From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 273 Storm Peaks, Upgrade

The Elf Queen Orianna could actually make three powerful elves turn against her. How beautiful must this queen be?
After listening to Elena's story, Lu Heng and the other two had the same idea in their minds. They all wanted to see the Elf Queen in person.

"Excuse me, where is Sword Saint Teris now? I want to visit him." Lu Heng asked the information he really wanted to know.

Elena told this story to warn these humans that meeting Tyreese might come at a heavy price.

However, she did not intend to stop him, so she pointed to the Storm Peaks in the east and said, "If you can climb up the Storm Peaks with your bare hands, you may be able to see Tyrese. I have to remind you not to fly up, otherwise the Storm Peaks will let you know why it is named after storms."

Lu Heng nodded and agreed: "Okay, I understand, thank you."

When leaving the house.

Elena asked, "Tyrese's temper is much weirder than Seren's. If you want to get something from him, you're making a wrong idea."

When Lu Heng heard this, he didn't understand what it meant at first. He was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

The elven arcanist's intention was clearly to imply that the three of them were looters.

Apparently, news of the Moon Shadow Forest's ancient tree of knowledge being plundered by humans has spread.

No wonder Elena's attitude was rather cold at first, and she was not willing to meet until she saw the golden tree species.

After all, the previous group of humans was a raiding party, and they definitely left a bad reputation in the Quel'dorei continent.

Fortunately, before leaving Moonshadow Forest, I asked Seren for the token.

With the golden tree seeds in hand, it can at least prove that the three of them are friendly with Seren.

……

After leaving the Twisting Tower, the three came to the Storm Peaks.

Elena had reminded me before that if I wanted to meet the Sword Master Tyrese, I would need to climb up the Storm Peaks with my bare hands.

Lu Heng wasn't sure if this was a test, but since the elf said so, he just did it.

Besides, climbing Storm Peaks with bare hands isn't that difficult.

This is what Lu Heng thought at first, but when he actually started climbing, he found that things were not that simple.

The mountain is called Storm Peaks because storms often strike between the cliffs.

The shape of this mountain is very special. When the wind blowing from the east coast enters the mountains, it will be gathered by the mountains and form very strong wind pressure.

Lu Heng felt that the wind speed in the mountains had increased more than tenfold.

When climbing, if you are not careful, you may be blown away by the storm.

Originally, Lu Heng planned to use the Wind Walker skill to rush to the top of the cliff in one sprint. However, when he actually started to climb, he realized that if he did so, he would be blown away by the wind.

In the end, you can only climb up step by step.

Because the difficulty was too great, Lu Heng did not let Su Muyu and the others catch up, and asked them to wait at the foot of the mountain.

Lu Heng slowly climbed up against the strong wind pressure, and his speed advantage was completely unavailable.

Sometimes the storm is so fierce that you need to find a depression in the cliff to take temporary shelter.

Although the difficulty is greater than expected, Lu Heng has enough hard power to climb up steadily.

It took us an hour to finally reach the top of the 2,600-meter-high Storm Cliff.

After climbing to the top of Storm Cliff, Lu Heng saw a cave. The entrance of the cave was more than ten meters high, and it was a very large space.

This cave should be the Storm Cave mentioned by Elena.

Lu Heng stepped in. As soon as he stepped into the cave, the sound of wind in his ears stopped immediately, as if the storm was isolated outside the cave.

After entering the cave, Lu Heng stood at the door and did not walk around.

Because there are obvious signs of human activities in this cave, or to be more precise, signs of elves living there.

Stone tables, stone benches, stone beds, everything a shelter should have, but the furnishings are very simple, without anything unnecessary.

At this moment, there was no one in the cave. Lu Heng came uninvited, so he could only stand at the door.

Waited for a long time.

A sword light came from behind. Lu Heng's eyes focused and he immediately ducked to avoid it. He drew out the Aurora Blade and deflected the sword from behind.

As the Aurora Blade appeared, a voice came from behind: "Good sword!"

Lu Heng put the Aurora Blade behind him and turned to look at the person who came.

This was actually an elf with a ponytail, muscular arms and a slender figure. One could tell at a glance that she moved very quickly.

This elf has a noticeable scar on his right eye and a beard under his chin, and looks very casual and unruly.

According to human perception of age, this elf should be in his forties.

However, the lifespan of elves and humans is different. By conversion, this elf should be over 600 years old.

This means that he was probably born shortly after the abyss descended.

In order to prevent him from doing it again, Lu Heng quickly spoke: "Hello, I am from the human world, and I am here to visit Mr. Terris, the Elf Sword Saint."

"Ah……"

The elf uttered a mocking and meaningful "huh" and walked into the cave, asking, "Why did Seren call you here? Are you going to apologize to me?"

After hearing what he said, Lu Heng was certain that he was Tyrese.

Moreover, judging from his tone, he is obviously a person who is both arrogant and sentimental.

There was indeed some rift between him and Seren, but it was not hatred.

Lu Heng just came out of the Moon Shadow Forest today, so the scent of the forest should still be on him. He also had golden tree seeds on him, so it was not surprising that he was noticed by the other party.

Now it depends on how to resolve this situation.

If Lu Heng wants to learn his sword skills, he must build up his favorability.

However, it is rumored that the Elf Sword Saint Tyrese has a strange personality and is very difficult to approach.

In the previous life, the psychic who learned the sword master's skills did not learn it at this time, but one and a half years after the abyss invaded Blue Star.

At that time, the elves were facing a huge crisis. In order to get more helpers, Tyrese taught his sword skills to the psychic.

Therefore, the psychics who inherited the sword skills in the previous life actually did so because the situation forced Tyrese to teach them.

Lu Heng entered too early now, and the elves have not yet encountered such a serious crisis.

It would be more difficult to ask Tyrese to teach him sword skills now.

Lu Heng thought quickly in his mind and answered, "I came from the human world and was summoned here. My mission prompts that the Elf King City Kolos will face a crisis, and the mission requires me to go and resolve it.

"The forest elder gave me a golden tree seed and asked me to take it to Kolos City, saying that someone would receive me there."

There was a hint of displeasure in Terris's eyes, and he snorted coldly: "Then go ahead, why are you climbing my mountain?"

Lu Heng was not in a hurry, and continued: "My mission also mentioned the existence of the Abyss Summoner. So according to my speculation, there should be a powerful being from the abyss who joins forces with the Abyss Summoner to raid Kolos City.

"Mr. Terris, have you ever been drafted? If you have been drafted, you should know that since there is a draft, it means that the crisis really exists.

"So I wonder, will Kolos fall? Even if it doesn't fall, the people in the city may be in danger.

"I wonder if Queen Orianna has enough guards to protect her."

When he heard Orianna's name, Tyrese's fingers trembled noticeably.

Apparently, he was very concerned about Orianna's name.

Since he could have a quarrel with an elven forest elder because of Queen Orianna, it showed that he cared about this elven queen very much.

When Lu Heng saw the fleeting expression on his face, he knew that he had guessed correctly.

Terris snorted coldly: "The city of Kolos is heavily guarded, and the Abyss Summoners cannot enter."

Lu Heng spread his hands: "I hope so."

Tyrese said this, but his aura was obviously not as calm as before, and it was obvious that he was very worried.

He glared at Lu Heng and asked, "Since you were sent to Koros by Seren, why don't you go? What are you doing here?"

Lu Heng spread his hands and corrected, "I was not sent by Seren, I was recruited by the will of the world. My mission is to stop the Abyss Recruiter and resolve the crisis facing Kolos City.

“I don’t think that going directly to Kolos City can solve this crisis. If this crisis is so easy to solve, there will be no need for conscription.

"What I am considering now is to investigate the source of the crisis and improve my combat power as much as possible. I am worried that my current combat power is not enough to deal with this crisis."

Tyrese snorted coldly: "You are indeed too weak."

Lu Heng wanted to roll his eyes, thinking: You are an old man who has lived for 600 years, how dare you say that to me? Tyrese was thinking about the sword in Lu Heng's hand, and he had guessed something in his heart, and snorted coldly: "Tell me your purpose."

At this point, hiding it would only bring trouble.

Lu Heng nodded and admitted: "I hope to learn Mr. Terris's sword skills."

Terris said very proudly: "The swordsmanship of the elves will not be passed on to other races."

Lu Heng complained in his heart: Now they say they don’t want to spread the news, but that just means the crisis hasn’t come yet.

He had passed on his sword skills to humans in his previous life, so it was clear that his principle was not that firm.

Lu Heng thought about it and decided to use a drastic measure:
"It seems that Mr. Swordmaster does not love Queen Oriana as much as Elder Seren. My companion expressed his willingness to help Kolos City resolve the crisis and immediately received the blessing of the Ancient Tree of Knowledge.

"I thought I could get guidance from Mr. Sword Saint, but it seems I was wrong. Goodbye!"

After saying the last two words, Lu Heng turned and walked out, without any intention of fighting for it any further.

When Terris was at the foot of the mountain just now, he had already felt the breath of the ancient tree's blessing, so he knew that Lu Heng was not lying.

He could tolerate anything when it came to Queen Orianna, but he could not tolerate losing to Thryn.

So he stood up and shouted: "Even if I am willing to teach you, you will never be able to learn it. My swordsmanship is not something that every creature can learn."

Lu Heng raised a smile and turned around to answer: "Mr. Sword Saint only teaches me. If I can't learn, then it's my problem."

Tyrese thought for a moment and said, "If you want to learn my swordsmanship, you must first meet several requirements before you are qualified to try. The first requirement is to cause a sonic boom when you strike with the sword."

Lu Heng said nothing, he just raised the Aurora Blade and swung it, and with a "bang" a sonic boom sword was fired.

Tyrese raised an eyebrow. He found that the human in front of him was more talented than he expected. He continued, "Second point, kill five hundred abyss demons to prove your determination."

Without saying anything, Lu Heng turned around and walked to the cliff in one step. Then he jumped down and landed in mid-air to be caught by the Chongming Bird. He said:
"Looking for demons, five hundred of them."

Time is running out, five hundred is a bit too many, and it will take time to practice the unique skills of Sword Saint Tyrese.

If the difficulty of cultivation is really great, the 30 days in the abyss battlefield may be very tense.

So the speed must be fast.

Since Tyreese had no requirements for the level of the demons, only the number, as long as you find the demon, you just have to kill it.

The world of Quel'dorei has been invaded by the abyss for seven hundred years. Although the elves have powerful magical powers to resist the invasion of the abyss, such a long period of time has allowed many abyss demons to exist in this world.

However, these demons usually hide in the mountains and canyons and do not appear in the elves' activity areas.

Su Muyu controlled the Chongming Bird and flew with Lu Heng while conducting aerial reconnaissance to look for any trace of the devil.

Since there are powerful elves living in Storm Peaks and Twisting Towers, there are basically no demons around.

Whenever there are demons around, powerful elves like Tyrese and Elena will easily deal with them.

Therefore, if you want to find demons, you have to look for them in areas with harsh environments.

For example, the barren swamp.

This place was originally a swamp with many poisonous insects. After the abyss descended, it was shrouded in fog and became a complete wasteland.

Mutated poisonous insects, abyss demons, and unknown monsters are hidden in the fog, and no elf dares to set foot in this area.

Therefore, entering the desolate swamp to look for demons will make it easier to find them, but it will also be more dangerous.

Because the fog in the desolate swamp has existed for hundreds of years, it is so thick that it seems like solid.

It was almost pitch dark.

Fortunately, Su Muyu's [Sky Lord] class has the ability to change the weather in a small area.

Therefore, she can control the weather, causing strong winds to blow away the fog temporarily within a certain range.

However, the desolate swamp has a diameter of hundreds of kilometers, and her ability to control the weather can only affect an area of ​​several hundred meters.

It is impossible to dispel the fog over a large area by relying on this ability.

Therefore, Su Muyu controlled the Chongming Bird to fly into the fog to investigate.

The three members of the team set off on a mechanical tiger, flying above the fog.

After the Chongming Bird detects the demon, it will blow up a strong wind to disperse the fog and then go down to clean up the demon.

After entering the desolate swamp area and flying about five kilometers, Su Muyu's voice was heard from the mouth of the double-headed bird.

"There is a dead tree hole below, and there are more than a dozen abyss worms in it. I will disperse the fog first."

“No need, I’ll take care of it.” Lu Heng let go of the Chongming Bird and fell down. When he landed above the dead tree hole, he swung his sword and slashed out [Dragon Breath Slash].

Roar!
With a sound, the shadow of a Purgatory Dragon appeared, and ferocious dragon flames spewed out, engulfing the dead tree hole below and burning it to ashes.

The blazing dragon flames evaporated the fog completely, leaving an area of ​​more than 100 meters in diameter barely visible.

The abyss worms in the tree holes struggled to crawl out from the gaps in the tree holes. Their bodies were covered with scars from the dragon flames, but more than half of them did not die immediately.

Lu Heng fell down and killed them all with a swing of his sword.

[Kill the abyss worm and absorb 800 points of demonic energy. ]

[Kill the abyss worm and absorb 800 points of demonic energy. ]

More than a dozen consecutive data prompts.

During the battle, Lu Heng used Wind Walker and his proficiency level increased.

[Use the "Wind Walker" skill to fight, skill proficiency +1]

In this way, the proficiency of Windranger's skills has reached (2932/3000), getting closer and closer to full proficiency.

After cleaning out this abyss worm nest, the Chongming Bird swooped down and took away the fallen crystal cores.

Lu Heng raised his left hand above his head, letting the Chongming bird fly back into the air and continue moving forward.

Next.

The group of three continued to search in the desolate swamp, and when they saw the abyss monsters, they went down to deal with them.

After Lu Heng used the Dragon Breath Slash, the second wave of demons attacked by the solar wind blown by the Chongming Bird.

The few demons that escaped from the solar wind were killed by Lu Heng with his sword.

After using Solar Wind, it was Lin Zeyu's turn to use [Source Energy Cloud Explosion] to attack.

All three were large-scale attack skills, burning the barren swamp into scorched earth.

After using the [Source Energy Cloud Explosion Bomb], Lu Heng's [Dragon Breath Slash] can almost be used.

The three of them took turns using range skills to clear the abyss monsters. Occasionally, when they encountered a situation where the skills had no cooldown, Lu Heng would use [Thunder Prison] to connect.

[Thunder Sky Prison] is also a B-level skill, and its skill level is the same as [Source Energy Fuel Explosion Bomb].

Judging from the power alone, [Thunder Prison] is not as good as [Source Energy Cloud Explosion], after all, [Thunder Prison] is a half-control and half-damage skill that can lock the target in a lightning cage.

For skills of the same level, the overall performance is similar.

[Thunder Prison] has an additional control effect, so its power is naturally lower than that of pure damage skills such as [Source Energy Fuel Explosion Bomb].

Although the damage is lower, it is enough when combined with the other skills of the three people.

The three of them slaughtered the abyss monsters in the desolate swamp for a whole night, and only ended the operation at dawn.

After more than ten hours of slaughter, the energy levels of Lu Heng and the other two were increased.

陆恒升到了34级，全属性提升了4点，敏捷额外提升，五维属性提升到了：力量86、敏捷110、体质86、精神91、感知86。

Among the 91 spiritual attributes, 4 points are provided by the rune gems made by Su Muyu after he was promoted to a senior inscriptionist.

Excluding these 4 attributes, the basic spiritual attribute is 87 points.

Su Muyu also reached level 34. When she was recruited, her source energy level was level 32. In the ancient tree space, she received the blessing of the ancient tree of knowledge and was upgraded by 1 level. Now she has been upgraded by another level, so her level has reached 1.

Moreover, the effect of [Blessing of the Ancient Tree] she obtained increased her spirit by 10 points.

Plus the 9 points of mental power added by the Dragon Eye Gem Bracelet.

After she reached level 34, her spirit attribute reached 109 points, which was very high.

However, the effect of [Blessing of the Ancient Tree] only lasts for 30 days, so the 109 mental attribute is only temporary. When this abyss battlefield is over, her mental power will drop back to 99 points.

Su Muyu looked at the effect of [Ancient Tree Blessing] and thought to himself, it would be great if this BUFF was permanent.

(End of this chapter)