In the dark jagged forest.

A demonic archer dressed in a cloak of animal skins weaves swiftly through the dense forest.

She is like an elf in the night, even if she is not deliberately hidden, the rich dark element lingers on the surface of her body, allowing her to merge with the darkness.

This is the natural ability of the Dark Elves.

The moment she shot that arrow just now, although she killed a very strong human, her intuition told her that it was fatally dangerous.

He didn't dare to stay any longer, and retreated quickly all the way.

It was several kilometers through the forest, and it was far enough from the battlefield.

She stopped under a large tree.

After looking around, no humans caught up.

The dark elf breathed a sigh of relief.

The battle consumed too much mana, and she needed to recover a bit.

Dark elves are natural lurkers, and they have a very keen sense of danger.

However, not long after resting on the trunk of the tree, her eyes suddenly lit up.

I didn't wait to figure out where the sense of crisis came from.

Without warning, a sharp scalpel suddenly appeared on his neck.

The dark elf's reaction was also very fast, and as soon as the blade cut through the skin, her entire body turned into a mass of dark elementals and collapsed on the spot.

"Huh?"

There was a faint suspicion in the void.

Only then did a translucent figure appear in the air.

It is Ji Xun who is wearing [Relic Hidden One] and sneaking in the dark.

He didn't expect that his inevitable sneak attack would fail.

The knife just now had clearly cut through the neck, but the demon teleported to the limit to avoid it.

At this time, Ji Xun saw it clearly, and was surprised in his heart: "Are you the descendant of the dark elves in myths and legends?"

A few dozen meters away, it was a demonic archer with pointed ears and dark cyan skin.

【Half-Blood Dark Elf Archer】

Explanation: Rank 1 C-Calamity; An excellent demon archer with the blood of the Dark Elves, it is the darling of darkness, and the blood of the Dark Elves gives it excellent archery skills and the ability to stealth in the dark;

After the dark elf was discovered, he used the Celestial Instant Secret Technique to escape.

Glancing at the distorted air behind her, she realized that this human possessed an equally powerful stealth technique.

Marksmen are not a melee class in the first place.

After she escaped, she did not dare to have the slightest fight, and ran away in the forest.

As she ran, the dark elements around her body quickly condensed to hide herself.

To the naked eye, she was teleporting while running.

The figure flickered and flickered.

Even if there were many obstacles in the forest, it didn't affect the speed of the elven archers at all.

It's going to disappear in the blink of an eye.

Instantaneously plus escape in one go.

This life-saving ability is worthy of a C-level calamity-level demon.

And with this agility, it was almost impossible for even a Jeon Min assassin to catch up with her in the forest.

But Ji Xun looked at the little blood left on the scalpel, but sneered: "Want to run? ”

Just now, I chased after him with the residual smell on the arrows, and I was afraid that this dark elf would lose all the arrows and not be able to catch up.

Now injured, under the tracking of werewolves with a keen sense of smell, it is impossible to escape.

Since the sneak attack was unsuccessful, Ji Xun didn't need to hide.

As soon as his eyes shone blue, his body quickly swelled.

The dark cyan hair like steel needles flew long, and listening to the crackling sound of bones, his whole body turned into a werewolf more than two meters tall in the blink of an eye.

Sniffed the blood on the scalpel.

Ji Xun's perception seemed to have a red bloodshot, which was dragged all the way to the darkness of the forest.

Without hesitation, he kicked his legs on the ground, and the whole person ejected like a cannonball.

Running and running, my legs became four-legged, and my speed became faster and faster.

Not limited to the ground, even if the dark elf jumped onto a tree dozens of meters high, the werewolf body could easily climb up, even if it was a cliff, Ji Xun could also easily jump over.

It is impossible for the other party to use the land to get rid of his tracking.

If the demon archer is like a night elf, then Ji Xun's bloodthirsty hunter in the darkness is chasing after him all the way.

"It feels so good."

Ji Xun is still in a state of running at full speed after trying to transform into a werewolf.

Werewolf muscles have a very strong explosive ability, and the smooth body shape can minimize wind resistance.

It is like there is a window for the surging energy in the body to be released.

The more you chase,

The better the state,

The lighter the body feels.

The wind is whistling in my ears.

At this moment, Ji Xun suddenly felt that he was not running, but flying at a low altitude, easily jumping dozens of meters.

The dark elf in front thought he had escaped.

But I didn't think that it didn't take long to run, and I watched a tall werewolf behind me catch up at an overwhelming speed.

Glancing back, the distance was a lot closer.

The dark elves looked horrified.

Seeing that she was getting closer and closer, she hurriedly pulled out the feather arrow in the holster behind her and shot it at the black shadow behind her.

However, her archery skills are indeed superb.

But werewolves are even more agile!

Ji Xun looked at her bow-pulling movements, and there was only a sneer in her blue and shining eyes.

The forward action of drawing the bow is too obvious, and the trajectory of a conventional arrow is almost a straight line or parabola in a plane.

Bows and arrows that have lost their concealment are easier to predict than firearms.

Ji Xun himself is an excellent shooter, and there was a moment of relaxation in the muscles of the dark elf's fingers pulling the bowstring.

He also flashed with agility.

The black feathered arrows almost grazed the scalp.

The arrows were as fast as lightning.

Very deadly indeed.

This arrow is enough to kill most first-order spell masters!

But when this demon archer shot the leader of the Black Wolf Regiment before, Ji Xun had a clear grasp of the parameters of the rate of fire and everything.

It looked thrilling, but it was actually easy to escape.

The arrows flew past his scalp, but he didn't want to waste too much effort on dodging.

The dark elf shot an arrow in distraction, slowing down a lot.

Ji Xun didn't give her a chance to shoot a second arrow.

It was just a short distance, and when he grasped the right time, the mana that had already accumulated poured into his legs. The leg muscles swelled and exerted force, and the foot kicked the ground and ejected, the speed suddenly increased several times, and the wolf body turned into a series of afterimages and rushed forward.

[Savage Charge]!

The dark elf just wanted to shoot the second arrow, but was hit by Ji Xun.

With a "bang", I faintly heard the sound of bone cracking.

The werewolf's body continued to gain momentum, and he smashed the dark elf into a large tree.

The hard trunk "clicked" deep into it.

The Dark Elf Archer was not good at close combat, and he was even more dizzy when he was hit by this impact, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

The dark elf drew its dagger and slashed twice, trying to resist desperately.

But the werewolves incarnated by Ji Xun also avoided it sensitively, and then slapped it on the ground with one paw.

Although his combat skills were much worse than those of this dark elf, his overwhelming physical attributes made this opponent unable to move at all.

The wolf's claws slapped with great force, and directly grabbed five bloody wounds on the neck, the neck bone was broken, and the blood gushed out.

A few more paws.

Died violently on the spot.

Ji Xun watched the shooter's magic condense on the top corner of his head, and then he gave up.

"Kill the C-rank Calamity 'Half-Blood Dark Elf Archer', +300 Merit"

Ji Xun looked at the corpse, and the beast characteristics slowly receded, turning back into a human form.

There was also a little disbelief in his eyes.

How easily did he kill a C-class calamity?

Although I thought it was okay to extrapolate the data before, it is another thing to actually do it.

If you don't advance before.

This monster can't escape with one arrow and one stone.

Now it's easy to kill.

Even for him, it was much easier to kill such a C-class calamity archer whose agility was completely suppressed than a D-class giant demon.

This feeling of being able to dominate a powerful and extraordinary power makes Ji Xun feel very good.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, I don't know if this is the werewolf's bloodthirsty trait, or what. The smell of blood rushed into his nose, satisfying his hunger as if it were an empty soul.

"Whew"

Ji Xun exhaled slightly.

Then he took out the knife and took off the demon horn again.

Military merit prizes above the quality of black iron require demon's horns, and they can also increase the probability of lottery, so the more things you have, the better.

Demon horns do not fit in storage rings, nor can they be contained.

You can only take a small belt and hang it on your body.

Seeing that the second Demon Horn was harvested in a short period of time, Ji Xun also sighed slightly: "No wonder Enlightenment means that the ultimate holder can increase the settlement reward, instead of hunting the winner. It turns out that the space also encourages interception and killing companions to obtain? ”

Thinking of this, it seems that some strange thoughts have sprung up.

If you want to farm monsters, especially high-level monsters, he can't brush that elite army by himself.

Ji Xun didn't think much about it, and pulled on the corpse.

The C-level calamity is also an elite mini-boss among the demons, and the equipment is naturally not bad.

Another set of leather armor, a black iron dagger, a silver longbow, and six black iron arrows were harvested from the corpse.

【Bow of the Dark Wind】

Quality: Silver

Explanation: The Devil's Bow that can condense the wind element, accuracy +3, wind element convergence +340%; Comes with the entry 'Spiral Demon Breaker', which gives a 10% special effect to the arrow shot;

"Good stuff. It's a pity that it can't be used. ”

Ji Xun looked at the bow and arrow and muttered.

That's a lot more powerful than any special bullet for a firearm.

It's a pity that I can't shoot arrows.

Enlightenment shows that these are all equipment that can bring out of the other-dimensional space.

Although it is not suitable for your own use, it can be sold at an auction house for a good price.

The benefits of the war mode are indeed worthy of the name.

As soon as it came, a piece of silver equipment came out.

The corpses on the ground were still bleeding.

Ji Xun also disposed of the stripped corpse, and then put it into the containment card.

He didn't stop where he was, put on his relic's cloak, and headed for the beacon.

Without the restraint of the team, Ji Xun traveled several times faster alone in the sawtooth forest.

The [Hidden One] cloak's unique light-absorbing stealth property makes it look like a ball of flowing air that is difficult for monsters to detect, even if he doesn't use the Shadow Stealth ability.

The forest area is very large, and Ji Xun has encountered some sporadic monsters such as small demons along the way.

The density of monsters per unit area is low.

But even so, the more he wondered, "It's strange, how did those demons confirm the exact location of the hunter team before?" ”

The previous ambush of thousands of demons, as well as two Calamities, is definitely not accidental.

Rather, the demon legion seemed to have a clear grasp of the plan of action of their human scouts, and then ambushed them on the road.

"Are those little bats?"

Ji Xun guessed that there might be some special means of perception in the Demon Legion.

Along the way, he saw some bats hanging upside down in the treetops.

The red eye that looks like a camera is not easy to detect.

But once you notice them, you'll see them everywhere.

But that shouldn't be the case.

Ji Xun thought about it together, and changed directions.

Instead of taking the closest straight path from Thunder Fortress to Beacon Sixteen, he made a circle.

He immediately noticed that the number of red-eyed bats had decreased significantly.

That is, on a particular line, there are more bats.

Ji Xun immediately came to a conclusion that was not very likely: "Someone in the Thunder Fortress leaked information to the demon?" ”

Inner ghost plot?

Ji Xun was not surprised.

The real war is not a simple collision between the soldiers of the two armies, but also various intersperses, spy wars, and infighting.

He guessed that digging deeper along this clue might trigger a more difficult hidden plot.

But I didn't think about where my thoughts were.

Without thinking too much, he chose to go to the beacon tower first.

About two hours later, Ji Xun came to the No. 16 beacon tower marked on the map before.

In the dense forest, Ji Xun looked at the stone building full of magic runes in the distance.

When he looked at the layout of the beacon towers on the map before, he found that these sixteen beacon towers seemed to be the corners of some kind of super-large formation.

It is said that when ignited, it can dispel the dark power of the sawtooth forest, so that demons cannot get close to the fortress.

Apparently the demons also knew the importance of this beacon.

There's a squad of demon legions stationed here.

But they didn't seem to dare to approach the pyramid-like rune beacon.

Just lying crookedly on the periphery, groups of three or five were lazy and lazy, chatting and chatting.

There was a large tin pot on the bonfire, and I don't know if it was stewed with human or some other monster's broth, gurgling.

Ji Xun secretly observed and counted: "A D-class Calamity Giant Demon, less than a hundred other demons. ”

Killable!

The Demon Legion is more of a rabble than the hunters, with no military discipline at all.

Even the giant demon leader was now throwing his stick aside and was asleep.

In Ji Xun's eyes, these demons are all war exploits.

The beacon won't run, and he didn't plan to light a bonfire first.

As soon as the shadow stealth was activated, his whole being melted into the darkness.

Ji Xun didn't pay attention to those little devils.

Instead, he went straight to the side of the sleeping [Giant Demon].

Until standing next to the monster's head, the monster didn't notice it.

Having killed one before, he knew that the defenses of this demon were amazing.

As soon as the palm of the hand was spread, a scalpel appeared in the palm.

With the relic in hand, Ji Xun suddenly burst out.

Without hesitation, he poked the scalpel and plunged the entire handle of the scalpel into it.

But the Giant Demon's head was so large that the scalpel could not penetrate it even a third of the diameter of its skull.

The knife failed to kill the monster.

It screamed, and awoke violently.

This guy's IQ is obviously not very high.

It tried to slap away the mosquito that had bitten its eyes, and slapped itself in the face.

"Snap" slapped on the eye socket, and the flying knife pierced deeper.

The Giant Demon screamed in pain.

Ji Xun took the opportunity to withdraw and retreat.

At the same time, the little demon demons around woke up and rushed up one by one with weapons.

Now that there is no one else, Ji Xun doesn't need to worry about anything.

The mana poured into the limbs, and the body skyrocketed, and suddenly it became a werewolf form!

The werewolf form agility attribute completely crushed a group of minions, and Ji Xun killed seven in and seven out of the monster group.

"Kill the 'Little Devil' and gain +1 Merit"

"Kill the 'Great Demon' and gain +9 Merit"

「.」

Inspiration also keeps flashing.

Ji Xun also tried, and the wolf claw could easily break through the [Giant Demon] rhinoceros skin-like defense.

But the injury was too shallow, and it had very little effect on that kind of big guy.

He didn't waste any more effort.

While constantly harvesting mobs, he also wanders around the giant demon.

Because as long as he is close enough, he can use his mental power to control the flying knife.

Before the "Greedy Mine" killed the A-class calamity, Ji Xun used his mental power to control the flying knife to kill monsters for the first time.

Then it was like a sudden enlightenment, and somehow he mastered the essentials of telekinesis control knives.

Although the mental power is still limited, the controllable distance of the flying knife is very limited.

But as long as it's close enough, it's perfectly fine.

Within one meter, the mind controls the knife, like a two-finger pinching knife.

The strength is not strong enough, but it is enough to crush the brain.

The scalpel was under the control of telekinesis, and it drilled wildly in the monster's brain core.

The giant demon had a splitting headache and swung his boulder wand around.

However, Ji Xun's previous human form could avoid the mace, but now the werewolf form is easier.

This monster hit it with a stick, but instead of hurting Ji Xun, it killed a lot of its minions.

Ji Xun was also surprised to find that this kind of indirect killing of monsters actually had a part of the combat exploits.

Suddenly, the flying knife seemed to pierce deep into the core of the brain, and the giant demon stood on the spot as if it had been struck by lightning, and it had lost its vitality.

There was a muffled "bang", and the corpse smashed dust on the ground.

"Kill the D-class Calamity Giant Demon, +100 Merit"

Seeing that the leader was dead, the minions also dispersed and disappeared into the forest.

Ji Xun didn't pay attention to any minions.

He pulled his scalpel out of the monster's head, and then sliced off the third demon horn with great skill.

Converged the material and the corpse.

Only then did Ji Xun walk to the beacon tower.

Stepping on the steps inscribed with countless runes, Ji Xun lit a fire in the oil basin at the top of the pyramid.

In the blink of an eye, the runes of the entire beacon tower lit up, and a blue magical light that was completely different from the power of darkness around it quickly spread.

It was as if a lighthouse had lit up in the darkness, and a large area of the nearby forest was illuminated by blue light.

The monsters hiding in the forest were like rats that had seen the light, and they fled in all directions in fright.

The blue light covered Ji Xun's body, and an aura status also appeared on his panel: War Enchantment, Mana Recovery +10%, Stamina Recovery +5%, Morale +5%, Darkness Resistance +5%.

At this time, Enlightenment also appeared: "You have completed the D-class mission, lit the beacon, and the battle merit +800"

The two hundred were missing because there were still two people alive in the team before.

But it's not bad, it has doubled all at once.

Ji Xun watched his combat exploits skyrocket to "1533" all of a sudden, and suddenly felt that the prizes exchanged for the previous 100,000 combat exploits were not so far away.

Light a beacon and you'll have a thousand points.

Sixteen, isn't that sixteen?

Ji Xun seemed to have seen the high-grade materials in the munitions catalog beckoning to him.

At this current intensity, except for the Lionheart team, it is almost impossible for anyone from the other teams to ignite the beacon.

Obviously, a few more could be lit.

Ji Xun suddenly moved his mind: "There is only a few tens of kilometers between each beacon tower, and it can be done!" ”

Thinking of this, he didn't pay attention to any more demon brushing, he wanted to get the battle exploits of the beacon tower in his hands.

Moreover, if the beacon tower is guarded by a monster legion, it can also take the opportunity to harvest a wave of additional combat exploits and demon horns.

It's currently D-level difficulty, so theoretically there won't be any particularly tricky calamities.

I remembered the location of the nearest beacon in my mind.

Ji Xun discerned the direction, put on his cloak, and disappeared into the darkness again.