Chapter 103 The old man had a moment
The battle in the dungeon became more and more intense.
Now that the beacon tower has been lit, the fortress war has begun.
The soldiers hadn't figured out what was happening, but the blue magical light from the beacon tower had already shone on everyone.
The demons disguised as humans wearing human skin were illuminated by the light, tearing their human skin apart one by one, and turned into ferocious demonic forms.
The soldiers finally reacted, and one by one they picked up their weapons and fought fiercely with the demon.
In the blink of an eye, fierce fighting was taking place everywhere in the huge fortress.
Not only in the fortress, but also on the elevator baskets and arrow towers, a large number of demons appeared.
Because they were well prepared, these demons immediately destroyed all kinds of heavy city defense weapons. While causing casualties to human soldiers, it also brought convenience to the demons under the fortress to siege the city.
Groups of demons sprang out from nowhere.
Climbing walls, riding in hanging baskets, flying with wings.
A general attack on the Fallen Eagle Fortress was launched by various means.
The battle instantly became very fierce.
Ji Xun ignored the fighting in the fortress. He sneaked all the way and soon arrived at the deputy commander's residence.
Various defensive barriers have been activated here. He obtained the authority for the magic key that Master Ronan gave him before and went there smoothly.
I looked at the pointer and saw that there were no monsters in the room.
The demons were busy conquering the fortress, and no one paid attention to their residence.
Ji Xun went straight to the second floor.
The commander and deputy commander have their own independent residences.
There is a room with a window on the second floor.
The view here is very good, you can just see the Wailing Abyss.
There is a row of bookshelves in the room.
Looking at the dozens of books on the bookshelf, Qidi did not translate these unknown civilization classics that were irrelevant to the plot.
But the items displayed are all items that can bring out extra-dimensional space.
Ji Xun is welcome.
Regardless of whether they recognized them or not, they packed them all up and stuffed them into storage rings.
Only in the dormitory of the learned magician can you find so many books.
Whether it is the knowledge in the classics or the content of civilization in this extra-dimensional space, he is very interested.
Then he also found the magic secret compartment behind the seventh book on the bookshelf, opened it and saw a magic token inside.
As he expected, the token could not be stored in the storage space.
Moreover, the overflowing magic wave is very special, and it is as conspicuous in the dark as a luminous pearl.
Ji Xun only opened it for a moment to confirm, then closed it again.
By the way, I also put a few devil horns from my body inside.
It is useless to carry these things with you now.
Anyway, it is an unlimited time and different dimension space, so Ji Xun is not in a hurry.
He searched again, and then found a manuscript covered in animal skin from another drawer with a magic mechanism.
Enlightenment displays the content "Master Ronan's Demonic Manuscript".
Ji Xun didn’t look at it much and put it all away.
Seeing that there was nothing missing in Master Ronan's residence, he turned around and jumped from the window, then jumped towards the commander's residence next door.
The second-level demon is currently fighting Master Ronan in the dungeon, and he shouldn't be able to come back in a short time.
Ji Xun had the authority over the magic barrier of the entire fortress, which also allowed him to sneak into the house smoothly.
The commander's room seemed very shabby, with a strong smell of alcohol.
I didn’t see a single book.
There is nothing valuable.
However, Ji Xun saw a shining silver ax on the equipment shelf at a glance.
[Fortress Commander's Long-handled Silver Battle Ax]
Quality: Brilliant Silver
Details: An excellent long-handled ax forged from star iron, sharpness +3, critical hit +4, against Demonic creatures cause an additional 30% damage bonus;
Monsters did not take it because it is not suitable for demons.
“Haha, selling goods for money.”
Ji Xun looked at the attributes and was disappointed.
After seeing many treasures, my horizons have also broadened.
Mainly there are no special entries.
The reason why it is of shining silver quality is simply because the [Star Iron] it is made of is a rare metal.
It’s very heavy and I can’t use it myself.
Ji Xun spent a valuable Yaoyin Containment Card to contain the axe.
I think this ax can be sold for a good price.
Ji Xun walked around the commander's residence and found nothing of value.
Originally, he wanted to go to the Munitions Department to see if he could fish in troubled waters.
But suddenly, the magic fluctuations in the dungeon suddenly subsided.
Look at this posture, Master Ronan has been killed.
Ji Xun did not dare to wait for the second-level disaster to come out and cause trouble for him. He climbed all the way along the rock wall and left the fortress.
Not long after, we were on the cliff.
“The eight demon commanders should all be at least second-order B-level disasters. The three fortresses can hold at least three or four commanders down. According to the combat power of the Beast Legion, no matter how hard they are, they have to be just a few head-on. "Devil Legion"
Ji looked for a place to stay, watched the battle at Fallen Eagle Fortress from a distance, pondered in his mind, and then relaxed and watched the show.
Now the battle has just begun.
There is more than a hundred kilometers of mountainous terrain from the Wailing Abyss to the Thunder Fortress in the south. The demon army may have just left its lair and has not gone far.
Ji Xun is not in a hurry to find any demon passage.
He was on the rock wall, took out the "Master Ronan's Demonic Manuscript" that he had obtained before, and read it carefully.
This is a plot item recognized by the space.
It must be related to customs clearance.
Ji Xun opened the manuscript, which contained densely packed records of an incomprehensible ancient text.
This is the text of the Kingdom of Delan.
Ji Xun's eyes quickly scanned the contents of the notes.
Not only did I read the translated content from Qidi, I also wrote down the original text.
The content in the manuscript is Master Ronan's research on demons, and it can be roughly divided into several sections, "Comprehensive list of known demon species", "Research on low-level demonic languages", and "Devil Totem".
long Guarding the border for many years, this mage has a very in-depth study of the culture and habits of demons.
The content above is even more detailed than what Qidi saw.
Chunchun is just an encyclopedia of demons.
Time was tight and Ji Xun looked quickly.
I specially selected some key points to read.
Mainly for monsters, such as "potions to prevent spider silk from sticking", "treatment of demon flame burns", "detoxification methods for various common demon toxins".
In the future, you will inevitably have to fight demons, learn more about some practical skills, and learn more about self-protection methods.
A few hours later.
Ji Xun closed the manuscript, exhaled a long breath, and couldn't help but sigh: "This manuscript can really help a lot."
From knowing nothing about demons before, now I clearly understand the habits and weaknesses of dozens of demons.
Ji Xun felt that this information was even more useful than any equipment.
Who would have thought that the [Giant Demon]’s defense was invincible before, but one of its tail vertebrae was more fragile than its eyeballs?
[Dark Elf] has the ability to collapse into elements and teleport, but inserting a needle into its collarbone will prevent it from collapsing.
The claws of spider demons are larger than A fatal weakness in any part.
There are many more.
There is only one kind of human being, but there are many kinds of demons.
If Ji Xun had not read this manuscript, he would probably have to risk his life to test it when encountering all kinds of demons.
If you are not careful, you will suffer big losses in those weird abilities.
But now, I suddenly have a lot more confidence.
It can be said that if Ji Xun knew the habits and weaknesses of these demons in advance, even without a scalpel, he would have the means to kill the disaster-level demons he encountered before.
Ji Xun put away the manuscript and looked at the time.
More than five hours have passed.
Looking at the Fallen Eagle Fortress, there were only a few sporadic traces of battle left inside.
There are also the most monsters near the Wailing Abyss.
Previously, the fortress soldiers were able to use the cliff terrain to repel several waves of attacks.
But as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer living people, more and more demons, and the fall is irreversible.
Counting the time, the demon army is almost far away from its lair.
Ji Xun didn’t stay on the cliff for long and quietly climbed down.
After not walking far, he came to the crack in the abyss.
Looking at the bottomless cliff in front of him, Ji Xun threw a few stones to try.
No response was heard.
Fortunately, this crack is a normal crack in the earth, and there is no abnormal gravity.
Ji Xun jumped down again and tried it himself. He climbed several hundred meters on the rock wall and didn't encounter anything strange.
In his eyes, this is the best place to get rid of the devil's pursuit.
He was going to the devil's lair now. Apart from anything else, he had to find a way out first.
And since it is the devil's lair, Ji Xun feels that there must be a lot of sentries of all kinds, so it is best not to take the regular route.
There is not much difference between werewolves walking on flat ground and rock walls.
After Ji Xun tried it out, he stopped walking on the road above and climbed on the rock wall several hundred meters below the cliff.
The "Desolate Spire" is about thirty kilometers northeast of the fortress.
Next to the crack.
He had the impression that he saw a place marked by a stone tower on the military map he had seen before.
Jixun just climbed on the cliff all the way.
Relying on the compass, we successfully avoided some places with strong demonic aura.
Not long after, he came to an area filled with cold fog.
I looked at the pointer.
There are no demonic fluctuations.
He climbed up from the cliff to the ground.
Looking around, there is a white tower made of stones standing not far away.
This is where dead soldiers were buried.
The stone tower is the tombstone.
The old mage didn't say the exact coordinates of the entrance to the devil's lair, but Ji Xun felt that since it was a secret passage, it would definitely not be easy to find.
But it can satisfy a large number of demons coming from the north of the rift, so the place must be not small.
There is no suspension bridge or any other building in the abyss. It may be a teleportation array or something, a passage on the magical level.
So we can only try our luck in this large area nearby.
Wearing a relic cloak, Ji Xun walked cautiously into the White Tower Forest like a ghost and searched patiently.
Not long after walking, he was looking at the red-eyed bat hanging at a key intersection in the White Tower Forest.
He was also sure that some passage must be nearby. The bats couldn't find him.
Ji Xun continued walking in the White Pagoda Forest.
Suddenly, a transparent "white sheet" floated in the air.
What the enlightenment shows is [a ghost contaminated by the devil's energy]?
“Ghost?”
It was also the first time Ji Xun saw a spirit monster.
It doesn’t look threatening.
Maybe one daylight bomb can solve it?
But looking at the ghost prefix, Ji Xun immediately realized that it was probably the devil's spy.
The intelligence of high-level demons is no worse than that of humans, and they must be able to think of some secret techniques of sneaking that can evade the surveillance of red-eyed bats.
The way to perceive monsters like ghosts is not with the naked eye, but at the soul level.
This makes up for the shortcomings of the bat eyeliner’s detection methods.
The ghost's perception range was shorter than that of vision, so Ji Xun was not found for the time being.
But it was like a hunting dog that had smelled the scent, and gradually drifted over.
And there definitely seems to be a lot of ghosts in this tower forest.
If you continue walking, there is a high probability that you will be discovered.
“Ghost Sentry. It’s really watertight.”
Ji Xun frowned slightly as he looked at it.
Just seeing the ghost appear, he was already sure that the devil's secret passage was nearby.
But now he is also in a dilemma.
It is impossible to completely avoid it and it cannot be eliminated.
Once the whereabouts are exposed, the stealth plan fails.
He alone has no ability to break into the devil's lair.
How to avoid ghosts?
Ji Xun searched for all the information he knew about ghosts.
There are many ways to kill monsters, but avoiding them is difficult.
Ghosts are perceptions at the soul level. Living people have souls, so there is no way to avoid them.
Sudden!
An idea flashed in my mind.
The wretched smile of an old man with missing front teeth appeared in Ji Xun's mind, and the demonic voice echoed in his ears: burying your head in your crotch can make most ghosts and monsters invisible.
This is what Old Man Xu, the "Dog King" in the previous team, said.
His theoretical support is that ghosts can perceive the shape of human soul fire. But if the head is hidden under the crotch, the shape of the human soul fire will become very strange. The ghosts will think they are the same kind and will not pay attention to them.
I don’t know if he is bragging, but Old Man Xu said that he had relied on this method to survive many ghost spaces with a high mortality rate.
I thought it was a joke before, but I didn’t expect to meet him so soon.
"How about giving it a try?"
Ji Xun thought about it for a while, but he couldn't think of any other better way.
If you really want to be exposed, just rush.
At least the location is determined first.
He thought so.
The ghost not far away has already drifted over, and there is no room to think about it.
Ji Xun is a clown actor and is good at all kinds of funny moves.
Seeing the ghost floating over, he suddenly bowed 180 degrees and hid his head under his crotch.
The sensory world was suddenly turned upside down.
Ji Xun didn't move, just stood there.
However, a magical scene appeared.
The ghost that seemed to be patrolling here just now seemed to have lost its target all of a sudden and drifted away elsewhere.
And one of them was floating not far away from Ji Xun, but there was nothing unusual about it.
"You really didn't find it?"
Ji Xun also felt a little incredible, and a thought came to his mind: "The old man is really a master of hiding, right?"
He suddenly felt that the wretched old man seemed It really feels a bit clumsy.
To be alive, it’s really about your ability.
Since it was okay to try, Ji Xun walked all the way deep into Tallinn.
Although the position of his butt on top was strange, Ji Xun felt as if he was performing a funny mime without an audience, but he found a little fun.
The deeper you go into Tallinn, the more ghosts there are.
Ji Xun relied on this funny move to go all the way without being discovered at all.
At a certain moment when he passed through the fog, the surrounding environment suddenly changed!
"Discover the hidden plot, explore +10%"
"Completed the C-level plot mission 'Investigating the secret passage of the demon in the Wailing Abyss', combat merit +5000"
Enlightenment prompts one after another.
Ji Xun’s pupils shrank suddenly.
It was then that I realized that I had gone from a deserted cemetery to a busy demon war fortress.
Big Demon, Little Demon, Fire Demon, Dark Elf, Giant Demon, Succubus, Hell Spider, Wall of Flesh, Mimic.
I have seen it, or many of the strange demons that I have seen in Master Ronan's manuscripts before, all appeared before my eyes.
Did you really sneak into the devil’s base camp?
When Ji Xun saw this, excitement flooded into his brain.
And judging from the dense footprints on the ground, a large army of demons must have left the base camp not long ago.
“It turned out to be an illusory barrier covering the entrance.”
Ji Xun looked around and suddenly realized.
He hid behind a rock and observed.
Disaster-level monsters are rarely seen in this war camp, and most of them are just hard laborers.
They carry engineering equipment, inferior swords, and human corpses transported back from the front line.
This is the devil's logistics force.
As Ji Xun expected, all the elites went to the front line to attack the fortress.
Now is the emptiest time in the devil's lair!
Now that I haven't been discovered yet, I have to find an opportunity to make a move.
Ji Xun's eyes reflected the monster camp in front of him, and his heart gradually became excited.
The ground camp is only a small part of the devil's base camp. Not far away is a cave entrance that glows red and leads to the ground.
The mouth of the cave looked like a demon's mouth with bared teeth.
No need to guess, there must be many dangers inside.
“Tsk, tsk.”
Ji Xun raised his eyebrows, but he had no intention of backing down.
Come here, you must go in and have a look.
With his thoughts turning in his mind, he followed the little demons carrying the corpses without fear and walked directly into the cave.
The further you go into the cave, the wider the passage becomes.
There are torches on the rock wall lighting up the mine, and there are all kinds of demons coming and going.
Every once in a while, you can see some totem poles with demonic writing.
Those words are low-level demonic languages, which are similar to ancient human writings. They are simplified and evolved versions of ancient high-level demonic languages.
Ji Xun had seen it in Master Ronan's manuscript before. The contents on those totem poles probably recorded descriptions related to "space".
Not long after he walked, he was almost certain that the so-called "devil's secret passage" was some kind of space teleportation array.
The totem poles everywhere in the cave are the corners of the teleportation array.
Ji Xun was invisible and sneaked all the way, following the little devil in very cautiously.
Looking at the devil's pointer from time to time, he deliberately avoided directions with obvious violent numerical fluctuations.
The journey was smooth.
But as he walked, Ji Xun's eyes suddenly focused.
Because he actually saw a few living humans walking out of the cave?
“There are actually humans in the devil’s lair?”
Ji Xun was surprised before he could,
Suddenly, I heard those humans chattering a few words of devilish language.
He then understood,
This is not a human being.
But a demon disguised as a human!
It is recorded in Master Ronan's manuscript that there is a cunning demon called [Pishtako] who can use human skin to disguise themselves as humans and live.
"It turns out that these human corpses were transported back to the base camp for this purpose."
When Ji Xun saw these "human beings", he always felt that the skin-changing method seemed familiar.
But as soon as he saw these demons walking freely in the cave,
a bolder idea suddenly came to his mind!
Transformed into a werewolf, and after a sniff, those demons smelled completely of humans.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to hide it from the people in the fortress.
After confirming this, a deceitful smile appeared in Ji Xun's eyes: "Hey, it's convenient now."
Don't look at how smooth the infiltration is now, but this is after all In the devil's lair, there is more danger than meets the eye.
[Relic·Hidden One] Although it can cover up most of the aura, it may not necessarily be able to hide it from demons with a very keen sense of smell, such as high-level hellhounds.
And Ji Xun is sure that there are definitely means to detect sneak targets in certain key places in this base camp.
Master Ronan's manuscript records several types of demons that can sense hidden targets.
Like the webs of the hell spider, the song of the wailing banshee, and the sand of the sand demon
These methods are all excellent means to suppress visual invisibility.
If Ji Xun had not read the manuscript before, he might have jumped in and not even known how he was discovered.
But in fact, even if you know it, the risk is only reduced, but it cannot be eliminated.
Ji Xun could only be more careful, but he still couldn't avoid the demon's perception with special abilities.
But now it is different.
Avoid?
No.
No need.
Since you can't avoid it no matter what, let's play with something bigger!
When Ji Xun came here, he suddenly put away his cloak and all the equipment on his body.
Just like the previous demons who had just changed their skins, they walked into the cave with their upper bodies naked.
With a human body, he walked in swaggeringly!
The intelligence of those little devils and big devils is inherently low.
Seeing a "person" suddenly appear behind him, his first thought would be [Pishtaco] in human skin, and he wouldn't care at all.
Even if some highly intelligent demons noticed that something was wrong, looking at such a "human" who had no abnormality at all, they would never have thought that there were really human beings bold enough to dare to break into the forbidden area with such arrogance.
Ji Xun relied on this method that would make others think "crazy", and he actually walked in smoothly!
I was walking cautiously just now, but now I don’t have to.
After walking deep into the cave, I encountered several [Wailing Banshees] squatting and singing at some intersections.
If he really comes invisibly, he will be discovered immediately.
It was like going through numerous security checks, and the demons didn’t notice anything unusual at all.
Ji Xun went all the way in this way.
Soon, he came to a cave with a strong smell of blood.
(End of this chapter)