From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 42: Escape into the shadows, ignoring physical collisions

The Abyss Fire Thief does have his escape ability maxed out.

Lu Heng chased all the way, and even though he reached a pursuit speed of 30 meters per second, and even reached 32 meters per second when sprinting, he could only try to keep from being left behind.

Chased all the way out of the steel plant and into the mountains and forests.

Lu Heng took out the Glock G17 pistol, aimed at the position below the reconnaissance eagle, and tried to see if he could hit it.

When the pistol was aimed, the scout eagle in front began to rush left and right, and its forward route was irregular.

Lu Heng knew at a glance that the Abyss Fire Thief was intentionally avoiding the shooting angle, and there was a delay between the position of the scout eagle and the position of the Abyss Fire Thief.

After all, after Su Muyu observed the position of the Abyss Fire Thief, he controlled the Reconnaissance Eagle to adjust its position accordingly. It was impossible for the two to be completely synchronized.

With the Abyss Fire Thief's movement speed of 30 meters per second, even if the delay is only 0.1 seconds, the maximum error can reach 3 meters.

With a position error of 3 meters, it is difficult to hit the target even with a bazooka, let alone a pistol.

However, Lu Heng still wanted to give it a try. He tried to make an advance judgment based on the movement trajectory of the reconnaissance eagle and then pull the trigger of the pistol.

boom!
The bullet fired and hit a tree in the distance, missing the target.

Lu Heng adjusted the muzzle of the gun again and fired another shot.

This time the bullet flew to the landing point and disappeared, as if it had hit the target, but the bullet was like a drop in the ocean, without causing any ripples.

The Abyss Fire Thief's escape speed did not slow down either.

Seeing this situation, Lu Heng reacted immediately. In addition to the invisibility and acceleration skills, the Abyss Fire Thief also has defense skills.

Invisibility, acceleration, plus defensive skills, this thing has reached a level of slipperiness.

Judging from the situation, if you want to catch it, you have to wait until its invisibility time ends.

After chasing for 5 minutes, Lu Heng began to breath a little hard, and he had to use breathing techniques to adjust the circulation of blood oxygen so that he could hold on.

Five minutes later, a transparent shadow slowly appeared in the empty space ahead.

The shadow changed from completely transparent to semi-transparent, and finally revealed its true form, which was the Abyss Fire Thief.

Its time of invisibility is over.

A gleam of light flashed in Lu Heng's eyes. He leaped up, stepped on the rock wall, walked on the wall, and flew up.

He drew the Aurora Blade from the void and stabbed out with the "Moon Chaser" sword, aiming straight at the back of the Abyss Fire Thief.

With his superb body movements and superb swordsmanship, this sword strike was both fast and accurate.

The Abyss Fire Thief sensed the approaching danger and immediately panicked.

Its talent tree is all focused on escaping and hiding, so its ability in head-on combat is very low.

Moreover, this sword was too fast and there was no room for it to dodge.

At the moment when the sword was about to pierce its back, a circle of dark purple energy burst out from its body, and its entire body suddenly became ethereal and disappeared into the shadows.

The Aurora Blade pierced its back, but the tip of the sword did not hit any hard object.

The body of the Abyss Fire Thief disappeared into the shadows and continued to flee forward.

Seeing this, Lu Heng was not discouraged, but instead a sharp look flashed in his eyes.

This is because the ability to escape into the shadows is the source ability of this hidden profession, and it is also the trump card of the Abyss Fire Thief.

After the Abyss Fire Thief escaped into the shadows, his body became immune to all physical collisions and turned into a translucent shadow, continuing to flee forward.

Lu Heng raised his sword and continued to chase it, closely following it within the distance of one sword.

According to the second-level professional, after the effect of the Abyss Fire Thief's escape into shadow ends, its stealth skill will quickly cool down, with only a 3-second gap in between.

In other words.

If the battle cannot be resolved within these 3 seconds, the Abyss Fire Thief will enter invisibility again for 5 minutes.

Lu Heng had been chasing for so long, maintaining the maximum speed, and his physical strength was almost at its limit.

Even if you can still hold on, your speed will continue to decrease.

Moreover, after chasing for so long, Su Muyu should be reaching his limit.

If we let it enter invisible state again, it will definitely not last long enough for it to come out of invisible state.

In other words, there is only one chance to capture the Abyss Fire Thief, and that is during that 3-second window.

This is the difficulty of this hidden mission, and it is also the only weakness of the Abyss Fire Thief.

It only needs to hold on for three seconds before it becomes invisible again and no one can catch it.

If we list the conditions required to complete this hidden mission from the beginning, you will know how difficult it is.

First of all, you need to have the ability to detect invisibility, otherwise you won’t even be able to see the Abyss Fire Thief.

Secondly, the running speed needs to reach 30 meters per second, which is three times the world record for the 3-meter sprint.

Moreover, you need to maintain this speed for more than 5 minutes, it is not as simple as running for 10 seconds.

To maintain this speed for 5 minutes, not only does one need extraordinary physical strength, but also meticulous body movements.

An important feature of the subtle level of body skills is to achieve the highest mobility with the least consumption.

The subtle level of body skills also provides the ability to climb walls and climb mountains to pursue the target, otherwise he would have been left behind long ago.

In addition, you also need to have the ability to eliminate the Abyss Fire Thief within 3 seconds.

In summary, in order to catch the Abyss Fire Thief, one needs to have super strong invisibility detection capabilities, super speed and agility, as well as combat power that can kill mid-level demons in seconds.

Under normal circumstances, these abilities will not appear in the same person.

At least in the early stage of the abyss invasion, no one could possess these abilities at the same time, not even Lu Heng.

Because the ability to detect invisibility was provided by Su Muyu.

...According to the data given in the strategy guide, the Abyss Fire Thief only has 7 seconds to escape into the shadows.

Although the time is short, these 7 seconds are crucial.

At this moment, the Abyss Fire Thief suddenly turned and crashed into the rock wall. Its figure flashed and drilled directly into the rock wall and disappeared.

Although Lu Heng was mentally prepared, he was still slightly surprised when he saw this scene.

This is the effect of escaping into the shadows and ignoring physical collisions.

The absence of physical collision means that it can pass through all physical obstacles, including the rock wall in front of it.

"Keep your eyes on the rock wall. It can only hide for seven seconds. When the time is up, it must come out."

Lu Heng shouted into the Bluetooth headset, asking Su Muyu to monitor the rock wall and find the location of the Abyss Fire Thief.

The chase enters its final stage as the Abyss Fire Thief burrows into the rock wall.

"I can't find its location because of the rock wall. I will monitor the situation around the rock wall. As soon as it comes out, I will lock its location immediately." Su Muyu answered at the fastest speed.

Because the Abyss Fire Thief had drilled into the rock wall, the scout eagle couldn't find its location and it felt like it was blind.

However, this state works both ways.

The Abyss Fire Thief hid in the rock wall and could not see what was happening outside the rock wall.

It also doesn't know Lu Heng's location.

At the speed of the Abyss Fire Thief, it can run a distance of 7 meters in 210 seconds.

That is, it could come out from any location within 210 meters around the rock wall.

The next 7 seconds were a psychological battle.

Lu Heng stood there without moving, betting that the Abyss Fire Thief would hide there without moving.

However, to be on the safe side, Lu Heng released his shadow clone and chased towards the east.

Time passed second by second with the sound of breathing. Lu Heng took a deep breath to even out the blood oxygen in his body, counting the seconds silently.

1 second... 4 seconds, 5 seconds...

At the 5th second

A rat head emerged from the rock wall. It was the Fire Thief of the Abyss.

This time Lu Heng won the bet and stood there waiting for it.

The Abyss Fire Thief stuck his head out, and when he saw Lu Heng and the others standing there, he was startled and immediately shrank back.

Two seconds later, it emerged from 50 meters east of the rock wall, only 10 meters away from the shadow clone.

The shadow clone took the lead in attacking, rushing towards the Abyss Fire Thief.

Once the effect of the Abyss Fire Thief's Escape into Shadow ends, he can no longer hide in the rock wall, and can only activate the acceleration skill, rush out of the rock wall, and flee in panic.

The shadow clone kicked out, sweeping across the lower body of the Abyss Fire Thief.

The Abyss Fire Thief leaped up to avoid the attack and continued to run forward.

Then the scout eagle swooped down and grabbed at the eyes of the Abyss Fire Thief.

The Abyss Fire Thief raised his hand angrily and crushed the scout eagle with one claw.

With the interception of the Shadow Clone and the Scout Eagle, the Abyss Fire Thief's escape was temporarily frozen.

Lu Heng took advantage of the situation and chased after him, closing to within 10 meters.

Two seconds have passed, and there is only one second left in the vacuum period.

The Abyss Fire Thief fled at full speed, keeping a close eye on the cooldown of his invisibility skill.

When the last second was up, it immediately raised its palm, condensed a ball of demonic energy, and smashed it to the ground with a "bang".

Demonic energy exploded on the ground, spreading a cloud of mist.

Its figure gradually faded and disappeared in the mist.

At the moment it raised its hand to release the skill, Lu Heng activated the second stage effect of [Swift Wind Step·Thrust], launching a straight line thrust, and the acceleration effect was instantly doubled.

Lu Heng sped off at a speed beyond his limit, as if he had turned into a bolt of lightning and shot out. Holding the Aurora Blade in his hand, he stabbed the sword into the fog in a "cloud-piercing" manner.

puff!
Ah!
The Abyss Fire Thief had just used the Invisibility Mist skill, but before he could escape, he was pierced through the chest by a sword and let out a sharp scream.

Immediately afterwards, a circle of lightning exploded from the Aurora Blade, burning its body and leaving it no chance to struggle.

[Hunting down the Abyss Fire Stealer, absorbing 100 points of demonic energy. ]

After the death of the Abyss Fire Thief, two crystals were precipitated.

Lu Heng picked them up and checked them. The first one was the skill crystal core [Misty Escape].

[Misty Shadow: Consume energy to release a layer of mist, gaining a 10-minute invisibility effect, while shielding against smells and infrared sensors. Skill consumption: 30 energy. Skill level: D.]

The disadvantage of this skill is that the invisibility time is limited, unlike [Invisibility Curtain] which can remain invisible as long as there is energy.

However, this skill also has an advantage, which is that it can block odor and infrared sensing.

This means that neither scent nor thermal imaging sensors can detect the cloaking effect of this skill.

If I had used this skill to approach the Abyss Fire Thief, it wouldn't have smelled my scent 20 meters away and aroused its vigilance.

When Lu Heng saw this supernatural power, a smile appeared in his eyes.

[Divine Evolution] Unlocks the effect of skill locks, which not only allows you to upgrade skills, but also allows you to fuse skills.

Then, Lu Heng turned his attention to the second crystal.

This flat crystal is the real target for today - [Shadowwalker Essence].

(End of this chapter)