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Where is Brother Jiang?
"Logically speaking, the birth point should be the same..."
The ghost-faced fox looked around in confusion.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound coming from the bushes behind him.
The ghost-faced fox was startled and turned back suddenly, and at the same time a high-quality dagger appeared in his hand.
He quietly hid his body in the shadows where the oil lamp on the carriage could not reach, and looked vigilantly in the direction where the sound came from.
When he saw clearly what it was, cold sweat immediately soaked his back.
I saw a two-meter-high ball of blue flame carrying a humanoid creature slowly walking towards the carriage.
The bushes that the humanoids stepped on withered and lost their vitality almost instantly.
"Evil spirit?!"
The ghost-faced fox clenched his teeth for a moment.
He didn't understand why his luck was so bad as he encountered an evil spirit at the point of birth.
Although he saved the step of searching for the traces of evil spirits, he still hadn't found the holy weapon and had no ability to fight against evil spirits.
run away!
This thought instantly appeared in the Ghost-faced Fox's mind.
He was not sure if he would disappear in an instant like those plants if this evil spirit got close to him.
But just as he was about to escape with the map and medical supplies, the "evil spirit" noticed him.
"Hey bro, you look so handsome in this outfit?"
Hearing the familiar voice, the ghost-faced fox was startled and called out tentatively: "Brother Jiang?"
The blue flames gradually died down, and the image of Jiang Lu, who was dressed similarly to him, gradually became clear.
"Is it really you?" Ghost-faced Fox couldn't believe it: "What just happened was..."
Jiang Lu put his hands in his pockets and said calmly: "Deduct 1 and send to Hellfire."
Chapter 52: What’s the point of confrontation if you don’t fight?
Hellfire is of course the appearance special effect.
In fact, after using it twice, Jiang Lu found that this thing is quite cool, but it is useless.
"Hellfire is..."
The Ghost-Faced Fox asked with lingering fear. He almost thought that Jiang Lu had come in and sent it.
"I bought it." Jiang Lu said casually, "It's only useful when I enter the Spirit Realm. It's no different from a victory music box with special effects like parachuting and returning to the city."
"Is that so..." Ghost-Faced Fox nodded, and then began to recall whether there was really such a thing in the mall?
After fooling the ghost-faced fox, Jiang Lu looked around the surrounding environment and asked, "So what should we do now?"
"Well, come and see."
The ghost-faced fox brought Jiang Lu to the carriage, spread out the map, pointed to several areas with names on it and began to explain.
“The map of this spiritual realm is a square, ten kilometers by ten kilometers, so the area where we can move is a total of one hundred square kilometers.
The crossed-out area is where we are standing now, which is also our birth point.
The map is divided into five areas, namely swamps, ruins, temples, waterfalls, and canyons. There is a probability of evil spirits appearing in each area. If we want to deal with these evil spirits, we must first find holy artifacts specifically for them from the corresponding areas.
In addition to evil spirits, there are also a large number of monsters here. Based on the clues scattered in the monsters' nests, we can narrow the scope and determine the specific location of the holy artifacts and evil spirits.
If we rule out the possibility that we just happened to encounter an evil spirit, then we need to collect at least three clues to determine the location of the holy artifact and the evil spirit."
After listening to this, Jiang Lu stared at the ghost-faced fox suspiciously: "Are you cheating? Why is there no such detailed information in my mission background?"
The ghost-faced fox smiled and explained, "Because I have entered the Confrontation Spirit Realm more than once. The focus of the Confrontation Spirit Realm is not the main plot of the Spirit Realm itself, but the competition with other exorcists. This is also the reason why it is recognized as the simplest and most intuitive way to assess the ability of exorcists."
"That's a bit boring." Jiang Lu shook his head regretfully: "I like those with plots."
“That’s exactly where you can’t take advantage.”
Ghost-faced Fox said: "Because the focus is on the confrontation between exorcists, the confrontation with monsters in the spirit realm is not as uncontrollable as in the normal spirit realm. Although it seems more stable, it also means that we cannot gain advantages from monsters. They exist only to hinder us from winning the competition. There is no theoretical possibility."
What he meant was that no matter how great Jiang Lu's charm was, it would probably be useless against those program-like monsters in the Spirit Realm.
After hearing this, Kang Yool became even more emo.
He looked around wistfully.
Fighting in the wild here is such a beautiful thing...
So Jiang Lu complained a little depressed: "Why did you choose this?"
Ghost-faced Fox thought Jiang Lu was worried about not being able to gain an advantage in the confrontation, so he consoled him, "Because bounty confrontation is the simplest type, and it is also the most challenging and the most valuable and easy to be recognized. Although I haven't tried the rainforest map, I have entered this type of confrontation spirit realm many times, so don't worry."
Jiang Lu had something to say, but he couldn't say it directly.
In the end, he could only pat the ghost-faced fox's shoulder gently and let out a heavy sigh like a middle-aged man.
"But having said that." The ghost-faced fox changed the subject: "As a boss, the evil spirit is still difficult to deal with. You have to be mentally prepared."
"Oh? Please elaborate."
"They are not like the random soldiers who have a fixed logic of action. You have to treat them as a threat no less than the exorcists." Ghost-faced Fox said meaningfully: "If you are not careful, you may fall into the gutter."
Jiang Lu regained his motivation after hearing the good news.
"Then let's go! It's urgent!"
Seeing that he suddenly regained his energy, the ghost-faced fox couldn't help but praise him secretly: "He faced the challenge head on. I was right."
After packing up their initial items, the two began to follow the map towards the nearest monster lair.
Clear out the miscellaneous soldiers, collect clues, integrate intelligence, find the evil spirits, and eliminate them.
The entire process is almost the same as the exorcism activities performed by exorcists in the real world, which is why this type of spirit realm is most recognized by various exorcist organizations and used to judge personal abilities.
"By the way, let me remind you that no matter where we go, we must try to avoid unnecessary battles, because our goal is to collect clues as quickly as possible to obtain the holy weapon and eliminate the evil spirits."
When wading across the river, the ghost-faced fox whispered a reminder:
"Only two evil spirits will appear in the map at a time, so there must be two teams that cannot get the ashes. If they want to pass the level, they can only snatch the ashes from other teams. So while taking care of the present, we must also be wary of other teams that may be hiding in the dark."
"I understand this." Jiang Lu, who was following behind him, also imitated the ghost-faced fox and whispered: "It's the principle of hypothesis."
"Hypothetical principle?"
“Even though we don’t know where they are, we assume they are nearby and are ready to take action at any time.”
"Well, yes, that's what it means."
The ghost-faced fox stepped onto the shore first, then turned around and reached out to grab Jiang Lu's hand, helping him break free from the mud in the shallow water.
Although this was the first time the two of them teamed up, they had a good understanding of each other and helped and cooperated with each other naturally.
"Then I have a question, is it possible to get two portions of ashes at the same time?" Jiang Lu asked while standing on the shore and pouring out the water from his boots.
“Yes, but it’s almost impossible.”
The ghost-faced fox seemed to recall some unpleasant memories. After emptying the water from his boots, he put on his shoes and explained with a wry smile:
"Once the evil spirits are turned into ashes at the altar, the location of the ashes will be synchronized on the map. Getting a copy means that they may be attacked by the other two teams of exorcists. If both copies are in the hands of the same team, then there is no doubt that the other three teams will target this team at the same time.
This team is in the light while the other teams are in the dark. It's impossible for them to reach the evacuation point smoothly, right?
And this is based on the premise of getting two pieces of ashes at a time. But normally, even if we are very fast and have already got one piece, the other one has not appeared yet. Then we have to take the ashes to another place where the evil spirit appears, or a team has already got it, and then we take the ashes to grab it.
But in either case, the longer you wait, the more disadvantageous it will be.”
"That's right." Jiang Lu nodded first, followed closely, and then suddenly asked, "How many evacuation points are there?"
"One on each of the east, south, west and north edges of the map."
"Then I have an idea." Jiang Lu proposed a new idea: "Can we destroy the other three evacuation points, and then directly ambush the team that got the ashes at the last evacuation point?"
"Uh..." The ghost-faced fox looked at Jiang Lu's serious expression and always felt that he was not a good person.
"I haven't tried this, but I think the evacuation point should be unbreakable."
"Is that so..." Jiang Lu nodded regretfully, then said, "Why don't we wait in the middle of the map and grab the ashes wherever they appear?"
The Ghost-faced Fox patiently waved his hand and said, "No need. We just need to get the ashes as quickly as possible and then evacuate."
"Ah?" Jiang Lu was a little surprised: "What kind of confrontation is it if we don't fight?"
"Is there a possibility..." Ghost-faced Fox asked weakly, "Confrontation refers to the competitive process of eliminating the evil spirits and successfully evacuating, and this part will also be included in the settlement evaluation?"
"How about you go and destroy the evil spirits, and I go and rob them?"
"..."
The ghost-faced fox finally couldn't help but complain: "You just have to snatch it, right?!"
Chapter 53 It's broken! There's a loser in the team!
Finally, after much persuasion from the Ghost-faced Fox, Jiang Lu finally compromised.
What made Ghost-Faced Fox a little strange was that after confirming the plan to find the hiding place of the evil spirit first, Jiang Lu didn't say anything else along the way.
The ghost-faced fox was worried that he might have complaints, so he had a brief conversation with him tentatively.
But Jiang Lu's reactions were all normal, but when asked what he was thinking, he just said it was nothing.
Seeing this, the Ghost-faced Fox didn't ask any more questions.
The two people's birth point is in the area marked as swamp.
The road was either filled with smelly quagmires or thickets covered with primitive vegetation, making it very difficult to walk on.
In addition, one must be careful not to make loud noises while walking, so as one tiptoes, the pace of the trek seems a bit slow.
After walking through the swamp for a long time, the two finally came to an open space the size of a football field.
When you get here, you can no longer see the shorter and more intricate trees. Only the tall trees covered with dense vines are left. They grow around this open space, and the lowest part of the huge tree canopy is about thirty or forty meters from the ground.