"The founder of the Nine Swords?"
This reputation almost made Zhao Xu unable to hold his head up.
For Zhao Xu, who had made up his mind to postpone the Five Rings Divine Art and directly switch to the Nine Swords from the double elite profession's divine art route, he suddenly felt a strange feeling of "worshiping".
Especially since this old man looked so similar to the legendary figure of a strong man with unkempt appearance and unparalleled miraculous abilities.
"I don't have much education, but don't lie to me." Zhao Xu immediately shook his head and said, "I have looked through the genealogy of the Eastern Tu Empire. From the founding of the country to the present, there is no one named Ying Bubai."
Not long ago, he had met Ying Ergou, the current strong man of the Eastern Tu Empire. His seniority level was that of the founding generation, and there was no "no" generation after him.
The old man in front of him suddenly laughed heartily while stroking his gray beard, "When magic became a system, it was before the establishment of the Magic Empire."
"If the Nine Swords system had not experienced hundreds of years of accumulation and formation, where would the Eastern Earth Empire come from?" After saying this, the old man Ying Bubai looked at Zhao Xu's face, "Even the descendants of those big families in the Eastern Earth Empire can't. You may not be able to read the entire chronology honestly, but it seems that you are also interested in joining our Nine Swords system."
"That's right."
Zhao Xu couldn't help but lamented that he was just dozing off when someone handed him a pillow.
It's too much of a coincidence.
"But you are already a mage, do you want to take the route of 'Master Yufeng'? Then I have to remind you that although Master Yufeng is the best in the Nine Swords Advancement, there is no difference between level 1 and level 6." Being unable to increase your arcane level may not necessarily be a good deal for you mages who are one level away from heaven and earth."
The old man looked at Zhao Xu with a deep look and said.
"Old sir, before I talk about the details of the Nine Swords, can I ask a question first, where is this place?" Zhao Xu realized that if he continued to detour, it might become the Nine Swords School, and he quickly returned to the topic.
"Ah."
But I saw the old man shaking his head contemptuously, "Young people are just impetuous. You must know that all the methods in the world end up in the same way. They are all classified into one door. How can you know that what you and I are discussing are not the same thing?"
As he said that, he paused for a moment and the thick wooden sword in his hand made a dull sound on the originally soft soil. Instantly, the old man's whole body exuded a certain "whole" feeling that was invisible to anyone. The slightest flaw.
It also made Zhao Xu hesitate for the first time. If he wanted to attack the old man in front of him, where should he make a breakthrough
It's like facing a mountain or facing an abyss. This is a kind of oppression from the heart.
"Please advise." Zhao Xu also said humbly.
He had realized that the old man he met this time was different from the strong Arthurs he had met before.
"The question you asked involves another question, and it also involves why you are being hunted and why there are so many undead creatures in this land."
As he spoke, the old man sat on the ground nonchalantly, his right hand still holding the wooden sword just now, as if he couldn't let go at all.
"Have you ever heard of the 'Devil Device'?"
After a long time, the white-haired old man opened his eyes again, and his eyes instantly turned into electric light, penetrating directly into the depths of Zhao Xu's heart.
"What kind of ability is this?" Zhao Xu was instantly surprised.
In just this short moment, the old man poured all the knowledge about the Demon King's device into his mind, immediately confusing the realm of consciousness in his mind like a paste.
Various concepts are like spraying gunpowder barrels, exploding in all directions, all over the sky.
"So, these are all questions. But I have also confirmed one thing. My little friend, you are indeed extremely curious. Very good, very good."
As he spoke, the old man continued to stroke his long beard, "This is one of the abilities of the 'ancient weapon' in my hand - 'Preaching'. I can use the 'Enlightenment' method to save another person years of effort, and then know directly .”
"Similar to our mage's first-level spell 'Scholar's Touch'?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but compare.
Scholar's Touch can be called a quick guide for bad students and a friend for top students. It can transform the contents of a book into a rough impression and instill it into the mind of the recipient.
"Read what I tell you first, and then you ask questions." Suddenly, the old man seemed to have been compared to a magic spell by Zhao Xu. He ducked to his waist and turned his head away with a look like "rotten wood cannot be carved."
Zhao Xu also calmed down and carefully browsed through the content that the old man had instilled, bit by bit.
His face also became a little heavy.
Because this similar feeling is not the "scholar's touch", but the expertise of the "wisdom-minded spell caster".
However, when Zhao Xu looked at the content about the "Demon King Device" that was passed on, he began to show an even more incredible expression!
The Demon King's Device, as the name suggests, is a tool used by the extremely evil Demon King to destroy the world and recreate the glory of the doomsday - the best way to destroy the world.
Even from a certain perspective, this device is no less than an artifact specially made to destroy the world.
No matter what kind of magic item it is, the manufacturing formula will essentially point to a certain spell, and the Demon King's device points to a controlled wish spell in a certain sense.
At this time, what the other party passed to Zhao Xu was a manufacturing formula for the "Demon King Device". If he was level 17, he would have fulfilled a crucial step.
As for the remaining expertise in making strange objects, they can all be simulated using potential points.
However, Zhao Xu still frowned, and then he turned back to look at the traces around him, "Looking at this introduction, the Demon King's device requires a special manufacturing underground, maybe even a manifesting area, and there are at least more than 60% of the raw materials. I haven’t even heard the name.”
"Not to mention, even if it is successfully manufactured, it will have to undergo long-term testing to achieve maximum effectiveness. And this process will have to withstand catastrophic failure. What's even more exaggerated is that activating the device requires sufficient knowledge and skill checks, and even Special 'experiences' or some form of 'magic' and 'psionic power'."
Zhao Xu shook his head as he spoke, "Just these attributive words make me feel that making a Demon King device is probably more difficult than making an artifact with a mortal body. And Mr. Ying, what you mean is that there is a Demon King device here. Driving these undead?"
"I've already told you what I should tell you. Just see for yourself." The old man Ying Bubai just paused and didn't explain much.
Zhao Xu also immediately glanced at ten lines and instantly flipped through to the "Manufacturing Examples" at the end.
"The Emerald Soul Machine - registered with bones and the flesh of the dead, can turn corpses within a 3-kilometer radius into zombies controlled by the owner of the device."
"The Soul Gathering Mirror of the Dead—it looks like a giant telescope, but after the lens is focused, it can project negative energy in an area, causing minor injuries similar to a group?"
"Magic black hole—can cover the anti-magic force field effect within a 5-kilometer range. The construction requirement is to be at a special magic intersection point."
After reading these at first, Zhao Xu felt that the cause of this wave of undead was inseparable from the devil's device.
Even the meteorite that fell from the sky destroyed the "Palace of Eljo" within a radius of 50 kilometers in the Twilight Forest, and then emitted an "anti-magic field" of the same range, which is similar to this "Demon King Device".
"Senior, are you saying that there is a 'Devil Device' buried in this mysterious cave, and that it is the source of the 'Undead Wave' that overturned the entire wilderness of death?"
"It's even said that it is the culprit of the special environment of the Wild Death Land?"
At this moment, Zhao Xu couldn't help clenching his fists. The deaths of countless people on earth were not caused by a special area formed by the interlacing of planes, but by an "artificial" device.
In response, the old man said with regret, "You are very smart, but not smart enough."
"You should think about it the other way around. It was this special area that gave birth to the Demon King's device. These are mutually reinforcing."
In an instant, Zhao Xu broke out in a cold sweat. He realized that he suppressed his mood because of the number of casualties in the previous wave of undead, and the "shadow" of countless waves of undead that destroyed more than half of the earth's people in his previous life. The previous detachment.
"Senior taught you the lesson. Is that Demon King device near here?" Zhao Xu asked.
At this time, his eyes were ignited with blazing flames, and he silently pulled out a scroll box from his waist, holding tightly a scroll embroidered with black gold secret silk.
Different from other magic scrolls written on parchment, this is also a dragon skin scroll, which shows its extraordinaryness.
"Mage Disintegration" magic scroll!
At this moment, Zhao Xu was holding a "tactical nuclear warhead" in his hand, a "weapon of mass destruction" that could make even an archmage howl.
Suddenly, the old man who was still a god, looked at this scene and shook his head directly, "Today's young people actually go out with deadly props that can make people bankrupt. It is too cruel."
"You have to know that if this thing is thrown out, it will be a life-or-death situation."
"Isn't this a good response to the current situation?" Zhao Xu said seriously.
"That makes sense, but the premise is that you must have enough scrolls to destroy the ninety-nine Demon King devices in this cave." Suddenly the old man showed a mysterious smile.
Ninety-nine!
This cold and cruel number almost made Zhao Xu unconscious.
However, he quickly regained his composure.
Because of Zhao Xu's dual elite professions, the willpower from his profession alone is at level 13.
You must know that level 20 mage only provides level 12 will save.
Not to mention the resistance bonus provided by the Level 5 Great Sage's Vestment, the luck bonus provided by the wealth of the Level 10 Ruin Explorer, the Ioin Stone (level 1 performance), and the first-level faith spell (level 5 morale). It's directly level 38.
So at this moment, the firm will power deep in his heart was beyond everyone's imagination.
Even if a great mage casts a five-ring "mental retardation spell" on Zhao Xu, he will not suffer any disaster.
"Strange why there are so many?" the old man said looking at the silent Zhao Xu.
"No, what I'm curious about is why you, old gentleman, tell me so much." Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "Especially the knowledge just preached. If you exaggerate it, I can reenact this devil's device."
"As the saying goes, people must ask for something if they are polite, but it is not as good as the old man. Are you such an enthusiastic person?"
The premise is that he is level 17, Zhao Xu said silently in his heart.
"Yes. That's true."
At this time, the old man Ying Ergou stood up suddenly. He looked at the rock-like barriers around him and shouted, "Then why didn't I know this back then?"
In an instant, all the muscles in his body seemed to swell, as if there was endless strength hidden under his rickety and thin body.
"I'm telling you this mainly because you are about to die, or it's not much different from dying."
The old man's words revealed a ruthless tone, as if the years were breaking through the sky.
"These ninety-nine demon king devices full of death and killing were all made by another me as a mage."
"As the master of the Nine Swords, I created the hundredth Demon King device, but it was used to imprison me."
As he spoke, the old man looked at the loess that seemed to be filled with dust all the time, "The driving source of the Demon King's device is the dragon crystal veins deep underground, and my device is essentially a swallowing invagination, so the carrier When the dragon crystal appears nearby, you will be automatically attracted to it, completing the cycle of the dragon crystal."
"Since you have been attracted to this place, you cannot get out, because this place is used to imprison me as a mage, and you, who is also a mage, have no hope of breaking out."
As he spoke, the old man shook his head, "What's even more terrifying is that when the other me wakes up, he will take advantage of you, so for the sake of the world, I have to kill you first and let this land swallow you up."
"Think about it, if you know the cause and effect before you die, do you feel that your death is valuable and that you have made a contribution to the world?"
At this time, Zhao Xu was more and more surprised as he listened. He did not expect that the old man would decide his life or death in just a few words.
Just watching the moment he raised the wooden sword, even Zhao Xu, who was almost physically immune, couldn't help but panic in his heart, and said quickly, "Old sir, your schizophrenia, maybe I can use 'memory' Spell' helps you correct it."
Little did he know that the old man continued to shake his head, swinging the wooden stick in his hand and walking towards him, "The other me is the legendary mage. Do you think he doesn't know this kind of childish magic? But so far he has not eliminated my idea."
"Don't worry, it won't hurt. After all, you seem to be related to An Yatou, so I won't let you suffer."
"Just eat my eighth-level white crow hammer and faint."
Zhao Xu hurriedly defended, "You have the power of iron heart, so that's different."
Suddenly, the old man's steps stopped, "Did Antinoya tell you? Are you really careless? Don't you remember that you swore not to reveal it? Everyone from Ernest's lineage thinks it is his own Is your oath a fart?"
"etc!"
At this time, Zhao Xu shouted.
Because at the moment when the old man swung his sword, he had already felt the power of the "anti-magic field" suppressing him again.
The life-saving spells such as "Chilling Touch", "Swift Burst", and "Elastic Sphere" that he had been preparing to use instantly lost their power.
"Let me tell you one more thing. The rules of this place are that as long as you think about casting spells, you will be banned from magic."
"As long as you know the secret of the 'Power of Iron Heart', let's take it under the soil together."
"Dragon Breaking Strike!" At this time, the old man suddenly changed his moves.
In an instant, the shadow of the wooden sword struck towards Zhao Xu's head.
"The final scroll told me."
The wooden sword hangs in the air.
(End of chapter)