Chapter 88: The Land of Flowing Clouds 2, the Cave King
"It's just a very ordinary water monster. It has been dealt with." Tang Shidao threw the Frost Dragon Spine Sword. Because one hit was fatal, it only consumed a little bit of the Frost Dragon Spine Sword's magic energy. If the Swamp King hadn't been poisonous, it would have been easy to kill it.
There is no need to freeze it. This is just in case, so as not to pollute the water source if it dies.
The tauren looked at it but was completely dumbfounded.
The joy in my heart surged wildly, but I didn't dare to shout loudly in front of the great mage.
The members were even more shocked when they saw Tang Shidao kill the Swamp King with one blow. They couldn't believe that the powerful Swamp King was killed so easily. The sword was indeed very sharp and had a freezing effect, but they knew deeply: this victory
Just because of that one throw!
The Swamp King is incredibly fast in the water.
It is very cautious about its enemies and never acts recklessly. It always attacks tentatively with tentacles and poisonous mist. Once it encounters danger, it will definitely sneak back into the swamp immediately, making it impossible to pursue. The expeditionary forces of nearby city-states have laid countless traps.
It has never been fooled once.
When it has magic power, it is violent and crazy, but after losing its magic power, it is more timid than a mouse.
Hard shield scales.
Tough muscles.
Flexible tentacles.
Over the years, everyone has fought countless battles, but they can't even find the weakness of the Swamp King, let alone the fatal spot. Now, the mage can see through the fatal point of the Swamp King at a glance, and kills it instantly with just one blow. No wonder, Swamp King
The king himself even died with his eyes closed.
Tang Shidao thought it was normal.
The aura of agility plus the aura of hawk's eye, as well as the magic detection clairvoyance derived from the eagle's eye aura... It's clear at a glance which part of the Swamp King's body energy is stronger and which is weaker.
Without magic power, this kind of water mage is really weak.
"Do you know that there is an artificial cave under the swamp?" Tang Shidao's demon detection clairvoyance can not only see living things, but also anything with magic energy. There is also a faint light of energy in the swamp king's lair, which is not natural.
The formation is obviously an artificial cave.
"Mr. Master, what are you talking about?" The tauren obviously didn't know. He thought for a moment and then said, "Oh, our prophet once told the legend of the King of the Cave."
"King of the Cave?"
"Yes. I don't know what it is. I heard the prophet mention this legend when I was a child. It was probably a story to coax children."
"You guys wait a moment, I'll go down and take a look." Tang Shidao was sure that he was right.
"Of course, Master Mage. Please tell me, can we take the body of the Swamp King..."
"It's up to you." Tang Shidao knew that they wanted to take credit. Even if he wasn't killed by the expeditionary force, it would at least prove that the Swamp King was really dead. There would be no need to worry about the poisonous water in this area in the future. They planned to invite themselves back to see the prophet, and they were sure
I won't take the credit for it.
Actually.
Tang Shidao didn't care at all.
Use water breathing to carefully sneak into the depths of the swamp and find the cave where the Swamp King is hiding. Surprisingly, this water cave is also connected to a huge underground cave, which is completely built based on the pattern of an underground maze and is 100% artificial.
open up.
The underground labyrinth was dark and lightless, so Tang Shidao had to use his eye of insight.
According to the direction captured by the Demon Detection Vision, Tang Shidao found two hundred and twenty energy round blocks. If he guessed correctly, these are the alchemy materials commonly used in neutral lands, arcane gold coins. Although he doesn't understand why the Swamp King is 'rich',
But I can guess that it has the intention to buy back the magic potion.
Probably, the Swamp King has a partner.
The cave maze is not big, and there are no guards. It is just a semi-finished product with no magic power cycle.
On the surface it seems of little value.
but.
Tang Shidao silently memorized the map of the cave maze. He found that when the map was 'disassembled', it was a set of strange runes, somewhat similar to the order of some kind of spell. The cave maze was definitely not built by the King of Swamp, it was a cave of local legend.
King... You have to listen to the story to know.
soon.
Tang Shidao returned to the ground and knew that the Tauren leader had sent the 'Swift Foot Leopard' back to report the news.
"Please call me the Bull of Brute Force, Master Mage. I cannot afford to be called the leader of your group." The Minotaur... no, the Bull of Brute Force patted his chest and spoke in a deep voice.
"You can just call me Tang." Tang Shidao only announced his surname.
"Yes, Your Excellency Master Tang." The brute force cow's respect did not change, and they chatted again on the way: "Excuse me, are you a mage inside the network or a mage outside the network?"
"Does the mage in the network refer to the mage in the mage network?" Tang Shidao sounded strange.
"right."
"Then I am considered a mage in the network. Leader of the Bull of Brute Force, don't you welcome me?" Tang Shidao asked the residents of the neutral land whether they rejected the mage network.
did not expect.
Upon hearing that he admitted his identity, all the team members became even more excited.
It seems that the mage in the network has some great identity.
In conversation.
Tang Shidao gradually learned that the residents of the Neutral Land did not reject the Mage Network, but were very envious of it. The entire Neutral Land respected magic, so naturally everyone envied the identity of the Mage. The prophets of each tribe also told them: Inside the Network
Mages are more powerful than mages outside the network, and mages within the network are also more disciplined than mages outside the network, and generally do not destroy or kill randomly.
Under this kind of education, although the mage in the network is an outsider, he is also a kind, friendly and powerful guest.
Because there are flying crafts.
Half a day later, the group returned to the nearest city-state: Black Point City.
At this moment, the place was already a sea of joy, and all the residents rushed to the streets to sing and dance. Seeing the body of the Swamp King being hoisted back, the residents cheered loudly.
dilapidated city wall.
Ancient mud house.
Dirty streets.
There are also the torn clothes on the residents, which is completely a scene of a primitive tribe.
On the Earth Emperor Star, even the poorest continent would not be this bad.
To prevent everyone from misunderstanding, Tang Shidao waved to the cheering crowd to express friendship. Then he met the 'prophet' the wise ox for the first time...it was the grandfather of the brute force ox.
"Your question, Your Excellency Master Tang." The discerning cow was also quite excited and tried to stay calm.
At this time, the room is full of books, which must have just been moved out.
He was afraid that Tang Shidao would be disappointed if he couldn't answer.
"Prophet, have you heard of such things as black cloud pearls?" Tang Shidao didn't want to waste time and went straight to the point.
"This..." the wise-eyed ox pondered.
Apparently, it hasn't been heard of.
only.
"If you have anything to say, just say it." Tang Shidao signaled.
"Since you killed the Swamp King for us, I won't hide it. In fact, we have a legend about the King of the Cave. We made it up to warn children not to run around or break into caves."
Next to him, the Brutal Bull had an expression of "I knew it was fake."
The other team warriors also have the same expression.
The discerning cow changed his tone: "This made-up story... is true! Our ancestors removed some normal content and incorporated some exaggerated plots to make it seem false. In fact, the King of the Cave is really
It existed, but I don’t know if it is dead now.”
Tang Shidao understood immediately: "You were afraid that someone would be after the cave king's treasure, so you deliberately made it up false."
The discerning ox nodded: "Your Majesty, you are indeed wise. We are not afraid of children running around, but we are afraid that adult warriors will be tempted by this legend, so we deliberately distort its truth. Your Majesty, we cannot repay your great kindness. Since you ask
As for the Black Cloud Pearl, I will repay you with a secret: there is no Black Cloud Pearl, there is no such thing in the Land of Flowing Clouds."
Tang Shidao was waiting.
The team members next to me were anxious. This was not repaying the favor, it was like not saying anything.
The wise-eyed cow said calmly: "The next secret, everyone must not tell it outside, otherwise they will be expelled from the tribe and will never be brought back... Uh-huh... So, the legendary cave king in our Flowing Cloud Land, it
If it has a name, it is called: Black Cloud!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Such a coincidence?
"The name of the King of the Cave was spoken by it himself. One of our ancestors heard it with his own ears. It is rumored that it is not of our species, nor a human being, nor a beast. The description of the ancestors... The King of the Cave has a black body, as hard as iron stone.
, there are blood vessels as hot as lava under the skin. Its body is very similar to that of a human, but only the upper half of its body is left."
Tang Shidao understood it as soon as he heard it: it was a race of stone people!
After speaking, the discerning cow took out a sketch of the treasure that he had treasured for a long time: "There have been mages who have inquired about black cloud pearls before, and they all have their own harvests. We don't know whether the king of the cave has pearls, we just know
It has been living deep underground."
Tang Shidao took a look.
As expected, he is a stone man with only half his body left.
When I saw the drawings, I couldn't help but ask: "What are these lines? Iron chains or smoke?"
The discerning cow hesitated for a moment and said softly: "About this, Mr. Master, I definitely didn't mean to lie to you. Our ancestors described these lines as some luminous words, very small words, arranged like a line.
.Your Excellency, Master, maybe our ancestors got it wrong. Their last words were just like this, and I haven’t changed a single word."
Tang Shidao had no doubts.
Binding spells, such as the iron vine entanglement that you know, or the binding of fire snakes, electric ropes, water entanglements, etc. are all physical binding. The more advanced ones are spells such as arcane confinement, and the more advanced ones...rune shackles and the like
There is this little glowing text.
Heiyun is definitely a mage.
It is definitely imprisoned by some force.
"Prophet, are there any special pearls in the Land of Flowing Clouds?" Tang Shidao memorized the picture and then recalled the cave maze, as if there were some similarities.
"Of course, Your Majesty the Master. We have not been to many places, but the information is constantly flowing. There are many pearls in the Flowing Cloud Land, hundreds of large and small, including some terrestrial giant clams that produce pearls..." The wise eye
As soon as Niu talked about pearls, he immediately talked endlessly.
Tang Shidao listened quietly.
Tang Shidao laughed when he heard about a kind of pearl called 'Ubei'... This is definitely a trap!
If it were so easy to find, Dean Bai Xiang wouldn’t have to post it so many times.
At this moment.
Tang Shidao focused all his attention on the king of caves, 'Black Cloud', and the Black Cloud Pearl must be related to it. On the surface, he had to cater to the words of the discerning cow, expressing his interest in the Ube Pearl. The reason for this...
...Because Tang Shidao found that some of these warriors were focused, even more serious than himself.
the most important.
Its magic power is not low, almost three times that of the Brutal Bull.
Such a warrior cannot be a small role. Why is it willing to be a runner? And how many times has it secretly peeked at itself?
There must be something wrong.
The discerning ox mentioned that Ubei pearls were very valuable, and Tang Shidao asked about the value of arcane gold coins.
"This is the only universal currency, and it is also an alchemy material, so it is very valuable. One arcana gold coin can be exchanged for about 1 bison, or 3 wild sheep, or 10 wild dogs, or 30 pheasants. We don't use gold coins.
, usually exchanging things for things, such as chickens for sheep, bottles for chairs, teeth for horns."
"What about buying back the magic potion?"
"One arcana gold coin can only buy a bottle of primary magic regeneration potion." The discerning cow said an astonishing price.
Tang Shidao was a little surprised.
The primary magic regeneration potion can only restore 1 point of mana, which is actually equal to one arcane gold coin and one bison... On the Mage Network, the alchemy material such as arcana can be exchanged for a large pot of magic regeneration potion.
Think about it.
Tang Shidao also asked the Cow of Insight about several medicinal herbs, which were all used to make the magic potion.
Declined the evening feast.
In front of everyone, he transformed into an owl and flew to the valley with the alchemical herbs. Naturally, no one said anything. Everyone could understand the mage's eagerness to create the magic potion.
On a carnival night, a figure quickly ran into the dark forest.
He howled a few times, like some kind of secret signal.
"Idiot, didn't I tell you not to come see me unless you have something important?"
"No, no, no! My king, I have found out new information. It is definitely a very important secret." A leopard man shouted excitedly. Another taller leopard man mage came out from the shadows, holding what looked like a wooden staff.
Spear.
"What secret?"
"that is……"
Just as he was about to speak, a blazing ray shot from a high place and pierced the little leopard man's mouth.
Before death.
The little leopard man saw a familiar owl emerge from stealth.
The last thought: Hold the grass, you have been fooled.