself.
Unfortunately, Xia Li had already seen his actions.
Taking advantage of the terrain around the basin as cover, she launched a counterattack on the spot.
Poison gas attack! Poison potion throwing!
Potion throw! Poison gas attack!
The Alchemist's ranged skills have distance limits, but if you make good use of terrain bugs, you can sometimes use skills at long distances.
For example, in the current situation, she can shoot from this side's perspective, but not from the other side of the shrimp.
So after a series of bombings, someone quickly kicked his legs and lay dead.
[No! Try again! I made a mistake just now!]
After the system determined that Xia Li was the winner of the PK, Pipixia sent a message unwillingly.
Xia Li: [Great!]
The two entered the same map again.
This time, Pipixia learned his lesson and did not rush to chase her. He deliberately kept a distance and threw the group attack skill [Poison Bee] at Xia Li.
The poisonous bees attacked, but Xia Li did not move at all.
Pipixia couldn't figure out what path she would take this time, but considering the loss he suffered in the last round, he still didn't dare to take it lightly.
Suddenly, a shadow flashed before my eyes!
Then with a clang, a blue bottle hit him on the forehead!
[You are frozen by the potion, countdown 6, 5...]
The freezing debuff took effect, and before the shrimp could even cry out in pain, its body automatically stiffened like a board.
Mantis shrimp: I want to cry but I have no tears!
Then continue to copy the previous round of routines.
Poison gas attack! Poison potion throwing!
Potion throw! Poison gas attack!
The PK ended and he lost again.
[Big brother, please stop torturing me. Please show me a way out.]
After receiving Pipixia's tearful voice message, Xia Li smiled and typed: [Another skill, Chemical Rage, puts oneself into a berserk state, increasing agility by 200% and magic attack by 200%. The effect lasts for 5 seconds.]
This is also why she can kill the mantis shrimp in a very short time.
[Ahhh, boss, how come you've learned so many skills?! Why haven't I received any quests from Morgan?!]
Xia Li: [Show your presence in front of Morgan more often and run more errands for him. Once your favorability increases, everything will fall into place.]
Oh, that's easier said than done. God knows she almost ran her legs off in order to improve Morgan's favorability towards her!
One moment she gave Fakula roses, the next she asked the pharmacist Hitch to prepare perfume. Before she even had time to warm up, she was sent to ask about Booker's grades at the Perth School of Magic...
He really controls everything from heaven to earth and even the air.
She is tired.
It was also because of her tiredness that Collins' weight in her heart increased rapidly in a short period of time.
I really want to hug your thigh again, even just once.
Unable to bear the painful memories, Xia Li sighed and returned her thoughts to the present: [Is it still open?]
If she didn't, she would go to Collins to maintain her friendship (not).
Who knew that they would become more and more courageous after facing more setbacks?
[Open! Must open!]
Xia Li: [Okay, or free mode?]
To be honest, she is a little tired of it.
Mantis shrimp: [Exploration mode!]
He still didn't believe it. Could it be that he really couldn't win a single game?
So he plunged into the arena.
Ten minutes later, someone stumbled out again with a wandering look in his eyes.
Come again!
Xia Li: […OK]
This time it didn't even take 10 minutes, Xia Li clapped her hands and left the venue calmly.
Only the mantis shrimp was left, kneeling on the ground and howling to the sky.
My mentality collapsed, completely collapsed.
He originally thought that after changing his equipment and learning a few new skills, he could barely compete with the big guys, but in the end... Sorry, he was too naive, and he didn't know where he got the confidence to challenge the number one alchemist.
The shrimp, who had lost his dignity due to the blow, looked dejected, but in his heart he once again respected the person in front of him.
"Big Brother is indeed a big brother. I must learn from you more often in the future!"
Xia Li grinned, wanting to say no, the feeling of having no opponent was really boring, but considering that Pipi Xia's self-confidence was shattered to the ground, she thought about it, swallowed her words, and patted the other party on the shoulder.
"You...come on."
After leaving the arena, Xia Li opened the map and prepared to pick a few dungeons to take the new members of the guild to level up.
She looked around the map, and suddenly, her attention was drawn to a place name - Dust Swamp.
She remembered that after she was cleared of suspicion of killing Bruce, the official (actually the Eye in the Sky) gave her a compensation package that contained a map. There were three points marked on the map, two of which were the Ceylon Mountains and the Moonlight Forest, and the third was the Dust Swamp.
Xia Li found the special map that had been left in her backpack for a long time and unfolded it.
What's strange is that two of the three dots that were gray before are now lit.
The Ceylon Mountains lit up, and a miniature goblin icon appeared next to it; the Moonlight Forest also lit up, with a Q-version image of a rotten elite hanging next to the small text.
According to this rule, there should be some creatures unknown to ordinary people hidden in the Dust Swamp.
She did it right away. She had not gone before because her level was not high enough. This time her level was high enough, so if she could grab it, she would make a profit. She had to go and see the situation.
So he summoned the lava beast and rushed to his destination without stopping.
She had not learned the teleportation skill and could not teleport for the time being, so she could only use the most primitive method to travel.
Fortunately, the Lava Beast is large in size, fast in speed, and has good endurance, so running this distance is not a problem.
About two hours later, the refreshed map showed that she had arrived at the Dust Swamp.
The moist meadow stretched as far as the eye could see, and the smell of moldy grass wafted into my nose from time to time.
Xia Li turned over and stepped off the lava beast, put it back into the system, and then stepped onto the map.
Suddenly, she had just taken a few steps when the calm meadow in front of her began to surge with huge waves. A heavy low hum came from the bottom of the meadow, shaking the grass on all sides to fall out.
Xia Li prescribed a bottle of purple medicine for herself, pushed off the ground to speed up, then stepped on a stepping stone and imitated the action of Collins holding her (not) in the triple jump, leaping in a low-altitude arc.
When she reached the highest point of the jump, she lowered her head and looked down.
Beneath the churning swamp, she seemed to see a pair of golden eyes?
The eyes were at least as big as her head and moved with her movements in mid-air.
Xia Li immediately thought of a certain species in her mind - the dragon clan.
Only the dragons' eyes are golden.
Wow, she actually found a treasure!
In the blink of an eye, Xia Li was just about to blast the surface of the meadow to attract the dragon that was lurking underground, but the dragon suddenly broke out of the ground without anyone knowing how, and clawed at her face!
Xia Li hurriedly threw a blue potion over, temporarily freezing the huge black dragon claw, then suddenly accelerated forward and ran directly to the black dragon's abdomen, which was also its blind spot, and gave it a surprise poison gas attack!
However, the blood bar above the black dragon's head only fluctuated slightly.
It's another battle to hone your perseverance and endurance...
Xia Li sighed and quickly adjusted her running direction, always keeping herself below the black dragon to avoid being discovered.
Relying on this trick, she attacked repeatedly and reduced the black dragon's blood a lot.
It’s a pity that the black dragon is an intelligent monster. After sensing something unusual below, it flapped its wings and flew straight from the swamp into the sky.
She was alone and exposed.
Xia Li looked up: Oh wow.
The black dragon stared at her fiercely with its eyes, and its pointed mouth suddenly opened.
Very good, this is a sign of launching a big move.
She immediately accelerated her retreat, putting distance between herself and the black dragon.
Unexpectedly, the black dragon's breath volume was much larger than she had imagined. The dark brown dragon breath spread out in a fan shape, and wherever it covered, the green meadow was instantly poisoned and turned into dead grass.
If it sprayed on a person, the damage would be unimaginable. Xia Li was secretly shocked and was glad that she ran away quickly.
But the black dragon's breath almost pushed her to the edge of the map.
If she continued to retreat like this, she would probably be kicked out of combat mode. If she re-entered, she would have to start all over again...
Just thinking about it makes my liver ache.
Then all that's left is to force our way into the poisonous gas circle...
Xia Li looked at her fragile health bar and pouted. She didn't know how many seconds she could last.
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