Chapter 41: Confrontation
Liu Li has been looking for an opportunity to make a move, listening to Ian's words, Liu Li felt angry in his heart, but also couldn't help but sigh, his obsession with magic even sighed to himself as a traverser. However, Liu Li does not agree with his approach, it is a good thing to have pursuits, but in order to achieve his own goals, he will do whatever it takes, and even hurt others, Liu Li, who has crossed from the earth, thinks that it is unacceptable.
Ian's mask looks very strange, the whole looks smooth and flat, with a curvature, and the mask is densely covered with black patterns, which at first glance looks like cracks, but if you look closely, it looks like a spreading thorn. Well, Liu Li thought of the peeled tea eggs, which can't be blamed on him, it's too similar. The elements flow along the black pattern, and under the observation of the "omniscient" perspective, it is as if the pattern on the mask is constantly wriggling, which makes Liu Li jealous.
Liu Li could see from the concentration of the elements contained in the mask that it was a fairly powerful storage item, but the elements flowing on it were still the black elements that Liu Li was familiar with, which was somewhat different from the death element held by Ian himself, which also meant that its owner could not control it perfectly.
"Stay here and wait for me. Liu Li said to the squirrel in spiritual communication. Instead of waiting for her answer, he summoned a black hole on the ground and sank into it. Now Ian's attention is on Eve, or the small box containing the strange bones in her hand, if she waits until the battle begins, there may not be such a good chance to sneak attack, after all, people's vigilance is very high in battle.
A black hole appeared behind Ian out of thin air, and Liu Li, who dodged out, held "Return" in his hand and stabbed straight at the mission target in front of him. The arc generated by "Mang" traveled on Liu Li's body, and the gun staff stabbed with the force of "penetration" was also more powerful. However, Liu Li still underestimated the weird mask on Ian's face.
A black film that didn't look sturdy appeared behind Ian, blocking the "Return" that stabbed straight out. The penetrating martial art "Penetration" came to an abrupt halt in front of this layer of defense, which did not seem to be strong, without even a single ripple. However, this blow was not as useless as Liu Li saw, on Ian's mask, the black elements flowing in the black cracks, suddenly stagnated under this blow, and then became agitated, and the entire mask also shook, and the cracks on it increased by two.
"You're not dead?" The two voices came into Liu Li's ears at the same time, the difference was that the female voice had obvious surprise in it, while Ian's voice in front of him had a hint of fear. Liu Li, who failed in the sneak attack, was not flustered, although he was also looking forward to making a contribution with one blow, but he was not unexpectedly defeated. People who can survive in this place for decades in Sin City are naturally not so easy to kill.
The figure turned, and once again went around to the dead corner of Ian's sight, and the "Return" in his hand was sharply pumped towards Ian with a "heavy" force, and Ian, who was shrouded in black film, was directly knocked out dozens of meters away under this heavy blow. This time Liu Li can be said to have exhausted all the strength of his body, one is afraid of the enemy who has come back to his senses to cast spells, the conversation he just heard is not so quick to forget, he clearly remembers that Ian has the ability to cast spells, and then it is also to vent the anger in his heart, Liu Li can not agree with what Ian did at all.
"I don't know how you survived the elemental tides, but since you don't value your life and want to come here, stay in this swamp forever, I can already imagine how that crazy woman from Landor would react when she learned of your death. Ian, who was smashed out, was not substantially injured due to the presence of the black film, but he was also embarrassed in the process of rolling out. Annoyed, he didn't lose his cool, and as a spellcaster living in Sin City, he also knew that he shouldn't get too close to a hostile warrior. The erosion of the death element is more intense than the normal black element, and his constitution is able to withstand the blows of the warrior at close range, even if he is protected by a mask, there is a possibility of injury. And the other members of the "Mask" also quickly protected their boss behind him, so that Liu Li lost the opportunity to continue attacking. However, the crisis of the caravan has also been alleviated by Liu Li's sneak attack, if Liu Li's attack is a few seconds slower, maybe Ian has already given the order for a general attack, and the number of people participating in the siege of the "mask" this time is nearly five times the number of caravans, which can be said to be pouring out.
"Liu Li, how did you survive, I clearly saw ......" Toru is also one of the surviving mercenaries on the caravan's side. It's unlucky, originally "Gray Corner" just went to Sin City to buy the magic core, but he didn't expect to take such a "thief ship" as Eve, and now it's too late to get off the ship, and as a reputable mercenary, they can't do this kind of thing by leaving their patrons and escaping.
"It's good that you survived, otherwise I really wouldn't know how to explain to Sister Landuo. "The happiest person about Liu Li still alive is Eve, who has seen Liu Li in crisis and unable to rescue, and self-blame has always entangled her heart these days. In fact, this is not entirely to blame her, Eve is just a martial artist, although she has reached the second order and can use all kinds of power skills at the beginning level freely, but if she wants to rescue Liu Li, who relies on the black hole to teleport out and fight hand-to-hand with the marksman, she is also out of reach.
Although Ian is extremely fanatical about the pursuit of magic, he does not really have the intention of killing Eve's sister, but just wants to get the magical bone in her hand. It is precisely because of this that it has been besieged without attacking for so long. Although the marksman codenamed "Gray Mask" has died along with Liu Li, in terms of high-end martial arts, in addition to Ian, the spellcaster, "Masquerade" also has two beginner martial artists, "Silver Mask" and "White Face". And looking at the caravan's side, in addition to the captain of the guard who has been injured and can only be regarded as half of the martial artist's combat strength at most, there is only Eve, a second-order martial artist, left. Liu Li's appearance can be said to make up for the gap in high-end force on the caravan's side, at least it can contain Ian, it can be said that due to Liu Li's appearance, the two sides of the confrontation now have a delicate balance in high-end force.
In the face of Toru and Eve's greetings, Liu Li just nodded and did not make other responses. Even if a certain balance has been achieved in high-end combat power, it is not easy to deal with an enemy that is close to five times the number of enemies, and the junior fighters are far from strong enough to influence the tide of battle.
"Eve, my patience is limited, hand over the Bones of Secret Whispers and the young men around you, and I can get your caravan, including these mercenaries deceived by you, out of the swamp safely. Ian's patience was clearly exhausted, and it was clear from his tone that if Eve couldn't meet his demands, the caravan would likely be in for a stormy attack in the next instant.
From Ian's request, Liu Li also heard the other party's fear of him. But think about it, although a first-order intermediate spellcaster in his thirties is not unique in this world, it can also be called rare. This is still Ian's achievements that he didn't know that Liu Li had achieved in less than three years of studying magic, and if he knew Liu Li's speed in magic cultivation, he would not even mention this request, but let his subordinates do it directly. The only reason Ian has been able to live in Sin City for so many years is that he is relatively well hidden, and Landolia is not sure that he is hiding here. He didn't want to spare the caravan's guards and mercenaries, at most, he imprisoned his sister in Sin City, ensuring her life and never letting her return to the Kronos Empire. Ian knew his strength, and if the news hidden in Sin City was known to Landolia, this swamp would definitely not be able to stop a fifth-order mage who majored in the black element.
Liu Li didn't care what Ian said, he was still racking his brains, thinking about how to break the game. Although it can't play a decisive role in the battle, as a spellcaster, the impact on the direction of the battle cannot be underestimated. If you can contain Ian, fend off the damage to the caravan with his spells, and attack the opposing team with your own spells, then the balance of victory and defeat may be tilted in your favor. It's not easy to do this, but Liu Li is not clueless about it in his mind, although the probability of success is not high, but this is the only way he can think of to break the game.
"Eve, can you give me the Bone of Secret Words?" wary of the "Mask's" reaction, Liu Li asked quietly. Although the caster is usually at the back of the battle array, using his own spells to control the situation of the battle, but at the same time, Liu Li, who has the identity of a warrior, is obviously different from the ordinary caster, under the preoccupation of defense, the opponent's archers are obviously not a threat, the only thing to pay attention to is the two warriors, and Ian, who is under the protection of the crowd. And Liu Li also had to stand in front of him, he had to cover Eve so that she could put the strange bone into his hands without anyone noticing.
These days, Liu Li has also done some research on the death element brought by the squirrel, although he may not be as skilled as Ian in use, but for the study of its essence, Liu Li thinks that it is much better than the other party. Ian only accidentally obtained a small amount of the right to use the death element, but he had no talent for spell cultivation at all. This is another reason why he has been hiding in the swamp for so many years, even if this element exhibits different characteristics from the normal element, its essence is still the black element, and Ian can only stay in this black element-rich swamp to ensure that the death element in his body will not gradually dissipate with the passage of time.
However, when Liu Li took the small box containing the bones of the code words handed over by Eve, the vigilance against Ian in his heart also deepened a little. From their previous conversations, Liu Li learned that Ian had only absorbed about 10% of the death element in the Secret Word Bone, but when he came into direct contact with the Secret Word Bone, Liu Li realized that the content of the death element in it far exceeded his expectations. Even if Ian only absorbed one percent of them, it would be far beyond the limits of what a first-order spellcaster could mobilize. Even if there has been some consumption in the past few decades, it is not something that Liu Li can match with his own strength. However, although he was vigilant, he was not too afraid, after all, the bone of the code was in Liu Li's hands at the moment.
Ian's patience had been exhausted, and the battle was about to break out, but where Liu Li couldn't see, a cute little squirrel was ready to move at this time.