An invincible journey starting from a different race

"If he had already considered his own death, why would he turn back before actually seeing the Phoenix?"

Filiana was slightly startled.

"An adventurer's life is driven by two main things: one is to explore the unknown," Aesop said slowly, "and the other is to bring the unknown back to the world."

"He died on his way home, so he must have seen the Phoenix. Only a will like that could have sustained his broken body and returned to the civilized world." Aesop said leisurely, "A person like that would never lie, because that would be the greatest insult to himself."

After these words were spoken, everyone present fell into silence for a long time, and the image of the lizard man struggling in the sea of fire seemed to appear in everyone's mind.

"I see what you mean." Stank sighed. "It's like those guys who explore a dangerous dungeon for the first time. The more they die on the way back, the more they gain. That's what you mean, right?"

"It's still a little different." Jer shook his head and said, "Exploring the dungeon is ultimately just for yourself, and what you gain is yours. But that lizard brother is different. He knew that meeting the Phoenix would cost him his life and that there would be no good outcome, but he went anyway. It was because of... obsession in his heart? I don't know what it is. As an immortal, I find it even harder to understand him, but that doesn't stop me from admiring him."

Kelimu and Ganqiu also nodded in agreement.

Even Filiana was a little moved. She looked at Aesop, whose pupils were as deep as stars, which made her unable to help but ask.

"You said he was pursuing immortality, so what are you pursuing?"

Aesop smiled softly.

Then he raised his hand.

It was placed on Filiana's heart.

"It's Naizi." Aesop said softly.

Filiana: “…”

One hundred and one reverse connections

When watching Filiana leave angrily, Aesop asked Stank with some confusion: "Is she a little angry?"

Stank said unhappily, "Are you seriously ill?"

"I'm not sick." Aesop shook his head and said seriously, "I'm in good health."

"I'm not talking about your body..." Stank sighed, "Can't you just think about what you just did?"

"I calmed her down."

"You're using physical means to appease me, aren't you?" Stank said. "You obviously just want to touch me!"

"Yes."

"Oh, you still don't admit it... huh? How can you admit it?"

"Because we must be honest," Aesop said sincerely, "My teacher once told me that honest people deserve praise, so I am honest, and I deserve praise."

Everyone: "..."

"Forget it, forget it. Let's just leave. It's just right." Jer said to Aesop, "Now that you don't have people to suppress you, let's think about how to deal with this place."

Indeed, without the huge human heart as an obstacle, Aesop's vision instantly became clear and his thinking became much more active. Now he is almost catching up with his sage self.

So he bent down, carefully observing the spring water at the last part of the road, and fell into deep thought.

Jer squatted beside him and said, "Actually, it's still the same two points: temperature and curse. We've been discussing the curse before, and haven't studied the temperature, but in fact, temperature is also very deadly. My buff is no longer enough to withstand the high temperature here."

Aesop did not speak, but condensed another piece of ice spirit and threw it into the pool.

With a "plop" sound, the ice spirit churned in the pool water for about a minute and slowly melted.

Seeing this, Stank was very surprised: "Is the water temperature so high?"

Stank was well aware of the Ice Spirit's durability. When crossing the waterway from the Middle Ring to the Inner Ring, he'd held it between... ahem, his armpits to cool it down, and it hadn't melted. And now, in this underground pool, could it only barely hold out for a minute?

This is too outrageous.

Aesop thought for a moment and said, "I can use star magic to strengthen the Ice Spirit, and its effectiveness can be increased tenfold."

"That's only ten minutes?" Stank said. "But ten minutes isn't much."

"Then I can only make a few more and maintain the supply with quantity," Aesop said. "However, the star magic I can mobilize is still limited. I can't produce unlimited quantities. The best I can do is..."

Aesop raised his hand, and one by one, star-shaped ice spirits rose from his palm and condensed into shape. They were suspended side by side in the air, instantly reducing the scorching temperature a lot.

One, two, three...all the way up to nine.

The further it went, the harder it was to condense. The tenth piece condensed into shape several times, but exploded in an instant.

So the final number was fixed at nine.

After all, I am not an arcanist, so my ability to call upon the power of the stars can only go so far.

"This Ice Spirit... seems to be even stronger than the previous one." Stank reached out his hand to the Ice Spirit and felt a bone-chilling chill. It was much stronger than the previous version. "How should we use it?"

Aesop grasped a piece of ice spirit in his hand, and then put his hand directly into the pool water.

This scared everyone, because Aesop was not wearing Jer's heat-resistant BUFF, so he had no protection and was likely to be burned directly.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Aesop didn't react at all, not even frowning, as if the water in front of him was not boiling at all.

"Is this true?" Gan Qiu was a little skeptical, so he stretched out his foot to test the water temperature.

Then, he withdrew his foot with a scream.

These two comparisons instantly made everyone realize the power of this enhanced version of Ice Spirit.

It's so terrifying!

This is not an exaggeration. If you don't believe it, you will end up like Gan Qiu, holding your toes and blowing "hiss hiss".

"You're so amazing." Jer couldn't help but sigh, "What exactly is star magic?"

"Star magic." Aesop explained seriously, "It's the magic of the stars."

Jer: “…”

If it were someone else, Jel would think that Aesop didn't want to reveal the secrets of his magic, which is normal, especially for a human magician.

But since it was Aesop who said this, Jer was a little unsure whether he was really explaining it to him seriously.

"I can only sustain nine." Aesop's hand stayed in the pool for ten minutes. When the strengthened ice spirit began to show signs of melting, he withdrew his hand. "But this is enough. If each person has three, they can use it for half an hour."

"Indeed, half an hour should be enough." Jer nodded.

"While maintaining these nine ice spirits, I can also call upon some star magic. Although it's not much, it should be able to help you, Jair, increase the strength of your BUFF." Aesop said to Jair.

Jer opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but no words came out.

He had always thought that even if his strength was slightly worse than Aesop's, it shouldn't be much worse.

But now it seems that I was thinking too much.

The few remaining magics in the body can strengthen themselves, so how big is the gap between them?

When he thought of this, Jer couldn't help feeling frustrated.

But this feeling of frustration did not last long and dissipated.

Hey, I’m not the same person I was when I was younger. I don’t care about my strength anymore.

We are all happy brothers together, why think so much?

Everyone has their own strengths.

After all, I don't just have the 200th level of Qiu Zhili.

"A-choo!" Gan Qiu sneezed loudly, then rubbed his nose and muttered softly, "I always feel like someone is scolding me."

"Next is the curse." After a moment of contemplation, Aesop looked at Kelim, "Kelim, it seems you won't be affected by the curse."

"No, it does have an effect...it's just that I have the God's blessing on me." Kelimu spread his hands and said, "But I can't go in with you. The God's blessing protects me from the curse, but it won't allow me to get close to the source of the curse."

"Then can you share your blessings with us?"

"Give it to you?" Kelimu was a little puzzled. "How to do it?"

"Remember the connection magic?"

"The one with Bruce?" Kelimu thought for a moment, "But it seems to be different from this time."

"It doesn't matter." Aesop waved his hand and said, "I just need to change the path of the magic circle and make a reverse connection."

"Reverse connection?" Kelim suddenly felt uneasy. "What do you mean?"

"Simply put, Bruce's connection magic is to give him our bodies to use."

"What about the reverse connection?"

"Give us your body."

Kelim: “?”

One hundred and two, I wish you peace~

"What the hell are these psychos up to?"

Murreg couldn't help but feel a little curious when he saw the five outsiders strolling around the underground pool and not only did they not leave, but instead chose an open space and began to write and draw with magic.

Although, as a Dragon Lord, having lived for so many years and seen so much, he shouldn't be easily interested in anything. However, these guys before him were definitely not normal people. Every move they made was beyond Murreg's expectations. This inevitably aroused his long-lost curiosity, wanting to see how these guys, with their mortal bodies, would challenge the immortal.

"It seems like he's carving a magic circle."

Murreg looked at Aesop's handwriting and felt the magic power surging at his fingertips, which verified his guess.

Human magicians just like to carve magic circles. No matter what happens, they just carve it and it's done. So Mureg was not surprised.

The only thing that made him feel a little puzzling was that the scene of the magic circle at this moment seemed weird no matter how he looked at it.

The human magician was lying on the ground, carving a magic circle that resembled a mattress. The other three surrounded the angel, whispering something to him. The angel's face flushed red, clutching his chest tightly, looking unhappy, his eyes filled with shame and anger. The halfling would occasionally poke the angel with his hand, a wicked smile on his face.

This scene was enough to make the knowledgeable Murreg imagine countless scenes, but none of them were serious scenes.

What on earth are these psychopaths trying to do?

Were they really drawing a magic circle instead of dealing with the angel in public?

……

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Kelim's face flushed, and he seemed reluctant, but his words were still firm. "This is blasphemy! How can I agree to you!"

"How is this blasphemy?" Stank asked. "Isn't distributing God's love and blessings equally to all people what the church has always advocated?"

"How strange is the way you distribute blessings!" Kelimu exclaimed. "And what are you going to do by distributing blessings?!"

"Go take risks."

"Do you believe it yourself?!"

Gan Qiu laughed, "Kelim, there's no point in resisting. Look who you can beat here. It's useless. I advise you to lie down in the magic circle as soon as possible, so you can suffer less. Otherwise, no one will come to save you even if you scream at the top of your lungs."

"You've revealed your true colors, you bastards!" Kelim clutched his chest tightly, shaking his head like a rattle. "I absolutely disagree!"

Kolim's toughness made Stank and Jer feel embarrassed. Only Ganqiu, who liked this kind of thing, was excited, but he couldn't really do to Kolim as he said, because they were brothers after all.

According to Aesop's idea, by using the reverse concentric connection, he could obtain the blessing of God from Kolim and thus fight against the devastating aura of the curse.

But Kolim was very resistant to this, thinking it was blasphemy, so he absolutely disagreed.

By this time, Aesop had finished drawing the reverse concentric connection magic circle. He wiped the sweat off his face and retreated back to the four people. Seeing the rejection written on Kolim's face, he tilted his head and asked, "Kolim, now that you've left the heavens, are you still in contact with the gods?"

"Of course there is a connection!" Kelim clasped his hands together and closed his eyes. "The gods are always watching over the world, and they are also watching over me."

"So she can see you going after the incubus?"

In an instant, Kolim's face, which was already very red, turned even redder, almost dark red.

"This, that..." Kelim stammered, "This, is all for survival."

Then, there were more words like "Become an appraiser to make money", "Only by making money can you survive", "Only by surviving can you return to heaven", "Only by returning to heaven can you serve the gods again". But his words were so disingenuous and irrelevant that no one believed him. Finally, Kelim said with a desperate look, "I just went to find the nightmare, so what! Although I am lustful, have no self-control, and eat too much, I know I am a good angel and must never blaspheme the gods!"

After hearing what Kelim said, Aesop nodded and did not force it: "Okay, then I won't force you."

Stank looked at Aesop and asked, "Then we can only try another method?"

"No need, I've already drawn the magic circle." Aesop waved his hand and said, "If Kolim doesn't want to, then make a fake body of Kolim."