Arcane Journey

Chapter 242 Demon Assassin
"Target is dead!"

"Extracting soul energy..."

"Acquired experience points: 100000 points!"

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Seeing the death of the ancient red dragon, Brian did not relax.

After he gave Ta Ling the order to imprison the dragon soul, he immediately turned his attention to Ms. Polaris who was in charge of dealing with the intruders.

"How's the situation?" He asked solemnly.

In the short time he had to deal with the ancient red dragon, the old dragon turtle Oglul and Lady Polaris were responsible for slowing down the intruders' attack on the wizard's tower, buying themselves more time.

Although he is confident in dealing with any legendary professional in his wizard tower, there is absolutely no way that this group of ghost mages cannot fail to consider the problems he can think of.

Obviously, they are so deliberate here, even breaking into their wizard tower without hesitation of performing legendary rituals, there must be some strong support.

"It's a bit weird." Ms. Polaris showed a beautiful figure and floated down in front of him. "Oglul has successfully trapped these seven ghost mages in the maze circle, including a legendary spellcaster."

"Weird?" Brian glanced at Ms. Polaris, and found that she was not as nervous and strenuous as he imagined. His clear thinking brain made him realize the problem immediately, "Do you mean to say that all of this It all went so well.”

"That's right, that's it." Ms. Polaris agreed with him, and said worriedly, "The performance of these spellcasters trapped in the maze is really not in line with their own strength, more like delay."

"If that's the case." Brian frowned lightly, "It means that they are probably not the only ones who broke into the wizard's tower, and there are definitely professionals who are extremely good at lurking, and they are quietly rushing towards us come over."

Thinking of this, Brian gave instructions to Taling without hesitation, "Taling 2, at all costs, start a high-frequency true knowledge scan, and find out the intruders!"

Now it belongs to the enemy's darkness, which makes him have to be extremely vigilant.

Besides, he has long been a shadow guard assassin in the City of Shadows.

Shadow Guard Assassin, also known as: Shadow Sword Master.

Known as the 'Lord of Shadows and Steel Swords', he perfectly combines the combat skills of Netheril warriors and the arcane magic of ghost mages.

Darkness, magic, and the subtle arts of the Lords of Shadow are fused into their blades into the perfect art of shadow-magic assassination.

If the wizard tower is broken into by a shadow guard assassin whose strength has reached the legendary realm, he will not be aware of his presence.

Then, with the strength of the members of the wizard tower, they can be killed randomly by the shadow guard assassins.

"Create a three-dimensional model..."

The cold mechanical sound of Taling No. 2 sounded:
"Wizard Tower data scan completed!"

As soon as the words fell, a three-dimensional model of the entire wizard tower appeared in a crystal ball suspended above the pedestal in front of Brian.

Amid the bursts of electric light waves, in just a moment, Brian noticed a vague figure slowly advancing on the seventh floor of the wizard tower.

The other party didn't know what method they used, and they were able to escape the detection systems of countless towers, and they went from the first floor to the seventh floor silently.

And just through the blurred figure, Brian judged that the intruder was very powerful, and definitely belonged to the top-notch assassin class.

His ghostly pace is no different from that of a ghost, and any complicated magic locks and magic traps can be easily opened by him.

"Can I get specific information?" Brian looked at Ms. Polaris beside him.

Until now, he didn't even know what occupation, race, or general level of strength the enemy was.

"I can't get it." Ms. Polaris replied cleanly, "He has a legendary level of evasion detection characteristics, and it is still difficult to decipher with the current detection methods of the Wizard Tower."

"Although I used to be a great arcanist in the spiritual field." She added helplessly: "But now I'm just a remnant soul, and I can't exert my former strength at all."

Brian nodded slightly, understanding.

He naturally knows how disgusting equipment to avoid detection is.

A piece of anti-detection equipment of legendary quality, for a rogue profession who is good at lurking in the legendary field, is simply like a tiger with wings added, comparable to an artifact.

Because with the help of anti-detection equipment, combined with the various lurking and disappearing specialties of the legendary level, they can avoid many dangers and detections, and quietly break into various ruins.

With the current situation of the wizard tower, in order to break through the intruder's anti-detection means and obtain his detailed information, at least a legendary level wizard must be specialized in divination school spells to do so.

The female lord of Araby City is a wizard who specializes in the School of Prophecy.

The "warning" and "detection avoidance" attached to the legendary ring "Purple Dragon Seal" worn by Brian are enchanted by her personally, and it is easy for her to break the anti-detection equipment of the enemy in front of her. .

But at this moment, Brian is very clear that his own Mokou Town has encountered such a catastrophe. I am afraid that Arabe City is facing greater pressure than him at this time.

It is obviously impossible to invite reinforcements.

In this case, he can only choose to resist by himself.

Of course, if his Arcanist level reaches the legendary domain, he can also think of a way to crack it through his secondary specialization in the spiritual domain.

"It seems that the enemy is coming prepared." Brian muttered to himself.

In fact, if he wanted to find out the enemy, he still had a trump card.

It's just that this trump card is too powerful, and he never dared to use it lightly when he couldn't guarantee that he could keep the enemy here.

Because the consequences of letting the enemy escape and leaking secrets are too big for him to bear.

After all, there are a group of gods standing behind these enemies, and it is very possible that through one-sided information and the use of divine prophecy, they can get a clear picture of his details.

Seeing that the blurry phantom was about to step into the eighth floor of the Wizard Tower, Brian immediately gave Taling an attack command.

Since he couldn't get specific information about the enemy, he could only probe slowly.

Following an order, on the seventh floor of the tower, on the wall near the stairs, more than a dozen mechanisms were suddenly opened, revealing the dark red gem embedded in the center of the ultra-small magic circle.

——"Ruby Reversal Ray!"

A series of red lights full of reversal energy shot out, emitting a strange light in the dark staircase passage.

The moment the light hits the phantom, it is instantly transformed into the most basic substance and disappears.

The Ruby Reversal Ray is a spell developed by the Archmages of Alteration Realms, who harness the natural magical energy contained in rubies and shape them into rays.

Although it can't cause any damage, after hitting the enemy, it can temporarily disable the characteristics attached to their magic equipment, and the buff spell is directly removed.

"It's just an illusion!" Seeing that the enemy had dissipated directly, Brian's expression changed, and he instantly realized the seriousness of the problem.

Obviously, only one phantom of the enemy was scanned by the wizard tower, and his real body was never discovered from the beginning to the end.

Leaving aside the enemy's concealment methods, his tentative attack may mean that his position has been completely exposed to the enemy's eyes.

This so-called 'location' is not the location of the wizard tower they are in, but the location of the space beacon.

A powerful legendary assassin, especially one who masters the realm of shadows.

They can lock the position of the enemy's material world through the position of the space beacon in the shadow plane, and then travel there in an instant.

Cross-plane jump, shadow field, shadow shuttle, shadow attack...

Brian had experienced these abilities in the Shadow Guard Assassin before. Even though he had a good coping strategy, he really didn't want to experience it a second time.

"Bryan, I'm afraid our position has been exposed just now." Ms. Polaris expressed her concern.

"Hurry up and hide, both of you!" Hearing this, Brian gave orders directly to Oranke and Sissy without thinking.

The two apprentices were obviously also aware of the seriousness of the problem, so they got up without thinking, went into a raised stone door, and disappeared.

At this moment, Brian suddenly felt his purple dragon seal ring become hot.

He immediately realized that this was the 'early warning' ability attached to the ring itself, an alarm sent to him, and this time the early warning was stronger than ever before.

"Good job!" Brian was not surprised but pleased, with murderous intent in his eyes.

In fact, what worries him the most is that the enemy has been refusing to show up, only hiding in secret to sabotage.

If he dared to show up on his own initiative, he would have the confidence to keep him here completely.

A cold light suddenly appeared behind Brian.

The vague and strange figure suddenly distorted and appeared out of thin air.

A dagger flashing with dark red runes shone coldly, faintly emitting the howl of a demon from the bottomless abyss.

——"Soul Barrier!"

——"Trigger technique!"

——"Serial Trigger Technique!"

——"Psychic Trigger!"

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Auras of supernatural powers and spells emerged from Brian's body one after another.

- "Reinforced iron bones!"

——"Steel Guardian!"

——"Lightning belt!"

——"Overfrequency Blast!"

——"Energy Immunity!"

——"Illusion!"

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A series of protective energy fields were opened, and protective spells were activated one by one.

The moment the phantom hit Brian's body, a crackling deep purple arc emerged out of thin air, centering on his body, it spread suddenly and burst out with a strong current.

At the same time, as a strong energy ripple passed through the air, the phantom felt as if it had been hit hard, and its fierce offensive momentum suddenly stopped.

Facing Bryan's counterattack, Xu Ying shook his whole body without showing any weakness, and some kind of special field force field from the abyss spread and enveloped the room.

He resisted the lightning ring around Brian's body, let the strong dark purple current dance around his body, and swung the dagger like lightning, aiming at Brian's heart.

In an instant, nearly invisible magic barriers appeared around Brian's body in the air, but they were all broken one by one under the powerful attack of the dagger, like fragile egg shells.

——"Insight into weaknesses!"

This dagger, which was mixed with demon screams, precisely found the weakest point of Brian's protective energy field, and at the moment of contact, it deciphered the steel guard, steel bone and energy immunity activated by his trigger technique.

next moment!
The sharp dagger stabbed Brian's heart mercilessly, and then this disposable item turned into chilling shadow energy, which surged throughout his body at an unbelievable speed.

Shadows linger and chills radiate.

As soon as the corner of Xuying's mouth showed a cold smile, it instantly froze on his gloomy face.

What shocked him was that the enemy he assassinated didn't shed any blood, Brian's body twisted like a phantom, and disappeared.

"not good!"

- "Supernatural Ability: Shadow Jump!"

Xuying's expression changed drastically, and he was ready to jump out of the shadow without hesitation.

——"Space lock!"

The magic circle at the top of the command room was radiant and generous, and suddenly shot out a dark green light, forcing him to stay in place.

——"Force Field Prison!"

Bryan emerged from the invisible state, and his slender fingers drew afterimages in the void. A square light blue force field cage was outlined by him. body trapped in it.

Then, Ms. Polaris appeared under Brian's order, waving her jade hand lightly, at the soles of the phantom trapped in the force field prison, followed by a hexagram array locked in space.

At the same time, the air in the command room seemed to freeze suddenly, making a slight sound similar to the sound of water freezing into ice in an instant.

——"Overfrequency Blast!"

Brian concentrated, and with a thought, the ability was released.

The phantom, which had suffered severe mental trauma, groaned and staggered backwards into the light blue force field cage.

When this improved cage is touched, a strong electric current suddenly bursts out, shaking the rope continuously, like a teenager who has been given an electric shock to quit his internet addiction, all the fuzzy energy surrounding his body is completely defeated, revealing his true colors.

Brian narrowed his eyes slightly, observing the enemy who almost killed him through the light blue barrier of the force field cage.

The most fundamental reason why he was able to evade the assassin's fatal blow was because of the illusion technique used in the trigger technique.

This spell can make the phantom clone perfectly superimposed on one's own body when it appears, so that the enemy's real body is already invisible before the enemy is aware of it.

Moreover, the 'detection avoidance' ability attached to the Zilong seal ring also prevented the assassin from immediately noticing that his real body was in an invisible state.

This is a dark skinned creature with two horns on its head, bat wings on its back, cloven hooves, six fingers and a tail, and is extremely beautiful.

"Devil!"

Seeing the monster trapped by him, Brian instantly recognized his true identity, and also judged from his appearance that this was a descendant of the dark monarch Grazter and a mortal.

After all, the demon lord Graz'zt is in the bottomless abyss, and he is most keen on breeding offspring with humanoid creatures, and makes those individuals who have made a contract with demons give birth to many demons, helping him to spread chaos in the multiverse.

Obviously, the real purpose of this demon-born assassin whose strength reached the legendary realm was to obtain the corrupted dragon egg.

Until this moment, Brian finally understood the whole story.

He had suspected for a long time that the purpose of the sudden opening of the Hell Gate Castle in the Highest Forest was not as simple as he imagined. Seeing the demon assassin in front of him, the truth suddenly became clear.

There is no doubt that the demon riot in Hellgate Fort is to help him cover up and reach the material plane quietly, and the purpose is naturally for the dragon egg in his hand.

"It seems that Sovereign Wu'an attaches great importance and persistence to this dragon egg." Brian thought to himself, "He didn't hesitate to send his demon generals to do it himself."

"Do you think you can trap me with just this broken cage?" The devil-born assassin who suffered a strong electric shock stretched out his right hand while showing a cold smile.

Accompanied by a series of ancient demonic words from the mouth of the demon assassin, the space in front of him began to distort, and began to collapse as if time and space were broken.

In the blink of an eye, a translucent pale body of a woman emerged from the crack in the space. She held a magic sword entwined with wailing and blood in her hand, and her scarlet eyes shot out a fierce light.

Sword Soul Demon!
Seeing the demon that appeared, Brian's eyelids couldn't help but jump.

Rather than saying that this is a demon, it is better to say that she is a magic sword, because her supernatural ability, the mirror image of the magic, can make them transform into a real magic sword.

Sword renaiss especially love the sensory stimulation of weapons cutting into flesh, and some powerful demons or other creatures sometimes persuade or force sword renaissance to work for them.

Grazt, the Lord of Darkness, has an assault army named 'Razor' composed of demons and sword soul demons: the demon warriors wave the long sword transformed by sword soul demons, and rush towards the opponent without fear.

Once the holder is killed, the sword soul demon will immediately cast the mirror image of the demon to change into the appearance of the last creature damaged by the long sword, and continue to attack the opponent, and its attack power is even more violent than before.

Therefore, the Razor Legion has more than twice the actual combat power.

From the evil energy emanating from the magic sword in the hand of the sword soul demon in front of him, Brian can judge that the opponent's strength is at least around the fourth-order model.

——"Supernatural ability: mirror image of the devil!"

The Sword Soul Demon screamed, and its translucent pale body was attached to the magic sword it held.

The Demon Assassin took the opportunity to grab the Demon Sword and swung it towards the force field prison that trapped him.

A dark light flashed.

The force field cage arranged by Brian was broken, and the surrounding space was also distorted and distorted.

"Go to hell, thief!" The demon assassin held the magic sword, turned into an afterimage, and rushed towards Brian.

Brian stood there calmly, gently raising his right hand in a calm manner.

A divine radiance emerged.

——"Divine Power Shock!"

A huge divine power erupted centered on him, covering the entire wizard tower.

The figure of the demon assassin wielding the demon sword and slashing was suddenly frozen in place.

His eyes widened, and the blood-red pupils were full of disbelief and fear.

"This is god-like power!" He exclaimed, "How can you master god-like power!?"

He was right, Brian had indeed lost his god-like power long ago, but he gave the god-like power to Sylvari, the water fairy.

When Sylvari successfully merged with the demiplane, he established a magic circle in the Wizard Tower to transmit divine power.

This is like the statues of the gods in the temple. By praying, you can get divine help.

As long as he is willing, he can borrow Sylvari's god-like power from the demiplane through the magic circle of the wizard tower to help him kill the enemy.

God-like power is a powerful power comparable to the power of the gods.

When reaching a certain intensity, you can even freely change the rules, space, size, reality, and immunity to various injuries, etc.

If it is said that what a professional masters is the power of a profession, then what the gods and god-like gods and god-like powers master is the power of law and origin.

Even the power of law mastered by weak gods is a dimensionality reduction blow to most legendary professionals.

Therefore, it is still possible for a nascent god-like being like Sylvari to temporarily control the actions of the demon assassin in front of him for a few seconds.

Brian didn't dare to waste time, and immediately let the Austrian fire burst into a hot blue and white flame, covering the frightened demon assassin.

As a descendant of Graz'zt, even if he is killed, his soul will return to the bottomless abyss.

In order not to reveal his secret, he must kill it completely.

Ao Huo was driven by his thoughts, and in just a moment, the demon assassin and his sword soul demon were burned to ashes, leaving only a few pieces of equipment and a crystal overflowing with dark energy.

"Target is dead!"

"Extracting soul energy..."

"Acquired experience points: 80000 points!"

"Target is dead!"

"Extracting soul energy..."

"Acquired experience points: 20000 points!"

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(End of this chapter)