The stairs in the entire building are broken halfway, so you can only rely on [levitation] to go up.
When they broke open the stuck wooden door and stepped inside, they smelled a fragrant fishy smell.
The fishy smell brought them slight discomfort, some ruminant rejection in their stomachs, and a bitter taste began to appear at the base of their tongues.
It is obviously a smell that needs to be avoided by holding your breath, but there is a reluctant feedback in the consciousness.
It smells so good, I want to smell it all the time!
Just such a direct idea popped into my mind.
"poisonous?"
Holo forcibly suppressed the feedback from his consciousness and used soul energy to seal his breath.
The weirdness involved in [Moon Tower] and the meditation method also have a certain resistance to poisonous damage. Among many towers, only [Scarlet Tower] can match it.
"Just don't inhale the smell, the toxicity is not strong, and the physical discomfort can return to normal."
Hero waved his sleeves to let the surrounding air disperse a little, so that his body could adapt.
"There are no enemies!"
The three of them looked around at the door, but there was no living thing in sight.
Following the only passage, several people walked to the high platform.
Walking at the front, the taciturn Norma exclaimed: "Rank magician?"
Hero turned sideways and walked out of the concealment of the sword.
He saw a dead body.
Bodies buried under rubble.
Scarlet stones were scattered, and the skeleton could barely be seen. A red film condensed around the entire body, and the weird fishy smell emanated from the film.
"And the bodies of iron ants?"
Holo took two steps forward to investigate. There were obvious rodent marks on the film covering the outer layer of the corpse. Three iron ant corpses as big as puppies lay side by side.
Byrne also came up and saw such a strange scene. He squatted next to the iron ant corpse and used the wind soul arrow to turn the corpse over so that they could observe other parts.
"The sorcerer who died for unknown reasons, the membrane formed after liberating the soul circuit is extremely tough.
From the knowledge I learned from the book, iron ants will look for high-energy food for the queen. They may be attracted by the smell emitted by the film. As a result, their consciousness is damaged by the smell. The film itself is poisonous. Otherwise, the iron ants would not be like this. A soul beast with extremely strong vitality died! "
Regarding this situation, the two people with family background were more knowledgeable than Hero, and he listened to their analysis.
It was just that Holo saw the modules on the three-headed iron ants. They had a strong metallic texture, and the pattern engraved on them was a mass of aggregated chaotic energy.
'The corpse of the magician has been dead for too long and the module cannot be preserved. But did these three iron ants die just recently? '
He took two steps forward and absorbed the module.
【Brave accumulation】
[Amplitude effect: By reducing the guidance efficiency, the guidance power is enhanced by +1]
hiss!
Hero was a little troubled when he saw the effect of this module.
For him now, this is a double-edged sword!
[Moon Energy Explosion] needs to be moved forward to read the bar, and the amplification effect of this module will undoubtedly make it more powerful, but the accompanying negative effect is also very serious, which will make the soul spell reading time longer.
"Can you tell which tower the magician is from?"
"You can't tell, all the details are destroyed."
Yes, only the bones and pieces of meat are left!
Holo pointed at the corpse and asked: "So the interference comes from this film? Just break it, right?"
"It should be. There is nothing else here. Let's break it first and take a look. Then stand back a little."
In order to prevent accidents, the three of them retreated to the door to conduct blasting operations and to facilitate their escape.
The main force is still borne by Helo.
Hero raised his hand and focused his consciousness on the membrane. A clear moonlight shone on it, continuously condensing and compressing.
A thought!
Lunar energy ignited by the soul.
'boom! '
The sound of air explosions exploded, and countless rubbles flew everywhere under the influence of the explosion.
Norma, who was standing in front of him, raised his sword, and there were faint roars as he swung his sword.
'Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!' '
The rubble that exploded towards them was all blocked by the sword wind swung by the great sword.
Hero: This girl doesn’t need to be poked, she can do melee damage, and she can also be used as a human shield! Please add your contact information later!
Byrne stuck his head out from behind and asked, "Did it explode?"
"It seems...it's not even close. This film is too tough."
In Holo's perception, there was no feeling of membrane rupture. The feedback that the soul in the explosion could give him seemed to be rebounded.
"How about I give it a try?" Byrne volunteered, and the green arrow swung its tail in mid-air, ready to rush out.
"Let me try again!"
Holo's right eyelid twitched. He didn't know why, but he always had a bad feeling.
All fear comes from lack of firepower!
Holo had no intention of holding back this time, maximizing output.
Raising his hand again, the moon energy gathered. This time, he deliberately extended the guidance time for a while, just to try the superimposed increase of the module and the soul circuit.
The soul energy scale instantly dropped by five bars.
There was a huge roar, which directly broke the pillars under the high platform.
"Damn it, Piccolo, you want to murder your teammates!"
'Damn it, I never thought it was so powerful! '
Hero didn't say this, because he saw something even more terrifying.
With the help of [Levitation], several people stabilized their bodies. Half of the building had collapsed under the explosion. Wright and Nia, who were not far away from the border, also ran over.
At this moment, the corpse that had lost its membrane was emitting some dangerous radiation.
"Don't come here! Retreat! Run!"
Hero yelled at several people, he...smelled a hint of danger!
ZZZZZZZZ!
The dense chirping of insects and the sound of gnawing came from the ground.
Now everyone heard it.
Many huge iron ants emerged from the place covered by the rubble.
"Complete body?!"
According to the bounty description, this nest of iron ants should only contain juveniles. With the energy contained in the queen ant, how could she have the energy to hatch so many fully formed iron ants!
The smell of blood gushed out from the open stone cracks, and the smell was very strong.
Hero made a rough count and found that twenty or thirty complete iron ants came out. The big teeth in each mouthpart were hung with some suspected animal bones, and a few skin and flesh residues were still hanging on the head.
Apparently, they had just been eating.
"Are those three dead iron ants here to explore the way?!"
At this moment, their target is the corpse of the magician that fell on the ruins.
A flash of dazzling emerald green flashed, shining on the lead iron ant and shooting away.
Boom!
The shell of the iron ant can be used as a material for magicians, so it naturally has its own uniqueness.
"Too hard!" cried the Byrne monster.
It does not attack soft weak points such as the mouthparts and abdomen, and the metalized shell can only cause a few white marks.
"How can a high tower be so unreliable? Do you not even mention thirty complete soul beasts?"
Hero sensed something fishy, the weird sorcerer corpse, the complete iron ant nest.
"Do you want to retreat? This number is simply beyond what we can handle! Report it to the tower and let stronger people handle it!"
Byrne shouted to Hero, who would have expected to encounter such a thing when forming a group for the first time.
If they report it to the tower, they will definitely not get the bounty reward. At most, they will get some compensation.
But if the compensation is divided among five people, they might as well do some vegetable picking tasks.
Also saves time!
"No, the big movement just now must have attracted other tower apprentices. It must be unusual for the magician's corpse to be so attractive to the iron ants."
Hero analyzed calmly and turned to Byrne to discuss countermeasures.
At this time, the iron ants were divided into two groups. One group was staring at Hero and others, and the other group was roaring towards the corpses on the ruins. However, the gaps between the rubble between the ruins were very large, and their short legs made it difficult to climb.
"The iron ant colony must have brought the corpse back to the queen to present it to the queen. Can Wright allow the sentinel seeds to be parasitized?"
After deliberation, everyone felt that they could give it a try.
Wright said firmly: "No problem! But the soul energy will be consumed faster!"
"Let the sentinel seeds parasitize the largest iron ant. Let's take cover first."
Now that they have decided to do this, they have to do something to speed up the progress.
Now find a place to hide and let the ants staring at them relax their vigilance.
Byrne directed the green wind soul arrow to fly to the magician's corpse and hit it.
The corpse rolled down the ruins and landed right on the iron ant's mouth.
The iron ant was not polite and bit it!
When the other iron ants saw their target, they squeaked and began to retreat.
"Hidden, keep up!"
