The group followed the soul light and continued to move forward in the maze.
The soul light ball blessed by Xiao Chen's magic became much more resilient and active.
It developed an instinct to find more of its own kind and devour them together.
Xiao Chen and his companions had been walking for less than ten minutes when it absorbed several soul fragments floating in the air, most of which appeared on the bodies of knocked-down monsters. Beside these bodies, there were often wandering hydralisks and dead temple knights.
Xiao Chen would extract the souls from the bodies of these hydralisks and combine them into the original soul light ball, making it become stronger and stronger.
However, the further they walked, the more worried Xiao Chen looked. Luo Ling asked, "Do you think we have collected more souls than the limit?"
"I have a rough idea of how much soul Li Jia has, but now these collected fragments alone are more than one-third of his total soul, but..." Xiao Chen waved at the soul light ball, and the soul light ball flew to his side, "Are you Li Jia? Do you know which one of my companions is Luo Ling?"
Xiao Chen asked several times, but the ball of light could only understand his simple instructions and had almost no response to his questions.
"There is still no real consciousness." Luo Ling observed the reaction of the ball of light. "It seems that there is only some energy left in these soul fragments of Li Jia, nothing more."
"It sounds like the problem is serious?" Chen Hansheng asked.
Xiao Chen gently held the ball of light in his hand. The ball of light was like a glowing ball of wool: "Do you know what it means when one-third of the soul loses its consciousness? The soul is a very mysterious thing. Neither science nor magic has really explored its essence in depth. But magic's study of the soul is still a step further than science, at least it allows us to observe it. Here, with the help of magic, we can observe the concrete soul. This soul is like a container that contains a person's consciousness, personality, memory and emotion. If it means that one-third of Li Jia's soul has become an empty matrix, it means that one-third of his personality, memory or emotion has disappeared. If he loses more, I really don't know what will be left in his body when we find it..."
Chen Hansheng asked, "Will that be like a person with amnesia?"
"I think a more appropriate description should be the walking dead." Xiao Chen released the light ball again and said, "Let's continue."
They had already gone a long way into this maze, and the surrounding scenery had also changed slightly. Although they still saw endless tunnels, these projected tunnels were more detailed than before. To use Lin Lichuan's metaphor from the game, it was as if the resolution of the surrounding world was becoming higher and higher.
After passing a road junction, a strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of soil came over, along with the increasingly loud sounds of slashing and explosions. Morlet, who was walking in the front, raised his hand again, asking everyone to prepare for battle. Everyone walked forward cautiously for a while, and found that the front suddenly became wider. It was a place that could be called a small square, at least a square of 20 to 30 meters. A group of temple priests and warriors were surrounded by many monsters and monster corpses. The strength of this natural temple team is very good. In the eyes of Xiao Chen and others, at least one of them has reached the level of a great knight. The remaining six people have two priests and four knights, and they have also reached a high level.
The types of monsters that besieged these people also increased, not only hydralisks, but also mutant insects and cockroaches*. Some of these insects were responsible for close combat, while others were responsible for long-range attacks. They were constantly killed by the knights and priests of the Temple of Nature, and continued to pour out from the surrounding tunnels. Those temple knights were still fighting, but with Xiao Chen's dark vision, he could clearly see the fear and despair on their faces.
"Looking at the armor style of these people, they should be the guards of a certain high priest. That big knight should be the commander of the temple's guard army." said Mollett.
Luo Ling said: "Look at those soul fragments!"
When the monsters were destroyed by the Temple Knights, the soul fragments would escape from the monsters' bodies, so there were many tiny fragments everywhere. Xiao Chen hurriedly pushed the soul light ball in his hand outward to attract these soul fragments.
"Including the fragments here, it will take up two-thirds of the power and soul. I'm afraid he..." Luo Ling didn't say anything else.
"We have to find out the truth. I'll ask these knights."
Although the besieged knights were able to hold out under the attacks of many monsters, they were already close to the limit of their abilities. The leading knight saw Xiao Chen and his group and shouted, "Who are you? Why are you in this maze?"
Xiao Chen said: "Tell me, what happened in your fight with Li Jia? Why are you fighting monsters here?"
"Tell me who you are first!" the knight said as he fought. He found that although this group of people suddenly appeared on the battlefield, the surrounding monsters ignored them, which gave him a bad premonition.
"Now I'm the one asking questions," Xiao Chen said. He raised his hand and shot a spiritual arrow, which hit a knight who was fighting four mutant insects. The spiritual arrow of the great magician was simply irresistible to the tired high-level knight. The knight immediately fell into dizziness and stiffness, and was pierced by the claws of four insects.
The Grand Knight saw this situation, but he himself was still besieged by several particularly strong Hydralisks and Cockroaches, and had no means to save his companions: "Damn it! The God of Nature will punish you heretics!"
"Your god is still lying dead, what else can you do except empty threats?" Xiao Chen sneered. Seeing that the other party was unmoved, he began to cast buff magic on the bugs, while Luo Ling and Lin Lichuan also cooperated to cast various restrictions and curse magic on the temple knights and priests.
Magic spells such as acceleration, berserk, giant strength, and healing were cast on the insects, more than doubling their combat power. At the same time, the temple knights and priests who were affected by the curse, slowdown, and weakness saw their strength greatly reduced. This ups and downs led to a reversal of strength on both sides.
The knight was shocked to find that the opponents were all real masters, and there were several warriors in their team who did not move at all, but just looked at them with their weapons. (To be continued)