Evening.

Shadow Isle is in full swing.

The black mist was so thick that it seemed to drip water.

At this time, Lu Yang and Calista were sitting on the top of the mountain, with the rough sea at their feet.

The battle in the afternoon, long since ended, as expected, did not come to fruition.

It starts abruptly and ends in a hurry.

In the middle of the battle, Hammerstone suddenly left, not giving them a chance to encircle and suppress, and Hecarim also burst out with unimaginable speed and flew away.

However, Lu Yang has also gained something, at least he has a clear understanding of his strength.

There was indeed a gap-like gap between the non-lord level and the lord level, and when they burst out with all their strength, Lu Yang found that he was still inferior.

Even if it is inferior to the hammerstone, which looks the weakest of the three.

After this battle, Lu Yang has a clearer understanding of his future path. The perception of the system was instilled, and in the battle, his understanding became more and more profound.

Forty is a watershed.

Before the fortieth level, it is the enhancement of physical fitness, the increase of Dharma strength, and the improvement of combat skills, which is the primary stage of cultivation, which belongs to the category of mortals. In a world where there are conditions for cultivation, as long as you are willing to work hard and add some necessary external conditions, you can basically do it.

Level 40 is the beginning of transcendent sanctification, and one must have one's own cognition and perception of power, and one must understand one's own path. That is, what Calista taught Lu Yang at the beginning, perceiving and experiencing the essence of magic.

To put it simply, whether you are practicing martial arts or magic, you must have a preliminary understanding of the nature of your power and understand the path you want to take in order to break through to level 40. In the future, I will also follow this path, keep comprehending, and break through to a higher level.

In other words, starting from level 40, it is no longer a simple and crude improvement of basic qualities, but involves the comprehension and mastery of strength.

Of course, the path at this time is primary, simple, and vague, and there are countless directions to move forward in the future, but it is the foundation of everything, and there are some things that cannot be changed.

For example, Calista, her path, Lu Yang speculates that it is a combination of revenge, shadow, fate, etc.

However, Lu Yang is different. Others are the first to perceive, and then to form power. He is a path that has been set, and then he has gained enlightenment. Or is it directly indoctrinated.

It's the other way around.

His path is killing, sword, array. To be precise, it is to form a formation of swords to carry the law of killing.

It is worth mentioning that, according to Calista, after realizing the path, after two qualitative changes, the strength will reach the lord level.

Based on this, Lu Yang speculated that the level of the Undead Lord should be level 60 to level 70.

When he came to this conclusion, Lu Yang was very surprised and had a fuller understanding of the degree of power of the system.

……

Feeling the impatience in the air, Lu Yang asked curiously, "Is it like this every year?" ”。

A trace of mana wrapped around his fingertips, crawling back and forth like a miniature snake.

"Yes." Calista nodded.

"Will you go out too?"

"No, it won't."

"Why did you leave so suddenly yesterday?"

"I felt the call for revenge."

……

After chatting casually, Lu Yang suddenly mentioned: "Do you think that Shadow Island has an autonomous consciousness?" ”

"Nope." Calista replied subconsciously, her tone categorical. But after a pause, she added, "If there were, I would never have noticed anything unusual for so many years." ”

"However, I can feel ......" Lu Yang's palm fanned in front of his nose: "Full of malice, it's like falling into a pit." ”

"Of course you're a living person on Shadow Isle, of course."

"Nope. Not the same. This malice is not only carried with murderous intent, but also with a deep ...... Repel. Yes, it's rejection. ”

"That doesn't mean it's conscious."

"Perhaps." Lu Yang muttered.

After a moment of silence, Calista said bitterly, "Autonomous consciousness may not have it, but it certainly has something similar to the instinct of life. Or ......"

At this point, she paused.

"Perhaps, something is manipulating it."

Lu Yang took what she didn't finish.

Calista's grip on the iron spear tightened.

They all knew that if the Black Mist was being manipulated, it was likely that the black hand was the king who caused all this, Callista's uncle.

Lu Yang also knew that for thousands of years, Yorick had been looking for him, but he had not found even the slightest discovery. Either he really dissipated, or the phenomenon is worth studying.

You know, he is the unleasher and receiver of this magic, the center of the maelstrom, the beginning of everything. Will such an existence easily dissipate?

If he still exists in some form, why hasn't he been there for thousands of years? Could it be that he is manipulating the black fog? What about the purpose?

There was too little information for Lu Yang to make any valid guesses, he shook his head slightly and looked at Calista beside him.

She frowned, not sure what she was thinking.

He didn't know what kind of feelings Calista had after recovering his memories of the monarch he had served, but it was certainly very complicated.

Lu Yang thought for a while and comforted: "This is just a guess, you don't have to think too much." ”

The language is very pale, but Lu Yang believes that as an "old monster" who has lived for thousands of years, Calista does not need much intimate comfort.

Besides, Lu Yang has never forgotten that she is an undead! The undead who are emotionally indifferent to the extreme!

This is Calista after recovering her memory.

If it had been before, she probably wouldn't have even a trace of human affection.

Calista's always grim expression is the best illustration of this.

"I'm afraid, the only profound emotions she has are anger and hatred."

Lu Yang muttered to himself silently in his heart.

……

It's getting dark.

When the last ray of light was swallowed up by darkness, Lu Yang knew that the time was almost up.

He and Calista got up together.

"Jingwei...... Still haven't come back. ”

Lu Yang sighed.

Calista said in a calm tone, "She'll be fine." ”

Lu Yang chuckled: "I know." ”

He just suddenly thought of a huge misunderstanding that he had caused before.

I always thought that Jingwei's strength was at the lord level. When she was desperately trying her way in the sea of undead, she still thought that after she broke through, she would sweep away all the non-lord undead.

Now she knows that the strength she showed is by no means as "simple" as the lord level, and may be one level higher.

At the beginning, Calista's statement was also the same, no less than the lord level.

Therefore, that innocent and beautiful girl is a genuine ...... Demigods.

This is already a legend and a belief-level existence.

The girl I "picked up" by chance was actually such a thick thigh......

As a demigod, there are very few in the world that can hurt her, and the Shadow Isle ...... There should be none.

Thinking of the "awakening" state of the Shadow Island and her identity as a faint enemy of the undead, Lu Yang guessed that she might be temporarily avoiding the edge.

Lu Yang's expression revealed a little regret.

"I can't say goodbye in person, but it's fine."

He'll be back someday, and it won't be long. Relative to her thousands of years of lifespan, this may have been just a snap of the fingers.

With a hand in his hand, the Bai Feng Sword flew out automatically, and after a few minutes, it returned to his hand again.

Lu Yang sorted out his luggage, only a magic dagger and some belongings, which were packed in the afternoon, and there was nothing else.

He jumped into the air, turned around and arched his hand towards Calista: "Thank you for taking care of me during this time, I am very grateful, we will meet later." ”

Calista also arched her hand: "There will be a period later." ”

Before, Lu Yang specially taught her this action, telling her that it was a gesture used to leave his hometown.

However, watching her make this action in the martial arts TV series of his previous life, Lu Yang still felt very funny.

He chuckled and said, "Let's go." ”

Before the words fell, Lu Yang's figure had disappeared in place.

Calista stared at the place where he had disappeared for a moment, and then her form gradually dissipated.

Allowed by the black mist, different images flashed in Lu Yang's eyes one after another.

From being paralyzed in bed through the first week, to being cared for by Yorick, to escaping from him.

From the focus of battle, to the exhaustion of adding to the wound of a person after being injured, to the joy of gaining experience and the excitement of leveling up.

From the fear of seeing Hammerstone for the first time, to the excitement of changing Calista's fate, to the desperate fight when being hunted down by Hecarim.

From Yorick's silence, to Calista's coldness, to Jingwei's beauty and seductiveness.

……

After nearly half a year, 173 days to be exact, I finally had to leave the "Novice Village".

"Runeterra."

Lu Yang chewed on the word in his heart, and familiar and unfamiliar figures appeared and disappeared in his mind.

"I'm coming."