Chapter 256 Thousand-Legged Ice Scorpion
In a valley in the Ice Finger Mountains.
Four hiltless sword blades were flying in the air, each with a different color, blue, red, purple, and silver, like four agile dragons, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, leaving afterimages according to their own trajectories, but highly unified, forming an offensive and defensive momentum with each other.
Amid the whistling sword light, Ji Xinghuo, who was standing in the middle, was focused.
However, after less than two minutes, his expression became a little strenuous, and it gradually became difficult to continue.
"I can't hold on."
Ji Xinghuo relaxed.
The four sword lights immediately fell from the sky like flying swallows returning to their nests, revealing falling blades of different colors, which quickly shrank and formed a bracelet.
He caught the spirit sword bracelet and looked at it in his palm.
The power of this psychic weapon is stronger than he expected, and its functions are also richer.
The only drawback is that it consumes too much psychic energy.
And psychic energy is converted from star power. With his current more than 3,200 star power, if the four sword blades are activated at the same time, it can only last for two minutes at most. This is just controlling the blade. If the battle is fierce and the supernatural effect attached to the sword is activated, the time will be even shorter.
However, the Spirit Sword Bracelet is definitely worth it!
Ji Xinghuo has been trying to figure out how to use it all day and has mastered it.
The material used to make the Spirit Sword Bracelet is a super alloy that he doesn't know. It has very high hardness and toughness, but low density. It also has the characteristics of memory metal, and has super high conductivity to psychic energy. When psychic energy is activated, the performance increases dramatically.
When the four blades are reduced, they are only four centimeters long. Psychic energy loading can make them larger and longer, showing their true form, and the longest can reach half a meter.
The thin blades are extremely sharp.
But they are also extremely tough, which makes Ji Xinghuo feel incredible.
Each blade has two supernatural powers attached to it.
Ji Xinghuo simply named them Ice Sword, Fire Sword, Electric Sword and Light Sword according to their characteristics.
The Ice Sword comes with "Ice Tide" and "Ice Sword", which can create low temperatures to freeze the surrounding targets, and create three to eight Ice Swords to increase the number of Ice Swords.
The fire sword comes with "fire explosion" and "high temperature ray", which bursts out flame shock waves, and shoots laser-like rays from both ends, which are extremely lethal.
The electric sword comes with "arc" and "thunderbolt", which releases lightning arcs on the sword, and the thunderbolt attacks the enemy's hearing, unexpectedly.
The lightsaber comes with "refraction" and "flash burst", which can hide the blade and suddenly burst out strong light to cause blindness.
The quality of these abilities is not high, almost all of them are high-quality alien species.
However, the eight additional abilities are combined together, driven by psychic energy, and can exert very powerful power.
Ji Xinghuo couldn't believe it, this is just a super three-star, not an apocalypse weapon.
But after careful comparison, it becomes clear.
The purple electric sword of the apocalypse one-star is not only sharper and faster, but also consumes electricity, and has a fully automatic auxiliary control system.
The spirit sword bracelet needs to be controlled by oneself, which seriously consumes mental energy and star power, and the killing distance is also limited to the range of psychic energy.
The gap between the two is still very large.
If the control and consumption problems can be solved, the Spirit Sword Bracelet should not be much worse than the Purple Lightning Sword.
However, this is too difficult!
In terms of control, after Ji Xinghuo turns on the overclocking thinking, he can control four sword blades at the same time and take care of his close combat. However, overclocking thinking also consumes star power. When it is turned on, his star power decreases faster and can only last for one minute at most.
Now he finally understands why the legendary Ice Lord did not use the Spirit Sword Bracelet at the beginning.
The star power of the legendary Ice Lord may be similar to his own.
If the Spirit Sword Bracelet is activated at the beginning of each battle and the enemy is not killed immediately, he will be in a very passive situation next.
"I can't use it indiscriminately."
"At least 10,000 points of star power must be reached to barely use four spirit swords at the same time."
"In the future, just activate one sword blade according to different needs."
Ji Xinghuo's mind moved, and the Spirit Sword Bracelet was separated into four parts, reassembled on the left wrist, and worn on it.
He walked into a cave behind him. It was dry and warm inside. There was a stove burning. Qinghong was sleeping beside the stove. It had just eaten a roasted prey and was very satisfied at the moment, sleeping soundly. Despite a genetic recombination, Qinghong still retained some snake habits and wanted to hibernate in a cold environment.
"It's up to you tomorrow."
Ji Xinghuo said, and Qinghong opened his eyes, a little confused.
The next day was dawn.
Ji Xinghuo walked out of the cave. Today was a sunny day. Although it was still very cold, the sky was blue.
"A good time to hunt."
He packed up his things, took off but did not fly very high. He flew towards the ice lake where the thousand-legged ice scorpion was located, following the mountain terrain.
It didn't take long to arrive. The hole made yesterday had frozen. Except for some dark red stains on the ice surface, there was no sign of fighting.
In electromagnetic induction, the thousand-legged ice scorpion was still dormant in its nest.
Ji Xinghuo landed gently on the ice and measured the direction and distance. The nest of the thousand-legged ice scorpion was located in the mountain by the lake, about 500 meters away in a straight line. The secret passage at the bottom of the lake was the only entrance and exit. If he sneaked in, he would definitely alarm it.
A few days ago, he also killed one or two thousand-legged ice scorpions in the Ice Finger Mountains.
Although they were only elite level, it could be judged from the alien species on their bodies that the sense of touch and hearing of this insect monster were very sensitive.
This thousand-legged ice scorpion is a natural disaster level. Any movement on the ice surface will wake it up.
"We need to drive it out."
The spiritual sword bracelet on Ji Xinghuo's wrist broke off a section, and under the drive of spiritual energy, it stretched into a red-hot sword, as if it was burning red, emitting a scorching temperature.
A straight ray of light extended from the tip of the sword and pierced into the ice surface.
He operated carefully and lightly.
With a sizzling sound, the ice surface quickly melted through a small hole, leading directly to the underwater.
"Go."
Ji Xinghuo took Qinghong out of his pocket.
Although it didn't like the low temperature, it still jumped in nimbly and crawled into the cold and dim underwater along the small hole. Through the audio-visual bracelet, he synchronized his vision and hearing with Qinghong, guiding it to find the entrance to the secret passage, first dive into the water, and float up after halfway.
A passage more than ten meters wide appeared in front of him. Qinghong climbed in carefully, slowed down his pace, and moved slowly along the ice wall of the passage.
It walked very slowly, trying not to make any sound.
A moment later.
At the end of the passage, a spacious cave with a diameter of more than 100 meters appeared in front of him. The rugged ground and the four walls were all covered with thick ice. There were icicles hanging from the top. White cold air flowed in the cave, like clouds and mist, revealing a huge monster in the half-hidden.
It was the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion!
Its body curled up into a circle, hundreds of thin legs stretched out side by side, closed its eyes, and with every breath, cold air was swallowed and exhaled from its mouth.
The moment he saw this Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion, Ji Xinghuo could feel that Qinghong paused for a moment.
It was quite different from the monster in front of him in strength.
"Don't be afraid."
Ji Xinghuo comforted Qinghong in his heart, "Approach it quietly and blow up its nest!"
Qinghong did not hesitate and entered the nest according to Ji Xinghuo's instructions. Using the rock ice on the ground as a cover, he climbed up along an ice pillar.
Even though it was reduced to only two or three centimeters long, it was still on the back of the ice pillar, crawling gently, but it still made a slight sound.
Suddenly, one of the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion's thin legs moved.
Qinghong stopped moving.
"It's awake." Ji Xinghuo noticed that the magnetic field fluctuations of the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion became intense, and knew that it had awakened, but it just didn't find Qinghong for the time being. With its perception, no matter how small Qinghong's body was, the movements in the nest could not be concealed.
"Do it!"
Ji Xinghuo ordered without hesitation.
Qinghong executed it immediately, without growing bigger, and opened his mouth directly on the ice column, spraying out a fist-sized ball of light.
This is a ball lightning!
Yesterday, after several attempts, Ji Xinghuo used psychic energy and electric charge to condense a ball lightning, and let Qinghong swallow it into the dimensional stomach on the edge of the explosion, and now released it. A ball lightning contains about 600 points of star power, which is the upper limit he can control at present.
If it is in a battle, such a ball lightning is too slow to form and it is difficult to use in actual combat.
But combined with the dimensional stomach, it becomes a killer move!
Qinghong sprayed out ball lightning, illuminating the dim cave. The violent lightning and energy fluctuations completely awakened the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion.
It opened its eyes wide, and there was a white light in front of it.
However, Qinghong's target was not the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion, but the top of the nest.
Boom!
The ball lightning hit the frozen cave roof and exploded instantly. Countless electric currents released high temperatures and shock waves, which raged wildly in the closed nest. The whole cave was shaking violently, and the stones and soil on the top kept falling, as if it was about to collapse.
The ice pillar where Qinghong was hiding also broke, and it released a second ball lightning while falling.
This time, the target was the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion.
It didn't look at the result. It mixed in the splashing and broken stones and ice, ran into the passage quickly, and escaped as fast as possible.
Boom...
The frozen nest became a mess, and the electric current hit the passage, shaking.
While running away, Qinghong heard a sharp scream from behind, and then the cold air came. The Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion chased up from behind. It had already locked onto the culprit, opened its huge mouth, and blew a large mouthful of white "extreme cold breath" into the passage.
A huge amount of cold air instantly washed the entire passage, freezing everything inside.
Qinghong had nowhere to hide and was immediately frozen into an ice sculpture.
The Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion roared and chased after it. It was extremely fast, with thin legs running and climbing flexibly. There was a pair of huge ice claws at the front, waving and slashing at Qinghong.
Snap!
Qinghong's body expanded to twenty meters long, stretching the ice layer on his body.
Facing the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion, he released the third ball lightning.
The electric light illuminated the passage like daylight.
The Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion screamed, and the air in front of it condensed, instantly forming more than a dozen layers of ice walls, completely blocking the passage and resisting the ball lightning.
Boom...
Amidst the huge explosion, Qinghong shrank by more than six meters, and took advantage of the shock wave of the explosion to jump forward, sneaking out of the secret passage from the bottom of the water, and swimming desperately to the ice surface.
The undercurrent at the bottom of the lake surged, and a few seconds later, the thousand-legged ice scorpion also rushed out from the entrance of the secret passage.
Its hundreds of thin legs swam together, and its speed in the water was faster than Qinghong. At the same time, countless cold air burst out from it, and the water at the bottom of the lake froze quickly, causing Qinghong, who was on top, to swim slower and slower, and frost formed on his body, and the cold air invaded his body.
The distance between the two sides was rapidly shortened.
Fortunately, Qinghong reached the ice surface first before being completely frozen, and the Sky-Splitting Claw tore a hole in the ice layer and jumped out.
Above the ice, Ji Xinghuo had already activated the stealth ring, hanging dozens of meters in the air, looking down.
With a loud bang.
Qinghong broke through the ice and jumped out, and almost at the same time, the thousand-legged ice scorpion also jumped out.
Its body was covered with scars, and a blood hole two or three meters wide was blown out of its trunk by the ball lightning, and dozens of thin legs were broken. But this did not hinder its movement. The wound had frozen to stop the bleeding, and it was covered with ice armor again, and the broken thin legs were also growing rapidly.
"Regeneration of broken limbs!"
Ji Xinghuo's eyes lit up when he saw this scene.
Regeneration of broken limbs is a super-limited ability. Although it is not widely applicable and has no use for itself, it is extremely valuable.
The thin legs of the thousand-legged ice scorpion are like thick ice spears, very flexible.
Each thin leg seems to have an independent idea, with solid ice condensed at the tip, one part is responsible for high-speed movement, and the other part attacks Qinghong. It looks messy but highly unified.
Hard, flexible, and sharp!
At the same time, its trunk continued to release cold air, and the temperature within 200 meters around it dropped sharply. Frost also formed on Ji Xinghuo's body in mid-air, and his whole body began to numb and extremely cold.
"What a strong cold air."
Ji Xinghuo was secretly shocked, "This should be the super-limited ability 'Ice Sealed Prison'. The team that came to hunt the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion yesterday wanted this alien species."
On the ice, Qinghong was also frozen stiff.
The Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion caught up in a blink of an eye, and its thin legs stabbed Qinghong frantically, and the hard holy scale armor also poked holes, bleeding. More cold air invaded Qinghong's body from the wound, making its reaction and speed slower, and it could only turn around and fight back.
The two behemoths fought each other.
The Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion was larger, but its reaction was faster.
Each of its thin legs was like a hand, which could move, attack, and defend, supporting its trunk to perform various dazzling movements.
In a close combat, Qinghong was no match for the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion.
In just over ten seconds, Qinghong was covered in wounds. If it weren't for the very hard holy scale armor, he might have been seriously injured.
However, this was Qinghong's deliberate weakness.
Seeing that Qinghong's whole body was frozen and unable to move. Suddenly, an invisible force field was instantly stretched, and the gravity increased by 20 times.
The Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion was immediately pressed on the ice surface by its own huge weight, and even the ice surface cracked, and its flexibility and speed were weakened.
It realized that it was not good and was about to escape from Qinghong, but Ji Xinghuo made a move.
In mid-air.
Before Qinghong escaped to the ice surface, Ji Xinghuo had already activated the Spirit Sword Bracelet, and a piece of silver sword light fell off and floated in front of him, quietly waiting for the opportunity. At the moment when Qinghong released the gravity field, the silver sword light entered the refraction and flew out in a hidden form.
With overclocked thinking and full psychic power, the invisible sword light instantly reached the ice surface, flying across dozens of meters, and cutting off all the thin legs on this side of the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion amidst the splashing ice chips.
If there was no gravity field, the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion could easily dodge.
But at this time, it was too late to react.
Bang.
The body of the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion hit the ice surface, with fear in its eyes, but it didn't know where the enemy was. It struggled to get up, but lost half of its thin legs, making its body unbalanced, making it even more difficult to escape in the gravity field.
The invisible sword light turned around not far away and cut towards the other half of the thin legs.
This time the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion was prepared, and countless cold air burst out of its body, freezing the sword light and appearing in the air.
However, this was just a means to divert its attention.
A huge rock appeared in the air, like a meteorite falling down in an instant. When the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion sensed the danger, it was too late. With a loud bang, the boulder hit the middle of its body, almost breaking it in two. The ice surface cracked and the boulder fell to the bottom of the lake.
The Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion screamed in pain, and both halves of its body struggled on the ice.
Qinghong took the opportunity to rush forward, and his claws ejected ten virtual blades. He used all his strength to cross and swing, chopping off the head of the Thousand-legged Ice Scorpion!