"The other side has collapsed, and it's time to end this farce." Li Yi is very satisfied with this result, everything is developing according to the plot he designed, and now, it is time for them to meet him, the playwright behind the scenes, this is what he has always enjoyed - the joy of harvest.

The forest was full of fog, it was close to morning, a ray of dawn was about to rise from the horizon, the sky was already a thin layer of gray, autumn was biting, and the dead leaves were covered with a layer of dampness under the moisture of the mist.

Pamir saw a young man emerge from the woods, this young man was wearing a gray peaked cap, and sparse bangs peeking out from the brim of the hat, and what impressed him the most was the boy's eyes—black, cold gaze, which made him shudder.

"You, who are you!" Pamir took a step back and asked loudly, as if to embolden himself, although the young man in front of him looked only twelve or thirteen years old, he felt a tremendous pressure, as if he was facing an extremely terrifying being, it was an instinctive fear.

Whenever he closes the net, Li Yi always shows his hideous side, and he replied gently: "We have already met, in that letter, I am Blas?" Aden, of course, it's a fictitious name, but there's only so much you need to know about who I am. ”

"You, you're Blas? Aden! Pamir suddenly realized why he had stabbed his uncle to death, and not because he had been seduced by the letter in the sheepskin bag. Isn't it because the uncle reprimanded him because he thought it was a trap? It turns out that this is really a conspiracy, a conspiracy to make them kill each other without much effort!

"You demon!" Pamir's eyes were blood-red, he figured everything out, he was tempted by this devil hiding behind the scenes, he made a big mistake, and now it's too late to say anything, only to get rid of this devil and avenge his uncle!

"Very well, you are more impulsive, selfish and cruel than I imagined, and the great profit can make you give up everything, unscrupulous means, do not doubt that this monster that exterminates humanity is you, Pamir, it was you who killed your uncle with your own hands!" Li Yi smiled and talked to Pamir, as if it was a heart-to-heart conversation between old friends, and he wanted to completely collapse the other party's psychological defense line with words.

"I'm going to kill you!" Pamir roared and rushed towards Li Yi, the sharp knife in his hand still stained with his uncle's blood, those harsh words simply made him feel painful, he was tormented by his own conscience.

"Poof!" The blade slashed, but Li Yi's body dissipated like mist, this was just an illusion, a master-level illusion released by Isabella with the pupil of Achilles Insight.

Esso Liet, out of excessive fear, left Pamir behind and fled with his two spirits, and Alger had already followed, believing that it would not be long before he would dispose of the three prey.

"Come out! Where are you? You coward, a devil who hides in the shadows and harms people! Come out! Why don't you dare to come out! Pamir roared with exhaustion, the sharp knife in his hand waving haphazardly in the air, as if killing his uncle's enemy, Blas? Aden is nearby.

"Have you noticed that when you stabbed the sharp knife into your uncle's chest, his eyes, that pain, blame, surprise, but there was no resentment and fear, he always trusted you, thinking that although you were young and impulsive, you would not do that kind of killing behavior that is rare among animals, you always thought that I tempted you, but in fact, cold-blooded is your nature! This is the real you, stop rejecting him! Li Yi's words were hazy in the air, and one after another illusions appeared out of thin air, all of them were Pamir stabbing the knife into his uncle's chest, Eldere looked at him sadly and reproachfully, and there was deep regret, nostalgic for the beauty of the world, the silver crocodile spirit could never be given to his nephew by hand. This is the person who loves him the most in the world, but he killed it with his own hands.

"Ah!! Don't say it! Pamir burst into tears, and he waved his arms frantically to dispel the illusions, but more visions came out, all of which were the usual uncle's thoughtfulness and concern for him, but he thought it was too ordinary and ignored the past.

Finally, in grief and self-blame, Pamir stabbed the knife into his throat, and his body suddenly stiffened, and then he fell straight down, and he was finally freed.

The two spirits he had contracted dissipated into ashes, and not far away could be heard the screams of Esoliet, the two green-level spirits, as fragile as newborn chickens in Alger's hands.

"Pathetic man, if it weren't for the cruelty and selfishness that lurked in your heart, how could you be used by me?" Li Yi sneered and walked over to Pamir's corpse, kicked his hands away, took out the sheepskin bag from his arms, counted the red-level spirit crystals and devil stones, and put them back into his spatial ring.

Three corpses were left in the woods, and this is what happens all the time in this world - yesterday's hunter becomes today's prey, and the loser can only become a cold corpse.

Back in the valley, Felder had completed his mutation, his body had doubled to the size of an adult man, and the rust still covered his body like freckles, except for the faint golden streaks from under the steel skin, which looked ancient and noble.

"My strength is gone! Oh my God, it's not as good as when I was born! Felder felt extremely weak, and the mutation drained the energy he had accumulated, and burned more than thirty golden spirit crystals. He only has the strength of the blue level and the low level now, and he almost didn't fall off the white level.

"How did you become so weak?" Li Yi frowned and looked at Felder, "I'm so disappointed, I'm lazy and stupid, and now I'm even greatly reduced, should I deduct your salary and increase Alger's salary?" ”

"It's a must! Felder is useless, and now it's up to me to keep the situation going. "Alger, of course, won't be polite to Felder.

"Don't!" Felder howled desperately, "Give me half a month, I will definitely regain my strength!" ”

Li Yi wanted this effect, he nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Half a month, I can still wait, now you search the valley to see if there is a pool." ”

Uncle Eldre had previously mentioned in the conversation that the purpose of their coming here at night was that a cold pool in the valley could increase the quality of the Fire Demon Eye by fifty percent! This is too exaggerated, Li Yi is very puzzled, ordinary water spiritual power infiltration, can make the flame spiritual power of the fire demon eye drive away sulfur and other impurities, and at the same time make the pure flame spiritual power in it not lost, so as to improve the quality, but the cold pool they said in their mouths can improve the quality by fifty percent, and it is increased by fifty percent after the water spiritual power is infiltrated, which is equivalent to half more out of thin air.

"Where did that extra half come from?" Li Yi guessed, and at the same time sighed at the magic of the outside world, staying in the academy was really slow progress.

The sky was dripping with light rain, the weather was getting colder and colder, Li Yi wrapped his coat tightly, he suddenly remembered, that little girl from Mani was frightened last night, won't she start to have a fever again today? A pot of hot soup can ward off the cold, and when you have explored the cold pool, you will go back to take care of her.

"It's a real nuisance, she's a lot kinder than these people." When he said the word "human", Li Yi's heart swelled with deep disgust and murderous intent for no reason.

"Found it!" In order to protect his own interests, Felder worked extremely hard to change his original laziness and invincibility, he picked up the sand, sniffed around, and actually let him find a dry culvert behind a boulder, which was obviously dug by hand, boxy, like a standard military bunker.

Li Yi lit the torch, took the lead into the culvert, after walking ten meters, a damp cold air came to his face, and his eyes suddenly opened up, this is a large natural cave, stalactites hang down from the top, some even connect with the protruding part of the water, the cold pool is round, more than ten meters in diameter, the water quality is clear, and the hand is cold.

"The water here must lead to some cold place, or there is something underneath that can cool it, Alger, you dive down and take a look, but be careful, it's probably a powerful ice spirit." Li Yi squatted on the shore and tried the pool water with his hands, and it was really cold and biting.

Alger dived into the water, and it was a long time before he surfaced, and Isabella showed Li Yi what he saw with a vision:

Unexpectedly, there was nothing at the bottom of the cold pool, no fish and algae, it was completely a pool of stagnant water, and there was another culvert near the bottom of the pool, Alger drilled into this culvert and swam forward, the water became colder and colder, but this cold is relative to ordinary humans, Alger is a spirit whose strength is close to the peak of the green level, and he can fully adapt to all kinds of harsh environments.

The ability of night vision makes Alger like a fish in water, he sneaked for a few kilometers, this culvert is twisted and twisted, there seems to be no end, it is a natural crack, but the strange thing is that there are many huge strange metal blocks underground, some cross the culvert, the metal block section is four or five meters long, it is a long strip, the length is unknown, they are fused with the rock, it looks very ancient, engraved with ancient characters, although the surface is covered by a layer of oxide, there is no big rust trace, I don't know what metal is cast, It can stand the washing of time like this.

What Alger saw was shown by Isabella in front of Li Yi with a vision, what was the purpose of those giant metal blocks dangling in the ground? How did this cold pool come about? Li Yi suddenly felt that the volcanoes here were not as simple as he imagined, and seemed to be hiding a shocking secret.

After sneaking down the underground river for thousands of meters, Alger finally came to the end, but unfortunately, the front was blocked by rocks, and it was confirmed that the cold was coming from behind these rocks.

The ancient characters on the metal block have been blurred, Li Yi can faintly recognize the words 'full moon night', it is the beginning of the month, and there is still half a month before the full moon night, but these inscriptions are not specific to which full moon night, which is worth studying.

"What kind of power does it take to bury these huge metals deep in the rock? What happened here in antiquity? Volcanoes, metals, cold pools, fire demons, these seemingly unrelated things must have a connection that I don't know! Li Yi left Hantan and got into the carriage and returned to the hotel.

The sky was gray, the door of the inn was wet by the rain, muddy, and the cold and wet weather was naturally very uncomfortable, this was what it looked like at four or five o'clock in the morning, the waiter in the inn had not yet gotten up to light the stove in the hall, and Li Yi parked the carriage under the fence behind.

Mani slept very deeply, the stove in the room was burning, Li Yi walked in, took off his coat that was soaked in the rain, hung it on the fire and roasted, drank a cup of coffee, and went to his bed to sleep, sleeping outside but not in the academy, it usually takes four hours to meet the needs of rest.

At seven or eight o'clock, Li Yi woke up steadily, after getting up and freshening up, he changed into a thick leather robe, the raccoon leather coat has been made by the tailor shop, and sent it to the front desk downstairs in the morning to store it, Mani has not woken up, Li Yi went to the front desk to get the fluffy leather coat and cover her body.

I don't know why, looking at Mani's sleeping peaceful face, Li Yi also felt extremely calm, no conspiracy and traps, no strife and calculation, how beautiful! He also likes a clean world, just like Mani's imagination, a fairytale world where even bad people can be touched by justice.

However, that is impossible, the reality is cruel and dirty, only by growing up in killing can we avoid doom, with blood can we defend our dignity, and the voice of the weak is not heard, because people are already high above and can control the life and death of others.

Li Yi enjoyed the hot morning tea and began to calculate the terrain, today is a rainy day, and the fire demons are hiding in the cave, so the hunting should be suspended for a day.

"I deduce that these volcanoes are all interconnected, because the level of magma in each volcano is on the same level, so there must be a magma lake between the bottom of the earth, and there is a magma layer at the bottom of the lake that leads to the center of the earth, but how can there be an extremely cold pool in this mountain land on flames? Alger sneaked thousands of meters underground with cold, biting rocks, could it be that something magical was crushing the volcanoes, cooling the magma so that they wouldn't erupt? So what is the role of giant metals? Li Yi found that his imagination was really poor, and he vaguely grasped something, but he could not deduce the real situation.

"Li Yi, you went out last night?" Mani woke up at some point, and she looked much better, her face flushed from the heat of the room.

"Went out and mutated Felder, killed some people, and found a strange waterhole - you look good, would you like some light broth and pasta?" Li Yi turned around and gave Mani a smile, a real smile, different from those when calculating the prey, or counting the harvest after killing the prey.

"Huh? Variation? Oh, my God! Is it true? Mani's eyes widened and asked, "Do you have a Devil's Stone?" ”

"Well, it's not much, but it's enough for two spirits to mutate, and I still have one congenitally mutated spirit." Li Yi didn't mean to show off, but he felt that Mani wouldn't reveal his secrets, and it was still good to satisfy her curiosity once in a while.

"Wow! It's amazing, don't worry, I'm not going to talk nonsense. Mani stuck out her tongue and smiled happily.

"Awesome?" Li Yi smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's just barely able to protect myself." ”

"But you can be regarded as a first-year genius in the younger generation, and there is no genius in the history of the academy who can compare to you." Mani seemed to be very dissatisfied with the low profile of the boy in front of him.