Arcane Journey

Chapter 372 Legendary Blood
A dull roar sounded first, like a sign, all kinds of howls sounded from all directions, these sounds were very mixed, and Brian even heard the low growl of a lion.

Holding the staff, he secretly adjusted his defense and attack spells, and stood there calmly and calmly, welcoming the arrival of the followers of Mara, the god of hunting.

"What a living legendary blood." A burly and majestic bear man, like a hill, appeared from the forest with footsteps that could make the ground tremble slightly.

He greedily glanced at Brian, who was waiting in full force, and said in a rough voice: "That stinky crow really didn't deceive us, and it really attracted us a legendary professional."

"With the legendary blood, the people of the black blood of Cormanthor will become the most powerful and devout believers of our lord Mara!" A black and graceful figure flew out from the treetops.

Brian was surprised to find that what appeared not far from him was a very rare male lion man, belonging to the branch of lycanthropy.

The male lion man's pupils, whose mane and hair are all black, are bright amber, which means that the other party has received at least one divine gift.

He was wearing some kind of battle armor made of unknown black metal, and he was holding a curved blade with a sharp serrated back. The dark red cold light flashed, showing that it was at least a weapon of legendary quality.

Hearing the 'Legendary Blood' mentioned by the other party, Brian was suddenly surprised by the stern face hidden in the hood.

The so-called 'legendary blood' refers to the blood of those whose strength has reached the legendary realm.

The followers of Mara, the god of hunting, have an extraordinary desire for the legendary blood.

Because the priesthood of Mara includes the priesthood of 'bloodthirsty', as long as his believers can offer a legendary sacrifice in a hunting ceremony, then the god of hunting will be in this bloody ceremony Gain power and bestow rich rewards on its followers.

The evil god bestows nothing more than two kinds, one is power, but this is not a direct gift of permanent divinity, but a divine power with a limited number of times. Even so, this divine power is already the most powerful for mortals. .

The second is wealth.

After all, money is nothing to most of the gods, it is just a string of numbers, so most of the evil gods will be very generous with this kind of reward.

"That's right, my lord needs to offer more prey."

Holding a compound bow, a human hunter with a rough face and exuding a very strong and wild aura, said in a deep voice: "This is the oracle he conveyed to us, only the legendary blood can make us The Lord is satisfied, so we must hunt down a legendary professional who is strong enough."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's do it!" the male lion man shook his black mane, clenched the handle of the curved knife in his hand, and urged impatiently.

As soon as the words fell, the roar of wild beasts sounded again one after another.

Based on the sound alone, Brian deduced that the enemies he was facing, besides the three legendary professionals in front of him, there were at least a dozen other hunters whose strength was around the fourth level.

From this, it can be inferred that in order to obtain the legendary blood, the people of Cormanthor's black blood spent a lot of money and did not hesitate to come out.

If it was an ordinary legendary professional, I am afraid that the moment they saw such a scene, they would turn around and run away without hesitation.

After all, the combat effectiveness of the hunters is still very strong. It may be because of their beliefs that in their daily life, hunting is as simple as eating and drinking.

Therefore, the combat experience of the hunters who have survived to this day far exceeds that of other professionals of the same level.

In this world dominated by gods, the priesthoods related to combat, such as hunting, killing, and fear, and the believers who serve them are often very aggressive in combat.

Following an order, the male lion man holding a curved blade took the lead.

His speed was very fast, like a phantom, he flew in front of Brian in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, as the muscles in his body circulated back and forth, all the strength he erupted concentrated on the curved blade sword that shone with dark red luster, and he slashed towards Brian's body unstoppably.

Faced with this ferocious attack, Brian naturally did not dare to be careless.

The moment the male lion man was about to make a move, he activated the "Illusion Technique" in advance, leaving only an illusion like a real person, which disappeared.

The scimitar that the male lion man pierced through the air hit Brian's illusion mercilessly.

Seeing the disintegrated phantom, before the anger appeared in his golden amber pupils, it was suddenly replaced by shock.

"Quick back!" As if aware of the danger, he quickly reminded the dozen or so hunters behind him.

Unfortunately it was too late.

The illusion that Bryan was about to collapse suddenly burst out like a volcanic eruption, surging waves of terrifying flames.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the explosion that shook the world, Brian's phantom exploded into an air wave with a diameter of at least 10 meters, which looked like a mushroom cloud.

The turbulent flames mixed with the unstoppable air waves, spread mercilessly in all directions.

The hunters who couldn't avoid it all fell to the ground like fallen leaves in the autumn wind. At least half of the hunters died on the spot.

Even the male lion man whose strength reached the legendary realm was blown away by this powerful force on the spot. Although he didn't suffer any substantial damage, it made him feel extremely humiliated.

"Roar!"

In just one round of contact, more than half of his most elite subordinates were killed or injured. The strongest bear hunter let out an angry roar unwillingly.

Without being able to catch Brian's figure, he directly clenched the mace that was almost the same as his own body with both hands, and with that incomparable force, he suddenly smashed it to the ground.

"boom!"

Accompanied by the violent earthquake-like tremors from the ground, under the action of this terrible force, the hard surface was like ripples on the water surface, all bounced up and turned into densely packed gravel and gravel, flying towards all possible surroundings. The space touched is sputtered.

"Not good!" Seeing this scene, Brian, who was hiding in the dark with the help of advanced concealment, changed his expression slightly, and quickly propped up a thick defensive barrier for himself.

Countless flying gravels rushed towards him like dense raindrops, all of which were blocked one meter away from him.

However, this was not the effect Brian wanted to see. Seeing that the gravel was resisted, his face became more dignified.

As he expected, the moment the rubble gathered his defensive barrier, the human hunter, who had never made a move from the beginning to the end, captured his hidden position in an instant.

Then, at lightning speed, he shot three extremely sharp magic-breaking arrows in succession.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The howling sharp arrows, under the powerful force of the compound bow, all hit Brian's barrier accurately.

Although the magic-breaking properties contained in the arrows did not shatter the barrier in the first place, Brian was secretly shocked to feel the flickering light flickering from the barrier, as if it would collapse at any time.

——"Advanced dispelling magic!"

At this moment, among the half of the surviving hunters, the few Mara priests chanted divine spells at the same time, trying to remove the protective measures around Brian.

Brian snorted coldly, and with a thought, the counterspell suddenly merged onto the defensive barrier.

Relying on his powerful attributes and resistance, he forcibly invalidated all the dispelling magic that fell on him, and at the same time caused the few priests to be backlashed by divine magic, spurting a few mouthfuls of blood on the spot. Showing a sluggish look.

Brian took the opportunity to throw an oversized fireball, submerging them in the blazing flames.

Immediately afterwards, Bryan, who mastered the laws of space, disappeared in place instantly with a relaxed and freehand flashing technique. While avoiding the attacks of the male lion man and bear man, he quietly appeared in front of the human hunters like a ghost. behind.

The moment the human hunter found Brian, the frost blade condensed from the nine-ring spell "Ice Sword Explosion" appeared in Brian's hands, exuding a bone-chilling chill.

The human hunter's expression changed drastically. He was about to activate the life-saving magic equipment and scrolls, but was stunned on the spot by Brian's "overfrequency blast" that hit his soul directly.

"Pfft!"

The icy sharp sword mercilessly penetrated the human hunter's body, centering on the wound, the bone-chilling frost energy spread to the whole body at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The aura around Brian was suddenly shaken, and the ice sculpture-like body of the human hunter was instantly ejected, just in time to land on another group of surviving hunters.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a strong explosion sound, the frost blade inserted into the human hunter's body burst out the additional damage of the nine-ring spell "Ice Sword Explosion", drowning all the remaining hunters on the spot.

Even the male lion who was closer was affected by the aftermath, and his thick mane was covered with a thin layer of frost.

"For Mara, the god of hunting!" The male lion man shook off the frost on his mane angrily, his amber pupils glanced at the cumbersome bear man in the distance, and roared at Brian as if he was dead:

"Give it to me!"

Accompanied by the male lion man roaring out a terrifying sound wave capable of smashing trees and hard rocks, Brian, who was caught off guard, was instantly hit head-on. He was knocked back more than ten meters away by this powerful energy, and his ears were also rumbled by the bang. The sound waves shook out traces of blood.

Seeing that the terrifying sound waves he emitted with his divine power only caused negligible damage to this legendary spellcaster, the lion man's dim amber pupils suddenly revealed an expression of disbelief.

Although the divine power bestowed on him by Mara, the god of hunting, was only a sliver, it was enough to crush any professional at his level when he chose to release it, but in front of the other party, the effect was negligible.

Seeing this, he couldn't help feeling a retreat in his heart.

At this moment, the burly bear man, waving the mace in his hand clumsily, took advantage of the moment when Brian lost his mind, and smashed it on the head of Brian on the spot.

At this critical moment, Brian came back to his senses in time, activated the flashing technique, and disappeared in place, narrowly avoiding the fate of being turned into flesh.

Then, he pointed his staff at the bear man.

With the blessing of various super-magic specialties, the eight meteorites released by the nine-ring spell "Meteor Burst" were forcibly condensed into the size of a skull, and they all smashed towards the bear man.

The bear man was about to dodge, but suddenly found that there were countless shadow tentacles like wild snakes dancing in his footsteps, tightly wrapped around his corner, slowing down his dodging speed.

The moment he angrily broke free all his tentacles, eight whistling meteorites precisely hit the bear man's majestic body like a hill, and a violent explosion sounded.

Seeing that he had gained experience hints, Brian once again cast a flash spell, disappearing in the futile attack of the male lion.

The lion man looked around at his fallen comrades and the huge pit left by the bear man.

He glanced at Brian angrily, and let out another angry roar.

Then, in the bursts of surging energy, it turned into a majestic lion, turned around and ran towards the depths of the forest.

Obviously, knowing that he was not Brian's opponent, he directly chose to run away.

However, just as he was about to disappear from Brian's sight, he suddenly bumped into an invisible wall, forcibly blocking his way.

The lion man roared angrily at Brian, who was suspended in mid-air, but he had nothing to do with him. He could only give him a very resentful look, and prepared to continue running away.

——"Madunkin's disintegration technique!"

The moment the lion man got up and ran away in another direction, a wave of destructive energy ruthlessly enveloped him, disintegrating all the external objects around him without a trace, leaving only a bloody body that seemed to have been scraped by a sharp blade.

Before he could even howl, the desperate lion man was drowned in the fireball released by Bryan, and he entered the same fate as his companion bear man.

Seeing that the enemy was completely annihilated by him, Bryan, who was suspended in mid-air, let out a long breath, and slowly landed on the ground.

Then, after a short rest, he walked to a hunting lodge not far away and pushed it away.

Immediately, a strong smell of blood came to his nostrils. Brian suppressed the nauseating smell inside and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

He was shocked to find that there were more than a dozen corpses of elves stored here.

On the leather or armor of these elves, there is not only the emblem of Corellon, the lord of the elves, but even the unicorn emblem of Melikai, the goddess of the forest and the ranger.

It can be seen from this that the vast majority of these elf corpses come from the elf expeditionary force, and the Mara hunters hiding here obviously know that the elves will continue to explore deep in order to completely subdue Myth Drannor. Therefore, he has been lying in ambush here, trying to hunt legendary professionals to satisfy the special hobby of the hunting god Mara.

After Brian set fire to the corpse inside and the entire hut, he continued walking towards the depths of Myth Drannor without looking back.

(End of this chapter)