Chapter 711 The mid-term map is of course torturous
A temple that is much larger than other buildings and full of solemnity is located in the deepest part of the city.
The sky of the Eternal City is covered with stars. No matter where you go, you can see the sky full of bright stars when you look up.
But in the area around the temple, the light of the stars dimmed.
It is more like the closer you get to the temple, the dimmer the starlight becomes. In the end, there is no starlight at all around the temple.
Only the endless and dead darkness remained.
That place looked like the Demon King's Castle that the heroes would challenge in the end.
Just one look is enough to make people feel the oppression contained in it. Leon would not be surprised if something jumped out from the closed door.
He jumped out from an inconspicuous flaw in the mountain, and as a result, he saw a scene he had never seen before.
This is one of the commonly used map design methods in the Sen Dungeon, which adds more positive feedback to people's exploration.
Even though he has encountered such scene designs many times, such as Irithyll emerging from the cave and overlooking the Frost Valley after defeating Overlord Wolnir, every time he encounters such a map, Leon is always generous with his praise.
"Beautiful! Sean!"
But the only thing that is not so beautiful about this place is——
With his current jumping trajectory, he will fall directly into the bottomless abyss when he falls.
The upside-down building next to him where he could stay was more than two or three arms' length away from him!
Leon instantly woke up from the scenery and immediately pulled back the hook rope that he had thrown to the edge of the cliff and threw it back towards the building over there.
He can do it. With his current strength and reaction speed, he can do this!
“Whoosh—”
The sound of breaking air suddenly exploded from behind.
Leon subconsciously dodged to the side, but the next moment he felt a piercing pain in his shoulder and hot blood suddenly spurted out.
No, he failed to dodge it, and the Su Ling arrow hit his shoulder!
The pain caused by this injury could still be endured at that time, but the people of the ancestral spirits were all extremely powerful barbarians. The impact force contained in this arrow directly pulled his body forward!
Although the hook was successfully pulled up, it was shot off by the flying arrows, leaving only a piece of thick rope remaining in Leon's hand.
There is a bottomless abyss under his feet and a rope without a hook in his hand. No matter how strong he is and how rich his combat experience is, this situation can only be solved by him growing a pair of wings in an instant.
Unfortunately, Leon is not a species with wings like the demon gargoyle or angel.
So.
He turned in the air and raised his middle finger towards the group of ancestral spirits who had chased him to the edge of the cliff and were shooting arrows at him.
“Damn it!”
With a roar full of unwillingness, Leon killed Robert.
"hiss"
After an unknown amount of time, he woke up again, and next to him was the blessing at the corner of the bridge.
Yes, it was the blessing that he failed to touch because of the sudden invasion of the shadow of disaster.
The Sen Dungeon was merciful for once. Although it was invaded by the Shadow of Disaster, it was finally determined that Leon had touched the blessing here, allowing him to revive in a closer place.
Otherwise, it would be another long and extremely boring marathon, and there would be no high-quality monsters along the way.
The lack of high-quality monsters that can torture people is the ultimate reason why the Sen Dungeon has become more merciful this time. If it were in the Farran Fortress, you don’t think he would be so lenient.
"I didn't expect that he would be revived here. Sean really is—hiss, my head hurts."
Before he could finish his sentence, Leon covered his forehead and groaned in pain.
It has been a long time since he felt such a piercing pain. He had revived too many times in the Sion Dungeon today. Since he gradually began to figure out the routine of the Sion Dungeon, he had never had a headache like today.
"Or maybe it's because I fell too many times when I jumped down from the huge pit to explore the way out."
After taking a bottle of painkiller, Leon stood up unsteadily.
Looking around, the ancestral spirits who had been chasing them here and the summoned spiritual beasts had long since disappeared, leaving only footprints all over the ground. The trees and grass were all trampled into a mess. It could be said that it was a real mess.
"Where did everyone go?"
Leon waited there for a while, but no one else showed up. Instead, two or three ancestors came running over to attack him.
He was worried about having no place to vent his anger, so he naturally used all his strength from the beginning and dealt with all the enemies. When the battle was over, he didn't see anyone coming back, so he simply took a step and walked into the forest.
Looking at the direction he was heading, it was exactly the direction he was running in when the animals were chasing him.
Leon decided to go back to the area full of buildings and take another look at it. It would also be possible to explore it himself.
The forest is a dangerous place, where the ancestors and strange animals may be lurking everywhere.
For example, there are a group of goats that are several times stronger than the rampaging Tel. They roll together like a dump truck and can send a person flying dozens of meters in an instant. There are many similar strange but powerful animals, and they all obey the command of the ancestral people who blow the horn.
“Swoosh—”
The cold arrows shot from behind, and he dodged them all with a leap of his feet, as his nerves had been tense for a long time. When he turned around to attack, he saw the archers running towards him with stone axes drawn.
The dynamic strength of these ancestral people is comparable to that of Japar, which means that their numerical strength has been enhanced to almost full capacity.
But unfortunately, their attacking moves were rather simple, and they were not very powerful opponents. Leon relied on the exquisite control of his backhand sword while dodging, and killed all of these ancestral spirits in a short time.
Originally, adventurers' physical fitness was not at an advantage against the monsters in the Sen Dungeon most of the time, so almost all adventurers would practice their physical skills, and in battles with monsters they would either remain unscathed or be killed by one or two sword strikes.
Leon, who grew up in such an environment, is naturally as difficult to catch as a slippery loach.
He looted the Soul Arrows that appeared as spots of light from the bodies of the dead ancestors.
"I think Stellan and her group of elves will like this thing."
【We were invaded by the shadow of disaster!!!】
Before he could put the Suling Arrow into his pocket, a vicious reminder came over.
"Um?"
This time Leon learned his lesson and pounced forward the moment the prompt appeared.
"Bang!"
Just as he lay down, the sound of cold air exploding came from behind him where he had been standing.
"How dare you come to me, you bastard!"
This time, Leon really found a window to vent his anger. He instantly pulled out the Kalia Knight Sword on his back, and turned around and slashed at the shadow of disaster with the azure [Kalia Greatsword].
That red spirit was the real Shadow of Disaster. He jumped to avoid the swing of Kalia's sword and was about to raise the royal sword to launch a new attack on Leon, and at this moment.
Leon suddenly canceled the Kalia Greatsword magic, and instantly activated a new Kalia Greatsword. Almost in the blink of an eye, the giant blade slammed the jumping Disaster Shadow to the ground!
Release new magic to cancel the afterswing caused by the previous magic!
This is the combat skill he learned from years of using the ring-taking technique!
It sounds simple, but it can only be done with the right magic, and he has done a lot of training for this.
"This time I want to avenge my previous shame!"
Holding the Knight Sword of Kalia in both hands, Leon rushed forward and tried to stop the Shadow of Disaster from getting up, but the latter quickly adjusted his posture with a backflip, swung the Royal Greatsword and fought with him.
The battle at the scene was extremely fierce, and all the flowers, plants, and trees that were swept into it were destroyed by the wind pressure from the collision of swords and knives.
This battle actually looks somewhat evenly matched?
Under the enemy's violent attack, Leon tried his best to defend himself. Even at such a critical moment, he was still hiding, secretly charging up his weapon, intending to kill the Disaster Shadow by surprise with a powerful combat skill.
As expected of Japar's apprentice, the strategies adopted by the master and apprentice are exactly the same.
The charging is over, it's time to end this battle!
A faint smile appeared on Leon's lips, and a faint light bloomed on the sword of the Knight of Kalia——
"boom!"
At this moment, the shadow of disaster suddenly roared towards the ground. The roar exploded instantly when it touched the ground, and the shock wave rushed in all directions. Leon had to raise his sword to block it.
And what about the enemy? The Calamity Shadow, taking advantage of the impact, leaped back dozens of meters, performing a surprising move.
Turn around and run!
“#!”
Seeing this scene, veins in the shape of a "well" popped up on Leon's forehead.
"Hey! Stop running! Get back here!"
But how could pale words stop the shadow of disaster who was determined to escape? After a few jumps, the shadow disappeared in the forest, and it was too late for Leon, who had blocked the shock wave, to chase him.
A wolf howled in the forest, and the bushes rustled suddenly. Several people from the ancestors came out to check the situation. When they saw Leon, they blew the horn and all kinds of small animals ran out.
"hateful!"
Seeing that there were not many small animals, Leon thought for a moment and rushed forward with his sword to start fighting.
After the battle just now, he was completely sure that the disaster shadow just now was definitely not Blaze. Apart from their appearance, the two had no relationship.
Because just based on Blaze's performance in the battle festival, his opponent definitely cannot be the type of person who would run away in the middle of a fight!
No matter how powerful the Shadow of Disaster is, or how good it is at using cold energy, it will never become the real Blaze.
But then again, in reality, Calamity Shadow doesn't use cold air, he just swings his giant sword and chops around. The [Wolf Attack] combat skill and the use of cold air on his royal giant sword were specially added by Gong Qiying in order to be closer to Blaze's characteristics and to provide a slight enhancement.
Although the ancestral people in the forest are not everywhere, the distance between them is not far.
At least when you hear the sound of your companions fighting, you will definitely be able to run over to support them.
Leon braved the attack of hidden arrows and killed all the driven animals present, but when he looked back, he saw the new ancestral people appearing in a glamorous manner, and each of them pointed their bows and arrows at him.
Tactical retreat, running away at this time is neither shameful nor useless.
But at this moment, the sound of heavy iron blocks splitting the strong wind came from above, and Leon subconsciously dodged sideways.
"boom!"
The cold air of the explosion exploded beside him, but fortunately he tore off a magic shield scroll in time and successfully blocked it.
Sure enough, it was the Shadow of Disaster who attacked him.
"You have no moral integrity!"
Comparing the character of Calamity Shadow and Blaze, Leon wanted to cut this guy into pieces even more.
"Are you planning on cooperating with the monsters? Come on, I'm a veteran of countless battles and I'm not afraid of you!"
At this time, Leon did not realize that he was caught in a long and torturous tug-of-war.
If we had decisively chosen to retreat when we encountered the people of the ancestors just now, the situation would never have turned out like this.
At the same time, we were also in the forest.
【We were invaded by the shadow of disaster!!!】
“Meowaaaaaa!?”
Malu jumped up and down in the woods, with several overly long spirit arrows stuck in her back, and the howling shadow of disaster was chasing her relentlessly.
"Why is this guy chasing me?!"
The most important point is not why the shadow of disaster is chasing her.
But this bastard would disappear every time he chased her to a place where monsters gathered, and would only appear again when she had exhausted all her efforts and finally got rid of all the monsters!
Unfortunately, Malu is not very good at head-on combat, and it is difficult for her to fight the Disaster Shadow head-on. She can only be chased and fight other monsters.
"Why is this guy so mean!"
Or at the same time, in another part of the forest.
【We were invaded by the shadow of disaster!!!】
Drew instantly opened a magic shield on the spot, and almost at the same time the magic shield was opened, a scarlet giant sword wrapped in cold air chopped down.
"boom!"
A huge collision sound was heard, and the magic shield was immediately full of cracks because of this slash. Drew had to quickly consume his magic power to rebuild the shield.
When he put out the new shield, the shadow of disaster came out again and chopped the shield into pieces with a sword, not completely breaking it.
The man and the wolf attacked back and forth in a very rhythmic manner.
"This damn guy"
Drew gritted his teeth and looked at Tel who was lying on the ground with his last breath. Although he wanted to treat him, he couldn't even focus on it because of the shadow of disaster.
The shield could have been broken directly, but it was detached by repeated attacks.
Drew knew the bastard was playing him.
It's like a hunter at ease toying with his desperate prey, but Drew, the prey, lacks the ability to give it a try and bite back at the hunter.
“What a jerk!”
Along with his angry curses, there was the sound of the giant sword hitting the magic shield again.
Sometimes there is no need for overly complex map design.
Simply split up a team of adventurers with clear division of labor, add a group of powerful monsters and a despicable invader, and you can achieve the ultimate pleasure of torture.
As a map that is not in the early stages and offers sufficient benefits at the beginning, adventurers should know that this is not a place that should be entered lightly.
"Where am I?"
Japar looked at the buildings in front of him, especially the temple, and couldn't help but reveal a thoughtful expression.
He was clearly following Leon's trail, so why didn't he see anyone and instead found a new place?
"It can't be that he went in."
Saying this, Garpar leaped out of the forest and arrived at a place that looked like Nokron.
But the real name of this place is actually the [Dark Night Realm] that just appeared before their eyes.
There are no roads here, only a variety of houses that are upside down and intertwined. You have to be very careful just to walk, not to mention...
"Bang——"
Two clouds of smoke erupted not far away.
Looking at the two silver teardrops slowly transforming into his own appearance in the smoke, Japar gripped his weapon tightly.
(End of this chapter)
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