To truly reach the Silent Highlands, you must climb the steep rock wall in front of you that is almost vertical to the ground. The so-called highlands usually refer to areas where the height difference is particularly obvious after two continental plates squeeze each other. On the earth, it is generally
There will be some mountains or steep slopes as buffers, but in Aden, it seems to be simpler and rougher.
Before obtaining the rock source core, if Liu Xiao encountered such a landform, he could only choose to take a detour after greeting God and his family, but now...
Every time Liu Xiao takes a step forward, a stone pillar stretches out from the rock wall and rests under Liu Xiao's feet. It goes up one step after another, and what should have been a dangerous climb becomes like a stroll after a meal.
Take your time walking up the stairs.
In just half an hour, the altitude of the two of them was already over 500 meters.
Tanya could only see clearly within 10 meters in the darkness. She leaned beside Liu Xiao the whole time, holding Liu Xiao's arm, and gusts of night wind passed by her along the mountain wall, like an evil ghost crying.
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Gradually, a layer of gray mist began to cover the surroundings, and the two of them had entered the clouds.
The rock walls in the clouds have greater humidity. It seems that they are under clouds all year round, and the vegetation growing in the gaps between the rocks is also lush, and some plants even bear colorful flowers and fruits.
Seeing Liu Xiao stop walking, Tanya asked him in confusion what was wrong.
[Five meters in front of you, there is a small animal eating.]
Tanya opened her eyes wide and searched hard in her sight, and sure enough she saw the small animal he was talking about.
It was a little guy who looked like a rabbit and a mouse. He was hanging upside down on the rock wall by his tail. He was picking up yellow wild fruits one by one with his front paws and stuffing them into his small mouth. The end of his slender tail was like a suction cup.
It is firmly adsorbed on the surface of the rock wall, so it does not worry about falling down.
A pair of big bulging eyes just glanced at the two uninvited guests and ignored them, almost ignoring their existence.
【It's not afraid of us.】
Tanya said strangely.
[It may have never seen creatures like us, so it will naturally not be afraid.]
[You don’t want to eat him, do you? He’s so small and doesn’t have any meat, so just let him go.]
Along the way, Tanya discovered that Liu Xiao had a strange hobby, that is, he liked to kill animals he had never seen before and roast them. At first, she just thought that Liu Xiao liked to eat barbecue. Later, she found that something was wrong. He just wanted to eat them.
Eat the meat of all kinds of animals.
[Of course, why eat it if you have nothing to do? 】
The corners of Liu Xiao's mouth twitched. It seemed that the food he had eaten all the way had left a strange impression on Tanya, so he had to restrain himself. But sensitive animals were indeed hard to find, and they generally lacked meat, which also gave him a headache.
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You must know that during his time in Aden City, just eating mammoth meat had made his toughness and strength reach 70, but his originally outstanding agility was actually hindered.
Hearing this, Tanya felt relieved, and the two of them continued to climb up as if nothing was wrong. She even turned back and waved goodbye to the little mouse.
But at this moment, she discovered that the mouse was looking in one direction with its whole body vigilantly, and the hair all over its body was standing up. This was obviously the small animal's stress response when it sensed danger.
【What happened to it?】
Tanya wondered.
When Liu Xiao heard the sound, he looked back and his eyes became solemn.
[There should be something approaching, probably its natural enemy.]
He raised his eyes and looked around, but his visual range was limited in the clouds, and he had no idea what was approaching.
【I'll try listening.】
Listening is Tanya's skill, which can improve her hearing by consuming psychic energy, and her auxiliary mastery is Musical Sound. This auxiliary mastery itself adds 2 points of hearing, which makes Tanya far more powerful in hearing than
An ordinary person like Liu Xiao.
[In that direction, there is the sound of flapping wings. It’s very loud. It’s a big guy.]
Tanya pointed in a direction among the clouds.
The sound is very loud? Okay, I admit that I am deaf. Liu Xiao was also helpless, he heard nothing except the sound of the wind.
【Close, very fast!】
Tanya could not see but could hear her at night, and his hand holding Liu Xiao's arm became tighter and tighter.
The rocks on the rock wall began to extend outwards, surrounding the two of them. No matter what was coming, Liu Xiao still had to be prepared for possible attacks.
"呲呲!"
The mouse began to make a sharp chirping sound, apparently feeling that something was approaching quickly.
A huge shadow appeared in the clouds, and almost at the same time, a black shadow came out of the clouds, stretched out its sharp claws, and grabbed Liu Xiao and Tanya directly.
The rock instantly enveloped the two people's entire bodies. Only a click was heard, and two sharp claws with hooks pierced the rock directly. Looking from the direction of the claws, it was the exact position of Liu Xiao's head.
The two large rocks were directly pulled away, and Liu Xiao also saw the entire black figure from the gap.
It was a vulture with a wingspan that was more than 5 meters wide when fully extended. No, to be precise, it was called a bone-eating vulture, and it was a native creature of the Aden world.
A simple claw can break through the defense of the dense rock, which is enough to show the destructive power of this bone-eating vulture. If it misses a hit, it immediately flutters its wings and turns back, flying into the clouds.
【It is flying around and will return soon.】
Knowing what kind of animal it was, Tanya became much calmer, also because Liu Xiao gave him enough sense of security.
[It’s a good time, I’m just using it to try out my new skills, and tell me the direction of his attack.]
【here!】
Tanya then pointed out the location where the sound came from.
Catching the Wind is in hand, and the blood arrow condenses, but this time the blood arrow is different from the previous one. There is a blood thread connecting the tail of the blood arrow to his own body.
【coming!】
Tanya's soul sounded.
What appeared at the same time was the almost overwhelming black figure, and a bunch of slightly stretched claws.
When an arrow is shot with a bang, there is almost no need to aim too much at this distance.
The blood arrow pierced directly into the body of the bone-eating vulture, and at the moment when the arrow cluster was about to penetrate its flesh, the blood arrow that had penetrated the flesh exploded directly and turned into a meteor hammer covered with spikes!
If an arrow piercing it is only a minor injury to a creature of this size, then a meteor hammer suddenly bulging inside the body would be too fatal.
The sharp thorns directly pierced the chest and abdomen of the bone-eating vulture, and may even have pierced its heart.
In just an instant, this giant beast that had shown its ferocity just now and stood at the top of the food chain rolled its eyes and slammed forward.
A stone pillar suddenly emerged from the rock wall, knocking the body of the bone-eating vulture away, preventing it from hitting Liu Xiao with inertia.
He reached out and grabbed the wings of the bone-eating vulture, dragging it directly under him.
This thing is also miserable, a large part of the chest is already empty, and the moment the blood arrow turns into a meteor hammer, it cannot die anymore.
[This wound does not look like an arrow wound, how did you do it? 】
Tanya didn't see what happened at all, but judging from the wound, this was not damage that an arrow could cause.
[Yes, it is also a new skill derived from the Perceptual Archery skill. I use the same method to keep the blood arrow connected to myself, so that after hitting the target, I release the drop of blood into a soldier, allowing the blood arrow to turn into a weapon in the target's body.
The penetrating damage of other weapons and arrows is limited, but this skill can directly cause death.】
[You actually came up with so many new skills from just one archery skill? Are you humans so smart? 】
Tanya used to think that Liu Xiao was simply strong, had dual elements, and was more proficient in archery than herself, but now she discovered that Liu Xiao was not only strong in this, he was also very good at studying, and he could actually create his own skills.
[This cannot be considered a new skill, it can only be said to be the different uses of different skill combinations. The basic skills I have mastered are still too few. If it is a new skill, the center should give a prompt. 】
[Ren has studied archery skills all his life, and his blood extends the arrow.]
[Retrieved that Ren learned archery skills for the first time in his life.]
[Obtain archery skills as a reward: free physical attribute points 5]
【Oh.】
Seeing the belated information from the center, Liu Xiao was also a little confused. The skill combination operation he came up with turned out to be a mature archery skill. It seemed that after he used it once, the center judged that he had successfully mastered it.
【What's wrong?】
Tanya on the side was still observing the body of the bone-eating vulture and asked questions.
[The center gave me information, saying that I have just mastered a new skill called Blood Extending Arrow. It seems that this is an archery skill in itself, but I developed it by mistake and used it myself.]
[I don’t quite understand, can you master a new archery skill? 】
Tanya said in disbelief.
[This seems to be the case. It seems that when you use skills in combination, if you create an unfamiliar skill, and this skill is already available at Origin, the center will assume that you have already understood it, which is good. 】
[So it’s like this. This is the first time I’ve heard of this knowledge. When I met you for the first time, I found that you didn’t know anything. When I saw you again, I found that you knew everything. 】
Tanya couldn't help but sigh, and this Ren was willing to selflessly tell her everything he knew, which made her feel sweet and warm.
[People are always growing, and we are still in the trial stage. Many laws and regulations need to be explored by ourselves. The blood extension arrow only connects the blood arrow with itself. It is not the whole of my new archery skill, but it is obviously the center
I don’t think that combining the last drops of blood into soldiers is a new archery skill, and this archery skill also has shortcomings. Blood is different from spiritual energy. Spiritual energy is invisible. Arrows can hold a large amount of spiritual energy, but blood cannot.
Therefore, in the end it can only be embodied as a relatively small weapon in the target's body, so the damage to large creatures is still relatively limited.】
Tanya was stunned by what he said, obviously not fully understanding what he said. After all, she knew nothing about blood source skills, and she couldn't imagine the release of a large number of energy spirits.
[Although I can’t understand it, I know that you are very powerful and wise.]
Seeing the serious expression on the pretty and anti-human elf princess next to him, Liu Xiao smiled and touched her head.
[Although I can’t explain clearly, I know that you are beautiful and cute. 】
Tanya did not refuse this somewhat offending move, she just pouted.
[Did you know? In the country of string control elves, if you touch the top of the elf's head, you will be asked to duel. 】
[Really? In our place, we always touch the heads of pretty and cute little girls as a courtesy.]
Tanya tilted her head in disbelief, and finally seemed to have convinced herself.
【Okay, then I will temporarily accept your etiquette.】
Liu Xiao grinned and touched her hair again, but was very careful not to mess up her blond hair.