Chapter 156 The Source of Evil that Devours Everything

The vision in front of him changed from blurry to clear.

The sharp fall in the past became gentle this time, just like a bumpy mountain road suddenly turned into a highway.

Ryan slowly opened his eyes.

What came into his eyes was a familiar yet unfamiliar warship.

He stood up, looked down, and fell into deep thought.

Although this large warship is slightly different from the [Black Rose], it has the same structure in general.

Ryan didn't know what the principle was.

"So, the experience of arriving at the place of travel is closely related to the quality of the ship attached?"

In the past, Ryan had always traveled by relying on a small bamboo raft. Now that the musket has been replaced with a cannon, the comfort has increased significantly, which really made him a little uncomfortable.

Ryan walked around the warship and found that all the trophies originally hung on the mast had been transferred to a special collection cabinet in the captain's room.

He looked at the 19 trophies he had obtained since his travels, bronze, silver and the most conspicuous gold interweaving, which made him nod with satisfaction.

After inspecting the condition of the ship, Ryan came to the bow deck, where the bonfire for teleportation was set up.

As the sparks dissipated, Ryan's vision turned, and when it returned to normal, he had arrived at [Bonfire Point-Volcano Cave].

The bright bonfire flickered and burned, reflecting his restrained eyes.

Ryan's main goal for this trip was the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth that inhabited the large lava lake.

At present, his equipment has been updated and his strength has greatly improved, and the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth is his best opponent.

Of course, some necessary inspections must be done before the crusade begins.

First, the equipment.

Weapons: [Crown Dragon Slayer Greatsword] and [Light Crossbow·Ice Crusher]

Protective gear: [Reverse Blade Armor]

In terms of special equipment, there is an additional [Thunder Ring] that reduces energy damage, and the rest has not changed.

The specific use experience of [Crown Dragon Slayer Great Sword] and [Reverse Blade Armor] can only be known after actual combat. On the contrary, [Light Crossbow·Ice Breaking], a long-range weapon that was originally abandoned by Ryan, has been rejuvenated since it has the special skill [Gospel].

The attack power of [Light Crossbow·Ice Breaking] itself is not worth mentioning, but as long as its crossbow arrows can touch the body of the monster, it can add a layer of "Gospel Mark", which is quite useful.

Apart from the equipment, there is also the skill aspect.

The special skills Ryan has obtained recently that can effectively target the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth are - [Thermal Damage Invalidation lv.1 (max)] and [Explosive Resistance lv.2].

In the last hasty encounter, although the attack moves and habits of the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth were not found out, it can be roughly inferred that this powerful Crown special species has an explosive attribute.

And explosive damage is a compound damage, which has both direct damage when the explosion occurs and burning damage after the explosion.

The two special skills [Nullification of Heat Damage lv.1 (max)] and [Blast Resistance lv.2] can reduce the explosion damage of the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth to the minimum, targeting these two types of damage.

Of course, explosion damage is only part of the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth's attack. The direct physical attack brought by its terrifying body is not something that flesh and blood can withstand.

Compared with the [Crown] Sword Dragon, the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth is larger in size. In terms of tonnage, it is at least twice as heavy, and tonnage means strength in many cases.

In addition to [Nullification of Heat Damage lv.1 (max)] and [Blast Resistance lv.2], there is another skill that also brings great help to Ryan in this crusade against the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth.

That is the core skill of "Apostle of Joy" - [Tide of Pain].

On the last trip, after defeating the [Grand] Sword Dragon, Ryan successfully completed his first "joy after pain", and in his free time during the day, he gritted his teeth and endured 25 more "pain", accumulating the pain value to "50/100".

And 50 points of pain value brings 50% of the blessing of all attributes during combat.

Now, the panel of Ryan's travel clone is.

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[Spirit]: 27.3 (40.95)

[Physique]: 219.1 (219.1)

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Although [Physique] has not increased, [Spirit] has broken through to more than 40 points, and the strength of [Spirit] determines the power of Ryan's many skills, which indirectly improves his combat effectiveness.

After checking from all aspects and making sure there are no omissions, Ryan stood up from the campfire.

Wearing the [Reverse Blade Armor], he looked like a small [Crown] Sword Slayer Dragon from a distance, giving people a sense of sharpness.

After stepping out of the [Bonfire Point-Volcano Cave], Ryan walked along the passage.

The flowing magma accompanied him, and occasionally he encountered a few small monsters. After sensing the terrifying aura on Ryan from a distance, they all fled in panic, as if they were frightened, or as if it was an instinctive reaction during this period.

Ryan was too lazy to pay attention to these small monsters. Even if he defeated these little things, he would not get any experience points, and it would only waste his time.

After a while, Ryan arrived at the entrance of the large magma lake.

He came here again, but his mood was completely different.

When he first arrived, he was hesitant because of the unknown and terrified because of his weak strength. Now, as a well-prepared hunter, he has a clear and specific goal!

He took a step forward, and the hot wind was rolling towards him, and the large red lava lake came into view.

Ryan did not see the figure of the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth as far as he could see, and he was not surprised by this.

The previous few times he came here, the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth was not there either, and this guy seemed to be particularly busy.

Strolling forward, Ryan came to the place where he had a direct encounter with the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth last time.

After looking at the surrounding environment for a while, Ryan frowned slightly.

"Why are there so few of those dark green slime molds?"

When the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth moves, it will leave behind many explosive slime molds, but now, there are not many dark green slime molds around the large lava lake, and the remaining slime molds seem to have been left a long time ago.

It was as if the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast had not returned here for several days.

"What happened?"

Ryan felt inexplicably heavy in his heart.

Combined with the fact that the [Upper] Princess Blazing Spider's body was completely devoured overnight, and the extremely panicked reactions of those little monsters just now, everything was indicating that a huge change might have occurred in the volcanic area.

"Boom!"

Just as Ryan was thinking, a violent explosion sounded from afar, accompanied by the faint tremor of the gravel on the ground.

Ryan turned his head sharply and turned to the passage in the distance - there was the passage where the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast rushed out at first.

After a brief hesitation, Ryan rushed out.

No matter what happened in the volcanic area, he must find out. Before further improving his strength, he has no qualifications to go to the "Land of the End and Origin".

Everything ahead is unknown, even if he has to use his life as the price of exploration, he will not hesitate.

There was the whistling hot wind and the uneven rock walls. Ryan, who was running at full speed, was still incredibly fast even though he was wearing armor and carrying a big sword.

He went deeper along the passage.

The ground in the passage was trending downward, and it seemed to be the road leading to the deeper areas of the volcano.

The temperature in the environment was gradually rising. Under the protection of the special skill [Nullification of Heat Damage], Ryan was unscathed.

A few minutes later, light appeared at the end of the passage, and at the same time, smoke and dust from the explosion continued to pour into the passage.

"Roar!"

The indescribable violent dragon roar, mixed with the sound of continuous explosions, gradually went away.

Ryan carefully followed the passage, and after the explosion smoke and dust retreated, he looked out to observe.

The scene in his eyes made his pupils slightly widen.

Behind the passage, it was not the magma zone he imagined, but a strange place full of giant crystals.

Columnar crystals not only grow wildly on the ground, but also grow a large number of giant crystal columns on the rock wall above.

The color of these crystal columns is very strange. From the front, they look like light silver, but from the side, they become colorful neon.

An extremely huge super-large crystal cave, with no end in sight.

"Huh..."

Ryan took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and cast his eyes on the "battlefield" not far ahead.

Not only are there potholes everywhere, but even a large number of crystal columns around have been crushed and destroyed, and the broken crystal columns are scattered all over the ground.

Ryan's eyes condensed and noticed the dark green slime mold left on the edge of these pits.

"The remains of the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast... Just now, right here, the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast and an unknown but powerful monster that is definitely not weaker than the [Crown] had a fierce battle?"

Ryan's eyes were extremely solemn.

Judging from the current battle traces, the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast is obviously going all out, which means that the unknown crown monster, at the lowest level, is at the same level as the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast, or even stronger.

Now, what should I do?

Ryan frowned, and after thinking for a moment, his eyes fell on the dark green slime mold that was scattered all the way.

Ryan didn't know who won or lost this battle, but from the situation at the scene, the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast should have temporarily evacuated, and the unknown crown monster did not choose to chase, perhaps because of the fear of the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast's strength, or perhaps for some other reason. In short, as long as you follow the traces of these dark green slime molds, you will definitely find the location of the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast.

For Ryan, compared to the unknown crown monster, the [Crown] Sapphire Giant Beast is easier to deal with, at least he knows some intelligence, and he has targeted special skills.

Thinking of this, Ryan no longer hesitated, took a step, and followed the scattered dark green slime mold.

In this vast "volcanic crystal land", countless huge crystal pillars stood on the ground, they were tens of meters high, and the shortest ones were several meters high.

About fifteen minutes later, Ryan stopped.

He hid sideways behind a crystal pillar several meters high, and what appeared in front of him was a strange place where magma and crystal coexisted.

The basin with a radius of hundreds of meters slightly concave downwards accumulated a small amount of magma, and at the edge of the basin were densely packed crystal pillars.

In the center of the lava basin, there is a raised rock platform, and the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth is standing there, with its head down, seemingly eating something.

There are a lot of bleeding scars on its body. Judging from the shape of the wounds, except for a few traces of impact and whipping, most of the rest are left by being bitten by sharp teeth.

At this moment, most of these scars have healed.

Because of the cover of the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth, Ryan couldn't see what it was eating, but it was probably something that accelerated the healing of the body.

From the end of the fierce battle to now, less than half an hour has passed. It is self-evident that this thing can make such a huge [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth recover most of its injuries.

Ryan took a deep breath, raised his right hand and held the greatsword behind him. At the same time, he pulled the trigger of the [Light Crossbow·Ice Crusher] in his left hand.

"Swish--"

The sound of breaking through the air sounded, and the crossbow arrow hit the [Grand] Sapphire Beast from behind without any surprise.

Feeling bitten by a mosquito, the [Grand] Sapphire Beast slowly turned around and looked at Ryan who was walking step by step.

Because the crossbow arrow hit, the [Blood Hunt] effect was triggered, and the "Gospel Mark" was successfully superimposed. While Ryan was walking, he completed the process of stringing and pulling the trigger, and another crossbow arrow flew out.

"Roar--!"

The roar of the [Grand] Sapphire Beast seemed to be mixed with some explosive powder. When the sound wave touched the crossbow arrow, the sudden explosion blew the crossbow arrow into pieces.

Looking at the incoming enemy, the [Grand] Sapphire Beast exerted force with both feet. The next moment, its whole body jumped up to a height of dozens of meters in the air, and then fell heavily to the position where Ryan was.

"Boom boom!"

The ground broke and sank, forming a huge pit with a radius of more than 20 meters. Ryan, who had been prepared, made a pre-judgment dodge before the [Grand] Sapphire Giant Beast launched a jump and smash, and escaped from the attack range of the smash.

In the billowing smoke and dust, the huge beast slowly stood up. Ryan put down his arm to block the smoke and dust, and the prompt of the panel appeared in front of him.

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[Blasting Dragon: [Grand] Beast Dragon, in the hunter world, has the title of "Blasting Fist King".

The whole body of the Blasting Dragon is covered with hard sapphire shells. Due to the long-term impact of explosions, these shells have evolved to be very hard and can resist explosions and magma.

The Blasting Dragon has a hammer-shaped horn, forefoot and tail, especially its forefoot. Unlike other beast dragon species whose forelimbs have degenerated to the extreme, the forelimbs of the Blasting Dragon are extremely developed, forming a columnar structure shaped like a fist, and its real claws are folded under its fist.

The fists, horns and tongue of the Smashing Dragon are all green because of the dark green slime mold attached to its body. These slime molds that have a symbiotic relationship with the Smashing Dragon only survive in volcanic areas. Once oxidized, they will change from green to yellow and then to red, followed by a strong explosion. When subjected to a strong impact, they will also explode immediately. At the same time, the saliva of the Smashing Dragon can also promote the proliferation of slime mold.

Countless hunters died tragically under the "fists" and "explosions" of the Smashing Dragon. Those who want to attack, please be careful! 】

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The [Crown] Smashing Dragon, which has just recovered from its injury, exudes a more awe-inspiring momentum.

A battle between a "hunter" and a "monster boxer" is about to begin!

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(Guguzi asks for a monthly ticket at the end of the month~)