Chapter 156 The Genius Al
"Huh!"
The door was opened, and the howling cold wind mixed with a large number of snowflakes blew into the door, instantly covering the three of them with frost.
The three of them subconsciously stretched out their hands to cover them.
When they looked up again, what appeared in front of them was a scene of ice and snow.
On the endless plain, the north wind howled past, setting off layers of snow waves.
A crescent moon hangs high in the sky, reflecting on the boundless white snow, like mercury pouring down the ground.
None of the three of them expected that what was connected behind the door would be such a snowy night scene.
Wand in hand, Mu You walked out first with a chain claw wrapped around his left arm.
Lin Xue followed behind him, walking out with the coffin on her back.
【You have stepped into the astral world...】
Stepping on the soft snow, such an explanatory text suddenly popped up in the back of Mu You's mind.
"So people in the astral world will also have some hints about similar games..."
Mu You thought to himself, he is temporarily not sure whether this kind of reminder is only for players, or if all people in the astral world will have it, but this is not the time to pay attention to it.
Looking back, I saw a phantom of a square door standing abruptly on the ground in this endless snowy plain, as if a rectangular door had opened out of nowhere in the air, and the light shining through the door , illuminating a small area in front of the door, placed on the huge snow field, it looks lonely and small.
When the door is closed, it cannot be seen from another world, that is, the door can only be opened and closed from the earth side.
"This place is..." Mu You frowned and scanned the surrounding environment.
"This is the northern border, an uninhabited ice field outside the northern border of the Laner Empire." Vivienne on her shoulder explained, while jumping into Muyou's chest pocket, huddled into a ball to keep warm.
Another gust of cold wind blew by, and the three of them shivered subconsciously.
Even Xiaoya, who was in the room, rubbed her arms and poked her head out at this time, looking out in surprise, but she didn't dare to step out, but looked at the two of them and asked, "Sister Xue, boss, do you want to give me a hand?" Do you want some clothes?"
Mu You and Lin Xue didn't answer, but suddenly looked in a certain direction in the distance.
They have already heard a roar from over there, mixed with the howling of the north wind, and it seems intermittent.
After a few seconds, they finally saw the source of the sound.
It was a huge snow monster, dragging a stick cut from a big tree trunk in its right hand, as if it was carrying a baseball bat, rushing towards this side, every step it took would cause A tremor in the ground.
"It's the snow monster in the pine forest!" Vivian said solemnly.
"Pinewood Yeti?"
Mu You was taken aback when he heard that, the fur of the snow monster in the pine forest is also a kind of potion material, which was recorded in Vivienne's notes.
Because of this, Mu You felt strange, because according to the records in the notes, the pine forest snow monster is a kind of magical beast that lives in the coniferous pine forest all year round. If there is no accident, it will never leave the forest for its entire life. On the plain?
Before he had time to think about it, the snow monster was already approaching quickly.
"You two, don't come here!"
Mu You yelled at Lin Xue and Xiaoya, and immediately rushed in the direction of the snow monster in the distance.
There is a door here, and the door has been opened, and it cannot be closed within 24 hours. He has to find a way to lure the snow monster to another place.
After the two sides got close to 100 meters, Mu You jumped up, quickly drew his bow and set an arrow in mid-air, and shot an arrow with a red tip shining at the snow monster.
The snow monster didn't notice the arrow at all, or in other words, with its size, it couldn't avoid it at all. The arrow flew across and hit its chest.
"Boom!"
The next second, the explosive potion in the arrow exploded.
Amidst the bang, smoke and flames enveloped the snow monster's upper body, and the impact force also lifted the snow monster out, and it rolled back a few times before stopping.
This bursting arrow did 700 points of damage, and it even hit the heart. If it were an ordinary wild monster, it would be seriously injured.
As a result, the snow monster in the distance just shook its head and got up again. Except for the silver-white hair on its chest, which was blown black, there was no visible injury at all.
The snow monster roared and continued to rush towards Muyou.
When they got close, Muyou's Omniscience Crystal fed back the information of the snow monster.
【Level 19 Pine Forest Snow Monster, Attack Power 101-106, Health Points 10500, Mana Points 4000, Abilities: Snow Crash, Earthquake...】
Mu You's eyelids twitched when he saw it. Not to mention that he couldn't beat a level 19 monster, when will he have to kill such a fleshy wild monster?
Seeing the opponent approaching at a high speed, Mu You immediately ran away to the side.
The arrow just now is supposed to have established a solid hatred, and this run should be able to successfully lure the snow monster away.
As a result, the snow monster glanced at the direction Mu You ran away, hesitated for less than half a second, and then continued to rush towards the door.
"Is it targeting the door?"
Mu You was startled, before he had time to think about it, he hurriedly threw the chain claw at the snow monster.
The chain claws flew past the snow and hit the snow monster's hind legs accurately.
Mu You dragged the chain claw, waiting for the snow monster to be pulled back. The recovery of the chain claw is said to be a compulsory effect of the rules of the props, and he has not seen anything that cannot be grabbed.
However, he soon realized that he had underestimated the power of the snow monster. Not only did the chain claw not withdraw this time, but he himself was dragged towards the snow monster.
Mu You pulled the chain claws with all his strength, and plowed a ravine on the ground. Under the vampire's skin, nearly twice the strength bonus, only slightly slowed down the snow monster's speed.
Seeing that the snow monster could not be stopped, Mu You reached into the cloth bag at his waist, took out a foot-binding grass seed, threw it far away, and then pointed to the magic wand to release the crazy growth.
The seeds accurately landed at the foot of the snow monster, and instantly surged out. The four-meter-high snow monster was covered by tall grass in the blink of an eye, and countless vines drilled out of the ground, wrapping around its limbs and body.
The snow monster roared and struggled desperately among the grass. The vines were broken by its huge strength, but every time a vine was broken, new vines would immediately replenish it.
The snow monster was soon annoyed by the endless stream of vines. With a loud roar, it hammered the ground like a Hulk, and immediately smashed a large area of ice around it into a circle of cracks.
Immediately, it sank its fists into the snow. After groping for a while, it seemed to have caught something. With a strong pull, it pulled out the root system of the foot-binding grass directly. With its hands interlaced, it violently tore the grass root into pieces.
The foot-binding grass was eliminated, and there was no obstacle in front of the snow monster.
However, this delay is enough.
When the snow monster finally cleared the obstacle, it was about to turn around and continue forward.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw a figure appear out of thin air in front of him. He raised his wand and pointed it at it. At the tip of the wand, a turbulent spell took shape.
"Water prison!"
A huge water prison instantly condensed, completely covering the body of the snow monster, and in the snowy weather, as soon as the water prison appeared, it automatically solidified into a stronger ice prison, trapping the snow monster firmly in it.
Mu You landed on the ground, looking at the snow monster who was smashing wildly in the ice prison but couldn't shake it, he finally took a breath.
"What's the matter with this thing? Isn't it supposed to live in the pine forest?" Mu You had time to ask Vivian.
"I'm afraid it was arranged by the Wizarding Association."
"Um?"
"When Al left, he suddenly disappeared in the area. I'm afraid they guessed that there was a door nearby, but it is impossible for humans to live in this place for a long time, so the Wizarding Association arranged for a snow monster to guard here. If the door is open, attack the door and tear it down."
"So, his goal is really the door?"
Mu You frowned when he heard the words, if this is the case, then it will be troublesome.
You must know that this is the Astral World, and there is a resurrection mechanism, which cannot be ended with one kill.
The snow monster in the pine forest has a long lifespan. I don’t know how much life this snow monster has left, but there should be hundreds of years. Doesn’t that mean that if he wants to stop the snow monster, he has to kill it hundreds of times before it ends?
It’s okay at night, with a vampire skin, relying on the talent of a giant killer, there is a chance to suppress this giant creature, but what about during the day? The door lasts for twenty-four hours. If he fights for a whole day, his magic power will never last.
"This monster, you can't kill it." Vivian said suddenly.
"how?"
"It has a teleportation mark set up by the Wizarding Association. Once it dies and comes back to life, it will automatically teleport back to the territory of the Wizarding Association. At that time, they will know that the door here has been opened, and they will definitely send people over."
"So you want to prevent it from being resurrected?"
Mu You's face turned ugly again. It was not easy to kill, and he couldn't kill it with ordinary methods...
Right now, it seems that there are only two ways: one is to lead it to the earth first, there is no resurrection mechanism within the scope of the earth, killing it once will cause permanent death. However, there is a problem, this thing is so huge, if you really want to go through the door, you can’t just blow up his store, and in the process of killing, it’s hard to imagine how much impact it will have on the earth. At that time, the secret of this door will definitely not be able to be kept...
The second is, relying on Lin Xue's sickle...
The death sickle, in theory, does have the ability to take away the snow monsters in a wave, but it is only in theory. In fact, Lin Xue, a new player of level 4, fights this kind of monster of level 19, and even hits ten This time, isn't this whimsical?
This is no longer a gap that can be made up by tactics and wisdom. The huge surprise in attributes makes the snow monster fully capable of breaking through all methods.
"Boom!"
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard a crisp cracking sound.
Mu You looked up, only to realize that the snow monster punched the ice prison with a crack!
Immediately afterwards, the snow monster's next punch directly shattered the ice prison, and the ice prison turned into countless ice crystals that splashed around.
"Damn it!"
Mu You cursed secretly, isn't the power of this monster too perverted? The Ice Prison Spell, which claims to be absolutely indestructible from the inside, can be smashed into pieces.
On the other side of the snow monster, after breaking out of the cage, he ignored Mu You and rushed straight to the open door in the distance.
At this time in front of the door, Lin Xue put down the ice coffin, holding the sickle in both hands, ready to fight.
This is the first time she has experienced actual combat in reality. It is impossible to say that she is not nervous, but at this time she has no way out, and there is a door behind her. If she gets out of the way, the snow monster is likely to destroy the door. Once the door is removed, The passage between the two worlds will continue to open, and the consequences will be disastrous.
But time is still a little tight.
From the time the spell was formed on the crystal to the time when he cast the spell, the snow monster was already approaching, with only the door in front of him in his eyes, waving the tree trunk and sweeping towards the two, as if to brute force to remove the obstacles in front of the door.
That's too late…
Mu You is already considering whether to take Lin Xue to teleport out first.
But then, what everyone didn't expect was that facing the giant tree that was sweeping towards her, Lin Xue suddenly felt someone pat her shoulder from behind, and then a figure stepped out from behind, passed by her, and took it away lightly. The sickle in her hand stopped her and Mu You, and raised the sickle far away.
"Boom!"
Amidst the muffled sound, the exaggerated tree trunk was firmly stopped in mid-air.
A thin figure floated half a meter high in the sky, stopped in front of the snow monster, and held the giant tree of the snow monster with the sickle in his hand.
The airflow caused by the collision blows a circle of snow waves and spreads in all directions.
The three people behind were all taken aback.
"Grandma?"
Lin Xue called out sluggishly, looking in disbelief at the figure guarding her at this time, the exquisite dress, the gray hair, and more importantly, the familiar figure from the back.
Lin Xue couldn't possibly admit that she was wrong. This was the back view of her grandma who followed her elders countless times when she was a child.
Even the snow monster in front of him was stunned for a moment. It never occurred to him that such a tiny human could actually block its full blow?
In the pocket on Mu You's chest, even Vivian's pupils shrank slightly at this time, and the familiar figure holding a sickle in front of her made her feel dazed for a while.
"Al, you really did it..."
Thinking back to that once era.
In the early days of the establishment of the Mystic Arts Association, there were actually only eleven members.
Until one day, she brought a child back from outside and told others that she found the last piece of the puzzle.
"This is a creative child with a superb talent for the soul field, she will surprise us." This is what she said to other members at the time.
Others didn't care at first, because the child was too young and didn't have any reputation, so he could be their granddaughter.
But they were soon overwhelmed by the kid's self-confidence.
"Genius Al came to report."
"I am a genius Al, and I will work with you in the future to carry forward the power of secret arts!"
These are Al's first two sentences after joining the association. Young, confident, energetic, a little-known kid, standing in front of eleven of their "notorious" big shots, without any stage fright, seems to take them seriously as colleagues of the same level.
Vivian can still clearly remember the wonderful expressions on the faces of the other ten people at that time.
Then they found the original crystal in the ruins, and the research on secret arts was officially on the right track.
As a result, Al came to her the next day and proposed an amazing idea: "Mr. Vivian, you hold the power of life, and I hold the power of soul. Isn't soul plus life equal to the resurrection of the dead? Is it possible to borrow the power of the dead?"
Others laughed at her whimsy, and Vivian herself didn't care about it either, because she knew that the real resurrection of the dead was the Creator's private land, a domain that mortals could never touch.
Until now, she seems to have really done it, although in a more extreme way...
Between Vivian's thoughts, the scene fell into a strange stillness for a while.
Mu You reacted first at this time, the tip of the wand, the spell was cast immediately, and a shock wave with all its strength blasted the snow monster far away.
"Death contract, support her!"
Vivian's voice suddenly sounded in the minds of the two of them.
Lin Xue also recovered from the sluggishness at this time, and without hesitation, she hurriedly took the magic wand handed over by Mu You, and released the secret technique in the crystal on the ground.
A strange triangular formation quickly formed on the soles of the two people's feet.
【Your lifespan is being sucked away by the **** of death under the contract, lifespan -1...】
Following this reminder in his mind, Mu You instantly felt that the magic power and the natural energy in the crystallization were being continuously drawn away, and through the array, he was thrown into the sky, and finally, under Lin Xue's guidance, it was input into the figure in front of him in vivo.
The floating figures got the energy of the two of them, and the old face was quickly rejuvenated, the wrinkles on the face disappeared, the skin became fair, and the figure became straight.
And when she looked back, she had changed from a white-haired old man into a young and pretty girl who even looked a little young, and her appearance was somewhat similar to Lin Xue.
It's just that the girl held a sickle and looked at the two with dull eyes, but there was no agility in her eyes that belonged to a living person.
Lin Xue stared blankly at the girl in front of her. This is... my grandma when I was young?
At this moment, the girl suddenly swung the sickle, and when neither of them could react in time, the tip of the knife quickly passed over Lin Xue, bringing out a part of her soul, which quickly sank into the girl's body.
Lin Xue suddenly felt dizzy, and fainted to the side, and was supported by Mu You.
"Xiaoxue?"
Lin Xue held her forehead and looked forward in surprise.
She feels that she has two perspectives now, one is inside her body, looking at the figure of grandma in front of her.
The other one was in grandma's body, feeling as if he and grandma had merged together, holding a sickle, facing the snow monster climbing up in the distance, and rushed up uncontrollably.
"Xiaoxue, I can see clearly, the fighting style of the contractor is like this..."
A familiar voice rang in my ear.
Lin Xue's eyes instantly became moist. She knew that this was grandma's soul that hadn't completely dissipated. Before she disappeared, she once again protected her and wanted to leave her with the last guidance.
Then Lin Xue felt as if a pair of invisible hands clasped her hands.
It’s like when she was teaching her how to use chopsticks, open an umbrella, and cut paper countless times when she was a child. At this moment, grandma is also teaching her how to control the scythe, how to move, how to avoid the attack of monsters, and how to hit the enemy in the gap of defense...
【Your Lifespan -1...】
【Your Lifespan -1...】
On Muyou's side, reminders to reduce lifespan were still emerging, and at this moment, he finally saw Grandma Lin Xue's level: level 16!
But other attributes are all 'question marks'.
Obviously, it wasn't that Grandma Lin Xue was only at level 16 before she was alive, but because he and Lin Xue's insufficient energy supply restricted her level upper limit, and she could only reach this high.
Although she can't see the attributes, Mu You can clearly feel her agility value just by looking at the changes on the battlefield in the distance. Her agility value is so high!
That thin figure kept dodging and moving around the snow monster. The snow monster kept roaring, swinging its claws wildly. He touched the half of the figure's clothes.
The girl is like a smart snow elf, dancing in the snow, her movements are graceful and skillful, time and time again, she leaves imprints on the opponent's body chicly, leaving without a piece of snow on her body.
The girl's footsteps seem to have a wonderful rhythm, always leisurely, each step is in the right position, it seems to move slowly, but in fact, like the wind blowing on the earth, it is everywhere, But can never be caught.
One knife...
Two knives...
Three knives...
…
After the eighth hit, Lin Xue suddenly felt that the power that controlled her body disappeared, and there was no more murmuring in her body, and she completely controlled her body.
Lin Xue suddenly understood that grandma really left forever this time...
After a short period of loss, she didn't have time to be sad, her eyes quickly became calm, and she continued to maintain the trajectory of her actions just now.
She has inherited all the attributes of grandma, and theoretically she can perfectly restore the attack method just now.
Although her movements are still very immature, she can't adapt to this fast-paced battle for the time being, and can only imitate cats and dogs, and her movements have become nondescript. But she also has her own characteristics, that is, careful and calm thinking.
Lack of skill is made up by the number of times. Grandma can hit once in five seconds. If she is not so proficient, then slow down, forty seconds, fifty seconds... always hit.
Ninth knife, hit!
With one attack, Lin Xue immediately backed away, opened a distance, and then circled the snow monster again.
After a few laps, she didn't charge up again until she got a sufficient angle, and finally slashed at the snow monster's leg.
"Clang!"
The knife brushed past, and was almost dodged by the snow monster, but fortunately, it still hit, bringing out a faint line of blood on the snow monster's leg.
As for rushing too close this time and not having time to dodge, it doesn't matter anymore. The ten marks have been completed, and the next battle has nothing to do with her.
The snow monster roared angrily, looked at the figure at its feet, and slapped it with one palm, but just halfway through the slap, it couldn't fall anymore.
A huge phantom of the **** of death rushed out of the sickle quickly, and instantly enveloped Lin Xue's body. With a casual lift, the snow monster was thrown out.
The **** of death that appeared on this road was shaped like a skeleton, wearing a black robe, and holding a scythe of the same type dozens of times larger in his hand. The skeleton swept around, the soul fire in its eyes was beating wildly, and there was a long and strange laugh from its mouth.
"This is the Grim Reaper?" Mu You looked in surprise at the giant skeleton phantom covering the girl in the distance.
After the real **** of death descended, an indescribably icy breath instantly enveloped the surrounding area.
Mu You felt that suffocating oppressive feeling from a long distance away, and his whole body was covered with goose bumps.
This is completely different from the sense of oppression brought by the Blood Emperor that day. This is a more deadly sense of fear that directly acts on the soul level, as if they are already in the **** under the Nine Nethers.
Even he already felt this way, not to mention the snow monster facing death in the distance.
The snow monster, who was fearless before, finally showed uncontrollable panic on his face the moment he saw the **** of death, got up from the snow, and instinctively fled to the distance.
However, Reaper just waved his left hand, and his fingers easily passed through the body of the snow monster, and a faint blue phantom of the soul was pulled out from its body. As the snow monster fled, the soul was continuously elongated like plasticine, but Still can't break free from the hand of death.
As more and more souls were drawn, until the whole body of the snow monster emerged completely, the God of Death let out a weird laugh again.
The sickle in his right hand swung across, cutting off the soul from the snow monster.
(end of this chapter)