Chapter 305: The Dark Tide Rises
Chapter 305: The Dark Tide Rises
When Xiao Jie turned around, he found that it was an old lieutenant. He was wearing old iron armor and had gray hair on his temples. He was holding a long-handled sword in his hand and looked quite weathered.
"Sir, may I ask what the Yinchao is?"
The old lieutenant chuckled and said, "The Yin Tide is a unique natural phenomenon in Ghost Mist Ridge. Because the ghost energy here is too heavy, the Yin energy is stagnant. Every once in a while, the powerful Yin energy will awaken countless skeletons and souls that died in battle here. The troops that died here thousands of years ago are resurrected one after another.
All ghosts and undead spirits will fall into a state of frenzy, and the entire Ghost Fog Ridge will be covered by the Netherworld aura. All living people will be affected. At this time, you must find a safe place to hide as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very easy to get into danger.
"Little brother, I see that you are all strangers. This must be your first time here, so I am reminding you."
Xiao Jie thought, it’s just the monsters rioting?
"Thank you for your advice, General. I wonder how often this tide of darkness occurs?"
"It will happen once every ten days or as short as seven days. It usually lasts for one or two hours. When the time is up, the Yin Qi will dissipate and it will naturally disappear."
"So when did the last Yin Tide occur?"
"Three days ago."
Xiao Jie thought that if this was the case, it should be safe outside the city for at least four days.
However, Xiao Jie did not dare to be careless. After all, this was a game that depended on his life, and he had to confirm it again and again.
Not only should you ask the NPC, it would be best to also find a player to find out.
The four men went down the city wall, but were not in a hurry to leave the city. Instead, they wandered around the pass.
At least find a player to understand the ecological environment here.
After walking around for a long time, I finally found one, but it was a stall in front of the blacksmith shop.
Xiaoyao Wuyou (Scholar): Level 28. HP 460.
Hey, there is actually such a profession as a scholar? Xiao Jie was a little surprised.
"My friend, may I have a word with you?" Xiao Jie asked.
Xiaoyao Wuyou responded immediately, "Of course, what do you guys need?"
"I'm new here and I want to ask you something. Why didn't my friend go out of town to level up?"
Xiaoyao Wuyou said speechlessly: "Didn't you see what my profession is? I'm a scholar, which is obviously a profession with little combat power. I don't have any teammates, so how could I go out and die?"
"That friend here is..."
"I'm just running a small business, selling some spells and collecting some materials. How about buying a few?"
Sure enough, there was a sign hanging above his stall.
[Purification Talisman for sale - 3000 coins each, limited quantity, while stocks last. ]
Xiao Jie clicked on the stall, and there was only one item in the merchandise column - a purification talisman.
Purification Talisman
Use: Dispels a curse-like spell effect on a target.
Item introduction: The magical talisman produced by the Pure Yang Dharma Assembly can drive away ghosts and evil spirits, and bring good luck and avoid misfortune - the products of the Pure Yang Dharma Assembly must be top-quality. 】
There are seven in total, and I don’t know where they came from.
Xiaoyao Wuyou promoted it, "This is a good thing. The purification talisman can remove all kinds of negative states, whether it is possession, enchantment, loss of soul or fear. It is especially effective against ghost curse spells. It can be said to be a life-saving product for upgrading in Ghost Mist Ridge. How about it, would you like to buy a few?"
This thing is not even available at the auction house, but it’s a good thing.”
A private message suddenly flashed by.
Bai Ze: No need to waste money, I know the purification technique.
Xiao Jie typed a reply casually.
Yin Yue Sui Feng: What if you are possessed? We still have to stay here for several days, so we should be as well prepared as possible.
In fact, Xiao Jie also has a similar thing, the Divine Wood Talisman, and it can be used repeatedly. However, the cooling time of the Divine Wood Talisman is as long as 30 minutes. It is not bad to have an extra treasure on hand.
Of course there is another reason. If you want to get information, you have to spend some money.
"Give me two."
Xiao Jie said as he traded two cards with the other party.
"Excuse me, is there anything I should be careful about when exploring?"
"Bring more purification talismans. This place is full of ghosts and spirits, and all kinds of curses are popping up one after another. Sometimes bringing one more can save your life." Xiaoyao Wuyou did not forget his original intention and kept selling products.
"Anymore?"
"Oh, and be careful of the Yin Tide. It will erupt every seven to ten days. When that happens, all the undead will riot. It's very dangerous."
"When was the last time a dark tide occurred?"
"Well, let me think about it, maybe three or four days ago."
Xiao Jie finally felt relieved. Since both the NPC and the players said so, it must be foolproof.
"Thank you."
"Haha, what are you thanking me for? We are all gamers and we all want to live a good life. If you want to thank me, just take care of my business."
"It's easy to talk about."
Xiao Jie simply bought two more tickets just in case, and gave one to Ye Luo and Yu Chengxian respectively. Then he opened the door and walked out of the pass.
Walking out of the city gate and looking at the resurrected undead everywhere on the ancient battlefield, the four of them finally started to level up.
Various undead monsters spawned on this ancient battlefield, the most numerous of which were resurrected soldiers. These rotten skeleton warriors were once soldiers of the empire, but now they stood up again under the influence of the Netherworld.
They are armed with swords, spears, swords and halberds, and still retain some memories of fighting in their previous lives. They will fight with the combat skills they learned in their previous lives - in other words, they will use their combat skills.
Although he usually moves slowly and aimlessly, once he enters into a battle, his attacks are quite swift and powerful, and one can vaguely see his fighting style in his previous life.
In addition to various low-level soldiers such as resurrected sword and shield soldiers, resurrected spearmen, and resurrected archers, you can also see high-level soldiers such as resurrected heavy cavalry, resurrected battle marshals, and resurrected imperial swordsmen. Although they are still small monsters, they are obviously stronger just by hearing the name.
Occasionally, you can see elite monsters like the Resurrected Captain.
The four people have different goals. Xiao Jie wants to upgrade, I want to become an immortal to upgrade + comprehend the mysteries, Ye Luo wants to upgrade + gain merit + improve weapon skills, and Bai Ze wants purely to improve weapon skills.
"Bai Ze, if you want to improve your weapon skills, it's best to fight the resurrected soldiers. As far as I know, blocking, parrying, and sword fighting can all increase weapon experience. The more skillful the battle is, the more weapon experience you will gain. Especially for enemies using swords, you can get double sword experience."
"Really? How did you know?"
There is no record of this in the database of the Dragon Knights.
"Of course it was calculated." Xiao Jie replied calmly.
As a professional player, Xiao Jie is very sensitive to game data. Since entering the game, he has been frequently conducting various data tests. This little trick was also discovered during continuous testing.
When we were fighting the Lost Soul Bandits, the bandits holding knives gave obviously more knife weapon experience.
"Well, I'll deal with the skeleton soldiers with swords. Hey - there's one over there. You guys help me to raid the battlefield while I get a feel for it."
After hearing Xiao Jie's reminder, Bai Ze directly pulled a skeleton swordsman to fight in a duel.
He was a skeleton swordsman dressed in tattered cloth, holding a rusty sword in his hand. He seemed much weaker than the skeleton soldiers around him who were generally wearing armor.
Skeleton Swordsman (Resurrected Warrior): Level 26. HP 460.
The thin appearance makes one look very weak.
However, when they started fighting, Bai Ze realized what it meant to be a matter of appearance.
As soon as he entered the opponent's warning range, the skeleton swordsman immediately looked at him, raised the sword in his hand, and even made a duel etiquette gesture.
Bai Ze also understands the sense of ritual and uses the same action - salute.
Slash with the wind! With a flash of sword light, the skeleton swordsman moved with the sword and stepped forward to stab.
Bai Ze quickly rolled sideways to avoid the frontal attack.
Combat Skill - Triple Waves! ! Swish, swish, swish, three swords slashed out in succession.
The skeleton swordsman blocked left and right, and used his fighting skill - sealing the doors and windows! Ding ding ding, three consecutive swords were all blocked.
While Bai Ze was using his old sword move, he suddenly stabbed Bai Ze with his backhand sword.
Parry and counterattack!
Then came another move: Riding the Wind and Slashing!
Bai Ze hurriedly rolled over again, but this time he didn't grasp the timing well and was stabbed by a sword, and his health dropped significantly immediately.
"Damn, why is this monster so fierce?" Bai Ze rolled and crawled to distance himself from it.
I thought it was just a small monster and I could kill it easily, but I didn't expect to be forced into a panic and crawling due to a set of gorgeous sword attacks from the Skeleton Swordsman as soon as they met.
Xiao Jie had a headache watching this. This guy probably didn't use melee skills often. His technique was too unfamiliar. "Do you need our help?"
"No, no, I must kill it in a one-on-one fight today."
It's not that Bai Ze is stubborn, but if he helps, he won't get any weapon experience. In order to improve his weapon skills, he must win in a one-on-one duel.
Xiao Jie watched the battle for a while, and seeing Bai Ze gradually regain his rhythm, he summoned Daju out and prepared to start leveling up.
With a click, Bai Ze finally killed the skeleton swordsman, and his own blood volume also dropped by one third.
"Phew, this is too dangerous. This is so different from leveling up with Taoist magic."
It is extremely easy to kill this kind of undead monster with Taoist magic. A few explosive fire talismans will do the trick. There is no need to get close to it.
It’s nothing like now, where the fight is so miserable.
"Why don't you just give up? It's not bad to advance to a second-level magic profession."
"No, there's too much of a difference. If I advance to a sword master and learn to fly a sword, I'll be a high-end player in the future. If I just advance to a second-level magic system, I'll just be an ordinary wizard and can only rely on the guild."
Xiao Jie could understand this. Although the magic profession was powerful, it was not invincible. Especially when there was no meat shield, it was still very dangerous to kill monsters alone. The only way was to find someone to team up with or join a large guild.
But it’s different if you advance to the level of a sword master, flying with a sword is equivalent to being able to fight in three dimensions, and you can travel all over the world, and you can completely dominate the game by yourself.
The gaming experience is completely different.
Unless you want to quit the game or simply join a large guild, Sword Master is the best choice.
"Okay, keep going, we'll start practicing too."
"Don't worry, I've found the feeling a little bit. Before I learned Taoism, I also used swords to make a living."
Here, Bai Ze carefully challenged the skeleton swordsmen one by one.
Over there, I wanted to become an immortal, but I was moving wildly and directly pulled a bunch of skeleton soldiers to start my invincible move.
He is wearing heavy armor with a defense of up to 240. Ordinary swords and knives are just tickles on his body. In addition, he has high toughness, so his fighting style is completely a one-on-one fight. He can take a few hits, and once he finds the rhythm, he can start to harvest like crazy.
The powerful toughness means that once these skeletons are hit and stiffened, they have no chance to fight back.
In order to become an immortal, I ate a Dihu Pill, which enabled me to use the tenth-level mountain-splitting axe technique and began to harvest like crazy.
It’s true, although the Mountain-Splitting Axe Technique is only an intermediate martial art with simple and plain moves, it is surprisingly useful against these resurrected soldiers.
Sweeping all the way across, the only problem is that the health bottle consumption is a bit high, after all, you have to take a few hits every time you start.
His baby wolf was also summoned out, wandering around, ready to move.
Xiao Jie started leveling up with Daju.
Ye Luo summoned zombies.
I have to say, these monsters are pretty fierce, and almost all of the skeleton soldiers can use combat skills, not to mention the ghosts who can cast various ghost spells.
If the four of them didn't have the ability to restrain ghosts, it would be really difficult to fight them.
If it were a normal physical melee team, even if they were above level 30 and had talismans, it would probably be difficult to win.
The four of them practiced their own things, but they also helped each other at any time, and ran to their teammates when they encountered danger.
If you are cursed, Bai Ze can exorcise the evil spirits. If there are too many monsters, you can use the ultimate skill collectively.
Always replenish your blood.
The cooperation is quite tacit.
I practiced like this for more than half an hour.
Suddenly, a golden light flashed behind him - it was the result of my quest to become an immortal. His Mountain-Splitting Axe Technique had reached the maximum level for a long time. Before, he just didn't have enough comprehension to achieve enlightenment. Now that he had accumulated 20 points of comprehension, he finally succeeded in achieving enlightenment.
I was overjoyed as I wanted to become an immortal.
"Hahaha, Brother Feng, I had an epiphany! Is this what it feels like to have an epiphany? So cool."
"How is it going? What skills have you come up with?"
I wanted to become an immortal but didn’t answer. Instead, I used my skills directly.
I saw Yu Chengxian rushing towards a few monsters. When he was still ten steps away, he suddenly grasped the giant axe with both hands and began to accumulate strength on the spot. The giant axe in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
Secret——Five Dings Open the Mountain!
The skeleton soldiers immediately rushed towards him.
One second, two seconds, three seconds - just as several skeleton soldiers rushed forward.
An axe was swung out suddenly - boom!
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489 (Execution Attack)!
The axe smashed the skeleton warrior who was hit first into pieces, killing him instantly. Several people around him were also blown away by the shock wave and fell to the ground.
"It looks very fierce."
"Hahaha, okay, okay."
"Is there still a domineering effect?"
"Brother Feng has a good eye indeed." I, Yu Chengxian, then introduced the effects of the secret.
【Wuding Opens the Mountain (Secret)
Use: Enters charging state, lasting up to five seconds. After the charging ends, launches a ferocious crushing blow and causes 30% impact damage to a small area around it. For every second of charging, the weapon damage caused is increased by an additional 100%, up to a maximum of 500%.
Skill consumption: 150 points of internal force and 150 points of physical strength.
Note 1: When you charge, you gain secondary hegemony effect and your toughness value increases by 500 points.
Note 2: When you charge for five seconds, the attack will ignore the target's defense. When parried or blocked, it will cause 1000 points of toughness damage to the target. 】
Xiao Jie immediately made his own evaluation.
A very powerful skill, very useful against heavy targets with thick skin and flesh.
But if you are dealing with a flexible enemy, it may be difficult to hit.
It takes five seconds to charge. Unless the opponent rushes up on his own, it is very difficult to hit the target. You must grasp the timing of the attack and start charging in advance before the battle.
It is best used against brainless monsters such as skeleton warriors and zombies.
Generally speaking, it is a PVE-oriented skill.
"Hahaha, the ultimate skill is still really cool!" I was so excited when I used the ultimate skill for the first time.
Use it sparingly, this thing consumes a horrible amount of internal energy.
"I know, I know." I wanted to become an immortal and used the Five Dings Opening the Mountain move again, killing another skeleton spearman in seconds and knocking down a group of people at the same time. The skeleton spearman was hit with the execution special effect and was blown into a pile of debris.
The feeling of killing an enemy instantly with one blow of the axe really makes me feel as refreshed as if I were an immortal.
"Be gentle, I can't earn any merit points if you do this." Ye Luo couldn't help but complain.
She was killing monsters and burying the bodies at the same time.
"Got it, got it." I, who wanted to become an immortal, followed suit and immediately stopped using the secret technique and switched to a newly learned intermediate axe technique - the Thunder Axe Technique.
However, I have just learned this set of skills. It will take a long time before I can realize the profound meaning.
Xiao Jie also killed the monsters casually.
Use the Hanyue Sword to deal with skeleton zombies, and use the Xuanming Sword immediately when encountering ghosts.
Those elusive ghosts really bring about all kinds of curses.
Some will be possessed by ghosts, some will cast curses, and some will be blinded by ghosts.
However, there were gods and ghosts everywhere, so Xiao Jie missed every shot from beginning to end.
Although the effect of Shen Gui Yi Bi has a certain probability of immunity, Xiao Jie feels that as long as it is not a powerful ghost curse above the elite level, it can most likely be ignored.
"I've upgraded!" I am the first one to successfully upgrade to Immortal.
However, before they had time to celebrate - "Save me!" Bai Ze suddenly shouted, and turned around and ran away when he was chased by several skeleton swordsmen.
He quickly flashed behind Xiao Jie.
"Let me do it!" I rushed up immediately with the desire to become an immortal.
Wu Ding-opening the mountain!
Boom! He took the damage from several monsters and blasted them all over.
The wind and the remaining clouds!
Xiao Jie used a big move to attack the few monsters that had just crawled up, and completed the harvest.
"Phew, I was so scared. Fortunately, you guys are here." Bai Ze said in shock.
In order to increase his weapon experience, he even used his heavenly soldiers, and accidentally attracted too many monsters and had to run away.
This is really a life-threatening thing.
"How's it going? How's your weapon experience?" Xiao Jie asked as he finished off the enemy.
"Not bad, not bad. I have gained more than 900 weapon experience points in such a short time."
"Then how much do you need to advance to become a sword master?"
"Um, there's still a shortfall of 16800." Bai Ze's voice suddenly faded again.
"What about the experience points? How much did they increase?"
"3%."
It takes 30000 weapon experience to upgrade from expert swordsmanship to master swordsmanship.
It takes 50000 weapon experience to upgrade from Master Swordsmanship to Grandmaster Swordsmanship.
Xiao Jie calculated and became a little worried about Bai Ze's speed. It was obviously not enough. Even with Ye Luo and I Yu Chengxian helping to share the experience, Bai Ze's upgrade speed was still a bit fast. At this speed, I'm afraid that the grandmaster level swordsmanship would be halfway to level 30.
Bai Ze was also a little helpless. This level was too high and it was also a problem. "Brother Feng, do you have any other ideas? You said before that you were very confident."
"Of course, there is always a way." Xiao Jie was about to elaborate, but suddenly paused - "Wait a minute, what's that sound?"
Several people immediately stopped talking and listened carefully.
In the distance, the sound of bells came from the direction of the town.
Dang——dang——dang——
It's the sound of bells! The tide of darkness is coming!
Xiao Jie turned around and looked behind him. On the desolate ancient battlefield, countless skeletal arms kept emerging from the ground. The sky seemed to have become darker. Wandering ghosts kept appearing, hovering and howling in the sky.
The bells were still ringing, but were soon drowned out by the screams of the dead and the wails of ghosts.
"Run!" Xiao Jie shouted and took the lead.
(End of this chapter)