The person who stayed behind said, "Alliance leader, if that's the case, can you tell us the purpose of monitoring Qilin now?"
In order to keep it secret, I did not tell the two LC teams the purpose of monitoring the sacred beasts. I only told them to notify me once they started carrying an egg with them.
I nodded and said, "I want to tell you, and it is also a good time to assign action plans. As far as I know, the beast eggs have appeared in the world, and the little beasts will hatch soon. During this period, especially the moment when the little beasts are out of the shell, the old beast will focus all its attention on protecting the little beasts. Most holy beasts have treasures in their nests. If we can seize the moment when they are paying attention to the birth of the little beasts, some people will pretend to be bad to the little beasts to attract the attention of the Qilin, and some people will sneak into the cave and plunder its treasures. We will definitely gain a lot. I can't guarantee that we can get the artifacts, but the Holy Spirit equipment will not escape. Now assign tasks, Beret, you can do this and that later..."
As I spoke, I wrote with my finger on the dirt: "I really want to get the Qilin's egg, but it has a keen sense of hearing and a mind, and the plan cannot be expressed in words. What I said is all a lie, to deceive the Qilin. The actual task is as follows..."
After I finished speaking, my subordinates also finished writing, so I asked, "Do you understand?"
Although everyone nodded, they all had a strange expression on their faces, which seemed to be both surprised and amused.
I understood their thoughts and sighed, "Don't underestimate the Qilin. I have been through the internal test and I still remember how powerful the final boss was. The holy beast is powerful, but its wisdom... I advise you not to treat it as an NPC, just think of it as a GM. Our action this time is tantamount to pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth!" While speaking, I stretched out my foot to wipe off the words on the ground.
As I was talking, something suddenly occurred to me. Maybe the ultimate boss was really played by the GM. For example, when I met the Dark Emperor in the "Book of Wisdom" mission last time, the emperor's every move was clearly like a human!
Of course, the GM may not have time to dress up as a sacred beast at all times. There are thousands of ultimate bosses in all the fantasy worlds. If each one requires a GM to play the role, the consumption of human resources will be too great. However, if a battle occurs with an ultimate boss, it should be easy to issue a temporary command to switch the data of a GM.
Of course, even if it is really a GM, I believe that when he exists as the ultimate boss, he is not allowed to use those GM functions (such as turning on the invincible mode), and it is impossible for him to directly obtain all the information of the players from the database, otherwise the battle will be meaningless. How can a being that is so powerful that it is abnormal and omniscient be defeated? Therefore, when the GM plays the role of the ultimate boss, all abilities should be limited to the abilities of this boss itself.
However, as a "person" with thinking and creative abilities, the GM can undoubtedly more effectively exert the powerful strength of the Ultimate Boss. More importantly, his command of his followers and monsters is definitely more colorful than the tactics that an AI can use. In addition, in the battle of the Dragon King in the internal test, it is very likely that the GM, who plays the role of the Dragon King, sent out monsters in advance to monitor the player's every move and collect information, so that he knows the actions of the player side very well. This inference should be more reasonable than obtaining information from the database.
The problem is, my plan was originally based on the assumption that the final boss is also an NPC and will follow a certain program pattern. If my current inference is correct, I wonder if this plan can be successful against a GM?
In any case, it is too late to change the plan at the last minute, so the only thing to do is to take a chance!
Now it was not the right time to launch the attack, so we had a good time to observe the terrain first. The intelligence officer who led the way led us out of the stone house, and we came to a lying cow stone and lay down, pointing his finger and saying, "Over there is the Qilin's nest - Huolin Cave!"
We looked far away and found that the top of Yuxu Peak originally had two peaks. If we define our location as Highland A, then Huolin Cave is located on Highland B, which is almost parallel to us and slightly higher. Between the two highlands is a concave mountain pass with a gentle slope, which is not difficult to pass.
The Huolin Cave is a cave on the cliff of Plateau B, and the surrounding landscape is very unusual. Kunlun Mountain is a blessed land with dense forests, just like our Plateau A, which is also lush with vegetation. Although it is approaching midwinter, some of them are withered and decaying, but there are still many evergreen flowers and trees. But Plateau B is completely bare, not to mention green trees and grass, not even a single dead branch can be seen, only red rocks!
There is a platform outside the Huolin Cave, on which lies a strange beast, with a dragon head and a deer body, a mane on its neck and back, and purple-red scales covering its entire body. It is none other than the sacred beast Qilin!
The Qilin was lazily lying on the platform basking in the sun, but its pair of front paws were carefully holding an egg against its chest. The egg was the size of a human head, and the shell was covered with colorful light. This was the characteristic of the holy beast egg!
Looking left and right, there was only one monster, the Qilin, near the Huolin Cave. Its followers, the Twelve Beast Generals, were nowhere to be seen. Although I found it a little strange, I was secretly happy. If the little beast appeared in the world without any other monsters protecting it, and only the Qilin, then our chances of success would be much greater.
So I waited patiently for the opportunity to come.
This wait lasted for two full days!
These two days were really difficult. We couldn't make any big movements or make any loud noises to avoid irritating Qilin. We also had to closely monitor any changes at any time because we didn't know the exact time when the little Qilin would be born. The most painful time was at night. When it got dark, Qilin would carry the egg back to Huolin Cave, and we couldn't go into the cave to check. So I was very worried that if the little Qilin was born at night, all my efforts would be in vain!
Fortunately, I had seen the birth of a sacred beast during the internal test. Although it was a different species, the momentum was earth-shattering. I thought the birth of a Qilin shouldn't be so peaceful, right? So, I continued to wait quietly.
On the third day, when the sun was rising, Qilin walked out of the Huolin Cave slowly as usual, with the egg in its mouth.
Coming to the platform, Qilin lowered its head and placed the eggs on the ground. We thought it was going to lie down and guard the eggs while basking in the sun, but unexpectedly, Qilin raised its head and let out a long howl towards the rising red sun in the east!
"howl……"
The sound was like the roar of a dragon or the howl of a tiger. It could be heard ten miles away, shaking all directions!
Everyone was shocked. Could it be that Qilin was finally tired of our surveillance and was about to launch an attack?
“Howl…howl…”
The Qilin roared twice more. After the third roar, it did not make any other moves and just circled around the eggs.
I suddenly realized that the little Qilin was about to be born!
Just as they were about to assign people and take action, they heard strange noises coming from the foot of Yuxu Peak. It turned out to be all kinds of beast roars, getting closer and closer. Soon, a large number of wild beasts rushed up from the foot of the peak, all came to the mountain pass, and prostrated themselves in worship towards Hill B. The beasts included golden lions and white elephants, black panthers and spotted leopards, green cows and blue rhinos, tigers and giant bears, as well as roe deer, deer, mice and rabbits. The gathering of all kinds of beasts was a spectacular sight!
What's even more terrifying is that these beasts are not ordinary species. Although they are of different levels, they are all super bosses. Each one is extremely strong and ferocious, but they are neatly arranged in rows and divided into different categories. They do not fight with each other, including some that are natural enemies of each other. They all bow their heads and pay homage to the top of the peak for a while, then look up and watch, as if waiting for something.
It suddenly dawned on me that the Qilin is the king of walking beasts and the Phoenix is ​​the king of flying birds. Since many settings in Fantasy are designed based on legends, the Qilin in the game must have the ability to rule over all beasts. I guess its three long roars are to summon the beasts, firstly to protect the birth of the little Qilin, and secondly to let the beasts congratulate the new king, right?
With this kind of lineup, even if there were thousands of troops, it would be wishful thinking to want to snatch the beast eggs. The holy beasts are indeed meticulous! The only thing that puzzled me was that I had not seen the twelve beast generals appear. If these twelve S-level bosses were added, I would have no choice but to turn around and leave, and I didn’t know if I could escape.
But I'm not going to fight Kirin head-on. As long as I can trick it for a moment, I'll have a chance! Remember the last time I worked with Lemmings, didn't I trick Phoenix once? Since the Ultimate Boss fell into the trap before, Kirin might not be fooled!
Time passes by second by second. Be patient, be patient. There is only one chance, and it is only a short moment. I must be precise to the second, otherwise there will be no possibility of success!
Sweat was pouring down my face and the faces of my subordinates. In fact, the Fantasy World already has the setting of seasonal changes. In the current season, on the peak of the Kunlun Mountains, the temperature in the game is not cold enough to freeze water, but it is biting. The sweat is all due to nervousness. We are about to deal with a god-like existence in the Fantasy World, the supreme ultimate Boss. Whether we succeed or fail, it is exciting to think about it!
It was almost noon and the sun was shining brightly!
Suddenly, the Qilin that was circling around the beast egg stopped and looked at its baby nervously!
The beast egg emitted a blazing red light, which shone brightly with the scorching sun in the sky. Suddenly, even we who were hundreds of meters away felt waves of heat coming towards us!
The little Qilin is about to be born!
Right now! I waved my hand, and the brothers immediately followed my original plan and split up to act!
Two combat teams, totaling twenty soldiers, rushed down the slope from Ground A and killed into the herd of beasts in the mountain pass!
These twenty people are all the strongest masters I carefully selected from the Thunder Group. The level of any one of them is above 60. I dare say that with these twenty people alone, each of them can easily fight against a D-level Boss. Twenty people working together can even fight against a powerful C-level Boss like the Stoneman King. Ordinary monsters will only be slaughtered when they encounter them!
However, there are no less than a thousand wild beasts of all sizes in this mountain pass, and none of them are ordinary monsters. Although most of them are E-level and D-level bosses, there are also dozens of C-level and above. It is estimated that Qilin has summoned all the super bosses of beasts in Kunlun Mountain!
Therefore, as soon as the beasts were startled by these two groups of people, they immediately started roaring wildly. The roars of the beasts echoed in the valley, deafening!
Moreover, as a common skill of all beast super bosses, the Beast King Impact Cannon was immediately launched!
That is equivalent to thousands of magic missiles being launched simultaneously!
The monsters in Kunlun Mountain are at least level 60; the lowest super boss is also level E, and most are level D. The power of the Beast King Impact Cannon fired by a level D boss is not to be underestimated, let alone thousands of rounds, not to mention that there are also more powerful missiles at levels C, B, and A.
The twenty masters immediately went from being high in spirits at the beginning to being in a state of panic. They all used their life-threatening skills, "Rolling Like a Donkey", and fell to the ground one by one, rolling down the slope!
Although this move did not look good, the effect was very good. Most of the Beast King's impact cannons missed their target, and only caused flying rocks and pits on the slope of A Highland. Only three of the twenty soldiers died, but the rest were also injured.
They rolled down the slope and fell into the herd of beasts. They immediately swung their swords and killed them. The beasts naturally attacked violently, but at such a close distance, the Beast King's impact cannon was useless.
Monsters are monsters after all, and they only know how to act according to procedures. There are more monsters than people, and some bosses are out of reach, so they just pounce, grab and bite them, and launch skills to attack!
The skills of Bosses above level D are all very powerful, and they can often take down a large group of people at once. This can be very lively, and our allies may not be attacked, but countless monster companions beside them may be accidentally injured!
Although according to the program, all monsters must obey the instruction of "not killing each other" at this moment, but as animal monster bosses, the AI ​​setting also has the rule that "injured beasts are more crazy". Therefore, the bosses stimulated by the pain have become more violent, and they use skills indiscriminately, making the scene more chaotic!
What I want is chaos!
Wearing the top-grade equipment "Invisibility Cloak" that Da Qiao had just successfully made not long ago, she activated the invisibility skill that could only be used three times a day, and led another twenty high-level thieves and assassins, who all used invisibility and stealth skills, and quietly passed through the group of monsters!
Considering the levels of these monsters, A- and B-level Bosses should be able to easily see through our invisibility, but at the moment their attention was distracted by the chaos of fighting. Qilin was only concerned about his unborn baby and didn't even look down, let alone give any commands. Unexpectedly, most of us successfully passed through the monster group and climbed up the slope of B Highland!
Among the twenty people, five were injured by the monsters' skills in the chaos. Once injured, their invisibility was immediately broken and they were immediately surrounded by the monsters. Three others unfortunately passed by A and B level Bosses and were not discovered at such a close distance. These bosses were not worthy of being included in A and B levels. They were easily grabbed or bitten. Thieves and assassins were both professions with low defense and low blood. They could not withstand it and were killed instantly on the spot!
It’s a long story, but actually everything only took two or three minutes. Twenty soldiers were already dead , and the assassin and thief who managed to get through the monster group quickly approached the Huolin Cave with his high agility!
I am a knight. Although I have temporary invisibility skills thanks to my equipment, I can't ride a dragon. My agility is far inferior to those thieves and assassins. Of course, I fell behind. But I was lucky enough and passed through the group of monsters safely.
In the last few steps before breaking away from the group of monsters, my body suddenly appeared!
Immediately, a tiger king and a rhino rushed towards me. I hurriedly drew out the tiger's soul and chopped the rhino's horn with a knife. At the same time, I turned my foot to avoid the tiger king's pounce, but I couldn't avoid the sneak attack of a thousand-year-old fox demon behind me. Fortunately, the defense of the perfect sincerity suit came into play, and I suffered almost no damage. However, a mandrill swung its long arm and almost grabbed the back of my head. I quickly lowered my head to dodge, but saw an old pangolin under my feet, holding my calf and grinding its teeth!
One or two monsters would be fine, but the group of monsters besieging me were all super bosses, and I was immediately in a panic. Fortunately, there were no A and B level monsters around me, and thanks to the Faithfulness suit, I was able to survive for the time being.
While I was getting anxious and worried, twelve people had already arrived at the platform. With a whistle, five assassins among the twelve people suddenly appeared, jumped up, and pounced on the Qilin from five directions, each holding a blue poisoned dagger in his hand. Could it be that they wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate and kill the sacred beast?
The Qilin had its head down to guard its eggs. Even so, it should have noticed someone approaching, but it hadn't made any move. Now that it was attacked, it still didn't move, allowing the five daggers to pierce its body!
It's useless!
The dagger could not penetrate the scales to hurt the Qilin's body, and the poison smeared on it naturally had no effect. It only forced 5 points of blood to be deducted. But even so, the five assassins were proud enough. In Fantasy, excluding the time when the monsters attacked the city, there were only a handful of players who had seen what the ultimate boss looked like with their own eyes, let alone such a "close contact"?
The Qilin suddenly let out a low roar. The five assassins were about to withdraw, but they suddenly felt a burning heat coming from the Qilin. A red light burst out, and on the Qilin's body... a sun appeared!
The golden Luo shines everywhere!
The five assassins were enveloped and swallowed by the red light. Their bodies were melted and evaporated by the high temperature, turning into flying smoke!
The red light covered a very wide area, almost reaching the entire platform. Three of the seven invisible thieves were affected by the red light. After just a slight contact, their whole bodies immediately caught fire and turned into a fireball!
However, all those who participated in this operation were masters among masters, and the thieves were known for their agility. The remaining four people, relying on their superb body skills, managed to retreat to the safe area before the red light reached their bodies. But they did not want to escape, so when Qilin's move was exhausted and the red light disappeared, they flashed and rushed into the Huolin Cave!
In Fantasy, whether human or monster, they must follow a rule: every time a skill is released, there must be a period of stiffness. The more powerful the skill, the longer the stiffness time; and the higher the level of the player or monster, the shorter the stiffness time.
For Qilin, this move of Golden Luo Zhao is simply a small trick of itss. The stiffness time after the move is less than half a second, and the sacrifice of the five assassins was precisely to gain this half second!
After long-term training, the members of the Thunder Alliance have a tacit understanding with each other, not to mention the masters I selected for this operation? The four thieves seized this half second and rushed to the Huolin Cave at lightning speed!
Even with the power of Qilin, it couldn't stop it, it opened its huge mouth and spewed a stream of flames towards the cave entrance!
As soon as the four people flashed into the cave, the flames followed them. Two of them stopped immediately and used the thieves' unique defense method "Magic Scroll" (can be made by high-level magicians, also sold in the system store, for thieves only), hoping to block it.
We already knew that Qilin had two attack attributes, electricity and fire, so we naturally made targeted preparations. The two thieves took out the "Bi Tao Guardian" scroll, which is a very high-level and precious scroll at present, and the market price is at least hundreds of gold coins each!
As soon as the scroll was thrown, it immediately turned into a huge green wave, blocking the two thieves!
This is an advanced water defense magic that is powerful enough to block meteor showers!
However, facing the Qilin Holy Fire, water and fire came into contact, and with a "hiss" sound, the two water walls turned into white mist, and then further sublimated into colorless transparent water vapor. The tongues of fire instantly covered the entire passage in the cave and swept forward. The two thieves were swallowed by the flames before they could even throw out the second scroll!
But at least they blocked the fire for one or two seconds. During that one or two seconds, the other two thieves ran very fast and went dozens of meters deep into the cave!
The Kirin Holy Fire failed to catch up with the two , but they had to stop before reaching the end of the cave, as a lightning grid blocked their way ahead!
This is the protective barrier set up by the Qilin. Although its power is not as strong as the skills it directly activates, for players at their current level, the slightest touch will result in death.
However, standing here were two thieves.
The thief's trap skills can be used to set traps, and the mechanism skills can be used to break traps. The thief is the profession that is most familiar with traps.
When the skill level of a thief is high, he can design a magic trap and add various trigger magic to it to increase the lethality. Traps mixed with electric magic are a commonly used type.
Therefore, thieves often have to break traps with lightning magic.
This defensive barrier can actually be considered a type of trap. It can stump other professions, but it may not be difficult for thieves.
Of course, the Qilin's barrier is definitely not easy to break for a thief over level 60, so the two of them immediately got busy, taking out various tools, such as knives, shovels, awls, pliers, and a large bundle of metal wires!
The rock surface near the power grid has an insulating effect under the action of magic power to ensure the durability of the barrier, and the thief immediately installed an electric diversion device, using metal wires to lead the current out of the range of magic protection and into the ground, causing its energy to be consumed quickly.
The only trouble was that in order to get one end of the electrification device in contact with the power grid, one of them had to risk getting close. As a result, he was careless and triggered the barrier, and was hit by a burst of lightning, which turned him into charred!
The barrier was set up by the Qilin, and it was connected to its mind. How could the Qilin not know that the barrier was broken? At that moment, he was anxious and angry, because the cave did contain treasures that the Qilin had collected since the opening of the dream. According to the program settings, players are not allowed to take away the treasures easily. Even if the Qilin was played by the GM at this moment, the GM must replace the role of "Qilin", and it is also its responsibility to protect the treasure.
Of course, protecting the beast egg was more important, but Qilin looked up and saw that I was surrounded by several bosses at the bottom of the slope. I was in danger and I would die at any moment. There was no way I could break through the siege and harm its beast egg. With Qilin's hearing and spiritual perception, he could determine that there were no other human players ambushing within a kilometer radius, so Qilin decided to return to the cave first, deal with the little thief, and then protect the birth of the little beast. It would take only a minute to go back and forth.
The Qilin was still worried, so it opened its huge mouth and a beam of golden light shot out, wrapping the egg, and then it went back into the cave. If the baby animal didn't need sunlight to be born, it could have taken the egg with it, and then I would really be helpless.
Surrounded by monsters, my HP is almost running out. This is because I took the Big Huan Dan which can only be prepared by a pharmacist above level 60. Its effect is three times that of the Small Huan Dan sold by the system. This pill is extremely expensive, and the cost of one pill is more than 20 gold coins. The materials are not easy to buy and I have to collect them myself. I don’t have many on hand. If it weren’t for this elixir, I would have collapsed long ago!
When I saw Qilin leaving, I was overjoyed. The plan was successful!
I immediately launched the "Wrath of the God of War"!
Permanently reducing the HP and MP limits by 1% is a huge price to pay, but doubling the attack power and increasing the defense by 50% within five minutes is also a very powerful effect!
A ball of white flame suddenly burst out from the Jingcheng suit. In the firelight, I was like a god of war, and my strength doubled. The attacks of D-level Boss were no longer a threat to me, and C-level Boss could hardly cause fatal damage. A and B-level Boss were blocked at the rear again.
I deliberately released my invisibility and let the monsters surround me. I also chose my location carefully, otherwise how could I be so lucky that there were no A or B level bosses around me?
Let Qilin see my miserable condition so that he can go ahead and chase the thieves in the cave without any worries. This was a trick set up to deceive Qilin, but the real trap was to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
I calculated that Qilin would not come down the hill to kill me, otherwise, the thief in the cave would not be restrained by monsters, what if he came back to steal the egg? It could also attack me directly with its skills on the platform, but I was no match for the bosses. Qilin's attack was so powerful that it would kill many bosses besides me. Of course, Qilin would not injure its subordinates if it was not necessary.
In addition, when I was explaining the mission to the allies, all we mentioned in the conversation was entering the Huolin Cave to steal treasures. These conversations had already been heard by Qilin, so when it analyzed the situation, it did not think that the real target of this group of enemies was the beast eggs. This was also the reason for its wrong judgment.
After using various means, Qilin was finally transferred away. Whether the goal can be achieved next depends on one's strength!
Hu Po swung his sword, and the one blocking my way was still the Tongtian Wangyue Rhino, a C-level Boss, strong and powerful, especially with infinite strength, but its body was a little big and not flexible enough, otherwise I might have died under its horn. But with it blocking my way, it was difficult for me to break through!
I used all my strength to thrust this knife, and I was in the state of God of War's wrath, so my attack power was doubled, and I collided head-on with the water-dividing rhino horn on the nose of the Tongtian Wangyue rhino!
“Keng!” “Moo!”
After a loud bang, the rhinoceros howled miserably. The extremely hard horn was actually chopped off from the root by the tiger's soul. Blood gushed out of its nose like a fountain. How tragic it was!
I was also stunned. I didn't expect that the Wrath of War would be so powerful (of course, who would risk reducing 1% HPMP to try this skill? So this was my first time using this skill)!
Not only was the rhino's horn cut off, but the entire rhino was also forced back two steps by my powerful blow!
How could I let this opportunity slip away? I reacted immediately, seized the slightest opening, and dashed over!
The Moon-Watching Rhino was in extreme pain and went mad. It didn't even notice that I had already flashed past it. It launched a skill similar to a knight's charge, "Bull Charge", which was launched in anger and was very powerful. It knocked the group of strange tigers and lions behind it overturned, thus delaying their chance to chase me!
I ran desperately up the slope, with all kinds of monsters chasing me from behind. After all, as a knight, running on foot is not my forte. Even with the help of the archer skill "acceleration", I was quickly caught up by monsters with high agility such as fox demons and divine deer. Fortunately, the attack power of these monsters is not strong. Although they are also C and D-level bosses, I have the protection of the Integrity Set and the God of War's Wrath, so I can withstand their attacks and use their attack power from behind to speed up.
Just when I was about to reach the platform, my vision went dark and a drought demon jumped over my head and blocked my way!
My heart tightened. Hanba was an A-level Boss and he could not be underestimated. I took advantage of his unstable footing and chopped him down with my sword!
Hanba looks like a monkey (but it is definitely not a monkey! Monkeys are not included in the five insects, and are not under the jurisdiction of Qilin - referring to "Journey to the West", Hanba is not considered to be one of the hundred beasts. It is a monster born from the fire energy of heaven and earth, but in terms of the emperor of fire attribute, the beasts include Qilin, and the birds include Phoenix and Vermillion Bird. Hanba has a miserable life, and these several sacred beasts can control it). It is red all over, like a burning flame, with a pair of lean arms that can reach the ground and are as hard as iron. It moves as agile as the wind and leaps as fast as lightning. Wherever it passes, there will be a fire, and even a thousand miles of barren land!
Seeing my sword coming, Hanba blocked it with its extraordinarily long arms, and let out a strange cry. The Tiger Soul Sword, even with its super high defense as an A-level Boss, was chopped into the flesh, and it suffered minor injuries.
However, it was only a minor injury - with my level, although my attack power is abnormal, and I have the magical weapon Tiger Soul in my hand, and the amplification of the God of War's Wrath, it still has its upper limit. It is really a miracle that I can break the A-level Boss's defense!
The drought demon was furious, and its strange claws danced wildly, hitting me on the head and face. There were sparks on its claws, and it was burning hot!
But I cannot retreat, because a large group of beasts are chasing me from behind. If I retreat, I will be surrounded again and lose my life, let alone seize the Qilin egg!
Not only can I not retreat, I also have to break through the drought barrier in the shortest possible time!
So many brothers have sacrificed their lives, I must not fail at this last moment, otherwise I, as the leader of the alliance, will be ashamed of my subordinates who trust me. This plan is simply a suicidal action, and they all know it, but they all obey my orders without any objection!
I want power, the power to break through limits!
Under such pressure, for a moment, I felt something.
It was the experience of every fight with monsters and players in the past, as well as his own pursuit and exploration of skills, and the practice of swinging the sword again and again to find the best attack and defense angles. All the experience was integrated in an instant and turned into "martial arts"!
A real martial art, my martial art!
I first came into contact with martial arts at a martial arts competition. Some of the contestants were undoubtedly using martial arts, but unfortunately they were not masters, and I had no idea about it at the time. My level was still at the level of "game skills."
I truly realized the power of martial arts after seeing Xiao Qiao's Tai Chi sword. With Xiao Qiao's level and strength at that time, she was able to use Tai Chi sword to make even a monster like the Golden Silkworm Demon almost helpless. After careful consideration, I realized that it was definitely not something that could be achieved with simple "skills".
Unfortunately, in reality I know nothing about martial arts, and it is impossible for me to find any master to guide me. I can only explore everything on my own. With my talent for learning game skills, or my ability to quickly master various game skills, which is a manifestation of martial arts talent, in the following days, I also gained a lot of experience and created techniques such as the "Xiangsi Sword Technique".
But I know in my heart that it is still just a skill, which is better than ordinary game skills, or can be called "martial arts", but it is still very different from martial arts like Xiao Qiao's Tai Chi sword. If I PK with Xiao Qiao, I will definitely be the winner in the end. But if I change to an account with the same level and attributes as Xiao Qiao, I will definitely not be her opponent.
But I have never been able to find the key: what is the difference between martial arts and martial arts?
And at this moment, I suddenly realized that I had finally taken a big step forward and truly entered the field of martial arts!
It is a state that is difficult to describe in words. Maybe everyone who knows martial arts has a different experience. If I have to say, my experience is that martial arts is the complete unity and coordination of the brain and the body, as if every cell in the body is thinking for itself, with complete control of the actions of both the enemy and ourselves, and a complete understanding of the surrounding environment. When you enter that state, the right time, right place, and right people are all in your mind. Not only can you exert your strength 100%, but you can also know every move of the enemy, so that you can use your strength to defeat the weak, and use your strengths to overcome your weaknesses!
He retracted the tiger soul and placed it horizontally in front of his chest. His movements seemed slow, but he managed to block the claws of Hanba just right. Then he swung his sword and stabbed out, two blows in one move, and this time it was as fast as lightning, attacking Hanba's left and right meridian gates!
Hanba couldn't dodge in time and was stabbed in both hands at the same time. As a monster NPC, it is just a set of programs and of course will not be affected by the "pain" and can fight back immediately. However, the timing and angle of the two knives hitting its wrists were perfect, exactly in the direction of its claws, adding force to it, and both of Hanba's claws were swept away!
In terms of strength, I may be the strongest among the players, but I am still far inferior to the A-level Boss. But now I can easily shake off the claws of the drought demon and expose the flaw on his chest. This is the wonderful use of using the opponent's force to counter attack in martial arts!
Now that the flaw appeared, I turned from defense to offense and stabbed at the head of Hanba with a knife!
Because Hanba's hands were restrained, he was about to use his skills and opened his mouth to spit fire, but the knife happened to pierce his opened mouth!
Hanba had a pointed face and monkey cheeks, how big could his mouth be? It was stuffed full by the tip of the Tiger Soul Knife, and he couldn't even spit out his anger. Only a few small flames overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he swallowed them all back into his stomach!
Moreover, after being pushed by the force of the knife, Hanba inevitably tilted his head back, and his feet staggered. Somehow, he tripped over a sharp stone on the ground and lost his balance. I continued to push forward with force, and Hanba fell backwards, with his face facing the sky!
This series of actions happened in a flash. After I defeated Hanba, I didn't dare to stop for even a second and rushed straight forward.
In fact, although I have mastered martial arts, I am still not good enough to compete with the A-level Boss. The key is that my damage to it is too small. I can't take away much of its blood even if I fight for half a day. On the contrary, I was hit by a careless move and was killed instantly. Martial arts are not omnipotent, and I can't guarantee that I will never make mistakes! What's more, when the A-level Boss gets angry, a big move will kill everyone within a radius of dozens of meters, and there is no way for me to avoid it.
You have already tried your best in those few attacks just now. If you don’t run away now, before Hanba uses his ultimate move to knock him down, when will you run?
Rushing onto the platform, I looked at the egg. It was still glowing red, with a golden glow outside. The eggshell was as smooth as a mirror, without even a crack. I was anxious. Wasn't it time for the baby to be born yet? If the baby Qilin didn't come out, my plan would be ruined. Even if I could escape with the egg, the platform was surrounded by the beasts. How could I get out? Even if I escaped by miracle, how could I avoid the Qilin's pursuit?
But it's strange that when the beasts chased to the platform, they seemed to be hesitant and didn't dare to come up. They just surrounded the platform tightly. I had planned to hide in the Fire Kirin Cave with the beast eggs. Although I would definitely meet the Kirin, I had thought of a way to deal with it, but now it is not necessary.
Suddenly, a roar came from the Huolin Cave. Qilin had killed the last thief and turned around to come out. While still in the cave, it sensed everything that happened outside the cave. It suddenly became anxious and angry, and rushed out faster!
The Qilin appeared and saw me standing next to its eggs. It roared again, arched its body, and was about to pounce on me!
Even if my martial arts were ten times stronger, I would not be able to withstand this attack!
I was not in a hurry, and shouted, "Wait a minute! Qilin, I know you can understand human language. Your egg is in my hand. If you dare to move, I will kill you with my sword and we will go our separate ways!"
As expected, the Qilin stopped immediately!
Hehe, as expected, my guess was correct. As a Boss of the same level as the Dark Emperor, how could he not understand what the players are saying?
“Hehehe…” Qilin suddenly laughed, his voice old and loud: “Human!”
Qilin spoke in human language, "I will not accept your threats! Haven't you noticed? I have added protection to the beast egg. With your power as a golden knight, you can never harm my unborn child! Your behavior makes me angry, so be prepared to die!"
"Wait!" I exclaimed in shock. When the Qilin entered the cave just now, I was being besieged by a group of bosses. Although I was paying attention to the movements of the Qilin at all times, I did miss the scene where it protected the beast egg, and I immediately fell into a disadvantage at this moment.
"Qilin! I know you can tell my level, but do you know that my actual attack power exceeds that of the Radiant Knight? I also have a magic weapon in my hand, so can't I break your small barrier?"
"..." Qilin was speechless. I was overjoyed. Actually, I was not sure if I could break the barrier with one sword, but judging from Qilin's reaction, I probably had this ability!
"Human, you are indeed very strong! But it is not so easy to break my barrier, unless you can deliver a fatal blow! But I don't need to take risks, you have this ability because of the wrath of the god of war. You only have less than three minutes left. Once the skill time is up, it will be your death!"
I immediately broke out in a sweat. The ultimate boss was really perverted. It knew all my information clearly. Now both sides were in a stalemate. Qilin didn't move, and I didn't dare to move either. Although Qilin said that I might be able to break the barrier, the probability of delivering a fatal blow was very small. As soon as I drew my sword, Qilin would definitely kill me instantly regardless of everything.
It was obviously not good for me to continue, and the effect of the God of War's Wrath ended after two minutes. Although this skill has no limit on the number of times it can be used, it takes two seconds to re-activate it, which is enough time for Qilin to launch an attack!
What should I do?
I was desperately trying to think of a countermeasure, but I saw Qilin lying down, yawning, rubbing his eyes, looking leisurely.
Are you so confident?
I was anxious in my heart, but I forced a smile on my face and said, "Brother Qilin, I came to bother you this time because I want to get your beast egg as a pet. I will never hurt your child, and I will take good care of it in the future. Why don't you consider it? After all, for you, losing a beast egg is just a delay in your ascension, and you can lay another egg. And if I have an extra pet, it will also increase the number of your Qilin clan in the world, right?"
Qilin shook his head and said, "We, the holy beasts, are born emperors. We will never be someone else's pet! Human, you insulted me again! I won't let you die easily!"
Well... the previous conversation was easy to talk about. The core of the topic was whether I had the ability to break the barrier and damage the beast eggs. With today's programming technology and the judgment condition of "protecting the beast eggs", it is not difficult to combine appropriate dialogues and choose action modes. But with the last sentence, the program also felt "insulted"? What's more, I said only good words without a single dirty word. This is a typical emotional judgment, which is not something a program can do!
I am 100% sure that this Qilin, at least for now, is dressed up by a GM and is definitely not a monster NPC!
I immediately pretended to be furious: "I'm going to die anyway. I spent so much effort but still can't get the Holy Beast Egg. I might as well cut this bastard to pieces while I still have a chance! I wonder if the Holy Beast Egg will drop a divine weapon?"
"That's impossible! The beast eggs won't explode anything! If the little Qilin is born, you would still have a chance." Qilin replied.
I stared at Qilin coldly and said with a sly smile, "I'm glad to hear your advice. The information revealed by the GM must be true. But I remember the New Era Group's rule is that any GM who reveals game secrets to players will be fired immediately upon discovery, right?"
"you!"
Qilin stood up suddenly and asked in surprise, "How did you know?"
"Brother, can you please act more professionally? When have you ever seen a four-legged animal yawn and rub its eyes ? Your movements are too human!"
Actually, I felt a little awkward when I saw Qilin rubbing his eyes, but it was not because of this that I recognized him as a GM. Firstly, I already had a prejudice, and secondly, it was more logical to infer from the program. After all, Qilin is a legendary beast. God knows whether the programmer designed the action of yawning and rubbing eyes for it?
Qilin was silent for a moment, then admitted, "As expected of you, you are the leader of the Thunder Alliance and the best player in Fantasy. You have a great ability to observe! Yes, I am the GM!"
"GM, how about we make a deal? You give me the beast egg, and I didn't hear anything you said."
"Hehe, blackmailing me?" Qilin shook his head and said, "I can't possibly agree to that. First, the system has a record of every word we said. If you hadn't agreed to keep it secret, the company wouldn't know about it. Second, I won't be fired. First, it was an unintentional mistake on my part, and I didn't really reveal any important information. Second, it can also be interpreted that I said this to stop you from taking the beast egg. When I play the role of Qilin, all my actions must comply with Qilin's 'own' intentions, so protecting the beast egg is my job now. If I lose the beast egg, I will be considered derelict in my duty and my bonus will be deducted! And if you want to get the beast egg, you have to rely on your strength to get it. If I am not defeated by you or deliberately let you take the beast egg, it will be considered dereliction of duty, and I will really be fired!"
I sighed, "So, I have to fight you with real weapons?"
"That's right!" Qilin said proudly, "And I can guarantee that you are no match for me. There is simply no comparison, unless you are above level 200, then you might still have a chance. It's rare that you are so smart, and since you can see through my disguise, I don't want to kill you and cause you to lose experience, so turn around now and go back, I will ask the monsters below to make way for you."
"Oh, you're right. It seems that my efforts were in vain..."
Before he could finish his words, a red light suddenly blazed beside him, breaking through the golden light outside the eggshell, forming a red beam of light that shot straight into the sky and connected with the sun hanging above his head - it was three quarters past noon, the time when the Yang energy was at its peak, and it was also the time when the Qilin was born!
"Haha, the barrier is gone. Well, my wrath of the god of war has long passed, but I should have no problem chopping the eggshells, right? Do you want me to deliver the little Qilin?"
I talked to the GM for quite some time, and the effect of the God of War's Wrath had of course disappeared long ago. However, because the GM was fully focused on the conversation, he forgot this point and did not kill me at that time!
"You...you are deliberately delaying time!" The stupid GM finally reacted!
"Haha, now our positions are equal again. If I kill the little beast, you will be considered derelict in your duty, so for the sake of your bonus, you must not move..."
"Damn it! Bloody Sky, don't be so complacent. You can't take the egg with you either. If you dare to touch it, I will kill you no matter what. The little Qilin is about to be born. Once it is born, you will be helpless. Even though it is a newly born Qilin, it is still a sacred beast. It is impossible for you to kill it in one blow. I can still kill you then!"
"Hey, let's wait and see!"
At this time, cracks began to appear in the eggshell, and countless thin purple electric currents emerged. The beasts under the platform roared loudly at the same time, preparing to welcome the birth of their new king!
The cracks became more and more frequent, and finally, a piece of eggshell on the top of the animal egg was pushed open!
A small, pink, cartoon-like dragon head popped out, its eyes still tightly closed.
My heartbeat suddenly quickened, and I silently said, "Open your eyes, open your eyes!"
As if hearing my prayer, the little Qilin suddenly opened his eyes!
A pair of black and bright eyes, extremely endearing. Fortunately, the first ray of light the little Qilin glanced at me after opening his eyes!
"Yes! Success!" I cheered.
"Bloody sky, are you ready to die?" Qilin's voice came.
"Now, it doesn't matter if you kill me. The little Qilin is already my pet!" I said proudly.
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh? You didn't know? Most animals have the behavior of recognizing their parents, that is, they regard the first creature they see after birth as their own parent. Birds are especially strong in this behavior, while mammals are not so obvious. However, Qilin is an oviparous animal, so it is not surprising that it shows bird characteristics in this recognition of parents. So, from now on, little Qilin will follow me. Even if you kill me, little Qilin will automatically come down the mountain to find me. Then, I can naturally take it as a pet!"
"Humph, nonsense. As a GM, I don't even know about this kind of thing. How come you know about it?"
"You are the GM, but unless you are involved in the programming and development of Fantasy, you cannot fully understand such a huge system. Even if you are one of the programmers, you can only understand the part related to your work. It is actually very easy to find out that egg-laying creatures in Fantasy will recognize their parents. When the pets in each pet egg are hatched, the owner must be present in person. In addition to signing the contract, improving the loyalty of the pet through recognition is also one of the reasons, right?"
Actually, there is one more thing I haven’t said. Regarding the issue of family recognition, I have already conducted experiments during the internal test, otherwise I would not have formulated a whole plan based on this!
The original plan was to seize the opportunity to rush onto the platform, preferably when the little Qilin was born, and the old beast was not around, so everything would go smoothly. If the time was a little short, the supplementary plan was to take the beast egg and hide in the Fire Kirin Cave (I didn't know that the Qilin had to be born in the midday sun), and use the beast egg to threaten the old beast to delay time until the little Qilin was born. As long as I was recognized by the little Qilin, the old beast would be helpless.
But later I thought that Qilin might be played by the GM. It was too late to make a new plan at that time. I also thought that the first half of the plan could be used regardless of whether it was against humans or monsters, and the second half was my personal performance, so I had to improvise.
In the end, it was confirmed that Qilin was the GM. However, although humans have more flexible thinking, they may be more easily deceived. As a result, I successfully used talking to delay time and achieved my goal.
The GM didn't quite believe what I said, but when he saw the little Qilin crawling out of the eggshell, then curling up at my feet like a kitten, licking my boots affectionately with its little tongue, he knew what I said was true. He failed, but I finally got the little Qilin.
GM said coldly: "Blood Sky, you are so scheming! But don't be too happy too soon. Although the little Qilin has recognized you as its parent, you haven't signed a contract with it yet, so it can't be considered as officially your pet. If I kill the little Qilin now, it won't be resurrected, and you will still get nothing!"
My face suddenly changed. What the GM said was true. This move was extremely vicious and I couldn't think of a way to crack it.
He suddenly sighed again and said, "Never mind, I did lose to you in terms of wits. I clearly knew the whereabouts of each of you, but I couldn't correctly analyze your purpose. I fell for your trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain, and then fell for your delaying tactics, so I lost with conviction. Since Fantasy has designed a sacred pet, of course it will not intentionally prevent players from getting it. It's just that the difficulty is extremely high to increase the fun of the game and promote the progress of players. The fact that you can take the little Qilin from my protection shows that you are qualified enough to own it. If I kill the little Qilin now, it will really violate the GM rules! I'm leaving now. Congratulations on getting the sacred pet Qilin. I wish you a happy game. Goodbye!"
I didn't notice any changes. The Qilin suddenly roared wildly and said, "Despicable human! You took my child away! I want to punish you, but I don't want to hurt my child. It has regarded you as its parent! Go away quickly, take my child away, I don't want to see you again! I hope you will treat it well in the future, otherwise, I will find you!"
There is no doubt that Qilin is now a monster NPC, which is why he uses the tone of dialogue like a character in a novel. The program has been switched.
Of course I was more than happy to have Qilin let me go, so I quickly picked up the little Qilin, turned around and left. The animals below the platform saw the little thing in my arms, and they all made way for me in awe, allowing me to go down the mountain safely.
After leaving Kunlun Mountain, I didn't have time to return to the headquarters. I went directly to Pojun City and found a special NPC. The NPC drew a formation on the ground. I put the little Qilin on it, bit my middle finger, dripped blood on its forehead, and chanted: "I will now sign a master-servant contract with you. From now on, you are my only pet. I will give you the name - Thunder Emperor!"