Relying on the duration of the Dark World, the three launched various long-range attacks on the emperor.
Judging from the emperor's previous performance, he should not be able to see the darkness outside the spirit circle. The enemy is in darkness and we are in the dark, so we can only defend passively.
"barrier!"
At this time, the emperor stayed in place, relying on the transparent barrier before to resist all attacks around him.
All magic will automatically fail the moment it touches the barrier. It can be called an absolute defense. However, the price is that the emperor's magic power is declining rapidly. It is obvious that maintaining this absolute defense consumes a lot of money.
In less than half a minute, half of the emperor's nearly 10,000 magic points had evaporated. His verbal spirit field is very powerful, and if used properly, it can have the effect of changing one's life. But the 'reasonable use' here definitely does not include being a sandbag who cannot fight back like he is now.
At this time, the emperor had to change his strategy and gave up this no-dead-end defense method. He chose to withstand some ordinary attacks and only resisted those magic attacks that caused too much damage. He also began to try to move in the direction of Muyou and the others, preparing to counterattack.
As a result, the consumption of magic power has indeed slowed down, but the wounds on the emperor's body are also increasing rapidly.
"heal!"
After the injuries accumulated some, the emperor used the word spirit again, and all the injuries on his body were healed instantly.
But at this moment, a sharp sword light struck at his side unexpectedly. The emperor's perception in the field was different from ordinary people. He immediately noticed this and knew that this was the woman with the sickle just now. Remember URL
However, he did not rely on his words to dodge this knife. The purpose of his coming here was not to fight to the death with the opponent, but to detect intelligence. It was very necessary to experience the strength of the opponent's attack in person.
The emperor relied on his physical attributes to move aside. Although he could not completely dodge, he also avoided the vital point.
The sickle scraped across his shoulder, leaving an undetectable line of blood.
Lin Xue maintained the fighting habit of retreating with one strike, and immediately exited the range of the spirit after being hit.
The emperor didn't care, thinking it was just an ordinary attack and defense.
But immediately after, he suddenly noticed that a skull-shaped mark appeared on his shoulder where he had just been attacked.
The mark itself did not bring any substantial negative effects to him, but the moment he saw the mark, the emperor felt a kind of instinctive disgust and fear.
The emperor didn't know what it was, but he had a feeling: If he didn't remove this thing from his body as soon as possible, it might bring consequences that he couldn't bear...
Almost as a subconscious reaction, the emperor immediately used the spirit of speech to remove the mark: "Remove!"
After giving the order, the mark slowly faded away.
However, the mark was successfully lifted, but the consumption surprised the emperor.
The remaining half of the magic power in his body disappeared in an instant as if it disappeared out of thin air!
A simple 'explanation' of the word language actually consumed more than 4,000 points of his magic power?
While the emperor was distracted, Mu You's attack from afar would not stop.
The Emperor, whose magic power had reached the bottom, temporarily lost the opportunity to use the Word Spirit again. As a result, he was instantly struck by several wind blades, causing blood to surge all over his body and his life to drop sharply.
However, just when Mu You was about to beat up the drowned dog and continue the attack, he heard the emperor who fell to the ground in the distance clearly uttering two words.
"Self-destruction."
The next moment, the place was suddenly covered by a large ball of fire, and in the explosion, the emperor's body directly turned into powder and disappeared from the place.
"It's self-destruction again..."
The emperor's self-destruction did not hurt anyone, but Mu You could only watch the emperor disappear, unable to do anything.
Word spirit barrier + self-destruction teleportation, no wonder the opponent dared to come alone, this combination is too shameless.
Shaking his head, Mu You stepped forward and picked up the map fragment on the ground where the emperor disappeared.
When the Emperor died, it happened to be within the half-hour scheduled time for the Phantom Thief to steal. During this period, the debris would definitely explode after death, which saved Mu You from keeping up with the schedule.
After the battle, Lin Xue and Xiaoya watched Mu You pick up the pieces and came to watch.
"What's the date?" Lin Xue asked.
"No. 1..."
Mu You looked at the number on the fragment and sighed secretly.
In fact, he had already expected this result.
The result of the emperor's action was to give Mu You a fragment for nothing. If it is a relatively high-value fragment, even if it is marked, the other party may not be willing to give it away.
As for Fragment No. 1, only one-third of the content depicts the map of Sky City, and the rest is annotations of the external environment and entrances.
In other words, the No. 1 fragment is extremely valuable before entering the city, but once it finds the entrance and enters the Sky City, the value of this fragment will depreciate sharply, and its importance is far less than that of the No. 3 and No. 6 fragments.
It was precisely because Mu You's appointment letter was coincidentally marked with the No. 1 fragment that the emperor was willing to use it as bait. On the one hand, he lured Mu You away, and on the other hand, he also probed for some information.
Using an almost useless fragment in exchange for some important information is obviously a cost-effective deal in the eyes of the other party.
"No matter what, with the map, at least I won't get lost in Area 1..."
Mu You took out the previous fragments and put them together. The contents of the No. 1 fragment were immediately displayed. As expected, the passage out was clearly marked.
Now that he holds fragment No. 125, more than half of the way to the city center is smooth.
As for the missing three and six, Mu You probably has little chance of grabbing them. Tianzi and others suffered a loss before, so they will definitely not give him another chance to kill and explode. Most of the two fragments have been transferred in advance.
In other words, for areas three and six, he could only think of other ways.
"Let's take a step and see..."
Mu You shook his head, picked up map No. 1 and read it, preparing to write down the contents of the map first.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt a sound breaking through the air behind him, and subconsciously moved to the side to avoid it.
"careful!"
Lin Xue's voice sounded half a beat slower. At the same time, she rushed forward with her sickle in hand, slashed with the blade, and easily cut a soft-bodied creature in half in mid-air.
"octopus?"
Mu You couldn't help but be startled when he saw the severed creature on the ground. It turned out to be an octopus the size of a palm.
"How could there be an octopus in a place like this?" Mu You looked strange. There were no living creatures in this ruined city, not even insects or plants. It was a completely dead city. At this time, a living octopus suddenly appeared. It's so strange...
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the octopus that had been cut in half on the ground squirming. The broken body, like a slime, actually fused together again to form a complete octopus. It screamed and jumped towards Muyou. Come on, spit out a mouthful of acid in mid-air.
This little octopus was only at level 4 or 5, and its attack power was very weak. Mu You let the poison pass at will, and with a few blows from the arc sword, he cut it into eight pieces.
But what's surprising is that despite such damage, the pieces of meat on the ground are still trying to squirm, as if they want to get back together.
Mu You simply raised his wand, pointed the tip downward, and flames spurted out, grilling a pile of minced octopus on the ground.
As a result, the imagined scene of the minced meat turning directly into charcoal-grilled octopus did not happen. The minced meat seemed to have a high resistance to flames and still squirmed and gathered in the flames.
"An unkillable octopus?" Mu You was a little interested. The survivability of this thing was too abnormal.
Just when he was about to continue his research, Xiaoya's exclamation suddenly sounded from behind him: "Boss, look!"
Mu You and Lin Xue looked in the direction she pointed, but the scene they saw made them shiver at the same time.
On the street not far away, countless small octopuses with exactly the same appearance emerged from various buildings and climbed toward them.
The walls, streets, stone carvings, and doors are all covered with dense octopuses. This overwhelming scene is definitely a nightmare for all trypophobia patients!
"?"
Mu You looked confused, what the hell is this?
The next moment, the octopuses seemed to have rioted collectively. They quickly piled up in layers in front of them, and finally formed an oversized octopus foot.
An eye and mouth were opened on the surface of the octopus foot. When he saw Mu You below, he roared as if he had seen an enemy. Then the huge octopus foot twitched and rolled towards the three of them.
The three of them jumped away in a hurry, causing the octopus to fly into the air. The ground shook three times, forming a huge ravine on the spot.
Before the three of them could take a breath, the octopus legs instantly transformed into countless small octopuses, scrambling to climb out of the ravine and continue to chase the three of them.
Now the three of them can only continue to run away. As for turning back and fighting? It's hard to even think about it. This number, coupled with the survivability shown by this small octopus, is simply not something that can be dealt with by ordinary means. Once it is overwhelmed by a swarm of octopuses, it is almost certain to die. At this time, the only option is to run away.
"You two come in and I'll run!"
Mu You took the time to take out an empty backpack, opened the entrance, and let Lin Xue and Xiaoya in.
This place can be regarded as a world of its own. The backpack where Chocobo was placed cannot be opened here, and the mount cannot be used. At this time, he can only run on two legs.
After the two of them got into their backpacks, Mu You collected the package, grabbed it and started running away again. He looked back midway and saw that the octopuses were indeed still chasing him desperately, as if they had spotted him.
"Not at all, how much hatred..." Mu You muttered secretly.
When the giant octopus foot appeared just now, Mu You had already confirmed the identity of this thing from the familiar coercion it exuded: the Octopus King!
Mu You doesn't know how the Octopus King got in here due to a bug, but this thing is much weaker than the Octopus King in the outside world, and it only has about one-tenth of its strength.
But even so, this thing is still a creature that is infinitely close to the legendary level, and it is definitely not something he can fight against now.
Just as Mu You was running like crazy in Area 1.
Far away in another direction.
The emperor automatically resurrected here and woke up from the ground.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was surrounded by teammates with the divine right of kingship.
At this time, the position was already close to the exit of Area 1.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, his forehead still sweating slightly.
"How's it going?" Seeing the emperor appear, Smile, Demon and others hurried over to ask.
"Lost..."
"Isn't it normal to lose? This is too risky!" Smile sighed.
"But the harvest is worth it." The emperor said.
"Oh? What did you see?" the devil asked hurriedly.
"Those two people are not of the legendary level!" the emperor said with certainty.
"really?"
"sure?"
The others' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they hurriedly asked.
"Um."
The emperor nodded: "The specific level is uncertain, but judging from the opponent's attributes during battle, the ghost captain's level should be around level 22-23. As for the other red sickle girl, the level is even lower. Her Adding points is quite extreme and it’s not easy to judge the level, but it will definitely not exceed level 21..."
"What about another one?" asked with a smile. They had received intelligence when they came in. The other party came in with three people. In addition to the ghost captain and the red sickle girl, there was another person.
"The other one's ID is hidden and his identity is unknown. However, except for his good summoning ability, this person's performance in other aspects is very mediocre. He should be just an ordinary player, but he was specially brought here by the ghost captain. Maybe he has some special abilities. ..." the emperor said.
"In short, there is no need to worry about this person. The ghost captain is indeed very strong and has many fighting methods. But as long as it is not a one-on-one encounter, there is no need to worry too much. At least their ability can be upgraded to the legendary level. It should be unusable here..."
The emperor paused as he spoke, and his eyes suddenly became solemn: "Actually, what really needs attention is the girl with the red sickle. To be precise, it is the sickle in her hand..."
"Oh? What?"
"Whether they are at the legendary level or not, that scythe is genuine. I can't say the specifics. In short, be careful not to be hit by that scythe, even if it is just a scratch..." Tianzi said.
When the others heard this, they looked at each other and couldn't even wipe it. Is it so scary?
"However, since the opponent's strength is only like this, can we... take action directly?" Smile thought for a while and said.
They had not dared to lead an army into a direct collision with the Ghost Captain before because they were afraid of the other party's legendary method, which could easily wipe out ordinary members of their team, and their advantage would be drastically reduced by then.
And now, since it is confirmed that the opponent does not have legendary strength, it seems that we can use the human sea tactic to bully the opponent with numbers...
"I think it's okay too!"
When the devil and others heard this, they were also quite moved. They were clearly the strongest team on paper, but they had been suppressed for so long by two so-called legendaries. They seemed to be passive at every turn. Many people in the team had long been unhappy and were looking forward to a fight with the cane.
"Captain Ghost has obtained the No. 1 fragment. He will probably be close to here soon... just ambush in front of the No. 2 entrance." The emperor pondered.
A head-on battle with the Ghost Captain now may take some time, and it may be difficult to kill the opponent and grab the second fragment, but as long as you can kick the opponent out, it is definitely worth it.
As for Jack's group on the other side, he ignored them.
Everyone else was excited when they heard this. The emperor obviously wanted to find the opponent to fight head-on.
Without saying anything else, everyone immediately rushed to the intersection ahead, found a position and quickly hid, waiting for the ghost captain to approach.
And Mu You didn't let them wait too long. About ten minutes later, everyone heard a noisy sound coming from the entrance of the street in the distance.
"coming!"
Everyone immediately stood ready, with weapons and attacks at the ready.
This place is the only way to enter Area 2, so there is no need to worry about the other party taking a detour.
"Why is there something wrong with this sound?" Smile listened to the movement in the distance, but couldn't help but frown.
Not only him, but others also noticed something was wrong at this time, because even the ground was shaking slightly at this moment.
Didn’t you say there were only three people? This movement looks like a great migration of animals. What is going on?
While I was confused, the noise in front of me was quickly approaching.
A few seconds later, a figure took the lead and crossed the street corner in front, revealing himself to everyone. It was undoubtedly the Ghost Captain.
At this moment, the ghost captain was running rapidly towards them, seemingly unaware of the trap ahead.
However, before everyone could be happy, they saw countless soft-bodied creatures emerging from behind the ghost captain, overwhelmingly climbing along the streets in all directions, approaching quickly. Locusts crossing the border and zombies sieging the city were not enough to describe what they were seeing. density of such organisms.
Everyone in the ambush here was suddenly dumbfounded.
"What is this?"
"octopus?"
"Why is there an octopus in this place..."
"This number must be at least more than 100,000..."
…
The scene in front of them was so exciting that when they saw the ghost captain approaching, everyone didn't know whether to attack or not.
If we take action now, it seems like we will get burned...
At this time, it was Mu You who was the first to discover the people hiding around him.
"Hey, everyone is here!"
"Just in time, come and help!"
