Northern valley foothills. 1――

It is a mountain range located in the northeast of the Shadow Ruins, and it looks lush due to the large vegetation cover. Its highest peak is about 800 meters above sea level, which is not too high, but it is not easy to climb because of the steep slope. In addition, the monsters here are said to be difficult to deal with, but the drops are average, so few super god users will come.

Along the way, Zhao Dingguo also confirmed this, and almost did not see the supergod users haunting the road in this direction.

"The monsters on the mountain are indeed tricky, and if it weren't for the bloodline mission, I wouldn't want to come."

is related to her future development, and Yan Yuelan has obviously made preparations early. Although she knew that Zhao Dingguo would definitely know some target information in advance, out of insurance, she still told the monster information she knew in detail on the way.

"The monsters of the foothills of the northern valleys, mostly bushwalkers and Sesterite thieves."

These are two different types of monsters.

The Junglewalker is a savage Bigfoot orc with sharp horns. The minimum size of this monster is about two meters, and the elite level of the ancient jungle walker can even be four or five meters tall. They're almost exclusively melee units with heavy attack abilities, and a few Junglewalkers also have healing abilities such as rejuvenation, Thundertrample AOE slow, or Prophet-like summoning treants, which aren't easy to mess with anyway.

Sester is relatively common, a random monster in DOTA.

However, it would be a mistake to think that the Sester thieves in the main plane were also so weak.

Unlike the mediocre creeps in DOTA, the Sester-Thieves in the foothills of the Northern Valley have a variety of abilities: some can remain invisible after being stationary; Some can attack from a distance while having the headache of purification; There are also elite monsters with powerful skills such as manipulating dead bodies, evil aura, and mana burning. In short, if you underestimate these guys, you will definitely pay the price!

After introducing all the monsters they might encounter, the two of them rushed to the foot of the mountain.

Yan Yuelan briefly summed it up, and finally repeated her task: "To rush to the top of the mountain in the shortest possible time, there is only one chance to challenge." So, the monsters on the road can get around as much as possible. Let's try to rush directly from this main mountain road to the top of the mountain in one go. ”

Zhao Dingguo looked up at the mountain and asked, "Can you test it first?" ”

Yan Yuelan shook her head and said, "You can familiarize yourself with the path up the mountain first, or the terrain that you can use, but the distribution of monsters or anything can't be done." Because after the quest starts, a dungeon similar to the secret realm will be temporarily opened here. Although the terrain inside is roughly the same, the monsters are completely random. ”

"So there's no way to cheat?"

Zhao Dingguo was a little disappointed, but if he could try it out repeatedly. Then this one-time challenge will be meaningless. Therefore, he quickly cheered up, looked at the main mountain road at the bottom of the mountain, and then prepared to go around it with Yan Yuelan - even if there would be a slight difference in the terrain when entering the temporary secret realm, it was roughly the same, and he could also familiarize himself with the fighting methods of the various monsters he encountered.

In racing missions, you have to avoid fighting as much as possible, but there are always times when you can't get around. Familiarize yourself with your opponent and you'll be able to get a quicker kill.

"Let's go."

As an enhancement for the melee system. Yan Yuelan is of course at the forefront. Zhao Dingguo thought about it, and beckoned a sewing elf with his hand, which was supposed to be used as a guard for her.

Although it is a bit dangerous to play with fire in the mountains and forests. But with the mastery of the bloodline, the summoned silk elves can roughly control the flame energy and not leak out. If it was when he first obtained the bloodline, he really wouldn't dare to use it in such a place. …,

The battle began the moment the two entered the mountain.

The first to encounter is the ordinary Jungle Walker, the basic transfer speed of this mob is only 270 points converted to the value in the Dota regular season, which is far worse than Zhao Dingguo. Although the armor is okay, the attack power is very scummy. Zhao Dingguo tried to take a punch from it, but only lost thirteen points of blood - although this was triggered by the special effect of real damage reduction, even if it added eight points of damage. Its attacks were also unlikely to pose any threat to the two men.

Just the silk elf summoned by Zhao Dingguo can easily single it out.

Dealing with this kind of monster without any special abilities, neither of them was interested, and they quickly solved it and accelerated to push inside.

Because it is unlikely that you will encounter powerful monsters at the foot of the mountain, it is a little bit of a road at the beginning. Both were relaxed. Zhao Dingguo felt a little bored, so he casually brought up a topic: "I remember that the skill you strengthened was the Legion Commander's Moment of Courage, and the juxtaposition of the Phantom Spearman, right?" These two skills have been available for a long time, haven't you acquired any new skills recently? ”

Yan Yuelan carefully looked at the surroundings and said, "If you want." There are definitely new skills. But if I get the bloodline, then I can only keep three skills with my current skill slot. The Moment of Courage is not bad, but the juxtaposition is even more pronounced for the Ghost Bloodline. Anyway, if there are too many, you will have to forget in the end, so I want this third skill to be particularly desirable, so I have been working on it. ”

It turns out that it is also limited to the lack of skill bits.

Zhao Dingguo nodded, and asked curiously: "What skill do you plan to match with the last skill bit?" ”

This question was slightly involved, but Yan Yuelan didn't care, and told him directly: "After thinking about it, I think what suits me is the Centaur Chieftain's passive skill counterattack, which can inflict 16 points +26% of his own counterattack damage to enemies attacking him at the first level, and it also ignores magic immunity." With this, combined with the refraction of ghosts and even blade armor, it is estimated that countless people can bounce back and die! ”

"That's a good idea, indeed."

Zhao Dingguo recalled the special effects of refraction and counterattack, and couldn't help but praise it in agreement. This skill is indeed suitable for the Ghost Bloodline. If you run into some crispy mages, I'm afraid that the counterattack caused by the attack alone can bounce you to death!

But then again, is this skill that hard to get?

Zhao Dingguo remembered that as early as when he formed a team to enter the Southern Wilderness to kill the deep-sea priests, Yan Yuelan had these two skills. So far, if you really can't get it, you can buy one on the platform. Although you can only buy one level, after obtaining the bloodline, even if the skill level is high, it will be forced to fall, and one level is enough.

"That's not the problem."

Yan Yuelan solved the jungle walker in front of him who didn't look at the yellow calendar when he went out, and said helplessly: "The key is that these two skills are extremely dependent on blood, and they conflict with each other, so they can't be possessed at the same time. If I want to force the stack, the counterattack effect may be poor, and according to the platform's reply, I need to pay an additional 3000 win points for this! ”

"So expensive?"

Hearing this price, Zhao Dingguo couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Just exchanging this skill costs more than a thousand points, right? Add to that the additional cost of 3,000 win points, and this number is absolutely unaffordable for her.

Zhao Dingguo's regular season win rate is extremely high, and he doesn't make less money on the main plane on weekdays, but 3,000 win points are all numbers that will be bankrupt. For ordinary users, it may not be possible to squeeze out even if they save for a year. After all, the battle on weekdays inevitably consumes various supplies and props such as Dust of Appearance and Teleportation Scrolls, although the price of these things may seem inconspicuous, but the accumulation is also a big investment.

Even if Yan Yuelan is the elite of the Dragoon Sir Knight, she will never be richer than Zhao Dingguo. …,

"So, I let go of this skill for the time being, and instead used the victory points on my body to make a blade armor - I got the mage robe myself, the chain mail was exchanged for other equipment, and the only thing that cost me was the broadsword. However, all the costs added up only cost 2000 before and after, which is much more cost-effective than forcibly pursuing LV1's counterattack. ”

It's a smart choice.

The new Seist thieves seemed to agree with Zhao Dingguo, wielding a scythe and slaying out of the shade.

Yan Yuelan greeted him with a sword, and at the same time did not forget to joke with him: "This is also something that can't be helped, I'm not as rich as you - I even took out the scepter directly, admire!" ”

Her admiration is sincere.

Being able to get Aghanim's Scepter at the Rising Sun Ladder is not something that ordinary people can do. What's more, she has also heard about Zhao Dingguo's recent famous battles. Although she is also counted among the dragoon knights, compared to Zhao Dingguo, she really feels that she can't compare.

"Be careful, an advanced monster has appeared."

Zhao Dingguo still wanted to be modest, but as soon as his eyes turned, he saw a jungle patron with a larger size appearing from the left rear of Yan Yuelan, and he couldn't help but hurriedly warn.

The Jungle Keeper is a variant of the regular Jungle Walker, capable of summoning three normal Treant Warriors to fight together. In addition, it has a passive skill Heavy Attack, which has a 15% chance to deal an additional damage of around 25 and stun for 1 second. The damage added to this heavy attack is not high and almost negligible, but the 1 second of stun is not too short. If you are accidentally surrounded by several monsters of the same kind, you may even be stunned continuously.

Although their attack power is also not very high, if you are entangled with them too much, the final racing mission will undoubtedly be affected.

The appearance of the Jungle Patron marks the beginning of the real battle.

Zhao Dingguo and Yan Yuelan also put away their previous laxity and began to concentrate on dealing with these emerging monsters that stood in the way.

In just half an hour, Zhao Dingguo and Yan Yuelan encountered more than a dozen battles. Such a high frequency made the two of them a little worried. Once you're in the dungeon, you're likely to be on top of that. At that time, even if the two of them wanted to avoid the battle, I am afraid it would be difficult to avoid so many monsters. However, before the two of them could stop to catch their breath, the first elite monster battle since entering the foothills of the northern valley began.

Moreover, this battle directly ran into two elites!