The venue chosen by the old city lord for the second round of competition is a series of high-end areas located to the east of Taotie City, namely the Elemental Forest, the Mist Swamp, the Skyfire Basin and the Land of Mortal Bones.
The difficulty of the four areas is shown to be equal on the map. They surround a high mountain called "Wandering Peak", which makes people speculate whether the third round of the competition will be held here.
On top of the Wandering Peak. However, the people participating in the competition can only think about this kind of thing for a little while. The most important thing now is to get to the four major areas as soon as possible and grab the ingredients with the highest score!
There is a limit to the quantity of the highest-scoring ingredients, so everyone is so anxious to be the first to rush to each major area. If they fall behind the main force, let alone the highest-scoring ingredients, they may not even have the medium-scoring ingredients.
Can't find them all! It is this anxious mentality that drives all the contestants to rush to the four major areas at all costs. Many people have not even considered the possible crises in these four major areas!
How could it be so easy to pass the competition venue where 80% of the contestants were to be eliminated?! Let’s talk about the elemental forest where Lin Zheng is now. The reason why the elemental forest has such a name is because in this forest
, the concentration of elements is unusually high! Here, the attack of the elements is greatly enhanced by the elements here. For the mages, this is simply their paradise!
But there is only a thin line between this paradise and hell. Also strengthened by the elemental forest are not only the contestants pouring into the forest, but also the indigenous monsters living in the forest. They are the real masters of this forest! Lin Zheng
I saw with my own eyes that a group of forest slimes, which were completely ignored by the players, wiped out a large army that poured into the forest with mouthfuls of "thick phlegm" they spat out!
The effect of elemental specialization is really terrible! The greatly increased elemental attack power can easily defeat most powerful defenses, whether it is a guardian with high defense and thick blood, or an elementalist with super high elemental resistance.
When you come to this elemental forest, everything becomes crispy! Here, even if a person is not careful, he may be killed by a group of nameless monsters at any time!
Such a terrifying map, but because the map level is too high, few people in Taotie City come here to explore and adventure, resulting in very little information about this area! Unprepared player troops rushed into the forest,
But in an instant, he was killed by the mobs outside the forest. This blow to the head was really a bit too harsh. Leveling up is not easy these days! And because of such a careless move, there was no level at all.
For a while, I don’t know how many people regretted it so much that their intestines turned green!
Compared with the player troops who were careless and underestimated the enemy, the private team organized by Qingyang seemed much more stable! At the beginning of entering the forest, the team moved forward cautiously and slowly, and also sent special scouts to explore the front.
, in order to report the crisis lurking ahead to the large forces in advance.
With such cautious progress, Qingyang's team successfully broke through the outer edge of the elemental forest. Their speed was probably the fastest among all the contestants! Therefore, after they successfully broke in,
There is no movement from other people around!
Under this scene, Qingyang could not help but feel a little proud, and then smiled at Qingxue: "It seems that our speed is the fastest, Qingxue!"
However, Qingxue's whole heart was concerned about Qinglan. After listening to his words, she just responded lightly: "Looking at the situation now, it should be the case!"
Qingyang didn't notice Qingxue's eyes, and saw her looking around constantly. He thought she was observing the surrounding environment, so he said: "This place is still a long way from the core area of the Elemental Forest.
The ingredients that can be found here don’t score too high, I think we should continue to move towards the core area, there is no need to waste too much time here!”
Hearing Qingyang's words, Qingxue suddenly came back to her senses. Her slightly stunned expression seemed to have thought of something. She turned around and said to Qingyang: "In this case, I'd better stay!"
Qingyang was stunned when he heard this, and quickly asked: "Why?!"
Qingxue's expression remained unchanged and she said calmly: "Although the central area has the highest-grade ingredients, it is also the most dangerous place! For me, instead of venturing to the central area to obtain the highest-grade ingredients,
It is better to just look for ingredients in this area, which is relatively safer and more secure. As long as you can find ingredients with a score of 7, you will basically be qualified!"
"This..." Qingyang looked embarrassed when he heard this. Does Qingxue's words make sense? It makes sense! Although the ingredients with 0 points look very beautiful, there is a price to be paid to get these 0 points.
It's not small. If you are not careful, you will be defeated in minutes! Although Qingyang is quite confident in the abilities of himself and the team, however, at this time, he has no reason to persuade Qingxue to take risks with him.
!
Lin Zheng, who was secretly observing, couldn't help but cheered after hearing Qingxue's words. She was indeed a clever girl like Yang Qi. This trick of retreating to advance was really skillful! With Qingyang's character and status, she was only promoted.
This is not his goal. He needs to show his talents as much as possible on this stage! Especially when the first round of competition did not end perfectly, getting a beautiful result is what Qingyang desperately needs in his heart.
!
Now, Qingyang can't keep pestering Qingxue, right?! Lin Zheng paid attention to them with great interest. There was no need for him to take action. Qingxue had already found an excuse to part ways with Qingyang.
This is really great and saves him a lot of effort!
"Then let's do it Qingxue!" Qingyang thought about it for a while and said to Qingxue: "We will help you find suitable ingredients here first, and then you can move forward with us. Don't worry! When we get to the core area, we will do our best.
To protect your safety, you don’t need to participate in our battle. In this case, after I get the high-grade ingredients, we can travel directly from the core area to other areas, which will leave us with a lot of time!"
Hearing Qingyang's words, Lin Zheng, who was not yet overjoyed, immediately staggered. This guy is really persistent! If those unpleasant flaws in him are eliminated, he might also be a good person.
This guy is quite suitable for Qingxue, but who let Lin Zheng and the others have already taken the lead?! Besides, Qingyang's bad personality is a fact! Well, looking at it like this, he has to take action personally.
Let's create some trouble for their team, otherwise, I'm afraid this guy Qingyang won't give up so easily!
"How about releasing that monster called Godzilla again, Master?" Si Niang said with shining eyes, "That monster is very handsome! And it looks very powerful, oh! Make it a little bigger.
Just let that guy Qingyang think it’s Godzilla’s mother seeking revenge on him!”
Looking at the excited Si Niang, Lin Zheng couldn't help but smile. This girl unexpectedly likes monsters like Godzilla very much! I don't know if she found the giant beast she once was in Godzilla.
I feel the same way. All in all, I like it very much!
But, "Fool!" Lin Zheng said funnyly, "Godzilla disappeared in Black Abyss Lake. The distance from here is not even a little bit different! If we suddenly release Godzilla, Qingyang will
This guy must be suspicious!" Not only that, in the final analysis, Godzilla is just an illusion created by Lin Zheng. Due to energy limitations, Godzilla cannot perform any powerful attacks, which makes it okay to be in the place where he is trapped.
Here in the Elemental Forest, it is simply too easy to be exposed!
"So! Now, we have to give him a real guy!" Lin Zheng said with a smirk on his face. After saying that, he looked towards Ibis, "Ibis, do some reconnaissance and see how far away it is from here.
Where is the nearest boss!"
"Yes! Master!" As soon as she finished speaking, Ibisi turned on the reconnaissance mode. In a short time, all the monster information within several kilometers had been recorded by Ibisi's reconnaissance system. When Lin Zheng noticed
While looking at Qingxue who looked hesitant, Ibisi suddenly said: "We found the owner! To the northwest, 745 meters away from us, is a large reptilian monster with very excellent latent ability. Its strength is judged to be low level eight, dangerous.
Moderate!"
Level 8, a medium-dangerous monster? Well, this one is very suitable. If it is too weak, it will have no effect on Qingyang and his team. If it is too strong, Lin Zheng is afraid of accidentally planting Qingxue, so this is it.
!
So without further delay! At that moment, Lin Zheng took Ao Pu, the oil bottle, and two capable assistants, Ibisi and Siniang, and quickly flew towards the northwest.
Not long after, Lin Zheng and the others were close to the location of the boss detected by Ibisi. However, what surprised Lin Zheng was that after getting closer, he could not find any trace of the boss! Lin Zheng did not doubt Ibisi's words.
Anyone in the world can lie, only Ibis will never do it, but what kind of situation is this boss who can't even detect it with his spiritual consciousness?
"The target has a skin ability similar to optical camouflage!" Ibis explained, "This skin ability can not only blend its shape with the surrounding environment, but also form a twisted magnetic field, thus interfering with the owner's consciousness.
Search, but through magnetic field scanning, you can easily obtain monster information!"
"So it's such a stealth method!" After listening to Ibisi's explanation, Lin Zheng felt surprised. To put it simply, isn't this an enhanced version of a chameleon? By the way, Ibisi just said that the target is a reptile.
The large monster couldn't really be a chameleon or something like that, right?
"Yiping!" Ao Pu said with a frightened look on his face, "Let's change the target! It's a monster that we can't see. It's scary. If it comes to us, we won't know it!" As he said, Ao Pu said.
Pu Bian subconsciously got closer to Lin Zheng, suspiciously thinking that the monster was next to him, which made him tremble with fear. However, this Lin Zheng is understandable. Compared with the visible enemy, the invisible enemy
The fear of the enemy was even stronger. Even Lin Zheng was a little scared before Ibisi explained it! If he is like this, let alone a coward like Ao Pu!
At that moment, Lin Zheng clapped Ao Pu's hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry! It's just a little trick. It's very simple to see what that thing looks like!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Ao Pu almost burst into tears, "You can't even find the location of your spiritual consciousness!"
"At this time, we have to use scientific methods! Look!" As he said that, Lin Zheng took out the communicator produced by Yuedu. Before Ao Pu could react, Lin Zheng had already given the communicator to
Ao Pu put it on, and after a few operations, a holographic glasses appeared on Ao Pu's face.
"Here! Can you see it now?!"
Hearing Lin Zheng's words, Ao Pu noticed the change in her vision. In her vision, everything she saw had various annotations, such as those that were close at hand.
Lin Zheng's label in Aopu's field of vision is "a male human with an ability value of 27,."
Just as she was wondering what the label was for, Ao Pu's eyes suddenly widened because she finally saw a large lizard more than ten meters long lying in front of her and behind Lin Zheng.
In addition, this length does not include the tail! In Ao Pu's field of vision, the shape of the big lizard is quite unique. Since this big lizard is presented through the field of view scanning function of the communicator, it is displayed in the field of view.
It seemed incompatible with the surrounding environment. To put it simply, it was like a two-dimensional monster suddenly appeared in the three-dimensional world. Although it was a bit scary, it was unexpected and made Ao Pu feel very interesting!
By the way! After observing the big lizard for a while, Ao Pu remembered something and quickly said to Lin Zheng: "You gave this to me, what will you do then?!"
"You don't have to worry about this!" As he spoke, Lin Zheng's analytical eye lit up, "There are not many things in this world that even the analytical eye can't see through!"
Seeing that Lin Zheng had the means to see through the big lizard, Ao Pu breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he hugged Lin Zheng's hand tightly, he still didn't dare to let go, "What about now? This monster won't listen to us obediently, will it?"
"Is this..." Lin Zheng turned back and looked at the big lizard, and suddenly the big lizard's information appeared in his field of vision. The 243-level epic boss, Phantom Demon Lizard, is a very advanced boss! But thankfully,
, the Phantom Demon Lizard has no attribute attacks. Otherwise, with its elusive stealth ability, coupled with the powerful attack power of the epic boss, combined with the forest specialized in elemental attacks, this guy should dominate the entire elemental forest! But even so.
, an epic boss of rank eight, its physical attack ability is also quite terrifying. If you don't pay attention, you will still be punished every minute!
"It's impossible to make this big guy obey, but there's no problem in creating some illusions for it!" Lin Zheng stared at the big lizard and said, and also think about how it will end!
After pondering for a moment, Lin Zheng sent a call request to Yang Qi. Yang Qi answered the call almost instantly. As soon as the call was connected, he asked: "Xiao Linzi, how are you doing over there?!"
Lin Zheng smiled upon hearing this, "Xiao Wu is right over there with you. If you want to know, just ask her!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Qi said with a smile: "It's more interesting to hear you say it yourself!"
"Go! You know how to play tricks!" After scolding in a funny way, Lin Zheng got to the point, "Over there, find a way to make Qinglan run towards the elemental forest. Later I will guide Qingxue to the two sides.
At the junction of two areas, it all depends on you whether they can successfully join together!"
"That's it?! It's just a trivial matter!" Yang Qi said confidently, "But you have to get it done. Whether we can join together depends on your ability!"
"Go away——!!" Lin Zheng laughed and scolded angrily, "Hang up! I will start taking action right away. You should hurry up. I will give you five minutes, is that enough?"
"No need, three minutes is enough. There just happen to be a lot of monsters near Qinglan!"
A lot of monsters?! Lin Zheng couldn't help but feel hairy after hearing this. Just as he was about to say something, Yang Qi was already hung up! At that moment, Lin Zheng could only sigh in the direction of the swamp, hoping that those girls wouldn't get away with it!
Three minutes passed in a blink of an eye. When the scheduled time came, no matter whether Qinglan took action or not, Lin Zheng and the others could not wait any longer! At that moment, Lin Zheng activated the shadow posture and cooperated with Zhetianwan's attack.
As a result, he boldly approached the snoring Phantom Demon Lizard, took out the small thing he had prepared, patted it lightly, and put it on the forehead of the big lizard.
The big lizard was very vigilant. Lin Zheng's slight movement immediately aroused its vigilance! Immediately, the big lizard's head lifted up with a "swish", and a pair of dark brown eyes turned vigilantly. Unfortunately,
It's impossible to detect Lin Zheng's shadowy posture with just your eyes, not to mention that Lin Zheng also attached a small ornament made of Hunyuan Crystal on its forehead.
The big lizard failed to find any suspicious target, and there were doubts in its eyes. However, after repeated confirmations, the big lizard finally relaxed its vigilance! At that moment, the big lizard stood up. Maybe it had slept enough and stood up.
Then he stretched out, opened his mouth, and yawned loudly.
After yawning, the big lizard's eyes suddenly stared straight ahead! Although there was nothing but dense trees in front of it, two big drops of saliva suddenly fell from the corner of the big lizard's mouth.
, in its field of vision at this moment, it sees not only trees, but also its favorite food!!
