With Cody's pitiful strength, there is no way he can destroy the ore body of the flesh-eating crystal cluster that is comparable to the armor of a tank.
The ringing sound in my stomach quickly disappeared.
At the same time, the two gang members trapped in the spider web were also shot and killed by Martin and Jiang Feng, and fell in a pool of blood.
The carnivore crystal had swallowed Cody, and not satisfied, it crawled towards the two still-warm corpses.
At this time, a rifle bullet screamed and hit the carnivorous crystal cluster. It was so powerful that it actually penetrated its ore armor.
The carnivore crystal cluster seemed to be angered by this cold shot. He turned around and faced Hawkeye Hawke who was running towards him with a gun. He waved his tentacles and took an attack stance.
Hawke hurriedly ran out of the bunker. He originally wanted to rescue his partner Cody who was eaten alive by the monster. However, he fired a shot with all his strength and hit the flesh-eating crystal cluster. He was unable to knock it down as he wished. He couldn't help but feel a risk on his forehead.
Break into a cold sweat.
Just when his heart was beating, a clicking sound suddenly came from the flesh-eating crystal cluster.
A crack extended from the center of the monster's body to the upper and lower ends, completely splitting in half in an instant.
A humanoid object fell from the body of the flesh-eating crystal cluster. It was still holding a pair of shining rapiers in its hands. It was "Blackhand" Cody.
To be precise, that was Cody's fossilized body.
All the flesh, blood and bones in his body have turned into hard crystals.
When Hawk saw this scene, he knew that Cody could not be saved.
What frightened him even more was that the carnivorous crystal cluster that had split into two parts actually started to move again, stretching out four new pseudo-legs and two new tentacles, turning into two slightly smaller carnivorous crystal clusters.
It turns out that after gorging on flesh and blood, this monster has accumulated enough nutrients to divide and proliferate into new individuals.
After the split, the two small carnivorous crystal clusters evenly shared the remaining health of the parent body, and the strength and physical attributes were also reduced by two points. The challenge level degraded from level 9 to level 7, but the two together were still better than one parent body.
More difficult to deal with.
Hawke's profession is "Magic Archer". Long-range sniping is his specialty, but close combat is not his specialty. He is not sure of winning against a carnivorous crystal cluster, let alone one against two.
"Eagle Eye" Hawke had lost his usual composure in his eyes, and hurriedly ran towards the mine tunnel away from the carnivorous crystal clusters, casting spells as he ran, intending to eliminate the smell on his body and the noise he made while running, so as to get rid of the pursuit of the carnivorous crystal clusters.
kill.
Before the spell casting process was completed, Hawke was horrified to discover that the level 1 magic "Without a Trace" had mysteriously disappeared from his spell list.
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Goofy remained invisible, hanging upside down on the dome of the mine, overlooking the panicked figure of "Hawkeye" Hawke, and remotely controlled the "Mage's Hand" to steal spells from him.
Hawke's spell list is as follows:
Level 0 - Dancing Lights, Communication;
1st level - traceless, weakening ray;
Level 2 - Darkness, Devil's Eye.
Gao Fei first stole three spells from him: Level 1 "Without Trace", Level 2 "Darkness" and "Devil's Eye".
Among these three spells, Gao Fei only retained "Darkness", replacing "Attribute Enhancement" in his spell list.
"Attribute enhancement" is of course very good, but Jiang Feng also has the same spell, and the two of them always act together. If necessary, Gao Fei can copy the "attribute enhancement" back from Jiang Feng at any time.
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Level 2 "Darkness" (Evocation): Touch a target and create a dark area spreading with a radius of 20 feet centered on it, lasting 10 minutes/casting level.
The dark area moves with the subject and cannot be penetrated by natural light.
Darkvision also does not work in areas of darkness created by magic.
Light magic of level 2 or higher, such as level 3 "Daylight", can dispel "darkness".
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"Darkness" is a field control magic with an awkward positioning.
If the caster himself does not have the vision to penetrate the darkness of magic, such as "devil's eye", his vision will also be blocked.
The reason why Gao Fei did not hesitate to give up attribute enhancement and replace it with "Darkness" is because his "Spell Thief" professional level is higher in reality than in the game.
He knew that when the "Spell Thief" reaches level 9, he will automatically acquire the "Penetrating Darkness" function similar to the "Devil's Eye", and his vision will not be blocked by any magic or supernatural darkness.
With "Penetrating Darkness" and combined with "Darkness Technique", he can gain a unilateral field of vision advantage, thus extending a set of tactics similar to "Cloud and Mist Technique" and "Misty Sight".
On the other side, when he discovered that his spell was stolen, "Eagle Eye" Hawk was immediately frightened and panicked, and hurriedly took out a scroll.
Gao Fei saw that he wanted to cast teleportation magic and quickly fired in an attempt to interrupt his concentration on casting spells.
However, Hawke seems to have a role in the subsequent chapters and is not destined to die here.
The bullets fired from the pistol were forced to deviate from the target by the system, and Gao Fei could only watch as Hawke disappeared into a beam of teleportation light.
Except for Hawke, all the gangsters have been wiped out.
Of the enemies in the mine, there were only two flesh-eating crystal clusters with residual health.
Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Martin, together with the hound "Landlord" who has returned from injury, can now deal with these two monsters without interference.
It took another ten minutes, but everyone finally knocked down the two carnivore crystal clusters and shattered them into unevenly sized ores.
After a series of hard battles, Gao Fei and Jiang Feng, who were already exhausted, received system prompts at the same time:
"You have reached the main plot milestone of this chapter, Astrology Energy 1!"
Goofy's "Spell Thief" has been upgraded to level 9, with hp 7 (66), proficiency modifier 1 (4), sneak attack damage die increased to 5d6, and spell steal slot 1.
Starting from level 9, the "Spell Thief's" vision is further strengthened, transforming from "Dark Vision" into "Devil's Eyes". In the dark environment created by magic, the vision is not affected.
With "Devil's Eye" and the 2-level "Darkness" that Goofy stole from "Eagle Eye Hawk", he can play more tricks.
For example, if you add "darkness" to your weapon and open a spherical dark space with a radius of 20 feet centered on yourself, a creature trapped in darkness will be equivalent to blindness.
However, Goofy's own vision can penetrate the dark barrier and launch attacks against enemies who have lost vision, which is counted as a sneak attack special effect.
There are also more clever (mean) ways to play, such as adding "darkness" to the bullets and hitting the enemy. Unless you try to dig out the bullets in the body, you will not be able to escape the dark barrier that blinds your eyes.
From this perspective, the technique of applying "Darkness" in actual combat is similar to "Silence".
In fact, Gao Fei can also add these two spells to the same bullet. After hitting the target, it will be enveloped in the double enchantment of "darkness" and "silence" at the same time, which is equivalent to becoming blind and deaf.
