Xia Qi knew that ever since he was forced to choose that parchment book, he would never have a normal gaming experience.
Sure enough, the weapon skills that the parchment book brought him once again left him speechless.
Skill: Soul torture
Level: lv1
Skill introduction: After opening the holy book, questions will appear on the pages. You can choose the question and ask it to the target party, who must answer your question.
Consumption: 10 MP points.
Xia Qi flipped through the blank parchment book in his hand and asked helplessly, "Ask a question? What can I ask?"
Dear, problems will only appear in the holy book when you use your skills.
Okay.
After listening to the system's seemingly plausible answer, Xia Qi put the holy book away and decided to use it when he needed it.
But I have to say, judging from the introduction alone, this soul-torturing skill is very tricky. When others fight, they use knives and guns, but when he fights, he is like a kid with a head full of question marks...
If he really encountered a tough monster, he would probably be killed by the enemy before he could even ask the question.
Not only that, the skill introduction also mentioned the MP (magic value). Xia Qi checked carefully and found that there were three more attribute bars on his panel, the other two being HP (health value) and SP (spirit value).
HP health value is easy to understand, but what is this... spirit value
Xia Qi frowned and thought carefully.
This sp (spirit value) sounds like it is related to a person's mental state. According to the common sense that one will die when hp (health value) is completely lost, one may fall into a deep sleep or go crazy after the sp (spirit value) is completely lost. Of course, it may be more terrifying than he imagined.
As Xia Qi was thinking, nearby players had already started calling for forming a team.
Since this might be a monster dungeon, team formation requires professional coordination, so everyone started to reveal their professions before forming a team. Of course, in order to protect their privacy, everyone still did not reveal their skills and attributes.
There are a total of 27 people on the field. According to the maximum number of people in each team of 5, a total of 5 teams of 5 people and 1 team of 2 people can be formed.
Everyone knew the importance of strength. After only 5 minutes, the players with sharp weapons spontaneously formed 4 teams.
The last team of four was still short of one person. The captain was the girl called "Berserker". The reason she became a Berserker was thanks to the axe she grabbed. Her defense and attack power were very high, so she was elected as the captain of the fifth group.
Because she took advantage of the Berserker profession, the female Berserker looked at people with a bit of arrogance. Her eyes moved back and forth between Xia Qi, Xiao Ou, and the man holding the green bottle. She asked the three men who were alone, "What are your professions?"
Apart from the good-for-nothing Saint Xia Qi and the female thief Xiao Ou, the man holding a green bottle was about the same age as Xia Qi.
The man suddenly had a silver bird-beak mask in his hand. He put the mask on his face and said, "I am a plague doctor. My skill is 'Release Virus'."
Since the Plague Doctor's skills were so amazing, this guy had no intention of hiding them and just used them directly.
"What the hell! Plague doctor?"
"Oh my god, can it be poisoned?!"
"Damn, what a pity! We should have let him join our team!"
The first four teams were very disappointed, as they didn't expect that the man holding the bottle was actually a plague doctor. This profession sounded very vulgar and yet very awesome.
The female Berserker looked at the Plague Doctor with a strange look in her eyes. She cleared her throat and was about to add the Plague Doctor to her team when the Beastmaster pulled her sleeve and said, "Sister, ask the other two people and find out their occupations."
Although the tamer thought Xia Qi and Xiao Ou didn't look that good, in order to not let any fish slip through the net, he still reminded the female Berserker to ask.
"Oh, yes." The female Berserker raised her chin with a somewhat arrogant expression, "Tell me about your profession and skills."
Xiao Ou said awkwardly: "My profession is 'female thief'..."
"Pfft..." Someone laughed out loud accidentally, "What kind of job is this? Could his skill be stealing money?"
Looking at Xiao Ou's thin body, the female Berserker tried hard to hold back her laughter and began to ask Xia Qi.
"Profession 'Holy Son'." Xia Qi responded casually.
After Xia Qi finished speaking, everyone was stunned. What the hell is the "Son of God"
Everyone stared at Xia Qi with a calm expression, thinking that the profession name of "Son of God" sounds quite elegant, and more like the exploited class than the working people such as Berserkers, Crusaders, and Savages. However, considering the parchment-covered book in his hand, everyone had serious doubts about his skills.
Since the name "Holy Son" was quite intimidating, and Xia Qi had a cool and handsome face, the female Berserker held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked, "Can I ask if your skill is an attack skill? Or, is it a blood-adding skill?"
"Neither." Xia Qi shook his head. In fact, his skills were worse than his blood-adding skills.
The female Berserker had a constipated expression on her face. As expected, all the good-looking ones were idiots.
So, the female Berserker decisively abandoned Xia Qi's beauty and extended an olive branch to the Plague Doctor without hesitation: "Mr. Plague Doctor, on behalf of our team, I welcome you to join us."
The Plague Doctor laughed, nodded, and confidently joined the team of female Berserkers.
"Ok, our fifth team is formed." said the female Berserker.
Xia Qi glanced at the anxious Xiao Ou. It looked like they had to team up again.
"Brother Xia, we are in trouble again." Xiao Ou took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes, and pretended to sob.
Xia Qi watched him perform with a numb face, and reminded him coldly: "Stop pretending, this is no longer a palace fighting game."
"Oh oh." Xiao Ou suddenly reacted and quickly put the handkerchief back. Then his face changed, "Okay, let's continue to team up. You must take me flying."
Looking at Xiao Ou's wretched smile, Xia Qi said helplessly: "Are you so confident in me?"
"Of course!" Xiao Ou patted his chest, "After all, you are a man with cheats! Your level won't be maxed out again this time, right?"
Xia Qi replied expressionlessly: "The skill is level 1, and all attributes are 0."
"Hahaha, stop kidding me..." Xiao Ou patted his shoulder, obviously not believing him, "How could you have all 0?"
He held his stomach and laughed for a long time. When he found that Xia Qi had a calm face and looked like he didn't want to pay attention to him, Xiao Ou's face changed.
"Fuck, is what you just said true?" Xiao Ou was suddenly shocked.
Xia Qi was silent and nodded at him.
"Boo!" Xiao Ou's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but cry out, "Why didn't you cheat this time? Why are all your attributes 0? Is it because you are a 0? You..."
Hearing this, Xia Qi turned his head and looked at him coldly.
"Wow, it's over. I'm on a pirate ship." Xiao Ou covered his heart with his hands, looking like he was seriously ill. He looked more like a weak Holy Son than Xia Qi.
Just as Xiao Ou was crying, the red-bearded NPC had already opened the door and said to everyone: "Heroes, it's getting late, everyone hurry up and start your heroic chapter!"
"What a fucking heroic chapter..." someone muttered.
Following the red-bearded NPC out of the tavern, everyone started a new chapter of heroism with the intention of visiting the grave.
There was a narrow and dark path not far from the tavern. The sky above the path was covered by a layer of dark clouds. Fine raindrops fell, soaking everyone's clothes.
Because the path is not wide enough, the dead branches on both sides will occasionally scratch people, leaving bloody marks on the skin if you are not careful.
"quack-"
A few black crows flew past their heads. At this moment, Xiao Ou felt a heat on his shoulders and found that the crows had dropped a big gift bag of guano on him.
"Wow, wow, wow, I'm so unlucky that even crows bully me!" Xiao Ou stamped his feet and cried.
Xia Qi was speechless for a moment, thinking, Xiao Ou is really a strange man that even dogs dislike.
After walking for about 30 minutes, they came to a wild cemetery. This cemetery was different from the high-end cemetery of the Earl's family. There were weeds growing everywhere and scattered tombstones. It looked like a mass grave.
"Heroes, the entrance to the dungeon is right here." The red-bearded NPC raised his hand without thinking too much, pointed at the tallest, most dilapidated, and worst-looking grave in the center of the wild cemetery, and said, "Our future is in your hands."
"Oh shit."
When they really reached the entrance of the copy, some people couldn't help but curse under their breath.
After everyone cursed a few times, the leader of Group 1 said to the team members behind him: "We have to go in anyway, let's go in first."
Since most of the people present were high-level players and a small number of mid-level players, everyone was very familiar with the nature of the game. Adhering to the mentality that death is death no matter early or late, everyone walked towards the tomb without delay.
When they arrived at the tomb, they found a big black hole dug next to the cemetery. They thought this must be the entrance.
"Heroes, I will be waiting for your return here. Tomorrow morning, the tavern will provide you with a place to rest for free." The NPC said this before everyone entered the dungeon.
Judging from what the NPC said, we need to go into this dungeon several times and the map can be used repeatedly.
Xia Qi was quite puzzled. While thinking, he followed everyone in.
After stepping into the cave, thick darkness overwhelmed him.
Xia Qi walked forward a few steps and felt the soil under his feet was very moist. He raised his hand to hold the wall of the cave to prevent himself from falling.
“Puff.”
Xia Qi took out a lighter from the system backpack and lit it. A faint halo of light instantly lit up in the passage.
"Why don't you use your lamp?" Xiao Ou asked behind Xia Qi. He was talking about Xia Qi's Sun God Lamp.
"The target is too big, so we won't use it for now."
Seeing that Xia Qi was unwilling to take out the Sun God Lamp, Xiao Ou took out his lighter and adjusted the flame to the highest level, making it look like he was holding a torch.
For some reason, this place gave Xia Qi a feeling of being in a tunnel warfare.
The two walked forward, and suddenly, they came to a fork in the road.
"Should we follow them?" Xiao Ou asked, looking at the footprints left on the ground.
Xia Qi observed the surrounding terrain, thought for a moment, and said, "No."
"Why?" Xiao Ou looked at him in confusion.
Xia Qi did not answer him, but gestured for him to choose any road. Sure enough, after the two of them went around the fork in the road in front of them, they found another fork in the road behind them.
This forked road is not winding, but is separated by straight walls. Although the walls are made of mud, it is obvious that this underground dungeon is carefully designed for the purpose of passing the level.
"Turn around again." After Xia Qi said that, he randomly picked a fork in the road and took Xiao Ou around a wall.
The two of them turned around six walls in a row, and Xiao Ou felt a little dizzy.
"You see, this is a flat square maze. Even if we follow them, we may not be able to find the exit. The more people there are, the more trouble there is. If we take the wrong path, it will be easy to have disagreements."
Xia Qi tilted his head to look at him, his lips curled slightly: "The fewer people, the better. It will be faster to make trials and errors after making decisions."