Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 189 Red Fish Man

Deep in the vast swamp, the jade-white salt water lake sparkles.

The sun shines through the thin clouds and falls on the lake, making it sparkle like countless diamonds. The lake water is crystal clear, and the high salt content makes the lake water appear a unique milky white, like a huge piece of white jade inlaid in a green carpet.

Around the lake, dense reeds grew, swaying in the wind, making rustling sounds. But there was no vegetation on the surface of the saltwater lake. Ordinary vegetation could not grow in a lake where gods lived.

Around the saltwater lake, Green Ham led golems that could freeze the lake and gargoyles that soared in the air, Big Blue led fearless skeleton soldiers and zombies, and Mohammed led fishmen, frog-fishmen, and snakemen.

But even if almost all the troops in Saint Laurent Prison were mobilized, they still could not completely surround the salt lake.

This saltwater lake is so big, it's scary.

Richard stood next to the salt lake and kicked a stone into the lake with force.

With a splash, the stone created ripples on the surface of the salt lake.

"Warden," Mohammed said respectfully, "I have tried it before, and these salt water pools are not suitable for the skin of us fishmen.

When we enter the salt water pool, we will experience some symptoms similar to skin ulcers, just like ordinary humans entering sulfuric acid.

If we stayed in the saltwater pool, we would soon have to swim back out because of the severe pain caused by skin ulcers.”

Richard nodded, scooped up a handful of salt water with his hands and slowly poured it back.

Watching the salt water forming a long thin line on his hand, Richard nodded slightly and said, "I can understand that this salt water, which seems harmless to us, is like sulfuric acid to you.

Because the composition of these salt water is very similar to that of your skin, it can easily deceive the outer membrane of your skin, penetrate into the skin of you fishmen, and then destroy your skin tissue.

You fishmen and frogmen should not participate in this battle to capture the saltwater lake."

"Warden." Mohammed was very hesitant and guilty. "We are the best race in the territory at water battles, but when a water battle is about to start, we can't help much."

"Don't feel guilty. You will have many opportunities to develop in the future. Don't rush." ​​Richard patted Mohammed on the shoulder and said, "Take the fishmen back. Stay away. The ones we are going to deal with later can be considered the mothers of all the fishmen in principle. Of course, they are also the wives of some of the fishmen.

In short, you just need to be close to them. During the mating ritual of the fishmen, the male fishmen will become fanatical and irrational.

I'm worried that these red fish people have other means of controlling the male fish people."

Muhammad reluctantly took the fishmen away and left behind the few snakemen.

These snakemen, like the fishmen, are amphibians and can move for a long time at the bottom of the saltwater lake. But Richard had no intention of letting the snakemen go down for reconnaissance.

Richard was not clear about the situation under the salt water pool, but he knew very well that there were probably many dangers under the water, and letting the snake people go into the water would be tantamount to sending them to their deaths.

Richard couldn't say that he loved his soldiers like his own sons, but he wouldn't deliberately let his men die. He clapped his hands and summoned an illusory purple eye out of thin air.

This eye is the Hunter's Eye summoned by the magic [Hunter's Piercing Spear].

The Hunter's Eye slid into the water and searched around.

Richard closed his eyes and synchronized his vision with the Hunter's Eye.

As the Hunter's Eye slowly dived, a strange and deep world at the bottom of the lake gradually appeared before Richard's eyes - the lake water gradually changed from white to deep dark blue, and then to pitch black, until there was endless darkness all around. Only the faint light emitted by the Hunter's Eye illuminated the silent lake bottom like stars.

Richard frowned.

At the bottom of the lake, the first thing that caught his eye was the colorful coral reefs, which were either lush or varied in shape, like a garden at the bottom of the lake. Various strange-looking clownfish and sea anemone-like creatures swam among the coral reefs. Some of them were dressed in gorgeous coats, while others were as transparent as crystal, flashing a faint elemental light in the dark sea water.

"These are sea corals and crinoids, seafloor creatures that usually only appear in the ocean. There is no reason for them to appear in this lake. Natural evolution simply cannot provide them with the soil to reproduce.

They must have been transported here directly from the ocean somehow."

As the Hunter's Eye continued to move forward, schools of colorful fish appeared in Richard's field of vision, followed closely by floating white frost-like cotton wool.

That thick layer of hoarfrost-like cotton wool was as dazzlingly white as clouds floating in the ocean.

“This… these are tiny particles formed from the decomposition of the remains of dead organisms in the lake. They float slowly in the lake water like snowflakes in the sky. They are called corpse snow.

Corpse snow is unusual and extremely dangerous.

All the elements on the remains of these creatures were completely extracted, leaving only the final dead silence. If other creatures came into contact with these cotton-like bodies, they would soon die from the corrosion of the dead air.

Fortunately, the snake people were not allowed to come down, otherwise this layer of dead snow alone would be enough to keep them all at the bottom of the lake."

Richard controlled the Hunter's Eye to go deeper. The Hunter's Eye was about to exceed its maximum range, but the area of ​​the lake he explored only accounted for 1% of the entire lake.

At this point, the surrounding lake bottom environment became even quieter and more mysterious. The huge lake bottom mountains and canyons were looming under the observation of the hunter's eyes. Some bright red pieces of meat were floating on the bottom of the lake, being torn and pecked by a group of colorless translucent crabs.

"This is..." Richard stared at the red piece of meat, with some doubts in his heart. He compared the color and shape of the red piece of meat with the picture he saw in Mohammed's memory, and firmly determined it.

"Yes! That's right! This is the body tissue of those red fishmen."

Richard's eyes brightened, and the purple hunter's eye immediately floated over and attached to the red piece of meat.

At that moment, a spear appeared out of thin air in Richard's hand.

Whoosh!
The spear flew through the air, cut through the water surface, and went straight to the bottom of the lake!

Silently, undercurrents surged beneath the lake, and a huge, bright red fish tail broke out of the water, slapped hard on the surface of the lake, and sank back into the bottom of the lake.

The Red Fish Man was beaten out!
"The Hunter Piercing Spear's lock is a rule lock. As long as the body tissue is locked, the main body can be locked."

Richard stared at the red fish tail. A spear appeared in his hand!
Hunter Piercing Spear is a powerful sorcery of the Outer God System/Rule Level, and it originally has a very long cooldown time. But Richard is a Star Ring Mage, and all magic within the Star Ring does not require a cooldown time. Even the Hunter Mother herself cannot release Hunter Piercing Spear continuously, but Richard can use it as a machine gun!
Whoosh!
The second spear hit the entire saltwater lake and it began to surge and tremble! The red fish man, in great pain, jumped frantically under the water, causing the lake to surge and even the shores to shake.

Hunter's Piercing Lance pierces and attacks a target targeted by the sorcery, causing void damage that causes it to self-destruct.

This kind of self-destructive damage that causes creatures to destroy themselves will bring terrible pain far exceeding physical damage, and even the Red Fish people are not immune.

The damage value of a piercing spear is 30% of the opponent's current health + 40 points. The more health the opponent has, the more painful it is.

A unit like the Red Fishman, which is huge, furry, and has high health, is perfectly controlled by the Piercing Spear. Richard could reduce the Red Fishman's health to less than half with two shots.

Richard waved his hand, wanting to strike while the iron was hot and beat the red fish man until he lost his ability to fight.

But a feeling of exhaustion coming from deep within his soul caused his movements to suddenly stop.

"No more magic points! I actually have no more magic points! I only used two shots?" Richard was a little confused.

He then realized that the Hunter's Piercing Spear did not have a clear mana consumption. Its mana consumption was determined by two factors: the strength of the enemy and the distance between the enemy and himself.

Facing an opponent as powerful and long-range as the Red Fishman, the amount of magic power consumed by just one shot of the Hunter's Piercing Gun was extremely exaggerated, comparable to a level five magic.

Moreover, because the distance was too far, the range of the Hunter's Piercing Spear was beyond Richard's range for recovering magic power, so his magic siphon did not automatically start to restore his magic power.

The two factors combined successfully depleted Richard's magic points.

"Tsk! I was careless." Richard clenched his fists, feeling helpless.

Just as Richard raised the Disintegration Staff and prepared to get some magic points to deal with the emergency, suddenly, a huge ball of white mud emerged from around the lake and smashed towards Richard in the air!
Richard looked up at the white mud and smiled. He did not dodge, but waited quietly for the white mud to fall. At the same time, a faint green light slowly covered Richard's body.

Snapped!
The white mud fell to the ground, shaking the lakeshore and splashing mud. But Richard walked out of the mud leisurely, his clothes not stained with dust.

"This time, all the magic points in my body are really going to be used up." Richard shook his head helplessly.

The two rule magics learned from the Mother of Hunters are both very powerful, and the effects are amazing, but the consumption of magic points is too exaggerated.

It is also a third-level magic, and the magic value consumption of a chain of fireballs is only eight points.

Even if the Hunter's Piercing Lance is used at close range against a weak unit, it will cost at least 16 mana points at a time, which is three times that of the Chain Fireball. If you use this magic against a powerful target at a long distance like this time, then the minimum consumption is 20 mana points.

Not to mention the phase form, 30 points to open, 5 points per second, no different from robbery.

“Powerful magical effects always come with a powerful price, which is also one of the characteristics of witchcraft.

Because witchcraft uses magic power to simulate natural phenomena, the utilization rate of magic power is not high enough, so the amount of magic power consumed by powerful witchcraft is also extremely huge.

With my current strength, I can only use these two spells as ultimate moves, and cannot use them as regular combat power."

The famous wizard Sa Ailan once said that a wizard without magic power is a salted fish.

Richard would naturally not continue to explore the lakeside when he did not have enough magic power.

He whistled softly, and a huge black gargoyle in the sky immediately fell down, grabbed him, and quickly evacuated from the lake.

With a loud bang, another ball of white mud spit out from the lake, and this ball of mud rushed towards the black gargoyle in the sky like a cannonball.

But at this moment, a green gargoyle suddenly flew over, and a green barrier appeared on his body, completely blocking the mud, and not a single drop of mud fell on Richard.

Richard stood on the claws of the black rock, looking at the white mud in deep thought.

"There is no doubt that this white mud is corpse snow. It seems that the corpse snow in those lakes is not naturally generated, but is consciously cultivated in the lakes by the Red Fish People.

In addition to producing ordinary fishmen, those red fishmen can also create corpse snow as ammunition by killing creatures at the bottom of the lake. This ability is really special.

Hunt prey, then use the prey's body as a weapon to continue hunting stronger prey. It is truly worthy of being a Void Species in the Hunter Camp.

If there is corpse snow, there is no need to use life-type troops to fight.

Not to mention those fragile snakemen and fishmen, even Green Ham would lose half his life after being hit by a corpse snow mud ball. Corpse snow is quite restrained against life units.

I don't know which is faster, the Red Fishman's life recovery speed or our mana recovery speed?
If my magic points recover faster than his, it would be convenient. I don't have to fight in the lake, but let the gargoyle carry me in the air. Slowly use the piercing spear to beat the red fish man to the point of death.

If the Red Fish Man dares to chase after them, I will take him away from the lake. As long as he enters the forbidden magic area of ​​Saint Laurent Prison, I will have more tricks up my sleeve. "

After the first round of exploration, Richard had thoroughly discovered the existence of the Red Fish Man.

Richard did not rush his troops forward, but ordered all the troops to retreat first. After he recovered enough magic power, he rode the gargoyle back to the sky above the lake.

The purple eye appeared again, and the Hunter's Eye sank into the lake and searched the bottom of the lake.

With the experience from last time, this time Richard directly searched for the location where the red fish man was found before.

Sure enough, the Hunter's Eye soon reaped the rewards!

There is a giant red fish at the bottom of the lake that is about 26 meters long! Unlike the human form of the fish-man, this giant red fish has hands and feet, but his hands and feet are like severely degenerated and underdeveloped fish fins. Compared with his huge body, his hands and feet look only a tiny bit big.

Under the body of this huge red fish, there is a bright red fish egg. Richard can feel that the fish egg is jumping slowly, as if a new life is brewing in the fish egg.

"Wait a minute, the appearance of this big red fish is completely different from the red fish man in Mohammed's memory?" Richard was a little confused: "How did he change from a fish man to a fish again?"

(End of this chapter)