Chapter 165 Unlucky Ashford

Once we determined that we were going to advance quickly, the harpies behind us became completely decorative. Just like Ashford said before, the level of these harpies is very low. Even the most basic magic missiles used by Kristina feel a bit wasteful when used on them. Later, Kristina Qianjian directly used his special spell-casting skills to turn the primary magic missile into a magic shotgun. This technique can release a dozen smaller magic missiles when releasing a single magic missile. Although the total amount of spell casting will increase slightly, and the power of the small magic missiles is not as good as a single magic missile, this method can shoot it out at once. There are more than a dozen small missiles, and the power of these small missiles is only slightly lower than a primary magic missile.

Kristina's magic missiles are advanced spells in themselves. Unlike the magic missiles fired by most magicians, Kristina's magic missiles are not fired one by one, but in patches, and There is no gap in this way of firing. Basically, as long as Kristina decides to fire magic missiles, the magic missiles will not stop unless she is attacked by the enemy and her magic is interrupted, or she actively ends the output, or her magic power is exhausted. .

Thanks to this magic missile firing technique called Rainbow Spray, Kristina's attack is already terrifying enough, and now it is also added that each magic missile fired individually will explode quickly after being fired. The explosion turned into a dozen small missiles. The result was that Kristina suddenly transformed into hundreds of close-range defense cannons gathered together, and what was fired were not bullets but magic missiles. These weakened versions of magic Although the power of a single missile is not that great, it can at least hold up to half a grenade. Now she was like a metal storm, spraying out hundreds of magic missiles in one second. Even a group of missiles on the opposite side were all shot down, let alone the Harpy?

"I knew it was the right choice to bring Kristina here." Ashford felt very happy as he looked at the group of harpies falling outside the cliff like rain. They had been to this location once or twice before, but each time they were disgraced by numerous harpies. Although the harpy alone is not very powerful in combat, in this special terrain, most players cannot use their full combat power. More importantly, the harpy will not tell you any rules. . If they lined up to challenge players one by one, it would definitely be useless even if they paid billions, but they just swarmed up without following the rules, and the players were like a martial arts master meeting someone. A large group of hooligans, one person is suppressed by a group of people below, no matter how good his skills are, he can't use them.

Since Rainbow Magic Bullet is an elementary skill after all, Kristina still had time to talk to us while maintaining the magic bullet.

"Ashford, why are there so many harpies in this place? Have you seen where their nests are before?"

"If we could have seen the nest, we would have knocked it down long ago. It's a pity that we haven't seen it."

I turned around and asked Ashford: "Did any of your previous missions go beyond this place?"

Ashford shook his head and said: "The smoothest time we completed the mission before was when we reached a little bit below this level, and then everyone died."

"Then how far do we have to go to this level?"

"It's not too far. Continue forward two hundred meters, then turn a corner and you will see a cave. Once you get in, you don't have to worry about the harpies. They don't dare to go in."

"Then what is the next level?"

"I don't know." Ashford answered simply.

"Didn't you play the next level before?" Kristina asked.

I also looked at Ashford with confusion and waited for his explanation, while Ashford said more depressedly: "After passing this place, enter the cave, and then we will enter a relatively open underground world. But at that time, I and Tank were the only two people left. As a result, I seemed to see a black shadow flashing in a trance, and then I died. Tank held on for a while longer than me, but it was only a few minutes, and he In the end, he didn’t even see clearly what attacked him, he only knew that the thing was very big and very fast.”

"A high-speed giant creature? That's really a strange creature."

Because our attributes are very high, and Kristina is completely isolated from the harassment of the harpies outside, we move very quickly on the mountain, and we are listening to the conversation before we finish talking. Ashford shouted: "Look, we've reached the pass. After that, we're out of the harpy's territory."

"Everyone, speed up and get there quickly." After seeing the cave, I didn't hesitate and led everyone to climb over quickly.

This narrow mountain road attached to the cliff is definitely a death passage for ordinary people, but we are all monsters here, so we can complete the whole journey easily. The entrance to the cave opposite was not very big. In the end, Ashford and I got in first, and then Kristina clapped her hands in front of her. With a buzzing sound, a light blue halo of light instantly burst out from the middle of her palms. Come, it only takes a second to spread, instantly shooting down all the harpies within a radius of 200 meters. Before the following harpies could fill the gap, Yeyue hugged Kristina and went directly into the hole. Mira finally transformed into her human form and followed her in. After chasing the harpy to the entrance of the cave, it only hovered outside, but did not dare to come in. It can be seen that you are the monster that ended Ashford and the others. Not even the harpy will be spared.

Without the pursuers behind us, we can naturally slow down and step carefully into the cave. The cave here only has a short passage, and then suddenly enters an extremely vast underground world. Of course, this underground world is not the underground world described in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" where a large number of creatures gather and looks like a paradise. This place is just a normal underground cave. If there is anything special about it, it might just be a little bit bigger. Eh... maybe it's more than just a little bigger.

The moment we stepped into this place, before I even had a chance to take a look at the surroundings, I suddenly felt a strong wind blowing in front of me. My reaction was extremely fast. The moment I felt the change in airflow, I lifted Eternal up, moved the blade outward, and quickly blocked.

Ding. There was a sound of gold and iron clashing, and the sparks produced by the metal collision could be clearly seen flashing past in the darkness. I was almost able to block the attack and at the same time swung a sword light with my backhand, followed by an unpleasant scream from three meters away, it must have been a hit.

"What just happened?" Although Ashford doesn't have dark vision like me, he already knew that this place was under the ground and darkness must be normal, so he brought a lot of special potions specifically for this situation. of. Thanks to these special potions, he and Kristina also temporarily had dark vision, but their eyesight was not as good as mine. Although he saw that I successfully blocked the attack just now, he didn't see clearly what exactly attacked us.

I shook my head to show that I didn't see the other person clearly, and then turned my eyes to Yeyue. Yeyue didn't look at me, but looked around. Although Yeyue usually closes her eyes and wears special crystal goggles in front of her eyes, her eyesight is actually very good, and Yeyue has the same infrared imaging ability as a rattlesnake, which means, For creatures with body temperature, it is useless even if you hide behind a wall. Infrared radiation will expose your position, and walls cannot completely block the dispersion of infrared rays.

After looking around for a few times, Yeyue suddenly pointed at a stalactite not far above our heads, and her consciousness clearly told me that the other person was behind that thing.

After receiving the instruction, I turned around and winked at Mira, who quickly transformed into a giant dragon form. The previous passage was too narrow for her to pass through, but the cave here was very spacious, enough for her to perform.

The transformation didn't make any sound, so the target on the opposite side didn't react, and the guy was hiding behind the stalactite so we couldn't see him.

After completing the transformation, Mira spread her limbs and slowly opened her mouth. We can see that her mouth began to turn red, and dots of red light particles began to appear in the surrounding space and entered her mouth. gather. This process only took less than two seconds, and only a faint sound of electric current was emitted during this period. However, two seconds later, the red light suddenly turned into a straight line of fire and penetrated the stalactite in an instant. The creature hiding behind did not expect to be attacked suddenly, and the power of the destructive ray was too great. It instantly penetrated a large hole for him and the stalactite. The guy only had time to let out a scream before he fell down from the top of the cave dozens of meters high together with half of the bell stone.

"Go over and take a look." Ashford shouted as he ran.

Yeyue's big tail wrapped around Ashford to stop him from passing, and I also said: "This one is not the one that just attacked us, that one is bigger than this one."

"There are more?" When Ashford heard me saying that there were other monsters nearby, he immediately became cautious.

Yeyue continued to turn her head and looked for a while, then suddenly pointed in a direction, and then used telepathic contact to inform me: "Behind that big stone."

Although infrared rays can penetrate walls, there are limitations. The ground here is not as flat as those in caves open to tourism. There are large and small gravels everywhere on the ground. Yeyue was pointing at a boulder weighing several hundred tons that looked similar to a small house. That guy was hiding behind this just now, so he escaped Yeyue's prying eyes.

After discovering the target, I used telepathic contact to ask Mira if she could penetrate such a big stone. After all, the size of this stone was indeed a bit too big.

Mira was also quite unsure about such a big target. She just told me that she would try her best, but the creature opposite was obviously very intelligent. Mira had spent a short time gathering energy before firing the sheshe line, and there was a weak sound at that time. As a result, this time the thing opposite Mira just started to gather energy jumped out from behind the stone.

Finding that the target had moved, Mira stopped focusing her energy. The purpose of gathering energy before was to ensure a one-hit kill, so energy gathering was carried out. In fact, Mira's destructive ray is fired very quickly, and the interval is almost invisible. Now that she found the target moving, Mira immediately gave up gathering energy and started attacking directly. We saw a bright red line in the darkness instantly shoot out, and then it swept horizontally following the movement of the black shadow. The stalagmites blocked by the guy along the way were like tofu that had been slid by a sharp paper knife. The blocks all shrunk by half, and the creature's moving speed was still not faster than Mira's head turning speed.

Because the distance is very far, Mira only needs to turn a slight angle, and the beam will actually move a long distance. Therefore, although the creature on the opposite side moves fast, it is still not faster than the beam. It is a pity that it hits it. The beam was almost finished, and it went out just by touching one of its legs.

Before the light beam here ended, Yeyue and I were already rushing forward. As soon as the light beam went out, a magic bullet passed between me and Yeyue, and then suddenly exploded above the monster's head. However, this magic missile did not produce much power. Instead, it sprayed out a large amount of orange-red liquid. These liquids were like rain, covering a large area nearby. Although the monster below reacted quickly, it could not avoid such a large-scale attack. It was poured all over in one go. Wait for it When it jumped out from behind the rock, it had turned into a huge red luminous body.

The magic bullet that Kristina fired was just a disguise. It was actually a kind of tracking magic that could spray fluorescent agent on the target area. As long as the opponent got it, they had to dig out the piece of flesh or wait until the fluorescent agent expired. In the past, otherwise it will always shine.

If it were on the ground, this fluorescent agent might not be of much use, but this is the underground world, and everything is pitch black. The fluorescent agent on that thing was as bright as a light bulb. It was impossible to hide now, because even if it hid behind an obstacle, it would light up everything nearby. There was no way to hide such an obvious feature.

The monster that was sprayed with fluorescent agent is now fully revealed, but the physical characteristics of this thing made us a little confused, because this thing looks like a human. Although you can't see the face, this guy's figure and other characteristics are human-like. He doesn't have any parts that are not human-like, such as a tail, and the proportions of his limbs are also normal. Apart from being slightly hunched over and walking on four legs, the only difference between this guy and ordinary people is that he is slightly thinner. Even its weight loss is only slight. Compared with those African refugees, this guy is actually relatively strong.

The creature obviously had vision. After jumping out of its hiding place, it even looked at its hands, then glanced back at us and then immediately ran forward on its hands and knees. Obviously this thing doesn't like frontal combat, and its first reaction after being discovered is to run away.

Seeing that the guy actually wanted to run, I stepped onto a rock that protruded from the ground, then leaped, spread my wings, and flew. That guy's speed is mainly agility speed, which means he moves very fast, but the straight-line speed is actually not very exaggerated. Although they are much faster than Ashford, they are still far behind compared to my wings. .

After just two flaps of my wings, I caught up behind the guy. Then I retracted my wings and pounced directly from the air, hugging the guy's neck. Suddenly there was a huge thrust on his back, and the guy could no longer maintain his balance. He made a mistake with his hands and failed to grab the rock in front of him. As a result, he fell to the ground and rolled forward with me on his back.

Because our speeds were in the same direction and very fast, the inertia was quite large. We rolled along the ground for five or six meters before we came to a stop when we hit a stalagmite sticking out of the ground. Come down.

Compared to the armor I was wearing, the guy was obviously naked. The fall was quite heavy. The guy got up with support, but he was swaying as if he was drunk. I didn't wait for him to stand completely, so I directly knocked him in the face with my knee. The guy's body fell back after the collision, and he stood up. However, before I could wait for him to react, I immediately sent him out with a roundhouse kick. Six meters away. This time the guy was completely quiet, lying motionless among a pile of rocks.

I jumped on a rock in front of me and planned to go over to check on the guy. Unexpectedly, I suddenly heard Yeyue shouting: "Be careful when entering."

When I heard the shouting, I immediately turned aside, and a figure flew past me. It wasn't Ye Yue who woke up just now, but now I was pounced on. However, even if he dodged one attack, there were more behind him. As soon as I turned my head, I saw a large group of gray figures moving towards me in the darkness nearby.

They probably thought I couldn't see them in the dark, so they were moving very slowly, trying not to make any noise, and planning a sneak attack. But because of their slow speed, I was able to see clearly what these creatures looked like. I have to say that these guys are really similar to the humans. I even doubted that they were the humans. Their body structure is almost indistinguishable from other species, and there are both males and females, and their physical characteristics are all obvious. Their faces are slightly different from those of humans, but not much. Their noses are slightly smaller than those of humans and collapse inward, making them feel a bit like certain types of devils. Their cheekbones are a bit high, but that may be because their faces are thin, so they appear to have high cheekbones. There are also their eyes. This pair of eyes is the only thing that is particularly different from humans. Their eyes are at least twice as big as humans. Such large eyes probably evolved to adapt to the low-light environment underground.

Apart from these small features, these guys are almost indistinguishable from human beings. Physical thinness cannot be regarded as a racial difference. After all, there are many people who are thinner than these guys. In addition, these guys seem to have a more or less hunched back, which may have something to do with their posture on all fours. Also, the nails of these guys are slightly different from those of human beings, because their nails are not as flat and indestructible as human nails, but are similar to animal claws, very sharp. As for the teeth of these guys, it’s hard to judge because I haven’t seen them.

These ghost-like creatures were approaching me quietly, moving their positions and ready to strike at any time, and I shouted to the back: "Kristina, strong light bombs, the others should close their eyes."

Kristina's reaction was super fast, and the bright bullets flew out before the echo of my shouting disappeared. This magic is basically a zero-level magic with no lethality, but it can blind people for a short time just like flash bombs. The specific time depends on the level of the caster and the type of person being attacked.

Needless to say, Kristina's level is natural, and the eyes of these creatures in front of her are so big, it is obvious that they have super ability to receive light. The brightness of the glare bombs is unbearable even for those of us who are used to the sun, let alone them. Almost at the moment when the strong light bomb appeared, there was a scream all around. Sure enough, all those things were hit.

The moment this powerful light bomb explodes, even the skin will feel a burning sensation if you get close to it. How can something as fragile as the eyes withstand such damage? If you are facing the location where a strong light bomb explodes, within a thousand meters, you will still be temporarily blinded even if you close your eyes. Unless you cover your eyes with your hands, your eyelids alone cannot block this strong light. Zero-level magic is also magic, and this thing is specially designed to injure people.

The strong light bomb exploded for five seconds. I closed my eyes and turned my back to Kristina's direction. The moment the strong light bomb exploded, I saw my eyes light up, but because my back was facing the light source and my helmet The goggles have an automatic anti-dazzle function, so your vision will not be affected at all. Feeling the light in front of me suddenly go out, I immediately opened my eyes and jumped up. As soon as I entered the air, I could already see the surrounding situation. Eternity was thrown out by me directly. It decomposed into twelve double-headed swords in the air, and then spun at high speed into twelve rotating sword wheels that swept towards the monsters in all directions. .

Those monsters whose eyes were flashed could not see anything at all, and were instantly wiped out without any precautions. The remaining ones who were not dead could not recover their eyesight in a short time, and could only stumble and touch the stones towards the distance. He was running around and seemed to be planning to evacuate.

I had no intention of letting these people escape, but instead of doing it myself, I gave them all to Kristina. Her long-range skills were just right for Qian.

Ashford held up a lighting magic wand and looked at the corpses on the ground and sighed: "Sure enough, you are the most suitable place for this kind of place. Last time we were killed without even knowing what was attacking us, and you actually chopped melons I killed all these things just like chopping vegetables. I’m so angry that I’m so angry!”

"Now is not the time to sigh about this. How are we going to go now?" Since I don't have to chase the escaping monster, I asked Ashford about the next route.

Ashford pointed to the direction in which the monster escaped and said: "The mission scroll says to go down from here, and then there should be an underground river. From there we can go to the next level, but from here on we will I’ve never been there, so I don’t know what the specific situation is.”

"No matter how difficult it is, it shouldn't be more troublesome than that spider nest." Kristina came over after cleaning up the monsters, looked at us and asked, "Shall we move on now?"

I nodded and asked everyone to move forward, but this time I didn't walk on the ground. Kristina and I took off directly into the air, while Yeyue and Ashford were held in Mira's hands one by one, and then flew forward.

This cave is relatively wide, and the ground is uneven. If we walk there, it will take at least a few hours. Anyway, there are no monsters here now, so we might as well fly there faster.

It only took ten minutes to fly to the opposite side of the cave. After landing again, we got into a small hole on the ground. Mira had to change back to her original form at this place, because the hole was too small, and the dragon's size couldn't get in anyway.

The hole in the ground is sloping downwards, and the slope is very steep. Fortunately, there are steps, and they are not long. After walking less than ten meters, I heard a faint roar in front of me, and the surrounding temperature gradually increased. After continuing forward for a while, the road became horizontal and much wider. We jogged all the way to the end of Tongdao, and were immediately stunned by the sight in front of us.

At the end of the passage here is a huge vertical shaft. I don’t know how high it is because I can’t see the top, but the bottom is not very far from us. Just below the entrance of the cave where we are, less than fifty meters away, there is a piece of red lava filling the bottom of the entire vertical shaft. It is not clear how deep it is below. However, a simple vertical shaft with a bottom filled with lava is not surprising. What is surprising is that there is another cave entrance opposite us, slightly higher than our cave entrance. There was a surging water pouring down from the entrance of the cave, forming a huge waterfall and crashing directly into the lava below.

When water flows into the lava, the results can be imagined, so there are constant loud explosions coming from the lava below us, and the fog is evaporating in the entire cave. Although it does not affect the line of sight very much, it can be regarded as a cloud cover.

"This place is really spectacular!" Kristina said after looking at the lava lake below.

I looked at the entrance of the waterfall on the opposite side, and then asked Ashford: "Isn't that the river you mentioned?"

Ashford also said with a surprised look on his face: "I didn't expect it to be like this! It's my first time to come to this place too!"

"There is no other way. Since the task is arranged like this, we can only go over." After looking at the situation below, I turned to Mira and said: "I'd better trouble you to go down and test the temperature first. I don't want to go out and change after a while." Get steamed and alive!"

Although water will boil when it reaches 100 degrees, water vapor does not necessarily boil at 100 degrees. Normally, the water vapor produced by the gas stoves in our homes is enough to burn the body or steam something. I would not be surprised if the water vapor evaporated from the lava lake reaches a temperature of thousands of degrees. Therefore, drilling into this vertical well rashly is just a fool's errand. The safest way is to let Mira test the temperature. Ordinary dragons can bathe in lava. Mira is a material dragon, and her high temperature resistance is much better than that of dragons. Even if the outside is full of high-temperature water vapor, for her, it is just a sauna at most.

Mira also understood that the people on our side were all heat-resistant, so she walked directly to the front and transformed into a dragon and jumped into the vertical well outside.

As soon as she entered the vertical shaft, Mira spread her wings and glided to the opposite cave wall. She passed directly above the lava lake to test the temperature. After successfully landing on the opposite side, Mira immediately climbed back and then used her claws to He fixed himself at the entrance of the cave, stuck his head in and said to us: "No, it's at least more than a thousand degrees outside. One meter outside the entrance of the cave, the temperature exceeds Ashford's upper limit."

"What is my upper limit?" Ashford asked.

Kristina explained: "Boss Ziri's armor can withstand high temperatures up to 10,000 degrees, and it's no problem to stay in the lava for a few hours. I can elementalize myself, as long as I turn into the fire element, this kind of opponent will be to me. It’s like a treatment room, and it’s impossible to hurt me, so the only one in trouble now is you.”

"Isn't Yeyue also afraid of high temperatures?" Ashford said.

Yeyue shook her head and said: "I am a descendant of Nuwa, and I have a high tolerance for the environment. As long as this temperature does not stay for a long time, there will be no problem."

"then what do I do?"

"Aren't I just thinking of a solution?" I said and suddenly asked Kristina: "How is your freezing technique?"

"O?" Ashford interrupted us: "You don't want to freeze me and take me there, do you?"

"I do have this plan, but I don't know how long the freezing effect can last at this temperature!"

Mira said: "It's enough to hold on for more than ten seconds. I can fly him over and stuff him directly into the opposite passage. As long as he doesn't melt during the ten seconds I fly over."

"No, Ziri, don't you have a crystal bubble that can temporarily seal a target?" Kristina woke up and said, "Can't we just seal Ashford in first?"

"No, no." I objected: "The crystal bubble is too big to enter this hole. If I want to put Ashford in, I have to get him out first, and then seal it, but as soon as he gets out, he will Steamed!"

"I think it's better to freeze." Kristina said: "Even if it's thousands of degrees outside, it won't take more than ten seconds for the ice to melt completely. At worst, we just need to freeze it thicker."

"Is there any other way?" Ashford asked with a sad face.

"Yes, but I'm worried that using it will cause me to lose my magic pet summoning ability again. If you are not afraid of failing the mission due to this, I can let you pass it comfortably."

After hearing what I said, Ashford immediately compromised. Compared to being frozen, failure in the mission was a bigger deal, so he could only compromise.

It didn't take long to freeze Ashford. After all, as long as he didn't struggle, the ice would solidify quite quickly. Kristina applied four layers of ice shells to him in one breath, and after confirming that he was frozen solid, she placed him at the entrance of the cave.

According to the plan, Yeyue and I had to go there first, otherwise it wouldn't be good if Ashford came over later and didn't respond. There is a rushing river over there, and Ashford is frozen. If he doesn't get into the water there, he might be washed down again.

I have the Dragon Soul Suit. After putting down the mask, I am no longer afraid of lava, let alone the steam. Yeyue was sent over with Mira on her back, and with Mira blocking her a little below, she only felt a little bit of heat, and it passed after holding on for more than ten seconds.

After the two of us passed by, it was Ashford's turn. During this period, Kristina had been helping him strengthen the ice layer, fearing that it would be troublesome if it melted halfway. Mira was ready at the entrance of the cave here, counting one, two, and three. Kristina suddenly stopped the freezing output, and then Mira grabbed Ashford, the big ice lump, with her paw and kicked the wall violently and turned towards us. Come.

It has to be said that the temperature of more than 1,000 degrees is indeed too high for ice. The ice on Ashford's body melted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Just after flying halfway, the ice became significantly smaller. Fortunately, Mira was fast enough, and at the moment when the last layer of ice completely melted away, she finally stuffed Ashford into the hole on our side.

I knocked off the last thin layer of ice on Ashford's body, and then pulled him over, but at this time Ashford's face was covered in bruises, not from the fall, but from the cold. Although the ice layer melted on the last side, the temperature inside the ice remained below zero. Ashford's armor wasn't very cold-resistant, and he was freezing all the way here. But luckily for him, the underground river here is hot. After all, there is a lava lake below, and the temperature nearby is not low. The river itself is a hot spring, so Ashford recovered after soaking in it for a while. Come over.

Pulling up the wet Ashford, we began to plan the journey below. According to the mission scroll, you can enter an underground palace by walking one kilometer along this underground river, and that place is the destination of this trip.

"The water flow in this river is very high. It will be difficult to go upstream. I think it would be more reliable if we start climbing along the cave wall." I said my opinion.

Both Kristina and Ashford felt that the method I mentioned was more feasible, so we began to hang upside down on the top of the passage and climb forward. However, this plan was quickly abandoned by myself, because the passage became wider as we went forward. The result of this widening of the river channel is that the water flow rate slows down. Now that the river is no longer turbulent, we no longer have to crawl upside down like bats. Even if we have good physical strength, it is very strenuous to climb up.

Because the river bed here became wider, the river water not only slowed down, but also became much shallower. In the end, we all climbed onto Mira's back and let her lead us into the water. With Mira's height, she could stand and walk on the river bed, and the river water had just reached her belly.

This section of the underground river was very safe, and we did not encounter any resistance. Soon there was a rocky beach on the side of the river, and behind the rocky beach was a stone gate embedded in the rock wall. When we saw this thing we knew we had finally arrived.

"Okay, now your mission is basically completed, right?" I said to Ashford.

Ashford also nodded excitedly and said, "Well, just go in and get the reward."

Ashford had just finished speaking when suddenly the door in front opened by itself, and then we saw a group of players walking out talking and laughing. Ashford was suddenly stunned when he saw this group of people, and then exclaimed: "Holy crap, my mission reward is in their hands!"

"O?"