Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 357: Shadow Element, Instant Executioner
After walking just a few hundred meters, Levi felt that he might understand the difficulty of this copy.
It's not just because of the harsh environment or powerful demons, but also because of some dangerous natives in this copy.
For example, now, countless monsters whose faces cannot be seen clearly, surrounded by darkness and thick fog, and some shattered phantoms, are rushing towards them like a tide.
They approached silently, absorbing the sounds and light around them as they passed.
This resulted in the situation that at the beginning, even the most skilled rat masters were unable to detect the existence of the other side, and several of them were killed instantly one after another.
It was not until Luna was the first to become aware that they realized that there was such a large group of special enemies approaching.
But Luna's cry did not spread far, because the other party's absorption of the sound was unexpectedly far-reaching.
But despite this, Levi still received the alarm and ordered his troops to attack immediately.
Then they discovered that these enemies surrounded by darkness were so surrounded by a large number of phantoms and darkness that most of their attacks were like a drop in the ocean, unable to cause any waves at all, because they failed to successfully hit the opponent's body.
Even if there is a successful hit occasionally, the damage is not high.
The opponent's physical defense and magic resistance are ridiculously strong, and almost all of them are equivalent to ordinary level 5 enemies.
At the same time, their attack method is also quite special. They extend multiple cold tentacles from their misty bodies, whipping or wrapping around them. Occasionally, they will try to drag their own melee troops into the darkness around them.
All friendly forces attacked by the attack will suffer physical damage, cold damage and shadow damage at the same time.
Among them, enemies that are larger in stature and obviously stronger in strength will also inflict negative states such as slowing down and weakening during their attacks.
And probably because of the sound and vibration caused by the battle here, not long after the battle began, new enemies kept coming from all directions and besieged Liwu and his men.
Their appearances are all kinds of strange, some are human-like, some are beasts, and some are just a bunch of random things put together, but the only thing they have in common is that they are surrounded by darkness, fog, and phantoms, and they are all very resistant to attacks.
Levi frowned immediately. These monsters were not like the devil's army. There was a limit on their number and they were so difficult to deal with. It would not be good if they dragged on for too long.
However, after observing carefully, Levi already had a rough guess in his mind.
He immediately and decisively asked Lily to use the third-level magic - Flash Burst.
Although these guys' attack methods are very strange and their appearances are extremely special, with mist and phantoms, aren't they actually just elemental creatures?
Perhaps we should call them mutant phantom elements? Well, that's not quite accurate. Their phantoms seem to be able to be used as passive skills only. So they are mutant shadow elements?
Naturally, Lily responded first. After being assigned to the Underdark, she realized that unless she performed really well, she would probably become a second-tier role and would not be able to follow Lord Levi to fight in various places.
But now, she finally has the chance to shine!
Following a delicate shout, gray magic burst out, but the dozen or so phantom elements affected all screamed in unison.
The large fog surrounding them was dispelled, revealing their true forms.
Their upper bodies are humanoid, while their lower bodies drag a dark, misty, floating shape. But overall, their appearance is not much different from that of some mid- to high-level elemental creatures.
Moreover, their size and appearance will also change with their class. The stronger they are, the larger they are and the closer they are to human form. This is also a characteristic of most elemental creatures.
I don’t know why, but almost all creatures, after gaining a certain amount of wisdom and power, will try their best to pursue the human form. Perhaps it’s because humans have the largest number of gods.
Lucia suddenly shouted with a little surprise: "Levi, I know this kind of monster. They are shadow elements. Their strength will be enhanced in the dark. They also have intangible characteristics like ghosts!"
"But ordinary shadow elements won't have phantoms. They should also be affected by the special environment here!"
Levi immediately laughed. Now that the opponent's weakness had been identified, what else was there to say?
Except for some heroic warriors from the kingdom of the gods, almost all creatures with incorporeal properties are of the evil camp!
At Levi's command, many of his subordinates began to change their battle strategies.
He directly used skills such as Ice Storm and Fireball transformed from holy power, while Cindy used special skills such as Spear of Pure Goodness or Mind Blast.
Some of the stronger and more advanced priests began to use the Ghost-Breaking Elegy, trying to forcibly transform the opponent into a temporary entity.
In this way, physical units such as our own warriors can effectively cause damage to them.
The Holy Light Yakong also began to use strong light rays. They were of a very low rank and only had this one offensive skill, but it could have a very good effect against the shadow elements. They could also dispel the darkness and fog around the opponent.
In addition, the attacks of the blood elf spellbreakers can still be effective.
Although their skills do not have high attack power, they are extremely versatile. So far, except for some magic units that can occasionally cast magic shields, almost all other units will be harmed by them.
Similarly, characters such as Elegy and Alduin began to replace their weapons with light enchantments, and many archers also used scrolls such as Arrow of Light.
As Levi's power and financial resources continued to grow, the various combat supplies he equipped his subordinates with became increasingly abundant, so that no matter what kind of enemy they faced, they could fight against it more effectively.
As a result, the advantages of the shadow elements were almost instantly wiped out.
Although their own strength is also quite good, they are basically large-scale shadow elements of level 4, and from time to time there are also a few stronger giant shadow elements, and even level 6 shadow element elders.
However, facing the raging offensive of Levi and his men, it was difficult to sustain the attack for long.
Levi also changed a variety of magic, and finally came to the conclusion that, except for the light system, their resistance to the ice and electricity systems was relatively weak, but their resistance to the fire system was a bit strong.
Seeing that although the number of shadow elements was still extremely large, they could no longer pose a real threat to their side, Levi slowed down his movements slightly.
In fact, at his current level, killing these monsters, which are generally below level 5, has already resulted in a serious experience penalty.
Unless he slaughtered hundreds or thousands of people at a time, his experience points would not change much, and he had gradually reached a bottleneck.
If you want to upgrade as quickly as possible, you still have to challenge strong enemies.
For example, the traitor Zef, who was killed instantly by him, caused his experience value to jump a lot.
But for ordinary enemies like this one, it is better to give more opportunities to my subordinates.
Both Cindy and Luna are in urgent need of a large amount of experience points. They both have special professions, and their strength changes significantly almost every time they level up.
Similarly, Sally, Alyssa, Lily, and even Avalon and the blood elves are all working hard to reach their bottlenecks as soon as possible and get the chance to become heroes.
In fact, Levi had also discovered that as he successively occupied a city and a town, the mentality of many of his subordinates had changed to a certain extent.
In short, they are more confident about the future, so many times Levi doesn't even need to say anything, they are working hard on their own.
After thinking about it, he asked the angel Baris to try to use the magic of dispelling on the shadow elementals several times.
He wanted to confirm whether the phantoms around their bodies were talents they acquired due to mutation, or some skills they used, or were they benefits brought to them by some special items nearby?
After several experiments, Levi could roughly determine that this was some kind of temporary buff state, so it could be easily eliminated by dispelling magic.
In this way, he immediately had some clues.
Seeing that the number of shadow elements began to decrease under their attack, he signaled Cindy and others to hold back and not kill them all.
Although most elemental creatures do not have emotions such as fear, they may choose to escape when the battle is extremely unfavorable.
Perhaps by then we can follow the clues to find the opponent's lair, and even find the source of their phantom power.
Naturally, other people would not have any objections, and they soon discovered that these shadow elements really began to escape, but the direction they ran was completely different, and they were running in all directions.
If we chase after them and check them one by one, not to mention whether we will encounter any danger or enemies again on the way, it will probably take up a considerable amount of time.
After all, they only have about 500 people in total, and they cannot disperse their strength too much.
After a little consideration, Levi chose to focus on tracking those animal-like shadow elements, as their instincts should be greater than their wisdom and rationality.
This indeed had some effect, and they soon tracked down several suspicious locations, including several nests, several valleys, and a temple that seemed to have fallen from the sky.
Without any hesitation, Levi decided to go to the last location directly. The goddess's things were of course most likely to be in the temple!
While advancing, Levi also continued to send out scouts to check the movements of the devils.
Unfortunately, there was almost no gain, they seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
This was clearly a confrontation-based dungeon, but due to the special environment here, they haven't been able to officially fight each other until now.
But Levi wouldn't mind if he could get the goddess' treasure so easily.
Soon, following Luna's guidance, they gradually approached a broken temple with the same gray and black as the main color.
Just as she had said before, the temple seemed to have fallen from the sky. Coupled with the large amount of debris and a lush forest around it, they were unable to find the entrance in a short period of time.
In fact, the ruins here were discovered so quickly thanks to the inspectors who were flying in the air.
Although the trees here are very thick, probably because of their species, they are generally not very tall, and the tallest is only about 10 meters.
Just when Levi was about to have the main force stationed nearby and then have someone take a closer look, Lucia suddenly warned: "Levi, wait a minute, there's something wrong with those trees!"
"Um?"
Levi didn't care at first, but after observing carefully, he realized something was wrong.
The Phantom Goddess was assassinated a few days ago, and her temple and treasures fell here for a very short time. Why do these big trees seem to be growing around the ruins of the temple?
Not to mention that the power of God is not so easily accepted by mortals, he also doesn't know when the Phantom Goddess still has the ability to live or nature.
So the biggest possibility is that these trees are some monsters in disguise!
Seeing that Levi also had doubts, Lucia nodded at him: "I suspect they are monsters unique to the shadow world - instant executioners!"
This involves Levi's blind spots in knowledge. Apart from a very small number of unconventional wizards, the people in the film industry who know the most are only Mask's followers.
But no matter what, it's always better to be cautious and alert first.
Fortunately, Lucia immediately gave a detailed explanation: "They now look like parts of some big trees, but in fact, they are the stomachs of the monsters. Those branches are actually their tentacles. When they really fight, they are like octopuses."
"Those bricks, stones, flowers and plants on the ground must also be part of the other person's body."
"Because they love to devour corpses, they also have the ability to imprison the souls of their enemies, so they are also called Soul Devouring Demon Trees!"
Looking at the dense branches and the ground where Lucia was pointing, Levi felt a little scalp-tingling.
My goodness, no wonder these trees look so short. There are only a few that are over 10 meters tall. But how many Soul-Devouring Demon Trees are hidden in such a dense forest?
Thousands? Or tens of thousands?
And regardless of their strength, if our team walked straight into the opponent's belly, wouldn't that be like an ordinary person sliding into a tiger, purely delivering food?
"Do they have any weaknesses or strengths?"
Lucia counted on her fingers and said, "It doesn't like strong light, moves very slowly, and can't attack the air. Before being attacked, it will basically fall into a semi-dormant state ."
Then she changed the subject: "But looking at the size of these guys, quite a few of them have advanced, perhaps even more than once, so their weaknesses may be compensated for a lot."
"As for their strengths, since they have too many tentacles, their attack frequency will far exceed that of soldiers of the same level, and those who are not strong enough may be dragged directly into their stomachs."
Levi frowned even more. Generally speaking, enemies that move slower will not have weaker defenses. If he wanted to kill these soul-devouring trees, going to the center of the temple ruins would be much more difficult than cutting down a forest.
Even if the opponent does not move and allows us to attack, we don't know how long it will take.
It would be fine under normal circumstances, but now there is a large army of devils here.
However, with so many Soul-Devouring Demonic Trees guarding the place, there must be extremely important treasures in the ruins, which might be the ultimate reward of this dungeon.
Thinking of this, Levi suddenly had an idea.
If we can do something, lure the devil army over here, and let them fight each other, then no matter who wins or loses in the end, wouldn't it be beneficial to our side?
