I am the Scourge
Chapter 170 The Bitterness of Flesh and Flesh
Chapter 170 The Bitterness of Flesh and Flesh
Li Wei took the Eye of Chaos, and the silver metal device disintegrated in an instant, turning into countless prisms of different lengths, scattered in the air, intertwined, and gradually formed a fragmented door.
At this time.
Li Wei felt a wave of space coming from the ground under his feet.
He observed for a while, and was surprised to find that the metal device that sealed the Eye of Chaos was located in a blank area of more than a hundred square meters, which was actually made of a complete, huge teleportation stone slab!
Li Wei has seen the appearance of high-level teleportation slabs.
With a diameter of only about one meter, it can already support the construction of a teleportation array that spans the two worlds of the nether world and the human world.
What a huge amount of teleportation energy a teleportation slab of this scale can carry! ?
pity.
Can't poach it and bring it back...
This teleportation array should be the only means for him to escape from the deep sea.
What's more, Li Wei had a premonition that he might come back here again in the future.
This mechanical heart, which obviously came from different prehistoric civilizations, and the giant whale swimming in the dark deep sea driven by the mechanical heart seem to be closely related to the origin of the Eye of Chaos.
Through the branding, Li Wei learned that the white-robed priest was not the real creator of the Eye of Chaos, and he was just one of the people who wanted to change a certain fate through the Eye of Chaos.
The history of the existence of the Eye of Chaos is very likely to be longer than the source of human beings appearing in this world.
thought here.
Li Wei couldn't help but glanced at the mark on his arm, which showed the shape of an eyeball.
The consciousness touched the past a little, and a gray space appeared in front of Li Wei's eyes.A mass of colorless and invisible chaotic energy floats in the center of this space, as if it is the center and origin of the entire world.
Ancient and mysterious.
The state of the Eye of Chaos is still stable.
The imprinted space seems to have isolated all possible influences it might have on the outside world, making it no longer a dangerous source of radiation.However, all of these prerequisites are based on Li Wei's own safety.
He has become the carrier of the Eye of Chaos.
But from another perspective, this can also be seen as one of his trump cards.
In case, he is really cornered one day and detonates the Eye of Chaos, it will become the ultimate means for him to die with the enemy... er no, it is the ultimate means to pull the whole world to be buried with him...
Li Wei exited the imprint space.
He has no idea of studying the Eye of Chaos yet, at least until he thoroughly studies the alchemy of the moon. If his prediction is correct, the method of using it must be recorded in the seventh volume.
hum...
suddenly.
The whole space shook violently.
Immediately afterwards, Li Wei saw that the rotating mechanical devices around him began to stop, and the lighting gems inlaid on the side walls of this space went out one by one, and the darkness gradually swallowed from the surroundings to the center.
In a trance, Li Wei seemed to see a picture. In a dark and dark deep sea, an indescribably huge whale seemed to have died suddenly, and was slowly sinking to the deep seabed.
Time to leave.
Li Wei thought.
The mission of this giant whale is to wait for the successor to take away the Eye of Chaos. Maybe there will be a way to reawaken it in the future, but it is very likely that he is already looking for the next host for the Eye of Chaos.
Li Wei took a step forward and reached out to touch the fragmented portal in midair.
Swish!
Mottled colors enveloped him.
But this time, the teleportation was not completed in an instant. Li Wei saw himself plunged into an illusory space-time tunnel. In this tunnel, he saw scenes that seemed to have been staged in history.
He saw the origin of human beings, the birth of gods, and the destruction of the ancient religion...
However, these memories seemed to just flash through his mind without leaving any trace.When Li Wei appeared in an empty ancient palace down-to-earth, he only felt at a loss.
shook his head.
Li Wei concentrated his attention and looked in front of him.
This is exactly the palace he saw in the mural. Now it is full of dilapidation and bustling. The twelve majestic stone pillars supporting the dome have been eroded by the years and are dilapidated, as if they will collapse at any time.
In front.
On the high throne, the gorgeous throne carved from jade has been completely covered by a layer of filthy flesh and blood tissue, and countless dark yellow translucent catheters are still inserted in the center of the bloated flesh and blood. Tuo has long been unable to see its true colors on the hideous thing.
"Ho..."
As if aware of Li Wei's appearance, the monster slowly turned its cloudy eyes and looked over.
With its sight.
A large cloud of strange gray air floating in the palace immediately gathered towards Li Wei.
But Li Wei, who has obtained the Eye of Chaos, will naturally no longer be afraid. This is just the pollution energy formed by the overflow of a trace of Chaos Qi.
He has become the absolute upper body of this strange power.
The imprint on the arm trembled slightly.
In the dark.
Levi seems to feel that he can even manipulate this energy in reverse.
"Disperse!"
He scolded lightly.
call!
Like a gust of wind, the polluting energy all over the palace was instantly dispelled by a powerful force without a trace.
The world is clear.
Not only that.
With his words, the pollution energy permeating the entire core area is rapidly dissipating.Just like the ice and snow that was directly illuminated by the blazing sun, it melted without any trace left in the blink of an eye.
"Ugh...!"
The monster suddenly screamed strangely, and a little clarity emerged in its cloudy eyes, and it roared indistinctly:
"help me……!"
A red bomb appeared out of nowhere in Li Wei's hand.
He recognized that this monster was the incarnation of the young god transformed by the Moon Family.
Save, there is definitely no way to save.
The only thing Li Wei can do now is to send it to reincarnation—if there is reincarnation in this world.
As for the white-robed priest's plan to trick a Chaos God into lowering his divine power, Li Wei still doesn't know his real purpose, but the only thing that is certain is that everything from Chaos is not a good thing.
Chaos means chaos.
against order.
And he is in an orderly world.
Anything related to chaos will bring terrible disaster to this world.
Whether it is the white-robed priest or the family of the moon, they may have thought of making these three incarnations of gods into a controllable weapon.But in Li Wei's view, he will never keep such unknown unstable factors.
boom!
The bomb roared, and the surging fire wave immediately engulfed the throne.
There were bursts of screams.
Childish and miserable.
But Li Wei didn't show mercy at all. He threw out one gold one after another until the remaining stock in the backpack was exhausted. He took out a dozen magic scrolls and prepared them in his hands.
The flames faded.
The flesh and blood tissue covering the throne had been scorched by the high temperature, and the monster with countless catheters inserted in the center was also blasted to pieces.
Li Wei is about to solve it completely.
suddenly.
A black shadow fell heavily on the ceiling and landed on the royal platform.
Bang!
Dirty black blood splattered everywhere.
The god-spirit symbiosis that was almost torn apart, at this moment, had a strange smile on his face, and he inserted his hands into his chest like sharp knives, digging out a bright red beating heart.
The heart of the gods?
Li Wei recognized at a glance that this was exactly the same item he had obtained.
The symbiosis of the gods once mentioned that the heart of the gods can open the metal device in the crystal energy tower, but Li Wei feels that its own research value is greater than the benefits of strengthening itself, so it is useless.
Unexpectedly, there is not only one heart of the gods left as it said.
but two.
"Thank you……"
Its jaw was shattered when it hit the ground, so that the speech was slurred at this time, and accompanied by a cough, it even spit out half of its tongue and a lot of broken teeth.
Immediately, he supported half of his body with his twisted arms, and pressed the bright red heart towards the dying monster.
Freeze of the Glacier!
Li Wei immediately tore open a scroll and threw it towards it.
click!
Layers of ice edges immediately swept towards it from mid-air with the release of magic power, but it was still a step too late. Two black tentacles stretched out from the charred monster's body, directly sucking the heart into its body.
Boom!
A strong heartbeat sounded in its body immediately.
The next moment, bright red granulation intertwined from its chest, spreading in an instant, wrapping the entire royal platform, it continued to multiply and grow, and in a short while, it formed a majestic and burly body.
"Roar!"
The monster with only muscle tissue on the surface of its body roared, and the sound waves swept like a gust of wind, making Li Wei unable to stand still.
But Li Wei wasn't worried at all.
I don't know, is it because the spirit symbiosis has only half the body, and this monster only has the upper body. It is huge, standing upright, more than [-] meters high, and has four arms.
But a very crucial question lies ahead.
It cannot move.
A boss that can't move is equivalent to a living target, and this kind of huge enemy, although full of coercion, is actually far less threatening than a skilled boss like the commander of the guards.
If this is the ultimate weapon cultivated by the Moon Family,
can only say.
They're going in the wrong direction...
Be safe.
Li Wei still threw an insight technique on the boss.
【Bitterness of flesh and blood】
【God (pseudo)】
[Level: Tier 3 ([-])]
【HP: 100%】
【Mana value: 100%】
[Power of God (false): 6000/6000]
[Physical: 1503]
【Spirit: 1266】
【Strength: 1418】
【Intelligence: 1392】
[Agility: 1026]
【talent】
[Power of God (pseudo): Passive, special energy forged by fusing a trace of the power of an ancient god, also has the characteristics of a god, causing 50% suppression of all attributes of non-god blood units]
[Giant Power: Passive, when this unit faces a unit smaller than itself, it will gain an additional 30% smash hit judgment. Once the smash hit effect is triggered, it will ignore the target's HP and instantly kill it]
【Skill】
[Rage: Active, transforming the combat form into an attack, physical damage +20%, attack speed +20%, when killing an enemy, you will get a temporary damage bonus, and absorb a certain percentage of life to heal yourself]
[Strong Wall: Active, transforms the combat form into defense, physical defense +30%, magic resistance +30%, increases damage reduction effect against elemental damage by 30%, increases resistance effect against negative states by 30%]
[Angry Hammer: Active, the unit will continuously hammer the ground and release shock waves, each shock wave will cause physical damage equal to 30% of physical attack to enemies within 310 meters]
[Blood Grudge Summoning: Active, the unit will summon 10 blood grudge monsters to participate in the battle, blood grudge monsters are born with 70% physical resistance, 70% magic immunity attributes, blood grudge monsters can exist forever]
[Curse of Blood Grudge: Active, the unit will release a curse of evil thoughts to surround the target, continuously causing magic damage equal to 160% of the magic attack for 30 seconds, if the target dies from the curse of evil thoughts, it will summon a Fusion of Blood Grudge to participate fighting】
[Blood-stained hand: active, the unit will randomly select a target, release the blood-stained hand, causing a body binding effect, the hit target will lose all defensive attributes, and clear all buffs]
[Thought of Chaos (Hidden): Active, after the unit's blood volume drops to 10%, the ancient will from Chaos will come, parasitize on the nearest target, and turn it into a source of disaster]
……
"Uh……"
Levi retracted the sentence that large enemies dealt well.
At least for now, even if he plays all his cards, he can't do anything to the giant monster in front of him...
So meaty!
With a physique of 1500, it is simply outrageously fleshy, and its blood volume may have exceeded 500w.
And it also has its talent, causing 50% full attribute crushing of regular units, and it is unknown whether his attack can break through the defense.
Especially its skills.
Whether it's killing the blood back in the form of rage, or summoning an elite unit after killing the target with the Curse of Blood Grudge, it means that it is an existence that cannot be defeated by crowd tactics.
To deal with it, the best configuration is to form a top-level team like Song of Iron and Blood. Only a team led by a master of Zhan Linglong's level can hold the hatred and kill it.
The talent of giant power is a devastating threat to any human shield. Even Xiong Da, who has been amplified by the power of death, is absolutely impossible to withstand the fatal beheading of crushing blows.
As for the main tank comparable to Zhan Linglong, Li Wei already has a very suitable candidate.
Theodora.
But the problem is that the boss's angry hammering is not a decoration. Without protective items such as the group sacred guardian scroll, no one can withstand its up to 1400 points of strength damage.
As for its hidden ability, this is the insight effect obtained after the pupil of the moon god has been upgraded, and Li Wei is not particularly worried.
Now that he has the Eye of Chaos, he is extremely resistant to all forces from Chaos. As long as he is the closest to it when it releases the skill, there will be basically no major problems.
Li Wei backed away silently.
Get out of combat range.
He really couldn't do anything to this big guy for a while.
However, after confirming that there is still a heart of the gods, he can safely consume the other heart of the gods and go to the crystal energy tower for an attribute increase.
(End of this chapter)
Li Wei took the Eye of Chaos, and the silver metal device disintegrated in an instant, turning into countless prisms of different lengths, scattered in the air, intertwined, and gradually formed a fragmented door.
At this time.
Li Wei felt a wave of space coming from the ground under his feet.
He observed for a while, and was surprised to find that the metal device that sealed the Eye of Chaos was located in a blank area of more than a hundred square meters, which was actually made of a complete, huge teleportation stone slab!
Li Wei has seen the appearance of high-level teleportation slabs.
With a diameter of only about one meter, it can already support the construction of a teleportation array that spans the two worlds of the nether world and the human world.
What a huge amount of teleportation energy a teleportation slab of this scale can carry! ?
pity.
Can't poach it and bring it back...
This teleportation array should be the only means for him to escape from the deep sea.
What's more, Li Wei had a premonition that he might come back here again in the future.
This mechanical heart, which obviously came from different prehistoric civilizations, and the giant whale swimming in the dark deep sea driven by the mechanical heart seem to be closely related to the origin of the Eye of Chaos.
Through the branding, Li Wei learned that the white-robed priest was not the real creator of the Eye of Chaos, and he was just one of the people who wanted to change a certain fate through the Eye of Chaos.
The history of the existence of the Eye of Chaos is very likely to be longer than the source of human beings appearing in this world.
thought here.
Li Wei couldn't help but glanced at the mark on his arm, which showed the shape of an eyeball.
The consciousness touched the past a little, and a gray space appeared in front of Li Wei's eyes.A mass of colorless and invisible chaotic energy floats in the center of this space, as if it is the center and origin of the entire world.
Ancient and mysterious.
The state of the Eye of Chaos is still stable.
The imprinted space seems to have isolated all possible influences it might have on the outside world, making it no longer a dangerous source of radiation.However, all of these prerequisites are based on Li Wei's own safety.
He has become the carrier of the Eye of Chaos.
But from another perspective, this can also be seen as one of his trump cards.
In case, he is really cornered one day and detonates the Eye of Chaos, it will become the ultimate means for him to die with the enemy... er no, it is the ultimate means to pull the whole world to be buried with him...
Li Wei exited the imprint space.
He has no idea of studying the Eye of Chaos yet, at least until he thoroughly studies the alchemy of the moon. If his prediction is correct, the method of using it must be recorded in the seventh volume.
hum...
suddenly.
The whole space shook violently.
Immediately afterwards, Li Wei saw that the rotating mechanical devices around him began to stop, and the lighting gems inlaid on the side walls of this space went out one by one, and the darkness gradually swallowed from the surroundings to the center.
In a trance, Li Wei seemed to see a picture. In a dark and dark deep sea, an indescribably huge whale seemed to have died suddenly, and was slowly sinking to the deep seabed.
Time to leave.
Li Wei thought.
The mission of this giant whale is to wait for the successor to take away the Eye of Chaos. Maybe there will be a way to reawaken it in the future, but it is very likely that he is already looking for the next host for the Eye of Chaos.
Li Wei took a step forward and reached out to touch the fragmented portal in midair.
Swish!
Mottled colors enveloped him.
But this time, the teleportation was not completed in an instant. Li Wei saw himself plunged into an illusory space-time tunnel. In this tunnel, he saw scenes that seemed to have been staged in history.
He saw the origin of human beings, the birth of gods, and the destruction of the ancient religion...
However, these memories seemed to just flash through his mind without leaving any trace.When Li Wei appeared in an empty ancient palace down-to-earth, he only felt at a loss.
shook his head.
Li Wei concentrated his attention and looked in front of him.
This is exactly the palace he saw in the mural. Now it is full of dilapidation and bustling. The twelve majestic stone pillars supporting the dome have been eroded by the years and are dilapidated, as if they will collapse at any time.
In front.
On the high throne, the gorgeous throne carved from jade has been completely covered by a layer of filthy flesh and blood tissue, and countless dark yellow translucent catheters are still inserted in the center of the bloated flesh and blood. Tuo has long been unable to see its true colors on the hideous thing.
"Ho..."
As if aware of Li Wei's appearance, the monster slowly turned its cloudy eyes and looked over.
With its sight.
A large cloud of strange gray air floating in the palace immediately gathered towards Li Wei.
But Li Wei, who has obtained the Eye of Chaos, will naturally no longer be afraid. This is just the pollution energy formed by the overflow of a trace of Chaos Qi.
He has become the absolute upper body of this strange power.
The imprint on the arm trembled slightly.
In the dark.
Levi seems to feel that he can even manipulate this energy in reverse.
"Disperse!"
He scolded lightly.
call!
Like a gust of wind, the polluting energy all over the palace was instantly dispelled by a powerful force without a trace.
The world is clear.
Not only that.
With his words, the pollution energy permeating the entire core area is rapidly dissipating.Just like the ice and snow that was directly illuminated by the blazing sun, it melted without any trace left in the blink of an eye.
"Ugh...!"
The monster suddenly screamed strangely, and a little clarity emerged in its cloudy eyes, and it roared indistinctly:
"help me……!"
A red bomb appeared out of nowhere in Li Wei's hand.
He recognized that this monster was the incarnation of the young god transformed by the Moon Family.
Save, there is definitely no way to save.
The only thing Li Wei can do now is to send it to reincarnation—if there is reincarnation in this world.
As for the white-robed priest's plan to trick a Chaos God into lowering his divine power, Li Wei still doesn't know his real purpose, but the only thing that is certain is that everything from Chaos is not a good thing.
Chaos means chaos.
against order.
And he is in an orderly world.
Anything related to chaos will bring terrible disaster to this world.
Whether it is the white-robed priest or the family of the moon, they may have thought of making these three incarnations of gods into a controllable weapon.But in Li Wei's view, he will never keep such unknown unstable factors.
boom!
The bomb roared, and the surging fire wave immediately engulfed the throne.
There were bursts of screams.
Childish and miserable.
But Li Wei didn't show mercy at all. He threw out one gold one after another until the remaining stock in the backpack was exhausted. He took out a dozen magic scrolls and prepared them in his hands.
The flames faded.
The flesh and blood tissue covering the throne had been scorched by the high temperature, and the monster with countless catheters inserted in the center was also blasted to pieces.
Li Wei is about to solve it completely.
suddenly.
A black shadow fell heavily on the ceiling and landed on the royal platform.
Bang!
Dirty black blood splattered everywhere.
The god-spirit symbiosis that was almost torn apart, at this moment, had a strange smile on his face, and he inserted his hands into his chest like sharp knives, digging out a bright red beating heart.
The heart of the gods?
Li Wei recognized at a glance that this was exactly the same item he had obtained.
The symbiosis of the gods once mentioned that the heart of the gods can open the metal device in the crystal energy tower, but Li Wei feels that its own research value is greater than the benefits of strengthening itself, so it is useless.
Unexpectedly, there is not only one heart of the gods left as it said.
but two.
"Thank you……"
Its jaw was shattered when it hit the ground, so that the speech was slurred at this time, and accompanied by a cough, it even spit out half of its tongue and a lot of broken teeth.
Immediately, he supported half of his body with his twisted arms, and pressed the bright red heart towards the dying monster.
Freeze of the Glacier!
Li Wei immediately tore open a scroll and threw it towards it.
click!
Layers of ice edges immediately swept towards it from mid-air with the release of magic power, but it was still a step too late. Two black tentacles stretched out from the charred monster's body, directly sucking the heart into its body.
Boom!
A strong heartbeat sounded in its body immediately.
The next moment, bright red granulation intertwined from its chest, spreading in an instant, wrapping the entire royal platform, it continued to multiply and grow, and in a short while, it formed a majestic and burly body.
"Roar!"
The monster with only muscle tissue on the surface of its body roared, and the sound waves swept like a gust of wind, making Li Wei unable to stand still.
But Li Wei wasn't worried at all.
I don't know, is it because the spirit symbiosis has only half the body, and this monster only has the upper body. It is huge, standing upright, more than [-] meters high, and has four arms.
But a very crucial question lies ahead.
It cannot move.
A boss that can't move is equivalent to a living target, and this kind of huge enemy, although full of coercion, is actually far less threatening than a skilled boss like the commander of the guards.
If this is the ultimate weapon cultivated by the Moon Family,
can only say.
They're going in the wrong direction...
Be safe.
Li Wei still threw an insight technique on the boss.
【Bitterness of flesh and blood】
【God (pseudo)】
[Level: Tier 3 ([-])]
【HP: 100%】
【Mana value: 100%】
[Power of God (false): 6000/6000]
[Physical: 1503]
【Spirit: 1266】
【Strength: 1418】
【Intelligence: 1392】
[Agility: 1026]
【talent】
[Power of God (pseudo): Passive, special energy forged by fusing a trace of the power of an ancient god, also has the characteristics of a god, causing 50% suppression of all attributes of non-god blood units]
[Giant Power: Passive, when this unit faces a unit smaller than itself, it will gain an additional 30% smash hit judgment. Once the smash hit effect is triggered, it will ignore the target's HP and instantly kill it]
【Skill】
[Rage: Active, transforming the combat form into an attack, physical damage +20%, attack speed +20%, when killing an enemy, you will get a temporary damage bonus, and absorb a certain percentage of life to heal yourself]
[Strong Wall: Active, transforms the combat form into defense, physical defense +30%, magic resistance +30%, increases damage reduction effect against elemental damage by 30%, increases resistance effect against negative states by 30%]
[Angry Hammer: Active, the unit will continuously hammer the ground and release shock waves, each shock wave will cause physical damage equal to 30% of physical attack to enemies within 310 meters]
[Blood Grudge Summoning: Active, the unit will summon 10 blood grudge monsters to participate in the battle, blood grudge monsters are born with 70% physical resistance, 70% magic immunity attributes, blood grudge monsters can exist forever]
[Curse of Blood Grudge: Active, the unit will release a curse of evil thoughts to surround the target, continuously causing magic damage equal to 160% of the magic attack for 30 seconds, if the target dies from the curse of evil thoughts, it will summon a Fusion of Blood Grudge to participate fighting】
[Blood-stained hand: active, the unit will randomly select a target, release the blood-stained hand, causing a body binding effect, the hit target will lose all defensive attributes, and clear all buffs]
[Thought of Chaos (Hidden): Active, after the unit's blood volume drops to 10%, the ancient will from Chaos will come, parasitize on the nearest target, and turn it into a source of disaster]
……
"Uh……"
Levi retracted the sentence that large enemies dealt well.
At least for now, even if he plays all his cards, he can't do anything to the giant monster in front of him...
So meaty!
With a physique of 1500, it is simply outrageously fleshy, and its blood volume may have exceeded 500w.
And it also has its talent, causing 50% full attribute crushing of regular units, and it is unknown whether his attack can break through the defense.
Especially its skills.
Whether it's killing the blood back in the form of rage, or summoning an elite unit after killing the target with the Curse of Blood Grudge, it means that it is an existence that cannot be defeated by crowd tactics.
To deal with it, the best configuration is to form a top-level team like Song of Iron and Blood. Only a team led by a master of Zhan Linglong's level can hold the hatred and kill it.
The talent of giant power is a devastating threat to any human shield. Even Xiong Da, who has been amplified by the power of death, is absolutely impossible to withstand the fatal beheading of crushing blows.
As for the main tank comparable to Zhan Linglong, Li Wei already has a very suitable candidate.
Theodora.
But the problem is that the boss's angry hammering is not a decoration. Without protective items such as the group sacred guardian scroll, no one can withstand its up to 1400 points of strength damage.
As for its hidden ability, this is the insight effect obtained after the pupil of the moon god has been upgraded, and Li Wei is not particularly worried.
Now that he has the Eye of Chaos, he is extremely resistant to all forces from Chaos. As long as he is the closest to it when it releases the skill, there will be basically no major problems.
Li Wei backed away silently.
Get out of combat range.
He really couldn't do anything to this big guy for a while.
However, after confirming that there is still a heart of the gods, he can safely consume the other heart of the gods and go to the crystal energy tower for an attribute increase.
(End of this chapter)
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