Chapter 222 Soul Bead, the terrifying witch in the forest! (6000)
Seeing the system prompt, Cao Xing once again had a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"This is the deepest part of the forest, and according to the system, this is the witch's castle."
"Could it be that the witch can be found here?"
Obviously, Cao Xing has touched upon the long-standing truth of this forest.
Those plants and animals eroded by the dark atmosphere, and why the Church of Light wants to deal with the black snake.
And the legendary witch...
These are about to appear in front of him.
As long as Cao Xing enters this castle, he can explore all of this.
Thinking of this, Cao Xing took a breath.
"Come on, let's go over and take a look."
They soon arrived about ten meters away from the city wall.
This old castle looked very deserted, not to mention the guards, not even a single figure.
Obviously, with this four- to five-meter-high city wall, there was no way to stop them.
Just when Cao Xing was about to approach.
About five meters away from the city wall, Dabai suddenly bumped into something.
"puff!"
A dull sound of meat appeared, and Dabai was hit so hard that his head shook.
And just then.
Cao Xing saw a blue energy shield appearing out of thin air in front of him.
"Good guy, what is this?"
"Protective shield?"
At this moment, the system prompt appeared.
[The Witch's Castle is the forest witch's private sanctuary. She has set up a powerful sealing barrier around it, prohibiting the entry and exit of all foreign creatures]
(Tips: Maybe you can look for clues around the castle.)
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Seeing the system prompt, Cao Xing had an unexpected look in his eyes.
"Isn't this a shield, but a barrier?"
"No wonder it doesn't show the durability, so you can't get in with brute force."
"However, the system prompts me to look for clues around the castle."
So, Cao Xing ordered: "Let's go and explore the area."
After saying that, he led everyone around the castle and started searching.
This castle is really big, at least four or five kilometers in diameter.
You know, Cao Xing's entire territory is only one kilometer in diameter.
“This castle is really nice, it’s large and the location is great.”
"It would be great if this was my territory. In this way, I can save countless resources."
Cao Xing couldn't help but fantasize.
Of course, he was just thinking about it.
The survivor's territory cannot be moved. After all, the [Bonfire] is the core of the territory.
Unless, like before, we conquer other people's territory.
Then occupy it and start developing it again.
But it is obvious that this castle does not meet the conditions for becoming a territory.
"However, although there is no way to turn this castle into a territory, the location of my territory is also good."
"The surrounding area is very empty. As long as you stand on the sentry tower, you can clearly see whether there are any enemies."
Moreover, Cao Xing believed that it would not be long before his territory could develop to the same size as this castle.
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After thinking about it, they had already made more than half a circle around the castle.
Through such observation, Cao Xing roughly figured out the terrain inside the castle.
There are many tall towers inside, as well as some two-story buildings.
These buildings have a unified style.
They are all made of stone and full of medieval style.
The castle was overgrown with weeds and some unknown plants, covering the road. It looked like no one had been inside for a long time.
In the central area, there is a tower hundreds of meters high.
It seems that this high tower is the most important building in the entire castle.
And at this moment——
Sarah dodged and emerged from the shadows, while looking ahead warily.
Cao Xing realized that Sarah might have discovered something and followed her gaze.
On the ground in front, there was actually a figure lying on the ground.
What surprised Cao Xing the most was that this figure was actually inside the barrier.
In other words, this person has entered the castle!
This moment made Cao Xing interested.
"Get ready, let's go over and take a look."
After receiving Cao Xing's order, Assam directly picked up his weapon and walked in front of him.
As they approached, the figure seemed to hear Dabai's heavy footsteps.
He slowly stood up from the ground, lowered his head, and stared at Cao Xing and others.
A beast-like growl came from his mouth.
"Hoo...ho..."
As he got closer, Cao Xing also saw this person's appearance, and was suddenly shocked!
This is a man wearing soldier armor, but his appearance is completely different from ordinary people.
His left hand held a long sword, and his right hand held a sharp claw covered with gray hair.
His face was also covered with gray hair, and a pair of fangs were exposed, full of a ferocious aura.
"Werewolf? Or something?"
There was doubt in Cao Xing's eyes.
Seeing this weird scene, everyone stopped.
However, although the other party looks terrifying, it does not seem to be a very powerful creature.
"Assam, Sarah, go see how he is doing."
After hearing this, Assam directly rode on the frost wolf at his feet and rushed forward quickly.
Sarah, who was in the shadow, also came to the side quietly.
And just then.
The bizarre soldier seemed irritated by Assam's approach.
"roar!!!"
He let out a strange scream, then instantly crossed the barrier in front of him, and suddenly rushed towards Assam.
Seeing this scene, Cao Xing quickly reminded, "Assam, be careful!"
Assam, who has rich combat experience, reacted immediately.
The moment the opponent rushes over.
The [King's Glaive] in his hand swept across.
"Bang!"
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The soldier was instantly sent flying more than ten meters away.
After the opponent landed, he quickly got up, then got down on all fours and pounced on him fiercely.
The movements at this time were really like a wild beast.
Seeing this scene, other people just wanted to go up and help.
Cao Xing stopped them, "Don't go there yet, they can handle it."
"Assam, Sarah, don't kill it, just beat it half to death."
He wanted to find clues to enter the castle from this monster.
After hearing the order, everyone stood still.
And Cao Xing also quickly glanced at the attributes of this monster.
[Experimental Subject: Tamera Soldier]
[Race: Human/Beast]
[Level: Level 31 (Level 4 ordinary creature)]
[Health value: 24623/28747]
[Attack power: 1213~1246]
[Armor: 279~311]
[Skill: Intermediate swordsmanship proficiency (when using sword weapons, attack power +20%, attack speed +10%)
Violent claw attack (swinging the wolf claw of the left hand, causing 124% tearing damage to the enemy, and causing it to enter a 3-layer bleeding state)
Three-stage slash (severe three slashes forward, causing 97 %, 75%, 64% damage)
Enraged (after being attacked 5 times, it will enter an enraged state, attack power +20%, attack speed +20%)]
[Talent: Fusion (Health +20%, Attack Power +10%)]
(The soldiers of the original Tamera Kingdom have now become a product of experiments. They will become very violent during the day.)
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Seeing the attributes of this soldier, Cao Xing looked thoughtful in his eyes.
Fusion?
It seems that the wolf's genes have been integrated into this soldier's body.
This allows him to exert considerable combat power. An ordinary creature can have four skills.
And Cao Xing thought of the human-faced trees he encountered before, which seemed to use the same technique.
And these soldiers can come and go freely from the castle.
While Cao Xing was thinking about this, the battle over there had come to an end.
As a third-level leader, Assam couldn't easily deal with this fourth-level ordinary monster.
Coupled with Sarah next to him, the soldier was seriously injured in a few blows.
And because of Sarah's deliberate control, her silent blade slashed across the soldier's heel, causing him to lose the ability to move.
At this time, he could only fall to the ground and continue to struggle, with blood oozing from his mouth.
Seeing this scene, Cao Xing also quickly led people over.
He quickly came to the soldier and asked directly: "Tell me how to enter the castle, and I will let you go."
However, the other party seemed not to understand his words at all, and still roared like a beast.
"Ho! Roar!"
Not only that, he was constantly waving the wolf claw on his left hand, trying to attack Cao Xing.
Seeing this scene, Cao Xing frowned.
He asked Isabel to come over and use [Repentance] to see if he could forcibly control the soldier.
However, Isabel tried it, then shook her head and said: "No, Lord, this soldier's consciousness is extremely confused, and the confession technique is useless to him."
Hearing this, Cao Xing frowned again.
"Ho! Roar!!"
The soldier was still roaring, and it was getting louder and louder.
If this continues, the creatures in the castle may be disturbed.
So, Cao Xing said directly: "Forget it, let's deal with him."
After receiving the order, Sarah appeared directly, and then chopped it off with a single blow.
Uh-huh!
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The health value returns to zero.
At the last moment, a glimmer of clarity seemed to return to the soldier's eyes.
He looked at Cao Xing as if asking for help and said the last words.
"The king... deceived us..."
[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance killed the fused soldier lv31, a fourth-level ordinary creature, and gained experience points: 1240]
[Combatants gain experience points: 620]
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"The king deceived him?"
"Which king?"
Cao Xing was thinking about the soldier's last words.
However, because there are too few clues, it is impossible to infer.
He shook his head and threw these thoughts away.
"Forget it, let's pick up the things that exploded from his body and take a look."
After speaking, Cao Xing put several things on the ground into his backpack.
[Obtain: Chaotic Soldier Soul Bead (Green)*1]
[Obtain: Tamera standard iron sword (green)*1]
[Obtain: Tamera Soldier Seal (Green)]
[Obtain: Intermediate Power Heart*1]
[Obtain: Medium-sized Book of Chaos*1]
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What this soldier exploded was pretty good.
One [Intermediate Power Heart] is equivalent to 10,000 ice dragon marks.
"Not bad, I saved money again."
Cao Xing thought happily, and then began to check the properties of other materials.
There is no need to check that standard iron sword, it is just green quality equipment anyway. Cao Xing first took a look at the properties of the seal.
[Tamara Soldier Seal (Green)]
[Equipment Part: Accessories]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Attributes: Strength +3, Agility +3]
(Note: The mark of a soldier who has destroyed a kingdom has certain commemorative value.)
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"Oh? Has the Tamera Kingdom been destroyed?"
"Then the king this soldier is talking about is the king of Tamera?"
Cao Xing looked thoughtful.
He didn't think much about it and started looking at another thing.
[Chaotic Soldier Soul Bead (Green): Special Item]
[Introduction: The souls of two different races are fused together, which contains extremely chaotic consciousness. 】
[Effectiveness of the prop: After use, you will receive a strong mental impact, with an 80% chance of causing yourself to fall into a state of chaos. Your mental attributes will be permanently reduced by 10 points, and there is a 20% chance of increasing the spirit by 10 points or agility by 10 points.]
[Number of uses remaining: 10/10]
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"Good guy! The soul beads that can be used to improve attributes are returned 10 points at a time."
"This is twice as powerful as the improvement of the large attribute book!"
The most important thing is that this thing is different from those attribute books.
This can be used by Survivor Lords!
In other words, both Cao Xing and Liu Muxue can use this thing to improve themselves.
[Soul Pearl] can be used 10 times.
If you're lucky, you might be able to directly increase your spirit by dozens of points, which would be a huge improvement.
However, this kind of [Soul Bead] has the biggest drawback, that is, the probability of failure is too high.
A full 80% probability of failure!
At this time, Cao Xing suddenly noticed the above prompt, [Using it will cause a strong mental impact and cause yourself to fall into a state of chaos]
"In other words, it was a mental shock that led to the failure, right?"
"What if I resist this wave of mental attacks?"
After all, they now all have a status skill called [Thought of Faith].
This skill is just enough to be immune to a mental attack.
Can it be used to be immune to the attacks of [Soul Beads]?
After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing decided to give it a try.
Although the side effects of this thing's failure were a bit scary, he could still bear it.
So, Cao Xing took out the gray bead directly from his backpack, put it in his hand and examined it.
This bead is about the size of a thumb, and there seem to be two groups of aura entangled in it.
The method of use is also very simple, just crush it.
And he didn't hesitate and crushed it on the spot.
"Crack!"
The next moment.
Two groups of cold breath suddenly penetrated into Cao Xing's mind.
He seemed to see a terrifying scene. A soldier was placed on the experimental table, with knife wounds all over his body, and a figure standing next to him.
Then transplant organs from various animals into his body...
At the same time, a system prompt appeared.
【bite! The thought of faith has been triggered, and you are immune to this mental attack...]
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The picture in front of me disappeared instantly.
[Successfully used the chaotic soldier soul bead (green), mental attribute +10, remaining times: 9]
Cao Xing was pleasantly surprised when he saw the system prompt!
“Haha, it sure works!”
"Great! In this way, this thing has a 100% success rate for me!"
Thinking of this, Cao Xing's eyes showed ecstasy!
He even wanted to get a few hundred more and give them to all the mages or assassins on the field.
After all, the improvement of dozens of points of spirit or dozens of points of agility attribute is very big.
For Cao Xing, this thing is one or two hundred points of magic attack power.
But it's a pity.
There is only one of this stuff at the moment.
Shaking his head, Cao Xing put away these thoughts.
"Keep going," he ordered.
Then, they circled the castle and began to explore.
After a few minutes.
They advanced almost a mile.
At this moment, Sarah appeared silently again.
"There is a situation ahead. I found a small cabin in the forest."
"Cabin?"
Cao Xing was stunned.
Sarah nodded, then pointed to the woods not far away.
Obviously, the sudden appearance of a small wooden house in such a forest is abnormal no matter how you think about it.
So, Cao Xing said directly: "Take me over and have a look."
"As you command!"
Then, Sarah led everyone towards the area she discovered.
Not long after, at the foot of some big trees ahead, I discovered a wooden hut entangled with vines.
This cabin looks really small, with only one floor.
The wood on the surface has turned black and damp, and the humid environment in the forest has caused some fungi to grow on the surface of the wooden house.
The most important thing is.
There was still light inside, and it seemed like someone was still living there.
Cao Xing thought for a moment and stopped in front of the wooden house.
He walked up and knocked on the door.
"Boom! Boom!"
No one responded the first time, so Cao Xing knocked again.
After a while, a voice came from inside.
"Who is it..."
The voice sounded like an old man in his eighties or nineties.
Old, and extremely harsh.
Just listening to it gives people a creepy feeling.
Tong Chuchu and Elisa behind them couldn't help but grasp each other's little hands.
But Cao Xing didn't think much about it, after all, their strength was there.
He straightened his expression and continued: "Hello, we are passing explorers and want to ask you something."
After hearing this, there was silence for a moment, and then there was a sound of footsteps.
After a moment, a gap opened in the wooden door of the cabin.
A skinny, mummified right hand stretched out from inside and grabbed the wooden door.
"Crunch!"
The wooden door opens.
An old woman with a stooped figure, wearing a dirty black robe and a black scarf on her head, appeared in front of everyone.
When the opponent raised his head, everyone on the field trembled slightly!
Even Cao Xing was so frightened that he took half a step back.
The face of this old woman really scared everyone present!
Because she looks so much like the witches in those fairy tales.
The wrinkles on her face were piled up together, like the wrinkles on the skin of a crocodile, and even her eyes were a little unclear.
The most iconic thing is her wide nose, which almost reaches her chin!
It is not normal to see such a terrifying old man in such a forest.
Cao Xing also checked her attributes in an instant.
【Witch Woman in the Forest】
[Race: Unknown]
[Level: Level 12 (second-level ordinary creature)]
[HP: 1340/1340]
[Attack power: 95~102]
[Skill: None]
[Talent: None]
(The witch woman of unknown origin seems to have existed in the Witch Forest a long time ago...)
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Seeing the opponent's panel attributes, Cao Xing's eyes showed a thoughtful look.
It's just a level 12 ordinary creature that doesn't seem to pose any threat.
However, Cao Xing did not underestimate the other party.
You know, in this world, there are many beings who use disguise.
His [Eye of True Sight] can only see through the fifth-level disguise.
Therefore, Cao Xing also maintained full vigilance, ready to escape or fight at any time.
The old witch looked at Cao Xing and others, and her eyelids gradually opened.
Cao Xing found a pair of cat-like eyes among the wrinkles on her face.
Her eyes swept over Cao Xing and others.
Everyone who was targeted by her felt a hairy feeling in their hearts!
"Ho ho..."
The old woman made a blower-like sound in her throat, like she was holding a piece of thick phlegm, which was very unpleasant...
"Young explorers...what do you want to ask me about?"
Cao Xing composed himself, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and then asked: "Old man, I want to know how to enter that castle?"
He pointed to the castle behind him.
The system prompted him to look for clues nearby.
Nearby, Cao Xing only found this forest hut.
So he also went straight to the point.
Upon hearing this question, the old witch's cat-like eyes rolled a few times.
"Young explorers... why do you want to enter that castle..."
"That old castle... is too dangerous... there are many man-eating monsters in it..."
A man-eating monster?
Cao Xing's eyes moved slightly, "This old man, can you tell me in detail?"
The old witch thought for a moment, seeming to be recalling something.
"There... there is an evil big wolf inside..."
"An ogre who likes to eat people and drinks a glass of freshly squeezed corpse juice every day..."
"There is also... Rapunzel who enjoys torturing other people's souls..."
After hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes flashed with thought again.
The Big Bad Wolf, the ogre who drinks corpse juice, Rapunzel...
This should be the monster in the castle.
But the strange thing is that Cao Xing just took a walk outside the castle.
Except for the soldier, no signs of biological activity were found inside.
So, Cao Xing directly asked his doubts: "But when we just came here, we didn't find any monsters in the castle?"
When the old witch heard this question, the corners of her dry mouth curved.
It looked like she was smiling, but it was uglier than crying.
"Ho ho ho..."
A blower-like laughter burst from her throat again.
"That's because... this castle only shows its true colors at night..."
"Young explorer...haven't you noticed that there are very few wild animals in this forest?"
Upon hearing this question, Cao Xing looked thoughtful.
Because he did find this problem.
Except for the group of wild boars we encountered last time we came in.
This time when I came in, I didn't even encounter a wave of wild beasts.
What they encountered were weird monsters like piranha and human-faced trees.
He nodded.
"Ho ho... That's because all the beasts in the forest have been captured by the witch of this castle..."
"The evil witch...sends her soldiers every night to capture all the beasts in the forest and bring them into the castle to conduct evil experiments..."
"It wasn't until recent years...that there were fewer and fewer wild beasts in the forest, that the castle calmed down..."
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(End of chapter)