Seeing the life energy attached to himself, this completely visual behavior made Zhao Xu want to "spawn monsters" for the first time.
"Let me do it."
Zhao Xu specially piled up high melee physical output for himself, after all, in order to kill those giant mutant scorpions one by one.
"You want to use magic?"
Paladin Vivian had already raised her sword and was about to launch a flying sprint. These monsters with level 14 armor might be troublesome to others, but she could basically kill them with one blow.
It's just that as a succubus, she used to be a seducer and didn't have much expertise in close combat.
For example, "Chunk Slash" and "Powerful Slash" are useless in high-end rounds and can only be used to abuse vegetables in low-end rounds. Naturally, she has no training and is not efficient enough in killing monsters.
The small mutant scorpions in front of me, which had only about ten health points at most, probably gathered in a certain pit at first, and only appeared together like this after being disturbed. Naturally, it was not worth Zhao Xu's use of fireball to clear the place.
Why kill a chicken with a bull's knife
Compared to the devils who are immune to fire, the devils are born with 10 points of fire resistance and are very familiar with the mage's famous "fireball technique".
Even after Ms. May's training, she also learned that a senior mage can combine fireball with various sacred abilities, and finally shoot a "fireball" that can break through fire immunity.
"That's right." After Zhao Xu said that, he rushed forward, but the movements in his hands did not stop.
Watching the enemy flying over, the mountains of small mutant scorpions squirmed in the direction of Zhao Xu like spring water.
They are small, more than one meter long, and their speed is no slower than ordinary people.
Relying on his perfect mobility, Zhao Xu sprinted to an emergency stop just before he was about to swoop past the scorpions. While flying parallel in the air, he had just finished chanting the mysterious spell in his mouth.
Instantly, a cone-shaped scorching flame spurted out from his hand, like a pesticide spray, with a reach of up to five meters and immediately enveloped all small mutant scorpions that appeared.
The blazing, high-temperature flames swept through everything on the spot, wrapping them like a coir raincoat.
These indescribable mutated scorpions could only make a painful hissing sound and roll with difficulty in the flames until they curled up like roasted shrimps.
Zhao Xu killed nearly a hundred small mutant scorpions with a simple one-level spell.
At this time, in a hidden corner not far from the corridor, a small hole was quietly drilled into the fluffy sand arched into a hill, and a few eyes popped out.
"Brother, is this the legendary fireball technique? So powerful? It will kill all these scorpions directly." The speaker was a ranger player.
They were followers at the beginning. The first pair of adventurers came into the cave, grabbed a treasure box and disturbed the mutant scorpion. They separated at a fork.
In the end, after much trouble, the two people also escaped here, but they found that the surrounding cave entrances were guarded by mutant scorpions, so they could only bury themselves in the soil and wait for the mutant scorpions to disperse, so that they could go back to hunt for treasure. .
Another warrior player called Big Brother shook his head, "I know this spell, it's the first ring of burning hands."
"How is that possible?" the ranger suddenly exclaimed, almost unable to keep his voice down.
The first-level magic spell of the mage is not a secret at all to the majority of players. Everyone knows that the colorful jet is easy to use and the sleep technique is barely adequate.
It's just that it's difficult for them to recognize what kind of spell it is when they see a piece of flame.
This warrior player still reluctantly relied on his previous experience as a mage to make a judgment.
"How can Burning Hands do such damage?" Ranger players have never seen other level 1 mages release Burning Hands.
It can be said that damage spells are a popular choice for novice mages who don't know Arthur in the early stages of the game.
Fire damage can be said to be a typical damage type in traditional online games. Therefore, for the initial free spell selection, many novice mages mostly choose "Burning Hands", while a small number of others choose "Magic Missile".
However, when it came to actual combat, the 1-4 (1D4) damage of Burning Hands made countless people despair.
Not to mention, this spell can also perform a reflex save. Once passed, the damage is halved.
As low-level mages, players are not originally very difficult to save.
Once, a player cast this spell on a chicken. Under the sea of flames, which was like a flamethrower, the chicken's feathers were only a little burnt, and it flew away smoothly.
This example successfully put the one-link damage spell "Burning Hands" on the player's blacklist.
That's why the ranger players are so surprised.
"The damage of this spell increases with the level of the caster. Each level does 1-4 (1D4) damage. If the opponent can fly, it must be a level 5 mage. It has also reached the upper limit of 5-20 (5D4). ) damage," the Warrior player explained.
"Fuck, a level 5 mage is so powerful, he can turn this spell into something magical."
A first-level spell that can only cause damage ranging from 1 to 4 is obviously rubbish, but if it can cause 4 to 20 damage, that's another story. Even a group of civilians can be burned alive with this amount of damage.
But the ranger immediately reacted, "That's not right. Although this is a 5-layer 1-4 damage superposition, the average damage will tend to be the center of the expected damage, but this mutant scorpion didn't escape. It's too exaggerated. ?”
The warrior player frowned and said, "It means those mutant scorpions have not passed the immunity, and the damage is real. Where did this perverted mage come from? He is so terrifying. He should be more than level 5. Grandma, if I had known I would not have deleted my account. ”
"Hey, brother, it's not too late for you to become a mage now." The ranger player consoled him. He felt that it was a pity that the other party gave up because the mage was too rubbish in the early stage.
At this time, Zhao Xu, who was at the center of the topic, looked at the small mutant scorpions that had fallen on the ground and had a slight burning smell, frowning and saying nothing.
As an insect-like creature, spells that affect the mind are naturally ineffective.
So he used a one-level spell like "Burning Hands". With his 28 intelligence, even if it was a one-level spell, the saving throw difficulty was still as high as level 20 (10+1 level+9 intelligence).
In this way, these clumsy mutant scorpions with level 0 reflex saves can't even hope to dodge half of the damage unless they have special talents.
It's a pity that the challenge level of one of them is only one-half level. There are hundreds of them, and the life energy accumulated for Zhao Xu is not much.
He couldn't help but evaluate whether the accumulation of life energy he would gain from clearing this lair would allow him to collect enough for level 7.
But Zhao Xu thought about it and decided not to be too greedy.
At this time, Vivian also flew over and glanced at the dead mutant scorpions on the ground.
In fact, the power of these mutant scorpions is equivalent to a squad of dozens of goblins. If a dozen or so soldiers in an ordinary small town encounter them, they will suffer heavy casualties.
Only when Zhao Xu's output reached the point of slapping the opponent to death could he be able to deal with it with ease.
Even if Vivian, who has a challenge level of over 10, were to deal with it, she would still have to endure the attack of the shape-shifting scorpions, being bitten and hacking them all to death one by one.
"Let's go." Zhao Xu ordered.
"These mutant scorpions are too sensitive." He was a little surprised.
"We are obviously flying, and there is no pressure from our wings flapping to the ground. How come they can still sense it and assemble an army in an instant."
Most insect creatures have the ability of "tremor sensing". Within the range of action, as long as there is a creature walking on the ground, this ability can locate the position where the creature touches the ground.
Therefore, he can easily identify the enemy's location without even meeting him, so his invisibility is somewhat limited by it. If Zhao Xu is willing, the three-ring spell "Tremor Perception" of the same name can also help him achieve this effect.
But Vivian shook her head. She raised the sharp sword in her hand and pointed directly at an untrodden mound, "Because those mutant scorpions are here to catch these two people."
Only then did Zhao Xu realize that there was someone below, and he said coldly: "Who is it?"
It's just that the people below seemed to think that they were just asking questions and didn't pay any attention to them.
Zhao Xu smiled and aimed directly at the mound, taking aim at a slight distance.
"Bang."
There was an explosion in an instant.
"Hey, hero, it's me." Immediately, the two people who were hiding in the soil hurriedly climbed out.
Both the player warrior and the ranger honestly raised their hands to show their innocence.
In addition to the previous spell threats, the two of them just looked at a stone in front of them and was directly cut open by an invisible sword energy.
Such power instantly frightened the two of them. If they didn't come out and surrender, their bodies and heads would be separated later.
"Are you the players who fled from Lucca City to the Northern Alliance?" Zhao Xu asked, looking at the poor attire of the two.
The ranger carried a short bow with little power, and the number of arrows in his quiver was less than twenty, which he could not even afford supplies.
The warriors can only wear ordinary inlaid leather armor, and they hold cheap machetes instead of the two-handed giant swords worth fifty gold coins that are warrior weapons. Playing with this equipment four months after the server was launched is pretty miserable.
"Yes, yes, Mr. Master, you are also running for your life. Oh, aren't you moving?"
The leader of the warrior players, Bei Guo, asked flatteringly.
"We're just joining in the fun," Zhao Xu said.
As he was flying in the air, he couldn't help but think, "So, you are the adventurers who robbed these mutant scorpion treasure chests before?"
"Ah?" The soldier's eyes widened, but he didn't expect to be exposed in an instant.
But Zhao Xu didn't bother to explain. The power rune staff contained in the treasure box that the other party snatched was now in his hand.
(End of chapter)