Chapter 465: Corpse Core
Scars of the world.
In the Ghost Mountains, in a cave at the foot of a mountain, Alka and his friends were resting inside.
Alka leaned against the cave, sitting on his sleeping bag and looking at the map in his hand.
He had marked all the blue dots on the map, and there were four dots in total which were the elemental cores left behind after the death of the semi-elemental creatures of the Stonehoof clan.
This is different from the three mentioned by the elder, there is obviously one more.
"Is there anything wrong with the map you've been looking at?" Xiadaiti asked Alka as he sat next to him.
Hearing this, Alka looked up at her and said, "It's a little different, because I sensed a total of four elemental core auras on the map, not three as the elder said. Is there something wrong?"
"It's normal to have one more. Maybe he just knows that these three are dead. Or maybe he thinks the other one is not dead. Who knows." Porro said from the side.
Julia shook her head when she heard this: “No, it shouldn’t be like this.
There are very few people left in their race, as you can all see, only a few hundred.
As one of the leaders of the race, it is impossible for this elder to have counted the wrong number of people, right?
Every member of the tribe is extremely precious, and losing one could be a huge problem."
Alka nodded, that's what he thought.
In this situation, how could it be possible that a member of the tribe died and he didn't know about it?
This may only happen when there are too many people in the tribe.
It’s like in a village where everyone is neighbors and knows each other. If someone suddenly disappears, how is it possible that no one would be unaware of it?
"There are too many unexpected situations. We don't know much about this ethnic group, right?" Xia Daiti said from the side.
Several people nodded, it was indeed the case.
As we chatted, the darkness outside dissipated and light suddenly illuminated the mountains.
It's dawn.
"Let's go around and go here." Alka said, pointing at the map.
That was the nearest discovered blue point to them, and the crystals they needed were stored there.
Xia Daiti waved his hand gently, and a very tiny moon, about the size of a head, appeared above their heads.
The moon emitted a cool light, just enough to cover them.
Under the moon, everyone started to move forward.
If there was no full moon, they would be constantly harassed by various evil spirits while walking in the mountains, the number of which would be far beyond their imagination.
Especially those evil spirits that are not very powerful but very annoying, they keep harassing them.
The moon used by Xia Daiti can effectively dispel these evil spirits. Unless they are of a stronger level, the evil spirits dare not approach.
Because most of the evil spirits are actually around the second stage, and there are only a few in the third stage.
It is also possible that this is due to external factors.
The reason why evil spirits are annoying is that it is difficult to get rid of them.
These evil spirits can only be dispersed through various means, especially in high magic areas such as the Endless Sea.
The strength of the evil spirits is much more difficult to eliminate than those that Alka and his friends had encountered .
"here we go again."
Porro looked at the blood-red pupil in a piece of rubble and said irritably.
Hearing what Pororo said, Alka turned his head and glanced at the corner where the blood-red eyes were.
"What are you staring at? Come and bite me if you dare."
“Hiss~”
The evil spirit hid in a dark corner and let out threatening roars, but did not rush out because of Alka's words.
"It seems that these evil spirits still possess the most basic intelligence." Alka said, looking at the evil spirit.
Afraid of the moonlight, feeling fear.
In addition to this one, Alka also saw another one in the crevice of another rubble not far away. This one was much braver.
In the sunlight, he almost stuck his head out and opened his huge mouth full of sharp teeth.
Combined with his childlike face, he looked extremely terrifying.
"I know this one." Lucilia said when she saw the evil spirit staring at them not far away.
Hearing this, Alka blinked at the evil spirit, whose strength was around the third stage.
"I killed it before." Lucilia said, and a blood-colored flying blade appeared in her hand and was thrown out by her.
Upon seeing the bloody flying blade, the evil spirit immediately dissipated and disappeared.
Obviously it recognized the attack.
"It seems that this evil spirit is not so easy to eliminate. Is it because of the environment here?" Xia Daiti couldn't help but ask.
Because as they moved forward, more and more evil spirits were watching them from every corner. He also saw one or two evil spirits that he had killed yesterday.
If the appearances of these evil spirits are different, then it should be the same one from yesterday, but now it has been resurrected. You have to know that they used the power from the Virgin Mary to kill these evil spirits.
The power of the Virgin Mary has a miraculous effect on these evil spirits.
There should be no situation where cleaning is not done properly.
"So this area has remained here because these evil spirits are difficult to eliminate." Alka said.
After all, this place can be considered the rear, not too far from the front line and various safe roads.
If these evil spirits were very unstable, they would have been eliminated long ago. The reason they have survived until now is that they are difficult to eliminate and they can only wander in this mountain range and cannot leave.
Such threats are naturally nothing compared to the demons on the front lines, so there is no need to expend extra energy and manpower to clean them up.
After all, with the demons on the front line, humans don’t have enough energy to do these things.
A brown earth card has been floating beside Alka, and through this earth card Alka senses the crystal of that element.
Soon they arrived at that area under the moonlight and under the gaze of countless evil spirits.
A stone pillar can be seen from a distance.
This stone pillar protrudes from the barren ground, about seven or eight meters high, and the material that makes up the stone pillar is quite different from the surrounding land.
Through the Earth Card, Alka could clearly feel the high-energy earth element crystals in the stone pillar.
According to the orientation of the map, this should be the blue dot.
As Alka and the others got closer, an evil spirit emerged from the stone pillar. The shape of this evil spirit was too uncomfortable.
It looks like a snake, its tongue is a distorted human face, and even the snake's body has various human heads connected to it.
Coiled around the stone pillar, they roared at Alka and the others who were coming over, and each head emitted a shrill laugh of a different tone.
"This evil spirit... is too disgusting." Porro frowned and said with disgust.
I couldn't help but rub my arms, which were covered with goose bumps.
Alka looked at the evil spirit and saw that its strength was at the third stage.
It's the same difficulty as the point he's looking at.
"Just walk over here and see if he will be forced to leave because of our arrival."
Alka said this, and approached the stone pillar with everyone else.
The moonlight above their heads continued to emit light, and as they got closer and closer, the multi-faceted giant snake kept roaring, but of course it didn't dare to attack at all. Obviously, the moonlight still made them instinctively afraid.
As they got closer, the roars became louder and louder. Finally, the evil spirit seemed to be unable to bear it anymore and its entire body bounced off and rushed directly towards them.
The snake's actions seemed to have set off some kind of chain reaction.
As the snake rushed towards them fiercely, the evil spirits that had been surrounding them seemed to be aroused and rushed towards them in a swarm.
"Does numbers give courage?" Alka couldn't help asking.
It seems that wisdom is still not enough, without enough rationality, I am still in madness.
The sound of music that seemed to bind the soul rang out in the ears.
Julia played the harp in her hand, and the phonograph floated beside her, playing the music that had been recorded long ago.
This was a tune that Alka and the others had never heard before.
"Soul Binding Concerto."
The sound of the music spread in the surroundings, and all the evil spirits seemed to be carrying a thousand pounds, and they instantly slowed down like a turtle crawling.
It seemed as if time had slowed down everywhere except for them, which was extremely interesting.
A red flame card appeared next to Alka, and he spun it with his hand.
A circle of flames ignited around them and then turned into a circle, surrounding them in the center.
The flames burned fiercely, forming a wall of fire.
Among most elements, fire is one of the few that can effectively attack evil spirits.
It is also the type with the highest attack power against evil spirits among most common elements.
Although not as powerful as Holy Light, it is much more useful than other elemental energies, such as Earth Element or Water Element, which have no effect on these evil spirits.
The moonlight above Xia Daiti's head emitted an even brighter light, and the light expanded in an instant.
In an instant, these evil spirits began to slowly scream and roar in pain, struggling as if in slow motion.
A faint blue smoke came out of the body, as if it was on fire, but this kind of pain came gradually and did not happen all at once.
If Xia Daiti was willing to exert his full strength, he could clear out the second and third stage evil spirits in an instant.
Pororo's ability can also cause serious damage to these evil spirits, after all, it is lightning.
However, the annihilation effect of the winter flower does not seem to have much effect on these evil spirits.
The annihilation effect has a huge destructive power on things with real bodies and entities, almost reaching the level of complete armor penetration.
But it doesn't seem to work very well for things related to the mental and spiritual state.
But it was enough to have the element of thunder and lightning, and the damage it caused to evil spirits might in some cases be higher than Alka's fire element.
Only Lucelia's red energy body can normally cause certain damage to the evil spirits.
Everyone used their abilities alternately, without using any strong means. In an instant, the evil spirits woke up.
After leaving behind a pile of ashes of the dead, the remaining evil spirits fled in all directions.
It won't be long before they're surrounding you again, eyeing you covetously.
The giant snake that rushed over first was given special attention and had turned into a long strip of gray-white ash left on the ground.
As Alka watched the evil spirits slipping back into every corner, a turquoise card appeared next to him. This was a wind card that he rarely used.
With a gentle wave of his hand, a breeze swept across the earth, and the gray-white ashes on the ground were immediately blown into a stream by the breeze and drilled into the transparent glass bottle that Alka had prepared long ago, filling it up.
Soul dust is a rare material and can be considered a harvest.
After putting the bottle away, Alka came to the stone pillar.
I looked at the stone pillar, touched it, and knocked it to feel the material of the stone.
“It’s a stone I’ve never seen before, and it’s quite hard.”
Alka said as a brown earth card emerged .
He stretched out his finger and gently scratched the stone pillar, and it cracked. Like mud bubbling, a crystal emerged from it and fell into Alka's hand.
This is a brown crystal that is about the size of a palm, and one can clearly feel the unusually concentrated energy inside.
"This material is a bit like the earth element crystal core you used to construct this earth card." Xiadaiti said as he looked at the crystal in Alka's palm.
After all, this kind of elemental crystal core is very rare, and Xia Daiti is responsible for booking and purchasing them from outside, so she has handled them all.
Alka nodded and looked at the crystal. He held it against the sun, and the sun penetrated the crystal, emitting a bright brown light like gold.
"They should be considered the same type of thing, but the one in my hand is more precious. However, the earth element inside is too condensed, and it is difficult to mobilize."
Its rarity and energy intensity were definitely higher than the earth core that he had purchased before.
But if we talk about ease of use and ease of shaping, then my own one is definitely easier.
They each have their own advantages.
Looking at the crystal, Lucilia suddenly said, "Do you think there is a possibility that this crystal may be able to give birth to new semi-elemental life after its return?"
Hearing this, everyone turned to stare at Lucilia. Alka couldn't help but ponder and said, "Don't say it, it's really possible."
Because he couldn't help but recall the element theory he had learned before, and even now he is still learning this element theory.
Some of the information includes speculations on how those elemental lives are gathered. Most of the elemental crystals are called the cores left after the death of elemental life or the outputs of some elemental life.
Some experiments have also shown that new elemental life can indeed be produced through elemental cores.
However, it is quite different from semi-elemental creatures, or perhaps similar.
Julia thought of the elemental environment of the stone forest, shook her head and said, "Even if it is possible to produce a new semi-elemental body through this crystal, it is actually very difficult.
After all, the single element of strength is not pure, and the concentration of earth elements is not high. It is too difficult to breed new life in such an environment, and even they themselves can hardly survive. "
This is indeed true.
This is the case, as can be seen from the cracks on the elemental creatures.
"What a pity. I don't know whether they can be considered lucky or unlucky."
Alka was talking about their simple understanding before.
The Stonehoof Clan migrated here from the elemental interface that was about to be destroyed.
If they were telling the truth, they were lucky to be able to move here. It was a pity that they moved to a world where water element flourished.
If it is the world of the past, where multiple elements are balanced, then it would be very simple to establish a place in a certain area where a single element is strong.
Unfortunately, the Boundless Sea is now an ocean world, and the water element is inevitably prosperous. Other elements will be suppressed in different ways, and it is extremely difficult for a single element to appear.
Unless it's water element.
For these semi-elements, what they need is a single element that is pure enough, rather than a high concentration of a single element.
The two seem the same, but they are very different.
Holding the crystal, Alka kept it in space.
Then everyone chatted as they moved towards the distance, continuing to move towards their destination.
Before reaching their destination, there is another crystal that they can obtain.
Under the moonlight, the evil spirits around could only watch.
…
“Boom.”
There was a sound of gravel rolling violently in the distance.
Alka and his companions, who were on the march, immediately stopped at the camp. Alka narrowed his eyes slightly and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
There was another round of loud rumbling noises, like a mountain collapsing, one wave after another.
Xia Daiti shook his head and said, "No, the sound is coming from too far away."
Apparently the distance was too far, and the detection range of her silver wave was not that far.
The Earth card was always floating next to Alka. In such an area, this card was the most useful, so Alka naturally kept it floating outside at all times.
Following the loud rumbling sound, Alka could clearly feel that the earth elements were producing violent fluctuations, and someone was using similar elements to gather and attack.
"Be careful, it doesn't happen naturally."
Then the fluctuations became more intense.
"Let's go and take a look... This doesn't feel like something that could be caused by a demon, nor could it be caused by an evil spirit."
The fluctuations of the earth elements are too high. Either it is someone who has mastered the treasure that can control the soil, or it is a member of the Stonehoof tribe.
