Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

After seeing the core of the maze with his own eyes, Jiang Ran realized that he could not destroy the core of the maze with his current strength. There were two specific reasons:

First, the magic barrier surrounding the core of the maze posed a huge risk. Jiang Ran was worried that attacking the magic barrier would attract the maze boss. Moreover, he was not sure he could destroy the barrier quickly.

Second, there are six goblin guards standing outside the magic barrier. Although their types are different, including melee, ranged, physical and magical types, they have one thing in common, that is, their levels are all level 4 and level 100.

With six fourth-order, level-100 guards, even if Jiang Ran's "Fearless Heart" protection was powerful, he couldn't do such a reckless thing.

Jiang Ran always kept in mind the fact that he was only level 50 of the second level. If he hadn't had the help of the Super-Dimensional Divine Eye, he would have died in the sudden giant fireball without any resistance, just like those second-level goblin soldiers.

(Okay, I’ve seen it all, let’s go.)

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Jiang Ran retreated decisively, all the way to the bottom level.

His next plan was to sneak out of the Goblin Castle and find a way to see if the fourth red beam of light was Viviana.

But just when Jiang Ran was about to leave the building, his identification ability, which was turned on 24 hours a day, suddenly made a discovery on an inconspicuous wall.

(Um?)

Jiang Ran initially thought he had seen it wrong, so he leaned forward to take a look. However, the identification information he saw made his already calm heart want to stir up trouble again.

On this inconspicuous wall, there is a brick that could not be more ordinary.

The identification information of this brick is: "Hidden switch leading to the secret passage."

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7.31 - Underground Caverns

Jiang Ran is now in the tallest building in the Goblin Castle.

Jiang Ran certainly knew what it meant to discover a secret passage in such a place.

However, in keeping with his usual cautious style, Jiang Ran did not directly press the brick that was actually a hidden switch. Instead, he placed a glowing magic stone on the spot, then retreated twenty meters away and used the skill "Shadow Behind" to summon a shadow clone by the wall.

Following Jiang Ran's order, the shadow clone first pressed the switch. Then, with the sound of stones rubbing against each other, the stone wall not far from the switch slid to the side, revealing a secret passage hidden behind it.

Up to this point, the shadow clone's actions had not triggered any alarms, so it continued to follow Jiang Ran's orders, picked up the glowing magic stone and walked into the secret passage.

Jiang Ran stood outside the secret passage and watched the shadow clone move forward. It walked until the 25-second duration was up and then disappeared. The glowing magic stone that fell to the ground continued to illuminate the situation in the secret passage for a few seconds before gradually dimming and going out.

The secret passage should be safe - Jiang Ran made a preliminary judgment, then walked in personally, picked up the glowing magic stone and continued forward.

When he encountered a place that he felt was suspicious, he would use the same trick again and let the shadow clone explore the way.

Just like that, after walking in twists and turns for more than ten minutes, Jiang Ran finally walked out of the secret passage and entered an open underground space.

On the rock wall of the underground space, there were self-luminous magic stones inlaid in groups of three or two. This allowed Jiang Ran to see at a glance that there was a gate about five meters high directly opposite him. Above the door, the words "Treasure House" were engraved on the rock wall in the demon language.

(Stupid Loli: Wow Jiang Yan! I hit the jackpot!!)

The silly loli was extremely excited, and Jiang Ran was also somewhat emotional.

It was all thanks to the people at the gate of the fortress who lured the maze leader out, and the huge fireball that cleared the area, that Jiang Ran had the opportunity to sneak into the fortress and get such a big bargain.

However, Jiang Ran soon calmed down because he found that in front of the door of the treasure house, there was a black object rising and falling regularly - it was obvious that it was some kind of creature that was sleeping soundly.

(The treasure vault is definitely guarded.)

Jiang Ran was a little frustrated, but he didn't give up yet.

Having guards is not a problem, but not being able to defeat the guards is a problem.

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For safety reasons, Jiang Ran did not go up directly to confirm the guard's true identity, but first carefully observed the situation in the underground space.

The entire underground space is an irregular hemisphere with an arc-shaped top surface, which is composed entirely of uneven rock walls. The ground is also rocky, and the area is about the size of two football fields. However, if you are not careful when running, you may be tripped by the protruding or sunken faults.

In a nutshell, this is a large natural cave.

Thanks to the natural magic stones on the rock wall, there are shadows everywhere in the cave, but other than that, there are no other conditions that are favorable to Jiang Ran.

After confirming the terrain, Jiang Ran tried to use a telescope to identify the gatekeeper creature, but this failed product was still useless, so he had to do it himself.

Fortunately, when Jiang Ran approached the distance where he could identify the information, the creature guarding the gate was still fast asleep, but unfortunately, the strength of this guard posed an extremely huge challenge to Jiang Ran.

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Frosann, male, 129 years old

Frost Wolf - Lv140

Skill: 4 / 4

HP: 12118 / 12118

Stamina: 7021 / 7021

Mana: 5685 / 5685

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Before the appraisal, Jiang Ran had already prepared himself mentally, but the result of being at the maximum level of the fourth stage still made him feel a little uneasy.

(Over 12,000 HP… what a monster with these numbers.)

After seeing the statistics of the gatekeeper monster, Jiang Ran gave up the idea of ​​confronting it head-on and started thinking about whether he could outsmart it.

The first and quickest solution that came to mind was to bypass the giant frost wolf and sneak directly into the treasure house... However, the giant frost wolf was almost sleeping next to the door of the treasure house. Jiang Ran felt that a monster with the strength of the fourth level could not be approached to this extent and still have no reaction.

Therefore, the plan of sneaking into the treasure house was abandoned because it was too risky.

The key to developing a good plan is to know yourself and your enemy.

While the giant frost wolf was still sleeping, Jiang Ran observed its appearance from a distance.

This giant frost wolf is huge. If it stands up, it would probably be as tall as two or three stories. Its huge mouth can swallow Jiang Ran in one bite.

Its body is covered with white hair, and there are reverse bone cones on its spine, shoulders and leg joints, making its appearance look even more ferocious.

In addition to these, the Frost Wolf's claws are all made of ice crystals that emit cold air.

Ice crystals should give people a fragile and breakable impression, but on this giant frost wolf, they appear indestructible.

(This guy probably has a fighting style that combines agility with ice magic, combining control and damage capabilities... If a real fight breaks out, the risk is simply too great...)

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The result of the observation made Jiang Ran even less willing to fight with it. Even if he launched a sneak attack while the Frost Wolf was still sleeping, Jiang Ran had no means to kill it with one blow at this distance.

As I said, if you want to win, you have to use your wits.

Unlike the situation in the "core of the maze" just now, Jiang Ran believed that there was a chance to enter the treasure house here.

He sat down and thought carefully for a while, formulated a main plan and several backup strategies, and then began to act.

Jiang then retreated a distance, summoned a shadow clone at the farthest end of the skill range, and then ran all the way to hide in the shadow of the rock wall.

At the same time, the shadow clone quickly ran towards the Frost Wolf Frozan. Just when it was about twenty meters away from the Frost Wolf, the sleeping beast suddenly opened its eyes.

The moment it opened its eyes, the Frost Wolf's aura suddenly changed, and an astonishing chill emanated from its pair of glowing ice-blue eyes, enveloping its entire body.

Then, the giant frost wolf howled angrily and stood up!

During this period, the shadow clone had changed direction and was sprinting at full speed towards the connection between the secret passage and the cave space, looking like it was running for its life.

Seeing that the black figure had already run halfway, the Frost Wolf was still howling slowly to vent his bad temper after waking up, and then he started to catch up!

The Frost Giant Wolf was extremely fast, far exceeding the speed of the black figure. However, the black figure was very close to the secret passage, and for a moment, it was difficult to say whether the Frost Giant Wolf could catch up.

Just after the Frost Wolf ran for a distance, another figure quietly appeared from the nearby rock wall and rushed straight towards the unguarded treasure house door!

7.32 - Forced to War (Second Update)

The core logic of Jiang Ran's trial and error strategy is very simple, that is to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

If the Frost Wolf remains unmoved, it means that it strictly abides by its mission and will not easily leave the treasure house door.

In this case, Jiang Ran gave up his fantasy and evacuated decisively.

And if the Frost Giant Wolf is deceived by the shadow clone, that would be the perfect opportunity for Jiang Ran to enter the treasure house. As for what to do after entering, he can only react accordingly when the time comes.

Anyway, there is one thing Jiang Ran is certain of, that is, with the huge body of the Frost Wolf, it is absolutely impossible for it to squeeze into the treasure house.

At this moment, the shadow clone was running and the Frost Wolf was chasing. Jiang Ran was less than ten meters away from the treasure house door, but at this moment, the Frost Wolf made Jiang Ran understand why it was given the mission of guarding the treasure house.

A wolf howl was heard from behind, and then a large amount of cold air reached the door of the treasure house faster than Jiang Ran, and then froze dozens of layers of solid ice on the door of the treasure house.

Jiang Ran didn't look back to see what was going on. He drew out the Black Sword Flame Dragon Horse with extraordinary decisiveness and immediately released the "Blooming Blue Flame Horse", hoping that the high temperature of the blue flame horse could melt the ice on the door of the treasure house.

However, the result of the duel between Lan Yan and Jian Bing disappointed Jiang Ran.

The "Blooming Blue Flame Horse" did melt some of the ice, but the ice froze again at a faster speed than it melted.

It was at this moment that Jiang Ran noticed that it was not just the door to the treasure house that was frozen, but the entire cave space was in a state of snow and ice.

With a bad premonition, Jiang Ran turned around and looked in the direction of the secret passage. Sure enough, that side was also frozen.

The desperate shadow clone barely avoided the attack of the Frost Giant Wolf, but was immediately stepped on by the Frost Giant Wolf at a faster speed, and then his head was crushed by it.

(One kick took away nearly two thousand points of my health... Should I be thankful that I survived being stepped on?)

The properties of the shadow clone are exactly the same as Jiang Ran's, except for the magic power.

Although the difference in equipment would have some impact, it didn't make much difference to Jiang Ran, who had almost given up on his defense.

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Jiang Ran

Shadow Killer - Lv50

HP: 3012 / 3100

Stamina: 2121 / 2439

Mana: 5420 / 7690

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By observing the changes in the shadow clone's numerical values, Jiang Ran realized that he was vulnerable in front of the Frost Giant Wolf, but this was not a big problem. He had always faced opponents who could kill him instantly.

The real problem now was that the Frost Wolf had used its ability to seal off the entire cavern. Jiang Ran wasn't sure if using "Blooming Blue Flame Horse" three or five times in a row would be enough to melt the ice blockade...

But what he was sure of was that if this attempt failed, he would soon be killed by the Frost Wolf because he had consumed a large amount of magic power.

(Is this just a fight to the death?...)

The giant frost wolf Frozahn was roaring towards Jiang Ran in a domineering manner. It didn't seem worried at all that Jiang Ran could break through the ice and enter the treasure house.

Moreover, the way it looked at Jiang Ran was full of contempt, just like a cat looking at a mouse.

In the past, Jiang Ran had no problem with his "weak" identity, but now, he is no longer useless.

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At least in terms of the total amount of magic power, Jiang Ran has gradually begun to feel confident.

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Let the war begin. Jiang Ran, who is blessed with the "Fearless Heart", does not know what fear is.

However, he was not a fool without strategy. Long before the "luring the wolf away from the gate" plan was put into action, Jiang Ran had already made strategic preparations to be forced to fight the giant frost wolf.

In Jiang Ran's opinion, whether he can defeat the Frost Giant Wolf actually depends on "one thing".

If this "thing" can be done, then victory will not be a fantasy. If it cannot be done, Jiang Ran also has a strategy to abandon the treasure house and escape directly.

"Lord Frozahn, I have no intention of becoming your enemy, and I'd like to make a deal with you. The terms are up to you, as long as you can let me into the treasury." (Demon language)

While the Giant Frost Wolf hadn't launched an attack yet, Jiang Ran pretended to be calm and loudly tried to communicate with it - a monster of this level and age should have been intelligent.

When the Frost Wolf heard Jiang Ran's words, it paused for a moment, its expression a little surprised.

However, the murderous look soon returned to its face.

"Hehe, cunning human, I don't know how you learned the demon language, but I can tell you... no matter what you say, you will die if you come here!"

Not only did the Frost Wolf not leave any room for communication, but it also immediately launched an offensive!

Seeing the opponent's gradually quickening pace, Jiang Ran knew that the trickster's skills had failed this time, and he immediately entered the fighting state.