From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 17: The mantis stalks the cicada, who is the oriole?

the next day.

Lu Heng and Su Muyu went out to retrieve the third piece of Narnia crystal.

The third crystal is located in an arena south of the City of Misty Things and is the hardest one to get.

The two came to the outside of the Colosseum and saw more than twenty Terrorclaw Horned Demons guarding this ancient building.

Some of the Devilclaws are on patrol, while others are wrestling in the Colosseum.

Lu Heng and Su Muyu entered invisible state and observed the situation in the Colosseum from a high building outside the Colosseum.

Seeing twenty or thirty horror-clawed horned demons, it already felt a bit tricky.

At this time, the Horned Demon Marshal appeared with a team of Terrorclaw Horned Demons, climbed up the wall of the Colosseum and took a round inspection.

All the Horroclaw Horned Demons bowed their heads and saluted the Horned Demon Warlord. The hierarchy of the abyss demons is strict.

The Horned Demon Warlord is a high-level demon, and he is supreme in front of these low-level demons.

Lu Heng and the other man observed from afar, waiting until the Horned Demon Marshal finished his inspection and left the Colosseum.

However, after the Horned Demon Marshal left, he did not take the Terrorclaw Horned Demon with him, but stayed behind to guard the Colosseum.

As a result, the number of Horrorclaws in the Colosseum increased to more than forty.

This is trouble.

While observing.

Su Muyu suddenly said: "Someone is following us."

"Ok?"

"The one with dyed yellow hair was hiding behind the wall behind us. I guess he followed us all the way from Quenching Fort. I just discovered him." Su Muyu explained the situation.

"I didn't expect this guy to be so brave." Lu Heng originally thought that this yellow-haired guy was not so brave, but it seemed that he had obtained an invisibility skill and suddenly became braver.

"What should we do now?" Su Muyu looked at the more than forty horned demons in the arena. There was also a rat hiding behind them. The situation was a bit difficult to deal with.

Lu Heng thought for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "That's great, let the mouse behind help us get the crystal.

“I’ll go out later and lure the Horrorclaw away. The rat behind us will definitely not sit still and will definitely try to steal the crystal.

"Wait for him to steal the crystal, then just keep an eye on him. We can get the crystal back after we meet up."

Su Muyu nodded and agreed: "Okay."

The plan was confirmed. Lu Heng approached the Colosseum in stealth mode, and got five meters away from the Horrorclaw Horned Demon at the door. He activated [Wind Step], rushed forward in one step, drew out the Aurora Blade, and slashed it across with one move.

The sharp sword blade accurately cut through the neck of the Horrorclaw Demon and chopped off its head.

[Hunting down the Horrorclaw Horned Demon, absorbing 50 points of demonic energy. ]

Lu Heng killed the terrifying horned demon guarding the gate with one sword, then turned around and ran south.

Roar!
The Horrorclaw Horned Demon in the Colosseum let out an angry roar, rushed out from the door and the wall, and chased in the direction of Lu Heng.

In order to lead away this group of horror-clawed horned demons, Lu Heng always controlled the distance, giving this group of low-level demons the illusion that he could be caught up.

On the other side, Su Muyu used an invisible reconnaissance eagle to keep an eye on Huangmao's position.

As expected, after seeing most of the Horrorclaws being led away, Huangmao began to approach the Colosseum.

However, not all of the Devilclaws in the Colosseum were led away. There were still more than a dozen Devilclaws guarding the Narnia crystal.

Huangmao hesitated outside the Colosseum and never dared to go in.

Su Muyu looked at the yellow-haired man's hesitation and became furious. She urged him in her heart, "Hurry up!"

Huangmao hesitantly walked into the arena and moved along the wall as slowly as a turtle, fearing that he would be discovered.

After three minutes of wasting time, there was no progress at all.

Su Muyu couldn't bear it anymore, so he controlled the reconnaissance eagle to scratch the wall with one claw and pushed a broken brick down.

Bang!
Ah!
The yellow-haired man was so frightened that he attracted the attention of the horned demon guards.

The horned demon guard shouted and rushed in his direction, raising his hand to sprinkle a handful of dust.

The yellow-haired man's figure was looming in the dust. How could he dare to steal the crystal? Seeing that the situation was not good, he turned around and ran away.

Half of the horned demon guards roared and rushed out of the arena to chase Huangmao.

However, there are still ten horned demon guards left to guard the crystal.

Su Muyu thought for a moment and made a prompt decision, controlling the invisible reconnaissance eagle to fly into the arena and crash into the Narnia crystal.

The energy of the scout eagle is transformed into an [invisibility veil], covering the Narnia crystal.

This move was actually the skill linkage technique of [Scouting Eagle] and [Invisible Curtain]. Lu Heng had explained the principle to her yesterday, and it was just right to use it now.

The Narnian crystal was covered by the invisible energy and disappeared from the sight of the horned demon guards.

The ten-horned demon guards who stayed behind to watch over the place panicked when they discovered that the crystal was missing.

The Horroclaw is just a low-level demon. It has a certain level of intelligence, but it is not very high.

The loss of the Narnian Crystal meant that they would be torn to pieces by the Horned Overlords.

So the ten horned demon guards thought that the person who had just sneaked into the Colosseum stole the Narnia crystal, and immediately rushed out of the Colosseum and chased after the yellow-haired man together.

Su Muyu walked into the empty Colosseum leisurely, picked up the invisible Narnia crystal, turned around and left leisurely to meet Lu Heng.

……

the other side.

The Horrorclaw Horned Demon chased for two kilometers and then began to return.

After Lu Heng and Su Muyu joined forces, they killed three lone Horrorclaw Horned Demons.

Including yesterday's hunt for the horned demon, Lu Heng's level has risen to level 6, but he has no ultimate move to choose from.

Su Muyu also reached level 4 and grew very fast.

Then, the two of them returned the Narnian crystals to the Tempering Keep. Gollum held the third Narnian crystal and was very happy: "Great, thank you, my friend. As a thank you, I will give you this Aurora Blade."

Then, a data prompt popped up.

[Complete the mission: Collect Narnia Crystals]

[Reward: Aurora Blade]

A new item appeared on the character data panel.

[Item: Aurora Blade]

The same situation happened to Su Muyu, who officially received the [Energy Crystal Bracelet] as a reward.

In the evening.

Hu Biao and his companions finally dug up enough combustion-supporting ore and completed the task of collecting combustion-supporting ore.

When the last cart of ore was handed over to Gollum, Gollum was very happy and said to everyone:

"We have finally gathered all the materials. Quenching Castle must leave this damn place quickly. Once I remove Quenching Castle's disguise, it will definitely be discovered by that damn Horned Demon Overlord. You must stop it and don't let it rush into the castle."

Afterwards, everyone received a notification that there was new progress in the series of hidden tasks.

[The series of hidden missions "Crisis of Quenching Castle" has entered the second stage. 】

[Mission: Stop the Horned Demon Warlord]

[Content: Quenching Fort has gathered enough materials to escape from the abyss, but activating the space device will cause Quenching Fort's disguise to fail, and it will face the attack of the Horned Demon Warlord. Guru asks you to stop the Horned Demon Warlord until Quenching Fort escapes from the abyss.]

[Reward: Friendship of Tempering Master Guru]

After the new task appeared, Guru added: "There is one more thing. After the Quenching Castle leaves the abyss, it will be discovered by a terrifying existence in the abyss. At that time, the intensity of mental pollution will increase dozens of times. You must leave the abyss as soon as possible."

Since the main mission of this Abyss Battlefield is to survive for 3 days, it is now the evening of the 3rd day.

According to the time, as long as we hold on until 12 o'clock tonight, we can complete the main task and return to Blue Star.

Gollum also needs to adjust the parameters of the space device, and the estimated time to start the device is also 12 o'clock in the evening.

……

The sky gradually darkens, and the time for the final stage of the Abyss Battlefield is getting closer.

At this moment.

A man returned to Quenching Castle, it was Huangmao.

The yellow-haired man looked very embarrassed. After returning to the Quenching Castle, he lowered his head and walked through the first floor hall, not daring to look at Lu Heng and the others.

Lu Heng was a little surprised to see the yellow-haired man appear.

I heard from Su Muyu before that after Huangmao sneaked into the Colosseum, he was discovered by the Horned Demon guards, and then he escaped from the Colosseum and disappeared.

More than three hours had passed since he escaped from the Colosseum.

Hu Biao was a little unhappy to see Huangmao, because Huangmao had disappeared since noon, causing him to complete double mining tasks.

"Where have you been?" Hu Biao asked in a cold voice.

Huangmao rolled up his sleeves, revealing the bandage on his arm, and said, "Brother Biao, are you questioning me with this tone? When you were mining, I saw a demon approaching the mine, so I took the initiative to lead the demon away, and that's how I got injured."

"So that's how it is." After hearing what he said, several people in Hu Biao's team showed guilty expressions.

Lu Heng looked at him with interest, and suddenly asked, "Have you met the Horned Demon Commander?"

"what?"

Huangmao's eyes widened, pretending to be surprised: "That thing is so scary, how can I come back after seeing it?"

If it were anyone else, they might have been deceived by him.

After all, one of the main missions of this Abyss Battlefield is to escape from the pursuit of the Horned Demon Marshal.

So, according to normal logic, meeting the Horned Demon Warlord means basically death.

Lu Heng is different. He knows some secrets of the Abyss Battlefield.

The missions in the Abyss World are never static and will change as the situation changes.

The Horned Demon Warlord is not a stupid beast, but a high-level demon with great intelligence.

All intelligent creatures have one characteristic, which is the ability to communicate.

As for the result after communication, it depends on how you communicate.

So, Lu Heng asked directly: "What is the mission you triggered from the Horned Demon Warlord?"

"What...mission?" Cold sweat began to appear on the yellow-haired man's forehead.

"It's okay if you don't tell me. Let me guess. The fact that the Horned Demon Overlord released you means that you provided information that allowed you to survive. In this city, the only thing of this value is the Quenching Castle."

This is actually not difficult to guess. A high-level demon will not let go of the yellow-haired food for the sake of several other foods.

So, it can only be the Quenching Fort.

Seeing beads of sweat on the yellow-haired man's forehead, Lu Heng continued to guess: "The mission you triggered should be to prevent the Quenching Fort from escaping the abyss. Among the branch missions, there should be a deliberate exposure of the location of the Quenching Fort to induce the Horned Demon Warlord to attack."

The yellow-haired man sweated even more because the task Lu Heng guessed was almost exactly the same as the one he triggered.

He was originally very proud of himself for triggering such a cool hidden task.

As long as he completes this hidden mission, he can lead the Horned Demon General to kill all those idiots in Quenching Castle.

However, before he even started the mission, Lu Heng saw through his plan.

The hidden mission he triggered is also called the "traitor mission."

Huang Mao naturally couldn't admit it and refuted loudly: "I didn't! You slandered me! Why are you so vicious to me?"

"It doesn't really matter whether it is or not. As long as I kill you, the problem can be solved regardless of whether you have triggered the betrayer mission or not." Lu Heng's mouth curled up dangerously.

(End of this chapter)