Chapter 288 A Heroic Toad
The fat-headed and big-eared Lord Lamb left the vanguard camp with satisfaction.
Ji Xun was watching silently from the broken building, his brows slightly furrowed.
A sense of crisis came over me.
He glanced at the huge cage in the slave camp in the distance again, and thought in his heart: "If the 'jar' that the senior officials of the Airel Empire want is really the spelled clay pot in my hand. I am not Delivery to your door? ”
Ji Xun didn't bring anything else with him, but he always had two [spelled clay pots] with him.
Not only does this jar have the auxiliary effect of accelerating cultivation.
More importantly, it can resist curses, and it can also exempt some super-level mysterious spells from detection.
In Jia Yu’s words, everything in the universe has its own destiny line. Ji Xun's ability to obtain these two jars was part of his "luck". Carrying it with you can also enhance your luck. This is why many people like to wear some special relics to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. The essence is that the object itself contains some extraordinary properties of increase, which can affect a person's own luck.
However, the level of [Spelled Clay Pot] is too high, and Jia Yu can’t tell the exact benefits of carrying it.
But he said that at least Ji Xun had been with him for so long without any trouble, and his fate could bear it.
Mysterious spells such as divination come with a price.
The jar contains a sealed alien god. Existences of this level cannot be divined by humans at all.
There is also a hidden special effect of natural protection against mysterious spells.
"However, since the fat man said that the 'monsters' in the box are for looking for jars, if it is really the two on me, could it have actually discovered the jars on me?"
This is what Ji Xun is worried about.
The world is so big, there are all kinds of extraordinary beings.
Not surprising.
Thinking of this, the thoughts in his mind spread out like countless threads.
The brain has become an extremely complex maze, some ideas run into the train of thought, and some continue to be deduced.
Two conclusions were ultimately drawn.
First, the monster was either not discovered.
Second, either you discovered it but didn’t say anything.
Both intuition and deduction told Ji Xun that it was the second possibility.
The people of the Airel Empire expended so much effort to move such a large iron cage, which shows that the "monster" must have special abilities and can detect the existence of the jar.
And at such a close distance, if you had the ability to detect it, you should have discovered it long ago.
"Tsk, tsk, that's interesting. I didn't mention it, which means that the 'monster' in the cage is not completely under the control of those people."
Ji Xun came to the conclusion, Suddenly I became curious about what the monster was.
It needs to be imprisoned and heavily guarded
From these two points alone, the relationship between the monster and the Hydralisk Legion may not be so friendly.
Most likely, he was forced to look for the jar due to some special reasons.
Normally speaking, if Ji Xun wants to ensure his own safety, it is the best choice for him to leave now.
There is no guarantee that the monster will reveal the information about the jar on his body for some reason.
However, the first time this idea flashed through Ji Xun's mind, he immediately rejected it.
He chose to stay.
Although there are risks, it also means "opportunities".
When he saw those purely human war slaves before, he realized that the Airel Empire was not completely monolithic.
There are so many war slaves, which means that the resistance is not small.
The enemy of your enemy is your ally.
Ji Xun saw a chance to break the situation.
The battle at Nugget Pier lasted for a long time and was very fierce.
The roar of the explosion can be clearly heard even dozens of kilometers away.
Although the Hydralisk Legion spearhead led by General Herman has more than one seventh-level leader, the Nugget Pier has also spent a lot of money and material resources on defense during this period, and it is not so easy to break through in a short period of time.
Moreover, a group of top federal combat forces such as Gong Wu are gathered on the dock.
As for Ji Xun’s detailed information, they are all arrogant guys and will never retreat without a fight.
So much so that the Hydralisk Legion thought it would be the end of the blitzkrieg.
I didn’t expect it to take so long.
However, subsequent reinforcements also arrived one after another.
Although the battle is fierce, the outcome has been decided.
Ji Xun informed Catalina of the situation.
He didn't know what the fighting was like over there.
But we also know that the Lionhearts will definitely not stick to the Nuggets Pier.
Finally, a violent explosion that shook the earth and mountains declared that the battle came to an end.
The space in the cave world is like a tunnel, and the shock wave has nowhere to release, and will flow everywhere like a flood.
A few breaths after the explosion, the shock wave swept through the entire camp.
It was also Ji Xun's first time to see such a terrifying explosion.
The sand and gravel blown up dozens of kilometers away can make people’s skin hurt, but imagine how terrifying the situation at Nugget Pier is.
In the camp.
Buildings collapsed, sand and rocks flew, and people fell onto their backs.
The sergeants of the Hydralisk Legion were so frightened by the movement that they ran out of the camp, all showing horrified expressions.
Because there is no mechanical technology in the southern continent.
They also lack the basic understanding of physical explosions.
“What happened!”
“Why is there such a big movement!”
“Damn! Those guys in the East Wasteland are not going to destroy the Nugget Pier. Explode.”
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Ji Xun squinted at the entire panicked camp and understood the Lionheart family's tactics.
The previous protracted battle was to deliberately attract enemy reinforcements.
Attract reinforcements and unleash a wave of devastating suicide bombings.
Bombs do have a limited impact on high-level card masters, but the amount must be considered.
The sound of this explosion was no different than a nuclear bomb.
Ji Xun estimated that these guys might have guessed correctly. The entire Nugget Pier might no longer exist now.
With this tactic, you can kill eight hundred enemies and injure yourself a thousand.
But when it comes to battle losses, the Federation may not be able to get any benefits.
But Ji Xun also knew that this battle was about morale.
If we really need to consider the damage caused by the battle, it would be best for the Lionheart family to leave the city empty and evacuate.
But they didn't.
Instead, he chose to pay a huge price and be tough.
Fear always comes from the unknown. Before the war started, a large number of surrenderers appeared in the Federation because they felt that they had no chance of winning.
Most people are also waiting and watching.
Even the main war faction is worried.
No one is willing to die if there is really no hope of victory.
But now these two tough battles have created a completely new scene.
The previous interception and killing of the seventh-level enemy broke the fear in the hearts of everyone in the federation that the "super-level" enemy was invincible;
This battle also broke the myth that the enemy army was invincible. ;
It can be said that these first two battles established the unfailing morale for the protracted war for many years to come.
The chaos in the camp continues.
Ji Xun glanced around the entire camp.
This sudden chaos can reveal a lot of hidden information.
Just like Ji Xun watched the tents all over the ground being overturned, but one tent remained unmoved.
It can be seen that there must be masters inside.
“It turns out that there is a big shot hiding in this Hydralisk Legion.”
Ji Xun thought it was the legion that came to fight before, but now it seems that it is not that simple.
There is also a "mysterious warlord".
At this moment, Ji Xun’s eyes suddenly flashed.
The shock wave of the distant explosion also instantly lifted the black cloth of the steel prison car.
Ji Xun also saw the "monster" inside for the first time.
Is that a giant toad covered in abscesses?
The toad was sitting paralyzed in the prison car. Not only were his shoulder blades pierced by iron chains and bleeding, but his hands, feet, and limbs were also locked with magic-forbidden chains.
It seems that those people are very worried about its escape style.
"Huh?"
Ji Xun suddenly thought it was some kind of monster.
But looking at the toad's lazy eyes, he intuitively told him that it was a human being.
Ji Xun has seen talking chinchillas before, and has also seen many magical beasts with high intelligence.
However, the look in the eyes of the highly intelligent monsters is different from that of humans.
Eyes can see the soul.
Cursed humans?
And by coincidence, when Ji Xun glanced over, the toad also glanced over.
There were tens of thousands of people in this military camp, but they happened to see this side.
Even if they just looked at each other for a moment, Ji Xun immediately understood that this guy saw him.
"Sure enough, you know I have a jar on me!"
Ji Xun's pupils shrank slightly.
But then the corners of his mouth curved.
He guessed right, the toad had already discovered that the jar was on him.
But just by looking at each other, he was sure that the other party had no ill intentions.
There are even opportunities for collaboration.
"It seems like I have to get in touch with that toad if I have a chance."
Ji Xun murmured in his heart.
Since the other party can sense the existence of the jar, he must know some secrets.
This may also be a "key point" to break the situation.
After a moment of confusion, the guards covering the cage again covered the cage with black cloth.
After Ji Xun learned that there was a master in a certain tent, he did not dare to look further.
He also tidied up his messed up tent.
Waiting and waiting, at this time, the communicator that had been paying attention suddenly vibrated to deliver an encrypted message.
A very simple message: I am alive.
When Ji Xun saw this, he felt relieved inexplicably.
The big explosion just now must have caused heavy casualties to the Lionheart family.
He was also worried that his old friend would die in the battle.
It’s good that he’s not dead.
Then another message came: Your friends are all well too.
Ji Xun looked at it, and the last worry in his heart dissipated.
Gong Wu and Qin Ru joined the war largely because they trusted themselves and cooperated with the Lion Heart Family.
Fortunately, there were no surprises.
When Ji Xun received the news he had been waiting for, his mood became lighter.
Not long after, news came back from the Nuggets Pier.
The process was similar to what Ji Xun had calculated.
The vanguard troops led by General Herman failed to quickly capture the heavily defended Nugget Pier and fell into a stalemate;
The follow-up troops then reinforced and attacked and finally broke through the city and began to engage in street fighting
Unexpectedly, Lionheart's house was directly connected to the city and the entire dock.
Ji Xun did not see the tragic scene with his own eyes, but it was said that the rock walls for miles around collapsed and fell into the endless abyss.
Although the explosion failed to kill the high-level card masters including General Hermann, the tens of thousands of Hydralisk legions were severely damaged.
This battle silenced the entire Hydralisk army.
The main army was defeated, but everyone in Ji Xun's Venomous Bee Pioneer Group was a little lucky.
Look, it’s not us, but the enemy is too cunning.
Before, their vanguard army took the blame alone, but now the general came in person and failed to achieve the expected results.
With a higher-ranking official holding the blame, the pressure suddenly eased.
More importantly, those people failed to blitz through the Nuggets Pier and failed to cross the abyss.
The artifact chain linking to the Nugget Pier was also taken back by the Oran royal family.
The Eastern Continent and the Middle-earth Continent were completely disconnected.
However, Ji Xun looked at the reactions from all parties in the military camp and realized that the Airel Empire seemed to have some special means of transportation across the abyss and fissures.
You think so.
After all, there is a gap between the Southern Continent and the Middle-earth Road, so there must be special tools to cross it. It's just that it will take some time to get that thing over.
More and more battle reports came back, and Ji Xun no longer felt any surprise.
Up to now, almost all the words Jia Yu chatted with before are gradually being played out.
What follows is a long guerrilla war.
Another half month passed in a flash.
The Nugget Pier is gone, and there is no point in staying in this ruins.
The Hydralisk Legion set off, heading towards the Lion City and the new cities established by the Federation in the Old Continent.
After failing to pass, there were basically only a few empty buildings left. The hunters had long since heard the news and hid in the wilderness.
Even so, there are probably millions of Federation people in the entire Old Continent.
There is guerrilla warfare almost every day, and people are caught every day.
In addition to interrogating some information, the Hydralisk Legion did not kill these prisoners of war, but used them as cannon fodder to open up extradimensional space.
The mission of Ji Xun’s Venomous Bee Pioneer Group is still to explore the road.
But it is not a blind exploration.
Those people seemed to have partial maps of the Old World in their hands, and the "toad" guided their exploration in certain directions.
Since the people of the Airel Empire are looking for the "jar", except for the ruins, they will not let go of almost any other-dimensional space.
Others don’t know why.
Ji Xunke couldn’t be more clear.
After all, he got one of the jars in Greedy Mines.
The level of that extra-dimensional space is not high, it is just hidden very secretly and requires a very high level of difficulty to get it.
Every space is not missed, so the exploration progress is not fast.
And the personnel consumption is also very large.
Even though several other legions from the Red Dragon Kingdom and a large number of war slaves came later, it was still not enough.
Until this day, the turning point came.
Ji Xun followed the large army to the ruins of a city called "Warren City" and discovered an extra-dimensional space called "Warren Rebel Camp".
The main army stopped.
This is a fourth-order different-dimensional space, which is very difficult.
Several batches of cannon fodder were stuffed in, but only a little preliminary information was discovered.
Ji Xun also understood a little bit more.
These guys seem to know some directional clues and will focus on exploring certain "special historical plots" when they find them.
This "Warren Rebel Camp" seems to be related to jars or something special.
But Ji Xun didn’t care about extradimensional space.
Because he finally found the opportunity to get close to the toad.
The Old Continent is vast and vast. After entering the city, the Hydralisk Legion spread out.
It's like a large net being spread out to "net fish" on a large scale and open up multiple extra-dimensional spaces at the same time.
However, the Venomous Bee Pioneer Group is one of the best reconnaissance groups, and they have been following the main group.
Ji Xun kept looking for opportunities to get close to the toad for several days.
The legion is too spread out, even the main group only has about a thousand people at the moment.
With only a few people, staffing is stretched.
"Valen Rebel Camp", a highly difficult extra-dimensional space, not only consumes a large number of war slaves, but also has soldiers who enter it.
After losing another group of main force, the Pioneer Group also took on the task of looking after the slaves.
On this day, the opportunity also came.
Slaves not only have to take care of them, but they also have to deliver meals every day.
One of the tasks is to deliver food to the toad every day and clean up the excrement in the prison car.
This was not a big problem at first, but from a distance away from the prison van, one could smell a poisonous stench of corruption.
This job is the most detested job in the entire camp.
The "Joel" character disguised by Ji Xun is Meng Guer, and he does all the dirty and tiring work in the Pioneer Group alone.
So after the Pioneer Group took charge of taking care of the slaves, this job naturally fell on him.
Ji Xun didn’t show any abnormality.
For three days in a row, they delivered meals and cleaned the prison vans.
Even though he had the opportunity to come into contact with the toad, he did not make any unusual move.
The toad didn't move either.
On the fourth day, the guards guarding the prison car looked familiar.
Watching Ji Xunlai cleaning, the guards stayed away from each other, not wanting to be contaminated by the stench.
He covered his mouth and nose with a thick black cloth and began daily cleaning.
Ji Xun originally wanted to observe more.
But this time, Toad took the initiative to speak: "You are very smart. Whenever a stranger approaches, he will be monitored by that person. I didn't expect that you resisted and didn't take the initiative to talk to me a few days ago. ”
Although he heard the sound, the toad did not speak.
Using an ability similar to ventriloquism.
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The words entered his ears, and Ji Xun's pupils shrank slightly.
But I was not surprised.
Normally speaking, it is impossible for a fourth-level card master to detect that kind of mysterious surveillance.
But Ji Xun's "Yi" is now very proficient.
Combined with the causal line deduced from "I am the world" involving this toad.
He was sure that getting close to this guy would be risky.
In the past few days, he has always had a vague sense of danger of being stared at from behind.
So, there has been no change.
Not even the shadow dared to use it randomly.
Instead, we are silently observing where the risk comes from.
Furthermore, he also has to observe the toad itself.
If you are a fool or have bad intentions, you are definitely not someone to cooperate with.
But obviously, this toad is not, but is extremely smart.
Thoughts were racing in his mind, and Ji Xun's hands did not pause at all. He continued to clean up the green feces that seemed to be deliberately loosened by this guy, so that the guards could avoid it further.
Toad saw that Ji Xun's expression was not abnormal at all, and said with admiration: "Tsk tsk, your courage is really good. You know that I found you, but you didn't run away, but came to approach me. So, you must not be from the Red Dragon Kingdom. That’s weird, you’re not the ‘Dragon Rebel’. Oh, you must be from the Eastern Wilderness Card Master Federation, right? I have to say, it’s really surprising that you can do this.”
Cooperation is always mutual.
If it were an idiot who approached rashly, he would never speak.
After all, those in the Red Dragon Kingdom would not give an idiot a chance to live.
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Ji Xun still didn't respond.
A toad can also keep its composure.
The two of them didn't speak, they were both observing everything about each other.
Finally, Ji Xun asked: "What do you have that is valuable to me?"
The basis of cooperation is the exchange of value between two people.
Ji Xun also wanted to try this toad.
I don’t know what the other party can bring to him.
If the benefits are not enough, he will never continue to take risks.
He also couldn't hear the sound when he spoke. This is the secret technique he learned from Catalina - [Directed Sound Wave Transmission].
Toad looked at this secret technique and was slightly surprised.
But it feels natural.
Without this method, I wouldn’t be able to pretend to be so perfect.
He responded: "I didn't reveal that you have 'that thing' on you, is that enough?"
Ji Xun said calmly: "Not enough. This thing fell into the hands of the Red Dragon Kingdom. It will be even worse for you, or for some people.”
This is the result he has deduced countless times in the past few days.
The reason why the other party didn't expose him was not for other reasons.
The most likely thing is that if this thing falls into the hands of the senior officials of the Airel Empire, it will be very detrimental to the enemies of the empire.
This guy is a prisoner, and of course he doesn’t want to see his enemy become stronger.
Hearing this, Toad's eyes really flashed with surprise: "Hey, I thought you were more cautious before. Now it seems that you have underestimated it."
Said , he changed the topic: "However, your behavior is also the person who I see most promising to save me at the moment."
Judging from what this meant, many people had tried to save him before.
But the fact is that he is still in the prison car.
In other words, those people failed.
Ji Xun asked calmly: "Why should I save you?"
There is no need to mince words in a conversation between smart people. This toad can provide value, so he must repay it. You must save him first.
Hearing this, the toad seemed to understand something and laughed at himself: "So you don't know me. Haha, that's right. I look like a monster and no one can recognize me."
He didn't hesitate and said directly: "If you knew my career sequence, you would understand why I was imprisoned. And there will be a basic foundation of trust between us."
Ji Xun I was curious about what reason the other party would use to convince me: "Oh?"
Toad said calmly: "My card master's career sequence is [Heart 10-Hero], and the advanced career is [Dragon Slaying Warrior]."
“Dragon-slaying warrior?”
In an instant, Ji Xun understood.
This sequence is not unfamiliar to him.
The [Dragon Catcher] he entered into the third level of fusion is a special card in this career sequence.
As you can tell from the name of this sequence, it is the enemy of the dragon.
It’s no surprise that this guy is imprisoned.
But why did the dragon-slaying warrior turn into a toad?
Obviously, Toad also knew that Ji Xun would be confused and said: "As for why I became like this, it's because I was cursed. It's not convenient to say more about the details now. If you are willing to take the risk, we can talk about cooperation. If you don’t want to, then I advise you to leave here as soon as possible.”
Hearing this, Ji Xun pondered for a moment and said, “How to save?” Ranking not only requires talent and marks, but also needs to be in line with the person's character traits.
It's like Xie Guozhong's [Diamond 6-Outlaw Maniac].
Without justice, it is impossible to advance to a high level.
The toad in front of you can be chained by such a thick iron chain. Before it turned into a monster, it must have been of a high level.
He can be promoted to a high level, which means that he can be called a "hero" in a sense.
At least from this point of view, there is no need to doubt his character.
This is what this guy said is the basis for cooperation.
"You are indeed courageous!"
Hearing Ji Xun's decisiveness, Toad praised again and asked, "Do you dare to take the risk?"
What did Ji Xun realize: "This alien dimension Space? "
After saying this, he immediately understood that the extradimensional space of "Valen Rebel Camp" was definitely not simple.
And this toad also knows something else.
Tsk tsk masters are indeed everywhere.
So, from the beginning, this guy also wanted to create opportunities for him to make contact?
Ji Xun thought that he was the only one trying his best to contact the other party.
Unexpectedly, this toad has also been planning secretly.
The people who led the Hydralisk Legion here suffered heavy casualties, and the Vanguard Regiment took over their care
The series of steps seemed to happen completely naturally.
But now after hearing this, Ji Xun saw the inconspicuous hidden thread involved in each link.
Toad seemed to also see that Ji Xun understood everything. He didn't say much, but he was equally surprised.
He sighed with emotion from the bottom of his heart: "Your rank is not high, but your mind is the sharpest I have ever seen in this rank. Your career sequence is very special. Prophecy Home? Bard? Wise Man?"
Ji Xun said lightly: "What do you need from me?"
Toad's tone was also very serious: "Be prepared to die."
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Hearing this, Ji Xun was not surprised.
On the contrary, he smiled strangely.
Oh, that’s just it.
Time is a little rushed, I will change it first, sorry
(End of this chapter)