Chapter 169: The Illusionary War Lord Hiding in the Dark
At this moment, Li Qing felt as if he was assisted by God. The accumulation of so long time burst out like a spring at this moment. He was full of inspiration and was in an excellent state.
Without stopping, he used more than forty magic pens, with perfect endurance, to complete a super complex magic circle he had envisioned in one go.
When the last stroke was completed and connected with the first stroke, spiritual power was generated spontaneously, forming a perfect closure, and fine lightning jumped on the magic circle.
"It's done!"
Even without checking the properties, Li Qing had a strong feeling that it was successful.
Holding the animal skin in his hand, Li Qing showed a hint of joy on his face.
"It really worked, and it was upgraded to the advanced level in one step."
Magic Lightning (Advanced): Consumes 3 war mana points and launches a magic lightning with power equivalent to that of a second-level spell to bombard enemies within a range of 150*150 meters.
The primary version has only one ring of lethality, and the killing range is only 30*30 meters.
After being promoted to a high-level level, not only the power is greatly improved, but the killing range also increases by more than twenty times.
"That's it."
Li Qing chose the current version as his advanced version of magic lightning without hesitation and did not change it.
Although it can still be adjusted and strengthened.
In theory, the more knowledge you master and the more magic runes you have, the more power you can increase by adjusting or adding or subtracting certain elements of the compound rune array.
Theoretically, there is no limit to the power of magic spells. If you have the ability, it is not impossible to create a magic lightning with a destructive power equivalent to that of a six-ring chain lightning and a range of up to ten square kilometers.
But this is just theory. In reality, it is neither possible nor necessary.
If he really had such ability, his strength at that time would probably have been that of a true god. When a true god concentrated his divine power and struck an attack, it would be no different from war magic.
Therefore, most war magic is of no use to true gods. Only a few high-level war magic with special effects that have been upgraded to a high level can last forever.
After resting for a day, Li Qing continued to draw magic lightning to improve his proficiency.
It is worth mentioning that the advanced version of magic lightning he now draws on animal skins can be regarded as a disposable scroll that can be used by his heroes.
With a good beginning, the rest will naturally follow.
I only failed once, but basically succeeded every time after that.
After ten consecutive successes, Li Qing began to make final preparations to upgrade the first-level war magic, the magic lightning in his war magic book.
There were no problems and it was a success at once.
After resting for two days, he started to upgrade the second war magic 'Light of War'.
Time passes by unknowingly.
Li Qing stayed in the divine realm every day, immersed in the world of magical knowledge.
The city was also quiet and peaceful. The thirty-meter-high city wall blocked almost all ferocious beasts. Occasionally, a large ferocious beast passed by, but it was driven away by the twenty-four space dragons.
The mithril mine at the foot of the mountain is also being excavated step by step. The output was not high at the beginning, but after the ground was dug up and more mines were opened, the output gradually increased. Now it can be guaranteed that more than 30 kilograms of mithril can be mined every day.
This is obviously not the limit. The scale of this mithril mine is even larger than they imagined.
The deeper they dig, the greater the output. Now An Erqiu is arranging many space dragonborns to help, transforming into half-dragons to dig and expand the scale of the mine.
Their excavation method is very simple. They just dig out large chunks of stones containing mithril. There is no need for any process like crushing or washing the ore. They just dig them out and pile them in the warehouse. When a certain amount accumulates, Li Qing collects them using the space in his palm and directly decomposes the stones. What remains is pure mithril.
The work efficiency of the palm space is higher than that of ten thousand professional miners. He can finish a month's hard digging in just one hour.
Many space dragons were also living very happily at this time. In this wild plane with abundant food, they had almost no natural enemies with their ability to fly. They flew out every day to hunt and prey, and also scout the surroundings.
After a few months, their levels were raised to level seven, and the reconnaissance range was expanded from original one thousand kilometers to about two thousand kilometers.
In this area, especially in the jungles and mountains in the east, south, and southeast, many dinosaur tribes were found, including an extremely large dinosaur tribe that had built a simple city.
According to preliminary observations, there are a total of six dinosaur tribes, most of which are small tribes with a population of around 5,000 to 10,000.
The largest dinosaur city-state has a population of 200,000 to 300,000 and is extremely powerful.
However, due to the distance being too far and the fact that they did not come specifically for the purpose of conquest, they did not take any action.
Apart from building a few hidden monitoring outposts at several key locations there, and a few space dragons passing by there for observation every day, there were no other actions.
That morning, after Li Qing routinely made an iron golem, he left the divine realm and came to the city, ready to collect and decompose the ore that had piled up like a mountain in the warehouse.
A black hole opened up on the pile of rocks that looked like a small hill, and the huge attraction drew the rocks into it one by one.
The stone disintegrated, leaving the mithril in a large mass.
The decomposition was completed in less than an hour, all the stones were reassembled into stone cubes, and the mithril was also gathered into a large block, weighing more than 1,300 kilograms in total.
After putting away the mithril, Li Qing was about to go and see how the mine was going. Suddenly he stopped, looked up at the sky, a hint of doubt on his face.
An Erqiu, who was following him, also looked up in confusion and asked curiously:
"Boss, do you feel something is wrong?"
Li Qing nodded, pointed at the pterosaur hovering in the air not too high in front of him, and asked:
"Are there a lot of pterosaurs around here?"
An Erqiu nodded:
"This type of small pterosaur is very common in this plane. I saw it often on my way here. After the city was built, I often saw this type of small pterosaur passing by. Occasionally, small pterosaurs would stop on the roofs of buildings in the city."
Li Qing frowned and thought for a while, then pointed at the pterosaur hovering not far away and said:
"Send someone to capture this pterosaur."
An Erqiu was a little confused, but didn't say anything. He whispered an order to a tall space dragonborn beside him. The space dragonborn quickly transformed into a half-dragon, stretched out a pair of wings covered with dragon scales, and soared into the air. He flashed behind the small pterosaur, grabbed its neck and flew back.
Li Qing reached out to take the pterosaur, his expression turned cold, and he handed it directly to An Erqiu.
An Erqiu took the pterosaur in confusion, and his face changed the next second.
"Is this pterosaur controlled by someone?"
Li Qing nodded:
"The power of the mind is most likely controlled by the Mind-draining Hero of Destiny."
An Erqiu immediately ordered his men, and more than a dozen space dragons soared into the sky and captured all the pterosaurs hovering over the city.
After checking them one by one, they soon found that four of the dozen pterosaurs had problems.
He came to Li Qing with a serious face and whispered:
"It was my negligence. I immediately arranged for a detailed reconnaissance around the city."
Li Qing nodded, patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Don't blame yourself too much. Experience is accumulated. Just don't make the same mistake again next time."
"If I'm not guessing, there should be a mind sucking monster Lord of Destiny who is targeting us. Let's be alert."
"In addition, when we found them, they also knew that we had found them. They probably won't hide anymore. We told the children not to go out too far, not to go out alone, and to stay within 200 kilometers of the city at most."
An Erqiu nodded seriously.
"Alas! I can't even stay here quietly for a while."
Li Qing sighed lightly, somewhat speechless.
"We've been discovered!"
Somewhere in a dark hall, with dark red fleshy floor and ceiling underfoot, a ball of light hanging above, and several figures gathered in front of a huge ball of light in the center of the hall.
One of the figures, a somewhat strange-looking human figure, groped for the light ball in front of him, and a huge virtual projection of the territory appeared in front of them.
A sharp finger pointed at a point on the map and said:
"I think there is no need to wait any longer. Let's take action immediately and seize this mithril mine."
Another hoarse voice sounded:
"I think the time is not right yet. We haven't infiltrated this dinosaur tribe sufficiently. If we act now, all our previous investment and preparation will be wasted."
"It doesn't matter. After observing for these few days, we can be sure that the output of this mithril mine is extremely high. After we seize it, it will be enough to make up for all the losses and even have some left over."
Several figures raised their heads and looked behind them. A tall human-shaped figure was sitting on a huge crystal throne. As its tentacles danced, strange pulsating halos spread out from the foot of the throne and disappeared into the wall of flesh and blood.
"Master, you decide our strategy."
The figure known as the Lord pondered for a moment, and a deep voice rang out in the hall:
"Mithril is extremely precious and is also the most in-demand magical material. If we can seize it, it will be enough to make up for all the losses."
"I order the infiltrators of the Dinosaur Tribe to prepare themselves and secretly guide the war between the Dinosaurs and this human war lord. We will reap the benefits after the war."
After the order from the Ruler was issued, all the figures in the Hall of Flesh and Blood no longer had any objections and responded one after another.
On the other hand, after discovering the abnormalities of the small pterosaurs near the city, An Erqiu increased his reconnaissance of the surrounding areas in the next few days and indeed found some abnormalities.
For example, there were inexplicable gatherings of Pteranodon nests, ferocious beasts that should have hunted each other gathered together harmoniously, and traces of small groups of dinosaur people.
These were not discovered before because they were too small and were overlooked.
The space dragon's reconnaissance targets are mainly giant beasts above level eight or nine, or large-scale dinosaur troops. These extremely small-scale ferocious beasts and pterosaurs are everywhere in this plane, and they are as common as weeds all over the world. It is impossible to monitor them all.
As the reconnaissance obtained more information, An Erqiu's expression became more solemn.
But what really worried him was that a secret outpost 800 kilometers ahead suddenly lost contact.
Originally, a reply letter would be sent every day, but as they began large-scale reconnaissance around the area, there has been no reply for three days now.
Five giant dragons formed a team to scout and saw a huge army of dinosaurs marching in the wilderness.
“That’s pretty quick!”
Li Qing smiled after receiving the news and said to the many men gathered below:
"Tell the miners in the mine to stop digging, gather outside the mine, and prepare for battle."
Then he used the space in his palm and the remaining stones from the previous mining. He rubbed a bunch of tall arrow towers with his hands and placed them outside the city walls and in different locations inside the city to defend against the enemy's winged army.
According to reconnaissance, this attack force came from the super-large dinosaur tribe, and with the support of some nearby tribes, the total strength was about 70,000 to 80,000.
There are nearly a thousand Tyrannosaurus alone, and several thousand pterosaur troops.
Add to that a dozen or so tamed high-level Tyrannosaurus and Quetzalcoatlus, and the threat is quite great.
But what worries Li Qing the most is the soul-sucking monster, the Destiny War Lord, whose hiding place is unknown.
Now it is certain that there is indeed a mind-thirsting war lord who is dealing with him, whether it is because he covets the mithril mine or simply to deal with him, the son of destiny of the human race.
After searching for so many days, he still hasn't found where the psychic sucker Lord of Destiny is hiding, otherwise he would have taken the initiative to attack long ago.
The indigenous army moved very slowly. More than ten days, nearly half a month, had passed from the initial discovery to the appearance of the pterosaur troops near the city.
At this time, Li Qingzao had already made all preparations.
The black mass of dinosaur troops pressed forward, and the vast wasteland outside the city was cut down. Many dinosaurs gathered outside the city, looking up 60 degrees at the 35-meter-high city wall and fell into deep thought.
The small hills in the hilly area are only this high. How can we cross them?
Even if the Tyrannosaurus Rex was about ten meters tall, he could only leap two body lengths with all his strength, which was not enough to climb up the city wall.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex is taller than the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but their jumping ability is not as good as that of their evolved counterparts, so there is no hope that they can jump up.
The dinosaur people did not have siege weapons. They had not yet evolved to that stage, and their civilization had not reached that stage.
Although city-states have emerged, their city-state walls are made of rubble mixed with mud, which can only protect against small wild beasts. Ordinary velociraptors can easily climb over them.
The only way is to use air pterosaur troops to attack the city.
But without the cooperation of ground troops, the pterosaur troops rushing in alone would definitely be seeking their own deaths.
Twenty-four giant dragons, four upper dragons, plus numerous archers and a huge number of space dragons. This pterosaur army of only a few thousand people could not go back once it arrived.
so……
The dinosaur army outside the city, which was preparing to attack the city aggressively, was stunned.
The defenders in the city, who were expecting a fierce battle, were also stunned.
"Damn it, it was just a false alarm!"
Xie Zhu held onto the city wall and said with amusement:
"Didn't they prepare siege weapons for these dinosaur people?"
Li Qing was also on the top of the city wall. He looked up into the distance and said in a deep voice:
"Don't be too happy too soon."
He noticed that behind the dinosaur army, a large number of dinosaurs were busy moving many thick trees, and it seemed that they were preparing something.
"Among these dinosaur people, there must be many who are controlled by the mind sucking monsters with their mental power, or the mind sucking monsters have taken over their bodies. They can make siege weapons."
