"Phew!"

In the diffuse sandstorm, the crisp sound of shattering echoed over the Gobi, making the hearts of all the soldiers below skip a beat.

The entrance to the manticore's lair is open!

On the other side, the manticore lion realized that his territory had been breached, and he was even more furious, and he was about to fly towards the cave regardless of it, but he was entangled in place by the bone dragon and could not get out for a while.

And taking advantage of the opportunity of the two giant beasts to hurt each other, everyone also subconsciously turned their targets to the nest above.

For example, Evans, since the entrance has been opened, there is nothing to hesitate about, and it is the most important thing to grab the magic lamp before the other party.

Evans immediately turned around and rushed towards the hole in the cliff.

A group of elite soldiers followed him closely and also moved towards the entrance of the cave.

However, just before everyone rushed to the cave, they were about to rush in.

In the cover of the sand, another roar suddenly sounded.

Then a huge palm wrapped in a black shadow poked out of the dust and slapped it at everyone.

"Shadow Ghost!"

Evans reacted the quickest, narrowly dodging the blow with his super-high agility.

But the soldiers behind him were not so lucky, and when they found that there was a giant beast in front of them, there was no room to dodge at all, and hundreds of people crowded together, and they were slapped far away by the shadow ghost.

After the shadow ghost's blow, he found that there was still a fish that had slipped through the net, and immediately let out a low roar, and once again waved his claws to catch Evans on the ground.

It's a pity that it still underestimated Evans' speed too much.

Even though the Shadow Ghost used both claws together and grabbed with all his might, Evans was always able to slip through the opponent's claws like a loach.

After a few dodges, Evans leaped to his feet, stepped over the Shadow Ghost's shoulder, and disappeared into the cave behind him.

This humiliating act made the Shadow Ghost furious, but he had no choice but to give up for the time being, and turned back to stop the others. Mu You's task for it was to help the bone dragon deal with the manticore, while blocking the entrance to the cave as much as possible and not letting anyone else in.

The shadow ghost leaned directly in front of the cave, blocking the entrance of the cave behind him.

And the lions and dragons in the distant struggle also tacitly approached the entrance of the cave in the fight, giving the shadow ghosts a chance to participate in the battle.

For a while, the three giant beasts were completely scuffled together, you scratched my claws, I returned your punches, you bit it, the scene was quite chaotic.

However, in terms of combat power, it is obviously superior to the manticore, and the shadow ghost and the bone dragon can only fight with the manticore, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner in a short time.

As for the other ordinary people present, they were completely dumbfounded at this time.

The 100,000 army surrounded the cave layer by layer, looking at each other, now in this situation, do they want to continue to move?

If you do it, before you dealt with a scorpion lion, it took three days and three nights to brush off half of the blood, but now you have to deal with three at a time, and hit it with your head?

What's more, some people have already entered the cave, and by the time they finish fighting, it is estimated that the ownership of the magic lamp has already settled.

In the end, the commander can only give a 'wait and see' command. So tens of thousands of troops surrounded the cliff and watched the giant beasts fight.

……

[You have entered the manticore lion's lair!] 】

[In front of you is a golden cave. 】

[The entire cave is surrounded by gold and silver treasures, which makes your greed uncontrollable, and unconsciously stretches out your hand towards the nearest golden chalic......]

You picked up the Golden Grail. You have suffered the 'Curse of Greed', your life force is running out quickly, and your lifespan is - 1000 years! 】

[All the treasures in this cave have been planted with a greedy curse by the manticore, and anything you take away will deduct your lifespan ranging from 500-1000 years according to the value! 】

"Damn!"

Mu You hurriedly backtracked.

This curse is a bit terrifying, touch it for 1000 years, Mu You can't afford to provoke it.

But in this way, wouldn't it be necessary to deduct the life span of the magic lamp in the end?

Mu You didn't have time to think about it, and at this moment, a new hint had popped up in the game.

You go deeper into the cavern. 】

[You seem to have stepped on some kind of mechanism, and countless scarabs have emerged from the surrounding gold bottles and cans, and are coming towards you.] 】

[The spiral barrel of the spear appeared above your arms, and dense tongues of fire erupted rapidly, and all the scarabs that came close to you burst and died in the scream......]

Before attacking the scorpion lion's lair this time, Mu You deliberately went to Eternal Night City and asked for the ancient power furnace and the forest spirit core.

No way, in the case of vampire skins that can't be used, mecha skins are his best combat skins.

[You were about to continue deeper into the cave when several crescent-shaped sword qi suddenly attacked from behind you. 】

[You can't dodge, you were hit by sword qi, and your body was damaged in many places, and the current body integrity: 76.5%......]

"Are you still chasing it......" Mu You sighed, not too surprised.

He specially brought the shadow ghost over this time, but it was still very difficult to stop a human who was also level 30 by relying on the shadow ghost alone.

[Time passes, you go back to before the sword. 】

[The sword qi came again, and you evaded the prophet in advance to a safe direction, and finally narrowly avoided all the sword qi. 】

[Your right arm quickly transforms into a 'floating machine gun', and a string of straight tongues of fire erupt in the direction where the sword qi is flying.] 】

[A hundred floating bombs are connected in a straight line and shoot towards the people flying in the distance.] However, followed by a series of sounds of gold and iron. 】

[You watched Evans, dressed in iron armor, slash all the floating bullets with incredible precision and speed. 】

“？？？”

Mu You looked confused.

It was the first time he had seen someone deal with a floating machine gun like this, splitting a hundred rounds in five seconds, how fast was that?

[Evans dodged your attack perfectly, and then quickly slashed at you with his broadsword.] 】

[You are locked by some kind of killing machine, and your whole body becomes sluggish, Evans appears at your side like a teleportation, swinging his sword and slashing, and you can't dodge it......]

[Just as Evans was about to hit, three arrows from the rear shot through the air one after another, carrying the power of the wind. Even Evans had to avoid the edge, so he had to cancel the attack and temporarily retreat. 】

[You take the opportunity to escape, and take advantage of the blind spot, throw a repellent grenade at Evans.] 】

[Evans seemed to have eyes behind his back, his wrist flicked, and the sword slashed diagonally, knocking the grenade out of the air with the blade. 】

[The repulsion grenade that was changed from flight path happened to fly towards the shadow wolf who was collecting arrows in the distance......]

[In the next second, the wave of rejection erupted.] Even though the shadow wolf reacted quickly and rolled in advance to dodge, he was still hit by the repulsion of the explosion and was pushed into the smoke and dust, and his life and death were unknown......]

"Lean ......"

Mu You was extremely surprised. Even if you split a string of floating bullets before, it's still an understandable action.

But repelling such a thing as a grenade, it usually explodes directly when it encounters obstacles, and the other party actually kept the grenade not exploding, but instead accurately drew the grenade to the shadow wolf, turning it into a weapon to kill people with a knife...... This can only show that the opponent's power control has reached an incredible level!

Coming back to his senses, Mu You couldn't help frowning.

He didn't call Lin Xue to help in this operation, on the one hand, because she was still cultivating, and on the other hand, her Grim Reaper's skin lasted too short and could only be used as a hole card, which was really a waste here.

So Mu You simply didn't alarm her, but called the shadow wolf to help.

Although the Shadow Wolf is one rank weaker than Evans, he has a lot of combat experience.

And Mu You himself, although he was not personally present, but the mecha skin and game system are compatible well, and he was not inferior to a mecha army alone in Clockwork City before.

Now that the two of them are two against one, Mu You thought it should be very stable, but he was slapped in the face.

Obviously, Evans is also rich in combat experience, and he didn't see any magic used in the whole process, just relying on one person and one sword, the flesh is mortal, and he can still have the upper hand with one enemy and two enemies.

Only then did Mu You realize that Evans, a warrior who had been trained on the battlefield all year round, was the master who could truly represent the top combat power of the human race, but unlike the elders of the Wizarding Association, who had the level of legend but did not have much actual combat experience.

Fortunately, Evans wanted to subdue the two of them in a short time, and it was not so easy.

[You activate the sand spider nest, and dense sand spiders pour out of you, and explore the depths of the cave......]

[You switched the fighting circuit and fought Evans in close combat......]

Next, Mu You cooperated with the shadow wolf and Evans to entangle near the entrance of the cave, buying time for the sand spiders to find the magic lamp.

Fortunately, the magic lamp was not deliberately hidden by the manticore, but was placed unconcealed on the most conspicuous stone platform in the depths of the cave.

As soon as the sand spiders entered the nest, they immediately sent him traces of the magic lamp.

[With the cover of the shadow wolf, you carry a cannon in your hand and blast it out. The light and shadow of the cannon engulfed Evans ......]

[Put away the barrel, you immediately turn around and run against the wall towards the depths of the lair.] The mechanical foot of the swimming wall provides you with super high stability, even in a cave with a lot of debris, you can move on the ground as if you were walking on the ground......]

[You entered the depths of the manticore's lair, and at a glance you saw the golden lamp on the stone platform in the center of the lair!] 】

[This is a gold pot lamp with a large number of precious stones on the surface, and it still shines in the dim light of the cave, showing an intoxicating charm! 】

[Miracle Lamp: A lamp that exudes infinite charm, one of the artifacts of the legendary god of lights, those who get it can get the opportunity to make a wish to the god of lights!] 】

"It's really a magic lamp?"

Mu You was surprised, he didn't expect to be able to find the magic lamp so smoothly, and the troubadour who had been vigilant by him before did not make trouble......

At this time, Mu You didn't have time to think about it, the magic lamp was already close in front of him, and he had no reason not to take it, as for the life curse in the magic lantern meeting...... Compared to the value of an artifact, what is a mere 1,000-year lifespan?

[Looking at the treasure that is close at hand, you don't care about it, and run towards the stone platform quickly! ] 】

[But an afterimage came first, rushing ahead of you at a speed that is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, rushing to the edge of the stone platform, and snatching the magic lamp from the stone platform, it is Evans! 】

[You look back, the shadow wolf behind you is half-kneeling on the ground, with blood at the corner of his lip, and has been seriously injured by Evans......]

Mu You's eyelids jumped, it seemed that Evans had been reserved before, until the moment when every second was racing against the clock just now, he suddenly broke out, seriously injured the shadow wolf with one move, and then came up and snatched the magic lamp.

Mu You hurriedly backtracked and switched to vampire skin. At this time, only 'speed' can change the outcome.

[You switch the vampire marquis skin, daydreaming and curse attacks, you become lethargic, lethargic, and unable to raise your strength. 】

[You activated the speed of God, and everything around you slowed down instantly. 】

[You see Evans running past you.] In a slow motion, Evans looks back at you with a sense of feeling, your eyes meeting in mid-air. 】

[Evans has surpassed you!] 】

[You try to catch up, but because of your sleepy body, your feet are floating, and it is difficult to catch up with his footsteps......]

"Ahh

Mu You almost thought that he was wrong, and after slowing down the speed of 360 times, his speed was still behind Evans......

Is this guy still human?

didn't have time to think about it, Mu You hurriedly changed his strategy.

If you can't fight for speed, you can only fight for magic!

[You unleashed 'Shapeshifting' and swapped places with Evans just as he was about to touch the magic lamp!] 】

[You snatched the magic lamp from the stone platform!] 】

[You have triggered the Greed Trap, lifespan -1000 years......]

Sure enough, the life was deducted, but fortunately, Mu You was already mentally prepared, and there was no accident at this time.

What really surprised him was the hint that came back from the Omniscient Crystal next.

[Starting with the pot lamp, you don't feel the supernatural power that the artifact should have from above, it seems to be just an ordinary lamp with an empty surface......]

"Huh?"

Mu You frowned when he saw it, this kind of prompt, could it be that this magic lamp is fake?

Thinking of the mysterious troubadour before, Mu You felt more and more that there might be something wrong with this lamp.

didn't have time to think about it, the text prompted Evans to see that he had snatched the lamp, and he was already rushing towards him like crazy, Mu You simply went back according to the table, and canceled the spell, preparing to let Evans get the magic lamp first and see what would happen.

Otherwise, if it is really a fake, it would be a great loss to deduct his life for a thousand years in vain!

[Time passes, you stay where you are, and watch Evans rush to the stone platform and snatch the magic lamp! 】

[Evans, who got the magic lamp, did not hesitate, and the surging destructive energy in his hand instantly condensed, and smashed the magic lamp to the ground with the momentum of thunder. 】

[In a crisp crashing sound, the magic lamp shattered in response! ] 】

"It's so decisive......"

Mu You was stunned. No matter how you say it, it's also an artifact, Evans really doesn't have any greed, and he destroys it without looking at it!

To be honest, he doesn't have this kind of courage, even if he stands in Evans' position, after getting the magic lamp, he will definitely put it away first to see the situation, and destroying the magic lamp is a choice that will only be there in desperation......

[A cloud of blue smoke suddenly emerged from the shattered magic lamp, and on the stone platform in front of it, it condensed into the appearance of a person.] 】

["It's you? You hear Evans' surprised voice. 】

[With the sound of strings, the troubadour appeared on the stone platform, lifted Erlang's legs, plucked the accordion in his arms, and sang with the accompaniment: "The two warriors are not impatient, would you like to sit down and listen to me sing?" ”】

The magic lamp is really fake!

Mu You immediately confirmed this.

In other words, the information that the troubadour had provided to the two of them was false: there was no real magic lamp in the manticore's lair, and the other party said this just to attract the two of them to come here for some purpose.

But at this time, after smashing the fake magic lamp, the troubadour appeared directly...... It seems that the other party is not afraid of them looking for trouble with him.

"Who are you? Evans had his sword in his hand, but instead of attacking immediately, he pointed at the troubadour from afar. 】

["Again, my name is Ivlit, and mortals are accustomed to call me 'God of Lights.'] The troubadour sang. 】

This guy is the god of lights?

Mu You was stunned for a moment, but in this way, it made sense, no wonder this troubadour could know so many things about him when he saw him for the first time.

Mu You suddenly remembered the text of the previous troubadour when he first appeared, so the real miracle lamp is the tattered oil lamp hanging on his waist?

["You are the god of lights? And who was Caesar? You ask. 】

["Caesar, a villain who stole my divine power! The troubadour smiled blandly. 】

["Caesar was sealed by you in the first place? Evans suddenly put away his sword, as if he had recognized the identity of the other party's lamp god, and his tone became respectful in the face of the troubadour. 】

[The troubadour shook his head and smiled bitterly: "After I was stolen by Caesar, I no longer had the power to seal him, it was his own insatiable greed, in order to regain the magic pen, he broke into the retirement place I built for myself, the illusion of the lamp god, and I took the opportunity to be trapped in it. ”】

["The Pen of Order? "You heard the information of interest and hurriedly asked. 】

"Yes. The troubadour looks at you and says solemnly, "I am the god of lamps and the most faithful servant of the god of order, and after the will of the god of order has died, I am responsible for choosing an heir for him, according to his will." Caesar was my chosen second heir, but unfortunately he was not a worthy heir to order, and the power of order caused him to lose himself. ”】

"And you are the third heir who may replace Caesar. ”】

(End of chapter)