National Juggernaut

Chapter 586 The Death of a Hero
"White Robe Li" Li Xin, appearance age is over 35 years old and under 45 years old, real age is 176, actual combat experience is over 140 years, military service period/war period is over 50 years, he has participated in hunting god battles eleven times, and has no plans for quasi-high-dimensional battles its number.

"Can't beat it, absolutely can't beat it."

After seeing this experience, Zheng Li knew that it was absolutely impossible to win this victory.

The gap in actual combat and hardware between the two sides is really too big. Quasi-mythology 20 years and quasi-mythology 200 years are not the same concept at all. Li Xin is the "guard" of a certain city or region, just like the local patron saint. Hard angle.

Such a role, even in a single-edged state, is not something that Zheng Li, who is in his 20s, can handle. The long medal of merit is a gap that cannot be crossed at all.

When Zheng Li realized that his ability could not even "observe", he knew that if he used normal thinking, he would not be able to fight this one.

"Only assassination."

Yes, assassination, as a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, among Zheng Li's past "trophies", there are too many people who are much stronger than him.

Assassination, covert injury, sneak attack and assassination by taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, in many cases has nothing to do with strength, but only with the state and vigilance of the person being attacked.

Reality is not a game. There is no HP (life value) and defense value. If the head is dropped or the vitals are broken, the damned will die. A broken dagger at the right time can kill people, and the strong who die in a sleep state or a relaxed state There are too many.

Judging from Zheng Li's experience, ultra-long-range sniping is already one of the assassination methods with the highest success rate in the current era, because the place where you sleep can be fortified layer by layer, but you always have to go out.

And no one can always guard against attackers who are several kilometers or tens of kilometers away. Its suddenness makes it impossible to guard against.

"The key is how to let him be relaxed and defenseless on the field. At least, the vigilance must be at the lowest point. The data shows that this is a veteran, and a veteran will not slacken on the battlefield."

Zheng Li also wanted to use long-range sniping, but he couldn't do it on the field. The opponent must be on alert all the time.

So, when does a veteran fighter let his guard down?When I feel that I have a great chance of winning, when I feel that I am already safe.

When is it safe?On the one-on-one battlefield, when the opponent dies.

At this time, Zheng Li had already come to his senses.

"It's impossible to win. Then, change your mind. If you don't lose, think about it on the premise of dying together?"

Fortunately, this time it was a competition rather than an actual battle, which gave Zheng Li the possibility.

If "both die together" is the premise of the tactical design, the opponent's strong strength, super quasi-myth bonus, and ghost-level melee ability can actually be thrown aside.

I asked you to slash me. Could it be that if you run so fast and your skills are so good, will you slash differently?In the end, you still have to hack me to death. Then, the moment you kill me, you will definitely feel at ease, and you will definitely relax at that moment.

In the end, Zheng Li's tactical thinking became extremely weird, completely ignoring the opponent's strength (he couldn't win anyway), and directly thinking about "you cut me, I will cut you back, let's finish the game together".
Did the knife back miss?Then it's gone.

The knife back is not powerful enough to die together?That's gone too.

Fortunately, the existence of Scorpio and the mythical spirit blade that "can kill anyone" made Zheng Li determined to implement this tactic.

This is not only because Scorpio's "five-finger poison" can target most "life", no matter whether it is dead or alive, silicon-based or carbon-based, mortal or high-dimensional, but also because of her passive "theocracy"—— "When Heroes Fall"

There are two most recognized situations for the origin of the myth of Scorpio. The demigod hero was attacked by a poisonous scorpion, and then the powerful hero fell under the small poisonous sting. The hero killed the poisonous scorpion, and finally returned to the underworld. .

The difference is that one victim is Orion, the heroic son of the sea god Poseidon, and the other is Phaethon, the son of the previous sun god. Both of them are actually quite powerful, even challenging/defying Olympus XII The behavior of the main god, but in the end, people sighed. In order to commemorate this scorpion, Zeus upgraded it to the twelve constellations. It really made people wonder what he was thinking, and why the scorpion was so poisonous.

The scorpion died and became a constellation, and the Son of God who was powerful enough to challenge the twelve main gods also died. Influenced by this myth, her first and most vicious theocracy "When the Hero Falls" is to use her own life At the expense of intensifying the power of the toxin after her death.

The originally immortal Son of God also died of the little poison needle, which is a curse involving the rules of cause and effect, which makes the "venom" evolve in the worst direction.

And at the cost of her own "life", the huge restrictions and price have also strengthened its power. Coupled with her incurable venom, there is basically no way to escape. Back then, Scorpio relied on being a spirit race, even if " "Life" is over and there is a chance of redemption, forcibly replaced several super powerful enemies who couldn't get past.

When he saw the incomplete "Scorpio", Zheng Li knew that no matter what happened to her, the mortal enemy who forced her to take any step should be gone.

Black Claw's five fingers are actually five toxin manufacturing and storage devices, five poisonous needles that can be discarded. Then, the crippled fingers must already be on the opponent's body, and the curse she initiated with her life is the real high-dimensional existence Will also die violently.

Having such a trump card that can exchange one with any opponent is the root cause of Zheng Li's daring to choose this tactic.

The next thing is very simple. It is impossible for the opponent to know the existence of this "trump card".

And choosing the incomplete Scorpio also means that Zheng Li does not have the blessing of biological energy, and it is impossible to fight head-on. He only has the strength of "one knife" throughout the whole process.

How to swing this knife also made him rack his brains.

"Return the blade directly on the body, and then return him when he kills me? That's unlikely."

The strong are also used to the weak's dying counterattack, and the success rate of this is too low.

But in Zheng Li's hands, there is another trump card, a "prosthetic limb" that can act independently.

"Maybe, I can imitate a poisonous scorpion and make myself a tail."

Zheng Li tried it, and it really succeeded.

An artificial prosthetic limb attached to a poisonous needle, and hiding it in his trousers, took advantage of the moment he was killed, and kicked out the deadly third leg. Uh, it looks a little dirty, but that's what it means, Assassination techniques don't pay much attention to face. There are a lot of well-known assassins squatting in a latrine, and only the assassins in movies are handsome.

But during the actual combat training with the female orangutan, Zheng Li was beaten up.
"Ha, the idea is good, but at our level, all psychic powers and perceptions are always staring at each other. We often use psychic perception instead of eyes. Especially when the opponent is dying to counterattack, it is often the most dangerous time. Your tactics are good, but as long as the attack comes from yourself, no matter whether it is front, back, up or down, it will actually be guarded against."

This is the root cause of the difficulty of carrying out assassinations on the battlefield. Zheng Li changed his mind again.

"Since the 'prosthetic limb' is a man-made spiritual weapon, can it be possible to operate automatically without the body in a short period of time?"

The artificial spiritual weapon that operates out of the body has a mature technology, and it only needs to be adjusted jointly with the existing technology.

With the help of the craftsman rushing to work overnight, Zheng Li completed his small goal.

"5 minutes to 10 minutes away from the body is the limit. According to your request, it has been changed to the 'stab' state of the poisonous scorpion. It can be activated three to four times. After that, the speed and power are not worth looking forward to."

All that remains is to hide the "poisonous scorpion" in the grass, and give it to the other party at the most critical moment.

Hiding trees in the forest, Zheng Li thought of Song Ying's little toy, took her wooden beast cannon fodder, and hid both "prosthetic limbs" and "poisonous claws" inside.

The fact is that this is how it developed. The wood beasts were instantly killed by Li Xin, but their psychic responses did not stop. The incomplete psychic powers of the wood beasts did cover the prosthetic limbs.

No matter how careful he was, it was impossible for Li Xin to find out whether the psionic reactions were their real bodies or something "in the box".

But even so, Li Xin's vigilance still made Zheng Li almost desperate.

Even when he killed Zheng Li, he did not let down his vigilance. Fortunately, Zheng Li's first surprise attack failed. The moment erupted, and the high priority of mythical theocracy forced Li Xin to have a momentary opening.

But if it weren't for the fact that the "prosthetic limbs that move automatically out of the body" and the "venomous needles that perish together" are things other than the data, and that they were "assassination strategies" that Li Xin was completely unprepared to deal with, this moment would be meaningless.

The mechanism was calculated to the extreme, and Zheng Li didn't win in the end. He just dragged the opponent to die together, but it was scary enough.

Even though he was eliminated later, Zheng Li still proved himself, proved that he faced any opponent in any environment, at least, he had the means and ability to drag the opponent to die together.

Although he was able to achieve such a result in the end, it was the result of mental calculation and unintentional, but he did cross the time limit, and the site was completely out of the mechanism, killing a "guardian" of a city, a theoretically impossible to defeat powerful enemy.

With 7 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie to qualify, Zheng Li probably has the worst record in the "three defeats", but in the second round, with this record, no one will underestimate him again.

"Although he is young, he has indeed reached the level of participating in the Sword God Competition. No one will underestimate him. I personally think that as long as he doesn't fall halfway, he will become a top combat power sooner or later."

Looking at the commentary of a Mythology commentator in the newspaper, Zheng Li felt subtle. Being recognized is a good thing, but I am afraid that the next game will be more difficult, and there is no possibility of stealing chickens anymore.

And the commentator said very bluntly that Zheng Li was betting his life with a small fortune, and it was basically unlikely to pay off in the second round of deadlocks, so he just said that he was almost gone.

"Forget it, don't worry about it, what he said is also reasonable. Scorpio is no longer usable but it is not a loss. Let's change the way of thinking. At least 'Scorpio', the trump card of the "first-sighted kill" nature, has indeed gained the greatest value. And the killing itself this time can also speed up her recovery."

Any spirit blade can obtain psionic energy and soul fragments through killing, and this is especially true for the "Scorpio" who exists for killing. It is only a routine operation for her to absorb soul and soul fragments through killing.

Its core function is to plunder the opponent's spiritual energy, accumulate new "toxins", record the biological characteristics of the prey, and prepare for the next killing. Start accumulating "poison" again.

But considering her characteristics, Zheng Li really didn't dare to use it outside the arena, the kind that could poison herself to death if she was not careful, and there was no cure for it.

But in the next battle, Scorpio probably won't play. This strange soldier won't have much deterrence after seeing it once.

Aquarius and Scorpio should not be used anymore. The lack of biological energy brought about by the inability to complete the contract basically cut off the possibility of a head-on confrontation.
But Zheng Li didn't care. In his opinion, one person and one surprise victory was enough.

"It's as far as you can go."

On the other hand, Zheng Li also made publicity for his "prosthetic limb", which verified that it still has certain combat effectiveness in advanced battlefields.

It's just that judging from the fact that we haven't received calls for inquiries or orders, the promotion is quite subtle. After all, it's just a piece of tofu, but this can't stop Zheng Li's determination to use this "draw" as a promotional material!

"'Man-made spiritual weapon capable of plotting quasi-mythological', it should add some attention. At least, let me go back to my basics, I lost money in this sword god match."

After a game, the income is almost zero, but the loss of artificial spiritual weapons knives, bows, and arrows is hundreds of thousands, and this is only the consumption of necessities, not counting the various preparations and resources invested outside the field. Some long-term investments are not counted, and the total loss in these ten games is at least over one million.

And the fame and attention he got. In fact, Zheng Li didn't really need it.

"Tsk, what a headache, am I on top?"

But another report lifted Zheng Li's spirits.

"Fourth School Fengming School, three disciples entered the second round of the Sword God Competition at the same time, they are still a rare bow school"

This is indeed the fundamental reason why Zheng Li participated in the competition. Seeing that the publicity effect was finally achieved, Zheng Li also breathed a sigh of relief.

He also deliberately turned over the title of the newspaper and the author's name.
"That's right, it's a hidden official media under the military department, and it's not the promotional draft I bought. That should not have been released yet. Old Xiong has no money, and Xie Ying's brain is not going to do such a thing. With this small page, Plus my promotional draft, and some results in the second round, next year's students shouldn't have to worry about it."

Zheng Li heaved a sigh of relief.

Although this is just a small-scale report, it is completely different from the popularity of the previous rookie competition, but the rookie competition is more of a performance, and the "draft" stage for newcomers to stand out is now the "professional" level. , or the most high-end sword god competition.

With a city of tens of millions of people (sword masters) as the object of competition (involution), it is hard to make a name for yourself in the unlimited professional world. This seemingly inconspicuous achievement may be given to Phoenix next year. Mingliu brings options for thousands of students.

The source of students is extremely poor, this is the root cause of senior brother Xiong's troubles, a sect without excellent new disciples is tantamount to hopeless, especially Fengming Liu itself has a high threshold and needs more students to choose from.

"By the way, that little girl has almost finished her second round, so let's go and see what's going on."

(End of this chapter)