The walls of the Devil's Mountains are very steep.
It doesn't look like it's naturally formed.
It's more like it was split in two by some super-cognitive force, forming this almost ninety-degree straight cliff.
In most places on the rock wall, even the mountain antelope has no foothold, and there is no vegetation, let alone a place to hide.
Ji Xun transformed into a werewolf, wearing a cloak and clinging to the rock wall with his sharp claws, climbing all the way north.
He had seen the map before and found that the distance from Thunder Fortress to Xiangfeng Fortress was about one hundred kilometers.
Simply using the werewolf form to travel does not consume much mana power, but even so, Ji Xun stopped and stopped along the way to restore his physical strength and mana power from time to time.
Fortunately, they had obtained a lot of recovery potions by killing the five beasts before, so it was not too painful to use them on the way.
Also, the [Relic·Devil’s Compass] also helped a lot.
This allowed Ji Xun to avoid too many dangers.
There is nothing unusual about some rock walls to the naked eye, but the demonic aura values fluctuate horribly.
I don’t know if it’s because the will of space prevents people from taking shortcuts, or because the demon army has hidden sentries.
Although he also killed several waves of demon minions along the way, Ji Xun also relied on this compass to avoid those high-risk areas, and there were no dangers along the way.
After several hours, he finally saw a war fortress standing on a cliff.
The pile of white stones is majestic and spectacular.
This is the "Falling Eagle Fortress".
This fortress is at the northernmost point of the Devil Mountains.
Further north is the black line marked on the strip of land - the Howling Abyss.
Ji Xun looked down at the huge ravine in front of him, which was nearly a kilometer wide and an unknown number of kilometers long, and thought in his heart: "There are actually such cracks in extradimensional space."
Although it is not as exaggerated as the endless world rift on the edge of Innocence City.
But the Wailing Abyss in front of me is also a huge crack with no end in sight, which is extremely shocking.
The light in the space was very dim, and with night vision I could barely see the outline.
But the crack was as dark as ink, as if leading to hell, and I don't know how deep it is.
This is the natural barrier that blocks the invasion of the Northern Demons.
"Why does this world feel like it has been shattered into pieces by gods?"
Ji Xun looked at the crack in front of him, as well as the smooth rock walls of the Demon Mountain Range, and a picture always appeared in his mind: two indescribable huge creatures fighting, and then using some incomprehensible means to destroy the earth. It was cracked.
These fissures are the wounds of the earth.
And human beings are like insignificant microorganisms on the wound?
Every time you see this "giant thing", you will always be shocked from the bottom of your heart.
After a while.
Ji Xun observed the wailing abyss from a high position and found nothing special, so he climbed towards the fortress.
The lights in Falling Eagle Fortress are brightly lit.
Ji Xun lurked in the darkness and walked all the way.
There were originally several thousand soldiers stationed in the fortress, and there were patrols and drills that needed to be carried out, and there were also people at the arrow tower sentry.
Everything looks normal.
"It's strange, nothing happened?"
Ji Xun looked at the peaceful fortress in front of him and always felt that something was wrong.
The key places like Thunder Fortress that lead directly to the hinterland of the kingdom have been invaded by moles. Isn't it okay to be on the front line with the demonic territory all year round?
Thinking of something, Ji Xun took out the [Devil's Compass] and tried it.
This time I tried it, but I became even more confused.
The pointer moved around as if the magnetic field was confused.
"The pointer is broken?"
Ji Xun was stunned for a moment as he looked at the pointer that was moving around and frequently showing the fluctuation value of the devil's aura.
I looked around the fortress in the direction of the pointer, but found no trace of the devil.
Just when he thought that the relic was affected by some special magnetic field because it was too close to the demon territory in the north.
Sudden,
A group of patrolling soldiers walked past.
Ji Xun looked at the pointer in his hand, pointing at someone in the patrol team, and displayed a demonic aura wave number 10 that was similar to the "big devil".
Because of the short distance, the pointer kept pointing at that person.
"Could it be...?"
Seeing this, Ji Xun no longer thought there was something wrong with the pointer.
Instead, he came to another shocking conclusion: this soldier was simply a devil in disguise!
The reason why the pointer rotates randomly
It's because the camp is full of demons!
When Ji Xun thought of this, his eyelids twitched inexplicably.
really.
It's not that there are no changes.
But it has not been discovered yet.
The devil has invaded the fortress through an unknown method.
I have plunged headlong into a pile of monsters.
"The situation is worse than expected."
Ji Xunduo observed for a moment and then confirmed his thoughts.
But instead of feeling dangerous, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Without these demons, he still doesn't know how to trigger the difficult plot.
Now it is confirmed that the demons invaded the fortress, but it was not completely captured.
This is obviously the perfect time for adventurers to enter the game in the extradimensional space.
Ji Xun is certain that there must be key points in this fortress that can lead to a difficult plot!
Thinking of this, he continued to sneak away in the camp.
He observed everywhere in the fortress along the way and found that the soldiers in some key positions basically had demonic aura fluctuations.
Like the operator of the gondola elevator, the tower sentry, etc.
A rough estimate showed that about one-fifth of the soldiers were invaded by demons.
"Skin-changing, or some mysterious control method?"
Ji Xun was thinking as he walked. He didn't dare to be careless. The clown mask had already been put on his face.
While walking, I suddenly came to the military supplies department.
There are already nearly 10,000 military exploits on the merit card.
I was planning to save some before and exchange them for better things when I leave the space.
From the current situation, the war fortress has become a demon stronghold. The top priority is to redeem some prizes to increase combat power.
Ji Xun thought of something, took off his cloak and walked in directly.
Probably because they feel that there is no need to invade a logistics department like the Munitions Department. The few soldiers here are normal humans.
There is also a merit exchange screen here.
Ji Xun took out his battle merit card and four devil horns, and said directly: "Lord Captain, I am an additional reconnaissance scout sent by the kingdom. I have completed some reconnaissance tasks and want to exchange for battle merit items."
The things originally exchanged for combat merit were definitely not what the hunters saw.
But this is a patch made by the will of the extradimensional space.
Adventurers are encouraged to kill monsters to redeem their favorite prizes.
Ji Xun is not afraid of exposing anything.
The quartermaster checked the battle merit card and said with emotion that he had a lot of battle merit, and didn't ask any more questions: "What do you want to exchange for?"
9000 battle merit + four demons = [Kagura-style ancient martial arts fighting skills (Silver)]
If you want to improve your combat effectiveness as quickly as possible, there is nothing more suitable than skill cards.
Ji Xun had already thought about it before, waving the names of the martial arts in the catalog, and said: "Please help me redeem this fighting secret book."
Quartermaster: "Okay!"
After his battle achievements were cleared, Ji Xun got a fighting secret book full of moves.
It's perfectly fine for him to practice this secret by himself.
The moves explained intensively are very detailed. It may take several years of hard practice to master the fighting skills of this ancient fighting style.
But Ji Xun obviously doesn't have that much time.
He saw the enlightenment prompt under the cheat book: "It can be downgraded and replaced with 'Skill·Advanced Fighting Specialty'"
"Sure enough."
Ji Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
This was some cold knowledge about extradimensional space that he had read in the Card Master Encyclopedia.
Fighting specialization is a basic skill. In the final analysis, it includes various basic skills such as kicking, hitting, throwing, and grabbing.
Although there are different fighting styles, after the cheats are downgraded, there is a high probability that they will be "advanced fighting specializations".
He now urgently needs to improve some practical abilities that can save his life, although it is a waste to downgrade the silver cheats to black iron skill cards.
But the skill card is what he needs now.
Because the threshold for learning the silver boxing skill [Skill·Level 2 Collapse] he had harvested in the Greedy Mine was advanced combat specialization.
I have never been able to find a way to buy skill cards outside.
I originally wanted to accumulate proficiency by fighting alone.
But it's too late now.
Once the two cards are used, there will be an additional display of [Diji Collapse Level 0 (1/200)] on the panel.
Ji Xun tried out his newly mastered skills and found them to be very mysterious.
The mantra surges through the meridians and converges on the fist, condensing a special energy. When a punch is hit on a floor tile, the force will not damage the floor tile, but the force will penetrate directly downwards and directly break the soil layer under the floor tile.
The greater the power, the more mana is poured into it, the greater the damage, and the thicker the obstacles it can penetrate.
After Ji Xun tried it, he immediately became more confident: "This skill is amazing."
Although [Second Skill Collapse] has a certain charging time, it also consumes a lot of mana power.
But after learning this secret magic-level silver boxing technique, he has another real trump card.
Like the rough-skinned and fleshy monster like the Giant Demon before, he really had nothing to do except for the relic scalpel.
Now there is.
This punch can completely penetrate the skin and directly hurt the internal organs, causing "real damage".
Although the skill proficiency is currently not enough to kill a D-level disaster with one punch.
But with a few more punches, the monster can always be killed.
His super high agility and physical attributes coupled with this skill are like a good sword with a blade, and the attributes suddenly explode.
Then there are heavy armor card masters like the Black Knight, who now finally have deadly means.
As for the miscellaneous advanced fighting specialization in his mind, Ji Xun didn't think it mattered.
He advanced three times to primary, intermediate and advanced specialization, using three different genres of skill cards.
He now feels like he knows a little bit about all fighting skills, but is mixed but not perfect.
But it’s fine if it works for now.
His understanding is very high, and his mastery of skills has also increased dramatically.
After more practice in actual combat, these skills will gradually be integrated into muscle memory and slowly become his own thing.
Strength is indeed confidence.
Ji Xun spent all his battle achievements and digested two fighting skill cards in one go, and his close combat effectiveness increased by several percent to the naked eye.
When walking in the fortress, there is no need to be as cautious as before.
Extradimensional space is a special world that is almost the same as the real world.
Everything here has a complete logical line of cause and effect.
If you look carefully, you can always see some clues.
Since he guessed that the plot could be triggered in this fortress, Ji Xun wandered around in the fortress.
Sure enough it didn't take long.
Ji Xun heard the news from a few chatting soldiers.
"I don't know what happened to the commander recently. He used to be the first to come out for morning exercises every morning. Now he not only sleeps until noon, but also doesn't even care about everyone's exercises."
"Hey, doesn't this make us feel more comfortable? Is there anything strange? And I heard that the commander went on patrol near the Howling Abyss before and encountered a demon and fought a battle. It's normal for him to recover from his injuries."
"Hey, the deputy commander Master Ronan didn't know what kind of military discipline he violated. He was thrown into the dungeon by the commander. He is obviously a good person."
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When Ji Xun heard these gossips, he immediately knew that this might be the key to the plot.
The [Devil Compass] has a range of use, and it can only clearly point to the direction of the devil at a short distance of about three to two hundred meters.
Previously, because he was afraid of being discovered and exposed, he did not dare to go near a place like the command post where there were obviously second-level strong men.
Looking at it now, the problem is huge.
Ji Xuncai approached the commander's barracks cautiously and tentatively.
Sure enough, the compass whirled wildly.
He looked at the exaggerated fluctuation value of demonic power displayed on the pointer and was surprised for a moment: "Second-order disaster-level demon? Even the kind that is very strong in the second-order?"
This is the strongest one I've ever seen.
It is more than ten times stronger than the previous first-order C-level disaster.
"Interesting. The commanders of the fortress are all demons. The Fallen Eagle Fortress has actually fallen."
Ji Xun thought of this and suddenly had another thought.
Since this commander is a demon, if you think about it from another angle, the deputy commander Ronan Master who was imprisoned in the dungeon should be a human?
Ji Xun immediately realized that this was the key to breaking the situation left by the will of space to the adventurers.
Second-level demons are not something he can consider now.
Ji Xun didn't waste any time and found the dungeon directly.
The dungeon of the fortress usually houses some soldiers who violate military discipline. It is probably like a solitary room.
Just a hundred meters down in the rock crevice, there were several cells with water seeping from the surrounding walls.
The surrounding light is very dim, which is very suitable for sneaking.
Before Ji Xun took two steps, the pointer on the compass started spinning again.
"First-order C-level disaster."
He looked at the fluctuation value on the pointer and knew that there was a demon with a very good stealth ability hidden in the darkness.
I have to admit, this relic compass is really useful.
Without this thing, if you sneak in rashly, you will really get a knife.
Since there is a demon hiding, there may also be some warning traps laid out.
Ji Xun didn't expect to go in without being discovered.
It can only be resolved quickly.
As soon as the magic power was poured into his body, Ji Xun's body expanded in an instant and turned into a werewolf's body.
The atavistic werewolf's supernatural perception is most evident in this moment.
Not only can everything in the dark be seen clearly.
He sniffed the air carefully again.
It was very clear that in addition to the smell of wet rocks, there was also the smell of a human and a demon in the dungeon.
With the direction pointed out by the compass, Ji Xun accurately located the source of the smell.
To the human sense of smell, demons smell like carrion.
But in the werewolf's sense of smell, there are all kinds of different scents.
"Still that kind of hybrid dark elf?"
Ji Xun had killed two dark elves before, and the smell of this type of demon was much better than the smell of rotten flesh from other demons.
He is also good at sneaking, which is the only one he can do at the moment.
Once you identify the type of demon, many methods can be used to predict it in advance.
And although dark elves are the darlings of darkness, they are not good at perception.
The enemy apparently did not realize that they had been discovered.
Ji Xun guessed that there must be a trap on the stone steps, and he had no intention of going down the normal path.
Suddenly violent.
As soon as the leg muscles swelled, the werewolf's body jumped onto the rock wall, climbing on the wall with sharp claws as if it were on the ground.
He rushed a hundred meters in a few breaths.
A black shadow flashed across the rock wall, and the demon hiding in the dark suddenly noticed something unusual.
But it was too late.
When he saw it, the black shadow had already appeared in front of him.
She reacted and was about to escape when her body suddenly collapsed.
"Is it teleporting again?"
Ji Xun had already seen him once, so it wasn't surprising.
The smell had clearly exposed the dark elf's location.
He kicked off his legs on the rock wall and suddenly changed direction, like a hungry wolf pounced on a panicked rabbit, and spread the dark elf on the rock wall with one hand.
He didn't give the devil any time to react, and he broke his neck with his segmental claws as soon as he grabbed it.
"Kill the C-level disaster 'Hybrid Dark Elf Hunter', battle merit +300"
After the combat skills became advanced specialization, killing this kind of fragile disaster was much easier than before.
Although the instant kill movement is not big.
But he couldn't guarantee whether the lurking demons in the fortress above had been alerted.
Ji Xun killed the dark elf and quickly disposed of the body.
And the magician who was tightly tied up in the cell also saw this scene clearly.
(End of chapter)
