In the pale and deep underground, there are only two monotonous tones - gray and white. Or add to that the faint blue shadows that shone between the withered woodlands.

When the battle reaches a certain stage, it is difficult for the two warring sides to distinguish between the other, and they are like two giant beasts fighting to the death in the deep woodland, trying to use their last strength to bite through the throat of their opponents.

The wailing voice of the dying man was turning into a white light like a dissipated star, along with the warm blood that gushed out of his chest.

The crystal monster was pulling its slender claws from its cold corpse, and the narrow blades were smeared with the color of blinding blood.

But it was shattered to pieces by a fellow of the deceased, a dwarf, roaring, brandishing his battle axe.

The crystal, which had lost its color, and the fading circle above it, rolled down between the roots of the withered trees, and no one else cared about it.

The fall of monsters, or the fall of humans, no longer matters at this moment, and such scenes are playing out again and again in this forest.

The battle has become white-hot, or rather to an end.

Fang Plover saw the huge crustaceans emerging from the gray woods, like chalky rocks emerging from the waters of a sinking lake, each pair of arthropods covered with calcified scales.

The monster let out a terrible scream he had never heard before, not even in the face of the dark dragon, he had never felt the despair and throbbing that rose from his heart.

Not far away, before an Iron Guard could turn around, crystal spikes spun and flew out of the darkness, grazing the edge of the shield in his hand, leaving a gap there—and striking the opponent in the chest.

So such a scene was staged in front of Fang Yu.

It was a strange, high-pitched sound, like a knife cutting through glass, and the heavy iron armor shattered like paper. The Iron Guard flew sideways, crashed into a tree, and bounced off.

The man hung silently on the gray roots like a rag doll, blood flowing from under the twisted metal, and a little white light on his gray skin like melting snow.

"Be careful—"

He heard someone shouting at him.

The same screams whistled out again. But he was actually quite safe, because the big cat man was on one side, but the lion man paladin didn't even move this time.

A snowy sword light flashed in the darkness, and the dragon hunter's long knife standing on the side came out of its sheath, and the crystal spike broke in mid-air, turning into crystal powder and falling down.

The flexible knuckles of the construct turned the hilt, allowing the blade to arc through and back into the sheath as if it had never happened. The metal control glove held by Fang Yuan opened his palm, and moved his index finger, middle finger, and ring finger in turn before looking in that direction again.

"The response was quick."

"I've seen this thing attack quite a few times, Mr. Red."

"Then it seems that practice makes perfect." Only then did the big cat man draw his sword, and turned away with his sword in both hands.

But Fang Yu only said: "Cover me, let me try this time." ”

He clenched his fist slightly.

The four dragon hunters raised their magic guns in their hands, and there was a faint red light and residual warmth in the muzzle, the smoke of gunpowder was not over, and the bayonets were also flashing with a faint cold light.

As if sensing something was wrong, the huge gray creature turned its six arthropods and made a small sound, trying to distinguish between these strange creatures.

And the next moment—

Sparks bloomed in the darkness, all the way up the monster's chest and abdomen, and the damage numbers jumped out in the holographic projection, gray, like a string of jumping characters.

With it, the monster retreated one after another, and the mana gathered in mid-air also passed, and those crystal spikes that had not yet formed shattered one after another, falling to the ground.

On the first shot, its calcified shell was shattered, and the force of the impact nearly threw it off balance and tilted to one side.

But it tried to fight back, and the circle lit up between its pincers once more, and the crystal's sharp cone took shape in an instant, whistling towards the square plover. Fang Plover shot his claws in one direction, dragging himself to roll away from the spikes, he raised his hand and gave the order to fire.

In the second round of shooting, the bullets flew off the crystal fragments, and this time his target was no longer the shell, but its fragile arthropods.

Three of the six rounds hit its arthropod accurately, peeling away the layers of calcified scales to reveal the structure within. A third round of fire followed, breaking one of its arthropods.

The opponent fell crookedly, and the crystal spikes shot out also missed. The dragon hunter pulled down the lever and fired, and the fourth shot took away another of its arthropods, sending the behemoth tumbling to the ground.

It is almost completely incapacitated, but still raises its pincers in an attempt to fight back. But the fifth round of firing followed by the sixth round, and it smashed its pincers to pieces.

Six rounds of shooting, each bullet after deducting the hardness of the opponent's shell, bring at least more than seventy damage. And the four bullets in each round, almost no misses, a total of more than 1,700 injuries.

But after six rounds of shooting, although the opponent looked miserable, Fang Yu knew in his heart that in addition to losing his ability to act, it did not hurt the core.

The monster screamed, and even swung its remaining pincers to shoot a crystal spike at the plover. Although it was already the end of the crossbow, the dragon hunter raised his sword and smashed it.

Fang Yu watched the crystal fragments crackle and fall to the ground, and calmly ordered the dragon hunter to retreat and change ammunition.

At this time, Red stepped forward, raised his sword in both hands, and swung his sword down, cutting off the opponent's other pincer. He watched the crystal pincers fall with a bang, shattering as if they had lost their magical power, and then he spoke:

"The vitality is amazingly tenacious."

"But you've chosen wisely, little one, and it looks like their arthropods are a weakness."

"Exactly their clumsiness," Fang Plover replied, "they can be near and far, they are equally good at defense and attack, they are tenacious in life, and they are good at earth-based spells, but they have to have some shortcomings, otherwise they shouldn't be a level 33 creature." ”

He looked at the lines of text listed from the retina, and while fighting with the other party, his experience, knowledge, and analytical ability came into play at the same time, and with the help of the system, he delineated the approximate ability value of this creature little by little-

Although it may not be accurate, it is enough to judge an outline.

"But thanks to seeing your kind fight with its kind before, Mr. Red, I can come to this conclusion."

The big cat man smiled, "Very good at learning, little one." ”

Only then did someone approach the two of them.

That person was none other than the person who had just reminded him of the poet, Tsui Ye. He looked at the disorderly guard, who had completely lost his ability to move, and was speechless:

"Thirty leaves, fifteen hundred experience points. Obediently, this is for nothing, a small fortune. ”

Although the previous reminder was unnecessary, Fang still expressed his gratitude to the other party at this time: "Thank you, the previous reminder-"

"No," Mizuno waved his hand knowingly, "I can see that it won't change anything if I don't remind you." ”

He couldn't help but take a deep look at the four dragon hunters standing quietly on one side.

"Alien?"

Fang Plover shook his head, although the dragon hunters were very special, they were indeed prototypes.

However, he glanced at the other party with some surprise, he knew that there were many people with alien bodies, but at a glance, he recognized the dragon hunter as an alien body, which at least showed that the other party was well-informed.

"That's the new color I don't recognize," Tsui Ye didn't ask much, knowing that everyone has their own secrets, and flexible construction is the craftsman's biggest hole card, "The front played badly, I'll go back and see the situation on your side." ”

Fang Yu smiled slightly.

He knew that the battle ahead had been raging, and that the Chosen had gone too well in the previous battle, and that their counterattack should not have gone deep into the withered woodland.

If they retreat to the Thorn Front after repelling Crystal's second attack, the third attack might cause them some trouble, but definitely not so badly.

But the people have obviously lost this reason, and they chose to go deep into this woodland to fight the crystal analysis, so that the last part of this battle was completely ruined.

He's not really a good commander, but at least he can read what is happening on the battlefield from the perspective of the clockwork goblins.

As for the guy in front of him, it's just pure stubble - the other party, like them, didn't go too deep with the others in the first place. He's been around all the time, and as for what comes back or something, just listen to it.

This guy is very shrewd, and he and his team are the few on this battlefield with the fewest losses.

Of course, all this can't escape Fang Yuan's eyes-

Of course, he didn't say anything. He had discovered the third wave of the Crystal's offensive and had warned about it on the public channel, but those who were carried away by the victory might not have listened.

But there will always be smart people.

That's enough.

After the Guards of Discord fell, the stagnant front on this side finally continued to advance.

However, Fang Yu did not choose to follow up, but silently watched as the dark blue flames faded away, and the Electors also crossed the woodland from a distance.

Soon, the woodland became quiet.

The sounds of the fighting were fading away, and only occasionally one or two dying wails could be heard, which came from afar and then came to an abrupt end, adding a strange meaning to the decaying woodland.

Tsui Ye looked at the darkness lurking in the forest and shrugged, "Although the fight is a little ugly, it is finally coming to an end." ”

Truly.

Fang Yu does not deny this.

Looking through the vision of the clockwork elf, the dark blue flames on the battlefield were extinguishing, and there were almost two battlefields in the forest and outside the forest, but the other was retreating on both battlefields.

Only the gigantic guards of disorder remained, still resisting.

But these constructival cancers also fell headlong.

The Electors seem to have found a way to deal with them, ritual spells. While under normal circumstances, the Chosen Ones would not have been given the opportunity to cast spells calmly, don't forget, there are also Greytree Men here.

With the Greytree as a reliable bulwark, the Chosen ones can cast their spells with ease. The cooperation between the two obviously achieves the effect that one plus one is greater than two.

But on the other hand, the crystals didn't seem to have any intention of investing in higher level power, and only let the scales tilt in their favor a little bit.

And this confirms Fang Yuan's idea, it seems that this is just a temptation.

But this battle was not won by the Electors. After noticing this, it is not known if the crystal will make a comeback anytime soon.

And when is it going to put its next attack?

"It doesn't matter if it's good or not, the important thing is to win," Cuiwei shook her head, "It's important to win, it means that someone is willing to stay, and I've heard that nine times out of ten of the resurrected people choose to stay." ”

Of course, Fang Yu didn't quite understand, where did this guy get such well-informed information, the battle had not yet ended, as if he had obtained first-hand information.

But that's good news.

The more people remained, the actual losses of the Chosen in this battle were much smaller than expected.

Fang Yu looked at the other party, although the contact time was not long, he could also see that this guy was definitely a master who could not afford to be unprofitable: "Then again, you didn't come to us just to talk about this, right?" ”

"Of course," Tsui Ye didn't feel embarrassed at all, and nodded directly: "Remember the share they promised, I also brought an offer for those people." ”

……

Sky Blue is tirelessly chattering about the clever design she was fighting before.

Although in Fang Yuan's opinion, it is indeed quite ingenious, as a poet, he is destined not to do much in such a battle - the constructor does not eat mind spells, whether it is friend or foe. Like Tsui Ye, he did not play the role of a poet on the battlefield, but perfectly played the role of a regiment commander.

Sky Blue certainly doesn't have that ability, but she's more clever in combat. She pulls Kita to set up a field-type magic trap on the battlefield, a quicksand swamp. Of course, this spell is usually used to seal the way, as people aren't usually that stupid to jump into a trap - neither are Crystallizers.

But Azure completely solved the problem with an explosive note, and anyone who came near the trap was blown into the trap by her spell. Since sonic spells have a natural ability to restrain crystals, it is almost impossible for low-level disordered minions to resist.

Relying on this little cleverness, she and Kita also won a lot of heads on the battlefield.

However, Fang Yu looked at her excited appearance and was embarrassed to tell her that although this tactic was ingenious, it was not new at all. There are masters among the aborigines who are good at this way, and there are people in the ultra-athletic world who have used this technique at least ten years ago.

But there's always a beginning, doesn't it?

There was no day or night underground, and the light from above the dome shone on the golden woodland all the time, but the light outside the window quickly dimmed, making it seem like it was dusk.

"That's the heart of the mountain."

"Or a manifestation of its power," Tang Xin looked in that direction and said in a low voice, "I heard that the crystal didn't dare to attack this place easily, and there was a reason for it. ”

"But it will come eventually." Sky Blue stopped and swore solemnly, "Our previous battle was so difficult, it will definitely gain something after its trial." ”

"It's them, not us." Parker muttered corrected.

Tang Xin looked at the two of them, she had no intention of participating in the dispute, she just told them the news she had heard—or her cousin.

Fang Yu distributed the spoils, and everyone had a share, even the walnuts in the ground.

They gained a lot from this battle, in addition to the heads they got, more from the loot of other teams. Although it was only seven percent, it was not a small number compared to the thousands of crystallized beasts on the entire battlefield.

He turned the leaf in his hand, looking at the veins that grew naturally through the window—the light passed through the leaf, giving it a pale yellow inside, like some kind of amber that had grown the imprint of time.

Mizuno's proposal didn't come suddenly, and he extended an invitation to him on behalf of the teams who had participated in today's battle, hoping that they would continue to work together in the future.

Fang Yu didn't mind making a little extra money, but the other party's words made him suspicious:

"By the way, I heard you're looking for Earth Crystals, and I can help you convince those teams to give some Earth Crystals in lieu of payment. I'm guessing they'll be happy to do it, because it's not worth anything here—"

"Of course, for now, it will be different in a few days when the support arrives, but I can at least save you a few days, right?"

The other party seemed to be kind, but Fang Yu didn't hear the words too clearly, probably because of his weak heart.

If you were someone else, of course, you wouldn't be suspicious for such a sentence, but they are different. Fang Yu had to think about dealing with such a well-informed person, would the other party find out their identity?

The severity of the risk was very different from the problem they were facing, especially since Sylvid was still in this place, and he had to be careful.

"Hesitating?" Silvide stood beside him at some point.

"Well, a little," Fang Yu nodded, asking for advice from his clever shipmaster, who had never minded at all.

He sighed, "I originally only thought that it would be very convenient to have a well-informed person here, but I didn't think it would be a double-edged sword?" ”

"But suddenly rejecting the other party right now will lead to suspicion, won't it?"

"That's where I hesitate, Sylvide."

Miss Ship Officer smiled, "What did Mr. Red say?" ”

Fang Yu scratched his head in annoyance, "This is another place where I have a headache, Mr. Red said that this kind of thing should be left to me to think about for myself." ”

"And the captain still asks my opinion?"

"Sylvia is different." Fang Yu replied without thinking about it.

The aristocratic daughter pursed her lips and showed a hint of a smile: "I think the captain can rest assured." ”

Fang Yu looked at her a little surprised, "What do you say?" ”

"Because smart people choose smart ways – if it were me, would I have made this out there easily, and what good would that do me? I'll find a way to ask the captain for a hush money, that's logical. ”

Fang Yu nodded, it was true.

"And then?" He asked again.

Sylvid looked at him with a smile, "Then I'll find another opportunity to inadvertently sell you and make a second profit." ”

Fang Yu almost choked when he heard this, and looked at his ship's officer with wide eyes: "Then can this still be assured?" ”

"Didn't I give you a hint when I first traded with you? I'm only responsible for selling, not for catching you, am I? ”

Only then did Fang Yu react, "But how can you guarantee that he will definitely come to us first?" ”

"Because it's the best solution, the least risky option, there's no need for him to make trouble for himself," Sylved replied with a smile, "so what you need to worry about is not that he's too shrewd, but that person isn't smart enough, because only stupid people mess everything up." ”

Fang Yu thought for a moment, although he didn't have much contact with the other party, he felt that the other party didn't look like a stupid person.

He wasn't entirely reassured, but out of trust in his ship's young lady's mind, he decided to do so. He may have some skills in other areas, but when it comes to dealing with people, he really feels a bit of a bag.

But to be on the safe side, he first asked, "Then let's do this?" ”

Sylvide still shook her head.

"I was on the other side's side, Captain. But from our standpoint, we have paid so much risk, of course, we have to seek a return. ”

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