Chapter 57 The Unexpected Secret

"Hey, hey, you're not really planning on fighting me, are you?" I asked slightly surprised when I saw Julian's posture.

Julian glanced at me, and then without saying anything, he suddenly stretched out his hand from behind and pulled out something unknown and threw it towards me. Although I didn't see clearly what it was because Julian was too fast, but since he threw that thing over, it was definitely not a good thing for me.

Just when the thing was about to touch me, there was a sudden buzzing sound in front of me, and a shock wave visible to the naked eye suddenly swayed in front of me, pushing the flying thing back. Julian was startled when he saw the thing bounce back again, and hurriedly dodged to the side. The thing instantly passed through where he was standing and flew into the crowd behind him. Just hearing a loud bang, a large cloud of yellow-green smoke instantly enveloped all the members of the God Clan.

Of course, what Julian threw out couldn't be a smoke bomb. The protoss inside quickly rushed out as soon as the thing exploded. But like me, they obviously didn't expect that thing to be so powerful. . Just after breaking out of the smoke, the group of protoss members suddenly fell to their knees and coughed violently. Some people even had difficulty breathing. It looked like gas poisoning.

Seeing that his gas bomb accidentally injured one of his own, Julian no longer cared about me, and quickly turned around and ran back to the crowd to start distributing the antidote. When the protoss who had been tricked heard that there was an antidote, they quickly crawled over to take the antidote and swallowed it quickly. However, Julian suddenly realized that something was not right as soon as he sent a few people. Looking back, sure enough, Found that I was gone. This guy reacted quickly and thrust the bottle of antidote into the hand of a protoss who had just taken the antidote. "You do it." After saying that, he turned around and jumped up. He used some strength on the wall of the shaft and jumped out of the well mouth, but there was no trace of me around. After realizing that he couldn't see me, Julian's first reaction was to jump up to the roof of the front hall, but he looked around and saw nothing.

The temple itself was built on a mountain. There was a magic circle behind it, so it was impossible to rush out. The area in front had a very wide field of vision. It was impossible for him to not even see the shadow at the speed he was chasing out. Realizing that I had not left the front at all, Julian immediately realized my intention, but now it was too late. Just when Julian was about to turn around, a flaming sword shadow suddenly slashed past him from behind. In his haste, Julian only had time to hold another spare sword behind his back to block it. However, this It only slightly slowed down the impact. His backup sword was not even comparable to the previous main weapon, and it was too small to be used to block eternity. There was just a clanging sound, and his spare sword was cut off by Eternity's sword, and Eternity still hit his back with unabated force. At the moment of collision, the flames attached to the eternity suddenly burst out, causing a larger-scale detonation effect, and instantly blew Julian away.

Julian, who suffered a big loss, rolled away immediately after landing, then quickly got up and looked behind him and put on a defensive posture. What he didn't expect was that I didn't chase him out at all, but still continued. Standing where he had just stood.

"It's strange why I didn't pursue him, right?" Looking at Julian's confused eyes, I asked on his behalf, and then answered myself: "You'll understand if you look behind you."

After landing, Julian was originally worried that I would chase him down, but he relaxed his guard when he found that I didn't move. However, after hearing my words, the hairs on his body suddenly broke out because of an extremely cold feeling. Murderous aura suddenly appeared behind him and quickly included him. In panic, Julian quickly turned around and retreated, but when he turned around, he only saw a group of cyan will-o'-wisps floating behind him, and nothing else. If Julian was really nervous before, now he was almost out of his mind. After realizing that there was just a harmless will-o'-the-wisp behind him, Julian's first reaction was to turn around again. Unfortunately, he had just turned halfway when he was violently knocked away by a huge force.

"Roar..." After swatting Julian away, Mira roared angrily, and then opened her mouth towards the building where Julian fell into, which was a line of destruction, but just when the line was about to hit A few tenths of a second before the construction started, Julian suddenly rushed out of the house like a missile, but before he could take two steps, the house behind him exploded into a ball of fire, shock waves and debris. Julian was thrown away again.

After landing again, Julian immediately wanted to get up, but as soon as he moved, he groaned and fell down again. Julian's back was already injured when I cut him off from the roof. Just now he was hit by the shock wave of the explosion, and the injury became more serious. Now it has reached the point where it affects his actions.

After realizing that he was seriously injured, Julian did not run away immediately. Instead, he got up and fired a yellow beam in my direction. I didn't even dodge when I saw that beam of light. Suddenly, a huge mirror made of ice appeared in front of me. The yellow light hit the ice crystal mirror and was immediately reflected out, without even touching my side. .

"Don't you claim to be the chief instructor of fighting skills of the Russian Protoss? Why are your skills so bad? Are you fake?" Julian, who was ridiculed by me, just glared at me angrily, obviously he was still thinking about it. Weapons don't bother me as much as I do. "Looking at your expression, I can see that you are still concerned about the weapons. To be honest with you, even if we both take off all our equipment, you are still no match for me."

"Hmph, you have better weapons now, of course you say that. If my weapons were better than yours, I would be able to talk big without shame."

I immediately laughed when I heard him say that. "What do you think about this? How about we make a bet?"

"Betting? What are you betting on?"

"How about we bet on who is stronger in a bare-handed fight?"

"What are the conditions for rewards and punishments for winning or losing?" Julian was obviously interested in this, but I guess he didn't care about rewards and punishments, but about his own face. After all, he is the one with the strongest fighting skills among the Russian protoss. It doesn't matter if he is defeated by me in other aspects. If he loses in skills, then he won't have to hang out in Russia in the future.

"If you lose, you must leave the Russian Protoss and serve me."

Julian just smiled when he heard my request. Obviously he thought the condition was quite ridiculous, but he still asked: "What if I win?"

"If you win, I will surrender and let you take me back."

"Okay, it's settled."

"Since you agree, just sign this." I said and threw a scroll over. Julian took the scroll and looked at it, frowning slightly, but finally signed his name. That was a high-level contract guarantee agreement just now, which is extremely binding on both players and NPCs. Although Julian was a little worried about what he would do if he lost, he thought that he would definitely not lose, so he finally agreed.

After signing the agreement, I said to Julian: "Let's fight somewhere else, shall we? Your companions will be chasing you out soon. Although you signed the agreement, they didn't. I don't want to fight without a weapon." Fight with a group of enemies under certain circumstances. As for me running away, you don’t have to worry about it at all. There is an agreement to guarantee that we must finish this fight first. If you win by then, I must fulfill the agreement, so no You may run, but if you lose, then you are no longer a member of the Russian Protoss, and there is no need for me to run.”

Julian thought it was right and nodded in agreement with my opinion. In order to be afraid that the protoss coming out from behind would catch up, I directly summoned the flying bird and the guardian spear and took Julian and I to fly towards the area where we had done the weapon experiments.

In fact, the idea of ​​kidnapping Julian out was something I came up with on the spur of the moment. The divine realm where the Russian protoss lives is so large, who knows where their secrets are hidden. The temple in front of me was the first place I searched, but I encountered such a big resistance. If I searched the subsequent temples one by one, I might not be able to find anything when the war is over, so this The method is obviously inappropriate. So I thought of grabbing a tongue, and the position of this tongue should not be too low. If it is too low, it will know too little. Of course, it cannot be too high. The individual gods with too high positions are too closely connected with the interests of the Russian gods. Possible betrayal of the Russian Protoss. Since this Julian is the chief instructor of fighting skills, he must have a certain status, and the instructor himself is just a clerk, so his status cannot be too high, which just meets my requirements of neither high nor low.

When we landed at the experimental site, Julian immediately jumped off his spear and got ready to compete with me, but I reached out to stop his hasty behavior and summoned Xiaochun first. . I had already released the body-harmony state before leaving the temple. After all, that thing consumes too much magic power, so I usually don't use it if I can.

"You are injured and your movements must be restricted. I will let my magic pet help you heal it first, so that you will not find an excuse to say that you are injured after you lose."

Although Julian wanted to refute, he thought that he was really not suitable to fight me with injuries, so he didn't say anything and let Xiaochun use healing spells to treat his injuries. After healing Julian's injury, I waved Xiaochun back to the training space.

Regarding this battle, I can say that I am not worried at all, because this guy Julian is simply an idiot. The agreement he signed with me actually contained detailed fighting rules. One of the key rules was that this competition did not restrict summoned creatures from participating in the battle.

If I fight Julian alone, the chance of winning is still 50-50, but with the addition of a magic pet, I will definitely win. Not to mention that I have so many magic pets, as long as I can summon a few of them, it will be enough to kill Julian. I guess the main reason why he agreed to such unreasonable agreement rules is that he is a PC and they will be affected by many artificial settings. In this situation, Julian was obviously affected by the system settings. If he is a player, he will definitely ask to compete with me in fighting skills. During this competition, not only will the use of weapons be prohibited, but armor may even be prohibited. After all, armor has attributes. Also, fighting skills must be single-target skills. Demon pets are obviously beyond the expected range in this situation, so ordinary players will know to restrict their participation in battles. But Julian can't, he is an NPC. In his mind, I am a beast tamer, a profession that relies on magic pets to fight, so he doesn't think there is anything wrong with me bringing a magic pet. This is the difference between system NPCs and players.

"My injury has healed, now you can take action." Julian said to me confidently.

I didn't take action immediately, but said: "You have to think carefully. If you still think there is any unfairness, say it as soon as possible. Don't wait until we are done fighting to cry unfair. I won't admit it then."

"Huh, I'm not as mean as you think."

"Okay, since you don't care anymore, let's get started." As my words fell, Julian rushed towards me suddenly. Although he is an NPC and has some weird behaviors, his intelligence is not low. At least he also knows that my magic pet can hit me at any distance, but he can only attack at close range, so he has to close the distance between us as soon as he comes up. However, he is smart and I am not stupid either. Just as he rushed over, a layer of faint purple smoke gradually gathered near us. As Julian rushed closer, I stepped back and easily disappeared into the place. In a large fog.

Death fog or evil cloud, although this thing has no offensive power, it is perfect for interfering with the enemy's sight. Because the death fog itself contains magic fluctuations, it can play a very good role in interfering with some large-scale detection spells. At the same time, the evil cloud can also have a good effect on my summoned creatures. The nourishing effect helps my demon pet exert its full combat effectiveness.

Julian didn't expect that I would suddenly create such a large piece of fog blocking his sight. He is a melee fighting protoss and is not very good at divine arts. Although he can also dispel magic, he found that the effect was very bad after throwing a few. In addition to making the fog in a certain area change for a period of time, Apart from being lighter, there is almost no actual effect. In such a heavy fog, let alone attacking me, he didn't even know where I was. He could only hold his breath and pay attention to the small visible area around him to prevent me from suddenly coming out of the fog. Fight out.

Just when Julian's nerves were tense, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst out from the depths of the purple fog. Even through the layers of fog, Julian could see Feel the huge fluctuation of magic power. Obviously, someone is releasing powerful magic over there. However, when Gui saw that, he had no idea how to guard against Julian. However, his worry only lasted for a few seconds and ended because a crisp magic conclusion suddenly sounded from the opposite side. "Arrow of destiny." Almost at the same time as the voice sounded, a golden light flew out from the fog like lightning. Although Julian saw it, he had no time to stop it and could only watch helplessly. Watching the light sink into his chest. However, after being hit, Julian found that there were no wounds on his body, and he could not feel any pain, as if the light just now had no effect. Julian was wondering why the light beam had no effect, but before he could figure it out, he suddenly discovered that the light was not really ineffective, but the effect did not appear in the form of scars. Julian now felt as if he was seriously ill. His whole body was exhausted, he couldn't concentrate, his hands and feet became as heavy as lead, and his whole body felt shaky.

"Ziri, you hidden guy, what on earth did you do to me?" Julian, who was attacked, shouted angrily at Miwu. Anyway, the attack just now has shown that the fog has no effect on me, otherwise the attack beam would not be able to hit him accurately from such a distance, so he doesn't care about revealing his position loudly. Anyway, he is the only one who is really invisible here.

"Hahahaha, are you scared now?" My voice came from several directions in the fog at the same time, which frustrated Julian, who originally planned to rely on the voice to confirm my location. "I'm sorry Julian God of War, you are really unlucky today! I just let my magic pet Victoria play roulette, and I didn't expect you to get the disease attribute. Do you feel now? You seem to be sick? Don't worry! It's not really sick, but the power of rules. As long as you can defeat me or persist for more than eight hours, that attribute will disappear naturally. "

Julian was so angry that I almost vomited blood. Who could last in such an environment for eight hours? Besides, who knows if Ba will be attacked again after he disappears? In fact, he guessed correctly. Although Victoria's Wheel of Fortune is marked as not being able to be used multiple times on the same target, it is not actually written in the attributes. This multiple use only means that it cannot be used multiple times within eight hours. As long as the time Once it passes, the power of the rules on the target will be automatically released, and Victoria will also get permission to use the Wheel of Fortune to attack the target again. In other words, in theory, Victoria can ensure that the target is always under the care of the Wheel of Fortune, but no matter what attribute is drawn, it must be changed every eight hours.

Julian didn't make much of a rebuttal to my deliberate stimulation. He knew that once he was angered by me and lost his mind, he would be completely doomed. However, even if he doesn't lose his mind, he actually has no chance of winning.

Just as Julian was dragging his body as if he was seriously ill and carefully guarding against my next attack, a crisp ringing of bells suddenly sounded in the mist. Julian was stunned for a moment when he heard the ringtone, but he soon realized that something was wrong, because as the bell rang, his movements unconsciously changed in accordance with the ringtone. This change does not mean that the ringtone 'controls' Julian's actions, but that just like ordinary people's movements will take on the rhythm of the music when they hear music, Julian is now moving to the rhythm of the ringtone. For an ordinary person, it would be okay to move to the rhythm of the music. At most, they would make their movements faster or slower. But the problem is that Julian is fighting against me. A warrior's rhythm is very important to himself and the enemy in battle. Once the rhythm is messed up, the same set of tactics will not have the same effect as before.

Julian broke out in a cold sweat after realizing that his rhythm was controlled. If I suddenly attacked at this time, he might not be able to exert even one-third of his usual combat effectiveness. The weakness caused by the disease coupled with the disordered rhythm, it's a hell to win in such a state!

Julian originally thought that I would attack him immediately after all the preparations I had made, but the bell rang for a long time and he still didn't see my shadow. As time went on, his nerves started to get more and more frayed, but I never showed up.

While Julian was nervously preparing for a battle that might happen at any time, I was studying a small open space outside the foggy area with a hand-drawn map. I just brought this map out of the temple. I don’t know which room I found after breaking through, but I saw that the map marked the entire Northland Divine Realm, so I brought it out. I have nothing to do now anyway, so I just want to study the map. What? What should Julian do, you ask? That kind of idiot, let him play by himself first. I had no intention of fighting him right away. The release of the fog and the subsequent attack were all arranged to create a tense atmosphere. It was not a prelude to my attack. My purpose is to keep Julian's nerves in a state of high tension, and this state usually cannot be maintained for a long time. Once the time exceeds a certain period, he will become very tired and his reflexes will decrease. Concentration will also become less concentrated. If I show up at that time, I can knock him down effortlessly. Smart people don't necessarily fight with their fists. Fist is just a tool, the key is to be able to use your fist properly, otherwise it will be useless no matter how powerful your fist is.

"Master, why doesn't this map look right?" Ling said, standing on the other side of the map.

"What's wrong?"

Ling pointed to one of the places, and then said: "Look, the mark here is the City of Knights, which is where the Martial God Temple was before. Then look here, this is the City of Hope, the city we arrived at first. You Did you find the problem?"

I didn't think there was anything wrong with this map at first, but now that I'm looking at it, I suddenly realize what the problem is. I have been to both the City of Hope and the City of Knights. The City of Knights is obviously much larger than the City of Hope. However, looking at this map, a huge circle is drawn on the City of Hope, while the City of Knights is only clicked on. A small point. "Isn't the City of Hope marked on this thing the one we went to?"

"No, judging from the coordinate position, the two are the same city, unless there is another city called Hope City within two kilometers of the Hope City we are going to, and its area is more than ten times larger than Hope City."

Since Ling is so sure that the two are one city, that means we are not wrong, but the dimensions marked on the map are obviously not right. The fact that the Russian Protoss can develop so many strange equipment shows that their technical level is not lagging behind, but why are their maps so different? No, there is no way the Russian Protoss could have made such an obvious mistake on the map. In other words, the map is correct, but if the map is correct, then there should be another Hope City near the Hope City we visited before, and it is very huge. However, we did not learn this information from the residents of Hope City before. If there really is such a large city there, it is impossible that no one knows about it!

Seeing that I was deep in thought, Ling suddenly interrupted me and said: "Master, don't rush to guess the intentions of the Russian protoss. You should read these first." Ling pointed to the explanation area on the edge of the map and said: "The explanation says , the circle represents a small city, and the star represents a large city. The City of Knights is a large city, so a five-pointed star is drawn, and the City of Hope is a small city, so a circle is drawn. This shows that the map description is correct. Look again For other cities on the map, most of the cities marked with circles are drawn very small, while the cities marked with five-pointed stars are all very large. This also confirms the statement mentioned in the description that the circles represent small cities. But look at these few cities. A city." Ling pointed out eleven cities on the map. Adding Hope City, there are twelve cities. The icons of these cities are all circles, indicating that they are all small cities, but the circles in these cities are surprisingly strange. Big, obviously these cities are not normal.

"You point it out to me like this. Although it is obvious that these cities are not normal, you still don't understand what the Russians want to do?"

"What about this?" Ling suddenly took out a pen and connected all twelve special cities on the map with lines. Of course, Ling did not connect one by one, but first connected the six cities located outside. Instead, he used the jump connection method, that is, the first city connected to the third and fifth cities one city away from it. City, the second city connects the fourth and sixth cities. After the connection is completed, the six cities draw exactly two equilateral triangles, and these two triangles just combine to form a six-pointed star. As for the six central ones The city is located exactly at the six intersections in the middle of the six-pointed star.

"Basic magic circle?" I couldn't help but screamed when I saw this pattern. "The entire Russian divine world is a giant magic circle?"

"No, this is not a giant magic circle, at least not yet."

"Why?"

Ling pointed to the position in the center of the six-pointed star and said: "If this is a magic array based on the entire divine world, then it lacks three things. The first is the lines I drew. They should be in the magic array as The form of energy or entity is represented, but we did not see anything similar in Hope City. Second, there should be a circle around the basic magic circle, which is the magic circle of the entire magic circle, connecting the magic circle with the external magic power. Block it off. But there is no such thing here. Finally, there should be a core that activates the magic circle in the center of the entire magic circle, but this area on the map happens to be blank."

"No matter what this is, someone must know it." I said and Ling turned to look at the fog behind us.