Well, it’s full.
The plus signs that appeared behind the secret weapons and skills in the field of vision became more solid and no longer as vague as before.
This should indicate that enough disaster essence has been collected.
Kaxiu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to move closer to the stream. Immediately, another progress bar appeared below the full progress bar, and the second progress bar was largely blank.
The red part grows little by little, and the progress is slow.
As the wailing became weaker and weaker, the progress bar grew at a crawling speed. When it could no longer move, Kaxiu returned to the crowd and stared at the altar across the stream.
If the beetle army showed any sign of moving towards this side, he would immediately run away first.
But fortunately, the beetles seemed more interested in the altar where the vampires performed blood rituals, and they kept gathering around and climbing on it.
They pile up layer upon layer, making a hissing sound.
"Let's go."
Without the absorption of the essence of disaster, Kaxiu suddenly became uninterested. He glanced at Domon beside him and said softly.
"good."
Domon nodded immediately. His injuries were quite serious. Although they were not fatal for the time being, it would be better for him to receive treatment as soon as possible.
Immediately, the two of them took a step forward and disappeared into the darkness of the forest.
"Hey, you two..."
Will wanted to persuade her to stay, but he felt that they were not that close. So he opened his mouth and held back the rest of his words. The policewoman Cathy came over.
There was some curiosity on her fair and pretty face.
"Who are these two people?"
"I don't know him either, but he should be an enemy of the vampires..."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Will silently glanced in the direction of the altar. At least the blood donation ceremony was stopped.
Their first target as Mercury Hunters was successful!
As for the second goal of rescuing the hostages...
Seeing how they are surrounded, it is estimated that they are in great danger, and not even a trace of them will be left. Mercury Hunters have been fighting against vampires for many years, and they are determined and will not have any extra psychological burden. However, these brave police officers may not be able to accept it, after all, they paid such a great sacrifice and the hostages still died...
"Bang, bang, bang..."
"Ah..."
Faint sounds came from below the dense forest. The battle over there was still going on, and both sides were still fighting each other.
Will shouted immediately: "The time period of the blood ritual has passed. The vampires can't succeed again! Our companions are still fighting with the vampires. Fight back with me. Let's go!"
Immediately, the team with less than twenty people left returned in the original direction, and more than a dozen shadows quickly shuttled through the woods.
It was late at night, and the night lights above the Alfama Mountains were completely dark. In the endless darkness of the night, a huge dark cloud moved across the sky, blocking out the stars, and no starlight could be seen.
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July 2nd.
In Jinghu City, in the downtown area, in a small blue manor.
The morning sun shines obliquely into the huge French windows, leaving seven or eight long golden spots on the yellow-brown floor. This is the living room, which is very spacious. There is a black and white checkered leisure sofa in the corner, and the green plants in the flowerpots are slightly fresh.
A dining table is placed in the middle of the living room.
At this moment, two strong men were eating at a table across from each other, one with blond hair and the other with black hair.
The black-haired man cut a piece of fried egg with a knife, then raised his fork to put it in his mouth. He picked up the glass of hot milk with one hand and grabbed the newspaper on the left corner of the dining table with the other.
The newspaper that had just been printed and sent out had a faint scent of ink, and the black font was so fresh that it seemed like it would fall off with a single wipe.
Mirror Lake City Morning Post.
A big headline catches your eye on the first page.
"There are extremely vicious criminals hiding in the Alfama Mountains! The police stations in Mingshan City and Jinghu City have joined forces, but they still suffered heavy losses!"
Then there was a long text report, but no photos or anything like that appeared. It was just some insiders telling about last night's words and sentences, without any in-depth details.
Kaxiu glanced at it calmly and put the newspaper aside. He lowered his head and continued to eat to comfort his stomach that had not eaten for ten days. I have to say, the garlic bread is delicious.
On the other side, Domon swallowed a piece of bread, then grabbed the newspaper and spread it out, killing time while eating breakfast.
Five minutes later, the sound of someone coming down the stairs on the right side of the living room was heard.
An old man dressed very elegantly walked down the road. He had gray hair and a thin body, but his eyes were very sharp. When he walked, he had an aura and was very energetic.
High-waisted trousers, flannel, and a single-breasted jacket with a notch lapel and a pinstriped pattern. It looks dynamic yet heavy and gives people a sense of comfort.
"How was your rest last night, boys?"
The old man looked very kind, and walked to the dining table with a smile on his face, sat down, and began to enjoy his breakfast.
"Not bad, Mr. Mian." Kaxiu responded.
"Not very well, my whole body aches. I barely managed to sleep for about five hours, alas..." Duo Meng said with a tired face.
"The fact that you were able to fall asleep last night is a testament to my healing skills not having deteriorated." Mian Dan smiled and shook his head.
"You haven't been back for more than ten days, and I thought you were wandering somewhere again. I didn't expect that you were involved in a series of disturbances in the Alfama Mountains. I treated your injuries last night without asking much questions. Now tell me the situation in detail." Mian glanced at the newspaper headline and asked immediately.
"Uncle Master, please wait a minute. Let me eat breakfast first." Domon drank the milk, chewed the bread, and looked up and said.
"Are you that hungry? You are seriously injured. It's not good for you to eat too much. Don't eat the remaining piece of bread." Mian reminded.
Hearing this, Duo Meng couldn't help but look a little bitter.
"Uncle Master, do you know how I have been spending the past ten days?"
Bug set meal, moss salad, dew and sweet rain…
Domon, who had never tried before, had tried it. Although he had reached the second blood acceleration limit, it was not like Kaxiu who had three nodes that could produce circulation. So he still had to drink and eat, and at most he was a little better than ordinary people.
Misled into the cave by the fog, and then in the maze of the ruins for ten days, it was difficult for Domon to get food.
Immediately, Domon began to describe his experiences in the Alfama Mountains. It started with the fight with Kaxiu and ended with the two of them rushing out of the ruins together last night.
There were many dangers and twists and turns. Domon's experience was not much safer than Kaxiu's, and he was even more miserable because he could not live without food and drink. Kaxiu felt deeply sympathetic after hearing this.
"There is such a magical relic?! The vampires in the Alfama Mountains are probably not simple. You said you saw a blood pool full of coffins, and then there was a vampire who was powerful enough to crush the two of you and kept chasing you..." Mian paused and said, "Then there must be at least a bunch of such vampires sleeping in the other coffins. This kind of humanoid creature called vampire is so powerful, but I have never heard of it when I was at the Wild Lion Mountain Gate..."
Hearing this, Kaxiu, who was cutting garlic bread next to him, paused and narrowed his eyes. He recalled that when he returned to Shuofeng Xiangmen, he had never heard of dark creatures. Even when the secret martial arts circle gathered for the exchange competition, many core disciples of the younger generation discussed and exchanged ideas with each other, but no one mentioned a word about dark creatures. This was a bit strange.
And from the looks of those vampires last night, they seemed to be surprised that Kashudomon, who was clearly a pure human, could burst out with strong physical strength. It felt like there was a layer of frosted glass separating the two of them. They were clearly in the same world, but parallel to each other, each living their own life.
Logically speaking, two powerful forces with different positions and races should have many contradictions and intersections. Kaxiu felt that it was impossible that no secret warriors had come into contact with dark creatures, and that dark creatures must have encountered secret warriors. However, neither side seemed to be curious enough to investigate further? Did the brain subconsciously ignore it
As he thought about it, the hairs on his back stood up.
Kaxiu seemed to see a pair of invisible hands reaching down from the clouds above, fiddling with the coincidences and fate of the world.
"Huh..."
He took a deep breath, not wanting to delve into this terrifying question for the time being. Kaxiu came back to his senses.
Next to him, Domon was chatting with his uncle Mian about the temporary consensus that Casius and Domon had reached in the ruins passage.
"Cooperation?" Mian turned his head and looked at Kaxiu.
Domon also turned his head in cooperation.
Kaxiu stroked his forehead to calm down, and immediately said the same thing as that day: "Mr. Mian, have you heard of the power of the secret soul..."
"What is the power of the secret soul?" Mian looked curious.
"Guess how old I am now?" Under Domon's speechless gaze, Kaxiu repeated what he said in the cave that day.
One minute later.
"I am twenty-four years old..."
"What? Stop kidding me, feel my bone age for me."
"Really twenty-four... At this age, a boxer has reached great perfection..."
Two minutes later.
"Black Rain Villa? There is such a strange place? It sounds even weirder than the ruins you two have experienced before..."
"Yes, but the power of the secret soul is related to it."
Five minutes later.
"Hold!"
Mian stood up from his seat in great excitement and slapped the table, smashing a hole in it. Domon, who was drinking milk next to him, was shaken by the tabletop with his elbow, and the white milk in the glass splashed all over his face.
"Uncle master, don't get excited. Don't get excited. Let's sit down and talk about it in detail. Let's sit down and talk it over." Duo Meng said while wiping his face.
"I'm not a young man, how can I not be excited?!"
Mian was breathing heavily, his chest rising and falling uneasily.
His old face just now showed five points of desire, two points of excitement, one point of shock, one point of joy, and one point of longing.
Beside him, Domon remembered something and patted his head.
His uncle, Mian, was nicknamed the Demon Lion. When he was young, he loved to fight bravely. He was obsessed with martial arts and often killed people in battle. At some point in time, he went to the secret martial arts circle in the western part of the Federation and constantly challenged various masters. He was a real martial arts fanatic.
He was once known as a twin star together with Domon's master, the evil lion Maro.
Later, as time passed, his realm declined, and he gradually moved behind the scenes. Five years ago, he even stopped caring about the affairs of the school and found a tourist city to live in seclusion.
The reason is mostly due to the decline of Qi and blood, and there is no hope of entering a higher level of martial arts, thus becoming discouraged.
"Huh..." Mian calmed down and sat down again.
"Kaxiu, please continue. I won't disturb you."
Ten minutes later, Kaxiu had said everything he needed to say, but Mian had a very complicated expression. He held the newspaper in his hand and pretended to be calm, but the corners of the newspaper had long been torn by his fingers. His reaction was more exaggerated than that of Biduomeng, but this was normal. Only an old boxer who had experienced the decline of qi and blood for a long time could truly understand what the power of spirit and courage meant!
"Think about it carefully first, and we'll talk about it in detail at noon." Kaxiu planned to go back to his room to continue healing.
"Okay." Mian nodded with a dazed look in his eyes.
Two minutes later, in a guest room in the corner of the second floor.
Kaxiu looked at the shield symbol on the back of his hand. It was flashing just now. But just like in the ruins, the mark seemed to be blocked by something. The vague sense of threat was blocked outside and could not actually affect Kaxiu. He originally thought that this effect was a relic, but now Kaxiu was a little confused. A black shadow in the fog? A rune of wisdom
Or is it a relic? It not only blocks the signals in the relic, but also blocks and cuts off the signals within a certain range
There's no way to figure this out.
Kaxiu temporarily regained his composure and glanced at the upper right corner.
Since the progress bar of the Wisdom Rune is full, use it up quickly. Kaxiu has never been a person who procrastinates.
Let’s get started.
"Stone Armor Skill: Heavy Armor Mastery (2 layers +)"
There are two layers in total, and the plus sign behind them is very solid and attractive.
Kaxiu focused his attention directly on the plus sign.
In an instant, the entire Stone Armor Skill's entry became increasingly vague.
Densely packed pale red patterns formed runes.
“Raising the limit...
There is still room for improvement in Shijiagong...
The nature of the disaster is enough...
Ascension begins…”
Kaxiu shuddered violently, and he suddenly felt his chest burning hot, as if something was continuously secreted, flowing from his chest to his brain.
After taking off his upper body clothes, the Ouroboros symbol on the rock-white chest suddenly began to rotate. Something like a drop of water fell from the two gaps of "∞", gradually filling the gaps and then gradually disappearing. Kaxiu guessed that this was the so-called spiritual blood.
The hot and invisible spiritual blood was seeping through the bones and internal organs, passing through the muscles and membranes. Finally, it passed through the neck and face and arrived at the place where it needed to go!
brain!
Buzz!
The moment the spiritual blood touched his brain, Kaxiu's entire body shook violently, as if a bomb had exploded beside his ear. Blood flowed from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.
Dense beads of sweat quickly formed on his forehead.
But in a flash it evaporated into a ball of white steam, rising along the contours of the face and covering the entire head.
Kaxiu's body trembled slightly, and his mind was working at an unprecedented speed. He felt that he had never felt so good.
marvelous.
I gradually understood everything!
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