Chapter 451 The flame burns out and promotion (big chapter)
It was the first time that He Ao saw a creature with such a high energy content.
This is a huge cone-shaped creature. It is tens of meters tall. Its body is covered with large rocks and soil. In the thick soil, there are even lush trees growing, forming a small patch.
small forest.
If it weren't for the four thick legs covered with hard exoskeletons under this huge body, He Ao would even think that a mountain peak was standing in front of him.
In other words, this is a moving mountain.
It is so majestic that it seems like endless energy is flowing and gathering in this mountain peak.
This is the life with the highest energy intensity that He Ao has ever seen.
There is an order of magnitude gap between Ilia Andu at her peak and this monster.
He Ao even suspected that this was not a B-level beast, but an angel.
But in this huge alien beast, He Ao did not feel the pollution and madness unique to angels.
He Ao stood there, sweat sliding down the side of his face.
He remained motionless, watching the monster's movements closely.
This strange beast seems to have no head, or its head is hidden in some invisible place, and it has no visible mouthparts for eating.
While He Ao was thinking, the huge alien beast adjusted its body shape, stepped on the flames surrounding the two sides with its two front feet, and with a sudden slide, it stamped out the thousands of degrees of flames.
, and separated a fire belt of more than ten meters.
At the same time, his two legs at the back also slid flexibly, blocking the flames behind him outside a fireproof belt.
He Ao's location is in the center of the fire-free area, and there is a ghost mushroom beside him that has not been burned yet.
At this moment, when this huge beast moved like this, its body covered He Ao, and its huge mountain-like body covered the sky above He Ao.
After the flames were completely isolated, the alien beast slowly raised its right front cylindrical thigh covered with exoskeleton.
As this leg was raised, He Ao noticed the crushed bat corpse on the ground. At this moment, the originally huge bat had turned into messy blood foam, and only some that were left in place seemed to have been crushed.
A skeleton of dregs.
He Ao raised his head and looked at the raised soles of the huge alien beast. The round soles were covered with densely packed 'mouths' of large and small sizes.
These mouths were all open, revealing the pale white triangular sharp teeth inside. Some of the teeth were stained with bright red blood, as if they had just had a feast.
This monster's 'mouthparts' are on its feet.
It relies on the 'stepping' action to eat.
A flash of enlightenment flashed in He Ao's heart.
And just as he was looking at those mouthparts, the alien beast's raised legs suddenly moved, pointing the blood-stained 'mouth' full of fangs in the direction of He Ao.
He Ao was stunned and immediately looked away.
He is still in stealth mode now.
Judging from the fact that the alien beast has not attacked him, this alien beast has not discovered him yet.
However, when he looked at those sharp 'mouths', the alien beasts were able to react quickly, which proved that those mouths were not necessarily just mouthparts for eating, but might also have some kind of sensing ability.
He Ao's gaze moved very quickly, and it only took a moment from looking at it to looking away.
The densely packed 'mouth' that had been noticed at first lost its direction for a moment, and the huge feet moved around, as if looking for the person who was secretly watching it.
The distance between He Ao and this foot was not far away. When the huge sole of the foot moved, those sharp fangs were almost close to He Ao's body, and a strong and nauseating stench hit his face.
There was no movement from He Ao during the whole process. He held his breath, and even his chest no longer rose and fell. Only a slight heartbeat echoed in the night.
At the same time, his muscles all over his body were tense, ready to fight and escape once he was discovered.
Finally, this huge foot stopped in front of He Ao.
The mouthparts filled with sharp teeth opened and closed, chewing the bones stuck to the teeth into pieces, as if they were venting some kind of dissatisfaction.
The sole of the foot slowly retracted and rested on top of the slightly browned ghost mushroom next to He Ao.
However, the paw did not put down. The strange beast seemed to be thinking about whether to eat the ghost mushroom, and its movements froze in place.
At this time, He Ao raised his head and glanced at the lower surface of the mountain-shaped body of the giant beast.
This surface is covered with soil and some fresh broken grass, which proves that this surface was most likely pressed on the ground just now.
He Ao probably understood the hiding method of this giant beast.
I'm afraid that when it's not active, it folds its four legs and finds a place among the mountains to disguise itself as a mountain peak.
Among the dirt, He Ao also found a piece of relatively new clothing stained with blood.
Those were the overalls of the 'convoy' he used to ride with.
He Ao was in the car from the time the convoy came out of the city to the time it was attacked. The convoy never encountered this strange beast during the entire process.
Then there is a high probability that this piece of clothing was made after the convoy was attacked and the alien beast passed by the location of the attack and accidentally got stuck on a deceased person. It seems that this alien beast is coming from its 'habitat' and will probably pass through the convoy where it was encountered.
The place where the attack occurred.
And there is a high probability that its 'habitat' is near the location where the convoy was attacked, which is not far from the ghost mushroom area. This can also explain why such a powerful alien beast is also attracted by ghost mushrooms.
Because the distance is close enough.
However, it is obvious that the attraction of ghost mushrooms has little effect on this strange beast. Perhaps it is the concept of 'delicious' that is projected into the mind of the strange beast.
It is the thinking of this B-level alien beast that leads the action, rather than being completely controlled by the ghost mushroom like other C-level alien beasts.
At this moment, the alien beast's paws were floating above the ghost mushroom, and it seemed to have doubts about this 'delicious food'.
He Ao didn't know whether ghost mushrooms could corrode the body of a B-level alien beast, but once such a huge body was completely eroded, an even more terrifying amount of ghost mushrooms would probably be released.
He Ao didn't want to bet on this probability.
He took a deep breath and activated his super memory.
The huge alien hesitated for a moment and slowly retracted its paws. He gave up on eating the 'delicious' looking food. Then it did not turn around, but walked backwards and slowly stepped forward.
Walking towards the jungle deep in the night.
It seems to have no front, or in other words, every side is a front.
He Ao watched the huge body disappear into the night.
This strange beast moved very fast, but its body was so huge that even He Ao could vaguely see its shadow when it walked into the mountains.
After he was sure that the alien beast was really far away, He Ao turned off super memory and stealth.
His body instantly lost all support and fell face first into the mud beneath him.
At the last moment, he used his last strength to raise his hands to cover his face.
With a muffled sound, his body fell completely to the ground,
The night wind blows through the silent wilderness, and the crispy golden ghost mushrooms next to you smell a strange fragrance.
The period just now was the most dangerous time. The B-level beast was not only powerful, but also sharp. He Ao didn't know if his decision to modify the opponent would be noticed by the opponent.
The ability of 'Yisi' is not invincible. When Iliaan used it to deal with He Ao, He Ao noticed this ability to change his choice.
If the strange beast realizes that its decision has been changed, then He Ao believes that it will be willing to come back and trample the 'guy' who changed its decision into a pulp.
Therefore, He Ao must activate super memory and stealth, and remain extremely vigilant.
But fortunately, the strange beast didn't find anything. A change in choice itself is not easy to detect, and the 'Easy Thinking' ability obtained by He Ao seems to be stronger than the effect achieved by Ilyan's use of the Thinking Stone.
Much more.
At least when He Ao obtained the Thinking Stone, the information from the Thinking Stone did not have the ability to change B-level choices.
The surging high temperature slowly faded away, leaving only the late night breeze blowing away the scorching heat on the ground.
The flames in the distance seemed to be gradually disappearing, and all that was left of the ghost mushrooms all over the mountains and plains was the silent, charred darkness.
As the brilliance of the flames gradually faded, He Ao, who had regained some strength, sat up from the ground. He patted the dust on his hands and took out a mithril test tube from his arms, in which dark green liquid was flowing.
Talent Sequence 115: Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler's ritual is to 'conceal at least one C-level life without being detected, and cause certain damage to them.'
According to He Ao's past experience, the higher the level of life involved in the ritual, the better the effect will be.
Ho pulled out the cork, poured the liquid inside into his mouth, and drank it all.
This time he deceived five C-class beasts and killed them all.
In addition, he also hid an extremely powerful B-level beast, but he didn't know if changing his choice would count as causing damage.
As the green liquid entered his mouth, He Ao felt a strong corrosive pain coming from his mouth and throat, as if he had drank a bottle of sulfuric acid.
Immediately afterwards, powerful power exploded in his body.
He Ao, who has been promoted to C level many times, is already used to this effect. He quickly guides the energy in his body to follow the flow of martial arts.
Along with the changes in the energy in the body, He Ao also found that his physical strength was rapidly recovering.
He digested the secret medicine very quickly. In a short period of time, he was fully promoted to C-level.
As the last drop of energy integrated into his brain, He Ao felt that his whole body relaxed.
He stretched slightly, and his whole body disappeared in an instant, completely blending into the dark night.
Then in an instant, he appeared in the area two meters away.
This is the ability of the Night Walker, 'Night Walk'.
Nightwalkers can blend their bodies into 'shadows' or night.
After blending into the night or shadows, Nightcrawlers can move through the night or shadows.
During the whole process, the nightwalker will merge with the night/shadow and be in a state of "invisibility". This invisibility is very high. Unless you meet someone with special abilities, it is almost impossible to be noticed.
Equivalent to the upgraded flagship version of stealth.
However, night walking has environmental restrictions. You can only use night walking in places with shadows and darkness. In places without shadows, you can only use D-level stealth.
In addition, Night Walk also has a very strong ability, which can achieve a certain 'flash' effect in the dark night.
This kind of flash can ignore architectural obstacles. As long as two places can be connected by shadows, night travelers can pass through them instantly.
For example, if a door blocks the way, but the shadow passes through the crack in the door, then Heao can appear directly behind the door through the shadow passing through the crack in the door.
The 'shadow' that ambushed He Ao before probably entered his house in this way. Unfortunately, he was too confident and was found and killed by He Ao before he had the chance to use Night Walk during the battle.
Wherever the shadows can reach, the Nightcrawlers can reach them.
However, this ability also has limitations. First, it is completely closed. It cannot pass through places where there is no formed shadow, and it cannot completely ignore obstacles and flash.
Second, it can travel up to two meters away, and when used, it will cause a huge load on the body. Continuous use may even cause death directly, which is equivalent to a kryptonian life skill.
Of course, walking at night in an ordinary state of mere invisibility will also put a load on the body, but the load will be much smaller.
At the same time, after being promoted to C-level, He Ao also heard the familiar hazy murmurs.
It's just that the murmurs heard by the 'Night Walker' are different from those of the 'Warrior', 'Predator' and 'Super Memory'.
The gibbering heard by the 'soldiers' and 'predators' is the same, it is a 'narration' with some kind of subjective temptation, as if they want to tell something.
The murmur of 'Super Memory' is just background noise without any direction. As He Ao was promoted to C-level, the background noise became stronger.
The "Nightcrawler" is madness, chaotic madness, and the raving seems to be a madman in the abyss, telling illogical stories.
Resisting this kind of nonsense is slightly more difficult than the two kinds of nonsense He Ao encountered before, and its impact on extraordinary people will be stronger.
After so long, He Ao has probably figured out the rules of extraordinary abilities in this world.
The stronger the ability, the greater the price required.
If a nightwalker uses "Nightwalk" for a long time, it will inevitably lead to both physical and mental exhaustion, and the end result for him will be to be tempted by nonsense and fall into madness.
All gifts have a price.
He Ao took out a fireproof sealed bag from his arms.
This bag contains golden and black powder, which is the powder formed after the ghost mushroom is burned.
The last flame in the distance has gradually gone out.
In this huge area, only the ghost mushroom in front of He Ao still exudes a faint vitality.
He Ao tore open the sealed bag in his hand and sprinkled it evenly on the ghost mushrooms.
Then he groped around in his arms and pulled out a cigarette box that was half burnt. Most of the cigarettes in the box were damaged, with only one cigarette slightly on the inside still surviving.
He Ao took out the cigarette, held it in his mouth, and threw the cigarette case in his hand into the ghost mushrooms.
He turned around, groped in his pants, and pulled out a slightly hot metal lighter.
He bought this lighter from the Andavi family, and the quality is pretty good.
He liked this fire-making device that used no electricity to create an open flame.
The lighter's roller rubbed an orange-yellow flame in the dark night, igniting the dots on the cigarette.
When the thick smoke rose in front of his eyes, He Ao straightened up, glanced at the lighter with flames still burning in his hand, and threw it behind him.
At the same time, he slowly walked into the silent night.
The rolling flames fell on the golden powder, setting off a raging flame.
A small off-road vehicle drove up in the night ahead, and a girl in simple sportswear jumped out of the back seat of the vehicle.
Her mouth opened into a smile, but clear tears slid down her cheeks.
She rolled towards He Ao and said, "Dad!"
He Ao looked at the girl rushing over, stopped and smiled.
He took the cigarette from his mouth and put out the butt.
