Cataclysm King

Ji Xun and the others did not continue to follow the vampire's aura, but walked straight towards the abyss crevice to the west.

It was probably the previous fighting that attracted the predators in the forest. They encountered several monster attacks along the way.

[Giant Piranha], [King Kong Ape], [Titanoboa].

Originally, these were very common monsters, but in this forest, without exception, like the [Shadow Leopard] before, they had been affected by the black mist of the abyss for a long time. Not only were they staggering in size, but their strength and vitality were also exaggerated.

Only then did the six of Ji Xun realize why the dark forest was "taboo" among nearby villagers.

During the day, these monsters are quite normal, but at night, the black mist seems to have taken a "violent potion", and they become very cruel and extremely aggressive.

Whenever they find a few humans in the forest, they will catch up and bite them.

That is to say, Ji Xun's six-man team was extremely powerful and well-equipped, so they fought back.

Otherwise, if other teams encounter such a Titan monster, it will be enough to reduce the number of teams participating in the trial.

Even the group was wiped out.

What's more, the monsters are still coming one after another.

Frequent battles attracted more and more monsters, and some incomprehensible monsters gradually appeared. Even Ji Xun and the other six were a bit overwhelmed.

Gale, Seri, and David were all injured in the battle one after another.

Fortunately, the team had Priest Zhuosha with superb healing skills, so the team was not reduced in number.

But the situation is still getting worse.

"The team won the first kill of the BOSS, the first level [Giant Piranha], additional settlement reward +2%, trial points +300"

"The team won the first kill of the BOSS, the first-level [Titan Diamond Ape], additional settlement reward +2%, trial points +280"

"The team won the first kill of the BOSS, level one [Titan Striped Python], additional settlement reward +2%, trial points +310"

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Traveling in the mist-shrouded forest was not fast, so we groped toward the west for nearly two hours.

Finally, the vision of Ji Xun and the others was no longer blocked by the tall silver fir trees, and they appeared in an open area.

The holy light dispersed the black fog within a hundred meters radius.

The six of them saw the cliff after running a few steps.

Gale, who was exploring the road ahead, said in surprise: "We have reached the abyss crevice!"

Several people also breathed a sigh of relief.

After extinguishing the Holy Light Technique, the surrounding area instantly returned to darkness.

Having found the cliff, at least it is much safer for the team.

There are no monsters on the side of the cliff, and the terrain is wide, so you don't have to be wary of monsters suddenly jumping out of the trees.

Gang Duoduo ran all the way in heavy armor, panting from exhaustion.

The other people were not comfortable with the continuous battles.

Now that they have reached a safe zone, several people also stopped to repair.

Gang Duoduo was relieved, took off his helmet full of mucus, and breathed heavily: "Thanks to this [Light Dispelling Card], those monsters will be afraid of the Holy Light, otherwise we might not be able to get out of the forest."

"yes."

Zhuo Sha's slightly bulging chest rose and fell violently, obviously she was still frightened by the battle just now.

While helping Gale heal his wounds, she said, "It's more than just dispersing it. Thanks to Su Lun's caution, the bait trap was cleverly arranged, otherwise the 'tentacle monster' that I don't know what it was just now would have to be killed." We stayed”

Hearing this, Seri also interjected: "That should be a second-level [Hell Demonic Vine] that is more than a hundred years old. Once you step into its territory, even third-level prey will have a hard time getting out alive. It's really outrageous, we None of the thousand-year-old devil vines raised in the lizard tribe have such thick vines."

Gale: "Yes. The monsters in this forest are really terrifying. Thanks to the secret technique of enchantment, otherwise it would have been a lot of effort for us to kill those monsters just now."

However, they were exhausted, and the faces of these young people all showed excitement.

This was their first time to experience such an exciting forest adventure.

And although the battle just now was very risky, the rewards were equally astonishing.

In addition to the trial points, there are also several containing divine magic cores and a bunch of materials.

This is the age when you are dismissive of danger.

When I talk about harvest, I am immediately full of passion.

"It's really an exaggeration. In just a short time, we actually harvested four kinds of shining silver materials and more than a dozen kinds of silver materials. It's like a dream."

"Yes. Normally speaking, it is almost only possible for the junior monsters to produce radiant silver materials for the Warcraft Commander. Of those we just killed, every one of them produced radiant silver materials."

"And I suspect that this black mist is the cause of the violent monsters. If you really come to the forest during the day, not to mention whether you can encounter these monsters, even if you encounter them, the quality of the materials may be reduced. Thanks to Ji Xun, otherwise We are still staying in the village."

"Hehe. If we can really explore this hidden plot clearly, our team's results in this trial may be firmly in the top thirty. If we kill a few more of these monsters, it is very possible to even be in the top ten."

"With these materials, we can also redeem some truly top-notch second-level professional materials in the academy."

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The silver material is already the best material that junior card masters can use.

On weekdays, this kind of top-quality material is hard to come by.

Even in the academy and auction house, only the top nobles are eligible to get it.

Now that these reserve knights have obtained it, and they have hunted the monsters themselves, they are of course very excited.

Even the usually steady Serri, with his scaly lizard face, can hardly hide his excitement.

Ji Xun occasionally interjected a few words.

But compared to his teammates, his heart was extremely calm.

For him, the intensity just now was just a little bit of excitement.

Although his clone is only level one, his understanding of extraordinary power has reached the level of level seven card master.

If he really wants to go all out, it won’t even be much dangerous.

And from the beginning to the end, in his deduction, it is impossible for a level three monster to appear in this forest.

After all, "Forest Taboo" is a plot that the spatial will suggests can be explored, and the difficulty will not be too high no matter how hard it is.

Since Ji Xun got those key plot items from the village witch doctor, the difficulty is actually completely within the "A" level.

As for the "S" plot,

Ji Xun guessed that it is probably still in the Black Crow Castle, not in the forest.

As he thought about it, his thoughts were scattered unconsciously.

Ji Xun sometimes had an inexplicable sense of absurdity.

It seems that having a high level of "I am the world" is not always a good thing?

He chuckled in his heart.

At least after deducing the predictable ending, many things are not as fun as before.

Some of the excitement that I pursued before can now be deduced at a glance, so there is no element of gambling for excitement.

Just like the previous battle.

Ji Xun predicted the difficulty from the beginning, so no matter how exciting the process is, the ending is doomed.

With him in the team, there will be no big chaos.

The higher the level of "I am the world", the lower the probability of deduction error, and the closer it is to the inevitable ending in the future.

The more difficult it will be for him to resonate with the joys and sorrows of others.

At this time, Seri beside him suddenly asked: "Su Lun, where are we going now?"

The smell can only be found by following the route.

Now they have given up tracking the vampire, and on the edge of this cliff, it seems that they have suddenly lost their target.

When Seri asked this question, the other people also looked over.

Now everyone in the team is completely impressed by Ji Xun's thinking ability.

This is the team.

Each has their own field of expertise.

Ji Xun played his role as a polymath.

Thinking about it, he took a branch and drew a sketch on the ground, pretending to think temporarily, and analyzed: "The route we took is probably like this. The bandit leader took this route in the afternoon. If my previous speculation is correct, the hidden route to the castle is nearby. We continue to go south along the cracks, and there is a high probability that we can find the traces he left behind."

This simple idea, as soon as the thought came, the conclusion has been deduced.

In fact, it was just told to teammates.

After saying this, everyone nodded.

Gang Duoduo asked straightforwardly: "What if we don't find any traces?"

It's not a question.

But he is the only teammate who didn't understand the thinking guidance just now.

Ji Xun smiled and said, "If we guess wrong, then we can find a place to hide and wait until dawn. Maybe we can hunt some monsters."

Ji Xun proved his thinking ability with facts, and his teammates now believed it.

After the six-man team rested, they walked south along the rift.

There was little vegetation near the rift, but visibility was still very low.

This endlessly deep rift in the mouths of the villagers was like a monster that swallowed clouds and spit out fog, and it was still emitting black fog.

Ji Xun looked at the panel and did not prompt any pollution.

That is to say, the overflowing divinity that caused the monsters to mutate was very meager.

The underground world was like a broken mirror, with cracks everywhere, and several people were not surprised by such large cracks.

Finding clues was easier than expected.

As the six people walked, Seri suddenly said in surprise: "I smell the breath of the bandit before!"

"Where is it?"

Hearing this, everyone was happy.

I didn't expect it to be so smooth.

Ji Xun also narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard it.

Although he was sure that the plot would go this way, it was all speculation before he found the exact clue.

Now that he had found the clue, one of the countless lines in his mind became clear.

This also aroused his strong curiosity.

Experience has shown that if you don't follow the main plot, exploring the different-dimensional space will often bring unexpected surprises.

Ji Xun was very curious, what would he find if he explored from this clue?

"It's nearby."

Seri said, frowning slightly: "But the smell is very faint. It should be that guy is afraid of being tracked, so he used anti-reconnaissance methods to deal with it. I can only be sure that it is nearby, not where it is."

The bandit in the afternoon was the reconnaissance captain of the Red Smoke Gun Group, so it is normal to have some anti-tracking methods.

But this way, the problem arises again.

That guy came to the edge of the crack, where did he go?

The six people walked along the crack for nearly a kilometer, but still did not find any clues.

Looking at the vast black fog pouring out of the crack, the teammates could not hide their embarrassment.

It is obvious that the bandit has dealt with the traces, and the probability of finding it is extremely low if they continue to search like this.

As they walked, everyone stopped and frowned.

"This is troublesome. If we can't find any traces, we can't just look for them on the cracked rock wall, right?"

"Yeah. Even if we want to go down the rift, the fog has to fade away during the day. Now we can't see anything, and it's very risky to go down blindly."

"Well. Who knows what monsters are in the rift? I just heard the cry of an eagle."

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The clues that were finally found were suddenly broken.

This feeling is not good.

No one thought of a better way. Gang Duoduo looked at Ji Xun and asked, "Su Lun, do you think that guy will fly over?"

This is also the doubt in everyone's mind.

"This?"

Ji Xun listened with a normal expression.

In fact, from the beginning, he thought about the possibility of flying over the rift.

After all, elite vampires have wings.

But the key to the problem at the moment is not the problem of flying.

The characteristics of vampire transformation are very obvious. If they keep flying around, they are easily detected.

As long as they don't want to be shouted and killed all over the world, they rarely transform to hurry on their way.

The most important thing is that the people of the "Red Smoke Gun Bandits" came to the Black Crow Castle only in the last one or two months.

It's like seeing a cockroach in the kitchen.

When you see one, there must be a nest.

If there is one vampire in a team, then the total number must be quite large.

And the wanted order issued by the lord before did not mention this.

In other words, they became vampires after coming to Black Crow Castle.

Then the conclusion is drawn.

Since it is a rift that they flew over, there is no need to find a specific place to fly.

And now in the plot logic deduced by Ji Xun, there is a high probability that there is another route here.

The guy had to come here in a roundabout way before, which further confirmed this point.

Therefore, there must be a "hidden road to Black Crow Castle".

And it is nearby!

The safest choice is to wait until daytime, climb down along the rock wall, and look for it bit by bit.

But it is hard to say how long it will take to find it.

It is possible to take three to five days.

Ji Xun did not think that there was so much time to waste.

"I think I have to gamble on my luck at this time."

Ji Xun could not explain his thoughts, so he attributed it to metaphysics.

He took out a card with an eye pattern and walked to the edge of the rift.

His teammates were puzzled by his weird behavior.

But Ji Xun did not say anything, but activated the card, like walking on a tightrope, walking on the edge of the cliff.

Although his teammates were puzzled, they followed him.

Gang Duoduo could not help asking: "What card is in Su Lun's hand?"

Seli recognized it, and his eyes twitched: "[Intuition Amplification Card]."

Almost no melee profession has seen this kind of card, and Gale was also surprised: "There is such a thing? What's the use of it?"

Not to mention him, most magic professions have never seen it.

Seli's eyes twitched: "Yes. A very niche spiritual spell. Use mental suggestion to enhance the sixth sense. I heard that it is usually used by gamblers for gambling."

Everyone: "."

In an instant, they all understood Ji Xun's thoughts: Is this guy going to gamble on luck?

Although it feels absurd.

But for some reason, everyone felt relieved.

Oh, it turns out that this guy also has something he can't figure out.

This absurd method of gambling on luck suddenly made the teammates feel that the wisdom gap didn't seem so big.

However, the next scene that really shocked the few people was staged.

Ji Xun walked and walked, and gradually closed his eyes.

There was a deep abyss at his feet. To others, this behavior was dangerous and absurd.

Suddenly!

Ji Xun stopped!

He opened his eyes, turned to look at his teammates, and smiled mysteriously: "I'll go down and take a look. You wait here for me."

As soon as the voice fell, before the teammates' brains digested the meaning of the previous sentence, five pairs of eyes saw Ji Xun's body leaning back slightly, and then the whole person fell into the endless rift.

Seri: "???"

Zhuo Sha: "Ah!!!"

David: "This"

Gang Duoduo: "???"

Gail: "Not good."

The five people were completely confused.

Although they knew that Ji Xun wanted to gamble on his luck and see if he could find clues by intuition.

However, they never expected that this guy would jump directly?

Ji Xun was on the edge of the cliff. Before the few people had time to react, his body had already fallen into the black fog.

Several people instinctively wanted to save people, but thinking about what he said before, they stopped again.

Ji Xun jumped off the cliff.

The remaining five teammates looked at each other.

"Su Lun" was a polymath, and he should be the most rational in the team.

But the decisiveness of jumping off the cliff just now immediately silenced everyone.

Everyone looked at the captain Serri again.

Gail: "What should we do now?"

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Serri also didn't understand and answered with silence.

David: "Or, I'll go down and take a look?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a strange silence again.

No one thought that such an outrageous jump could find any clues.

They were just worried about Ji Xun's safety.

But they thought that since he dared to do this, he must have some considerations.

Unexpectedly, at this time, unexpected things happened one after another.

After discussing for a few words, the five people still haven't figured out why Ji Xun jumped off the cliff. Suddenly, they heard a faint voice from the bottom of the cliff, which seemed not too deep: "I found the way! Come down quickly!"

Everyone: "???"

Hearing this shout, the few people who were preparing to grab the climbing rope fell silent again.

Everyone stared at me, I stared at you, with nothing but confusion in their eyes.

Found it just now?

No surprise.

Only unspeakable weirdness.

The plot development exceeded their cognition.

This change of being violently interfered with logical thinking by unknown things made everyone's backs cold.

It seemed that the "Su Lun" just now was no longer their teammate.

But some abyss demon who induced them to jump off the cliff.

Seri's eyes twitched violently, and he quietly took out a magic gyroscope and turned it in his palm.

He wanted to confirm whether he and his teammates were under some kind of illusion.

However, this time, he confirmed that the real world was in front of him.

There was no mental interference.

If there is, it must be a super-class existence that he cannot resist.

Looking at the expressions of his teammates, he heard the words just now not only by himself, but also obviously not an auditory hallucination.

Now, the air suddenly became quiet.

The silence of the five people was deafening.

After a moment of silence, David was the first to speak: "I'll go down and take a look first."

Originally, they all planned to go down.

Now no matter what happened, they had to go down.

Not long after, there was a large stone platform about 100 meters below the cliff.

David and the other five came down one after another.

Waiting for the last Gale to land, the six looked at each other for a long time before they confirmed this incredible "surprise".

There was a black fog in front of them.

A rotten suspension bridge was in front of them.

One end of the suspension bridge was on the rock wall, and there was a rune chain deeply embedded in the rock wall.

On the other side, it probed into the thick black fog and led to the other side.

"Discover the secret passage leading to Black Crow Castle, get C-level hidden plot settlement reward *1; exploration degree +10%, clearance bonus +5%"

Enlightenment's reminder also confirmed that they really found the right place.

And there is a shriveled corpse on the stone platform.

Judging from the attire, this is a hunter.

The body was drained of blood, but the death time was not long, probably a few days ago.

And under Ji Xun's reminder, after touching the corpse, everyone was enlightened again.

"Discover the body of hunter Chloe, complete the C task 'Find the missing hunter', you can go back to Yinshan Village to inform the tailor Caroline"

"Hidden plot 'Mysterious employer' completion degree +20%, get rare card drawing probability +2%"

At this moment, everyone realized in a daze that they had completed the C-level task.

But compared with the surprise of completing the task, at this moment, the expressions of several people looking at Ji Xun were very strange.

Just jump off the cliff casually and find it?