Under normal circumstances, elemental elves do not have too high combat intelligence, but they have a high probability of immunity to physical attacks, and they also have exaggerated resistance to spells of the same attributes.

If you want to gain something in this reward trial, no one should go to fight in an area with different elemental attributes, so it stands to reason that this trial will not be easy to get rewards for both mages and warriors.

Of course, for a few people, these are not the focus of the problem.

Once in the upside-down zone, Röntgen put away his knife and quickly made his way through the ice-covered forest of withered trees.

He seemed to be moving in a certain direction purposefully, and did not deliberately look for the traces of the elemental spirits, even if he met one occasionally, he would not take the initiative to make a move, but quickly bypassed it as if he didn't see it.

Contrary to the cold surroundings, as Roentgen galloped, as if to respond to the warm smile on his face, a bright flame would occasionally burn under his feet.

After about an hour, he stopped in a small, relatively safe cavern deep in the icy area.

"Just choose the location here, it doesn't look like it will be easily attacked, and the other freshmen probably won't be able to go deep into this place in a short time."

"As long as you use the power of the ancient gods for the time being, it shouldn't be a big problem to defeat that thing, and ...... when the time comes."

Röntgen took out a dark red vial from the compartment of his backpack, and the contents looked like coagulated blood clots, and ordinary people would feel dizzy just by looking at it.

Before entering the cave, he glanced into the valley in the distance.

Above the frozen pool, there was a humanoid creature floating, with a beautiful face covered with blue ice crystals.

[Superior element? Stasis Aquilis】

******

Rewind to a recent past.

Because the affinity of the dark attribute is related to Chu Ge's ability to control Neven Moore's heart, whether it is from the perspective of side quest rewards or from the perspective of elemental affinity improvement, he chose to come to the dark element part of the upside-down area first.

Judging from the reward amount of side quests, the difficulty of killing [Stasis Aquilis] is obviously greater than that of other elements, and it is not impossible to reach the middle of the third order.

Of course, even if the strength of the other enhanced elements is relatively weak, it is not an existence that the current Chu Ge can defeat, and if there is really a possibility, only [Tempest Elrosh] can try to fight a dozen.

The Dark Gold Leggings [Wind Chaser's Wish] has the passive effect of reducing wind elemental damage, and after turning on the active ability, the effect of the reduction can reach the extreme, making Chu Ge's bearing capacity to a higher level.

‘…… Grab this side to the limit first, and if you have plenty of time left, let's go to the Wind Elemental area and take a look. ’

After making this decision in his heart, Chu Ge continued to run forward.

Compared to the rest of the Upside Down Zone, the environment of the Dark Elemental Zone is exceptionally barren, even the undulations of the terrain seem to be much more monotonous, even the light is dimmed, except for the monster bones that appear from time to time, this is a desolate dead place.

"I've got such a wide field of vision, but I still haven't been able to see any valuable creatures."

After wandering around this area for more than twenty minutes, Chu Ge still couldn't find any elemental spirits, and just when he was quite confused in his heart, he saw the skeleton of the bird that was very close to him in front of him suddenly moved.

"Delusion......? Wrong! ”

He didn't let go of this detail, stopped in front of the baby-sized skeleton, and after a few seconds of observation, slammed it heavily with his two-handed sword.

And at this moment, a strange creature that seemed to be composed of pitch-black mud suddenly emerged from under the boulder not far behind him, and the tentacles that seemed to be sticky and soft instantly turned into sharp spikes, and quickly thrust towards the location of the heart of his back!

All the movements of this lower-level dark elemental spirit were silent, as if he was a skilled and experienced killer, even Chu Ge couldn't help but let out an exclamation when he saw all this.

When perceiving the warning, Chu Ge had already subconsciously jumped to the side.

Unfortunately, because this dark elemental appeared too abruptly and the attack speed was surprisingly fast, even though he had tried his best to dodge, there was still a slight abrasion under the ribs, and the wound was stained with a layer of gray color.

"Hint: The host is attacked by a lower Dark Elemental, and the damage reduction is being calculated...... The host takes 2+4 (additional Dark Elemental Attribute) damage! ”

"Hint: The hidden ability of the special equipment [Heart of Neven Moore] takes effect, and the additional damage of the Dark Elemental Attribute taken by the host this time will be reduced by 30%, and the actual damage this time is 2+3 (additional Dark Elemental Attribute) points."

Is that one of the effects of its true power...... From this point of view, it is not impossible for that enhanced dark elemental spirit to find a chance to touch it. ’

Originally, only when the [Liberation of Shadows] was turned on, Chu Ge would gain extremely strong dark attribute and spiritual attribute resistance under the protection of the Shadow Origin, and he would not have obtained this bonus under the normal state of his previous life.

He put away his plans for the revenant Merkel for the time being, and began to deal with the slightly strange dark element in front of him.

If memory serves...... Hmm, is that clever attack a way that a low-level elemental can do? ’

As he pondered the question, he swung his two-handed sword that lit up with silver and slashed towards the Dark Elemental Elf.

When slashing this dark elemental elf, although there was a lot of resistance from the hand, the blade still cut the opponent's body open, successfully repelling it, and there was a slight and rapid explosion when it was partially attacked by the silver sword qi.

"Puff ......"

If it could be anthropomorphized, Chu Ge might be able to see this dark elemental elf holding its wound and roaring in pain.

It seems that in order to make up for the loss of not meeting the prey for a long time just now, his first shot was outstanding, not only did not appear the hint of elemental immunity, but also played a critical hit effect, with the blessing of the silver casting swordsmanship, causing high damage.

After being traumatized, this elemental spirit immediately twisted its body, glued the cut wound together, and then slid the bottom, moving quickly, while squirting out three orbs of different sizes from its body, shooting towards Chu Ge's body!

After reducing the damage with the dark attribute, Chu Ge chose the most efficient way of fighting, and after dodging two of the black spheres, he took the last one, and then swung his sword at the elemental elf with his side.

If you look closely, you can see that the trajectory of his sword swing is a little strange, and the speed of his attack is also slower than usual, as if he deliberately found a certain position in the body of the elemental elf to launch an attack.

Extremely coincidentally, the god of luck has descended again, and his attack has a hint of immunity failure + critical hit.

With just two blows, this mid-second-order elemental spirit was severely injured.

After suffering heavy blows one after another, the dark elemental spirit actually made a gesture like running away as if sensing the gap between the two sides, and quickly softened its whole body, trying to drill back under the stone.

"Can you escape?"

Chu Ge immediately pulled out the dagger behind his waist, threw the dagger with a flick of his left wrist, and then repeated the strange attack just now, holding the two-handed sword and slashing at the elemental elf.

The dagger thrown could theoretically not cause much damage to the elemental elves, but like a frightened bird, it made a defensive move against it, which also bought Chu Ge a little time, making the slash of the sword blade smoother.

After this attack, the Dark Elemental Elf's body suddenly stiffened, and then began to shake unnaturally, and the mud-like substance on its body began to fall to the ground little by little, seeping into the ground and disappearing.

After a second or two, in a strange collision sound, the body of this dark elemental spirit finally completely disintegrated and completely disappeared in front of Chu Ge's eyes, leaving only a black fragment the size of a grain of rice to fall to the ground.

【SP+20】

"Hint: The host has been enhanced by the effect of the Inverted Zone, and has successfully plundered the gathering essence of the lower Dark Elemental Spirit, and the Dark Elemental Affinity has been increased."

"Hint: The host dark element affinity is +1%, and according to the calculation of the constitution characteristics, the host dark element affinity is still 24% away from the predation saturation of the upside-down zone."

According to Noah, it seems that he can only get 25% of the Dark Elemental Affinity Boost in the Upside Down Zone, and if the targets are all lower-level elemental spirits, he will need to make another 24 kills.

In fact, 25% of the enhancement level is already very good, if you exchange it for generic gold coins to buy boosts from other players, there is no three or four hundred gold coins that will definitely not be able to get down.

"It's a strange thing to run away, and the battle wisdom is a little high...... Is it because it's in the upside-down zone? ”

Chu Ge didn't dwell on this problem, but secretly kept an eye on it, and bent down to pick up the fragment left by the dark elemental elf.

【Secondary Dark Elemental Crystallization】

[Item Rarity: Gray (Worthless)]

【Concentration content: none】

[Condition: Deterioration]

[Description: For unknown reasons, the dark element in this crystal has been absorbed and has become unusable waste.] 】

"Is it invalid?"

After seeing the description of this elemental crystal, Chu Ge pursed the corners of his lips and threw it back to the ground.

After what he had just experienced, he also had a certain understanding of the Dark Elemental Elves in the Upside Down Zone, and rushed towards other areas in the wilderness where there were monster bones.

Whether it was the other freshmen or the two leading teachers outside the upside-down area, no one could compare to him in terms of sensing the fluctuations of the dark element, which was why he was able to hit again and again, and even hit critical hits again and again.

Of course, he can only have this kind of cheating opportunity when facing this kind of inferior elf who will not disguise his internal elemental fluctuations, and if he encounters those on the side quest list, this will be self-defeating.

While all the students, including Chu Ge, continued to advance towards their respective upside-down areas, carefully searching for elemental spirits, only one of them was still stagnant on the periphery of the wind elemental area.

The surrounding wind elements are full of noise and enthusiasm, but there is a faint loneliness on You's face.

"Stronger ...... Strength? ”

The girl sat under a dead tree, her head buried in her knees, her eyes peeking blankly under her peaked hat.

"If I didn't have the strength, Ino wouldn't need me, maybe even Aya wouldn't ......?"

Although there are no convincing examples, Yuu still senses the change that happened to the man named "Ino".

She didn't know if the change was good or bad, or where it came from, but she felt uneasy and joyful at the same time.

At least, she felt from that person, a desire that hadn't been seen before!

"You guys, willing to help me."

I don't know when, at the outskirts of this wind elemental area, dozens of lower-rank wind elements have gathered around You, but they didn't attack You, but twisted their bodies to answer something.

Seeing the reaction of the elemental elves around her, the corners of Yuu's mouth hooked up into a faint smile, and she stood up and took off her pointed hat.

Behind her neck and ears, something like a miniature feather suddenly grew.

It is conceivable that on the body wrapped in cloth, these small feathers must have appeared more.

In a light and melodious singing, a few blue shimmers lit up on the girl's body.

If Chu Ge was present, he would find that You's appearance at the moment was actually somewhat similar to the fairy illusion that appeared when he was treating Ryu and using the goblin secret medicine.

As if they had found their own home, the wind elemental elves poured into Yuu's body one after another, melting into the pale blue glimmer and becoming a part of her.

After a few moments, the glimmer of light on Yuu's body finally stopped, and the tiny feathers on her body disappeared with them, except for the one at the collarbone.

"Inside, there are stronger elemental spirits......"

She opened her eyes and made up her mind to walk deeper into the Upside-Down Zone.

******

"The twenty-third one...... There is still 2% room for improvement. ”

With more than an hour left, Chu Ge finally pushed his improvement to the limit.

I have to say that the words of the previous leader were very correct, even if he found the hiding law of the dark elemental elves, he still had a hard time finding it.

Among the more than a dozen new students who entered, he was the only one with a dark elemental affinity, so there was no competition with other people to produce elemental spirits.

But even so, with his super efficient killing methods, it took him more than two hours to achieve this level, and he could naturally guess how difficult it was for others to get this reward.

Before he knew it, he had traveled a long distance, reaching the deepest part of the Dark Elemental Inversion Zone.

[Merkel of the Revenant] is close at hand.