After a dull explosion, the swampy shadow on the ground slowly faded, leaving only a black mist in the air.

Bite!

In addition to the dust and black mist, there was also a diamond-shaped crystal that spread to Chu Ge's side along with the shock wave of the explosion, falling right at his feet.

It was a black crystal with a metallic texture on the surface, compared to the previous ones dropped by the lower dark elements, it was not only several times larger in size, but also much better in texture and color, and even the dark element turbidity inside could be seen through the shell.

【Fear Shard】

[Item Rarity: Silver]

[Item Type: Inlay]

[Status: Normal]

[Use: Dread Fragments can only be embedded on melee weapons/light armor with appropriate attributes.] 】

[After embedding this item on a weapon, the weapon's attack power will be increased by an additional 7~10 points, and there will be a 15% chance to trigger the negative special effect [Shadow Touch Lv2] when attacking; Has a kick effect on all Dark Elemental abilities. 】

[After the item is embedded in the armor, the armor's defense is increased by an additional 6 points, and the armor will automatically generate a dark elemental shield with 35 HP every hour, and the shield's defense is constant at 20 points; Slightly increases resistance to dark elements. 】

[Note: The core of the upper dark element is usually a high-level material of the dark gold level, but since this Merkel was spawned by special means, its core should also be a defective product.] 】

"Is it only silver...... It turned out to be a high-level element that was born, no wonder there was only such a little strength. ”

Chu Ge bent down to pick up the shard of fear, looked at it carefully, and then retracted it into the storage space.

In his previous life, he had killed a high-level dark element in the middle of the Extraordinary Period, and at that time, the other party dropped a dark gold-level circular core, called the Eye of Fear, and all aspects of his attributes completely crushed the current one.

After sitting on the floor for a moment, he took out the injection locket he had received from the Balka puppeteer again and pressed the second twist on the side of the box.

【α type slow injection? Liquid of Artificial Life].

After the battle just now, his health and source energy were close to exhaustion, and although he thought that there was no creature in the Dark Elemental Reversal Zone that could harvest him, he still injected a tube of artificial life liquid into his body just in case, so that most of his health was restored.

The remaining part of the health is replenished little by little by the powerful recovery power of the blood lock-in.

"There are more than forty minutes left...... If you continue to stay in the dark elemental area, you won't be able to catch anything, so let's go to other areas and take a look, the core of the ice elemental reversal area seems to be not far from here. ”

After making up his mind, Chu Ge put away the map and stood up from the ground, and just as he was about to set off towards the cold ice area, his body suddenly stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

"Tut, although the body has been digitized, the previous outbreak was really a little reluctant."

He braced his knees and smiled bitterly, rubbing his joints as he walked forward.

In addition to the load brought by the previous outbreak, after the end of various buff states, the data of the body also returned to its original state, and the contrast brought by this change made him a little uncomfortable for a while, and he only felt that his body was a little bulky at the moment.

Just as Chu Ge was swaying his steps, in the cold ice area, a small cave not far from [Stasis Aquilis], Roentgen finally walked out of it.

"Ha, it took more than two hours to stabilize the state, but it doesn't matter, as long as you get that thing, it's all worth it!"

He stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at the frozen lake in the distance, the smile on his face was still warm, but there was a bit of fiery anticipation in his eyes.

Compared to when he first entered the cave, his body shape and appearance did not change in any way, except for a few special black words on the backs of his two hands.

And those bright flames that used to float and dance at his feet from time to time were also dyed with a layer of vague gloom at this moment, which made people disgusted at a glance.

"At the beginning of the third order, coupled with the ripple potion applied to the body, it shouldn't be a problem to kill that strengthening element, but if it really doesn't work......"

After drinking the diluted blood of the trait, Roentgen temporarily activated the power of the old gods hidden in his body. If it weren't for the purpose of entering the National Academy, he wouldn't have hidden his ancient god power so secretly.

After spending more than two hours to stabilize his state, his strength instantly jumped from the middle of the second order to the early stage of the third order, although it could only last for more than half an hour, it was more than enough to deal with the target in front of him.

The Ripple Flask was specially configured for this operation, and can effectively increase resistance to the ice elemental for a short period of time.

"Even if you're the strongest elemental in this entire upside-down zone, now please give up the area under your feet."

It was only when the National Academy changed the laws in the Upside-Down Zone that the equipment appeared in the icy lake—the exact message the Healing Church had gotten.

"However, what kind of treasure is hidden inside, and it is worth their trouble? I asked my sister so many times, and she only told me that it was a secret related to the old emperor...... I don't know what reward awaits me when I go back this time. ”

Röntgen pulled out the knife strapped to his leg, held it in his hand and trembled slightly, and a dark red flame suddenly jumped out of the words on the back of his hand and attached to the blade.

Ice elemental Aquilis immediately noticed the strange aura that appeared here, however, Röntgen had already made all the preparations and rushed towards the frozen lake!

【Frost Armor】

Aquilis was more of a cautious mage than the belligerent Dark Elemental Merkel, and the moment he saw the enemy appear, he did not rush to meet him, but first unleashed his usual protective spells, condensing a layer of armor composed of freezing air and frost around him.

At the moment when Röntgen had just set foot on the frozen lake, he entered the range of Aquilis' attack, and the upper elemental made a decisive move.

After condensing two sharp and thick ice cubes and shooting them towards Roentgenium, Aquilis summoned a small blizzard to stop Roentgenium's approach.

Seeing Aquilis' attack, Röntgen swung his weapon forward, and the flames on the knife immediately turned into a huge blade-shaped flame, roaring towards the ice!

Rumble!

After colliding with the blade flame, two ice cubes filled with white mist exploded in an instant, and the shattered ice slag flew onto Röntgen's face, cutting open several blood-red wounds, adding a bit of violence to the smile on his face.

Although the ice was successfully blocked, the small blizzard came like a natural disaster, crackling and slamming on the hard surface of the lake.

Faced with this situation, Röntgen had to slow down his speed, constantly swinging his knife to defend himself, while trying his best to dodge the scourge caused by the blizzard, and inevitably suffered some minor injuries along the way.

However, it can be seen that after about four or five seconds, the words on the back of his hand reappeared, and the dark red fire that had been swung into a flame blade reappeared.

He dodged a hailstone, then raised his hands in the air, like a juggling magician, and waved the flame a few times in the air.

A dark red condensed flame formed in his left hand, and he held it above his head like a light shield, and rushed through the envelope of the blizzard.

As the enemy approached, Aquilis's attention was drawn to the flame shield.

It keenly felt an aura of extreme hatred and disgust emanating from it, and the source of that aura was the words on the back of the roentgen!

【Frost Nova】!

The ice beneath Roentgen's feet suddenly arched abruptly, and before he could even notice it, the ice exploded!

"It's really hilarious......

As the enraged Aquilis continued to attack Roentgenium, a small figure suddenly appeared at the top of a small hill not far away.

Chu Ge had just come to this vicinity, and if he hadn't been attracted by the sound of the blizzard, he wouldn't have found this trough.

"That guy is...... Roentgen? Isn't he a fire elemental affinity, how did he come to the ice elemental area? ”

"The opponent is a high-level ice elemental? Hmm, both sides are third-order breaths...... In order to achieve this victory, did you even use the power of the ancient gods without any scruples? ”

"But why, what could have prompted you to take such a big risk to come here to fight Aquilis?"

"Did it come from your own intentions? Or is this the purpose of healing the church? ”

Chu Ge pressed his body and the hillock together, trying his best to hide his sense of existence, quietly observing all this.

After being ravaged by ice spells many times, an injured Röntgen finally got his wish and managed to approach Aquilis's side.

After being close to the enemy, Aquilis's weakness was immediately exposed.

Aquilis, while doing quite well when dealing with Röntgenium's attacks, was a spellcaster-type elemental elf after all, and immediately lost its advantage after a few rounds of Röntgenium's onslaught.

Now it can only rely on the presence of frost armor, and at the same time distance itself from Roentgen, it will take the time to release spells to attack the opponent.

Afraid of the special aura in the knife's flames, it didn't dare to let its body come into direct contact with the knife, and whenever the frost armor was about to be broken, it would spend a lot of mana to freeze it.

Because of the ripple potion applied to his body, Röntgen's slow resistance to ice spells has been greatly increased, so it is difficult for Ice Elemental Aquilis to use spells to distance himself from Röntgen.

The battle tends to be white-hot, Aquilis's mana is definitely not unlimited, and the advantage has been moving closer to Roentgen's side little by little, although it is very small, but as long as it continues to accumulate like now, sooner or later there will be a moment of total collapse.

"The situation of the ice element is a little bit bad, although both sides should have their own hole cards, but I still think that the power of the ancient gods is more worthy of vigilance......"

Chu Ge's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quietly released his active ability.

Nightmare Marker.

As expected, the Nightmare Mark created a [Enemy of the Old Gods] verdict on Röntgenium, increasing the negative effect by 50%.

In addition to the 1.05 reduction in Constitution, Roentgen's Attack/Hit/Movement Speed stats have also been affected, reducing them by 16%.

If you keep yourself in a casual state, it is difficult to notice that your strength is weakening, but if this kind of thing happens during a battle, it only takes a moment to find out.

His own attack weakened - Röntgen immediately noticed this after slashing the knife just now.

He frowned slightly, thinking that the superior element had used some kind of curse, so he just continued to maintain his attack and didn't pay much attention to it, but what he didn't notice was that while his attack weakened, the words on the back of his hand also dimmed a lot.

Stasis Aquilis's strength was between the early stage of the third order and the middle of the third order, and after being close to Roentgenium, it fell into a disadvantage for a while, even in its home field, it couldn't get back much of an advantage, and even fell into a vicious circle.

And now, for some reason, the enemy's offensive has suddenly weakened a little, and it has also been given a little respite, and the situation has tilted a little more to its side again.

The fierce battle continued like this, and the mana/stamina of both sides was rapidly depleted, and the stalemate continued until the second judgment of [Chaos Verdict] came.

"Hint: The target unit is affected by the [Chaos Verdict] ailment, and the agility attribute is reduced by 1.4 (additional bonus calculated), and the effect will be activated again after 6 minutes."

This time Röntgen was unlucky, not only because the attributes deducted were what he was best at, but more importantly, because of the timing of the triggering of the chaotic ruling.

At the moment when the chaotic ruling was triggered, Röntgen suddenly felt like he had been pulled by someone's hind legs, and his speed instantly slowed down.

If it had happened five seconds ago, the change would have been nothing, but now, he could only watch as the icicle stabbed into his leg that was a little slower.

'Damn ......'

Losing his balance, he slipped and fell to the ground in an instant, and the tide of battle was reversed.

Aquilis's stiff face didn't show any expression, but that didn't mean it would let it go!

[Ice Breath]!

A cold wind mixed with frost and snow blew on Roentgen's body, and his hair, eyebrows, lips, and ears were all stained with a layer of white frost, and the wound on his leg was directly frozen with the ice pick!

In the previous battle, he had only a slight advantage, and if it wasn't for the closer, it would never be his turn to talk about victory.

And now, if he doesn't make changes, he can only say goodbye to his life at the same time as the victory.

"Let me see what gives you the courage to confront the superior element......"

When Roentgen fell on the ice and was baptized by the cold wind, a trace of anticipation crossed Chu Ge's face.

After all, the more powerful the cult of the Old Gods, the more proficiency they can provide him with Nightmare Mark.