Chapter 328: Sword Demon's Plan to Slay the Dragon
Chapter 328: Sword Demon's Plan to Slay the Dragon
The Drunken Swordsman just looked at his schoolmate kneeling there and felt more and more bored.
What's worse is that his character's condition is getting worse and worse.
After all, after three days without food or water, his satiety had long since returned to zero, and his physical strength had been slowly being depleted.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to eat, but he is kneeling here. He can’t eat and drink while kneeling. How can he show his sincerity?
Therefore, he didn't eat any food during these three days, and he just relied on his extra-long stamina bar and his physique and endurance attributes to hold on.
But obviously after three days, it has reached its limit.
The Drunken Swordsman was hesitating whether to eat something secretly to avoid starving to death.
His screen suddenly went blurry—there was an extra DEBUFF above his head.
Delirium: Due to a long period of lack of sleep and rest, and without food and water, your mind gradually becomes unclear, and your mental attribute is -1.
Fortunately, I only lost 1 point of energy, and it was temporary. I can recover after eating something.
However, the Drunken Swordsman was obviously a bit too optimistic. After a while, the DEBUFF was stacked again, and the effect became Spirit -2.
This DEBUFF would stack up one layer every half an hour, and the stacking speed was getting faster and faster. Before midnight, seven layers had already been stacked.
The Drunken Swordsman was anxious as he watched this. What would happen if his spirit returned to zero? Would he faint?
Suddenly, an old voice sounded in his ears.
Mysterious voice: Hahahahahaha, idiot, it’s useless even if you die on your knees. Long Yuan, the hypocrite, doesn’t care about the life or death of people like you.
Hey, what's going on?
The Drunken Swordsman was stunned for a moment. Yes, the voice was real, and it was even recorded directly in the message column.
Could it be——an unexpected event!
The Drunken Swordsman was extremely excited. He had heard of this thing, but he had never triggered it after playing for so long.
After thinking for a while, the Drunken Swordsman said into the microphone: "Senior, who are you?"
Mysterious Voice: You want to learn peerless swordsmanship, right? Hehehe, I can teach you.
"Where are you, Senior? Why can't I see you?"
"See that puddle ahead? Jump down."
"what……"
The pond was not far from the thatched cottage. It looked deep and dark, and no one knew what was in it.
This voice is mysterious. What if it is a monster coming to seduce me... No, how could there be a monster in Yingxiong Villa?
The Drunken Swordsman gritted his teeth, stood up and ate a few chicken legs to restore his physical strength. As the DEBUFF of unconsciousness disappeared, the voice disappeared immediately.
Fortunately, the instructions were given, so he jumped directly into the pool.
After searching in the pool for a while, he found a dark cave entrance under the shadow of a huge rock. Drunken Swordsman swam directly in with full alertness. He swam along the underwater passage for a long time when suddenly a light came through from above. When he emerged from the water, he saw a stone secret room.
This secret room seemed to be a prison, built with huge stones. Drunken Swordsman searched all the way, fearing that there might be hidden weapons or traps. Fortunately, there was no ambush in this secret room. He soon reached the end of the secret room, but saw more than a dozen huge iron chains made of black iron, which tightly locked up a crazy old man with white hair and beard.
When he saw the old man's name, Drunken Swordsman was suddenly overjoyed.
'Sword Demon' Dugu Xiaotian (Sword Saint) Level 54 hermit. HP 799/5700.
There is also a constant DEBUFF hanging on the head - all meridians are broken.
[Broken tendons and veins: This unit has lost all its martial arts skills due to its broken tendons and veins, and is no longer able to use its internal energy to fight.]
Although his martial arts skills were completely lost, the powerful aura still made the Drunken Swordsman feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.
"Senior, were you talking to me before?"
The old man suddenly opened his eyes, and a bloodthirsty red light flashed in his deep and turbid eyes. The red light flashed and disappeared, as if it was just an illusion.
A hint of madness appeared on the old face.
Dugu Xiaotian: "If you want to learn peerless swordsmanship, it's no use looking for that old loser Long Yuan - let me see your sword."
The Drunken Swordsman was stunned for a moment. Long Yuan had said before that his sword had too much blood in it and was not suitable for practicing the sword skills that Long Yuan mastered.
At this time, the other party wanted to see his sword again, which made him a little puzzled. However, he also felt a clue, it seemed that these otherworldly masters could see some characteristics of the player from the sword wounds of the player.
The Drunken Swordsman decisively pulled out the epic sword - the Blood-Bone Demon Sword.
"What a good sword! It is indeed a sharp blade that makes even the old man Long Yuan uneasy. Unfortunately, this sword has not yet drunk enough blood, and the sword spirit has not yet awakened. Its edge is still not sharp and still needs to be tempered."
These words seemed to be referring to something, as if they were talking about the sword, and also as if they were referring to the Drunken Swordsman. The Drunken Swordsman was not stupid either, so he immediately took advantage of the situation.
"Senior, I don't know how to temper it?"
"Killing people, the sword is a fierce weapon, how can it be honed without killing people? Moreover, I can feel that the sword in your hand is very hungry, thirsty for killing, thirsty for blood, feed it, as long as it drinks blood, hehe, the sword spirit will awaken."
The Drunken Swordsman was not convinced and said, "I have killed quite a few people."
That’s right, I’ve been playing the game for such a long time, and I’ve killed at least three thousand humanoid monsters, if not five thousand.
But the Sword Demon sneered, "Humph, who are those you killed? What you want to kill are people with flesh and blood like you. Maybe you have killed some things, but deep down in your heart, you have never regarded them as your own kind. If you don't have the intention to kill, how can you temper your sword spirit? Go ahead, kill, kill, kill, let your sword drink blood. If you want to practice peerless swordsmanship, this is your test.
When you have finished tempering the blood sword, I will naturally teach you the true peerless swordsmanship."
System prompt: Trigger the adventure mission [Trial of the Sword Demon].
Mission description: You met a mysterious old man imprisoned in the underwater prison of Hero Villa. He asked you to complete the killing trial, let the sword in your hand drink blood, and promised to teach you peerless swordsmanship after you complete it.
Mission objective: Accumulate 10 kill points.
Mission Reward: ????
10 kill points... That means you have to kill ten players?
Even the experienced Drunken Swordsman was frightened by this.
He left the pool and returned to the ground. He looked around and saw that no one had noticed what he had done, so he sneaked away quickly.
After returning to the resting place, Jiu Jianxian was confused for a moment. He had never done such a thing as killing people in the game. After all, he knew the consequences of death in the game.
Not to mention killing ten people...
But this is a peerless sword technique! If you can learn it, you can become one of the top masters and become a real celebrity.
How about asking Yin Yue Sui Feng for advice?
Kneeling was the idea of the other party. Even though it was an accident, it at least triggered the plot of peerless swordsmanship. Maybe he really has a way to deal with this matter.
But it’s too late today, he must have been offline for a long time, so I should go find him tomorrow.
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In fact, contrary to what Drunken Swordsman guessed, at this moment, Xiao Jie was not offline. He was sitting in the room of the inn, counting his inner elixir inventory.
Although he had advanced to the level of a demon refiner and theoretically possessed the upper limit of a fourth-order magic system, it was only theory.
Until he enriches his spell pool, he is still a physical profession.
The price of this magic is very expensive, especially the truly powerful ones.
Even if he can obtain magic by refining the inner elixir, the inner elixir is still very valuable.
Xiao Jie looked at the pile of garbage inner pills in his bag, including degraded wolf demon inner pills, degraded snake demon inner pills, degraded python spirit inner pills, and degraded bull demon inner pills...
They're all degraded.
They are all dropped by elite monsters.
He has consumed several hundred points of spiritual energy in the past few days and needs to replenish it. Let's see what these inner pills can be refined into.
Thinking in his mind, Xiao Jie directly right-clicked and started refining.
Thanks to the Demon Refining Technique, Xiao Jie can now directly eat the inner elixir and use his own dantian to refine the spiritual energy, demonic power, and even essence therein.
System prompt: You have successfully refined the degraded wolf demon's inner elixir and gained 97 spiritual energy points.
System prompt: You have gained 475 experience points.
System prompt: You have mastered 0 magic skills.
System prompt: You have obtained 3 points of wolf fairy spirit, and you have started a spirit accumulation progress [Gray Wolf Transformation], and the current progress is 3%.
I didn’t even comprehend any magic… Come again.
Another degraded snake demon's inner core was swallowed.
System prompt: You have gained 104 spiritual energy points.
System prompt: You have gained 502 experience points.
System prompt: You have mastered 0 magic skills.
System prompt: You have obtained 4 points of snake fairy spirit, and you have opened a spirit accumulation progress [Giant Snake Incarnation], and the current progress is 4%.
Xiao Jie studied this spirit system carefully.
Once the essence accumulates to 100%, he will gain the ability to transform into a monster. Monster essences of similar types can be combined to accumulate progress.
For example, wolves, dogs, hyenas, and jackals can be classified into one category.
Carp, catfish, loach and silver carp can be classified into one category.
Tigers, leopards, lions and hyenas can be classified into one category.
Venomous snakes and giant pythons can be classified into another category.
Of course, if the spirits of similar monsters are combined and accumulated, the monster finally obtained will have the characteristics and appearance of the combined monsters.
If all that was absorbed were white wolves, then it would probably be the white wolves that transformed. If it was black wolves, then it would be the black wolves that transformed. If wolves of various colors came as well, then...
Xiao Jie imagined the image of a spotted wolf. Well, if conditions permit, it would be better to keep it pure.
There is another benefit to obtaining a complete spirit, which is that casting the demon race's innate spells corresponding to the spirit can gain additional power enhancement.
Each accumulated progress of soul essence can accommodate all the same type of demon soul essences. This is somewhat good news, otherwise it would be difficult to collect the soul essences.
Of course, you can also not merge them, and collect each one separately, but that would be difficult to accumulate. In order to obtain the monster's transformation ability as soon as possible, Xiao Jie still planned to merge and accumulate them.
Even if they could be merged, Xiao Jie still had a headache. Xiao Jie absorbed seven garbage inner pills in one breath, and his experience value increased by several thousand points, but he did not comprehend any of the magic. Instead, he unlocked five spirit essence accumulation progress, but none of them was even 10%.
Since the quality of the inner elixir is too low, the amount of essence given is only in the single digit, and it will take a long time to accumulate it to 100%.
It seems that I must absorb the inner elixir of the great demon in order to refine the magic and accumulate essence quickly.
Come on.
Xiao Jie thought about it and swallowed the "Fish Demon Transforming Dragon Inner Pill" in one gulp.
As expected, the inner elixir of the BOSS level is different. As soon as it started to be refined, a strange phenomenon appeared immediately. The shadow of a golden-scaled fish dragon appeared around its body, struggling and roaring, as if the demonic power remaining in the inner elixir was unwilling to disappear. There was also a faint sound of a dragon's roar in the air.
But as the Demon Refining Technique was put into practice, the golden-scaled fish dragon faded away and was eventually completely absorbed by him.
System prompt: You refined the [Fish Demon Transformation Dragon Inner Pill] and gained 2012 spiritual energy points.
System prompt: Due to the talent [Demon Spirit Manifestation], you have gained 3 points of spiritual attribute.
System prompt: You have gained 3297 experience points.
System prompt: You have mastered 2 magic skills [The Art of Walking on a Dragon: Rising Tide] and [The Art of Walking on a Dragon: Waves Reach the Sky].
System prompt: You have obtained 32 points of dragon essence, and you have opened a legendary essence accumulation progress [Dragon Incarnation], and the current progress is 32%.
As expected, the BOSS’s inner elixir is extraordinary. I was able to get one-third of it directly and also comprehend two magic techniques.
Moreover, it seems that this dragon incarnation seems to be more advanced than the previous ones. It is the so-called legendary spirit.
Maybe it’s because the dragons are more legendary than ordinary monsters.
Xiao Jie checked the two newly acquired magic again.
[The Art of Walking Dragon: Tide Rising (Birth Magic: Level 3)
Use: Summons a tidal wave to flood the current area, changing the surrounding terrain and creating a temporary water area within 10 meters that lasts for minutes (duration will be affected by environmental factors).
Cost: 100 mana. Can only be used once per day.
Magical introduction: The dragon clan's unique magic, which can freely control the flow of water, manipulate rivers, and even overturn rivers and seas. 】
[The Art of Walking Dragon: Waves Reach the Sky (Birth Magic: Level 2)
Use: Summons a massive wave that launches a target into the air, knocking them off balance. Increases power by 100% when used in water.
Usage cost: 30 mana. Cooldown time: 20 seconds. 】
Looking at these two magic spells and the dragon spirit, Xiao Jie fell into deep thought.
With so many spirit bars, I must make some choices. I can't absorb all the inner elixirs. After all, once I absorb 8000 spiritual energy, my Qi refining technique will be upgraded.
Before he was ready, he had no intention of facing the Red Dust Master. (Now it seemed that the spiritual energy consumed every day could actually be used to accumulate more magic.)
In this case, I must make a choice.
It is best to use limited resources to fill up a spirit bar as much as possible.
The choice of this spirit is crucial. After all, the monster incarnations are also strong and weak. This game is completely unbalanced, so the distinction between strong and weak is even more exaggerated. Maybe the combat power of a rubbish monster incarnation is not as good as that of an ordinary physical profession, but a strong monster incarnation can kill the BOSS alone...
Xiao Jie listed several goals for the spirit's route.
1. Flying. It would be best if this transformation could fly.
2. Fighting. The fighting ability must be strong. Wolves, dogs, pythons and snakes are obviously not good enough. At least it must be a fierce beast like a lion or a tiger.
3. Escape. It is best to have a strong ability to save your life and escape.
4. Control the situation. You need to have the ability to control.
5. AOE. It is best to be able to AOE, so that you can transform and fight when you level up later.
6. Particularly powerful innate magic...
Of course, it is not necessary to get all six points right. Anyway, comprehensively speaking, he will definitely be able to gain a lot of monster transformation abilities in the future. Other abilities can be added slowly later, but the first one is definitely the stronger the better.
This Jiaolong is a good choice. A dragon should be able to fly, so its combat capability is naturally unquestionable. As for escaping... it can fly and swim, which is not bad either.
Control the situation - is this Lang Tongtian the perfect control skill?
AOE——not to mention it.
The innate magic - the art of walking on a dragon is not weak. Of course, if one can collect the dragon's inner elixir and obtain the dragon clan's innate magic, it will be even more powerful. It is estimated that the dragon clan must have magical powers. As the saying goes, wind comes from the tiger and clouds come from the dragon. Tigers have the art of calling the wind, so it is not too much for this dragon to give it a thundercloud storm or something, right?
However, the inner elixir of the dragon is not easy to obtain. There is no need to talk about dragons, which are mythical creatures. Even the weakest dragon is a top-level existence. This can be seen from the fact that the task of founding a country requires slaying a dragon.
The dragon is a little easier to deal with, but it is not common. It is much stronger than ordinary monsters. For example, on the Canglinzhou bounty list, the first place is the Green Dragon King.
So far, he has only seen one dragon BOSS that was catalyzed by eating the magic fruit.
Let's go to the auction house and have a look.
Xiao Jie immediately came to the auction house and was dumbfounded after searching. There were quite a few demon pills in the entire auction house, but there was only one dragon's inner pill.
Poisonous dragon's inner elixir: auction price: 999 taels.
What the hell... I saved dozens of taels from killing monsters in my bag these two days, and earned another dozen taels from selling cooking. Adding the original assets together, it's only less than two hundred taels.
Okay, I'll just do it myself.
Xiao Jie left the auction house depressed.
How about gathering people to kill a few Jiao BOSSes? It will be unlocked soon.
Just thinking about it.
Suddenly a private message appeared in the message bar.
Qianlongwuyong: Brother Suifeng, are you there?
Yin Yue Sui Feng: I’m here. Do you have something to talk to me about?
Hidden Dragon, Do Not Use It: It’s a matter of slaying the dragon and founding a nation. The guild has finally obtained reliable intelligence about the dragon in the past few days. The dragon-slaying plan is about to begin. I know you have your own action plan, but I still hope you can participate. This action is crucial to the guild. The president has decided to gather the troops of the six towns, plus the main force. Every combat force is valuable, especially a master like you.
Xiao Jie's eyes lit up and he thought, isn't this a coincidence?
Yin Yue Sui Feng: No problem, count me in.
Qianlongwuyong: Really?
Yin Yue Sui Feng: Hahaha, of course I have to give face to Brother Qianlong. By the way, can you tell me what dragon we are going to kill this time and where it is?
Hidden Dragon: In the Snowfall Valley in Beiming Province, there is a seriously injured white dragon. Its rank and level are not low, but because it is seriously injured, it is within the range that the guild can capture, making it a perfect target.
Xiao Jie was stunned. Beiming Province - Luoxue Valley? What a coincidence?
Isn't this the target that the Qinglong Society wants to hunt?
His mind raced. This was a good opportunity for him to take revenge, but did the president and the others know that the Azure Dragon Society was also planning to take advantage of this dragon? If they didn't know, wouldn't it be...
Xiao Jie felt conflicted for a moment, he knew that the best option was to pretend he didn't know, then follow the guild to fish in troubled waters, profit from the chaos, and maybe even get his revenge.
With the support of the Dragon Knights, even the Azure Dragon Society would not be a big deal. Using the opponent's strength to defeat them is the best choice.
But after hesitating for a moment, he still sighed.
No, this must be made public. If things go wrong, many people will die.
To be honest, Long Xingtianxia was very kind to him. He received all kinds of treatment and a lot of demon pills. When he was possessed by a demon spirit, Long Xingtianxia directly sent a high-level wizard to help dispel it.
He also demanded to be able to act freely without being bound by the club's rules, but still enjoy the treatment of a core member. Finally, Long Xing Tian Xia agreed.
It is neither reasonable nor moral for me to conceal this information.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Jie typed.
Yin Yue Sui Feng: As far as I know, the Qing Long Society is also planning to target this dragon.
Qianlongwuyong: What! There is such a thing! How did you know?
Yin Yue Sui Feng: I have an enemy who is from the Qinglong Society. He sent assassins to hunt me down, but I killed him. The assassin told me this before he died in order to save his own life.
Qianlongwuyong: Wait a minute, I have to talk to the president.
After a while——
Long Xing Tian Xia: Brother Suifeng, please tell me in detail what happened before. It’s not that I don’t believe you, but this matter is of great importance and I must fully understand whether the source of the information is reliable.
Yin Yue Sui Feng: Let’s call. Typing is too tiring.
Dragon Travels the World: Okay.
A moment later, the two of them answered the phone.
"Go ahead, Brother Suifeng, don't miss a single thing."
Long Xingtianxia's voice was quite solemn, and it was obvious that he attached great importance to this information.
Xiao Jie then explained what had happened.
"So this is how the information came about. I dare not say that it is 100% correct, but considering the situation of the female assassin at the time, it should be true, otherwise she would not have known that there was a dragon hidden in the Falling Snow Valley. President, how did you know this information? I always feel that it is a bit too coincidental that our guild and the Azure Dragon Society obtained this information at the same time."
Long Xing Tianxia did not hide it. "I bought this information from an intelligence broker. You are right. It is indeed too coincidental. Either this intelligence broker sold the same house to multiple buyers, or - someone is plotting against our two guilds behind the scenes. I have to investigate carefully."
"But then again, why did you say it out loud? Since you have an enemy in the Azure Dragon Guild, wouldn't it be better for you to keep quiet and make a fortune? You can take advantage of the conflict between the two guilds to avenge yourself."
"Haha, President, you underestimate me too much, don't you?" Xiao Jie didn't explain anything, but just said something to Long Xingtianxia with a hint of sarcasm.
A real man knows what he should do and what he shouldn't do. Although he was eager to take revenge, he hadn't yet reached the point of using any means necessary.
As if sensing Xiao Jie's dissatisfaction and frankness, Long Xing Tianxia sighed slightly: "I'm sorry, being the president is stressful, and it's inevitable that I will think the worst of people. It's my fault."
"It's okay, President. I understand you. I might think the same way. However, this is a personal grudge between Liu Qiang and I. I will not drag the two guilds into a bloody battle for revenge. So what are your plans, President?"
"I have to convene the top management to discuss this in detail tomorrow. Brother Suifeng, please come to the meeting as well."
Xiao Jie hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse.
This kind of meeting is definitely an internal high-level meeting. The other party inviting me is a kind of trust and affirmation of me.
"I, I will definitely be there when the time comes."
"I'll take you to the conference room at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
(End of this chapter)