Chapter 814 Say the Most Cowardly Words in the Most Idiotic Tone (5400)

"The beast of a thousand stars? Why did you suddenly encounter such an exaggerated thing?"

Although he was shocked, Ian relied on his rich experience to suppress the change in his expression, as if it was just a normal warning.

Although he didn't know what kind of powerful fire creature the 'Beast of Thousand Stars' was in nature, he could tell by looking at the long list of 'warnings' and 'hints' on the silver chip that there were more 'warnings' and 'hints' than insects and demons. How dangerous are the fire derivatives of the hive?

You know, even one of the prototypes of the ether crystal dragon, the super cosmic creature 'the ether dragon', in the eyes of the Star God is just a 'rare wild animal' that needs to be protected, and to put it bluntly, it is a 'breeding evil in the void' Is it a cockroach or a disease-carrying mosquito...

But this beast of a thousand stars is enough to be called 'somewhat dangerous'!

(Fallen Empire, fire creatures, semi-independent derivatives... Interesting, is the Elge Qingyue in front of me an unlucky guy who was devoured and assimilated by the beast of a thousand stars, or is it a mad researcher from the City of Knowledge trying to Have you cultivated your own 'Beast of Thousand Stars'?)

(That semi-independent derivative should be the key!)

At this moment, Ian's look at the black-haired scholar in front of him became playful.

If it were on Earth, Ian would definitely default to the former possibility.

Elge Qingyue is obviously the unlucky guy who was swallowed up and replaced by an alien monster. Just like every science fiction or horror movie, this monster will lurk in human research institutes and create bigger and more terrifying monsters. Disaster.

But...this is Terra!

Compared to alien monsters, Terra natives are more terrifying!

"Before I answer your question."

Ian raised his hand to signal Isengard and Xio to step back. He took a step forward and confronted Ergo, who was suspended in mid-air.

The white-haired boy smiled naturally and said, "I have a question for you."

"Elger, have you always been like this from the beginning, or have you just not learned how to imitate humans?"

In fact, Ian's question was actually very abrupt.

Erger's current form is exactly the bloodline inheritance he announced to the public, the 'Shadow Phantom Octopus', a kind of Kukai monster with a beautiful name, but extremely dangerous and terrifying. This giant octopus rests in the shallow waters of the coast at night. The sun transforms into clouds and looks for prey in the sky. It can freely transform into any celestial phenomenon, taking advantage of the rain, glow, and fog to sneak into the city and devour people and animals.

This is a low energy level, and when it reaches a high energy level, the Hidden Cloud Illusionary Octopus will gradually transform into a sub-virtual realm life. In other words, it was originally a virtual realm life, but it was caused by the sudden change in the virtual realm caused by the disaster of falling from the sky. , so that this monster has to come to the material world to survive. At that time, what it devoured was not only the body, but also the dreams in people's hearts.

There were once several coastal fishing villages and a medium-sized port, which were dragged into the virtual realm by the greedy Phantom Beast King. Tens of thousands of people in the city quietly left in their dreams, leaving only a piece of human skin and brittle bones in the world.

And the ability that Elger exposed just now, whether it is tentacle attack or mental interference, is one of the innate abilities of the octopus... Theoretically, Ian cannot discover Elger's true identity and then ask about that A sentence that seems unclear to others.

Even Anfa's doubts are only due to Elger's abnormal behavior and lack of being the leader of the team. Even if she is doubtful, it is absolutely impossible to be like Ian, who doubted the other party from the beginning. .

But ‘Elger’ understands.

The scholar from the City of Knowledge who had been labeled as the 'Beast of a Thousand Stars' narrowed his eyes. Faced with Ian's question, which was equivalent to directly identifying his identity, he showed a cold smile: [Interesting, this is me I want to ask your questions...]

[Ian Silverfeng, I was originally very curious about you. If all the rumors and exaggerated narratives about you are regarded as reality, then your speed of progress and technology development have already reached 89% of the efficiency of the great craftsman Friedrich, who had an entire knowledge base back then. Everyone supports you, and even the four major orthodox religions are secretly providing assistance. However, you only have the support of the last son of the Ellen family, and a small investment from the royal family... Even if you add the favor of Dragon Island and the friendship of the young master of the Ember Lantern Department, Your output efficiency also exceeds that of mass craftsmen with the same resource level in theory]

Having said this, 'Elger' stared at the white-haired boy in front of him and made a cold judgment: [In other words, if you estimate it from the most exaggerated angle, your intelligence level is 295% of the theoretical human limit. It is 3.51 to 3.79 times that of Friedrich's Grand Craftsman. Even with the weight of rumors that you may be a prophet, your intelligence level is 180% of the human limit]

[Although it is an exaggerated estimate, there are so many miracles and accidents that will happen to you. According to our intelligence, you were just a smart child before the age of eleven. Although you exceeded 98% of humans, you were still far from the theoretical limit of human intelligence... But at the age of eleven After that, your performance became more and more exaggerated]

[Until now, you have appeared in front of me and used up to 70 standard units of essence to defeat my attack of about 300 elements... Although you behaved normally, you didn't seem to have thought at all that you could The ability to suppress more than 900 changes in the essence of my attack in an instant is not at the level that a seventeen-year-old White People teenager should possess. Not even a prophet]

The purple mental interference in the black-haired young man's eyes dissipated. He narrowed his eyes and calmly threw back the question Ian asked him before: [So, this is the problem]

[Ian, have you always been like this from the beginning, or have you just not learned how to imitate humans? 】

"...The attention you pay to me has reached a frightening level."

When Elger began to tell, Ian was still trying to find flaws in the other party's source of energy operation. However, as the other party's speech became more and more terrifying, and he could not find any flaws for the time being, he turned his attention to the other party's analysis of himself. superior.

Upon hearing this, the young man from Bai Zhimin frowned.

Obviously, the intelligence collection on him by the Capital of Knowledge has reached an extremely terrifying and in-depth level. Ian dares to say that even the Imperial Capital may not be that concerned about him... So what's the problem? Why does the City of Learning take itself so seriously?

Do they think that they may be the second great master craftsman who can elevate the original primitive Terran civilization to a point where it can compete with the pre-era civilization in some areas and lead the second sublimation revolution?

If this is really the case...they have found the right person!

Ian finally understood that 'Elger' and he and others did not meet by chance at all - he followed him because he had collected a lot of information about Ian and was confused.

Moreover, regardless of whether the 'Beast of a Thousand Stars' in front of him is Ergo or not, he has a great relationship with the Capital of Knowledge.

——Are these Terran lunatics really raising beasts of a thousand stars? ! It’s almost like raising void-breeding evil in Avak Laboratory or raising etheric crystal dragons in the South China Sea Labyrinth!

These Terran people are almost done!

Even Ian was a little embarrassed. He guessed the madness of this group of Terran people with the greatest malice, but he did not expect that the other party actually perfectly fit this phenomenon, and even slightly exceeded it.

As for the final battle…

(Is more than 900 variations a lot?)

Ian muttered in his heart: (After Adebert and I practiced meditation, our usual mental attack and defense competition was at this level. If it were actual combat, it would definitely be higher... I just followed Adebert's standards if he were a practical fighter. Performance?)

"Is Ian that powerful?"

At this moment, before Ian could react, the trio on the side became surprised.

Xio looked at Ian Elger, who looked at each other but said nothing, and couldn't help but whisper: "Speaking of which, what is the theoretical limit of human beings? It is less than three times more than the limit, so it doesn't seem to be a big deal. Bar?"

"What do you think of going beyond the limit? That's the limit. It's not that you reach the limit when you feel tired, but the 'upper limit' you reach by using all your strength and means is the limit!"

Anfa couldn't help complaining about her friend who thought too simplistically, but when she focused her eyes on the two people confronting each other, she felt quite agreeable in her heart: "And, regardless of whether this Ergo is the real Ergo...he It's true, Ian is indeed the kind of genius who goes beyond the limits, even a prophet is too exaggerated."

"It is precisely because of this that I made up my mind in Nanling to invest in him."

As for Isengard...

"Ian is so powerful? Nine hundred changes in an instant? I can do about a hundred at most, and this is already the best among the general evaluation standards..." The blond boy looked at his hands and murmured in disbelief. Said: "Then how much water does he usually use when sparring with me... No, it's not water at all. He treats me too much, right?!"

For a time, Isengard, who thought he was a genius, was severely hit.

——Actually, it’s just that you haven’t practiced meditation... After you practice meditation, it will be normal for the changes to change five or six times.

Ian also noticed his friend's loss, so he quickly sent a message of comfort through the light transmission.

[You are a monster, there is no doubt about it]

Elger didn't want to fight Ian at the moment - or in other words, he just wanted to test Ian from the beginning, and based on his understanding of Ian, he knew that if he didn't have the idea and determination to kill him, , then it is absolutely impossible to test out any of Ian's true abilities: [Although I don't know why, you haven't recognized your own nature yet]

【But you will understand eventually. You will understand that you and we are partners and have the same goal]

"Stop riddles." Ian frowned slightly. He really felt a little confused now - a fire monster said that he was the same kind as him?

Then he is also a kind of fire? Earthfire?

What a joke, if he were the Earth's Fire, he would have opened the database in his brain and started directly crushing the world of Terra. Why would he need to use prophets and silver chips to cause such trouble!

Regarding this unknown riddle, Ian could only give a serious warning: "I do not discriminate against you being a monster, but if you really want to cooperate and become my companion, you must first report to me about attacking me. Apologize."

"Also, if you don't talk nicely, I will draw my sword."

[You who have forgotten your true nature don’t need me to apologize]

In response to Ian's warning of "don't say it unpredictably", Elger sneered and said: "What's more, the reason why I sneak attack is just because you are too strong." It can even be said that in order to make up for the gap in strength between you and me, my sneak attack is not a shameful thing, but it just barely allows me to have the ability to fight with you now]

With the most awesome attitude and the most cowardly words, while Ian and the others were still confused, wondering whether Elger was giving in or threatening, the black-haired scholar's waterfall-like long hair suddenly stood up, and then turned into The giant bird's wing-like form enveloped its entire body.

Immediately afterwards, Elger's figure disappeared and his whole person became translucent, obviously trying to escape into the virtual realm.

"The Riddler, right? Just run away after finishing the riddle?"

Being yelled at with the most ridiculous attitude and riddle words, Ian laughed angrily, but Ian's response was very simple.

At some point, a pitch black long sword was held tightly in his hand.

Then, in the blink of an eye, Ian completed the steps, breath adjustment, arm swinging and slashing, etc., and swung out a wave of sword energy like lightning.

No, not an adjective. It was true that 'lightning' turned into 'tide', and the extremely thick water source intertwined and rubbed into a lightning storm, turning into an unstoppable wave, rushing towards Ergo!

【oh? 】

If it were an ordinary sublimated sword skill, no matter how powerful it was, it would not be able to hit Ergo, who had been transformed into a virtual form. However, in addition to the surging source of energy in Ian's sword, there was also a part of the original ether hidden in the core. '!

This power has the ability to affect the dual phases of the virtual world and the material world at the same time, so it struck Ergo's body with a slightly surprised expression.

The thin robe was cut open, and the translucent flesh that gave people a strange feeling was smashed into pieces, and gray-black blood spurted out. Ian grasped the most precise timing and showed 80% of his strength with a sword, which instantly caused heavy damage. Because he was changing his form, Ergo happened to be difficult to dodge!

This sword slashed the black-haired scholar from his right shoulder to his left pelvis, creating a wound that shattered his heart and severed his spine!

——If Ergo really has these things.

[I have forgotten... before you became a famous researcher... you were a genius swordsman who could get through the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea with almost no damage...]

After taking this blow forcefully, Elger's expression did not change at all - but his lower body turned into a mass of dark, squirming, amorphous flesh and blood...and this flesh and blood was not wasted.

Ian, who was about to give chase but left Elger behind, suddenly felt a chill.

It's not a precognitive vision or a silver chip, it's just the physical instinct that he has practiced for many years and the cold he feels!

Buzz! The black flesh and blood decomposed in an instant, turning into chains of dark flames that filled the sky. These chains of flames were composed of spiritual fire from the virtual realm, burning wisdom and memory. They were like thousands of the most dexterous and swift snakes, moving towards Ian bites!

——Is this how the Beast of Thousand Stars preys on other people’s thoughts and memories and assimilates other beings? !

——Don’t let these things spread!

At the first moment, Ian knew how terrifying these flame snakes were in front of him. He showed a dignified expression and abruptly stopped chasing Elger. Instead, he flew into the air and slashed hundreds of swords in an instant!

This is the 'Sword Net' technique that he mastered after sparring with Qingchao dozens of times. According to his subordinate who basically knows nothing except swordsmanship, he can even use this swordsmanship to block a group of sardines in the tide. The way to go!

Immediately, a storm of blades arose, and the color-faded spiritual flames all over the sky suddenly exploded, and then dissipated - Ian used pure swordsmanship to smash all the chains of flames rushing towards him, Isengard and others. !

There is no doubt that Ian once again blocked the enemy's attack without injury, but Elger, who decisively abandoned half of his body, completely escaped into the virtual realm.

[Ian, your biggest weakness is your desire to pursue the best. This is the flaw of the prophet. Your desire to protect all your companions without injury allowed me to escape.]

His last voice sounded faintly in the bloody courtyard: [As for now, let’s keep each other’s identities secret]

【My...kind】

After finishing speaking, Ergo's virtual realm fluctuations suddenly disappeared, and he left the area.

"Who is the same as you?"

Ian put his sword back into its sheath with a solemn expression, and complained: "I am a teacher, not a Riddler!"

But Elger apparently couldn't hear it and wasn't coming back.

"Ian, that guy probably isn't the real Ergo."

After the brief confrontation and fighting, Anfa, who was a little ashamed, stepped forward and apologized: "I should have helped you just now...but your fighting and action timing were too fast. Although I can keep up, I am afraid of getting in the way. Your actions..."

"What's there to apologize for? That guy came for me in the first place." Ian waved his hand, even if it was a real dragon, he might not be able to do well when facing the derivative of the Beast of Thousand Stars.

After all, the other party is a unique fire creature with the prefix 'Fallen Empire' in the silver chip!

It was only normal that Anfa and others could not find a chance to support him. In fact, if Elger himself had not left suddenly, Ian would not even have been able to find a loophole to kill him.

At this moment, Ian's heart was actually filled with all kinds of doubts - he had no idea why Elger would take the risk of exposing his Thousand Planet Beast to come and communicate with him, and said that he and he were the same kind... Although in Before this, Ian had no idea what the Thousand Stars Beast was, but it was obviously a secret that could not be discovered by other forces, or even the four orthodox religions!

Even his silver chip might be safer than this news... Then again, could it be that Elger mistakenly thought he was some kind of 'monster' because of his silver chip?

But that's impossible. Ian could sense that Elger could not sense the specific condition of his body. The monster in his mouth was actually his soul, or something like his personality.

"I was tracking in the virtual realm just now."

At this moment, Xio also ended her semi-sleepwalking state. She came back to her senses and solemnly told Ian and others her observation results: "Everyone, the direction Elger is escaping to...is our destination, the abyss. !”

"Maybe he just wants to be the first to enter the subspace maze!"

"Then let's chase after him?" Isengard said. He noticed Ian's frowning expression at the moment, so he approached and comforted him: "If you can't understand the problem at the moment, don't think about it. Just go to the abyss together and catch him. With our methods, are we still afraid that we won’t be able to ask the question?”

"That's the truth." Shaking his head and coming back from his contemplation, Ian sighed and put his mind away from the mysterious Elger.

Then, he made a very important decision: "Everyone, I think it's time."

Ian raised his hand and motioned for everyone to look at him. He said calmly: "I have decided to act alone under a false identity for a period of time from now on!"

"Anfa, Xio, and Isengard. Come as we originally discussed."

"Mahdi, Knight of the Glen, it's time to appear!"

Please give me a monthly ticket~ The fake identity will appear again, now you can let go