Deep sleep helps restore mental strength and maintain abundant energy.
The gnoll howled in the forest all night long. In this way, they put pressure on the half-elf professionals and did not let them have a good rest. By the time it's daytime, the half-elves will be groggy and sleepy, and their combat effectiveness will inevitably be reduced to varying degrees.
Realizing that the orc bone collectors would soon attack, the half-elf professionals really couldn't sleep. They all also understand the importance of recharging their energy, but except for Huck and Wiltok, the others can only close their eyes and rest their minds.
Huck has mastered the Heart of the Mirror. He can now sleep whenever he wants, and it is deep sleep, which can also be called hibernation.
In a sense, hibernation is a magical skill.
Huck now only needs to rest for 3 or 4 hours a day to ensure that he is full of energy throughout the day, and will repair physical and mental damage during sleep. Not only can he slow down aging and extend his lifespan, he can also get more energy every day than ordinary people. Have a few hours of free time. After these free hours accumulated over time, his life span was twice that of an ordinary half-elf.
Wiltok has not yet mastered the Heart of Realm, but the Secret Form of the Golden Toad itself has a dormant effect and goes deep into the realm of the soul. Now he has the "Dream Arena", and the speed of time is ten times that of the outside world. When others are sleeping, he can spend more time in the "Dream Arena", thinking, learning, training, and accepting challenges.
Thanks to the last successful trial, Wiltok's mental attributes recovered from 4 points to 13 points. It's like he got the key. Now he can enter and leave the dream arena freely, and he will no longer be trapped in the dream. If interpreted from a realistic perspective, Wiltok's mental attribute is only 4 points. He is a vegetative state in a long-term coma and cannot wake up on his own. When his spiritual attribute reaches 13 points, he can freely control the dream state of his mind through the dormancy of the golden toad's secret form.
Psychic dreams belong to the realm of surreality and are connected to the ocean of pan-consciousness. However, none of the extraordinary beings who control spiritual dreams dare to directly extract the spiritual thoughts of all living beings from the ocean of pan-consciousness like Wiltok.
Although this can enhance one's spiritual strength, it also carries a significant risk of contaminating the soul.
In the past few days, Wiltok has been idle every night, and today is no exception. His companions saw him sleeping deeply as usual, but in fact he was undergoing a difficult trial in the "Dream Arena".
"The following is the fifth round of the second trial. Challenger Wiltok, are you ready?"
In the center of the dream arena, the mythical three-headed lizard Portanos stared at Wiltok with three pairs of jewel-like eyes. The body made of smoke seemed much thicker than last time, but his eyes and tone of voice Still lacking in spirituality.
Wiltok rubbed his cheek vigorously, adjusted his mentality, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm ready!"
"The challenger decided to accept the trial. His opponent is Huo, the King of Gnolls from the unknown place."
"The jackal Huao once left his mark in the world. It is in an important period of life transformation and has just awakened the power of the storm deep in its bloodline."
"This must be an exciting game, let's wait and see who is the final winner!"
Portanos's smoky body quickly faded, and the shadow of a gnoll gradually turned into reality, just opposite Vertok.
It has a thin body, gray fur covered with mottled scars, and a round ear is missing from the coyote's head. It looks like a weak and weak body, but it exudes a powerful and wild aura. The left claw of this third-level ferocious jackal is holding a strange knife polished with a giant rhinoceros horn. Its pale green eyes are constantly turning in its sockets, looking alert and confused, as if wondering why it suddenly came to this strange place. .
The Dream Arena is empty and flat, with no place to hide. Jackal Huao's eyes naturally fell on Vertok.
It didn't recognize the humanoid creature in front of it at all, but Wiltok also held a horn weapon in his hand, and it was almost exactly the same as its weapon.
It is impossible for the jackal Huo to mistake the rhino horn sharp knife he polished by his own hands, because the texture of each rhino horn is unique. What's more, it also left its own claw marks on the handshake of this rhinoceros-horned knife.
Hook was even more confused. He remembered that he had slept in a cave before. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was in a strange and strange place. The humanoid creature opposite was still holding its rhinoceros horn knife.
So what happened to the rhino-horn knife in his hand?
The jackal raised his paw, looked at his favorite weapon in confusion, then turned to look at Wiltok, and asked curiously and nervously: "What is this place? And who are you?"
The gnoll language was meaningless barking in Wiltok's ears, and he walked over slowly. Hu Ao's eyes narrowed, and he immediately leaned down, bared his sharp teeth, and let out a threatening growl from deep in his throat.
Wiltok immediately stopped, relaxed his body, and faced off with the jackal for a while. Until Hu Ao released his alert posture, his eyes became curious again, and he leaned forward slowly.
Huao is suspicious by nature and very vigilant, but Vertok's confusing behavior made it confused. The key is that the ferocious jackal's wild intuition did not prompt the danger, and it was confused in mind, so it adopted a wait-and-see attitude. . When Vertok took two steps forward, it took one step back; when Vertok walked faster, it assumed an attacking posture, threatening the opponent not to come closer.
The jackal and Wiltok dealt with it for a long time. When it became impatient, Wiltok suddenly dropped the rhino-horn knife in his hand to its feet and took half a step back.
Hook slowly lowered his body, but kept his eyes on Wiltok, sniffing the rhino-horn knife with his sensitive nose, and actually smelled his own scent from it.
The lean and capable jackal man couldn't help but pick up the rhinoceros horn knife and compare it with the sharp knife in his hand. Vertok slid forward without moving his shoulders or bending his legs, and instantly moved in front of the gnoll.
Hu Ao reacted very quickly. The hair on his back exploded. He kicked his hind legs hard and counterattacked. He raised two almost identical rhinoceros-horn knives and aimed them at Vertok's face. The attack was swift and fierce.
However, the Jackal was kicked in the chest by Wiltok and flew backwards for more than ten meters. He rolled several times on the smooth and flat ground before getting up again.
But just as it stood firm, it discovered that Wiltok had already rushed in front of it. Just as Huao was about to counterattack, he was kicked in the crotch by Vertok again. He staggered back and was hit by a violent storm.
Vertok beat the gnoll violently, leaving it dazed and helpless. But the body of the ferocious gnoll was extremely tough, and not even a single bone was broken. It barked angrily and fought back with all its might.
Unfortunately, Hook's counterattack was ineffective. He simply threw away the rhinoceros horn and sharp knife, scratched and swung with his claws, and gnawed with his mouth.
Vertok possesses the original method of all things and has superb martial arts. The jackal with sharp teeth and claws fought by instinct and was no match for him. He beat him into a beast, crawling on all fours.
Huao was depressed and panicked. It found that its abilities could not be used at all. The bloodthirsty power it was proud of and the storm bloodline it had just mastered were all silent. Even its wild instincts could not be used. Otherwise, it would not have been beaten so badly by Vertok. .
However, Vertok's unarmed attack did not cause much damage to the Dire Gnoll. It doesn't hurt him to hit the jackals, and the jackals basically can't hit him. The battle between the two sides entered a stalemate and turned into a competition of physical strength.
This is exactly the situation Wiltok has always wanted to create.
For three days, Wiltok slept an average of three hours each night. In the Dream Arena, three hours was stretched to thirty hours. Huol the Dire Gnoll met Vertok for the first time as a contestant. What it didn't know was that Wiltok had actually fought it more than two hundred times.
Vertok took the initiative to select gnolls as his opponents in the second trial in the Dream Arena. He was originally unwilling to conduct a dream trial in the wild, but the gnolls who were following them were still lingering, prompting Wiltok to improve his abilities as soon as possible, especially his ability to deal with gnolls.
The Dream Arena extracted the incomplete thoughts of the Jackal King Huo from the ocean of pan-consciousness, and shaped its different stages into Vertok's trial opponent.
Gnolls are indeed much stronger than goblins, but Veltok is not a weakling now. He fought against the jackal Huao at different stages more than a hundred times, and finally defeated him. The rhinoceros horn knife was the trophy he captured from Hu Ao after winning the third round.
Vertok's martial arts skills became more and more proficient, and his understanding of the jackal Huo became deeper. However, just when he was full of confidence, he was stuck in the fifth round.
During this period, Huao had reached a turning point to escape from the slump and reach the peak. Not only did it complete its violent transformation, it also accidentally awakened the rare storm bloodline and initially mastered the power of wind.
Facing the jackal who activated his bloodthirsty power and was surrounded by air currents, Wiltok was instantly killed by the opponent as soon as he made a move. Just because Hu Ao's speed was so fast that he couldn't react at all.
Fortunately, Wiltok can fail countless times in the Dream Arena and constantly learn lessons. He only needs to win once to obtain the victory reward of the second trial.
In the fifth round, he was killed 55 times by Huao, but Wiltok was not discouraged. He knew that the Dream Arena selected Hu Ao as a contestant, so he had every chance of defeating him with his current strength.
Through observation and recall, Wiltok discovered that the Jackals had a very powerful hidden talent, which can be called "Despair".
When the jackal Huo is in a desperate situation, he will fully unleash his potential, become immune to all negative emotions, become immune to pain, temporarily enhance his mental strength, completely liberate his bloodthirsty power and storm blood, and his actions will not be affected by air resistance. Movement speed and attack speed are increased by 300%, and 20% extra power is exploded. Even if Vertok gained some advantage, the crazed Hook could still kill him in one glance.
In a normal fight, the outcome of life and death is often determined at the moment of contact between the two parties.
The bloodthirsty talent of the gnolls has serious sequelae. After the bloodthirsty effect ends for a few minutes, they will fall into mental confusion caused by hunger for flesh and blood, their physical strength will decline rapidly, and they may even die suddenly.
Due to his speed being crushed by his opponent, Vertok could not survive Huao's debilitating stage of mental confusion and physical exhaustion.
Wiltok also discovered that Huo at this period was only a third-level ferocious gnoll. It could not actively use its bloodthirsty talent and storm bloodline unless its desperate talent was triggered!
As a result, Wiltok changed his strategy and kept hinting that he only wanted to beat Hook hard instead of killing him.
Vertok tried his best to restrain his killing intent, lower his own strength, and fight Hook with his bare hands using only his superb martial arts, intending to first wear down its fighting will and physical strength, and then finally kill him.
Martial arts are skills in which the weak defeat the strong. Hu Ao, the King of Jackals, has never seen the mystery of martial arts in his entire life. Just like a simple side kick, Wiltok can use the reaction force of the ground to kick Huao more than ten meters away. Of course, this requires long-term practice to master all the techniques of side kicking.
The same goes for other types of martial arts.
Half-elf professionals with superb martial arts can often easily defeat alien orcs and half-orcs who are more talented and powerful as long as they are not crushed by their opponents.
The ferocious gnoll's body was naturally strong, but Huao didn't understand martial arts at all, so he was beaten to pieces by Vertok.
Wiltok's fists and kicks do not pose a life-threatening danger to it, so it will not trigger the combat intuition in the wild intuition talent, as well as the terrifying "desperate situation" talent.
Vertok deliberately suppressed his actual level and also lowered Hook's combat effectiveness.
Of course, this is not advisable in real combat. You can hit your opponent multiple times and he can withstand it. He only needs to hit you once and you may not be able to stand it anymore. But in the Dream Arena, Wiltok has the right to make countless attempts.
Despite this, Vertok was bruised and out of breath, and the speed and power of his attacks were significantly reduced.
Huao felt the weakness of his opponent. He lunged at Vertok with a grin, raised his claws and swung hard at his opponent's face.
It's now!
A bright light flashed in Vertok's eyes. He slid sideways and locked Hu Ao's arm, stimulating the surge of talent. His basic strength increased by 40%, his physical strength was fully restored, and the wounds on his body healed quickly. He twisted again.
With a click, Hu Ao's arm was broken.
In extreme panic, the ferocious gnoll's potential was fully activated, his eyes turned red due to congestion, his body expanded twice, and he entered a bloodthirsty state.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
Vertok tightly wrapped around the ferocious Gnoll, first breaking its right arm, then pressing his knee against the Gnoll's lumbar spine, leaving it unable to exert any force, and then smashed Huao's back with a ferocious elbow. Then turn its head to 180 degrees.
Even though its neck was broken, the tenacious jackal was still not dead, but it completely lost its ability to move. It could only cry out and watch helplessly as Wiltok picked up the rhinoceros horn knife and pierced its head.
After killing Vertok dozens of times, the jackal Huo finally died in Vertok's hands.
The gnoll's body turned into nothingness, and a treasure chest appeared in the center of the arena.
Wiltok walked over, and the lid of the box automatically slid open to both sides, revealing the dark golden light inside.
Without any hesitation, he touched the dark golden light ball with his fingers, and all his memories were restored at this moment.
Vertok, or rather Victor, frowned his slender and straight eyebrows and murmured to himself: "I was forced to this extent by a group of weak jackals and goblins... It seems that I need to change to the wind. Only those with elemental affinity can cope with the coming situation."
Victor quickly adjusted his mental body, and the figure of the mythical three-headed lizard reappeared, and the head of the wind element merged into his body.
The winning rewards for the fifth round of the second game of Dream Arena are as follows:
Wiltok's physical attributes are 16 points, mental attributes are 15 points, perception attributes are 17 points, and life attributes are 17 points.
Fusion of the head of the wind element, the perception attribute is increased by an additional 5 points, reaching 22 points, gaining extraordinary perception.
Master the intermediate Wanxiang original method.
Gluttony Talent: The efficiency of food and drug intake is increased by 200%, which is lower than before.
Self-healing talent: Wound recovery speed is increased five times, which is lower than before.
Activate talent: Instantly restore 30% of physical energy and energy, speed up wound healing, but the effect is lower than before.
The surge talent disappears.
Mastering the primary wind movement talent can summon breeze to surround the body and items, reduce air resistance, greatly increase movement speed and attack speed, double the effective range of long-range weapons, and increase the power by 40%.
The duration of the wind talent is 15 minutes and the cooling time is 100 minutes.
Master the blood-boiling talent: imitate the bloodthirsty talent of the wolf man and carry out improved and enhanced abilities. Vertok triggers boiling blood, increasing attack speed by 150% and bursting with 60% additional power. Each attack lasts for 3 seconds and has a cooldown time of 25 seconds.
Boiling blood can only be used up to 6 times in a short period of time, otherwise it will fall into a state of chaos caused by hunger and severely exhaust physical strength.
Extraordinary Perception: Wiltok's perception radius has been doubled, and he is more sensitive to changes in airflow. He can often detect enemies in advance, and his attacks are more accurate than before.
Jackal Killer (Title): Slightly adjust your mental body and grow psychic tentacles, and the Jackal will subconsciously ignore your presence. You won't trigger the Dire Gnoll's Wild Intuition and Desperate Talents. When they see you, they may have been killed by you.
However, be careful of the Jackal's dying counterattack!
The title of Gnoll Slayer is a form of psychic touch. When using this title, the title of Goblin Slayer cannot be used!
