Volume 7: War and Peace Chapter 30: Encounters (1)
Yu Bin's goal is to find a suitable sacrifice to prove his worth, and Raphael's goal is to reassert his authority through the counterinsurgency.
Not only do they have goals, but others also have goals. For example, Tiramisu's goal is to figure out why Raphael, who was originally stupid, has suddenly become so smart, while Bell's goal is to keep himself from being annoyed by the clutter of daily affairs, and Sun's goal is to find a way to ensure that the power of the board of directors does not lose too much.
Regardless of whether their goals can be achieved or not, at least there is a goal, and life has the value of struggle!
Someone who had been adrift in the void for months had a goal, and that was to devour the soul he considered to be the supreme delicacy! In order to achieve this goal, after taking possession of the body of an abyssal demon during the destruction of Sky City, Ilmost, the Mind Flayer, embarks on his own journey.
Ilmoste used to be a Soul Eater, belonging to the elite unit of the Mind Flayer, this strange creature with an octopus head and human body, and tentacles growing on its hands and feet, although it is called an ancient creature, but it is not one of the species created by the Creation God, the birth of the Mind Flayer originated from a coincidence, they are a mixture of void creatures and divine creatures, when the Creation God had just created this world and had not yet perfected the void barrier, some void creatures sneaked into this universe, And captured some unlucky ancient creatures, most of the captured ancient creatures died because they couldn't withstand the power of the void, and some of the tenacious survivors became some very different existences because of the infection of the power of the void, and the Mind Flayer was one of them.
With the complete demise of the creator god, the situation of these beings, who possessed both the power of void and order, soon became very bad, and they had to hide in the depths of the universe and survive in the cracks of the world with their special powers. Eventually, with the birth of the Abyss, the first Mind Flayer, Il, took over a territory in the Abyss with his great strength, and eventually became the God of the Mind Flayer by relying on the power provided by the Mind Flayer race.
After Ilmoste transformed from a spirit sucking monster tadpole to a full-fledged body Soul Eater, he once tried to challenge the Mind Flayer God Ilgod Cause, for the entire Mind Flayer race, there is no problem with this behavior, the Mind Flayer's unique natural ability allows them to completely devour the soul and power of their prey, and Il God Soul also relied on this way, after devouring a large number of Mind Flayers, he successfully promoted to the gods, and Ilmoste obviously has greater ambitions, he tried to devour the power of Il God Cause, so as to ascend to the sky in one step!
The result of the challenge was obvious, Ilmost, who had suffered defeat, was unwilling to become a part of Il's power, he gave up his body, used all his strength to tear open the rift to outer space, and plunged headlong into the dangerous void.
Luckily, when he was about to be wiped out by the Void Storm, he came across the Sky City that had been banished in the Void, and the Soul Eater did not hesitate to use it as a place of recuperation and regain his strength by hunting down the Void creatures that entered the Sky City.
However, there were too many impurities in the soul of the Void Creature, especially the Void Energy in it, which even the Mind Flayer could not completely absorb, which made Ilmost's recovery extremely slow.
If it weren't for Raphael leading the army into the Sky City, Yu Bin would have used the control core of the Sky City to open the space gate to the bottomless abyss, and ruthlessly pit the spider goddess Rose, Ilmoste would probably have to stay in this ghostly city for tens of thousands of years to have enough strength to return to the world of Entagre. It is precisely because his strength has not yet recovered that Raphael and the others have not become his puppets, after all, the Eater of Souls in its heyday can easily control any target below the legendary level.
The players and NPC soldiers who poured into Sky City brought a lot of prey to Ilmost, which led to his attack on Raphael, but his luck was obviously not good enough, although Raphael, who was dressed in high-level equipment, could not find Ilmost, who only had a soul body left, but the protection provided by the robes on his body still caused a lot of damage to this Mind Flayer.
In the end, taking advantage of the spatial turbulence caused by the destruction of Sky City, Ilmost, after seizing the body of an abyssal demon, drifted in the void for months with his powerful body, and finally found an opportunity to open a small crack leading to the continent of Entagri and burrowed into it.
Boom! A loud bang startled the birds in the surrounding woods, and the birds, who were very sensitive to danger, sensed the horror of this uninvited guest, and flapped their wings frantically to flee the woods.
A large pit appeared in the woodland covered with fallen leaves, and a torn toy-like body that seemed to have been torn countless times lay at the bottom of the pit, and after a long time, the body covered with shocking scars shook slightly, and stood up very slowly and little by little.
"Looks like my luck is back!" Ilmost, who survived from the spatial turbulence, didn't care about the scars on his body, for the Mind Flayer, the body is not an important existence, the soul is the foundation of their survival, as long as they find the right target, even a Mind Flayer who has just successfully transformed can easily occupy the body of the prey!
But alas, there are no more creatures around except for some plants and unintelligent bugs, and Ilmoste has to drag his broken body and choose a direction to move on, he needs to find the next prey as soon as possible, this world is not friendly to an ancient creature like him.
A few hours later, Ilmoste turned into a huge demonized rock bear, which made him very disappointed, because this seemingly powerful demonized rock bear didn't even have hero-level strength, he couldn't understand how such a weak creature survived in this world, according to the memories passed down within the Mind Flayer group, this world called Entagri was favored by the creator god, and countless powerful ancient creatures roamed this world, and it was precisely because of this, Even the God of Mind Flayers, Il, did not dare to enter this world rashly. If it weren't for Raphael's soul that attracted him, Ilmost wouldn't have ventured into this world.
However, the soul of a Holy Maiden of Light is so attractive! Ilmost's instinct told him that as long as he devoured that delicious soul, he would be able to gain more power than he once was, and it was not impossible to even surpass Ilmost!
"The energy here is so thin! I couldn't even sense the soul imprint that had been left on that delicious prey in the first place! Ilmost, who had taken possession of the body of the demonized rock bear, continued on his way while trying to sense his soul imprint through the energy in the air, but he was disappointed.
Just when he was about to give up and was about to find a place to hide for the time being, to soothe his tired soul first, a fresh and strong soul entered his perceptual range!
For a Mind Flayer, the soul is their food, the source of their power! And for Ilmost, who had been adrift in the void for months and had been ravaged by spatial turbulence, this fresh and powerful soul was like a well-cooked meal, enough to fill his hungry stomach!
"Prey! Delicious prey! With a low roar, Ilmoste rushed towards his perceived target, knocking down countless trees in his way along the way, and now he had only one thought, which was to devour that soul and feast himself well!
When the huge body of the demonized rock bear smashed into a mountain rock and appeared in front of him, Rao is Yu Bin, who had always been calm and composed, and his mind was instantly blank!
It was rare for him to want to explore the depths of Mount Angliss for himself, and Maltan told him that along this direction, there was a powerful group of demonic beasts occupying a mountain area rich in obsidian, and Yu Bin, who was having a headache because of the lack of obsidian inventory and the inability to make more obsidian gargoyles, immediately decided to go and see for himself, but he didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing.
"Whew!!" With a loud roar, the red-eyed demonized rock bear stood upright, and slapped his two forepaws fiercely at Yu Bin, Ilmode didn't pay attention to the humanoid creature in front of him at all, this prey was too weak, even weaker than those abyssal worms in the bottomless abyss, if he couldn't clearly feel the strong soul in the other party's body, Ilmoste would have wondered if his perception was wrong.
There was no time to draw out the weapon, Yu Bin could only raise his arm and use the arm armor to offset some of the damage, and his rich experience allowed him to immediately identify what this huge demonic beast in front of him was, an adult demonized rock bear, once this sixth-order creature was covered with magic patterns, it would immediately advance to a seventh-order creature, which was a more common high-level wild monster in the Great Hengduan Mountain Range, and the demonic pattern on the demonized rock bear in front of him had already been formed, and I am afraid that it would be able to successfully advance in a few days.
Obviously, this beast that was not yet intelligent enough must have had to expand its hunting range due to the huge consumption of demonic pattern growth, and then happened to spot him, apparently using him as a good meal to fill his stomach!
Anyway, Yu Bin thinks so!
The arm armor did not offset much damage for Yu Bin, and the powerful force Yu Bin flew out of the whole person, and hit the trunk of a towering tree hard, if it weren't for the fact that this death mark suit on his body was a inheritance-level equipment, both the degree of solidity and defense ability were extremely impressive, and it was estimated that an ordinary player would have to become a corpse just like this.
Of course, the amount of blood brought by Yu Bin's own high attributes is also one of the reasons why he was able to survive.
"Damn, it's dropped by a quarter all at once!" After calculating the damage he had just received, Yu Bin immediately dispelled the idea of going head-to-head with this demonized rock bear, just kidding, he was not a fool, he couldn't waste time with this kind of beast.
He summoned the Tomb Guardian who came with his equipment, and controlled the summon that had been reduced to cannon fodder to rush up to entangle the demonized rock bear, and he prepared to turn and escape.
However, what he didn't expect was that the demonized rock bear didn't look at the tomb guardian who pounced on him, and fell on all fours, rushing towards Yu Bin at an incredible speed, seemingly ready to give Yu Bin another ruthlessness.
This made Yu Bin very uncomfortable, Yu Bin, who had not been back from Blackstone Mountain for a long time, was already holding back the fire in his belly, Onexia, Nefarian, and even Red Black Hand, even if he couldn't beat it, it didn't matter, people were originally heroic, even legendary-level existences, but you are a beast who hasn't even reached the seventh order to bully people, this is a bit too much, right?
Without saying a word, Yu Bin opened a miserable green shield directly, making the attack of the demonized rock bear useless. At the same time as the undead shield shattered, Yu Bin, who was already holding a sword in his hand, swung out a semicircle, and the death trace sword qi hit the chest of the demonized rock bear at the shortest distance, and the powerful sword qi and damage knocked the beast back several steps.
Even the clay man has a fire, not to mention Yu Bin, for the demonic beast in front of him who has lost his mind, Yu Bin is a big move, just to let this guy know that he is not easy to bully, and he can make him unable to eat and walk around if he is in a hurry!
If this demonized rock bear was still a wild creature, it would probably retreat from such an attack. Powerful beasts, especially demonic beasts, rarely sacrifice themselves for food, because that means they will become someone else's prey in the next moment. But it's a pity that this demonized rock bear is a hungry heart-snatcher in his body, Ilmost's target is Yu Bin's soul, as for the demonized rock bear that is temporarily the body, it will be injured multiple times, this is not in his consideration at all, and then he will go and change the body!
The ultimate death scar almost all hit the chest of the demonized rock bear, and the sharp sword qi tore a deep and large hole in the bear skin, which was as hard as iron, and the bones inside could almost be seen, but to Yu Bin's surprise, the demonized rock bear in front of him didn't care about his injuries at all, and pounced again.
Yu Bin was very depressed, in the face of this crazy beast, he could be regarded as having poured mold for eight lifetimes!
However, Ilmoste was even more depressed! Ilmoste felt very angry that the weak prey in front of him was so difficult, especially the miserable green shield that suddenly appeared just now, which seemed to have a trace of rules on it, making his confident attack go to nothing.
"If I still had the body I once had, this strong soul would have become a snack in my hands long ago!" Ilmoste thought hatefully.
A standard mind snatcher generally has a body of two meters five to three meters in height, with a head and hands with tentacles that can easily bind the entire brain of the prey, and the tentacles grow sharp small thorns, which can easily cut open the skull of the prey, absorb the brains inside, and then extract the soul from the body of the prey and devour it completely.
And in this process, the prey will not have the slightest resistance, because the tentacles growing on the head of the Mind Flayer are also used to control the spirit of the prey, and in the face of the powerful spiritual power of the Mind Flayer, the prey will often become a captive of self-consciousness in a short period of time, and then let the Mind Flayer feast.