Chapter 12: The Chased Alchemist
At that time, in the territory of the Heavenly Wind Empire, there was also a forest with an area comparable to the Endless Forest, called the Spruce Forest.
Although during the rainy season, spruce forests do not have as much rain as endless forests. But that aside, the situation is very similar between the two forests. Lu Chengfeng's experience in the spruce forest made him feel a sense of familiarity revisiting his homeland after entering the endless forest. After a short period of adaptation, Lu Chengfeng's performance was no different from those adventurers who often go into the mountains.
The outermost part of the Endless Forest, free of any monsters.
The frequent frequenting of mercenaries and warriors is enough to make this a forbidden place for Warcraft. Sunlight spills onto the ground through the gaps in the leaves overhead, creating beams of light and irregular circular spots of light that cast a brilliant color over the endless forest. Anyone who sees this will only think that this is a quiet and peaceful forest. However, if you really go deep with such an attitude, it will be tantamount to joking with your own life!
The depths of the Endless Forest are very dangerous.
It was only a few kilometers into the forest, and all the noise outside was already cut off. Lu Chengfeng took out the map and carefully compared it before moving forward. However, the kobolds who were active in the neighborhood had already spotted the intruder. About two hours after Lu Chengfeng entered the forest, several kobold soldiers tried to attack him.
This tan-skinned, extremely short, and intelligent monster fights with crudely made pointed wooden clubs or weapons left behind by mercenaries. The strength of ordinary second-order kobolds is not outstanding, and any third-order swordsman can easily kill them. But this kind of monster lives in groups, and when it moves, it often moves in groups of threes and fives, and it will also lay rough traps.
If you are really accidentally injured, the best thing to do is to flee quickly.
The kobolds are not very fast, and as long as they are not surrounded, the mercenaries will be able to escape safely in most cases.
Seeing that there were only three kobolds, Lu Chengfeng, who had already discovered that they were following, was already impatient to wait, and took the initiative to attack them. Lu Chengfeng, who had slashed his hand in the third stage, slid forward and accelerated instantly, killing in front of the kobold man on the far left. Despite the other party's defense, Lu Chengfeng still opened its weapon, and then inserted a sword from his chest and abdomen, picking the kobold into the air.
One blow blows!
If it were a human being, he would definitely die if he ate this sword. However, kobolds have a flexible layer of animal skin growing on the outside of their vital parts. When Lu Chengfeng's long sword penetrated, Yin Xian felt resistance, which made Lu Chengfeng firm up the idea of quickly getting a lightsaber.
If the sword just now was the epic weapon Tianji Qiankun Sword that he had used, it would definitely be able to easily pierce the kobold and blow it up directly into minced meat!
The other two kobolds screamed in anger when they saw their companions killed. The one holding the rusty scimitar even brandished the scimitar and slashed at Lu Chengfeng's thigh. Considering that the kobold was no longer threatening, Lu Chengfeng gave up the mending knife and stepped out diagonally backwards, just out of the attack range.
"Whoosh!"
Without waiting for Lu Chengfeng to swing his sword to fight back, a blazing flame struck from behind.
Lu Chengfeng was startled, and immediately swung his sword back, bringing up a snow-bright sword light to disperse the flame in the air. Then, he quickly pulled away and turned to look at the mage who dared to attack him.
Thirty paces away, behind the woods, a monster appeared covered in fiery red, taller than the average kobold.
It's a kobold spellcaster!
Since the magical elements in the Endless Forest are more intense than in other parts of the continent, some kobolds have mutated while living here for a long time. They can master a certain element to a certain extent, and become the kobold nobles of spellcasters. The sneak attacker that Lu Chengfeng encountered this time was a flame kobold.
The moment he saw it clearly, Lu Chengfeng made a decision and rushed towards it at full speed.
It's absolutely right to kill the caster first!
Seeing Lu Chengfeng's figure flicker, he quickly narrowed the distance of ten meters, and the sneak attack flame kobold immediately sensed the danger. It called out a few kobolds to come to its aid, and at the same time threw clusters of flames at Lu Chengfeng one after another.
This method of monotonous attack, if it is a sneak attack, it may still be a little threatening, and a frontal attack is impossible to hit Lu Chengfeng. With a flash of his figure, he dodged the second flame, then picked the third one with another sword, and quickly rushed five steps in front of the kobold spellcaster.
At this time, the other two ordinary kobolds were at least ten meters away from him!
Seeing the sword light that emitted a deadly chill, the panicked flame kobold was finally overwhelmed by fear and wanted to turn around and run away. It's a pity, it's too late! Lu Chengfeng took advantage of the acceleration of the sprint to step out in one step and threw out the Lian Thrust skill. At the same time as the first sword stabbed, the fierce fighting spirit on the tip of the sword violently extended outward, piercing through the kobold's left eye, causing secondary damage.
Pierced through the skull by Lu Chengfeng's 72 Fighting Heavenly Wind Fighting Qi, the fragile kobold caster was killed with a single blow.
Kill this guy, and he will be able to calmly turn around and deal with the two ordinary kobold spearmen chasing after him.
Still five steps away, Lu Chengfeng rubbed his body and slashed with his sword. After stabbing a kobold, he felt less pressure and unleashed a series of swords like the wind, taking out all of his enemies. Even the guy who was hit first was also taken care of, Lu Chengfeng simply cleaned up the traces, and then quickly disappeared into the forest. A few kobold corpses here will soon attract their other companions, and even some large magical beasts. Lu Chengfeng's trip was to find the fluorescent cat demon, not to entangle too much with these demonic beasts.
Unconsciously, Lu Chengfeng gradually went deeper into the Endless Forest.
On the periphery, the colors of the Endless Forest are still bright. But here, the dense forest shades the sun, and the twisting vines entangle and cling, making the place look more dark and damp. Especially at night, there is even a faint mist in the air. The various magical beasts that appear from time to time have made this place a place full of dangers.
Cat demons haunt such an environment!
An ordinary cat demon with yellow fluff on the outside of her body, and a light and slender body. They generally weigh only 20 to 30 kilograms, and they barely make any noise when they walk through dense forests. Even the most experienced veteran mercenaries can be quietly ambushed by them if they are not careful. If he is unprepared, the jumping cat demon cuts his neck with its claws from behind, and it can basically declare him dead.
After being reborn, Lu Chengfeng, although he has rich combat experience, is limited by strength, and he still does not dare to be careless.
While walking through a flower tree with a dense canopy, a cat demon who used the canopy to hide his body jumped down from the top of Lu Chengfeng's head like a ghost, and his tense body was like an arrow off the string, hitting him directly.
Even in the dark forest, the claws of this cat demon have a faint cold light.
From this pounce to Lu Chengfeng's awareness of the danger, there was only a short moment. Because of his speed, he didn't even have time to draw his sword, but rolled forward on the spot, avoiding the cat demon's pounce by a fraction of a second. After getting up in embarrassment, Lu Chengfeng drew his sword and whirled, and turned around with a little fear to confront the cat demon.
If divided according to strength, the cat demon is an authentic third-order demonic beast.
These monsters have not mastered the use of magic, but their agile bodies and sharp claws make up for it. In particular, some of the Kuro cat demons living in the decaying jungle are contaminated with poison all over their bodies, which makes them a formidable existence for adventurers.
However, Lu Chengfeng is not afraid of them.
The most threatening attack of the cat demon is to ambush and sneak attack while the adventurer is not paying attention. If it's a head-to-head match, as long as it's not too clumsy, the average swordsman can fight against it. Not to mention Lu Chengfeng, although the agility of the cat demon surpassed that of many demonic beasts of the same level, Lu Chengfeng only went down with a few sword lights in succession, sealing the space for it to dodge left and right, and then pointed directly at the middle palace with a sharp sword momentum.
Although the startled cat demon tried his best to dodge, Lu Chengfeng's sword chased it firmly as if it was attracted by a magnet. Despite failing to kill it, the sword managed to cut off its left claw.
That's enough!
A demonic beast that relied on speed to eat was cut off one leg, which was equivalent to a direct reduction of forty percent of its combat effectiveness. Lu Chengfeng was unforgiving, and the swords in his hand stabbed out one after another, forming a sword net, and successfully killed the cat demon.
Unlike the rarity of fluorescent cat demons, ordinary cat demons have as many as there are in the endless forest, and no one cares about them at all. Lu Chengfeng only glanced at it, then wiped the blood stains on the sword, put away the sword and walked forward.
According to the indication on the map, if you are not mistaken, it should be the Burning Valley not far ahead. It was a relatively gentle open field in the Endless Forest. The Minotaurs who were expelled by the Lunyu Pass defense line had a larger tribe located there. Lu Chengfeng didn't intend to provoke those guys who were full of brute strength, so he prepared to take a detour to the east.
But at this moment, there was a faint sound of noise and running ahead. Judging from the sound, the other party is still approaching at high speed.
Lu Chengfeng immediately raised his vigilance, and with the help of his fighting spirit, he quickly climbed to a tree five or six meters high, and hid in the canopy with bated breath.
With his skills, unless a master whose strength far exceeds him deliberately searches, ordinary people will not be able to find him at all.
After just five or six seconds, the vines and bushes in front of him were pushed away. A middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in an intermediate alchemist's robe, escaped in embarrassment. His graying hair was disheveled, and his ornate robes had been cut open by thorns and bushes. It's just that the alchemist at this moment has long been unable to care about etiquette. He fled in a panic while turning his head to look behind him in a hurry.
Behind him, Lu Chengfeng saw a two-meter-tall minotaur carrying a stout totem!