The Truth of Magic

Chapter 392 The Mysterious Wooden Stick

The attack power of the super giant mutant scorpion is only 34th rank, but its grapple ability is as high as 58th rank under the blessing of strength.

He's immune to damage from non-magical weapon attacks, but not to grapples, so that's what traps him.

At the same time, after catching him in this way, he could not avoid the heavy pressure of the free fall.

He would be caught and crushed to death on the spot.

Even the mutant scorpion itself has the special ability of "tightening". As long as it is grabbed, it will suffer damage equivalent to an attack because of this tightening force.

So even if Zhao Xu knew that the mutant scorpion had spell items like "any door" on him, even if he was gifted with this ordinary mutant scorpion, he didn't have spell-like abilities.

He still had to solve the dead situation in front of him first.

At this time, Zhao Xu's gaze was slanted into the distance, glancing over the lights on the mountains at night in the distance.

Although time was running out, he was still thinking calmly.

Even if he used the "Wings of Protection" to block this grapple again, he still couldn't stop the opponent's next attack.

This is also the intention of this mutant scorpion to pursue and kill him persistently.

But Zhao Xu still had the cards.

He can use the secondary rapid burst, and then superimpose the teleportation ability of the teleportation boots on his feet. The movement range of seven meters just happens to allow him to move laterally out of the envelope of the mutant scorpion.

It's just that at that time he would face a full 6 seconds of spell sequelae and fall into a dizziness.

The "recovery contract" that Antinoya cast on him before could have been automatically lifted in response to this situation.

However, Zhao Xu's "super magic control" did too much attribute damage. He had already activated the spell in the mist and dissipated the energy of the spell.

This also made Zhao Xu realize that the coverage was too wide, which meant that it would trigger if it didn't last long.

Zhao Xu couldn't afford to wait for 6 seconds, because at that time the Mutant Scorpion flashed into the sky again, and then fell freely to the top of Mount Tai. He could only become meat sauce.

And Zhao Xu didn't use Rapid Explosion to slow down the flow of time at this moment, so while he was thinking, the two giant scythes of the mutant scorpion were also closing at the same time.

Even the spider had run back nearby, waiting to bite Zhao Xu who had fallen to the ground.

This extraordinary hatred also caught his attention.

In the flash, Zhao Xu's mind was clear, and countless plans became clear and integrated in an instant.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, because he had already thought of a solution.

Now that he has thought of a way out, he has to go one step further and turn his back on the customer.

Zhao Xu just looked at the mutant scorpion and raised his super magic instant scepter in his hand.

Before the mutant scorpion's front paws touched him, Zhao Xu used his scepter to gently hold it against him.

His strength of 8 points was simply unable to block the closing of the giant claws with strength of more than 30 points.

But it was beyond everyone's expectations.

The mutant scorpion suddenly became limp and weak, as if it had lost all mobility, and the two giant pincers were so easily held back by Zhao Xu's staff.

Shivering touch!

A spell that can take away 3-18 points of agility as long as the melee contact is successful.

Melee contact meant that Zhao Xu ignored the opponent's natural armor, and naturally he was on the verge of attack.

The super giant mutant scorpion with 35 strength was only 8 points in agility, and Zhao Xu didn't even need Zhao Xu to use the super magic control that would extend the casting time for extreme effects or twinning.

This super giant mutant scorpion instantly became helpless, like a limp corpse.

Zhao Xu, who had lost all his shackles at this moment, directly drove his own flying ability, flying obliquely away from the shadow of the mutant scorpion.

"ah!"

At this time, there was an exclamation from below.

The mutant scorpion that lost its ability to move landed at the location of the spider web, where many civilians were still trapped.

Once it landed, it was still a tragedy.

At this time, Zhao Xu's eyes were like lightning, he stretched his fingers forward, and shouted "Feather Falling Technique!"

This spell was originally left by Zhao Xu for himself to retreat, because it had no posture elements, and it could still be cast even if it was grappled.

It's just that if Zhao Xu didn't kill the mutant scorpion, even if he landed, he would still be in a grapple state, and he would be extremely passive without the four-ring free movement spell.

As the energy of the Feather Fall technique fell on the mutant scorpion, it had already stopped its rapid descent, greatly weakening the damage from the fall.

In an instant, Zhao Xu continued to cast spells, condensing the spell energy into his palm, and then rushed towards the mutant spider like a cannonball.

The most effective spell "Shivering Touch"!

This time, Zhao Xu, who didn't need to pursue the speed of casting spells, directly served the extremely effective version.

A full 18 points of agility were drawn, and the mutant spider with 15 agility was instantly knocked down.

At this time, the two super giant creatures were subdued by Zhao Xu and fell into a state of helplessness that lasted for 12 rounds.

At this time, because they cannot move, they can only rely on their own natural armor to defend passively.

Then Zhao Xu didn't even need to take action. The low-level adventurers who had fled around rushed over, and followed Zhao Xu's instructions to attack the weak spots of these two insect creatures.

As the disgusting juice spewed out one after another, the life of the two insect creatures also weakened bit by bit.

12 rounds is enough to accomplish too many things.

Even if Vivienne is alone, with 12 rounds of brainless output space, she is enough to grind one to death, let alone with the support of dozens of adventurers.

At this time, the team that fled to the Northern Alliance also regrouped. Most of them come from different family forces, and some even act as guns and horses, relying on the tacit cooperation of adventurers.

Finally, under the threat just now, everyone felt that they lived and died together, and for a while they helped each other re-campaign, allowing the entire night watch team to restore the original order, and people's hearts gradually settled down.

The few unlucky ones whose bones were crushed by the falling mutant scorpion had to rest for a while.

"Sir, this is the item that the two mutated insects were just trying to compete for." At this time, an elderly man with enough reputation was recommended by the fleeing team in this section to communicate with Zhao Xu and the others.

Listening to the other party's description, Zhao Xu looked at the locked box and slowly understood the whole story.

It was amazing to say that this group of adventurers had nothing to do at night, and inexplicably found a mysterious lair, and then a group of small and medium-sized mutant scorpions suddenly appeared.

Several multi-handed adventurers quickly grabbed a treasure chest and ran.

In the end, those few adventurers who desperately ran back to the main force were still overtaken by the super-giant mutant scorpion that came through the air, and they were swallowed into their stomachs without saying a word, and turned into dinner.

It's just that I didn't expect that the super giant mutant spider, who had been crouching nearby in the business traveler from the beginning, was actually attracted by this treasure chest, and jumped out to grab it. This was the scene that Zhao Xu and others saw later.

"You don't want it anymore?" Zhao Xu looked at the long brass treasure box, which was not small in size, but its weight was limited. I'm afraid it wouldn't weigh much after the box itself was removed.

Hearing Zhao Xu's rhetorical question, the old man quickly lowered his head, "It was you, my lord, who saved us, so you should naturally accept this treasure."

In fact, the old man was still a little uneasy. According to common sense, a group of them were rescued by Zhao Xu. If the other party was just a paladin, they could still renege on their debts.

But the one in front of him seems to be the frightening sorcerer in the legend, so they have to pay a fee to be reasonable.

Now there happened to be a treasure chest whose contents were unknown, and they happened to borrow flowers to offer Buddha.

As long as the mage accepts the treasure chest whose upper and lower limits are difficult to guess, it means accepting their reward. After all, gambling is the nature of human beings.

Thinking of a treasure chest will attract super giant mutant scorpions and mutant spiders to fight, which not only makes them look forward to the contents of the treasure chest, but also fears the disaster that the treasure chest may bring.

Especially the first few people who brought back the treasure chest had died.

They were a group of fleeing people. There were too many people who saw the treasure chest, and it was really difficult to distinguish them.

Thinking about it this way, it would be the best way to give it to this mage who killed two mutants, as long as the other party can accept it as a reward.

So after the old man proposed it, it was unanimously approved by everyone.

Zhao Xu also nodded silently.

He, who had saved ordinary civilians in his previous life, naturally understood the meaning. Except for paladins, adventurers never had to work part-time.

He didn't think too much about it when he made the move. Although it seemed that it might not be able to offset the reward this time, it was a windfall, and he was happy to accept it.

Zhao Xu immediately identified it with detection magic, and found that it was a mysterious magic lock box.

In addition to having an extra magic secret lock, it also specially used the second-level magic "secret lock" to lock it.

This spell increases the difficulty of opening the chest.

As for the mutant scorpion without intelligence, when it couldn't be opened by brute force, it was naturally helpless against the box.

Without further ado, Zhao Xu used the "knocking technique" to disarm the "secret lock" spell, and then he used his brain again, judging from the pattern on the box that it was a reminder of the box roulette lock.

However, relying on his current intelligence value, it took about ten minutes to decipher it directly.

At this moment, when they heard a "tick" and knew that Zhao Xu had unlocked the box, everyone's eyes turned to this side.

Although the brass box already belonged to Zhao Xu, it did not hinder their curiosity.

With a little caution, Zhao Xu called out the approaching people, and he, who was ready to start a quick escape at any time, carefully opened the box, revealing a gap, which then slowly widened.

There were too many stories about traps triggering explosions after opening boxes that frightened him.

Fortunately, all is well.

Inside the brass case lies a wooden stick.

The people who gathered around to watch immediately shook their heads in disappointment.

Only Zhao Xu resisted the fluctuations in his heart.

He had seen this wooden stick in the treasure house of the lost heritage of the Yitel dynasty that Antinoya had taken him to.