Chapter 8 Under the Water Abyss
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For enemies whose abilities are unknown, Luo Ling is cautious.
In the water without light, Luo Ling's dark vision was closer than the ground, and he could barely reach 90 meters. Therefore, he could not see the spirits, but he knew that the spirits were approaching, and there were more than ten of them.
Considering that the resentful spirits are energy bodies, Luo Ling estimated that their attacks should also be embodied in the form of energy. Such as fluctuations, shocks, explosions.
Since the wraith is generally recognized as a dangerous and brutal existence, its attack method is supposed to be unique, either mysterious or powerful. So Luo Ling thinks that for the sake of safety, it is better to make a buffer belt.
The vine squid turned into a jellyfish. That is, he made a semicircular hood out of vines. The craftsmanship of the hood looks rough and eye-catching, enough to fit an egg. But it doesn't matter, to defend against energy attacks, mainly rely on the power of the prison seal and the power of true qi, this bulging rattan cover is just a framework that makes it easier for energy to be transmitted and spread, just like the sinews and bones of a creature.
Luo Ling likes this combination of soft and hard defense, just like the TX in it, which is also too metallic and heavily armored with a skeletal structure. The high-toughness part can effectively remove the resistance, and the high-strength part can ensure the integrity of the body, and for Luo Ling, this structure can greatly reduce the energy consumption.
Sitting in the center of the jellyfish, between Luo Ling's body and the vine skin of the jellyfish, it is completely filled with energy, this is the buffer zone, any energy, even if it can break through the surface defense of the jellyfish, if you want to invade Luo Ling's body, you must first pass through this energy layer. The process of its invasion is like a stream of blue ink injected into red ink, Luo Ling can understand it in time and have more time to find a way to stop it, this is the role of the energy buffer belt.
There is no doubt that such a defensive approach seems somewhat conservative. Luo Ling is like this, mainly to prevent a possible energy attack-spiritual erosion. There is no effective means to stop the attack of quasi-spiritual magic, and once hit by such an attack, it will most likely mean that Luo Ling must rely on his own will to fight against a crazy soul.
It can be imagined that a resentful spirit with a twisted soul is so persistent and pure that hatred in his heart is so pure that he has absolutely no chance of winning than anyone whose will is stronger than this kind of thing. What's more, even if you win, there is a great possibility that your mind will be polluted by its chaotic will in the process of fighting.
Mental trauma can be different from physical trauma, through advanced medical equipment can be quickly healed, once invaded, the light is chaotic, nightmares are constant, consciousness is in a trance, unable to concentrate, the heavy is half-crazy, stupid, stupid, confused thinking. This kind of trauma, without great perseverance, without more than ten years or decades of recuperation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to heal.
At the lower end of the body of the new vine jellyfish is a group of more than 30 thorny tentacles of different lengths and thicknesses. The roots of the tentacles were all gathered in Luo Ling's hands. Luo Ling is now wearing a pair of gloves connected to countless tubes, this is a must, only through direct contact, Luo Ling can transmit the cold ice true qi to the vines, which is two concepts from the situation of the prison seal to nourish the roots of the vines with energy.
The vine jellyfish hangs silently in the water, with a pale green translucent light floating above and below its body, and it occasionally wiggles its lower tentacles to keep itself from being pushed away by the undercurrent surging underneath. Hundreds of meters away, patches of faint blue light and shadow went from hazy to clear, and gradually moved closer to Luo Ling in a swaying posture that was soft and twisted like satin.
Luo Ling could already see the dark blue halo like rags. In the pitch black water, their light is really conspicuous.
Luo Ling was a little unsure of the current situation. As far as he knew, the Wraith was a pure black energy body, and its essence was a rotten negative energy, and its appearance should be a cloud of smoke and dust with a rotten robe-like appearance. What we see now obviously does not meet the above characteristics.
"Just as a shark can see the bioelectricity emitted by other animals when they swim in the water, when the resentful spirit travels in the water, it will also have some kind of electricity-like energy emitted during movement, and because of the relationship between the cold and ice true qi, it is estimated that it has the ability to see the phenomenon of small energy emission that cannot be investigated?" Luo Ling couldn't find a better reason to convince himself.
At this moment, it may have locked onto the vine jellyfish that emitted a pale green light, sneering! The resentful spirits suddenly attacked, their attack method exceeded Luo Ling's expectations a lot, the rag-like blue light, actually condensed into a ball of light the size of a pigeon's egg, and then, as if a bullet was shot from the chest, the speed of these resentful spirits was a little incredible, they seemed to be just a ball of projected light and shadow, and the nature of water could not cause any substantial obstacles to them.
"It's fast, but it's too far!" The vine jellyfish calmly stretched its tentacles and swam downward, and the wraiths swarmed through the waters below the jellyfish like a machine-gun bullet. "You can't make sudden turns, it's more like an accelerated movement of solid elastic mass." Looking at the resentful spirits that had recovered into rags due to the empty attack and stopped their bodies, Luo Ling silently summarized the characteristics of their attacks.
"If it's on land, these guys suddenly condense and rush forward, a few cold stars flash, and they have already attacked, and it is really difficult to deal with." The vine jellyfish swung its limbs and swam easily, as if those resentful spirits had nothing to do with it at all, this was the water, some of the advantages of the resentful spirits had been lost, Luo Ling could not only move back and forth, left and right, but also rise or fall at will.
Snort! It's another bullet-like rush attack, but it's also less than ideal. Luo Ling's speed is not as fast as a bullet, but the resentful spirits need a very short condensation process before turning into light beads, and this process is like pulling the trigger when an ordinary person shoots a gun for Luo Ling. This action is enough for Luo Ling to calculate the shooting trajectory and make effective evasive actions, so this is not the speed of the bullet, but the speed of the shooter's reaction.
The resentful spirits continue to rush, Luo Ling continues to dodge, the resentful spirits are not blindly rushing back and forth, they are purposeful, through condensation, impact, and scattering again and again, they are getting closer and closer to the vine jellyfish, and they are no longer rushing up, but gradually have a time difference, and then, with the continuous movement of the offensive and defensive and defensive sides, the impact angle of the resentful spirits is constantly adjusted, and slowly formed a trend of encirclement in all directions.
Attacking with a time difference in different directions, more than twenty resentful spirits seemed to have cultivated the legendary sword formation, and they cooperated with each other quite tacitly, contracting and shooting, turning into a ghostly flashing impact line, spreading their bodies, and then shrinking...... The wraiths are like tireless water pressure guns, every time their bodies unfold and contract, it is equivalent to the water pressure gun intake, and then there is the spray, their back and forth impact, drawing one light and shadow after another in the water, in the light and shadow, is the light green light cluster of vine jellyfish that keeps evading, from a distance, it seems to be a bunch of electrons, constantly moving around the nucleus.
It is no exaggeration to say that compared to the attack of the ancient water snake, what these resentful spirits brought to Luo Ling was another kind of underwater training, training on how to better dodge quick attacks in the water.
As the encirclement continued to shrink, Luo Ling's dodging became more and more dangerous. Finally, poof! A faint blue light bead hit the shell of the vine jellyfish, and the blue and green lights collided, with the contact point as the core, and several circles of cyan magic light fluctuated, and the water ripples spread out, which was extremely bright and eye-catching in the dark.
The defensive shield of the vine jellyfish was too strong, and the kinetic impact of the wraith seemed to be a bullet on a thick iron plate covered with several quilts, and after a sound, it was silent.
For such a result, the resentful spirit seems to have sufficient psychological preparation, the impact has not yet completely ended, the resentful spirit has already unfolded its body, turned into a mass of humanoid appearance with only the upper body, stretched out a pair of large iron fork-like giant claws, frantically slashed the skin of the vine jellyfish, the tail end of its body, that is, the waist part, turned into a thin rod sucker-like shape, and actually adsorbed to the skin of the vine jellyfish, as if the ship had anchored.
"The cutting blade composed of pure ability is sharper than ordinary physical blades, and the power of the slash reaches 750g, which is quite fast and powerful. But, is it just an attack of this grade? Luo Ling understands that many times, speculation is inaccurate, and everything should still be based on reality. But if the wraith can only shoot back and forth like bullets, and then scratch like shrews, then he has to say that it seems a bit exaggerated to say that the wraiths are dangerous and fierce.
Kiss! There was another sound, and a second wraith attached to the skin of the vine jellyfish appeared, followed by a third, and a fourth...... They are like a group of vampire bats that have found their prey, pounce on them and bite with all their might, fearless, crazy movements, and completely a posture of not sucking the prey dry.
Luo Ling snorted coldly, the cold ice true qi swirled, and the true qi flow in the vines turned from thin to thick, and as soon as it exceeded the critical point, the effect of condensation was immediately activated. The resentful spirits attached to the skin of the vine jellyfish seemed to have been subjected to a super sluggish technique, and their movements were suddenly slower by more than ten times, and before they could react, they were wrapped in condensed ice, and the innermost layer of the ice was a water spirit that emitted a blue light.
"What about the energy body? Absolute zero is a terrifying force that can stop even the movement of molecules. Although I have not mastered the ice power to that extent, I am still sure that you can change from 'Parkinson's' to 'Tai Chi'. ”
With a slight shock from the jellyfish, several wraiths trapped in the ice fell off with the ice cubes, sinking all the way to the bottom of the water, and these ice cubes continued to release the cold power, and the temperature of the surrounding water fell several degrees between breaths.
The encounter of a few refrigerated wraiths did not deter the rest of them, and their attacks were still frenzied. Luo Ling no longer planned to deal with them, the thorny tentacles of the vine jellyfish were in a group, and began to take the initiative and plan to meet some 'bullets', these thorny tentacles were a staff of water turned into ice, and the 'bullets' broke into their virtual area, and they would immediately be condensed in the ice by the released ice true power.
Luo Ling knew that this method could not completely eliminate the resentful spirits, but only temporarily trapped them. But this 'temporary' should be enough for him, and if he disposes of it properly, even if he doesn't inject the power of ice into the ice cubes, there is no problem for them to condense at a low temperature for ten days and half a month. Ten days and half a month later, the meaning of the existence of these resentful spirits must have disappeared.
Not long after the vine jellyfish took the initiative to attack, the remaining resentful spirits seemed to have come to their senses, and two of them were lucky enough to pounce on the vine jellyfish again, this time, they did not show the big claws that looked like deadly murder weapons, but after unfolding their bodies, they condensed again, releasing a wisp of dark blue smoke-like light, which invaded the skin of the vine jellyfish.
The danger that Luo Ling had predicted was thus realized. Luo Ling didn't know if this inky blue light was a terrifying spiritual erosion, but he could feel the purity and strength of this energy. If it weren't for the energy buffer zone, this point-based erosion might have been successful.
The energy buffer zone contains the power of the Thorn Prison Seal, which is like a layer of energy shield, which can continuously consume the erosion of external energy. More importantly, under the influence of Luo Ling's body and the epidermis of the vine jellyfish, the energy buffer zone is an extremely low temperature spatial area. As a result, the pure energy that invaded was like a T1000 struggling forward in liquid nitrogen, which was condensed before it passed through the buffer zone. More precisely, this energy is consumed, its properties are changed, and then, like a wisp of steaming water, it weakly leaks out of the buffer zone, condenses a distorted human face with a blue light in the water, and then disappears.
"The twisted soul energy is dead." Luo Ling realized that this was the first resentful spirit to be killed by him.
"A powerful mental attack, but at the same time, there is an extremely high risk. Normally, the distorted soul energy is contained in the special power of the Corrupt Dark Essence Element, which can constantly absorb the surrounding Corrupt Dark Energy, which is almost immortal, and once the spiritual attack fails, it is equivalent to losing consciousness, which is equivalent to death. ”
One after another, Luo Ling tested his reasoning again and again. In the case that ordinary attacks could not cause damage to the enemy, the resentful spirits chose to take risks without hesitation, they broke into the energy trap laid by Luo Ling for the almost slim chance of victory, and then, before starting a real spiritual battle, their own will died first, and the distorted soul energy dissipated and was terminated.
When the resentful spirits died, their bodies condensed into magic beads, and at a glance, these magic beads looked like finely polished blue crystal stones, clear and crystalline, but if you look closely, you will find that at its core, there is a very delicate three-dimensional magic array.
"It's like a layer of skin, a container, a battle armor, when a special soul is injected into the period, and the magic circle is activated, this magic bead will melt, unfold, and become a carrier. It's a magical artifact like the Golden Necklace, but it's more clever and has a different field of application, so it should be a favorite item for necromancers and the like. ”
Luo Ling's treasure appreciation ability has reached a special level after systematically learning the knowledge of the material scholar and improving it again and again. He may sometimes see treasures without knowing it, and sometimes he can draw inferences and gain insight into the essence of something at a glance. The level of its level is obviously related to the residual memories of Himit's in his mind. This made him get it right half-blindly.
There was no reason to let go of good things, and after Luo Ling collected a part of the magic beads, he began to attack those resentful spirits who were condensed in the ice.
I have to say that if these guys are not active, it is really not easy to kill them, at least, it is difficult to get the perfect magic bead. Because if you want to hurt their body, you must first deplete the energy of their shell, Luo Ling tried, under the extremely powerful energy blow, the magic bead will be damaged because the energy consumption is too intense to replenish in time, and it will explode into a handful of magic light and fine residues, and the rest even if the distorted soul energy, without the magic bead, even if it is not moved, the soul energy that has lost its dependence will quickly dissipate.
Fortunately, the spirits are full of hatred for living creatures, and this hatred is so strong that they are a little stupid, that is, they are not afraid of sacrifice for the sake of achieving their goals. Impulse is the devil, as long as there is this one weakness, Luo Ling can make them obediently and sacrifice complete magic beads one by one.
The last count, 20 magic beads, destroy one, slightly imperfect. Luo Ling imagined that these resentful spirits were in groups of three, and it happened to be seven groups......
"Some shortcomings are some shortcomings, now it looks like a good strength, who knows if it can be used, will it have become a chicken rib choice?" Luo Ling thought so, controlling the jellyfish to continue swimming underwater.
Before he fought the wraiths, he sent Nengu to explore the waters. Luo Ling thought, maybe the passage is under this water.
"It's been a while, and it's time for Nian Gu to come back."
Swim, keep swimming. Luo Ling found that he already liked the feeling of swimming in the cold water.
Levitating, pressure, and breath-holding, the water layer was treated by Luo Ling as a special combat environment, a battlefield that required extra energy and physical strength, but still weakened in strength. Now, all of a sudden, these problems don't exist. Breathing smoothly, the true qi can regulate the pressure in the body by itself, and as for the suspension, this feeling is really special, as if the gravitational pull of the center of the earth has become non-existent, this is an alternative flight.
Luo Ling knew that he still had a lot to learn if he wanted to truly use the unique power of the water for his own use. "Perhaps, I should raise some predators in the water, watch their predation process, or dig through the relevant materials to study."
was thinking wildly, Nian Gu appeared in Luo Ling's induction. Luo Ling immediately switched his thinking back to this exploration full of dangers. Communicate with Nian Gu with his thoughts, the results obtained are not very good, this underground lake covers an extremely wide area, and together with two wide and deep underground rivers, Nian Gu chose one, and after going deep into thousands of meters, dense forks began to appear, considering Luo Ling's time limit, Nian Gu turned around and returned.
"Not a single waterway has been explored. It seems that the only way to try my luck in the huge vault is to go ashore. ”
Luo Ling was in front, Nian Gu followed, and the master and servant went ashore. Although this dome is large, the span is only two or three kilometers, Luo Ling turned into a vine spider, walking and moving like the wind, and the speed of Nian Gu is also considerable, the master and servant unfolded their bodies, searched separately, and it didn't take long to explore the dome.
There were no corpses, no traces of battle, the ground was all hard rock, and there were no traces of footprints or anything like that, and as for the smell, the dark rot energy here was already at a fairly high level, and even if some other odors could be smelled, it was not enough to be used as evidence for judgment.
On a raised smooth rock, Luo Ling stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, "It seems that today's water is for me to have enough fun at one time." He gave a new order to Nian Gu, in this vault, in addition to the entrance to the water when it fell, there was also a relatively small waterhole, before exploring, Luo Ling did not know how big the underground part of the waterhole was, in the case of no way to choose, he could only try. As for going back and exploring the two underground rivers that lead nowhere, it's a melancholy thing to think about.
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