403. Chapter 403: Venom Vines
It didn't take much effort for Hu Siming to shake off the pursuers behind him.
This is the advantage of a high movement speed, as long as a charge opens up the distance, it will quickly throw the two colorful water spiders out of view. After all, there are a few monsters that hold grudges and keep chasing and killing, which means that Hu Siming has the initiative in the battle and can choose to fight or not to fight at any time.
In a treacherous swamp, this is undoubtedly the greatest security guarantee.
For the next dozen kilometers, Hu Siming used the same means to avoid several battles in succession, and entered the depths of the dust swamp.
When you arrived, the eye could see artemisia grass and filthy swamps, as if the whole world had been filled with this swamp. Occasionally, I came across some shrubs and vines growing in the reeds of a half-man height, all of which were strange, looking desolate and strange. The path beneath your feet became soft and wet, and the sides began to appear in the mud of unknown depths. If you accidentally step into it, you may sink directly into the ground.
Hu Siming has the displacement skill of ignoring the terrain, and he can manipulate the talent flame to directly burn the sludge, so he doesn't worry much about this, but he still increases his vigilance when walking.
Unconsciously, the level of the monsters encountered around him has increased to an average of lv15 and lv16.
If you convert the level, the level of these monsters is already three or four levels higher than Hu Siming. If it is an ordinary elite-level student, with average equipment, insufficient accessories and props, and no strong talent, it will be very difficult to deal with monsters of this level, and even have to rely on consumables to fight hard. Among the elite students who took over the commission together, there were already a few low-strength ones who began to retreat, because the strength of the monsters here was far beyond their imagination.
Hu Siming is okay, as the top strength among the students of the same level, it is not a problem to deal with ordinary monsters at the third or fourth level. However, when the monster qualification template that stood in the way was higher and became the blue name enhancement level and the green name elite level, he also had to have a headache.
For example, the Blacktooth Tarantula Elite at lv16.
This pitch-black tarantula with a V-shaped pattern on its back is the size of the two Corrosive Water Spiders it first encountered. Not only does it have incredible attack and armor, but it also has a movement speed of up to 330 points, as well as a disgusting slowdown skill. It can manipulate the sludge in the swamp to cause a powerful slowdown that lasts for 4 seconds, and it cools down very quickly!
Although Hu Siming's movement speed was close to 350 points, after being slowed down by its sludge, he had to slow down awkwardly.
If it is placed in a safe environment, you can shoot without distraction, and Hu Siming has the confidence to fight with it. There was a mercenary priest there, and Hu Siming was not too afraid of it. However, this is a swamp full of dangers, and there are nearly a hundred elite students who have come in with them, most of whom are behind them. Although everyone must have been separated after coming in so far, Hu Siming did not dare to guarantee that no one would interfere.
In case he loses both with the black-toothed tarantula elite, but in the end he is picked up cheaply, then he will lose his wife and lose his army.
In the end, Hu Siming still restrained the idea of making a move, and a flame burst stunned the guy, trotted a few steps, charged to open the distance, and turned on the disguise to merge with the swamp.
The black-toothed tarantula, which had recovered from its dizziness, was furious and quickly chased after it with the soft mud, but Hu Siming had already disappeared from its field of vision. Unwillingly chased a hundred meters, never saw the target, and the black-toothed tarantula elite had to give up the target - but soon it was excited again, because not far away there was the sound of the heron grass being trampled down, and a new person was coming!
After the camouflage effect wore off, Hu Siming had already appeared two hundred meters away.
Sure that the elite had been thrown away, he breathed a sigh of relief and slowed his pace slightly. Unfortunately, he hadn't gone far before he felt the ground tremble under his feet. Hu Siming, who was nervous in his heart, immediately reacted and tried to move sideways and roll to avoid it, but unfortunately it was still a beat late. A black vine burst out of the ground and bound him tightly. The stinger infiltrates the body, dealing up to 30 HP/s damage.
This powerful confinement lasted for three seconds!
If it was just this, Hu Siming wouldn't have cared, but while the confinement was lasting, another black rattan came out of the ground and lashed at him. The rattan was extremely flexible, but it was covered with venomous spikes, and its attack power was at least seventy points!
According to the information of the Eye of Recognition, this monster lurking underground to launch an attack is a plant-type monster up to lv17 - Runaway Venom Vine!
Plant-type demonic beasts are relatively rare, but most of them are very powerful. Hu Siming originally wanted to take advantage of their difficulty in moving around, but the information he had seen in the Libra Society's Intelligence Section made him abandon this idea. Because, this runaway venom vine is common in dust swamps, and it tends to grow in patches. Even if Hu Siming charged around, it was likely that there would be more than one other vine waiting for him on the road ahead.
However, when you kill it, the situation is different.
When killed, this runaway vine will drop a special sap from its body. This sap is poisonous when injected into the body, but when sprayed on the surface of the body, it can effectively interfere with the judgment of similar plants. Even if he stepped on top of their heads, the runaway venom vines behind him would command and swing and would not attack him.
In order to do it once and for all, Hu Siming had to stop and shoot at it.
The second-order talent flame turned on, and the sword in his hand burned, slashing at the black rattan that was drawn towards him. This ferocious plant seemed to be used to rampant in the swamp, and it didn't know how powerful it was, and it didn't mean to dodge, so it was directly cut at the rattan with a sword. Although the sharpness of the fine-grade jewelry weapon is not enough to cut it, the 60+ damage and the fire-fearing nature of the plant itself make it take a solid hit.
The scorching pain immediately made the runaway venom rattan startled and angry, and began to fight back.
The vine that had been wrapped around him in the first place re-dived underground, waiting for the skill CD. The second black rattan bent and burst into trouble. Due to its incredible strength and speed, the rattan even made a crackling sound in the air, as if it was drawn in front of Hu Siming in an instant.
This blow is indeed amazing!
Hu Siming underestimated this lv17 plant monster a little, although he leaned back to dodge, but he was a beat slower, and had to turn on the transformation of the black spotted deerskin boots to forcibly block the blow. Rattan apparently didn't expect that his blow would only draw something similar to the phantom, and he couldn't take it back in the first place. Hu Siming took the opportunity to straighten up, aimed at the thorny rattan, and launched a heroic charge.
In the face of this plant-type monster, most of the interruptions are ineffective, but the displacement and skill additional damage are still there. Combined with the fact that it triggers exactly 2.5 times the critical hit, this hit hits a total damage of 180+.
"Hiss~!"
In the reeds in the distance, a suppressed cry was faintly heard.
"Who?"
Due to the distance, coupled with the fact that the other party's concealed aura is good, and the environmental factors are also suitable for hiding, Hu Siming actually didn't feel someone approaching in advance, and couldn't help but be surprised. He immediately threw aside the rattan in front of him, and retreated one after another with extremely fast steps under his feet, out of the battle, and concentrated on guard.
The man hiding nearby obviously realized that he had lost his temper and quickly covered his mouth, but Hu Siming had already discovered him, and it would be pointless to hide any longer, but it would cause misunderstanding. After hesitating for a few seconds, the man appeared from the waist-high barren grass thirty meters away, smiled at Hu Siming, gestured with his empty hand, and showed that he had no malicious intent: "I was just passing by, coincidentally, I didn't mean to follow ......."
Hu Siming looked at him suspiciously, threw a probe, and found that the other party's level was as high as elite lv5.
The academy has a threshold every 5 levels, and there is an attribute bonus after passing it, so the strength must be good. But in this wilderness, there may be some dangerous monsters wandering around, Hu Siming didn't want to turn his face with him because of uncertain things, so he immediately pointed his sword at him and said, "Since you are passing by, then please." ”
"Excuse me, haha. ”
The man laughed a few times, making sure that Hu Siming had no intention of making a move, he took a few steps to the side, and disappeared invisibly.
Hu Siming was not gullible, and waited patiently in place for half a minute, and then did not notice anything unusual. Presumably he was intimidated by his own strength and didn't dare to lean over.
Although this speculation is likely to be true, knowing that there is such a stealthy guy nearby, Hu Siming did not dare to be careless anymore and recruited the mercenary priest. As soon as the priest in the white robe and the scepter of the formalities appeared, he bowed and saluted, blessed him with the fire of the heart, and then healed the fall.
Hu Siming demonstratively swept around, not caring if anyone was still watching, and re-engaged with the runaway venom vines.
With more attacks and armor blessed by the Psychic Fire, it would be much easier for Hu Siming to deal with it. Maybe it's because the fire talent is really more restrained by this plant-type monster, and in the next attack, Hu Siming triggered two critical effects in just ten seconds, and hit an amazing output. As the rattan life halo turned red and black, he threw out a ray of pain to complete the harvest.
The 60 mana points spent are instantly restored!
The surrounding swamp calmed down again, save for the whining of the wind and the rattling of the reeds and heron grass. After making sure that there was really no one nearby, Hu Siming sighed secretly and said that the kid was interested, so he put away the mercenary priest and reached out to pick up the drop of the runaway venom rattan.
After sprinkling the slightly astringent transparent juice on his body, he put away his sword and walked forward again.
As the information in the Libra community says, after only fifty or sixty meters, the ground under his feet trembled slightly. It's just that this time the rattan has just broken through the ground, and it has retracted its strength in confusion. Although it felt a little strange, the black rattan circled around Hu Siming and slowly coiled up again and burrowed into the ground.
Seeing this scene, Hu Siming's hanging heart became steady.
I have to say that it's good to have a super club as a background. If there were no side information that could not be found on the battle network, Hu Siming would have to fall into the predicament of being blocked by vines and having to kill them one by one.