Elven cultivators

Chapter 111 A Born Guerrilla Fate

Mind Blast!

Mind Flayer's signature move!

When they unleash this attack, they release a cone-shaped stream of mental energy from their heads. Creatures within the range that are not strong-willed will be stunned and frozen in place, leaving them vulnerable to being slaughtered.

An ordinary adventurer would probably not even have time to react to such a sudden sneak attack.

However, the four invisible impacts that struck Anton vanished without a trace, like mud sinking into the sea.

Anton remained expressionless, his gaze sweeping around as he saw four Mind Flayers leap out of the shadows, surrounding him in a pincer movement.

Even before setting foot in the Dark Region, he had affixed various talismans to his body, including calming talismans, tranquilizing talismans, and warding-off-evil talismans, primarily for comprehensive protection.

The mind attacks of ordinary Mind Flayers are simply not enough to break through the defenses formed by so many stacked talismans.

What puzzled Anton was how the Mind Flayer discovered him.

He had been extremely careful along the way.

Perhaps during the exploration of the interior of the rock wall, we accidentally triggered a more hidden warning array?

The Mind Flayer had been operating in this area for countless years, and the security measures he had set up were far more complex and sophisticated than he had imagined.

Even if he has divine sense and acts very carefully, it is difficult for him to take care of everything.

Anton sighed inwardly.

The four mind flayers were unaware of his thoughts. After realizing that their attack was ineffective, they were clearly stunned for a moment, and then frantically twisted the tentacles on their heads, preparing to launch a more powerful mind attack.

Before he could act, a silver-white sword light leaped from Anton's chest, slicing through the darkness of the cave like lightning, drawing a huge parabola in the void, and instantly piercing through the heads of the four Mind Flayers.

The mind flayer's psionic barrier, which it relied on, was as fragile as paper in the face of the sharp sword light.

The four mind-stealing demons didn't even have time to scream before they died on the spot.

The cave quickly returned to silence.

Anton stared at the four Mind Flayer corpses, his eyes flashing.

Mind Flayer is an extremely collectivist society.

The absolute core of each Mind Flayer city-state is a mastermind immersed in a brain pool.

The Mastermind is formed by the fusion of the brains of the Mind Flayers who died throughout the ages; it is the aggregate of all the knowledge and will of the community.

It maintains contact with all mind flayers within a certain range through powerful telepathy, issuing commands and sharing intelligence.

Each individual Mind Flayer is both an independent predator and an extension of the vast will of the Mastermind.

In other words, the mastermind in the city-state, far away, already knows what is happening here.

Anton acted decisively, storing the four Mind Flayer corpses into his dimensional ring. Then, his sword light suddenly intensified, enveloping his entire body, and he transformed into a streak of light, hurtling towards the location of the mithril mine.

Now that it has been discovered, there is no need to hide it anymore.

Since we can't leave this area anyway, we might as well deal with the Mind Flayer City-State first.

Mind Flayers feed on the brains of intelligent beings and enjoy enslaving others. Any creature that appears in their territory either becomes food or a mindless slave.

Even worse, they become tools for their reproduction.

Once you enter the Mind Flayer's territory and are discovered, don't expect to be able to communicate with them.

Either run away quickly, or just do it.

Of course, Anton wouldn't be foolish enough to attack the Mind Flayer City-State.

The best strategy is to first eliminate the outer forces of the Mind Flayer city-state, and even lure the Mind Flayers out of the city to kill them, gradually weakening the enemy's strength. At the same time, you can also gather intelligence on the city-state and plunder its resources.

Get more in one fell swoop.

He used this method to deal with Kreisor Dragon City on the surface, but he didn't expect that he would still have to fight a guerrilla war in the Underdark.

"A born guerrilla."

Anton gave a self-deprecating laugh, but his sword-fighting speed actually increased a bit.

Along the way, they encountered several patrol teams of the Stone Blind Barbarians. Anton didn't even bother to use his sword light; he simply threw out a Five Qi Suppressing Yuan technique, instantly turning a group of Stone Blind Barbarians into ashes.

In the blink of an eye, Anton arrived at the Mithril Mine.

And here, preparations for battle have been made.

Hundreds of Stoneblind Barbarians, armed with weapons, lined up at the entrance to the mine tunnel, staring intently ahead as if facing a formidable enemy.

Behind them, dozens of Mind Flayers hovered in mid-air, their whiskers twitching slightly, their milky-white eyes staring blankly in Anton's direction.

It was obvious that the mastermind had determined his target by the location of the Stoneblind Barbarian patrol's deaths and had the garrison forces in the mining area prepared for battle in advance.

Anton's gaze swept over the Mind Flayer and the Stone-Blind Barbarians, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

The next instant, he abruptly stopped, but the sword light continued to leap out, splitting into two and then four in mid-air, like four silver-white lightning bolts tearing through the darkness of the cave, shooting towards the Mind-Stealing Demon horde.

The mind flayers released psionic barriers almost simultaneously, dozens of semi-transparent barriers stacked one on top of the other, forming a thick wall of psionic energy at the entrance to the mine.

But the sharpness of the sword light was far beyond their imagination.

Four sword beams tore through the psionic barrier like hot knives slicing through butter, weaving through the Mind Flayer horde.

Wherever the sword light passed, the Mind Flayers fell in droves like wheat being harvested.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten Mindbreakers fell.

In shock, the Mind Flayer immediately changed its target, abandoning its defenses and concentrating all its power on attacking the intruder.

Led by a high-ranking Mind Flayer whose aura was exceptionally deep and imposing, clearly of the Gold rank, all the Mind Flayers instantly unleashed their full power in a Mind Blast at Anton.

In an instant, an invisible spiritual shock swept over Anton like a tidal wave.

Its scale and power were so great that they left visible distortions in the air.

The instant they made their move, Anton casually tossed a small green bell, which flew out and hovered above his head.

The bluish-gray bell slowly rotated, and the runes on its surface spread out like ripples, instantly enveloping Anton's entire body.

An invisible spiritual shock, carrying a chilling coldness that seemed to tear at the soul, surged forth, but vanished the moment it struck the ripples around Anton, leaving not even a ripple.

At the same time, the dull bronze color on the surface of the bell brightened slightly.

This is a sign that spiritual energy is being absorbed and transformed into soul power.

Taking advantage of this gap, Anton wielded his sword and killed more than ten Mind-Stealing Demons.

The Mind Flayers stationed in the mining area numbered only about thirty, and most of them were wiped out in one fell swoop.

Only a handful of creatures remained, including the high-level Mind Flayer. After holding out for three or four breaths, they were pierced through the head by the sword light and followed in the footsteps of their companions.

With the death of the Mind Flayer, the remaining Stoneblind Barbarians were thrown into chaos.

Because of their extremely high loyalty, the Stoneblind Barbarians generally do not need the Mind Flayer to waste magic power controlling them. Therefore, even if the Mind Flayer dies, they can still move freely. They were immediately frightened and scattered in all directions.

Anton wouldn't let this opportunity to weaken the Mind Flayer City-State slip by, and he quickly wiped out the Stoneblind Barbarians by wielding his sword light.

The mining area quickly returned to deathly silence, the air thick with the stench of blood.

Anton withdrew his sword light and, without delay, darted into the depths of the mine. He expanded his divine sense to the fullest extent and quickly located the warehouse where the mithril ore was stored.

It was a huge man-made cave, with its walls inlaid with luminous crystals, illuminating the entire space.

More than a dozen wooden crates were neatly stacked, almost filling the entire cave.

Anton casually opened a wooden box, which was filled with fist-sized silvery-white ore with a faint fluorescent glow on its surface.

It is mithril ore.

Anton smiled with satisfaction.

After smelting so much mithril ore, there will be at least a hundred pounds of mithril.

This time they've struck it rich.

Without hesitation, he quickly put all the wooden boxes into his dimensional ring, then walked out of the mine and collected the Mind Flayer's corpse on the ground.

Only after doing all this did Anton leave the mining area.

As soon as he stepped out of the mining area, he immediately sensed a massive, chilling aura rising into the sky from afar.

It is an invisible energy formed by the convergence of multiple spiritual forces.

Clearly, his attack on the mithril mines had touched a raw nerve with the Mind Flayer city-state.

The mind-stealing mastermind was enraged.

Anton's divine sense quickly detected hundreds of auras rushing towards them.

Three of them possessed exceptionally powerful auras, no less formidable than those of Marcus and Zogu in their prime.

Anton remained calm, his body enveloped in sword light, and he used sword escape to leave at lightning speed.

He did not choose to return to the rift.

The mind flayers are hot on their heels, and if they go back now, it will easily expose the existence of the rift.

Let's circle around these guys a few times first.

Even before he mastered the Dividing Light and Separating Law, Anton was confident that he could escape from the hands of the Golden Peak with his sword escape technique.

Now he can control four sword lights at the same time, and his speed has increased to more than twice as fast as before.

Unless one awakens a speed-related law of power, one cannot even see his buttocks.

After a dozen or so breaths, the pursuers had been left far behind by Anton.

He decisively changed direction and sped towards the location of the Ghost Mushroom Copper Mine, following his memory.

Next, they resorted to the same old trick.

After quickly slaughtering the garrison in the clean mining area, Anton swiftly moved all the ore and the Mind Flayer's corpse.

When the Mind Flayer pursuers arrived at the mining area following his trail, all they found was a scene of utter devastation.

hum!

The invisible spiritual energy burst forth, surging violently, causing the air to tremble.

After venting their anger, the mind flayers, under the command of the mastermind, continued their pursuit of the intruders.

For the rest of the time, Anton and the Mind Flayer played hide-and-seek.

Although this was the Mind Flayer's territory, Anton completely toyed with the Mind Flayer using his divine sense and sword escape.

Each time he shook off his pursuers, he would attack a mine, kill all the garrison, and take away the ore.

By the time the pursuers finally caught up, Anton had already left.

They had no choice but to continue their pursuit in anger.

In just two days, Anton plundered all the mines controlled by the Mind Flayer City-State, causing heavy losses.

The loss of ore and the casualties of slaves were secondary; the key issue was the battle losses suffered by the Mind Flayers.

The number of Mind Flayers who have died by Anton's sword has reached an astonishing two hundred.

For the Mind Flayer city-state, which has a small population and a slow reproduction rate, this is undoubtedly a very heavy loss.

The Mind Flayer mastermind decisively changed its strategy, no longer letting Anton lead it by the nose, and instead dispatched a large number of troops to guard various mining areas to prevent the latter from launching a sneak attack.

The number of pursuers who were originally chasing Anton has also been greatly reduced, leaving only three high-level Mind Flayers at the peak of the Gold rank.

They no longer blindly chased after Anton, but instead dispersed, communicating in real time through the mastermind's mental network. Like hunting dogs surrounding their prey, they encircled him from different directions, gradually tightening the encirclement and compressing the prey's room to maneuver.