Chapter 55 Shadow Hunter
By human standards, the goblin is ugly. In fact, the goblin is also ugly, but compared to the goblin's face that is endlessly close to the beast, the goblin's face is even more deformed and distorted. He is tall and strong, wearing a piece of clothing that Zhang Cheng can be called leather armor, with gray-brown skin exposed outside, and even thick black hair grows on his elbows to his fingertips. If he meets in battle, Zhang Cheng thinks this is a very troublesome enemy.
But now he is no longer a problem. He was injured by the magic of the lich and the goblin was lying on the ground. The scene could only be described as desolate. Most of his clothes and skin were eroded by acid mist, turning into a slurry. You can even see the muscles under the skin. In fact, even part of the muscles dissolved in the acid mist. The worst thing was his eyes. Zhang Cheng speculated that after being covered by the acid mist, this guy did not make the correct reaction, that is, close his eyes and rush out of the acid mist as soon as possible. On the contrary, this guy should have instinctively wiped his eyes with his hands. This wrong subconscious action determines everything - he was blind, and after losing his vision, he couldn't even escape from the acid mist. In fact, Zhang Cheng can still see part of his skin now, because several other goblins fell on him, causing part of his skin to be covered up.
The goblins have suffered serious injuries now, which can be said to be fatal. He is blind and has been unconscious because of the pain. Fortunately, his vocal cords are pretty good, so he can still say some intermittent words repeatedly.
Zhang Cheng listened for a while, and although he couldn't understand what he wanted to express, he understood that he should be repenting. The object of repentance was an existence he had never heard of.
"Great God Panhu..." What is this? A certain god?
Well, before today, Zhang Chengzhen didn’t know that goblins, big goblins, and other so-called “Southern Man” were, so he didn’t know what the great god Panhu was.
The little bear came to Zhang Cheng at some point. It walked to the side of the earthling who had been tortured by pain and had lost its full ability to move. It could only be said that it was lingering in a state of breath, and used a cute front paw to plaster the earthling's head.
The Goblin let out the last groan in his life. It is hard to say whether the bear had taken action, but in this specific situation, this action can be regarded as kindness rather than harm.
"It's a little strange." said the little bear. For some reason, after the sacrifice, Zhang Cheng knew that the little bear was a little different. But if you want to tell me where it is different, it's really impossible to say. Its behavior has not changed much. "I linked his consciousness to it, and the situation may be beyond our expectations."
"You mean..." Zhang Cheng looked around the bloody cave. "Did they come with a purpose?"
This is completely understandable. After all, no tribe, no matter what race it is, there are elderly, weak, women and children. And obviously no goblin here can be related to "cups". In other words, this is an army, not an ordinary tribe. The actions of an army are obviously purposeful, and even have clear purpose.
"If he was not deliberately deceived, then he came here because of his god, Panhu's order."
"What kind of god is Panhu?"
"As far as I know, at least we have mastered the five clergy: 'conquer', 'goblin', 'ghost spirit', 'assassination', and 'interracial intermarriage'. However, the development potential has come to an end. If He wants to go further, then he needs to establish a divine system." The little bear replied casually. "Panhu seems to want to play the gods in Xiaxu!"
"God descended?" Zhang Cheng didn't understand for a moment.
"The god sent one of his clones. A real clone, not the phantom clone that would not feel distressed even if it was lost, and was basically useless." The bear said with some confusion. "But he really didn't know about the matter between the Emperor's Altar and the Nine-Yi Master. In other words, this was a complete accident? But why did God surrender?"
“Is it very difficult to descend God?”
"It's very difficult. On the one hand, it consumes a lot of divine power, and on the other hand, it requires appropriate rituals and carriers." Xiaoxiong replied. "Rites are nothing, but carriers are too difficult, and they can only be used at one time. If God descends to compare, it can probably be regarded as letting you run a three-kilometer long-distance race now. Yes, as long as you are willing to make up your mind, running three-kilometers is not a problem, and almost everyone can do it. But normal people will never make such attempts casually, because it will be very tiring and may even cause harm."
During the communication with Zhang Cheng, Xiaoxiong also learned a lot of information on the earth. So he knew about "three thousand meters long-distance running". In fact, it was not only that, but also known about "marathon long-distance running".
Well, it sounds really hard.
"Anyway, God's descending is not a problem, but the motivation for God's descending is suspicious." said the bear. "Unless there is enough things in Xiaxu that will move Him. But what is enough to move a god?"
"What are those guys just now?" Especially the Rakshasa demon. Although there is no evidence, Zhang Chuangnu believed that in the game, the boss the player encountered at the entrance of the dungeon should be this one.
"I don't know, he doesn't know anything. He only knows that Panhu attaches great importance to this matter. These goblins may be cannon fodder or coolies to clean up the mess in the future, but they may also be a guise to confuse the enemy." Xiaoxiong said. "But from the previous conversation, those guys are obviously coming straight to this side. Well, is another force? 2号? Interesting."
The little bear pondered for a moment. In terms of the gods, it has far surpassed Zhang Cheng's knowledge and understanding.
"Anyway," Xiaoxiong said at last. "Zhang Cheng, this matter may not be that simple. I am sure there is either something in Xiaxu, a very... very precious thing that is enough to make the gods covet."
"But this is unreasonable," Zhang Cheng had to point out this problem. Xia Xu, to put it bluntly, is the capital abandoned by Xia Shi a thousand years ago. No matter what reason Xia Shi gave up the city, it is certain that it was a capital with sufficient time and preparation, and good things would definitely be taken away. Moreover, this matter has been at least a thousand years away. If it is a treasure left by Xia Shi back then... If it is a treasure that is secondary, not of great value and is easily damaged by relocation, it may indeed be placed here or even forgotten. But if it is a treasure that is enough to make the gods covet here... Are you really a fool in Xia Shi?
If it was sent here later, it would be impossible. Because after the demise of the Xia chamber, this place became a land without a border. Now it belongs to the Song State in name, but in fact it is a type of birds that do not poop. Although in recent years, due to the wizards (of course, Zhang Cheng understands that in addition to the wizards, there are also time travelers), the population here has increased, but that is also a matter of recent years. It is hard to imagine that a brand new treasure of heaven and earth suddenly emerges here in recent years.
"Or..." The bear said another possibility. "Here, does He see an opportunity to strike the enemy?"
"What does it mean to strike the enemy?"
"I don't know who Panhu's enemy is," said the little bear. "But if there is a particularly outstanding subordinate of His enemy, such as a god or even a son of god, or a long-planned plan, it is indeed worth his God's submission. After all, the opportunity is rare. Now that the gods are fighting, the gods must be careful and dare not act casually, because if they are involved, it may endanger themselves. But some gods will take this opportunity to fight, and they will revenge and revenge."
If you say this, things are more logical. On the one hand, it explains why these thousands of southern barbarians came here, and on the other hand, it explains why they encountered such a cruel and ruthless powerful enemy.
There is no doubt that if Panhu's enemy knew Panhu's plan, then He would definitely take some effective measures to prevent all this from happening. For example, the massacre just now. It is normal for a god to find out about the plan of another god.
In other words, everything is accidental. This matter has nothing to do with Zhang Cheng's mission. It's like they bumped into a group of wild thieves head-on and then fought fiercely with the tiger side among the wild thieves. This is completely an unpredictable accident.
The trouble is that after this accident, the task that Zhang Cheng originally thought was not difficult became complicated.
In Xiaxu, there was first a secluded witch, and then a time traveler Nanling. Now there may be another possible descendant of the gods, and another dangerous god is eyeing him.
It was getting more and more chaotic. Now, before the Quanrong envoy and his group arrived, the place was already undercurrent.
"Let's leave." Xiaoxiong suggested. "I've been able to perform a space teleportation."
Of course, Zhang Cheng completely agreed. When he was about to get up and leave, he suddenly saw a bag on the goblin.
This is a thick leather bag. I don’t know what material it is, but it was not damaged in the previous acid mist. However, there are many things that are not affected by the acid. Zhang Cheng opened his pocket and saw a few familiar things.
It is a card, a card that summons creatures created by time travelers from another world. Not only that, if the animals like wolves, dolphins, poisonous snakes, bats and so on are things you have never seen before, then the types of cards this time are things you have never heard of.
In the middle of the card, there is a bipedal creature with a black body that looks a bit like a human-shaped figure, but this creature has no facial features, only a bare head, and a big mouth full of sharp teeth in the middle of the head. Moreover, the legs are different from humans, and they are recurved. The creature's arms are particularly long and can easily touch the ground, and the ends of the arms are sharp claws that remind people of Wolverine.
Shadow Hunter: Predators who walk through the shadows. These creatures can hide themselves with the help of shadows and launch deadly sneak attacks at any time. Even steel cannot stop its claws. Expenses: 1 Dark, Attack 3 (claws), Life 1 (strong), Features: Shadow Hiding, Shadow Travel, Elementary Intelligence.
Below the card, there is a relatively small line of text: This creature is one of the lower predators in the Shadow World, good at raids. Although it has a certain intelligence, it is not considered a smart creature.
The cards Zhang Cheng got before all attack 0 except the venomous snake. The attack of the venomous snake is also understandable. After all, on earth, science has proved that some venomous snake venom is enough to kill hundreds or even thousands of people at a time. Compared to the sharp teeth of a wolf, the power of the venomous snake's venomous fangs is rated as "1". However, the attack power of this shadow killer is actually 3.
Not only that, this creature also has two abilities that have never been seen, such as "shadows" and "shadows travel".
All card creatures seem to have special abilities, but this card is unique. Because the special abilities of other creatures are all the ordinary abilities of beasts, and these two abilities look like supernatural abilities.
There are five cards in total, three are "Shadow Hunter", and two are blank wood chips.
Zhang Cheng couldn't help but try to summon it. He threw the card out in the way he had before. However, unlike before, this time the card did not react at all. It just came out of his hand and fell to the ground, and nothing else happened.
Is it fake? Zhang Cheng picked it up and looked at it repeatedly, and compared it with other cards. But I have to say that no matter how you look at it, it looks like something of the same type.
Zhang Cheng's eyes were on the "cost" column on the card. For example, wolves, bats, dolphins, etc., all cost "0". This one consumes "1 darkness".
This "expenditure" is translated by the translator, and it is just a certain text that you don't know at all. This is not a translation error or an understanding error. From paper, if you use this card to summon Shadow Hunter, the user must have something called "dark". Not many, only one is needed to summon Shadow Hunter.
But the trouble is that Zhang Cheng doesn't know what this "darkness" refers to, anyway, it is obviously not the darkness of ordinary concepts. Because he is in this closed cave at this moment, the surrounding environment is definitely dark, and he can't see his fingers. This "darkness" refers to a certain resource, but Zhang Cheng doesn't know how to get this resource named "darkness". Obviously, there is no clue just by relying on this card. The only thing he can do is to put away the card first.
If he thought that this kind of card summoning creatures was not very good before, he wouldn't think so after seeing this "Shadow Hunter". Moreover, naturally, Zhang Cheng thought of another possibility: Is there a summoning creature stronger than a Shadow Hunter? Are there other types of resources? For example, these cards require darkness, and do other cards require light? What is the origin of the time traveler who didn't know where he came from?
In the dark night, Xia Xu was like a giant beast lying on the ground, waiting quietly for the arrival of dawn.
In the wilderness, several long-distance travelers stopped. The moonlight was bright tonight, allowing people to see the huge city far away.
"Xiaxu is here." I don't know who said that added extra energy to the tired travelers. Modern people who are used to enjoying planes, high-speed rails and cars do not know how hard it is to travel with their feet. They originally thought that "hundreds of miles" were just Err. Now they are so tired that they never want to take such a journey again.
"Persevere, walk the middle of the night, and you can have a good rest tomorrow when you enter the city." Wu Lan said. Compared with others, his face showed an indescribable expression. Rather than saying that it was the relief that a long-distance traveler finally saw the end of the journey, it was better to say that a gambler was persistent when he saw the long-awaited gambling finally began.
Chapter completed!