Abnormal paradise

"If we want to clear the level now, we have to focus on you, so just take it with peace of mind."

It wasn't the Sword Immortal's free and easy expression that made the dumbfounded Yan Yan accept the scapegoat tree fruit that the other party thrust at him, and he was able to obtain his second passive skill [Elementary Resurrection].

"It restores 3% of your health every five seconds. It doesn't look like much, but it's actually useful. When we just forced ourselves to cross the river, we almost regained a little after losing a little."

It’s not that the Sword Immortal was boasting about the skill effects of the primary resurrection technique while buying another surrogate tree fruit. As he said, what he lacks the most now is credit points. Anyway, he has everything he wants to buy, and he can't buy more. It would be even more of a waste to save it for the next assessment. Spending them all into combat effectiveness is the way to go. truth.

"Huh... I finally saved my life. If you were a few seconds later, you probably wouldn't be able to see me."

The captain of the strange tree guard looked at the two of them with relief, and said seriously: "There is one thing, I must remind you. Although the gardener's cabin on the other side is relatively close, you are likely to encounter the cursed fox, that is, the two sent People are coming to kill my nemesis. This forest is getting weirder and weirder. Although I desperately hope that the gardener will show up to save everything, I am also unwilling to see you die for this. I suggest that you go to the gardener in the plant half area first. Go to the hut, and if you don’t find anything, go to the other side and have a look.”

"We will consider your suggestions."

Ember solemnly expressed his stance to the captain of the strange tree guard, and then rushed to the corrosive stream that divided the two halves of the area together with Not the Sword Immortal.

The eyes of the head guard of the strange tree were full of worry, and he watched the two people's backs gradually disappear. His sighs were accompanied by the breeze, blowing the branches and shaking down the fallen leaves.

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Although the advice of the strange tree guard chief is for the sake of the two players.

But Yi Yan and Not the Sword Fairy still decided to go to the gardener's cabin opposite first. Firstly, it was because of the close distance. The location was opposite the Wolf Valley, with only a stream separating the two sides. Secondly, it was because of the strange tree. The sworn enemy mentioned in the guard captain's words was the "cursed fox". They completed two side missions in succession and obtained a bunch of props, which gave the two of them some confidence in challenging the cursed fox.

Although they failed to receive the assassination mission from the leader of the strange tree guard, they still decided to explore the depth.

Anyway, even if you hit a wall, you can retreat temporarily and go to another gardener's cabin to search, and you won't waste much time in total.

When the two waded across the river and arrived on the other side of the Wolf Valley, the game time had passed the twenty-third minute. There were still five minutes left before the third-level pea shooter could be formed. However, the two did not stop because of this. Run towards the gardener's hut.

The environment in the animal half area is actually similar to that in the plant half area. The only difference is that you can often see various small animals in the treetops and grass.

These are friendly creatures that are not aggressive. They hurriedly hide when they see someone approaching. As the two of them go deeper, a hut standing in the col is revealed in their eyes.

From a distance, there is nothing strange about the cabin. It is made entirely of wood. It looks like an ordinary wooden house no matter how you look at it.

But in front of the wooden house, there is an old fox pacing back and forth. It can walk upright like the dire wolf. The difference is that it is more intelligent and can speak human language.

"Why haven't you come back yet? With my insect repellent piccolo, there is no reason why it will fail! Although the strength of those two humans is not very good, their brains are definitely much stronger than that stupid wolf. With the help of my piccolo, It shouldn’t be a problem to deal with that old immortal.”

The cursed fox, with an old face and withered hair, kept swinging on a cane. It repeatedly comforted itself that the things entrusted to Lei Wanjun and Lu Renjia would not fail, but its increasingly anxious expression betrayed its true emotions. .

"It's hard to come across such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we must not miss it. If that person regrets it and wants to find another opportunity to kill the old immortal, it will be difficult." The cursed fox murmured to himself, because he was distracted, He didn't realize that anyone was approaching secretly. "And by getting the heart of the immortal tree, I can develop a more powerful insect repellent technique."

Cursed Fox, who was still worried, once again calculated the fighting strength of both sides and the final result: "The four enhanced young shadow-eating insects, combined with the human's abnormal weapon, will definitely make the old immortal extremely passive, but the old immortal is very capable. I always have to jump before I die. I guess all four of my enhanced hatchling Shadow Eater Bugs will have to die. What a pity. I managed to raise seven of them with great difficulty, but most of them were killed in one go. If it hadn’t been for the one who ordered me to guard the gate, I have already fought it myself!"

As it spoke, it showed a look of pain, but it was replaced by fanaticism in an instant: "As the saying goes, what you give up must be gained. After getting the heart of the tree, I can not only drive more Shadow Devouring Insects, but also have the opportunity to summon more The powerful young body, all the efforts are worth it, it’s all worth it!”

The Cursed Fox's soliloquy was heard word by word by the two Embers who were hiding in the dark. They felt that it should have triggered a specific plot, so they could fully understand the whole incident.

Why did the Cursed Fox insist on killing the leader of the strange tree guard?

There are only three enhanced young Shadow Eaters left that it can drive.

Who is the "one" in the cursed fox's words?

"I think killing this old fox is not only necessary, but also possible!"

"I think what you think makes sense."

Ember nodded heavily and immediately launched his exploratory eyes towards the cursed fox.

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Name: [Enhanced Young Cursed Fox] (beast entity derivative/hostile creature)

HP: 50/50

Attack level: Weak

Defense level: very weak

Attack speed: normal

Warning range: normal

Skills: Insect Repellent, Spell·Slowness, Spell·Black Flame

Introduction: Conjuration, as one of the representative schools of ancient magic, has long been abandoned due to the growth of new thaumaturgy. However, there are still some die-hards in the thaumaturgy world who tirelessly study conjuration in an attempt to find the true meaning of power. The Cursed Fox is a relatively rare non-human group among the many remnants of warlocks. They are extremely sensitive to chaotic energy and can easily resonate with it, becoming sorcerers who can drive the power of darkness.

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To be honest, the attributes of the Cursed Fox are very ordinary. Whether it is blood volume or attack and defense, they are much lower than the Dire Wolf, and some are even inferior to the Slender Monkey. But the problem is that the specific effects of those two spell skills are not clear. If there is a fight later and an army is defeated, it will be embarrassing.

"There is a risk, and it's not small."

It wasn't that the Sword Immortal carefully evaluated the combat power of both sides based on the existing information: "Not to mention the Cursed Fox itself, the three enhanced young Shadow-Eating Insects are troublesome enough, and maybe it can also summon some ordinary Shadow-Eating Insects."

"Use explosive cones. The explosion radius of two meters and the average attack level are enough to kill ordinary shadow-eating insects and severely damage the strengthened young shadow-eating insects." Yi Yan decided to use the explosive cones that were still warm when he got them. He felt that In any case, it is enough to clean up the miscellaneous soldiers. "As for the two spells, the effect of slowness is only to reduce some attack speed and movement speed. This skill should be used in conjunction with the insect repellent. We only need to clean up the bugs first. Slowness The effects are actually not that serious.”

"Well said."

After hearing Yu Yan's analysis, it wasn't Sword Immortal who was more confident in this battle: "Then the only problem is the black flame spell. But with you and me and two pea shooters, even if we fight head-on, our chances of winning are better." It’s bigger, and we still have to pay for the dead tree fruits. Come on, don’t hesitate, I now agree more and more with the saying, ‘time is money’.”

After the agreement, the two immediately walked out of the bushes and appeared in front of the cursed fox.

Because they didn't know how the Cursed Fox fought, they decided to start the battle in the simplest way.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? You are not welcome in the gardener's hut. Leave immediately!" The Cursed Fox looked at the two Embers with vigilance, but it soon smelled a familiar scent through its nose, "What's wrong with you?" Will it be contaminated with the aura of the shadow-eating insects I cultivated? No, you killed my shadow-eating insects, and also killed the two humans I sent?"

Ember and Not the Sword Immortal did not answer, but still slowly approached the Cursed Fox.

"Are you sent by that old immortal?"

The tone of the cursed fox suddenly became extremely sinister. Its white eyes stared at the two players, and then it raised its crutch and hit the ground hard.

"Since you can kill my people, I can also kill you! Come out, my servants, and tear these two blind guys into pieces!"

As soon as the words fell, a thick curtain of darkness suddenly appeared in the open space in front of the Cursed Fox. Yi Yan and Not the Sword Immortal immediately stopped and stood ready. When the darkness faded, as many as twenty ordinary shadow-eating insects appeared in front of them, as well as the leader. Three enhanced young shadow-eating insects.

From a certain point of view, the Cursed Fox is stronger than the Monster Tree Guard Captain and the Dire Wolf, because players with insufficient attack power will easily be surrounded and killed by the Shadow-Eating Insects. Facing the other two, they may still be able to escape by walking. Struggling for a few times. And strictly speaking, the current Cursed Fox is not in its peak state, because it has lost four strengthened young shadow-eating insects, but it has not obtained the heart of the strange tree guard leader, so it cannot further improve its strength.

Just imagine, if Ember and the Sword Fairy hadn't taken action, the cursed fox that had captured the heart of the tree would have grown to a more powerful level. By then, even with the help of the strengthened third-level pea shooter, I'm afraid the difficulty would only have increased. reduce.

However, all the inferences are based on the player's inability to clear monsters quickly. When the explosive cones pulled out by Ember shattered in the center of the insect swarm, the balance of the battle began to reverse.