The game props given by the three mercenary kings are very precious treasures in AO. Not to mention Saron's holy weapon "Earth Sword", Phoenix Feather and Dragon Tears are also rare items that can only be dropped by bosses above level eighty-five, and they can be traded, which is a very precious material.

The Phoenix Feather has a similar effect to the Triple Life Stone, but instead of allowing the player to maintain their previous level and attributes when they are reborn in the Novice Village after death, they directly resurrect the player on the spot; Dragon's Tears instantly allows the player to instantly increase a level regardless of their current experience and level.

Both of these items are extremely rare in the AO market, and it is not surprising that they sell for 20,000 or 30,000 Star Coins.

After the game, Xia Chiyu and the four returned to the guild. Everyone sat around the tavern, but no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a little delicate, and no one dared to break the deadlock at will.

"Anyway, the money to upgrade the Level 3 building is available." Xia Chiyu pouted and said.

Zhang Zinuo smiled softly beside him and patted Xia Chiyu's head.

"I really didn't expect the four of you to lose...... And lost to those three. Lin Qianxue held her chin and sighed, "I can't believe that the PVP of this game can really be as exaggerated as a blockbuster." ”

"Alas, the PvP of this game is so profound, it's not a game to play with me." Liu Yiyu pursed her lips and complained, "It feels so far away......"

"But after all, they are the first champions, and it's not scientific to send them too well." Xiao You said with a smile.

Li Feifei hugged Xia Chiyu's arm and cried: "Brother won't lose!" It must be because of carelessness! ”

"It's true that I lost...... Xia Chiyu smiled bitterly, "but ...... It's not careless, but it's not the best, after all, it's a redesigned new skill that's not very proficient, and it's ......"

The most important thing is that the new elemental fusion theorem, which strengthens the elemental fusion theorem with the addition of time and space magic, has not yet been reviewed by the guò system. If it can be reviewed in accordance with the rules, then Xia Chiyu and Su Xing's playing style will have a significant qualitative change, which can get rid of the mage's disadvantage in speed, and can make the tactics more diverse.

Yuxi comforted Gu Qinyan beside him: "It's okay, you are already very powerful." ”

"I didn't say how I am...... "Lone Leaf pouted and said, "Why do you want to comfort me?" ”

"But in this way, Ming'er's game won't have to be played." Su Xing sighed and said, "What about the maintenance of the dungeon?" ”

"I heard that it was going to be extended by one day, and I checked it thoroughly to make sure there were no loopholes. There is also no illegally acquired equipment that will be reopened until it is left in circulation. Resto said, taking a long sip of his beer.

Xia Chiyu smiled: "So, it means that we have two days off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." How about you want everyone to hang out together? Looking for a dungeon or a place to travel? ”

"Okay." Zhang Zinuo smiled happily, "Now Xiaoyu and I are already level sixty-seven, and we can go to many places." But it feels like you're taking us to play the dungeon.,Do you want to try something else? ”

"Well, let's go explore a new map, shall we?" Xia Chiyu said with a smile, the new version in AO is developed by the players themselves. The more new maps you discover, the more versions you can open. For example, this time the group of Karazan, it was because the player explored the map here in the "Headwind Trail" that the White Crane Company opened this content.

"Good! I've always found it a lot of fun to explore new maps! Liu Yiyu slapped the table. said excitedly, then stuck out his tongue and said with a wry smile: "I just don't dare to go, because I heard that only teams above level eighty can go there." ”

"That's because you may encounter more than eighty-level areas and monsters, and they are professional exploration teams. It's a deliberate attempt to explore high-level areas so that you have a better chance of discovering new versions of content. Su Xing pursed his lips and said, "Let's put it bluntly, we're going on an outing." Just avoid these areas and go to the lower ones. ”

When some players are unhappy with the current version, they will hire some of the more powerful exploration teams in order to increase the existing level cap. Once the level cap is changed, the current players have to re-level again, and the content of the version changes, then the existing kings, marquises, and generals rankings will also change greatly, and some people will be able to take advantage of the situation.

"Then it's decided!" Xia Chiyu nodded and said, "We will start leaving this afternoon, set off for the port in the evening, and then take a boat to the Mystery Continent." You'll travel through the sea for hours, then go through a random sea event to get there, and then explore the new map. Before you go, prepare some travel tents and other tools. ”

"Eat fish and accompany me to buy a travel tent, okay?" Seeing this, Lin Qianxue immediately leaned towards the edge of the fish, and Zhang Zinuo puffed up his cheeks in annoyance, as if complaining that he was too slow.

At this time, Li Feifei wrapped her arms around Xia Chiyu's neck from behind and smiled: "Brother! I'm going too! ”

Seeing this, Zhang Zinuo immediately smiled: "Then let's go together, shall we?" ”

"Oh, okay...... Shhh Xia Chiyu was talking, and Lin Qianxue pinched his waist, and he suddenly took a breath of cold air in pain, and his health value was randomly deducted.

The first time you go to the Mystery Continent, you must go through a random event at sea, such as the Maelstrom, the Kraken, the Mist, or the Tsunami, etc., and then you can teleport directly after arriving at the Mystery Continent once.

So in the afternoon, everyone went to buy tents and came to the port, and took a boat to the Mysterious Continent.

"Hmm~ The air on the sea is so good." Liu Yiyu stretched on the side of the boat and said, "You can smell the sea." ”

"That's right, the sun is warm on my body." Li Feifei was lying on the deck chair, Lin Qianxue, Xiaoyou, Pei Pei and others were on the side, and Xia Chiyu was on the other side of the boat, chatting alone.

"In short, I compared the attributes of the three people of the Mercenary King." Xia Chiyu said, putting the number on the list, "There is no doubt that the opening of domain skills must be related to attributes. As you can see, several of the main attributes of the three of them are particularly high, and Kurad, as a martial artist, is agile ......"

Gu Qinyan returned at this time: "No, Kurad's agility and strength are about the same. ”

"Since the three of them have different field skills, I'm not sure about it." Xia Chiyu replied. "However, if I look at their attributes alone, the common denominator I can find is...... The skill is particularly high. ”

"Indeed...... The skills of these three people have reached more than three hundred and two, the initial skills are five points, each level adds two points, ** skills should be one hundred and eighty-five, and there will probably be some gaps according to personal preferences. This shows that their equipment provides more than a hundred skill bonuses......" Gu Qinyan frowned and said, "So, skill is one of the conditions?" ”

"But, look. The agility of Laroll's predecessors is actually nearly two hundred. Lacey said curiously, then turned to Xia Chiyu and asked, "Eat fish, how much is your agility?" ”

"Tsk, how many mages can there be? There are very few equipment that adds agility, so it's less than a hundred. Xia Chiyu said, pouting, "No wonder that guy is usually so fast, he deliberately went to pile up agile ...... Coupled with his passive domain skills, it can indeed solve the mage's usual damage problem. But it will affect the mage's ......"

Speaking of this, Xia Chiyu suddenly frowned, and muttered, "Could it be ......?"

"You think so, too?" Gu Qinyan asked on the side, "Will it be?" That's what the three of them say, according to their own skills and playing style to find the most suitable way to add points for themselves? However, this method is used to trigger the domain skill ......"

"It always feels like it's a bit too tricky, right? Isn't it all a matter of luck? Su Xing couldn't help but complain.

"No, it won't." Xia Chiyu shook his head and said. "It's a game after all, and it's impossible to have GM behind you watching each player's actions, and it's impossible to say that it's random for players to turn on domain skills. There must be some pattern in this. ”

said. Xia Chiyu paced back and forth on the deck: "There is no doubt that the corresponding attribute matching is definitely needed to activate the active and passive domain skills at the same time...... As for the proportion......"

Xia Chiyu pointed to Kurad's attributes and said, "You see, Kurad's attributes, compared to his main attributes, strength, agility and skill, are almost 1.5:1.5:1 ratio. ”

"Well, that makes sense......," Su Xing nodded, "but if you look at the attributes of Laroll's predecessors, in terms of agility, spirit, and skill, the ratio is indeed 1:2:2. I remember that Laroll's predecessors were passive, right? ”

"Indeed, then look at Saron," Guchin replied, "his ratio of strength, agility, and skill is 3:1:2, and he takes the initiative. It doesn't feel like there's any obvious resemblance, but ......"

"That's right." Xia Chiyu held his chin and groaned, "It's really strange, there is no obvious pattern at all." But all three of them have domain skills...... Do you think it's going to be ......?"

Saying that, Xia Chiyu replied: "Wait, although Kurad is a martial artist, his fighting is more powerful. So his attributes are agility, strength, and skill 1.5 to 1.5 to 1. ”

"And although Larol is a mage, he is a lightning mage, and he relies on speed, and his attributes are agility, spirit, and skill 1:2:2."

"Saron is a pure power type, rarely dodge, and completely relies on blocking and rebounding attacks, so his attribute is 3 to 1 to 2 strength, could this be the so-called, attributes and playing style blessing each other?"

As soon as Xia Chiyu said this, the three of them also fell into deep thought.

"It does make sense, but why do Larol and Salon, respectively, have passive domain skills and active domain skills, while Larolle has both?" Su Xing was puzzled and asked, "Is it because of luck?" Or is it that the distribution of attributes matched by Laroll's predecessors is not clear enough? ”

"So what are the conditions for active skills, and what are the conditions for passive skills?" Gu Qinyan frowned and said.

"I don't think it's practical to discuss this, after all, we don't know their skill design, and we don't know what the situation is like when the domain skill is opened, anyway, let's nail the target to level 80 for the time being." Xia Chiyu replied, "Then we will assign attributes according to our current playing style, and then we will go to them." ”

"Well, that makes sense." Lacey nodded, "Anyway, we have three life stones here, it's a big deal to die and start over, although we will maintain the level of the last time, but the attribute points can be redistributed, so it's just right." ”

"Oh? After the Sansheng Stone is resurrected, it cannot reset the skill. But is it possible to redistribute stat points? Xia Chiyu said with a little surprise, "That's really ...... It's so convenient. ”

"Right? That's all the credit of Uncle Ben. Su Xing said with a smug smile and continued to ask, "But how should our attributes be added to be a perfect match for our playing style?" ”

Xia Chiyu shrugged: "Who knows...... However, I mainly use instantaneous spells, and after the skill review is passed, I have time spells and space spells to assist, so I shouldn't rely too much on speed, so I plan to completely abandon agility and allocate all attribute points to spirit and skill. ”

"Is it only assigned to spirit and technique? Slightly extreme. But it does fit your style of play. Gu Qinyan groaned and said, "And I...... I have madness and demonization, and I need but not particularly strength, so I'm going to divide strength, agility, and skill in a 1:2:2 fashion. ”

"What about me?" Su Xing frowned and thought for a moment and said, "I feel like I'm a little dependent on strength, agility, spirit, and skill, but not particularly reliant on ...... Let's go by the ratio of 1:1:1:1.5. ”

"Remember, it's also calculated based on the stats provided by the equipment." Xia Chiyu reminded, "Although Lalore didn't say it, I think that as long as the domain skills are opened." It should not cause the ability to disappear as the stat decreases. ”

"It makes sense, then let's rush the level first." Gu Qinyan crossed his arms and said, "It's almost seventy-three." ”

“no，no。 no。 Su Xing chuckled and shook his index finger, "I think there is such a thing as Sansheng Stone, and it is only a matter of time before we come out of the field skills." It's better to think about how domain skills should be designed. This kind of skill that can break the comprehensive value of the skill can be well designed, in case the final design is not good. But it will hinder your current style of play. ”

"That's right, think about how to design it as soon as possible, and when the time comes, it's naturally good to be able to produce field skills, and then continue to work hard if you can't get out." "Although I don't think we should rely too much on this kind of thing. ”

"Then you say, what should a person like me, who is not born with extraordinary reflexes and has no abnormally high IQ, rely on if he does not rely on skills?" Xia Chiyu asked lazily.

"Hmm...... That's right. Reston's words were chosen, and Gu Qinyan continued to ask: "Anyway, what are you going to do with the sword of the earth?" Didn't you say you didn't want to rely on things like the Hallows? ”

"Hmm...... Anyway, I really don't want to rely on it. Lacey smiled bitterly and said, "What's more, the attributes of the Holy Weapon of the Sword of Earth are not particularly suitable for my current skills. So...... I guess I'll take it as a souvenir, but I won't use it as my main weapon. After all, we said at the time that we were going to set off an anti-holy storm. ”

"Speaking of which." Wake up and kicked Reis, and said, "The Black Knights from before seem to have said that they want us to 4v4 with them in a month, and it's been a few days since this month, and we haven't got." You say......"

"What, can they still find us in reality and hack us to death?" Xia Chiyu didn't have a good breath, turned his head and walked towards the crowd, "If we don't go to them, they won't be able to find us, unless we are really unlucky and we meet somewhere." Even then, we have the strength to get out of their way. ”

"That's a bit of a bad statement." Gu Qinyan snorted coldly and said.

"The other party is more than eighty levels, this is also something that can't be helped, we are only more than seventy levels." Su Xing said with a sigh.

But Xia Chiyu didn't answer, just waved his hand and came to the girls.

"Eat fish, you're here?" Zhang Zinuo asked with a soft smile.

"yes, it's so boring to be with those big guys." Xia Chiyu sighed and said, picked up a cocktail on the side and took a sip and said, "It's better to be happy with the girls." What about you? What are you talking about? ”

Lin Qianxue said with a smile: "I'm listening to your sister tell you about your past romantic anecdotes." ”

"Poof!" Xia Chiyu squirted out the wine in one gulp, reached out and pinched the little face of Li Feifei, who was smiling on the side, and said, "What did the little girl say?" ”

"Boom! People didn't say anything, just those things about you and your ex-girlfriend! Li Feifei cried and shouted.

"Oh? What did I do with my ex-girlfriend? Xia Chiyu had a threatening look on his face, and asked with a smile. And Li Feifei hurriedly said: "I'm going to be disfigured and I can't get married, brother~~"

Yuxi covered his mouth and said with a smile: "No, it means that you know romance very well, I heard that before Qixi Festival, I tried my best to get a star foal in the game, and then took my girlfriend to fly over the galaxy." ”

"yes, and a lot of materials. Just to make a special box of chocolates for my girlfriend on Valentine's Day, or something. It's so patient. There seemed to be a hint of chill in Zhang Zinuo's smile.

"If only I was willing to put so much effort into my girlfriend in reality." Liu Yiyu teased, "Then I won't be single now." ”

"No, he eats fish and he is also very his girlfriend in reality." Lin Qianxue said with a smile, "I remember the time when his girlfriend had a birthday, and I accompanied him to choose a gift for his girlfriend." After looking for a long time, he asked for a music box, but in the end he found that there was no such tune, so he ran and ordered a separate one, which cost thousands of ......."

Everyone was chatting happily, and there was a "boom" at this time. The boat hit something and shook violently.

The big group of little girls on the deck were suddenly shaken and fell off the bench, and Xia Chiyu immediately floated backwards with a wind walking technique, stabilized his body on the spot, and shouted: "Beware, random events at sea are going to happen!" ”

"Damn, it's ...... at this time," Su Xing couldn't help but scold, chewing a lot of food in his mouth, and slurred his words. I've just started eating, so give me ......"

"Shut up, idiot." Gu Qinyan didn't have a good breath, drew his sword and rushed to the side of the boat.

The ship is piloted by the NPCs of the system. So when the event is triggered, the sailors, first mates, captains, and the like on the ship all come to the side of the ship and check on the situation on the side of the ship. At this time, the captain pointed to the bottom of the ship and shouted, "There seems to be something below us!" It's huge! Come. Turn on the lights for me! ”

Xia Chiyu came to the water's edge to take a look, because it was night, so the sea was dark and he couldn't see anything clearly. But it is true that an incomparably large shadow, almost the size of a football field, envelops this huge double-track sailing ship, faintly swaying gently with the waves, Xia Chiyu suddenly felt a chill down his spine and goosebumps.

"Sorry...... I have deep-sea phobia......" Xia Chiyu nestled into the corner of the ship, covered his head and said, "I'll leave it to you." ”

"Do you say it at this time!?" Gu Qinyan said angrily, "If you have a phobia of the deep sea, don't mention what mysterious continent you will go to!" You know there's going to be a random event at sea, right? ”

"Then how did I know it was going to be this!? I thought it was a Siren or a maelstrom or something! Xia Chiyu retorted angrily, and Reis glanced under the water for some reason, and said curiously: "What is it?" ”

Two strange red lights lit up under the surface of the sea, and then, a tentacle with a diameter of more than two meters stretched out from under the sea, and then seven or eight tentacles rose from all sides of the ship, and then everyone realized that the reef not far in front of them was actually not a sea reef, but an incomparably huge king squid, that is, a small part of the head of the kraken!

Knowing this, when their eyes adjusted to the darkness, through the sea, they found that the black shadow under the surface of the sea was actually a behemoth, almost from the bottom of the sea to the surface of the sea, about 100 meters tall. More and more tentacles rose from beneath the surface, wrapped around the hull, and began to drag down.

"Damn, is this the most troublesome one......" Gu Qinyan couldn't help but scold, the long sword danced, and a circular slash flashed from a tentacle that was entangled in the ship's mast, "Bang! The sound of cutting meat sounded, but the tentacle was not severed, but the mast was released and retracted into the sea with pain and trembling, but the other tentacles were thrown and continued to squeeze the cabin.

"Well, I'll ask." Wake smiled and said, "What happens if the event fails?" ”

"You will be dragged to the bottom of the sea and drowned, and then you will go back to the novice village." Lacey replied with a dry smile, "I heard that the effect is very realistic, I have seen the 3D demonstration video, and after being pulled down, I can even see all kinds of monsters swimming in the sea." At first, the sea was still blue and the vision was relatively clear, but then it was all pitch black, and only a dull sound similar to the roar of a monster and the tentacles that were wrapped around itself full of suction cups could be heard......"

"Are you enough! Can you stop talking about it! "Xia Chiyu didn't have a good airway.

"Just kidding." Lacey smiled and slammed his sword into the ground, "Punisher, Royal Knights!" ”

Lacey transformed into a black-armored knight with a greatsword, and his knights followed suit, attacking the tentacles entangled in the hull, but with no noticeable effect. Seeing this, Zinuo and these girls had no choice but to join the battle.

"This kind of large-scale monster needs your mage profession. Top dog! Su woke up and said angrily to Xia Chiyu.

"But you're a mage yourself." Xia Chiyu sat in the center of the deck, as if he felt that it was the safest there.

"I need a mage like you to be a mobile turret! I'm a non-mainstream! Su Xing said with a huff.

"Alas, I know, it's really ......" Xia Chiyu said helplessly and stood up.

The pattern of the Five Spirit Wheels emerged from under his feet, and then the red grid lit up, Xia Chiyu raised his staff and said, "But I can say in advance, the side of the boat will be handed over to you, and I will not leave here." The phoenix feathers fall! ”

Dozens of fireballs slowly flew towards the tentacles entangled around the hull, albeit at extremely slow speeds. But those tentacles did not dodge, and when they were hit by the phoenix fire, those flames did not explode, but slowly burned on the tentacles. Although the phoenix fire is not as hot as the dragon fire, it is a flame that will never be extinguished, even if there is no combustible, and it can burn even in water.

"Dirt, gravel and dust!" Xia Chiyu waved his staff, and the yellow grid of the five spirit wheels lit up. Several boulders protruded from beneath the surface of the sea, then quickly disintegrated into large clouds of dust that enveloped the tentacles in the vicinity of those tentacles. Immediately, the orange grid of the five spirit wheels lit up: "Alchemy, gunpowder refining!" ”

Xia Chiyu's staff slammed on the ground. The black powder wrapped around the tentacles from the dust in all directions, and was immediately detonated by the phoenix fire, which in turn caused the dust to explode.

All of a sudden, loud noises like thunder rang out one after another. A shrill wail came from beneath the sea, piercing and shattering the ship's glass. And the tentacles trembled madly.

The explosion continued, and the tentacles were so mutilated that they seemed to lose their mobility, slowly squirming and shrinking down to the surface. A hint of coldness flashed in Xia Chiyu's eyes, and he said coldly: "Want to slip away? No way! Ice! Polar Ice Hell! ”

The blue grid of the Five Spirit Wheels lit up, and then a white mist fell from the sky, and then slowly spread, and the places where the white mist spread were all covered with a layer of hoarfrost, including those tentacles were instantly frozen into ice sculptures.

"You idiot, you're going to affect us!" Gu Qinyan didn't have a good airway.

"Devil's Grass, Devil's Grip!" Xia Chiyu's staff danced, the green grid of the five spirit wheels lit up, and the thick vines rose from under his feet, pulling Gu Qinyan and the others to his side, and then Xia Chiyu continued to release the spell, which was still a wood-based spell: "Devil grass, the court of embrace!" ”

The vines entangled and spread around them, forming a protective shield that protected them inside, and at this time, the white frost could pass by them, and everyone felt that it was dark in front of them, and they were wrapped in vines.

Immediately, Xia Chiyu waved his staff and removed the vines, only to see that the cold ice hell in front of him froze the entire ship, including those tentacles, and even the NPCs on the ship into ice sculptures, and the sea surface was also frozen, making the whole scene of ice purgatory.

"Hey, you're going a little too far, aren't you?" Su Xing said in a cold sweat.

"That's right, even the crew and captain have been killed, how should we get to the Mystery Continent?" Liu Yiyu frowned and said.

But Xia Chiyu didn't care about this, just patted his chest and sighed: "Now I'm much more relieved." ”

"Anyway, we can teleport directly next time, why ......" Gu Qinyan didn't have a good aura beside him.

"It makes me uneasy to know that there is such a creature in the world." Xia Chiyu nodded, and said seriously, "These are just NPCs, they will automatically recover." ”

It turned out that Xia Chiyu was not wrong, and after a while, the NPCs on the ship broke free from the frozen state, but they all gained an "injured" debuff, and the speed of their journey slowed down a lot, and it was originally formed for a maximum of an hour, until two hours later, they saw a piece of land behind the fog in the field of vision not far ahead.

"Finally ......," everyone couldn't help but sigh, and the ship slowly approached the mainland......

On the other side, Culard, Salon, and Larol returned to the level 80 map near Sector 25, where they were located, ready to find a few dungeons to farm.

"The three kings of mercenaries, right?" An unfamiliar voice sounded from behind them, "It's been a long time." ”

And another, more cynical voice mocked: "After so many years of being a turtle with a shrunken head, I finally dare to come out to meet people." ”

"Huh?" Kurad's face sank, and he glanced back, and it was two players whose names were hidden, but not their guilds. Kurad looked at their guild name, and immediately frowned and made a cruel look: "Death Star Alliance? What's that? ”

Laroll stepped forward, stretched out his hand to make Larolle step back, and said coldly, "I know you, the Death Star Alliance, are the same people who have been looking everywhere for artifacts and holy weapons recently, right?" It's good, I haven't found it yet, but you sent it yourself. ”

"Oh? You're coming for my artifact? Saron asked with a smile, "But it's a pity that you came a step too late, and I gave it to someone else." ”

"Hmph, the holy weapon was given to someone else? When I kill you, I'll know if it's true. The black-robed man smiled, took a step closer to the three of Laroll, and laughed coldly, "Right? ”

"Hmph, do you want two people to challenge the three of us? And on the premise of knowing that we are the king of mercenaries? Interesting. Kurad grinned, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Okay, then let Lao Tzu meet you and see if you have the corresponding strength." You know, Lao Tzu i, I hate arrogant and incapable juniors the most! ”

Another black-robed man from the Death Star Alliance smiled, "It's a pleasure." (To be continued......)