Chapter 9: The Breath of Darkness

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Zili's crossbow bolts directly sank into the black aura, and the mutation of one of the dirty cats was interrupted. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

"Zili, stand back, you go to the tree." Xia Chen held the dagger and rushed straight forward.

It was difficult to say whether that black aura was a consumable or not, and in order to verify his guess, Xia Chen had to interrupt all three mutated cat demons.

Adventure is a must, and so is technology.

Xia Chen lifted his stealth state, and a sliding step followed Zili's second crossbow arrow and rushed into the black aura.

-3、-2、-3、-6!

The cold light flashed, and the damage of the light dagger was not as powerful as Zili's heavy crossbow, but at close range, the total output brought by the bonus of attack speed was still nearly 1/3 higher than the instantaneous damage of the whiteboard weapon.

At this moment, Xia Chen shot with all his might, and the frequency of attacks and the output of damage exploded.

The mutations of the three filthy cats are interrupted and they wake up from their slumber.

"The synchronization rate is 230, and it is improving." Junting reminded in the outside world.

"I'll take them away, and you'll get out at once." Hearing this, Zili suddenly spoke, and at the moment when the eyes of the three cat demons opened in an instant, and the moment the fierce light was revealed, Zili swept down from the tree, did not aim, and after throwing the crossbow, he directly put away his weapon and retreated.

These are just three slightly mutated dirty cats, Xia Chen glanced at them from the corner of his eye, and through the black mist, one rolled over, tightened his cloak, and launched stealthily, leaning on the corner of the root of the tree to stay still.

Xia Chen did not go against Zili's wishes, he understood the worries of several people.

If the synchronization rate doesn't go up, you can't single out three mutant cat demons in full state.,Even if it's incomplete, you can't take risks.。 The team of the moon wheel is a clear lesson.

Plus, no one would agree with his soaring synchronization rate.

That can only choose to break away, Xia Chen held his breath, the afterglow of his eyes swept slightly, at this moment, he understood something.

The black spots turned white, mutating into the prelude to the fluorescent cat demon.

"The Archon suspects that an unknown force is influencing them." β€”Noah, the captain of the Guardian of the Valley of the Moon.

But this is not the point, some of the fog will be lifted a corner, Xia Chen held the dagger in his hand, and when the three cat demons who had just stepped into the third level made a move, he got up.

Zili can pull one no problem, two are estimated to be barely for a while, after a long time, something will definitely happen. Therefore, the time left for Xia Chen is very short.

Tear - cold light flashes, thousands of years of killing! Xia Chen decisively intercepted the third cat demon.

"Synchronization rate 195, stable." Junting reported the number.

"Meow Meow~~" The mutant cat demon's hiss was mixed with sorrowful screams, and all kinds of green light were fierce, and they were extremely vicious. (That's what it's called, right?) Why do I think so weird o(β•―β–‘β•°)o)

Intercepted! Xia Chen reflexively pulled 1 or 2 or 3, in short, the number of cat demons and Zili retreated in the opposite direction.

After all, the cat roaring mountain forest was very intimidating, and since the hatred value was not fixed, Xia Chen didn't know how many cat demons were following him.

This is an extremely risky way to pull monsters, if there are 2 to 3 cat demons following Xia Chen, then this time the monsters must be pulled again.

And if there is only one, then it is the beginning of the feast.

Xia Chen turned around, and sure enough, there was only one, and it seemed that the thousand-year-old killing was indeed a secret technique that succeeded in pulling monsters.

The level 2 dirty cat has slightly mutated into a level 3 fluorescent cat demon, and although the attributes have been qualitatively improved, it is still far from that kind of killer-level damage.

System: Your squad successfully kills the Fluorescent Cat Demon who failed to mutate at level 3 and gain 30 experience points!

I'll go, this experience is so high to say.

Xia Chen's dagger shook and pulled out of its throat, silently pushing the corpse of the cat demon to the ground.

At the same time, Zili grasped the timing very well, just dragging the remaining two back.

The two diverged again, the second cat demon pawn.

Five minutes later, the third cat demon pawn.

The logistics manager was collecting the materials wisely on the side, while Xia Chen carefully searched this small area shrouded in black fog.

This is a black fog, Xia Chen estimated the coordinates, walked into the center and groped.

What exactly will be found? What prompted the cat demons to mutate? What is that unknown force? Maybe the clue is here.

The thief's perception was excellent, but it was extremely compressed in the black fog, and Xia Chen had no choice but to search carefully, checking the soil, trees, rubble, everything, anything suspicious.

Zili continued to maintain a high degree of vigilance outside.

"Dingβ€”"

Finally, when Xia Chen's hand stroked a pile of rubble, he noticed the abnormality.

The vision is a little blurry, but this pile of rubble is very abnormal, it seems to be some kind of "miscellaneous scrap" piled up here by some kind of creature with a collecting habit?

It's a small pile of loose ore, or rather a pile of player-unusable, worthless scrap ore.

It can be seen that they have been abandoned long enough that they have been weathered and cracked for an unknown number of years, and they are not noticeable at all.

It was in the middle of this scattered ore that Xia Chen touched a slightly hanging black stone, the size of a small pebble.

The moment it was touched, a strange force returned, and the black mist was sucked back into the small stone in the blink of an eye, which was very magical.

The black fog had dissipated, and Xia Chen grabbed it, delicate and small, indicating that it was very smooth, but it looked unusually black.

"Is that it?" Zili asked after seeing that the black mist was sucked back into the stone in one go.

"Hmm."

Dark Breath (Rare) (Quality: 95)

Item Function: Able to break the shackles of a creature's own level.

Item description: An ore with special powers, with an evil nature.

"Adventurer, please tell me how you got it." - Norton, a great alchemist with a solemn face.

"I've heard that this pebble can make the cat demon break its own shackles, right, adventurer." - A drunkard who has returned from the depths of the jungle by luck.

Break your own shackles! Really! The moment the item information popped up, Xia Chen already understood that his guess was completely confirmed.

The dark aura contains a power that can make the cat demon break its own shackles, so that the level 1 cat demon can successfully break through to level 2, level 3, and even higher, and even mutate!

This is in perfect line with spoilers for the final stage of the main quest.

"So, it's a very important ore, with a high degree of value retention, and β€” future appreciation?" Zili said after listening to Xia Chen's speculation.

"I'm afraid yes, I don't have any information about this here, so it must be very rare." Shang Junting searched the databases of major alliances and forums and found that there was no such thing.

"However, Xiaoxiao thinks that this standard remains to be seen." Xiaoxiao watches movies in the game, but also keeps an eye on Xia Chen's movements.

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

The rest of the things shouldn't be the mascot's concern, just concentrate on playing the game, Xia Chen shook his head.

After Xia Chen put the dark aura into the package, he didn't rush to get up.

Because under his loose stones, that is, in the soil, a rusty iron dragon head was exposed, and it was facing the summer dust with a ring!

Treasure Chest! Iron Treasure Chest!

At the same time, in this dim jungle, a transparent figure flashed not far away.

………………

"It's not quiet in the forest, watch out for creatures that haunt the shadows, adventurers." - Guards of the Valley of the Moon.