Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 316: Heart-stealing giant insect, mind-blasting
At the last moment, Levi keenly noticed the other party's abnormality, but he did not stop Cindy's action.
The battle has come to this point. Unless it is the Spider Queen Rose herself, no matter what enemies are ahead, they will just face the challenge head-on!
A few seconds later, accompanied by a slight tremor on the ground, large buildings in the distance either collapsed or sank.
In the midst of the smoke and dust, a monster about two meters in diameter, more than twenty meters long, pale white in color, and looking very much like a giant maggot, slowly rose up from it.
Levi's heart tightened immediately. Was this the back-up plan of the drow priests? Was this a normal levitation ability or a flying technique?
If it is the former, it is nothing, many monsters have similar abilities, but if it is the latter, it is not common, it usually means that the other party has the ability to cast spells.
But why does this big bug look a little malnourished?
Before he could make any move, the big bug suddenly roared towards the sky, revealing its ring-shaped sharp teeth that were more terrifying than those of ordinary sharks, and an invisible wave of air suddenly surged out.
It had no effect on the surrounding smoke and dust, but a dozen thieves who were close to it all trembled at the same time, and then their facial features started bleeding, and their bodies fell down like noodles. They were all killed instantly!
Qian Ce, who rushed to the area to conduct investigation at the first opportunity, was also struck by lightning. He staggered back several steps before diving into the shadows.
Because he was a little scared. Although he had good equipment and strong resistance to physical and magical attacks, he still lost nearly 100 points of health points after being yelled at by the opponent. He could not withstand more than a few hits.
He wasn't even sure whether the other party was attacking or just roaring. This had to be at least a level 7 monster, right?
After killing those thieves, the big bug seemed a little confused and didn't know what to do for a moment.
While Levi ordered the front-line troops to continue fighting, he prepared to rush to the battlefield with Cindy and others to launch a sniper attack on the big bug as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the enemy rushed into their position, it was unknown how many casualties would be caused.
Ordinary troops are meaningless against monsters of this level.
At this moment, Hans below suddenly shouted, "Levi, take me with you. I think I know what that monster is. It is a special product of the Heart-stealing Monster - the Heart-stealing Giant Worm!"
Levi suddenly understood. No wonder those low-level thieves were easily killed in seconds, because the opponent's roar was most likely a special form of mental attack!
The mind flayer, also known as the illithid, is said to be an evil race that could no longer survive in a future world and was almost beaten to extinction, so it returned to the present.
Their most obvious feature is that where the neck should be, there is an octopus head with four slimy tentacles. Coupled with the purple skin, they look very creepy.
It's actually pretty disgusting, because they are monsters that suck the brains of humanoid creatures, and they prefer to eat the brains of intelligent creatures.
Besides being a food hobby, another reason they are so popular is that they can extract some knowledge and memories from the brains of their victims.
As a result, the elves and their various subspecies, who were naturally more intelligent, became the biggest victims, and the drow elves were no exception.
But dwarves, kobolds or cavemen can often survive.
However, whether it is the elves who have received disguised recognition, or the dwarves who feel insulted by it, neither of them will have any pride or gratitude. Instead, they only have hatred for the mind flayers.
Because even if they don't eat the dwarves' brains, the mind flayers will try to hunt or enslave other races to serve as their slaves and cannon fodder.
Their entire clan can use magic and some psionic powers, and are particularly proficient in control and even transformation.
It is said that the grimlocks, the gray dwarves, and another race that may be born with psychic powers, the Gith, have all been poisoned by them and thus become their eternal enemies.
They are hermaphrodites and their reproduction method is also very special.
According to current intelligence, in a secret location among their gathering places, there is a special large fish tank, which contains a mind flayer mastermind with only a brain but no body, and it rules over a group of mind flayers.
There are hundreds or even thousands of mind flayer tadpoles swimming around it. The mind flayers will feed other creatures' brains as food. After death, each mind flayer will also throw its brain into the tank. It is said that it will merge with the consciousness of their main brain.
However, Levi thought that this was most likely nonsense. The Mind Flayer was also an evil creature. How could it be so kind? It was probably just treated as food by the Mastermind.
If this main brain is killed during the hatching period of the tadpoles, all the tadpoles will go crazy and start to brutally slaughter and devour their companions. The last survivor is the giant heart-stealing worm.
Born in this way, it is definitely not comparable . They are just ferocious beasts.
However, they can often inherit the psychic power of the mind flayer and even strengthen it. For example, the big bug that just killed those thieves was strengthened to an unimaginable degree.
The mind blast of an ordinary mind flayer is a single-target skill, while the more powerful main brain's is cone-shaped. However, the thieves who just died were scattered in all directions, often dozens of meters apart from each other. This giant mind flayer directly strengthened its attack range by who knows how many times!
But it seems that it is still in a weak state, and we must not give it a chance to recover.
Seeing that their side had already gained a great advantage on the battlefield in front, and that it would take less than a few minutes to completely capture the city wall, and what would follow would be the more tedious street fighting in the city, Levi could be said to have breathed a sigh of relief.
He immediately issued a series of orders quickly.
"All melee troops should evacuate that giant bug as quickly as possible. Mages who can fly should also try not to get too close, lest it shoot you down."
"Cindy, purify the bodies of those thieves first."
"Donna, Janet, Nar, the command of the front battlefield is now handed over to you!"
After performing another flying spell on Hans, Levi was ready to cross the chaotic battlefield with him and deal with the giant heart-stealing insect personally.
His understanding of the opponent all came from the information shared by other God-chosen heroes on the forum, but Hans should know more than that, and maybe he can play a certain role.
At this time, Dusser also raised his hand, as if to ask Levi to take him with him.
Levi then took the opportunity to cast another flying spell on him. Like Hans, he was a dwarf hero wearing heavy armor and of a high level. Combined with the dwarves' natural magic resistance, he would be able to act as a perfect meat shield in the next fight against the giant heart-stealing worm.
It was probably the first time for the two dwarves to use the flying technique, so they twisted in the air for a long time and couldn't get used to it.
But fortunately, this effect is controlled by the mind and has nothing to do with whether one has mastered magic. Although they were twisting and turning in the air and looked a bit funny, they still caught up with Levi.
Until they flew to a place dozens of meters away from each other and the bodies of the thieves were purified, the heart-stealing giant worm still did not react.
Levi could see that this guy had been locked up by the drow for who knows how long, and his eating habits must have been abnormal, which caused him to become stupid. Not only was he so hungry that he looked unrecognizable, but he also seemed to have become dumb. However, this was exactly what was in his favor.
First, he gave the two dwarves a set of buffs, and then reunited with Cindy. Levi also summoned the angel Baris and several bear-headed gods led by Bill.
Since the other party gave them this time, he naturally had to be fully prepared.
After looking at everyone and seeing them nod, Levi signaled to Angel Baris that he could begin, and he also began to prepare magic.
The angel Barris immediately began to use dispel magic, and after failing twice, he finally succeeded.
The success rate of this magic is based on the intelligence and class of both casters. The strength of the Heart-stealing Giant Worm is unknown, but its class is obviously higher. However, it is like a fool, and its intelligence attribute is obviously inferior to that of the Angel of Baris.
The body of the heart-stealing giant worm immediately fell down, and almost at the same moment, Levi's ice storm was launched. Such a big guy must not be very agile, so naturally he had to further weaken this aspect.
The giant heart-stealing insect seemed to realize that it was under attack. It opened its mouth wide again and let out a deafening roar.
Even though they had been prepared in advance and had applied all kinds of buffs to their bodies, Levi and the others were all shocked at the same time and each lost dozens of health points.
At the same time, Levi immediately understood a flaw of the Big Slap. It was completely unable to block this kind of psychic attack, at least the 5th-level Big Slap could not do that.
If he hadn't used magic in advance, the ice storm might have been interrupted directly!
With a loud bang, the giant heart-stealing insect, which weighed thousands or tens of thousands of pounds, fell directly to the ground. While smashing a large cracked hole in the ground, it also spit out some disgusting mucus from its mouth. Obviously, this fall also caused it a lot of damage.
Levi had thought about this type of attack before, but he didn't expect to see it with his own eyes so soon.
But his movements were not affected at all. He cast various low-level magic spells one after another. He also wanted to see which kind of magic the opponent was relatively less resistant to.
The two dwarf heroes looked at each other and began to use their special skills at the same time. Although they were both heavily armored, they were actually more inclined to magic.
Cindy led the angels in a small arc and surrounded them from behind.
As she flew, Sigma's Comet and Spear of Pure Goodness had already attacked one after another, causing some damage to the big bug.
At the same time, several divine hammers burning with holy flames flew over and launched an attack.
Although the damage caused by a single attack was pitifully low and could barely break the defense, it at least allowed Levi and others to eliminate some of the opponent's strength. Its defense was not that good!
Bill and other bear-headed gods also began to use monster immobilization techniques. In a battle of this level, immobilizing the opponent for a few seconds can play a big role.
The giant heart-stealing worm opened its mouth and spewed out a disgusting green mucus. Upon seeing its color, the two dwarves simultaneously stopped what they were doing and dodged to the sides.
Because they all knew that this was a high-level acid spray, which could not only cause damage, but could even permanently corrode their weapons and equipment.
Then the giant heart-stealing insect turned and glared at a certain battle angel, as if it had used some special ability.
The battle angel's eyes began to become confused, but before Cindy could help her, she suddenly woke up with a start.
But at the same time, she became more and more angry, because she knew that the other party had just tried to control her mind, and it was obviously just an ugly big insect!
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw this. Is it psychic power - telekinesis? It seems that this big bug has really learned some good skills.
It's a pity that its intelligence attribute is too low, and these excellent skills can hardly have much effect on it!
Sighing like this, Levi threw another ice storm over. He had now tested and found out that this guy was actually weak against both fire and ice.
In particular, the negative effects such as slowing down that come with the ice storm are particularly likely to occur on it.
Hans struck the hammer, triggering a special rune power that caused the ground beneath the giant bug to crack open on the spot and spewed some flames at it.
Dusser used some special power to transform the soil and gravel into two giant claws and tried to control the opponent.
Levi was immediately cheered up. He didn't expect that the two dwarves were so powerful. His side's control ability was very strong!
Cindy also launched a fierce attack with the angels at the right time, and for safety reasons, they would just touch and leave, never staying for too long.
After all, it seems that the opponent is probably not an ordinary 6th-level soldier, but very likely a 7th-level, or even a 7th-level elite unit with a high probability.
Although the opponent seems to be very weak, if they seize the opportunity and launch a counterattack, the angels may be taken away in one wave. They must be extra careful.
After suffering this series of attacks, the big insect was obviously unable to bear it. There were wounds in many places all over its body, and disgusting mucus was flowing out. It was obvious that it was seriously injured.
While screaming and using a large-scale mind blast on Levi and the others, it was trying to charge towards the direction where the dwarves were.
Wherever it passed, the flowing mucus created a wet path behind it.
At the same time, the stones, wood, and even some metals on the road began to melt rapidly. It was obvious that its mucus was extremely corrosive.
Unfortunately, before it could get really close, Bill's monster immobilization spell had already taken effect, and it suddenly became like a stone statue, unable to move.
Levi and others immediately took the opportunity to launch a new round of attacks, causing a lot of damage to it.
After repeating this several times, the body of the big insect had obviously shrunk several times, becoming thinner and even somewhat transparent. At the same time, the mucus remaining on the ground also became thinner. All this seemed to indicate that its death was approaching.
After understanding this, Levi decided to give the opponent a ruthless blow and end the battle completely to prevent it from having another explosion before death.
After receiving his instructions, Cindy, Hans and others used their control magic with all their strength. Fortunately, Cindy's Wrath of Order was effective, and the big bug immediately fell into a special state of dizziness.
Levi flew directly over and took a deep breath.
The next moment, linear icy force surged out, almost covering the big insect from head to toe.
As a special 5th-level magic, no matter what kind of dragon breath it is, Dragon Breath Technique has the strongest instantaneous explosive power among all the magic that Levi currently masters.
The big bug, which had been gradually recovering from its dizziness, stopped all its movements in an instant. Then the two divine hammers attacked it at the same time, and it was immediately shattered into thousands of ice fragments.
Only a crystal clear diamond-shaped object remained on its body.
Hans, Dussel and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although the battle ended very quickly and they were not really threatened due to tacit cooperation, the opponent's mental explosion was really extraordinary and brought them great pressure. Now it was finally over.
Levi raised his eyebrows. It seemed that he was lucky this time. He thought he would get nothing, but unexpectedly he got an unexpected surprise.
This special crystal often appears after a creature that is intelligent and powerful enough, such as a dragon, dies in battle, such as dragon crystal.
It is possible that they have retained their knowledge and memories from their previous lives. If the conditions are met, it is possible that people can learn a certain skill from them. If the conditions are not met, it is even possible that none of their attributes can be seen at all.
The crystallization of this giant insect naturally has the highest possibility of producing something related to psychic power. I just don't know how lucky Cindy will be this time and whether she can comprehend anything from it.
Naturally, he asked Cindy to try it first. After a few seconds, Cindy cheered and said that she had mastered a skill, which was the mind blast skill that the heart-stealing giant worm had just used.
And it has a super large range without any blind spots, but the scope has been reduced a lot.
Mind Blast, an active skill, consumes 60 magic points. It causes a psychic shock to all enemies within a 5-meter radius centered on itself. This attack can ignore 5-15 points of opponent's magic resistance, and each time damage is caused, there is a chance to reduce the opponent's perception by 1-3 points.
If the opponent's perception is reduced to 0, they will fall into a coma (the specific damage and probability are based on the level, intelligence, and magic resistance of both parties).
With Cindy's current strength, the damage of this move cannot be compared to the giant mind-stealing worm just now. After all, the opponent grew up in the battles among countless mind-stealing demons, and may have many other talents and expertise in psychic power.
But the effect of reducing perception is definitely much better than the other one.
At this moment, a cheer suddenly sounded in the distance, and then Alduin's unique loud voice rang out: "We have completely occupied the city wall. Evil drow, all of you shall die!"
