Chapter 208: Using That Trick Again
Amber Xiu considered himself to be knowledgeable, but he had never seen such a scene before.
Pieces of land of different sizes are suspended everywhere, including mountains, lakes, volcanoes, caves, and even broken and ruined cities.
The directions of these suspended land masses are different, many are upside down, and some are slowly rotating. But the creatures living on these land masses don't seem to feel anything, just like ordinary people standing on the surface of a planet can't feel the planet's rotation.
These separated plots are not completely separated. Occasionally, you can see two plots that are close to each other, and the creatures inside start shooting at each other. Most of them are just throwing various objects directly, and it is unknown whether they are fighting or doing cross-platform transactions.
Could this strange world be the kingdom of the god of mischief, Neil Skjak?
Catherine was also surprised. Such a magical world had never been recorded in the ancient books of the elves.
Amber was about to fly towards another plot of land, but he found that after flying a few hundred meters high, he was pulled by a strange force and could no longer fly.
The same went for Catherine. The two of them cast spells together but were unable to break through this invisible barrier.
Amber Xiu pondered and said: "It seems that each of these plots of land is a small world."
"What should we do now?" Catherine asked anxiously.
If they can't leave here, even if Naomi wakes up and lets them return to normal time, they will probably only stay in this space instead of returning to the underground ruins.
Katherine didn't want to live here all her life with those disgusting slaads.
Amberxiu, on the other hand, was not in a hurry. His return this time was already arranged by the goddess of fate. He believed that she would not spend so much effort just to trap him, an immortal, here to talk about life with Slachan.
There must be a way out, it just depends on how you find it.
Amber was very calm, so he quickly found a direction.
Amber said to Catherine: "The fusion of the two worlds just now was probably not an accident, but perhaps man-made. If someone can really control these broken spaces to connect with our world, then we can use this method to go back."
Catherine felt that what Amber said made sense. She was too panicky and was not a qualified adventurer.
"But, are there really people in this swamp?" Catherine asked.
"Of course not humans. No other intelligent creatures can survive where slaadi are. Don't think those toads are brainless. Only red slaadi have low IQs. Slaadi of other colors are not much worse than ordinary people. If we are unlucky and encounter black ones... I'm afraid we won't even be able to run away."
Slaad have a very specific evolutionary and reproductive ecology.
The most basic red Slaadi eggs grow from different hosts and will produce blue Slaadi and green Slaadi. The blue ones are powerful warriors with a pair of claws that are stronger and sharper than ordinary weapons, while the green Slaadi are hatched from the corpse of a spellcaster and are qualified spellcasters.
Then the Blue Slaad can also spread the Chaos Virus through its hooked claws, allowing other living creatures to directly transform into Slaads, and also into Red Slaads or Green Slaads depending on their individual characteristics.
It sounds complicated, but the above three types are just miscellaneous soldiers among Slaad.
The really amazing thing is the evolution of the Green Slaad. This kind of Slaad that is hatched by the caster has extremely high intelligence. When one day they comprehend a certain secret method, they will evolve into the Gray Slaad. At this color, they are already at the threshold of Legend, and those who are lucky can even be promoted directly to Legend.
But this is not the end of Slaad's evolution, it is just the intermediate stage.
Above the Gray Slaadi are the Death Slaadi, White Slaadi, and Black Slaadi.
The black Slaad is the Slaad Lord. There is one word that can summarize its power - quasi-divine power.
What is quasi-divine power? The lords of any level of hell have quasi-divine power, and are at a level that can become enemies of the true God.
That's why Amberxiu said that if they met the Sla Black Toad, the two of them combined would not be a match.
But he shouldn't be so unlucky. How could a Slaad Lord be exiled to this broken world?
Amber took Catherine back to the swamp, and this time they were surrounded by a large group of slaads. Most of them were red, with a few blue warrior slaads occasionally. Among the dozen slaads, only one green slaad stared at the two of them, constantly moving its throat and making a gurgling sound.
Umbert raised his hands and said to the green slaad, "Don't get me wrong, we just happened to pass by. Can we talk to your lord?"
The green-skinned Slaad was intelligent enough to understand what Ambersh meant, but the Slaad had no intention of negotiating. Instead, it waved its staff and condensed a fireball the size of a human head.
Amber stretched out his hand helplessly, and a red magical light flashed, accurately hitting the Slaad and interrupting his spell.
Counterspell is the most common means of countering magic, but it can only bully the weak. In the hands of spellcasters of the same level, the effect of counterspell is almost non-existent.
When the Legend bullies the Green-skinned Slaad, it's really a crushing defeat.
The green-skinned Slaad's spell was interrupted and he almost couldn't catch his breath. The other Slaads were not idle either, and they rushed towards Amberhu and Catherine from all directions.
Amber was well prepared. He ejected a pair of magic-breaking blades and became invincible among the group of Slaads.
Catherine also learned her lesson. This disgusting thing couldn't engage in close combat with them, so she used her flying skills to fly into the air, shooting light arrows like rain in the sky.
If an elven queen bends her bow and shoots arrows with all her strength, the damage effect will not be much worse than that of a wizard.
Amber's Demon-Breaking Blade had only killed three Slaads when the remaining soldiers were nailed to the ground by Catherine.
Barely ten seconds into the fight, the green slaad was the only one left alive.
Amber walked up to the fat green toad, cut off his staff with a knife, then put the tip of the knife against his throat and said, "Can we talk now?"
The green-skinned slaad gave a terrified grunt, and then said in an unpleasant voice, "What do you want with our lord?"
Amber Xiu smiled and said, "This is not something you should know. Either you lead the way for us, or I kill you now. It's your choice."
The green-skinned Slaad said disdainfully: "You are just a piece of rotten iron. Let me talk to your master!"
Amber: ...
With a "whoosh", the Demon-Breaking Blade pierced into the green-skinned toad's throat and cut off half of his head.
Amber reached out and grabbed his scattered soul, then he skillfully unraveled it and began to examine the memories of this Slaad.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
If this slaad was smarter and understood who was in charge, it wouldn't have died so easily. Amber didn't want to make a deal with such a fool, it would only waste time.
Not many memories were read from the soul. Although this Slaad had the IQ of a normal human, this swamp was too desolate, so the daily life of the Slaad was to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate, then reproduce, and then eat, drink, defecate, and urinate again.
There was no constructive behavior and no special development.
But Umbert found the answer he was looking for: the slaadi lord of the swamp was a grayskin, not the more powerful death toad, white toad, or black toad.
According to the memories he read, this Sla Gray Toad didn't have any particularly powerful abilities. Even if he was a legendary, Amberxiu estimated that he could still suppress the opponent.
Moreover, Slaad can indeed control the spatial connection. Although it is unstable, Slaad will open this connection every time it needs to reproduce and find a new host by invading other worlds.
Now that you have found your target, don't be polite.
Ambersu gave himself and Catherine a real illusion of Leila, and transformed them into two Slaads, one red and one blue, and moved towards the depths of the swamp.
Lyra's True Illusion can perfectly mimic the appearance of a slaadi, making it less likely for the slaadi to attack her while walking through the swamp.
However, Amber underestimated these Slaads.
It's not that the illusion is imperfect, but that there are very strict class restrictions among the Slaad. When the two of them wanted to get closer to the depths of the swamp, a group of Slaads immediately ran out, making strange noises and trying to drive them out.
These Slaads seem to still retain the lifestyle of wild beasts. Only Slaads of high status can approach the core area, and the others can only stay on the periphery.
"What should we do now? Can we turn into a green-skinned Slaad?" Catherine asked.
Amber shook his head and said, "No, we have only seen one Slaadi green toad."
"What do you mean? Can't you just make some minor adjustments to your illusion?" Catherine said.
Amber explained: "You still regard the Slaad as a weak-minded beast. Think about it, if these Slaad are Lion people, I can turn into a Silver Moon Knight, but if I just adjust the Silver Moon Knight's facial features and put them on you, how will the Lion people feel?"
"This..." Catherine seemed to realize the problem.
Umbert continued, "Every bump on a slaad's body is its characteristic. To us, these toads all look the same, but in the eyes of the slaad, each slaad is unique. Any minor adjustments will only be discovered by them."
"What should we do now? Should we just charge in?" Catherine said anxiously.
Amber said, "No need. I can use an illusion to make you invisible. I will turn into a Slaad and walk in. You just need to follow me."
Catherine: …
"Then why not just go in invisible from the beginning?" Catherine asked.
Amber explained, "Because I want to practice Slaad's moves. Are you planning to charge in directly, capture the Slaad Lord and force him to open the space channel? What if he doesn't agree? Can you kill him? Soul memory reading is not 100% reliable. What if his soul ascends to the kingdom of Slaad? Slaad should also have a kingdom of gods, it seems... Anyway, I plan to learn his method of controlling the space connection instead of going up and taking action directly."
Catherine reacted immediately and said excitedly: "You are going to use that trick again?!"
Amber Xiu asked curiously: "Which move are you talking about?"
Catherine said: "It's just a transformation scam. Every time you transform into another race, you either kidnap a princess or swindle tens of millions. This time, are you trying to kidnap a Slaad princess to work for you?!"
(End of this chapter)