Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

Almost at the moment Chi Yu finished speaking, the originally bright lights went out at the same time.

Chilly winds lingered in this dark underground cave, attacking with biting chill, but stopped in front of an invisible barrier.

The noise coming from behind made Xie Yuchen turn around alertly.

In this space that has fallen into darkness again, he needs to ensure that his vision is not affected in any way. Although the flashlight is not enough to illuminate the entire cave, it is enough to focus on a certain point.

The sound was made by a rekindled candlestick.

On the candlestick, the constantly leaping pale green flame replaced the original warm light. However, before Xie Yuchen could take a closer look, the surrounding candlesticks lit up one after another.

This closed underground world was instantly covered in a layer of cold green.

The green candle flame didn't seem bright enough, nor stable enough, and it flickered, causing Xie Yuchen to wonder if this might be a way for the so-called enemy to disrupt their vision. However, Chi Yu was obviously more straightforward than he thought.

"I turned off the lights and couldn't see anymore. It's really unnecessary to light them again now."

Chi Yu sneered and pulled out the bone pen.

The sharp tip of the pen outlined a deadly spell in the void, and the target of this spell could not even figure out the meaning from Chi Yu's behavior.

Compared to the unknown enemy, Xie Yuchen was obviously more familiar with Chi Yu's actions.

He knew that Chi Yu was not prepared to negotiate with the other party and intended to solve the problem directly, so he tilted his head back and asked, "Chi Yu, do you see where he is?"

"above."

So Xie Yuchen raised his head and looked upwards. Chi Yu's spell attack arrived at the same time as his sight. Accompanied by a sharp and shrill scream, dense earth-colored dots oozed out of the black rock.

Those mud-like things appeared from nothing, gradually covering the entire upper wall of the cave, and after being attacked by Chi Yu, they fell down one after another.

After those mud spots fell, a slightly resentful face emerged on the black rock.

The face was very thin, or rather, it looked very bony, and even the eye sockets were deeply sunken. At this moment, his eyes were fixed on Chi Yu, who had hurt him, with anger and fear.

It seemed that it was temporarily unable to completely free itself from the rock. It was unclear whether it was due to its own lack of ability or because of Chi Yu's preemptive attack.

But no matter what it is, Chi Yu will not waste this opportunity to stand still and output, not to mention...

He glanced at the other party's health bar, which had only dropped a little, and narrowed his eyes slightly, realizing that this guy was classified as a Boss by the system. So while thinking about a solution in his mind, he took the time to remind Xie Yuchen:

"Get out of the way. It's poisonous. Don't touch it."

"understood."

Xie Yuchen responded, and while dodging, he glanced at the enemy in the sky, stroked the weapon bag on his waist, and made a light "tsk" sound.

During this period, which can be regarded as a preliminary battle, every spell drawn by Chi Yu would take away a portion of the stone-faced man's blood.

The curse of "apoptosis" was engraved on its body during this process. When the time was ripe, the curse that erupted also caused the Stone-Faced Man to feel unbearable pain.

It sped up its process of breaking away from the rock, with almost half of its body hanging in the air, and the oozing of mud spots became faster and more frequent.

Chi Yu noticed that it seemed to be muttering something, but the sound was obviously not as loud as the other party's previous screams, so it did not sound very clear.

But soon, Chi Yu knew what it had done.

——His map of the strange land has changed.

The surveillance outpost has been operating diligently, restoring the changes generated by the boss in the environment on the map one-to-one.

That was a perspective that no one except Chi Yu could understand, and it made the trap he had carefully laid completely ineffective.

So when the stone-faced man finally came down from the height, neither Chi Yu nor Xie Yuchen suffered any harm.

"It seems that you are indeed powerful. I was wondering which expedition team would dare to destroy all my formations and come here."

The stone-faced man stood outside the shallow pit, looking at them with a gloomy expression - especially Chi Yu.

The pale green candlelight made its face look even more sinister. It realized in the brief confrontation that it could not do anything to the two people in a short time, so it simply stopped its actions and complained angrily:

"I have spent nearly half a century trying to revive the dried-up spiritual spring, and you, without a care, destroyed it all!"

Chi Yu listened to the words of the stone-faced man carelessly, but not much of what he said could be heard.

He was thinking about the attributes of this stone-faced man.

Although Chi Yu's previous attack did not last long, it did not actually cause much damage to the Stone-Faced Man. If you simply look at it from the perspective of skill conversion, it was actually a bit of a loss.

The imbalance between input and return is exactly why Chi Yu is willing to temporarily stop and listen to the stone-faced man's nonsense.

Judging from the rapid damage caused by the previous outbreak of apoptotic damage, the Stoneface Man has no resistance to this curse.

But even though Chi Yu possessed the "Soul-ripping Skill" talent given by Logos, which allowed him to reduce the target's magic resistance to a certain extent while causing damage to the enemy, the Stone-Faced Man himself still had extremely high magic resistance.

So if you want to get rid of this stone-faced man, it is better to use physical damage?

Chi Yu thought about it, turned the bone pen in his hand twice, and his eyes lingered on the earth-colored halo surrounding the stone-faced man for a while.

When Chi Yu fell silent, Xie Yuchen consciously took over the responsibility of talking to him.

Although it was obvious that the two sides would not be able to reach an agreement in the end due to some reasons, what Xie Yuchen had to do was to try to prolong the time of their conversation before the other party was ready to take action again, so that Chi Yu could better think of countermeasures.

After all, the enemies they are facing now are very strange just by looking at them.

Whether it's his appearance or his words and actions, they all give Xie Yuchen a headache.

——And it is very difficult to deal with.

Xie Yuchen thought.

During the time he spent with Chi Yu, Xie Yuchen had developed a new way of judging the combat effectiveness of the enemies he encountered.

This person survived one second in Chi Yu's hands, this person didn't even survive one second, or maybe: this person made Chi Yu choose to use a weapon, and then repeated the previous set of judgment criteria.

And now, Chi Yu used weapons, but the opponent did not fall down, and even showed some hint that they could talk.

The observation of weaknesses is mutual. The opponent's strength is not enough to defeat them, so they are ready to wait for an opportunity to strike, but it is obvious that Xie Yuchen also thinks so.

There are two of them. Chi Yu is stronger and has more unique insights into weaknesses, while he can choose to do the work he is better at, just like before.

So now, say something.

Xie Yuchen looked at the inhuman face opposite him, thought for a moment, and opened his mouth.