The battle in the dungeon is getting more and more intense.
Now the beacon has been lit and the fortress war has begun.
The soldiers hadn't figured out what was happening, but the blue magical light from the beacon tower had already shone on everyone.
The demons disguised as humans wearing human skin were illuminated by the light, tearing their human skin apart one by one, and turned into ferocious demon forms.
The soldiers finally reacted, and one by one they picked up their weapons and fought fiercely with the demon.
In the blink of an eye, fierce fighting was happening everywhere in the huge fortress.
Not only in the fortress, but also on the elevator baskets and arrow towers, a large number of demons appeared.
Because they were well prepared, these demons immediately destroyed all kinds of heavy city defense weapons. While causing casualties to human soldiers, it also brought convenience to the demons under the fortress to siege the city.
Groups of demons sprang out from nowhere.
Climb walls, ride in a hanging basket, and fly with wings.
Various means were used to launch a general attack on Fallen Eagle Fortress.
The battle suddenly became very fierce.
Ji Xun ignored the fighting in the fortress. He sneaked all the way and soon arrived at the deputy commander's residence.
Various defensive barriers have been activated here. He obtained the authority for the magic key that Master Ronan gave him before, and went there smoothly.
I looked at the pointer and saw that there were no monsters in the room.
The demons were busy conquering the fortress, and no one paid attention to their residence.
Ji Xun went straight to the second floor.
The commander and deputy commander have their own separate residences.
There is a room with a window on the second floor.
The view here is very good, you can just see the Wailing Abyss.
There is a row of bookshelves in the room.
Looking at the dozens of books on the bookshelf, Qidi did not translate these unknown civilization classics that were irrelevant to the plot.
But the items shown are all items that can be brought out of extra-dimensional space.
Ji Xun is welcome.
Regardless of whether they recognized them or not, they packed them all up and stuffed them into storage rings.
Only in the dormitory of the learned magician can you find so many books.
Whether it is the knowledge in the classics or the content of civilization in this extra-dimensional space, he is very interested.
Then he also found the magic secret compartment behind the seventh book on the bookshelf, opened it and saw a magic token inside.
As he expected, the token could not be stored in the storage space.
Moreover, the overflowing magic wave is very special, and it is as conspicuous as a luminous pearl in the dark.
Ji Xun only opened it to confirm, then closed it again.
By the way, he also put a few devil horns from his body inside.
There is no harm in carrying these things around now.
Anyway, this is an unlimited time-limited extra-dimensional space, so Ji Xun is not in a hurry.
He searched again, and then found a manuscript covered in animal skin from another drawer with a magic mechanism.
Enlightenment revealed the content "Master Ronan's Demonic Manuscript".
Ji Xun didn't look at it much and put it all away.
Seeing that there was nothing missing in Master Ronan's residence, he turned around and jumped from the window, then jumped towards the commander's residence next door.
The second-level demon is currently fighting Master Ronan in the dungeon, and he shouldn't be able to come back in a short time.
Ji Xun had the authority over the magic barrier of the entire fortress, which also allowed him to sneak into the house smoothly.
The commander's room seemed very shabby and smelled strongly of alcohol.
Didn't see a single book.
There's nothing valuable either.
However, Ji Xun saw a shining silver ax on the equipment shelf at a glance.
[Fortress Commander's Long-Handed Silver Battle Ax]
Quality: Yaoyin
Detailed explanation: An excellent long-handled ax forged from star iron, with sharpness +3, critical hit +4, and an additional 30% damage bonus to demonic creatures;
The monster didn't take it because it wasn't suitable for a demon.
"Haha, you're selling money."
Ji Xun looked at the attributes and was disappointed.
After seeing many treasures, my horizons have broadened.
Mainly because there are no special entries.
The reason why it is of shining silver quality is simply because the [Star Iron] it is made of is a rare metal.
It's also very heavy and I can't use it.
Ji Xun spent a valuable Yaoyin Containment Card to contain the axe.
I think this ax can be sold for a good price.
Ji Xun walked around the commander's residence and found nothing of value.
Originally, he wanted to go to the Military Supplies Department to see if he could fish in troubled waters.
But suddenly, the magic fluctuations in the dungeon suddenly subsided.
Look at this posture, Master Ronan has been killed.
Ji Xun did not dare to wait for the second-level disaster to come out and cause trouble for him. He climbed all the way along the rock wall and left the fortress.
Not long after, on the cliff.
"The eight demon commanders should all be at least second-level B-level disasters. The three fortresses can hold down at least three or four commanders. According to the combat power of the beast legion, there will be enough demon legions to confront them head-on."
Ji looked for a place to stay, watched the battle at Fallen Eagle Fortress from a distance, thought about it in his mind, and then relaxed and watched the show.
Now the battle has just begun.
There are more than a hundred kilometers of mountainous terrain from the Wailing Abyss to the Thunder Fortress in the south. The demon army may have just left its lair and has not gone far.
Ji Xun is not in a hurry to find any demon passage.
He was on the rock wall, took out the "Master Ronan's Demonic Manuscript" he had obtained before, and started reading it carefully.
This is a plot item recognized by the space.
It must be related to customs clearance.
Ji Xun opened the manuscript, and inside it was densely recorded an incomprehensible ancient text.
This is the text of the Kingdom of Teresa.
Ji Xun's eyes quickly scanned the contents of the notes.
Not only did I read the translated content from Enlightenment, but I also memorized the original text.
The content in the manuscript is Master Ronan's research on demons, and can be roughly divided into several sections, "Complete Collection of Known Demon Types", "Research on Low Demonic Languages", and "Devil Totem".
After guarding the border for many years, this mage has a very in-depth study of the culture and habits of demons.
The content on it was even more detailed than what Qidi saw.
Just an encyclopedia of demons.
Time was tight and Ji Xun looked quickly.
I specially selected some key points to read.
Mainly for monsters, such as "potions to prevent spider silk from sticking", "treatment of demon flame burns", and "detoxification methods for various common demon toxins".
In the future, you will inevitably have to fight demons, learn more about practical skills, and learn more about self-protection methods.
A few hours later.
Ji Xun closed the manuscript, exhaled a long breath, and couldn't help but sigh: "This manuscript can really help a lot."
From knowing nothing about demons before, now I clearly understand the habits and weaknesses of dozens of demons.
Ji Xun felt that this information was even more useful than any equipment.
The [Giant Demon], which was thought to be invincible in defense before, would have thought that one of its tail vertebrae is more fragile than its eyeballs?
[Dark Elf] has the ability to collapse into elements and teleport, but inserting a needle into its collarbone will prevent it from collapsing.
The claws of a spider-like demon are its most fatal weakness than any other part.
There are many more.
There is only one kind of human being, but there are many kinds of demons.
If Ji Xun hadn't read this manuscript, he might have risked his life to test it when encountering all kinds of demons.
If you are not careful, you will suffer big losses in those weird abilities.
But now, I suddenly feel much more confident.
It can be said that if Ji Xun knew the habits and weaknesses of these demons in advance, even without a scalpel, he would have the means to kill the disaster-level demons he encountered before.
Ji Xun put away the manuscript and looked at the time.
More than five hours have passed.
Glancing at Fallen Eagle Fortress, there were only sporadic traces of battle left inside.
There are also the most monsters near the Wailing Abyss here.
Previously, the fortress soldiers were able to use the cliff terrain to repel several waves of attacks.
But as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer living people, more and more demons, and the fall is irreversible.
Counting the time, the demon army was almost far away from its lair.
Ji Xun didn't stay on the cliff for long and quietly climbed down.
After not walking far, he came to the crack in the abyss.
Looking at the bottomless cliff in front of him, Ji Xun threw a few stones to try.
No echo was heard.
Fortunately, this crack is a normal crack in the earth, and there is no abnormal gravity.
Ji Xun jumped down and tried it himself. He climbed several hundred meters on the rock wall and didn't encounter anything strange.
In his eyes, this is the best place to get rid of the devil's pursuit.
He was going to the devil's lair now. Apart from anything else, he had to find a way out first.
And since it was the devil's lair, Ji Xun felt that there must be a lot of sentries of all kinds, so it was best not to take the regular route.
There is not much difference between werewolves walking on flat ground and rock walls.
After Ji Xun tried it out, he stopped walking on the road above and climbed on the rock wall several hundred meters below the cliff.
The "Desolate Spire" is about thirty kilometers northeast of the fortress.
Next to the crack.
He had the impression that he saw a place marked by a stone tower on the military map he had seen before.
Ji Xun just climbed on the cliff all the way.
Relying on the compass, he successfully avoided some places with strong demonic aura.
Not long after, he came to an area filled with cold mist.
I looked at the pointer.
There are no demonic fluctuations.
Only then did he climb from the cliff to the ground.
As soon as I looked, I saw a white tower made of stones standing not far away.
This is where dead soldiers were once buried.
The stone tower is the tombstone.
The old mage didn't say the exact coordinates of the entrance to the devil's lair, but Ji Xun felt that since it was a secret passage, it would definitely not be easy to find.
But it can also satisfy a large number of demons coming from the north of the rift, so the place must be not small.
There was no suspension bridge or any other building in the abyss. It was probably a teleportation array or something, a passage on the magical level.
So I can only try my luck in this large area nearby.
Wearing a relic cloak, Ji Xun walked carefully into the White Tower Forest like a ghost and searched patiently.
And not long after walking, he was looking at the red-eyed bat hanging at a key intersection in the White Tower Forest.
He was also sure that some passage must be nearby.
The bats couldn't find him.
Ji Xun continued walking in the White Pagoda Forest.
Suddenly, a transparent "white sheet" floated in the air.
What the enlightenment shows is [Ghost contaminated by demonic energy]?
"ghost?"
It was also Ji Xun's first time seeing a spiritual monster.
It doesn't look threatening.
Maybe one daylight bomb can solve it?
But looking at the ghost prefix, Ji Xun immediately realized that it was probably the devil's spy.
The intelligence of high-level demons is no worse than that of humans, and they must be able to think of some secret techniques to evade the surveillance of red-eyed bats.
The way monsters like ghosts perceive is not with the naked eye, but at the soul level.
This makes up for the shortcomings of the bat eyeliner's investigative methods.
The ghost's perception range was shorter than that of vision, so Ji Xun was not found for the time being.
But it was like a hunting dog that had picked up the scent and gradually drifted over.
And there definitely seem to be a lot of ghosts in this tower forest.
If you continue walking, you will most likely be discovered.
"Ghost Sentry. It's really watertight."
Ji Xun frowned slightly as he looked at it.
Just by seeing the ghost appear, he was already sure that the devil's secret passage was nearby.
But now he is also in a dilemma.
It is impossible to completely avoid it, and it cannot yet be eliminated.
Once the whereabouts are exposed, the stealth plan fails.
He alone has no ability to break into the devil's lair.
But how to avoid ghosts?
Ji Xun searched for all the information he knew about ghosts.
There are many ways to kill monsters, but avoiding them is difficult.
Ghosts are perceptions at the soul level. Living people have souls, so there is no way to avoid them.
Sudden!
An idea flashed in my mind.
The wretched smile of an old man with missing front teeth appeared in Ji Xun's mind, and the demonic voice echoed in his ears: burying your head in your crotch can make most ghosts and monsters invisible.
This is what the old "Dog King" in the team, Old Man Xu, said.
His theoretical support is that ghosts can perceive the shape of human soul fire. But if the head is hidden under the crotch, the shape of the human soul fire will become strange. The ghosts will think they are the same kind and will not pay attention to them.
I don’t know if he is bragging, but Old Man Xu said that he had relied on this method to survive many ghost spaces with a high mortality rate.
I thought it was a joke before, but I didn't expect to meet him so soon.
"How about giving it a try?"
Ji Xun thought about it in his mind, but couldn't think of any other better way.
If you really want to be exposed, just rush in.
At least the location is determined first.
He thought so.
The ghost not far away has already drifted over, and there is no room for thinking about it.
Ji Xun is a clown actor and is good at all kinds of funny moves.
Seeing that the ghost was floating over, he suddenly bowed 180 degrees and hid his head under his crotch.
The sensory world is suddenly turned upside down.
Ji Xun didn't move, just stood there.
However, a magical scene occurred.
The ghost that seemed to be patrolling here just now seemed to have lost its target all of a sudden and drifted away elsewhere.
And one of them was floating by not far away from Ji Xun, but there was nothing unusual about it.
"You really didn't notice it?"
Ji Xun also felt a little unbelievable, and a thought came to his mind: "Isn't that old man really a master of hiding?"
He suddenly felt that the wretched old man seemed to be a bit clumsy.
Being alive is a real skill.
Since it was okay to try, Ji Xun walked all the way deep into the Tallinn.
Although the position of his butt on top was strange, Ji Xun felt as if he was performing a funny mime without an audience, and he found a little fun.
The deeper you go into Tallinn, the more ghosts there are.
Ji Xun relied on this funny move to go all the way without being discovered at all.
At a certain moment when he passed through the fog, the surrounding environment suddenly changed!
"Discover the hidden plot, explore +10%"
"Completed the C-level plot mission 'Investigating the Demon's Secret Passage in the Wailing Abyss', combat merit +5000"
Enlightenment prompts one after another.
Ji Xun's pupils shrank suddenly.
Only then did he realize that he had gone from a deserted cemetery to a busy demon war fortress.
Big Demon, Little Demon, Fire Demon, Dark Elf, Giant Demon, Succubus, Hell Spider, Wall of Flesh, Mimic.
I have seen it, or many of the strange demons that I have seen in Master Ronan's manuscripts before, all appeared before my eyes.
Did you really sneak into the devil's base camp?
When Ji Xun saw this, the numbing excitement flooded into his brain.
And judging from the dense footprints on the ground, a large army of demons must have left the base camp not long ago.
"It turns out it was an illusion barrier covering the entrance."
Ji Xun looked around and suddenly realized.
He hid behind a rock and observed.
Disaster-level monsters are rarely seen in this war camp, and most of them are just hard laborers.
They carried engineering equipment, inferior swords, and human corpses transported back from the front lines.
This is the devil's logistics force.
As Ji Xun expected, all the elites went to the front line to attack the fortress.
Now is the emptiest time in the devil's lair!
Now that I haven't been discovered yet, I have to look for an opportunity to make a move.
Ji Xun's eyes reflected the monster camp in front of him, and his heart gradually became excited.
The ground camp is only a small part of the devil's base camp. Not far away is a cave entrance that glows red and leads to the ground.
The mouth of the cave looked like a demon's mouth with bared teeth.
No need to guess, there must be many dangers inside.
"Tsk, tsk."
Ji Xun raised his eyebrows, but he had no intention of backing down.
Come here, you must go in and take a look.
With his thoughts turning in his mind, he followed the little demons carrying the corpses without fear and walked directly into the cave.
The further you go into the cave, the wider the passage becomes.
There are torches on the rock wall lighting up the mine, and there are all kinds of demons coming and going.
Every once in a while, you can still see some totem poles with devilish writing.
Those words are low-level demonic languages, which are similar to ancient human writings. They are simplified and evolved versions of ancient high-level demonic languages.
Ji Xun had seen it in Master Ronan's manuscript before. The contents on those totem poles probably recorded descriptions related to "space".
Not long after he walked, he was almost certain that the so-called "devil's secret passage" was some kind of space teleportation array.
The totem poles everywhere in the cave are the corners of the teleportation array.
Ji Xun was invisible and sneaking all the way, and followed the little devil in very cautiously.
Looking at the devil's pointer from time to time, he deliberately avoided directions with obvious violent numerical fluctuations.
The journey was smooth.
But while walking, Ji Xun's eyes suddenly narrowed.
Because he actually saw a few living humans walking out of the cave?
"There are actually humans in the devil's lair?"
Ji Xun didn't have time to be surprised.
Suddenly, I heard those humans chattering a few words of devilish language.
Only then did he understand,
This is not human.
But a demon disguised as a human!
It is recorded in Master Ronan's manuscript that there is a cunning demon called "Pishtako" who can use human skin to disguise themselves as humans and live.
"It turns out that these human corpses were transported back to the base camp for this purpose."
When Ji Xun saw these "human beings", he always felt that the skin-changing method looked familiar.
But the first time I saw these demons walking freely in the cave,
A bolder idea suddenly popped into his head!
He transformed into a werewolf and took a sniff. Those demons had completely human scents on them.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to hide it from the people in the fortress.
After confirming this, a sly smile appeared in Ji Xun's eyes: "Hey, it's convenient now."
Although the infiltration is so smooth now, this is the devil's lair after all, and the crisis is far more than meets the eye.
Although [Relic·Hidden One] can cover up most of the aura, it may not necessarily be able to hide it from demons with a very keen sense of smell, such as high-level hellhounds.
Moreover, Ji Xun is sure that there are definitely means of detecting sneak targets in certain key places in this base camp.
Master Ronan's manuscript records several types of demons that can sense hidden targets.
Like the web of a hell spider, the song of a wailing banshee, the sand of a sand demon
These methods are all excellent methods for overcoming visual invisibility.
If Ji Xun had not read the manuscript before, he might have jumped in head first, and then had no idea how he was discovered.
But in fact, even if you know it, the risk is only reduced, but it cannot be eliminated.
Ji Xun could only be more careful, but he still couldn't avoid the demon's perception with special abilities.
But now it's different.
Avoid?
No.
No.
Since you can't avoid it no matter what, let's play with something bigger!
When Ji Xun thought of this, he suddenly put away his cloak and all his equipment.
Just like the previous demons who had just changed their skins, they walked into the cave with their upper bodies naked.
In a human body, he walked in with great swagger!
The intelligence of those little devils and big devils is inherently low.
Seeing a "person" suddenly appear behind him, his first thought would be [Pishtaco] in human skin, and he wouldn't care at all.
Even if some highly intelligent demons noticed that something was wrong, looking at such a "human" who had no abnormality at all, they would never have thought that a human being was really bold enough to dare to break into the forbidden area with such arrogance.
Ji Xun relied on this method that would make others think "crazy", and he actually walked in smoothly!
I was walking cautiously just now, but now I don't have to.
After walking deeper into the cave, I encountered several [Wailing Banshees] squatting and singing at some intersections.
If he really comes invisibly, he will be discovered immediately.
It was as if they had gone through numerous security checks, and the demons didn't notice anything unusual at all.
Ji Xun went all the way in this way.
Soon, he came to a cave with a very strong smell of blood.
(End of chapter)
