"Are there other evil forces?" Mu You was surprised.
"Anyone who covets the forest spirit is possible."
Vivian said: "The forest spirit has the ability to absorb the pollution of black magic. If you can obtain the power of the forest spirit, you will have the means to avoid black magic out of control, and you can use black magic without restrictions..."
"I see……"
Mu You nodded.
In other words, the mastermind behind the scenes is not here for Vivian or other treasures, but for the forest spirit...
As he spoke, Mu You rushed out of the outermost forest under Vivian's guidance.
There was a sway in the trees in front, and several figures rushed out quickly. They were all humans who were soaked in black magic and their bodies turned into strange shapes.
"people?"
Mu You was shocked when he saw the number at first, but then he realized that these were first- and second-level ordinary people. Under the infusion of a large amount of black magic, they lost control. Their bodies transformed into various monsters, and their strength and speed increased significantly. But after all, The foundation is too weak, even after darkening, it will only be at level seven or eight.
Mu You raised his wand and blasted out a few bursts of magic, killing several people easily.
At the same time, he immediately felt the difference between this place and the outskirts of the forest just now: the air here was filled with strong black magic, mixed with ordinary magic. When the body absorbed the ordinary magic, the black magic would also disappear. Drill into the body in a controlled manner.
Mu You finally understood why the creatures here were out of control. Because the concentration of black magic was too high, this infusion was simply uncontrollable. Any creature in this environment could only be forced to absorb black magic.
Not to mention other creatures, even the surface of his body began to show signs of losing control at this time. On the skin of his arms, lines similar to octopus suckers appeared and grew rapidly.
After discovering that he was in this environment, Mu You immediately put away the summoned beasts and held his arms at the same time, trying to suppress the chaotic energy in his body.
"Introduce the dark magic power into the secret crystal and use the crystal to sort it out." Vivian suddenly said.
Mu You hurriedly followed her instructions and sent all the mixed magic power pouring into the body into the crystal.
Sure enough, under the guidance of the crystal's circuit, the mixed black magic was sorted out bit by bit, transformed into pure natural magic, and stored in the crystal.
The crystal that was about to be exhausted quickly recovered its reserves due to this replenishment.
The original mutation on the body surface quickly calmed down after the balance of physical strength and magic power was restored. Those octopus sucker-like pieces of flesh slowly sank into the body and returned to normal skin again.
Mu You breathed out and continued to maintain the transformation of the black magic power in his body. Only then did he have time to walk towards the people who had just died.
At this time, these people, like the brown bear just now, quickly withered and decayed after death, turning into skeletons. Next to each skeleton, there were scattered the same black crystals, but the size was larger than the one dropped by the black bear just now. That one is much smaller.
Mu You stepped forward and picked up a few crystals, while looking at the row of skeletons in front of him with a frown: "These people have not been resurrected after death..."
"Of course, all creatures that are affected by black magic and go out of control will have their bodies corroded by black magic after death, thus losing the ability to be resurrected."
Vivian said: "This is also one of the costs of using black magic indiscriminately. Uncontrolled natural energy enters the body, and while gaining powerful energy, it will also invisibly burn out one's own vitality."
"But how come these ordinary people appear in the Black Forest?" Mu You frowned.
The area around the Black Forest is a wilderness, and there are no human beings within dozens of miles nearby. The sudden appearance of so many ordinary people gathering here is obviously abnormal.
"This is probably the fault of the person who lifted the illusion..."
Vivian shook her head and said: "Trick a large number of ordinary people into practicing black magic, and then throw them into the dark forest after they lose control. The forest spirit senses the creatures haunted by black magic and will automatically absorb the black magic pollution on them. However, the core of the forest spirit has already absorbed nearly saturated pollution sources and cannot bear too much. Under this artificial guidance, the core of the forest spirit naturally loses control, like a burst balloon. Not only does it fail to purify these Instead, people themselves became an out-of-control source of infection and began to attack people wantonly.
Black magic leaked out. "
"Is this all premeditated..."
Mu You frowned.
Obviously, if this development continues, the power of the forest spirit will soon be lost, and the defense system of the entire black forest will quickly collapse. At that time, the mastermind behind the scenes will be able to show up and easily conquer the forest spirit and kill it. Become your own strength.
Fortunately, it was not too late for them to arrive. It seemed that the forest's loss of control had just begun. The Black Forest's defense system had not yet completely failed, and the opponent had not yet had time to act.
"However, to be able to trick so many people into willingly practicing black magic, the mastermind behind this is quite powerful..." Mu You thought to himself.
Next, he followed Vivian's guidance and went all the way into the forest. The people he encountered the most on the way were ordinary aborigines from the star spirit world who had lost control due to being contaminated by black magic. Instead, they were the real native creatures in the black forest. rare.
Mu You cleaned up infected people along the way and collected black crystals along the way.
This thing is actually a crystallization of excessively strong black magic power. If put in the hands of ordinary people, it is a time bomb that can harm others and themselves.
But for occultists, they can use occult crystals to convert the black magic power inside into pure natural magic power, so that they can quickly replenish the consumption of occult crystals at any time.
Collecting more than thirty black crystals of different sizes along the way, Mu You, under the guidance of Vivian, came to an altar hidden in the forest.
The altar was wrapped by a transparent spherical barrier, like an inverted bowl, which isolated the black air around the altar.
In the center of the altar is a stone platform. In the middle of the stone platform is a brazier, with blue flames burning in the brazier.
In a forest that is entirely wrapped in black air and has a dark tone, this transparent barrier that is not shrouded in black fog is quite conspicuous.
Mu You immediately approached and took a look.
At this time, a woman collapsed on the ground next to the altar. She was a woman dressed as a fortune teller, wearing a robe and a pointed wizard hat. She fell to the ground with her eyes wide open. She had been dead for a long time.
There is a crystal ball placed in the open space in front of the woman. A picture is shown in the crystal ball. It is exactly how she died and fell to the ground at this time. It is like a photo, carved into the crystal ball.
Following Vivian's signal, Mu You quickly entered the barrier. As soon as he stepped into the barrier, he immediately found that the surrounding black energy was isolated and no longer poured into his body.
"Didn't you survive..."
Vivian looked at the female fortune teller lying dead on the ground and sighed slightly.
"here it is?"
Mu You glanced at the scene in the barrier strangely, and finally focused on the woman who fell to the ground.
If his prediction was correct, this fortune teller should be the female fortune teller he met in the Aries Trial, and it was from her that he got the Fool card.
To Mu You's surprise, this person was not corroded into bones by black magic power after death and retained a complete body. In other words, she was not contaminated by black magic power and lost control during her lifetime.
"This is a defensive barrier that I built specifically to prevent the forest from getting out of control. As long as you sacrifice something valuable into the brazier, this barrier that can filter black magic will rise. Staying in it can prevent you from being infected by black magic," Vivian said.
"Then how did she die?" Mu You asked.
Vivian lowered her head and glanced at the fortune teller, focusing her eyes on the crystal ball: "As a fortune teller, she has forgotten the most basic rules. A fortune teller can never divine things that are directly related to herself, otherwise she will When encountering backlash, the more closely related the divination is to oneself, the more serious the backlash will be..."
"I see……"
Mu You understood and looked at the woman on the ground with a sigh.
Obviously, this woman did not really forget such basic rules, but she was ill and sought medical treatment. She knew that the energy of the brazier could not be sustained for a long time, so she had to use divination to figure out a way out. But it was the scene of her death.
In the end, the divination result did come true. The woman died in exactly the same way and fell into the barrier.
"such a pity……"
Judging from the fact that the brazier is still burning, the time when the woman died has not passed too long. If she could wait a little longer,
If you persist a little, you might be able to wait until they arrive.
Shaking his head, Mu You stepped forward and searched for the items on the woman's body. However, he still couldn't find anything, so a prompt appeared in his mind.
[I found the fortune teller skin, is it fused? 】
Mu You was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Vivian: "Can I learn divination?"
"Divination... That depends on whether you have talent..." Vivian said.
Mu You felt happy. When she first met Vivian, she even removed the option of divination and obviously had no intention of teaching him. But now, perhaps because of his good progress in potions, Vivian relaxed her tone. A lot.
Mu You immediately chose fusion.
[The number of your skins has reached the upper limit. Fusion of this skin requires giving up an existing skin. 】
"The upper limit?"
Mu You was startled, and then he realized that there was a limit to the number of skins.
Now he has a total of six skins, Watchman, Herb Gatherer, and Vampire. These three are the most commonly used skins. They also have lifespan tasks, so they must not give up.
The remaining fishermen and mysterious people also have special talents. If you want to give up at this time, you must choose the most useless Gravedigger first.
[You gave up the Gravedigger skin and merged it with the Diviner skin. 】
[Divination Master: An ordinary divination apprentice with good divination talent. The success rate of divination is increased by 20%, but multiple divination within a day will cause the success rate of divination to decrease by 10% each time. When the divination is successful for the first seven times each week, one year of life will be gained, which is only valid within the spirit world. 】
