Even the most powerful plague spirits can't stop the passage of time.

Compared to the super high damage of 50 health per minute when the first layer was lowered, and the final poison was 50% of the maximum health + 1000 points, the existing ghost plague in Karlovenci was a whole notch lower. Obviously, more than 600 years have passed, and the effect of the plague here is far less than it was back then.

After discovering this, Zhao Dingguo was a little settled in his heart, but he still had an indescribable sense of urgency.

Because the poisonous injuries in the first few layers could be resisted only by his own recovery, Zhao Dingguo did not hang out the Ice Elemental Ball, but cut out the Thunderball and accelerated towards the depths of Karlovenci. Although he had already preemptively entered Karlovingci, the captain of the Rat Squad already knew about it, and God knows if he would find the real entrance in the next moment. Therefore, Zhao Dingguo hoped to find the possible fragment of the origin crystal nucleus in the secret realm as soon as possible.

However, this is not an easy task.

If you want to find something the size of a matchbox from an abandoned city, if there are no clues, it will naturally be difficult to reach the sky, and it is not too much to say that you are looking for a needle in a haystack. But there is one thing that Zhao Dingguo knows very well that such an important thing as the Origin Crystal Core Fragment cannot be placed at will, and it must be hidden somewhere with great importance. As the core of a city's defense system, the Central Mage Tower is undoubtedly the most likely place.

Most of the previous prophets had been there!

With a clear goal, the next step is to rush directly to the half-collapsed mage tower in the center of the city.

Originally, at the speed of supergod users. I'm afraid that the idle city won't even take an hour. However, that was when no one stopped it, but how could this ruined city, which had been sealed for more than 600 years, be a safe place?

Don't forget, Karlovenci was the second-tier military town of the Guards Corps. Although there are not as many legionnaires stationed as at the front line, there are still tens of thousands of Treant warriors and mages. And. Later, the two legions mobilized their armies and fought again for the city that had been turned into undead. One can imagine how many bones there are here. More than six hundred years have passed, under the erosion of the plague of ghosts. How many powerful undead will be generated?

The exact number is probably only known to God!

In the first place on the island of Aktura, those undead trolls who were only infected by ghosts. All of them have shown good combat power. What's more, it has been more than six hundred years since the undead here were formed?

He had just gone less than a hundred meters deep when there was a shaking under the shattered bluestone slab in front of him, and six or seven blue-gray undead tree warriors crawled out of the ground one after another. These former treant warriors can still be vaguely seen in their former appearances, but the half-decayed hard body surface has long since been infected and discolored by the poison of the ghosts. Zhao Dingguo tentatively hit two elemental missiles, and the damage caused was very average, but the negative state of the feedback made Zhao Dingguo feel very troubled.

This negative state is very similar to the Underworld Wurm's passive skill Corrosion Appearance.

【Poisonous Skin】

Anyone who attacks the unit from a ranged attack will be infested with poison, reducing their attack speed and movement speed by 10%. and takes 25 damage/sec for 3 seconds; Melee attacks reduce attack speed and movement speed by 20% and take 50 damage per second for 5 seconds.

Toxin effects do not stack. However, it temporarily increases the unit's magic resistance by 20%.

This skill is tantamount to improving the defense of the undead tree warriors in disguise, and the anti-damage of the highly poisonous skin should not be underestimated. Zhao Dingguo is long-range, fortunately, he only needs to take 25 damage per second. There is the bloodsucking effect of the Mad Mask, which can be sucked back, not to mention the ability to reduce real damage. But if it's a melee supergod user, come over. I'm afraid it's a little uncomfortable. 50 damage per second, and a 20% double slow, even if it doesn't stack, it's enough for him to drink a pot! …,

Of course, if it was just a tree warrior, even if it was slowed down by 10%, Zhao Dingguo would not be afraid, and he could still fly a kite and clean it up. What he's really worried about is that other monsters will be paired with this skill!

What is certain is that the city was originally eroded by ghosts and almost became a paradise for the undead, and other monsters here must have similar poisonous anti-damage abilities. If some ranged monsters are equipped with this ability, that's the real headache.

This speculation was quickly confirmed.

After fighting and retreating, and taking out the six or seven undead tree warriors, Zhao Dingguo continued to go deeper, but was soon attacked by necromancers and archers hiding in half-collapsed houses.

These necromancers and archers, although they don't have too powerful skills, have an effect similar to poison-soaked weapons in their attacks. When attacked, they all have counter-damage - the only difference is the name, the previous one was called Poison Skin, and these ranged monsters are called Poison Bones!

The poison attached to the attack, if beaten, he will bear another layer of poison, and under the superposition of the two effects, Zhao Dingguo will really have a headache.

If it's just one, it's good to say, with Zhao Dingguo's combat power at dusk, all kinds of skills come out, how can you kill it. If he encounters two at the same time, Zhao Dingguo has to weigh it carefully. If he encounters more than two archers and mages at the same time, there is only one thing Zhao Dingguo can do - escape!

Just ten minutes later, Zhao Dingguo had a real understanding of the strength of the monsters here.

Very strong, very tricky!

It is also thanks to Zhao Dingguo that he has now advanced to Dusk, and his equipment and attributes have been greatly improved, and the additional attributes of the senior team are also a big gain. If he changes to the previous Rising Sun Step, even if he succeeds in finding this place, he may not be able to fight against the monsters here.

Of course, if it were to be changed to another place, Zhao Dingguo would not be so constrained. The point is that the monsters here are usually poisonous, and the ghosts that accumulate and accumulate are potential invisible killers. If you accidentally let your HP drop below 30%, the damage that bursts in an instant can definitely kill you!

After secretly rejoicing, Zhao Dingguo cut out the ghost walk - he didn't plan to play with these monsters.

Even the high-level prophets of Twilight entered here, and they had to go to great lengths to find the Ancient Kingdom Divine Wood Ring. It is conceivable that some of the monsters in this must be difficult to deal with at the twilight level. Therefore, Zhao Dingguo didn't plan to kill it step by step, but also used the ghost walk + ancient country god wood ring to sneak in stealth. The Ancient Divine Tree shields the breath of the living, and is especially effective in dealing with the perception of the undead.

Fighting those undead treant warriors before, I just wanted to understand the average strength of the monsters in the Callovenci secret realm. Now that he has a number in his heart, he is happy to save trouble and run towards the center of the city incognito.

After only running incognito for two minutes, Zhao Dingguo was shocked into a cold sweat in his heart.

For no other reason, there are too many monsters that have been turned into undead here, and from time to time you can see undead boss-level monsters transformed from elite legion warriors in life. Although the strength is not as good as the real elite monster, it can also be said to be a small elite. As soon as he ran more than a thousand meters, Zhao Dingguo saw three or four such boss-level monsters. If there was no Ancient Kingdom Divine Wood Ring, it would be too difficult to kill it alone, and the time it would take is unimaginable.

However, the effect of the Ancient Kingdom Divine Wood Ring is not omnipotent.

The effect of the concealment aura is naturally no problem to deceive these ordinary undead monsters, and it can also play a role in the face of those small bosses. However, when it comes to encountering Karlovenci's true elite-level monsters, it is a little difficult to sustain. The undead giant bear that appeared in front of Zhao Dingguo, which was three meters tall, ignored the cover of the Ancient Kingdom Divine Wood Ring and killed him directly. …,

Of course, this is also related to Zhao Dingguo's ghost wandering and not being able to learn home.

If it was his Mentor Garo himself, he would be able to enter the effect of deep invisibility, and with the Ancient Kingdom Divine Wood Ring, it would be no problem to deceive this elite monster.

The problem is that the guru has that ability, he doesn't.

Therefore, Zhao Dingguo could only obediently recruit the sewing elf and began to fight with this seemingly very strong undead giant bear. It's also a shame that this elite-level monster seems to have its own territory, and other undead monsters don't dare to enter here easily. Zhao Dingguo was still a little happy when he first walked here, thinking that there was nothing strange here, but in fact, there was one big one waiting for him!

Generally speaking, monsters of this size and type are all very high health and super melee attack power.

This undead bear is no exception.

After facing Zhao Dingguo's silk elf, it slapped it with just one slap, and nearly half of the blood volume of the silk elf was slapped. Then, with another right slap, the sewing spirit seemed to have only a few dozen lives left. Such an attack power, as well as the not too long attack interval, made Zhao Dingguo feel a little cowardly.

However, this is nothing, the key is the special effect that this undead giant bear hits when it strikes on the second attack!

Zhao Dingguo saw it clearly, as it slapped down, a black bone claw suddenly appeared from the ground, firmly imprisoning the silk elf, and it seemed that there was no low continuous damage. Before the third shot of the undead giant bear was shot, the silk elf had already turned into a flame of light and collapsed on the spot.

This is supposed to be a passively triggered ability, and it looks so familiar!

If Zhao Dingguo remembers correctly, an agile late-stage hero druid in DOTA summoned a bear spirit with a very similar winding ability. Thinking that both of these are bears, and more than a dozen heroes were hastily buried here in the previous hero war, Zhao Dingguo suddenly had a guess - this guy in front of him could not be the undead of the bear spirit who died together after the strong druid of the plot back then hung up, right?

Quite possibly!

Knowing this may seem like a no-brainer, but it's actually very useful. Because, most of the undead monsters will inherit some of the abilities they had in life, and the more powerful the undead, the more so. Although the details may be different, the actual effect should be roughly the same.

After figuring out the origin, Zhao Dingguo was able to roughly understand its ability in the face of this elite monster he had never met, and he knew it in his heart. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )