Chapter 22: Shadow Eater
"Keep going. Zhao Hao said.
"Hmm. Zhuo Yue picked up the puppy and followed.
"This forest is very dangerous, although we have not encountered any threatening magical beasts at the moment, but I hope everyone is careful. Zhao Hao said that at this time, he showed his majesty and calmness as a leader.
"Hmm. Zhuo Yue and Lone Wolf said.
Zhao Hao took two steps, observed the surrounding environment, and stopped looking at the ground.
"What's the matter, Boss Zhao, have you found the entrance to the secret realm?" asked the lone wolf.
"No, look at the shadow. Zhao Hao pointed to the messy shadow on the ground.
"What's the matter, isn't it just the shadow of the tree above?" asked Zhuo Yue.
"No," Zhao Hao said, "You can look at the leaves on it, now let's go deep into this forest of light and shadow, the trees here are the most lush, the leaves are so dense that they block the light, and the surroundings are all dark, but the shadows in this place are in some places, and there are no places in some places." ”
"That's true. The lone wolf nodded, "This place is a bit weird, could it be the special effect of the secret realm on the surrounding environment?"
"No, this is the trace left by an extremely rare spirit beast. Zhao Hao said, "This is the Shadow Devouring Beast, a spirit beast that can hide in the shadow and devour the shadow. ”
Zhao Hao wrote this in the setting set, and later thought it was a bit unreliable, so it never appeared in the text. Occasionally, he only used his corpse as a casting material. I didn't expect such an unreliable thing to really appear here.
"Okay, this Shadow Devourer is also an intermediate spirit beast. Zhao Hao said.
"Intermediate spirit beasts, do you want to hunt them?" The nature of the Zhuoyue bounty hunter has come up again.
"Haha," Zhao Hao smiled, "catch." ”
The lone wolf frowned, "Brother Zhao Hao, aren't we here to find the secret realm?"
Zhao Hao said, "The secret realm is to be found, and this Shadow Devouring Beast is also to be found." This secret realm is mostly a place where ancestors hid treasures, dark and damp, if there is a shadow devourer here, then it must be shuttling back and forth in the secret realm. With my Spiritual Root Skill, I can enter the Secret Realm through the abilities of the Shadow Eater. ”
"Zhuo Yue, how did you get into this secret realm for the first time?" asked Lone Wolf.
"The employer has a lot of magic weapons, whether it is exploring the path or opening the way, it is extremely smooth," Zhuo Yue said, "Brother Zhao Hao is right, that place is not only dark and damp, but also has an invisible oppression, the employer tried to illuminate at that time, but the light was sucked away. The people in front of me screamed, I was knocked out of the secret realm without even touching my opponent, and it was difficult to get in again, and then I went back to Page City and wandered around. ”
"Well," Zhao Hao said, "according to Zhuo Yue's description, there should be a bone beast in this secret realm, a kind of skeleton soldier that can be formed by bones. It disintegrated in an instant when Zhuo Yue counterattacked, so it couldn't be touched. ”
"I see. Zhuo Yue said, "What's the matter with the light being swallowed up?"
"The only effect of a magic weapon made from Shadow Eater is to devour light. The ancients put this instrument in a secret cave to create an eerie atmosphere and scare off the enemy," Zhao Hao said.
In the original work, Ling Yun and his party fought against the bone beast, but he also got a lot of secret treasures because of misfortune, but those are all later, and the top priority is to find a way to go to the secret realm as soon as possible.
The Chaos Link of the Chaos Root, the linked person or thing will share the effect of the skill. This move is a very strong ability in the early stage. However, many bigwigs have their own body protection exercises, which are difficult to be linked, but this kind of low-IQ spirit beast can still be linked.
"Here's the plan, we're going to make this one of the leaves in a circle, so that the place where the shadow is cast is closed, so that the shadow eater has nowhere to burrow, and it will jump out of the shadow. At this time, Zhuo Yue used spiritual power to trap him, and I will use the Chaos Link to trap him. ”
Zhao Hao said, "If he is trapped, he will definitely use his ability to open the passage to the secret realm, and at this time, a few of us can just keep up." ”
"Good. Lone Wolf and Zhuo Yue agreed.
"I'll cut. The lone wolf said, and then one of them flipped over onto the tree, and with a few swings of the short knife in his hand, he trimmed the nearby leaves into a round cover.
"Zhuo Yue, attack the ground!" Zhao Hao said.
"Good. Zhuo Yue sent out several flying swords and stabbed them on the ground.
The ground was attacked and began to shake violently, and suddenly, a black wolf-like animal jumped out of the shadows, and its voice was as sharp as a ghost's howl.
"That's it!Catch it!" Zhao Hao roared.
Zhuo Yue was not ambiguous, a chain was sent over, and the Shadow Eater Beast was tied up, and the Shadow Eater Beast howled a few times, and its body began to blur.
"It's now!Chaos Link!" Zhao Hao launched a black line from his palm, linking to the Shadow Devourer. At the same time, the Shadow Eater also opened a passage to the secret realm.
"Come in!" Zhao Hao beckoned, and the three of them jumped into the secret passage together.
"Ahem...... It's so dark here......" Zhao Hao got up from the ground, and fell from the entrance and made his butt hurt a little, "Lone wolf, Zhuo Yue, are you there?"
"In. The two replied.
"Wang. The puppy barked too.
"Do you want to make a fire?" Lone Wolf asked.
Zhao Hao said, "Don't light the fire, so that the flame will be absorbed, and it will also wake up those bone beasts." We must destroy the magic weapon that absorbs the light source, and then start fighting, if we fight in the dark, it will be extremely detrimental to us. ”
Zhuo Yue asked, "Aren't we still saved?"
Zhao Hao said, "After we came in, we didn't hear any sound, I'm afraid they have all been killed......
Zhuo Yue was anxious, "That's more than a dozen lives!"
Zhao Hao hurriedly comforted, "Actually, there is no need to be so pessimistic, maybe they are fine, they are just in a coma or something, our main task now is to restore the light here, otherwise the dark environment can even allow these bone beasts to be reborn infinitely." ”
Lone Wolf and Zhuo Yue both agreed, and Lone Wolf asked, "But how can we find that magic weapon that absorbs the light source?"
Zhao Hao thought about it, in the original work, Ling Yun released a large amount of light through his spiritual root, and directly burst the magic weapon, so that this bone soul secret realm returned to light.
And the current three people, the spiritual roots do not have a luminous effect, which is a bit difficult to do.
"Guys, there was originally a way to use a lot of light to blow up that magic weapon, but this method doesn't work at the moment. So there is a second method, the lone wolf releases a small amount of spiritual power, it is best to shape it into a linear shape, and after the magic weapon is activated, we can absorb this light, we can see the trajectory of the linear light, and then judge where the magic weapon is, Zhuo Yue uses the speed to keep up, and then splits the magic weapon with one knife, and the light can be restored here. ”
"Good. The lone wolf released a wisp of crimson spiritual power, and the spiritual power was instantly absorbed to a position in the center, and there was a crackling sound of bones around it.
"The bone beast has woken up, Zhuo Yue, go and destroy the magic weapon!" Zhao Hao said.
Zhuo Yue's biggest advantage of chasing the wind spirit root is speed, she has already aimed at the position where the light goes, and then a "chasing the wind and shadow" blessing rushed to the position where the light flies.
"Hand Blade!" Zhuo Yue waved his hand, and the magic weapon was instantly destroyed, and the absorbed light was released from the magic weapon. The entire hall was illuminated in an instant.
"Oh, fortunately, the organs of the cultivators are protected by spiritual power, otherwise I would have to be blind. Zhao Hao said with palpitations.
The illuminated hall was unusually white, with no other decorations, except for a pile of dry bones and four load-bearing white stone pillars. There is also a passage next to the main hall, which seems to be a passage to other places. Zhao Hao understands that there are all treasures behind it.
Just as the three of them were attracted by the scenery in the secret realm, there was a "cluck" from the pile of dry bones...... Click......" sound.
"The Bone Beast is here, ready to fight. Zhao Hao said.
The lone wolf and Zhuo Yue nodded, and the pile of white bones slowly formed into five or six wolf shapes and stood up, the white bones were exposed outside, and it was extremely terrifying.
"Wang!" the puppy saw the pile of bones and wanted to run over and gnaw them off.
"Oops! That's some monsters, not big bones, you can't eat them!" Zhuo Yue hurriedly stopped the puppy.
The puppy immediately sat down very well-behaved.
"Zhuo Yue, put the dog down and fight monsters together!" Zhao Hao said.
The lone wolf took the lead, and the bounty hunter was not in vain, and as soon as he made a move, he sent out a "bloodthirsty knife" and smashed a bone beast.
"Awesome. Zhao Hao said, "It seems that I can't hide it anymore." Zhao Hao said, condensed two black balls with both hands, and dismantled the two bone beasts with one hand.
"I'll come too. "Zhuo Yue killed in an instant, and easily killed a bone beast.
The remaining few were also easily crushed by the trio.
"This bone beast will be strengthened many times more in the dark, and it will be reborn indefinitely. But now that we've weakened this thing with light, they're so brittle. Zhao Hao explained, "It's like a high-level spirit beast has been weakened to a low-level. ”
"Why didn't you see my former partner?" asked Zhuo Yue, looking around.
Zhao Hao pointed to the white bones, "They may all have turned into a part of this pile of white bones." ”
Zhuo Yue fell into self-reproach and silence.
"Alright, the Virgin personality has come up again. Zhao Hao thought helplessly, "The heroine's common problem!"
The lone wolf asked, "Rest in peace, where are we going next?"
Zhao Hao pointed to the stone door, "Enter that door," There is a treasure behind this, everyone cheers up, there may be some traps or something in it. ”
"Well," said Lone Wolf, "don't let those people die in vain. ”
Zhuo Yue nodded, and then put down the puppy, "Put this puppy here, it should be fine, right?"
"Well, it's safe to keep it here, and if you bring it in, it's dangerous. Zhao Hao said.
"Good. Zhuo Yue nodded, the puppy seemed to understand the human speech, and ran into the pile of bones and began to circle in a circle. Just like the usual puppy gets excited at the sight of a bone, so does this dog.
"Bloodthirsty Break!" the lone wolf slapped his palm at the stone gate, and after the red spiritual power dispersed, the stone gate slowly opened.
"Let's go treasure hunting. Zhao Hao said.