Chapter 23: Threshold, Breakthrough!
In the darkroom tunnels.
Bai Xiaowen picked up the gray beads.
Tooltip: "You have obtained an unknown Soul Stone. This item is guaranteed to drop and does not count towards the loot reward list. β
"Soul Stone! It's actually in the belly of this elite zombie rat, I really didn't expect it!"
Bai Xiaowen was surprised and delighted, no wonder he couldn't find the soul stone in the dark room.
Bai Xiaowen tried to inspect the attributes of the soul stone, but he could only get a string of prompts:
"The soul stone has been sealed by a powerful force. β
"The soul stone energy has been depleted. β
"Please remove the seal and charge it before probing the attributes. β
Needless to say, the energy of the soul stone was absorbed by Falgar.
Bai Xiaowenkong was overjoyed, and secretly sighed and put away the soul stone. Suddenly, a faint luster flashed on the surface of the soul stone, and a faint singing voice seemed to sound in Bai Xiaowen's ears.
"Huh?"
Bai Xiaowen picked up the soul stone again and looked at it carefully.
The singing voice is a little vague, but the melody has an indescribable wonderful feeling, and you can't help but listen carefully.
Suddenly, with a bang, the song dissipated, and bursts of terrible cries of unjust ghosts came and went, impacting Bai Xiaowen's spirit!
"Damn, it's really an 'evil' soul stone!"
Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen kept an eye on it and had a layer of psychological preparation, otherwise he would be caught off guard and shocked by the sudden change of this voice from extremely beautiful to extremely terrifying, and the result was unpredictable.
The ghost's cry continued, and an illusory illusion of a banshee emerged on the surface of the soul stone. Her pale lips closed one by one, letting out a banshee howl, and a pair of red eyes stared at Bai Xiaowen's eyes, trying to erode Bai Xiaowen's spirit step by step.
However, Bai Xiaowen's spirit was as high as 7.9, which was even higher than that of ordinary awakened people! This meant that Bai Xiaowen's resistance to spiritual attacks exceeded the banshee's expectations. What's more, the energy of the Soul Stone has been depleted, and the power of the Banshee's Howl has been greatly reduced.
At the moment of the stalemate, a red light flashed in Bai Xiaowen's left eye, and the originally normal eye suddenly turned into a blood-colored eyeball!
The blood-colored eyeballs were filled with a grand majesty, and it seemed that there was no emotion in staring at the illusion of the banshee on the surface of the soul stone.
"No!"
The banshee let out a shrill cry and slammed into the soul stone. She's already devastated in her health.
At the same time, Falgar, who was fighting fiercely, let out a terrible roar. His agile pace had slowed down a lot, and his attacks weren't as sharp as before.
Of course, the battle-hardened royal knight Goliath would not let go of this opportunity, she took a step with her left foot, and slashed out a gorgeous arc of sword with both hands.
Combat skills, sword arc slash!
Whew!
Falgar's chest splattered with blood. He had been consumed for a long time before, and now he was hit by this heavy blow, and he was immediately hit into a state of serious injury and fell to the ground. If it weren't for Golia's desire to capture her alive and ask about the whereabouts of the Soul Stone, that sword would have been enough to hack Falgar to death.
"Phew, ......" The frenzied look in Falgar's eyes faded as he looked in the direction of the dark room with some reluctance.
"Hand over the Soul Stone!" Golia snapped.
"Hehe......" Falgar smiled, "Goliath, the Soul Stone is not with me. β
"You're lying!" Golia's sword pointed at Falgar's throat, a chill.
"I'm not lying," said Falgar laboriously, "I suggest you hurry to my lab and find that companion of yours...... Hehe, one step later, the soul stone was taken by him. β
Gloria snorted, grabbed Falgar's collar in her left hand wrapped in studded hand armor, and strode straight into the dark room.
Falgar's dark room tunnels.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head, his blood-red eyeballs disappeared, and his left eye returned to normal. When the blood-colored eyeballs appeared just now, his mind seemed to be in a state of froze, not realizing what was happening, and not understanding the reason for the banshee's retreat, which could only be attributed to the banshee's lack of energy.
"Whew...... In Margao's journal, it has always been said that this is an evil soul stone, and sure enough. Fortunately, I was secretly vigilant when the song sounded. β
Tips:
"You have passed the spiritual test of the Soul Stone and have been rewarded. β
"Your base spirit is increased by 2 points. β
A simple hint made Bai Xiaowen's face change.
The reason is very simple, Bai Xiaowen's original total attribute has reached 18.7, and now it has soared by 2 points, and the total has reached 20.7!
In the next second, the prompt message came again:
"Your basic stats are: Strength 4.5, Agility 4.2, Constitution 2.1, Spirit 9.9, Total Stats 20.7, and you have reached the threshold of the Awakened. β
"Your base stats have been locked and cannot be improved again until you take the Awoken test. β
"Please enter the spirit realm within 48 hours of Earth time and perform the test of the awakened. Failure will be considered a test failure, and the difficulty of the next test will be increased by 50%. β
Bai Xiaowen settled down and sighed secretly.
"The growth space of these last 2 attributes, I originally wanted to increase to the physique...... It's really not good, strength and agility are fine! But it is added to the spirit...... The spirit that is close to 10 points, in the case of entering the spirit realm for the first time without any skills, is far less effective than the strength, agility and physique of the same attributes!"
Strength, directly increases damage, and one punch and kick are full of power.
Agility, increasing shot speed, running speed, agility, etc., are equally useful. Just look at the elite zombie rat with 10.4 agility, and beat Bai Xiaowen almost without the power to fight back, you can see the horror of high agility.
Physique, after entering the spirit realm, the body is "completely digitized", which will become the basic attribute that determines "health"! The higher the physique, the higher the health. And once the health is empty, it means death.
Therefore, a high physique can increase the tolerance rate, which is a crucial attribute for all those who undergo the test of the Awakened.
As for the spiritual ...... What is determined is the power of the spell and the speed of mental recovery. So the question is, does the current Bai Xiaowen have any active skills? His 9.9 spirit is almost equal to ornamentation!
In other words, Bai Xiaowen's "effective combat attribute" is actually only 10.8, which is about half of the other quasi-awakened people. With this kind of strength, it is difficult to participate in the Awakened test with a very high elimination rate.
Bai Xiaowen took a deep breath and shook his head.
"Don't think about it so much, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, how to pass the test of the awakened and enter the spirit world and then think of a way. Now, Golia or Falgar should be coming soon. I'd better withdraw first. β
Of course, Bai Xiaowen will not return the same way, that will only meet Golia. He followed the tunnel and went all the way deeper.
Yes, Bai Xiaowen firmly believes that the other end of the tunnel must lead to the outside world.
This is not a blind guess, but a conclusion inferred from known information.
Margau's journal describes that they sealed the entrance to the cave with a stone and lived in it for a long timeβduring this time, the master and servant could not have been in the rat hole, could they?
Let's not talk about the problem of eating and drinking, even if you are out of courtesy, you must also find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and smooth air, so as not to pollute the air in the basement that you have worked so hard to dig.
Therefore, there must be another hidden exit, which only the master and servant know.
According to the general rule - the dangerous leader goes first - it can be determined that the tunnel to the outside world is in the dark room of Falgar, that is, the tunnel where the elite zombie rat Black Fang was hiding before.
"Stop!" came the faint shout of the female knight at the entrance to the tunnel.
"It seems that the royal knights are still more skilled. Falgar, you're a big guy, and your rank won't exceed Bronze!"
The Bronze King's honey juice is confident that "I can fight back"!
Bai Xiaowen scolded secretly. If the winner is Falgar, it will be more beneficial to Bai Xiaowen. Bai Xiaowen, who holds the soul stone in his hand, undoubtedly has the biggest weakness of Falgar, and he knows Falgar more deeply than Golia.
Bai Xiaowen inquired and confirmed that he could enter the spirit world at any time, so he calmed down a lot.
Behind a low bush, Bai Xiaowen pushed open the cover of the stone slab covered by the wild grass and came out of the tunnel. He did not rush to leave, but stood dozens of meters away and waited.
Bang!
Half a minute later, the royal knightess, Golia, appeared. The female knight's angry blow directly knocked the stone slab ten meters high, and exploded into countless stones in the air.
"The appearance is grand enough. Bai Xiaowen pursed his lips and commented.
"Hand over the Soul Stone...... This is your last chance!" Golia dragged the dead dog-like Falgar in her left hand, and pointed the big sword in her right hand at Bai Xiaowen.
The two were about thirty meters apart, a distance that could be caught up in a few breaths for a powerful royal female knight.
In fact, Golia, although a little angry, is not nervous. The gap in strength is obvious. In the endless wilderness, it is impossible for this cunning earth human to escape.
"Ask a question," Bai Xiaowen's pair of thief eyes scanned Golia's steel BRA-wrapped chest, "Miss Golia, do you have a C in your cup?"
Although she didn't understand the word "cup", Golia could still tell that Bai Xiaowen was playing hooligan. With a cold face, she plunged her broadsword into the ground with one hand, and drew a thin stabbing sword from her waist.
"Die!"
A stream of light shot out.
Bai Xiaowen had a smile on his face, but his figure was glowing, turning into a grain of light and dissipating. The streamer ran through, but it only pierced through a spirit child phantom.
Bai Xiaowen took one last look at the plague rat den.
"Teacher Xiao, classmate Jiang Wen...... I have tried to stall as much as I can. Ask yourselves for many blessings. β
In the empty field, the angry and unwilling roar of the royal knight Goliath echoed:
"Despicable earthling, I swear by the glory of the royal knight that even if you chase you to the ends of the earth, you will be punished by justice!"