Chapter 5: The Leader of the Gnolls
The one-handed crossbow in front of him had just taken a fresh life, and now he held it in his hands......
As the three walking corpses approached, Anna took a deep breath and forced herself not to think about anything. Raise your one-handed crossbow and aim it at the front of the walking corpse and hold it underneath with your left hand to slow down the tremors of your arm.
With a snort, the crossbow arrow shot straight into the chest of the walking corpse, but the walking corpse only paused slightly, and then continued to attack with teeth and claws.
Anna's eyes widened and she hurriedly turned her head to look at Lin Xi.
"Ahh Sorry, I forgot to tell you that the weak point of the walking dead is the eyes, and destroying the soul fire in the head through the eyes can kill them completely. Lin Xi said sorry words in his mouth, but there was no surprise on his face.
"Eyes? How could I have shot in the eye. Anna looked back, the walking corpse in front was only seven or eight steps away from her, and now it was too late to reload the crossbow arrows, looking at the hideous face of the walking corpse, the fear of being bitten hit again, and Anna couldn't help but take a step back.
"Anna." Lin Xi's emotionless voice sounded faintly from behind, a sharp dagger pierced her clothes and skin, and pressed against the back of Anna's heart, a sharp pain and a sense of death enveloped her heart, "If you are at this level, it is better to die in the mouth of the walking corpse before, turning into rotten pieces of meat, just like them." ”
Anna's heart beat faster, her breathing became short, she was pushed down by her classmates and fell into the mouth of the walking corpse, and dragged out her own Gu Jianai from the hands of the walking corpse.
A surge of power and impulse surged from her chest, and Anna pulled a crossbow arrow from her receiver, clenched it in her right hand, and left it on the ground, desperately rushing towards the walking corpse.
A similar scene was repeated again, only this time Anna threw herself on top of the walking corpse, holding her crossbow arrow high and plunging into the walking corpse's eye socket with all her might.
It was easier than expected, with little resistance, and the arrow easily pierced through the soul fire, completely wiping out the life of the walking corpse.
There was a slight sound of wind around him, and Lin Xi quietly passed Anna at some point, and the dagger in his hand danced dexterously, taking away the lives of the remaining two walking corpses.
As luck would have it, the two walking corpses exploded a bottle of satiety potion and a bottle of holy water.
Staring at the two small bottles in his hand, Lin Xi couldn't help but think about it, these magical potions may be able to bring huge benefits to him in the near future.
Turning her head, Anna had already completed the login, although her face was a little ugly, but her eyes gradually became different from before.
Lin Xi threw the holy water to Anna, who drank it without the slightest hesitation.
Turning around and picking up the one-handed crossbow, Lin Xi said softly: "Time is running out, let's leave in five minutes." ”
"Go to the next dungeon?" Anna asked.
"Yes, in a park near the school." In his previous life, Lin Xi had not been to this copy, but later heard from other players that it was said that this was a difficult copy, but the rewards were naturally expensive.
"Parks? There is only one Evergreen Park next to the school. ”
"That should be it, wait for you to show the way, and start a combat career on the way by the way."
Anna nodded silently, and then turned her head to look at Gu Jianai in the distance.
“…… Please wait for me. Anna stood up and bent over Lin Xi, ran to Gu Jianai and didn't know what to say, only to see Gu Jianai's expression change from confused to excited.
Lin Xi had never been here in her previous life, and if Anna was really the 'Calamity Walker' on the World Combat Power List, it meant that even without Lin Xi, Anna would not have died.
It's just that I've never heard of any allies or companions from the Calambulations.
"If she hadn't pulled me out of the hands of the walking dead, I would have died a long time ago." Anna returned to Lin Xi's side and whispered.
"yes, she's a good person." Lin Xi glanced at Anna, "It seems that you are almost recovered, let's go." ”
Lin Xi held a one-handed crossbow in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand, and stepped out of the administrative building.
Anna thought about it on the spot, pulled out the crossbow arrow in the eyes of the walking corpse and held it tightly in her hand, took one last look at Gu Jianai, and then followed Lin Xi without looking back.
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Due to the scarcity of people, there are not many walking corpses near the administrative building, but the further you go, the more monsters gradually increase, in addition to the walking corpses, there is also a faster, more intelligent creature - the jackals.
In order to arrive at the dungeon faster, Lin Xi and the others could avoid it, but they couldn't avoid it before they killed the killer.
To Lin Xi's slight surprise, Anna's stealth talent is not low, and her speed is also very fast, and on the whole, her agility will not be lower than 13 at least.
During the battle, Anna was able to rise to the rank of Wanderer and obtain a spear from a gnoll man.
About half an hour later, the two had arrived near Evergreen Park, where monsters were surprisingly rare.
After spending a little time to understand the terrain, Lin Xi walked to the entrance of the dungeon, but when he stretched out his hand, his eyes were fixed - the dungeon prompted that he could not enter.
"What's wrong?" Anna asked, holding her spear.
"We were the first to get there," Lin Xi looked at the surroundings, "We'll wait here, hurry up and rest, and there will be a tough battle later." ”
Regardless of whether the people inside could get out or not, Lin Xi turned the dagger in his hand and silently added a sentence in his heart.
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It didn't take long, and after less than five minutes, the dungeon prompted that it was ready to enter.
"It seems that luck is good, I don't want to drift to the evil camp for the time being." Lin Xi called Anna, who was sitting and resting, up and walked towards the entrance of the dungeon.
It's like passing through an invisible barrier, and the scene inside the dungeon is almost exactly the same as the outside.
"You're in the dungeon, +100 XP."
Lin Xi took Anna to a pillar that glowed with a faint yellow light, and reached out to touch it.
The pillar suddenly turned from yellow to white, and at the same time, there was a white symbol on the back of the right hand of the two of them, and when they concentrated their attention, a piece of information appeared in their minds.
"Dungeon Players: 2/10 Players"
"Clear Mission: Kill the Gnoll Boss"
"Mission Reward: Total XP ×2"
"Failure Penalty: None"
"The current number of dungeons is 2, and the minimum number of dungeon requirements is met, do you want to open the dungeon?"
"On." The two spoke without hesitation.
"The gnoll leader... I see, but for me at the moment, elite monsters are easier to deal with than a large number of small monsters. While Lin Xi was thinking, the ground lit up, and the aura on the ground turned from yellow to white, and the entrance of the dungeon behind it changed from a rotating vortex to a smooth mirror, which meant that it was impossible to enter and exit.
There is an extra temporary status in the status bar.
"Dungeon Hatred: The player's hatred attraction radius for all monsters in the dungeon is doubled, and it is automatically eliminated when they leave the dungeon."
A few gnolls had already appeared not far away, and turned their eyes to the two uninvited guests, and then screamed wildly, attracting more gnolls to rush towards Lin Xi and Anna together.
"Run!" Lin Xi made a decision immediately, and while blurting out, the two moved quickly, and Lin Xi found that Anna's speed was better than his own.
"Agility is a bit insufficient, but unfortunately attribute points are too precious, so we still have to think of other ways." Lin Xi's mind flashed.
The two ran to the front of the rockery, where there is a narrow passage between the two mountains, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the best terrain that has been reconnoitred in front.
A dozen or twenty gnolls have already chased after them, and the number continues to increase. Lin Xi raised his one-handed crossbow and shot the fastest gnoll man who ran over, slightly hindering their momentum.
But the gnolls are greedy and cruel monsters by nature, and the blood of their own kind does not frighten them, but only arouses their ferocity even more, licking their sharp teeth, and the stinking saliva dripping into lines, and the monsters continue to scramble to attack.
Anna's face changed, and she stood in front of Lin Xi with a spear in her hand.
"Wait for whichever one rushes you, you'll stab it." Lin Xi's voice was calm, and he sprinkled the iron thistle on the path that the jackals must pass.
Tribulus: A pack of 20 pieces, scatter them on the ground, and any creature that enters the area must perform an agility immunity, failing which halves the creature's speed and takes piercing damage over time.
As soon as the gnolls entered the range of the thistle, they covered their feet and wailed, the formation was chaotic, and they even began to attack each other during the collision, and the chaotic and evil nature was vividly displayed.
The few gnolls who rushed through the range of thistles were also easily harvested by Anna and Lin Xi.
In this way, the experience of the two of them increased visibly with the naked eye, and several bottles of satiety potions and holy water burst out, and there was even a small bottle of blazing gel. After the gnolls suffered heavy casualties, they gradually felt the primal fear, and some of the gnolls began to retreat.
"Roar!"
At that moment, a roar was heard in the distance, and a figure far taller than the other gnolls appeared in view.
An escaped gnoll was picked up like a chick, and the latter opened his bloody mouth and bit down on the neck, blood splattering out and staining half of his body red.
With the roar of the gnoll leader, the gnoll turned around again, mixed with a few maned dogs.
And thistle terrestris has been depleted.
"Hold them off." Throwing the fiery glue and one-handed crossbow to Anna, Lin Xi ran towards the gnoll leader.
"Get out of here!" With a shout, a raging flame erupted from among the most densely populated gnolls, briefly clearing a path.
Anna took the opportunity to pass through, attracting the attention of most of the gnolls and maned dogs, leaving the battlefield to Lin Xi and the gnoll leader.
The gnoll leader grinned cruelly with a machete in his hand, revealing the blood of his companions stained on his teeth, and as it strode wildly, the sticky, foul-smelling blood shook off the ground, staining the ground with a layer of blood.
"Defeat the enemy first"
Lin Xi used his magic power to observe the actions of the leader of the jackals, and occasionally used the dagger to unload the attack, but he still suffered a small loss.
The difference in strength attributes is too large, and it has reached the point where it is almost crushed, and if it is not just the right amount of unloading, it may not be possible to protect the arm.
The leader of the jackals raised his machete, and his mouth popped out of a language that Lin Xi couldn't understand, but it was not difficult to see from his expression that it was full of malice.
"Suddenly I miss my previous body..."Lin Xi touched his right arm, which was in pain, and stared at the gnoll leader with an expressionless face.
"Float
Tu'
…… Demons struggling in the bottomless abyss, spirits lost in the fairy wilderness, giant beasts devouring their kind, dragons full of lust...... All kinds of hideous and terrifying blurred images emerged from behind Lin Xi, and after a moment, they turned into dark light and shadow and merged into Lin Xi's body.
Countless memories of his past life poured into his mind, and the power sealed in his body spread throughout his body, and Lin Xi's body outlined a series of pitch-black and demonic lines, flashing red streamers from time to time, and all distracting thoughts were suppressed by the desire to fight and destroy.
"You activate the power of the monster hidden in your body, Strength +2, Constitution +3, Agility +1, for 420 seconds."
His eyes flashed with a scarlet streamer, and Lin Xi looked up at the leader of the gnoll and let out a hoarse voice.
"I'm feeling good right now."
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