Volume 20, Chapter 177: What a Fast Mouse

Volume 20 Chapter 177 What a fast mouse

After I expressed my worries, Jin Coin explained: "The demonic core is a materialized manifestation of energy and will not be destroyed by energy. ╔ y ╗If you try to chop it with the Eternal Sword, it might be chopped into pieces by you, but Fire will definitely not destroy the demonic core."

"Then there's nothing to worry about. You all fly up quickly and be careful not to land."

"Don't you have a clone?" Masamoto Matsumoto suddenly asked.

I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered that I had indeed just obtained a clone in that altar challenge mission. Because it was a skill I had just obtained, I didn't think about it for a moment. "That's right, I would have forgotten it if you didn't remind me." I said and directly summoned the clone, then took out the Suzaku Fire Feather and handed it to the clone, and I flew into the sky directly with Matsumoto Masaru and the others.

After we all flew to a safe distance, I sent a signal to the clone below. Immediately afterwards, I saw a white light spot suddenly appeared where my clone was below, flashing suddenly, followed by a circle of red flames. The shock wave gradually expanded toward the surroundings at a seemingly slow speed. However, this seemingly slow speed is not really slow, but because our current position is too high. It's like standing on the ground and looking at an airplane in the sky. You don't feel that the airplane is flying very fast. Instead, you feel that it is very slow. But in fact, the airplane's speed is definitely not slow at all. The same is true for the flame shock wave we see now. Judging from the distance and ground reference, the diffusion speed of this flame shock wave is about two to three kilometers per second, but to the naked eye, it feels like this thing is advancing very slowly. .

With the rapid spread of the shock wave, the ground has completely turned into a sea of ​​​​fire. The rising heat wave heated the air and produced a strong updraft. Even at such a high place, we still felt the rolling heat wave surging up. My Asuka and Matsumoto Congratulations, their guardian spears even extinguished their thrusters and entered gliding mode. This strong updraft was enough to support them in unpowered flight.

The flame shock wave below lasted for about ten seconds before it ended. Although the spread of the flames slowed down significantly in the later period, a huge flame zone with a radius of more than fifteen kilometers was still created within these ten seconds, and Because of the high temperature generated by such a large forest being ignited at the same time, nearby forests inevitably burned. If no one puts out the fire, I estimate that the fire will burn for at least a week, and it will probably burn most of the forest in one breath before it is extinguished. Of course, that's none of our business, because our target appears.

Just as we guessed, all those wearing black cloaks and golden masks were disguises. The real magic core had been handed over to another group of people when we were blocked in the cave, and these people used a A very surprising way to hide from us. They actually dug holes in the ground.

The sensing range of the magic core is two hundred meters, so normally it would be useless to dig a hole and bury it. However, the opponent is obviously well prepared, because they don't know how to reduce the intensity of the magic core's magic fluctuations, which means that the sensing range is reduced, so that they only need to make a pit dozens of meters deep on the ground. enough. After all, the sensing range is a sphere, which means that if we don't just walk through the top of the pit, then even if this thing is only buried ten meters deep underground, its sensing range on the surface will be much smaller.

The other party is gambling. They bet that we would not happen to pass directly above this thing, because after they used some method to reduce the intensity of the fluctuations, and with the help of the pit, the sensing range left by this magic core on the ground was actually only A circular range with a radius of less than fifteen meters was formed. In other words, as long as we don't enter this range, we won't sense the magic core. In fact, we are not so lucky to just step into this range. Of course, this was due to the group of disguised personnel. Because of their interference, we did not expect that they would directly hide the magic core on the spot at the beginning, but deliberately released a large group of disguised personnel to attract attention. As a result, we ran away from the beginning. Overdone. However, even if we ran too far, they still couldn't escape completely.

The hole dug by those guys was too shallow. More importantly, they should have added a thicker cover above the space, but they just laid two wooden boards on top and then covered it with a thin layer. Thin soil and covered with some weeds.

Originally, this kind of disguise was actually a bit excessive. Due to the fluctuation of the magic core, it actually didn't matter if there was no cover on the hole. After all, in such a dense forest, as long as you can see the entrance of the hole, you must have entered the sensing range. So it doesn’t matter if it’s covered or not. But they covered it up just in case, but it was too thin.

Suzaku's fire skill is not ordinary fire, but Nanmingli fire. How do you say this thing... It may not be as good as Samadhi True Fire in some functions, but if we only talk about destructive power, this one is definitely the best except Hell Fire. The strongest flame outside. Therefore, the cover composed of branches, wooden boards and a few handfuls of soil had no effect at all. It was burned to ashes within a few seconds, and then the high-temperature heat wave rolled into the cave, forcing the people in the cave to stop. Don't run out. However, after these people came out, they found that the entire forest was burning, so one of them jumped into the fire pit and threw up the demon core that was originally thrown at the bottom of the pit. However, he failed to come out and was killed alive. Burned to death in a pit.

Originally, when the high-temperature air waves and flames first entered the cave entrance, they planned to come out by themselves without taking away the magic core, because the magic core would not be burned, and if they ran away by themselves, then the hole would still be safe. After all, we The cave entrance was not found, it just set the forest on fire. However, when they came out, they discovered that the flames were not burning simply because of burning, so it was not the forest itself that was burning, but the magical flames that were destroying the forest. If it were just an ordinary forest fire, by the time the fire burned out the forest and exposed the hole, our mission would have already failed due to timeout. But the flames fueled by this magic are burning too fiercely. At this rate, it will turn into a large plain covered with white ashes in at most ten minutes. And in a place like this, if there is a big hole in the ground, you Is it possible that it cannot be found?

It was precisely because those who climbed out of the hole discovered this problem that the dedicated guy jumped back and threw the demon core inside, while the people outside caught the demon core and immediately began to transfer.

After these guys got the magic core, they immediately summoned a bipedal flying dragon and jumped up. The bipedal flying dragon screamed and flew off the ground with flames all over it. However, it was completely destroyed by the flames less than ten meters after it took off. His ability to move was destroyed and he began to fall down, but another guy in the group summoned a gryphon in time to catch everyone. Only the flying dragon screamed and fell into the flames.

In fact, not only the flying dragon, but also these players were severely burned by the flames. If they had not been using expensive healing potions and used temporary flame resistance skills in time, they would have been burned to death long ago. You must know that this is not an ordinary forest fire. This is Suzaku's skill Flame Start a Prairie Fire. Not to mention that this is a forest that can catch fire. Even on the sea, it can still ignite such a large sea of ​​​​fire and continue to burn it. It will go out after an hour.

Facing such terrifying flames, ordinary people would definitely not be able to withstand it. Although these people were masters selected in advance, they did not expect to be attacked by such a range of magic. If they were not well prepared at the beginning, they would not even be able to use their feet. If the flying dragon can't be summoned, it might just be burned to death.

Although the griffin was already seven or eight meters above the ground when it caught a few people, the high temperature of the flame could not disappear at such a short distance, so the griffin was burned as soon as it appeared, and the edges of its feathers It also suddenly started to burn, but under the forced order of his master, he still insisted on sending the three people on his back to an altitude of nearly a hundred meters before falling because his feathers were burnt and he lost the ability to fly.

After losing the gryphon, a third flying creature in the party appears. This time it was a giant eagle with a wingspan of at least fifty meters. As soon as it appeared, it blocked the sunlight above the heads of the three people. It grabbed the three people with a giant claw and began to fly high into the sky.

Although a terrifying heat wave can still be felt at a height of more than 100 meters, the giant eagle can already withstand this temperature, so it is not injured. It just flaps its wings slightly and takes the three people to fly higher.

On the surface, it seems that they have escaped the danger, but in fact, this is just the beginning of the danger.

Why are we setting fire to it? Isn't it just to force the other party out? You said that such a large forest was burned, and a few of them suddenly jumped out of the sea of ​​​​fire. If we didn't chase them, who would we chase?

Although these guys have long known that all members of our guild are equipped with flying creatures, and they have also specially adjusted the order of summoning magic pets for this purpose, leaving the fastest giant eagle at the end, just to use its speed to escape . But these guys still seriously underestimated our speed.

Like a fifth-generation jet fighter teasing a World War I-era biplane, the eagle's flying skills are as clumsy as those of a toddler in front of a spear. ** He speeded up the flying bird and arrived in front of them. The giant eagle turned sideways to avoid us. As a result, Matsumoto Masako stepped on his spear and flashed past the other side of the giant eagle, and at the same time passed with a series of screams. the further away. The player controlling the giant eagle vaguely seemed to see Matsumoto Masaru holding someone else in his hand. Then he looked back and found that there was only one person left behind him. Fortunately, the demon core was still in that person's arms.

Masamoto Matsumoto grabbed the man's neck and flew several hundred meters away, then suddenly turned and threw him out. Gold coins and Zhenhong stepped on their spears and flew past the falling guy. Then the guy turned into three pieces and fell to the ground with a large amount of blood sprayed out.

"If I die, use this." Seeing his companion cut into three pieces by a single cross, the other party finally understood the gap in strength between us, and also understood that the maneuverability of the spear was far beyond that of his giant eagle. So he didn't expect that he could escape safely with the magic core. In fact, they were already prepared to die from the moment they accepted this mission, because the mission reward given by the system is that every player in the guild will be upgraded to three levels immediately, and the experience value ratio remains unchanged, which is the original You are level 1 and have 80% of the experience bar. After you upgrade, you will not become level 4, but level 4 and have 80% of the experience bar. As long as you get another 20% of the experience of level 4. You can upgrade to level five. This kind of upgrade that retains the proportion is a waterless upgrade. Otherwise, if someone upgrades with just a little experience, wouldn't it be a huge disadvantage if the system directly supplements him with a little experience, even if it helps him advance to a level?

In any case, the rewards given by the mission they received this time were generous enough, so they were ready to sacrifice once for the mission. After all, even if you die once, it is nothing more than a matter of losing one or two levels, and it is more likely that you will only lose one level. After all, the probability of failed resurrection is not very high. With those three-level guaranteed rewards, they didn't care about dying even once during the mission.

With the belief that he must die, this guy very bravely handed over his last means of life-saving to his companions behind him, not to save the lives of his living companions, but to complete the mission.

The guy holding the demon core had obviously already made up his mind to die, so he took the thing without hesitation and nodded: "Don't worry, victory will definitely belong to us."

"Okay, if you find something is wrong, you can leave at any time and leave me alone."

After handing over his companions, the guy who controlled the giant eagle immediately began to concentrate on controlling his magic pet. Under his control, the giant eagle began to desperately climb up, as if hoping to get rid of us, but little did he know that this behavior actually lowered the altitude. his advantage.

Whether it is a jet-type spear or a flapping-wing giant eagle, in the final analysis, they all rely on air to fly, but they use it in different ways. However, the density of air is not fixed. The higher the altitude, the lower the density of air. The flapping flight method has very high requirements on air density. Once the air is thin to a certain extent, no matter how fast you flap your wings, it will be Can't fly. Of course, the internal combustion afterburner used by the long gun also uses air as a combustion accelerant and propulsion power. At the same time, their wings also need air to generate buoyancy to fly. However, compared to the flying method of the giant eagle, the impact of air density on the flying ability of the spear is significantly less than that of the giant eagle. That is to say, when the giant eagle quickly loses its maneuverability as the height increases, the maneuverability of the spear decreases. Not obvious. As a higher-end blood thorn than a spear, my flying bird has the ability to fly in a vacuum environment for a short period of time. Because the flying bird has its own oxidant, it will not lose power immediately even if it completely enters a vacuum environment.

Anyway, this guy did something so stupid that we quickly got close to him. Seeing us approaching again, the guy suddenly pressed the head of the giant eagle and changed from climbing to diving. Obviously, the seemingly stupid behavior just now was not really stupid. He knew our characteristics and knew it very clearly. His giant eagle had no advantage in speed, so he thought of climbing first and then diving. Gravity will play a big role during the dive. What is tested at this time is the overall aerodynamic structure and stability of the aircraft, and its dynamic characteristics will be covered up. In other words, the high-power aircraft is actually no better than the low-power aircraft during the dive. Fly faster.

I have to admit that this guy is indeed quite smart, but unfortunately he obviously underestimated our ability, or the speed of the spear.

Just after that guy started to dive, our mount immediately started to accelerate and passed him. Then we heard the giant eagle let out a shrill scream, and then the entire giant eagle began to turn somersaults in the air. At the same time, One of its wings also detached from the giant eagle's body and flew out.

With the help of a fleeting opportunity, the gold coin used a sword to cut off one of the wings of the guy's giant eagle. Only one wing was left, but it couldn't fly, so the giant eagle started to somersault and fall down.

Seeing the wings of the giant eagle being cut off, the man controlling the giant eagle patted the guy behind and said, "I can only send you here. Let's go!"

The man nodded heavily, then took what his companion had just given him and crushed it in his hand. Then a layer of blue-white flames immediately appeared on his body. When we saw the flames from a distance, we knew it wouldn't be a good thing, but we still couldn't stop it. After the guy's whole body ignited huge blue flames, he was like a meteor rushing into the atmosphere, dragging a long tail and rushing out. However, unlike meteors, meteors go towards the ground, but he It was flying level, but the speed was indeed not slow at all. On the contrary, it was very fast.

When we saw the guy rushing out, we immediately gave up chasing the falling man and the half-dead giant eagle. The magic core was the focus. However, the opponent's speed was obviously a bit unexpected. We originally thought that this was a special skill that burned life, and it shouldn't last long. But we didn't expect that this thing was so fast. It flew away within three seconds of being around us. A sudden burst of white mist was a sign of breaking the sound barrier. It actually only took three seconds for this thing to accelerate from the giant eagle's speed of less than 400 kilometers to the speed of sound, and it was obviously still accelerating.

"Asuka."

"Understood." The flying bird under me suddenly paused, and the four afterburners simultaneously sprayed out blue-white flames nearly two feet long, and the flying bird and I also jumped forward suddenly. Matsumoto Masahiro and their spears also activated the supersonic assault skills one after another with us, but the acceleration capabilities of the spears were obviously not as good as those of flying birds. The distance between us began to get wider and wider, but what made us even more depressed was that the guy in front and mine The distance is also getting wider and wider.

"Are you kidding? Is that guy an interstellar missile?"

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