In the evening, Lao Meng arrived with his undead army.
The number of the entire undead army is around 800, two-thirds of which are composed of skeleton mages and enhanced zombies. The remaining one-third has a relatively diverse variety. There are dark skeletons that Shen Yi has seen, and there are full-body ones that he has never seen. The flesh is blurred, fat and bloated, as if made of pieces of broken meat, and the zombies are constantly bleeding. There are also some strange ghosts floating in the air.
These ghosts floated back and forth in the air, and from time to time they made shrill female laughter, weeping and complaining. In this desolate and quiet wilderness at night, this sound made people's scalp numb.
Seeing this scene, Zongtang and Ambera looked at each other in shock.
Who would have thought that Lao Meng could create such a huge and amazing force in just over twenty days?
Zongtang blurted out: "Isn't that undead creature making a scroll too powerful?"
Shen Yi murmured: "This is not the power brought by the scroll, but the power brought by madness."
"Not all madmen are geniuses, but geniuses are often madmen." This sentence is best explained by Lao Meng.
Whether it is Shen Yi or Lao Meng, they all have some kind of strong crazy factor in their bones, but it works at different levels.
The madness of Shen Yi is that he always likes to challenge those superior beings and enjoys doing the impossible; the madness of Lao Meng is that he can completely sell everything about himself, including conscience, appearance, etc., in order to become stronger. Even the human body.
Shen Yi can waste his life, but cannot make himself become a human or a ghost, while Lao Meng is willing to let himself become a lich, but also wants to make himself strong and survive.
They are identical in their madness, but completely opposite in their choices.
Now standing at the forefront of the team is Lao Meng, who is wearing a black hood. When he lifted his hood to reveal his ghostly face, his image shocked Zongtang Amber and others. .
Compared with sixteen days ago, Lao Meng's appearance has changed again.
The last time I saw him, Lao Meng at least still looked like a human. Now he has become as skinny as a stick, and all the flesh on his face has disappeared. He looks like a human skin wrapped around a skull. of weirdness.
His eyes were no longer white, but glowed green like a ghost fire, like a wolf in the middle of the night, full of evil aura.
"I hope I didn't scare you two captains." Lao Mengqian chuckled in a hoarse voice. His voice was as sharp as iron friction, and it was indescribably unpleasant and harsh. When he spoke, everyone could even see his face clearly. The mandible opened and closed with a snap, forcing each word out.
"What the hell, how did you get yourself into such a horrible state?" Zongtang blurted out.
"Being strong always comes with a price." Lao Meng replied nonchalantly.
"If you continue like this, you will really turn into a skeleton." Shen Yida said.
"Wouldn't that be better?" Old Meng Youyou replied: "Without pain and tirelessness, human negative emotions will no longer be able to affect me."
Wen Wenwen said coldly: "Those beautiful things are also leaving you, and life has become a pool of stagnant water."
Lao Meng retorted: "For adventurers, we have no life, or the only meaning of life is to fight."
"That's enough!" Shen Yi interrupted: "I don't want to discuss this anymore. Everyone has their own choice."
"If he is still a human being." Wen Wen snorted coldly and turned away.
Shen Yi spread his hands: "Sorry, that's just how she is."
"It doesn't matter, I know she cares about me, and I can still distinguish between good and bad." Lao Meng said with a smile: "Then from now on, we will cooperate again. When are you going to attack the hate cage?"
"Have a night's rest first, and then officially take action tomorrow morning...although you don't seem to need any rest."
Lao Meng spread out his skinny hands: "I noticed that there is a big new grave over there. There should be many corpses in it... Do you need me to help you stand up your summoned soldiers again?"
"Don't even think about it." Shen Yi replied.
Lao Meng chuckled again. He walked past Shen Yi and put a bottle of potion into Shen Yi's palm.
A low voice came into my ears: "Twenty thousand points is a bit expensive, but I believe you will accept it. You need cash... If you don't have money, equipment will do."
Constitution Potion: Normally used, after use, the physical constitution will be permanently increased by 20 points. Used stimulated, after use, the physical constitution will be increased by 60 points, limited to this mission world.
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The night is as cool as water.
Most people are asleep.
Only Shen Yi, Hong Lang, King Kong, Ivy and others are still together, and there is also Lyle, a summoned soldier. As for Ivy - she has now officially become a temporary member of the Broken Blade Team.
As a flash of light flashed, the bloody crest sound came:
"You used a C-level skill promotion scroll, and your skill critical attack was upgraded to C-level: launch a full-force attack on the enemy, and after hitting the opponent, it will cause damage multiplied by 5 skill levels, and 100% produce a 2-7 second stun effect. , the stun time is determined according to the skill level, target level and target will. The skill effect priority is 48."
"You used the transformation token, and the heavy attack was converted from a melee stun skill to a long-range stun skill. The effect remains unchanged and the range of effect is one hundred meters."
"Try to hit me." Shen Yi ordered, retreating twenty meters away.
King Kong punched Shen Yi from a distance. The punch was in the air, but it shook Shen Yi's body, and he suddenly fell into a dizzy state. His eyes were dazzled, and he almost lost the ability to move. King Kong flew up, and Shen Yi could only She reluctantly tilted her head and avoided his blow to the head, but was hit in the chest and kicked into the air.
After falling to the ground and rolling a few times, Shen Yi slowly got up: "Four seconds of stun. If it's used to deal with Diavolo, you'd be lucky if it lasted half a second."
King Kong sighed: "If you want to stun a being like Diavolo, you must at least have double A-level skills."
"Fortunately, I didn't expect this." Shen Yi said and threw the bottle of constitution potion to Hong Lang: "Inspire and use it."
Hong Lang hesitated: "Twenty thousand yuan, just spend it all at once?"
"Use it, we have no choice."
Hong Lang sighed and used the bottle of constitution potion. His constitution rose to 102 and his vitality reached 1224.
"What do you use to pay the bill?" King Kong asked.
"Boots of the Headwind, I have to think about the rest." Shen Yi had a headache. Lao Meng was very cautious. Knowing that Shen Yi and the others wanted to kill Diavolo, they would never accept payment afterwards.
"I also have a fighting specialization scroll here." Ivy took it out and handed it to Shen Yi.
Shen Yi looked at Ivy in surprise, and Ivy shrugged: "Try your best."
After thinking about it, Shen Yi accepted it unceremoniously and threw it to Wen Wen: "Including your cotton armor, it should be enough. Give it to Lao Meng. By the way, give the extra rocket launcher and Give him the Boots of Agility on the condition that after the battle in the Cage of Hatred, he hands over the remaining undead creatures to us. He will agree, but he can't take it back to the city anyway. By the way, there's also the flame amulet. Come over too."
In order to capture Diavolo, Shen Yi had used all the capital he could use, which could be said to be a desperate move. As for the remaining C-level skill scroll, Shen Yi used it for his own skill plunder. superior.
"Skill plunder, upgraded from D level to double D level."
"Use the plunder skill on the designated target to obtain equipment and other items. Each target can be used to plunder twice/each mission world. When using the skill at close range, the target's health must be less than 10% before use. Skill priority 25. This skill is a special skill, and the success rate depends on the skill level, the opponent's level, will, priority authority for special skills, and the opponent's remaining health. When this skill is used on a dead target, the success rate of looting is doubled. Time limit , within three seconds after death.”
After completing this matter, Shen Yi took out the explosive from the coat of arms and handed it to Lyle: "This is the last explosive I have left here."
Lyle looked at it and replied: "It's not enough, sir."
"I don't need a devastating explosion..." Shen Yi smiled: "I just need this explosion to keep the people I want to keep. Do you understand? Lyle."
Lyle quickly saluted: "I understand, sir!"
Looking at Lyle's leaving figure, King Kong asked: "How sure are you?"
Shen Yi thought for a while and replied: "If Diavolo's abilities are all as shown by Beria, then I am 70% sure of my plan. But if he has other abilities that Beria cannot imitate, or has not been able to use ability, the probability of success will decrease as the number of surprises increases. How certain you are depends on how many surprises there are."
"So... do you think she will help us?" King Kong hesitated for a while and finally asked.
Of course Shen Yi knew who he was referring to.
He replied seriously: "This matter must be completed without her intervention, otherwise it will be meaningless."
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Early the next morning, everyone was ready to take action.
The Cage of Hatred is not far away - the entrance is just below Cui Fanke Fortress. You can enter as long as you complete the Cui Fanke Fortress mission.
For safety reasons, Lao Meng first sent two dark banshees to explore the way ahead.
For this he was very proud and said:
"Although the dark banshees' vitality is not high, only 220 points, they have the ability to fly freely and are very fast. The most rare thing is that they have 80% immunity to ordinary damage. Only elemental damage can really hit them hard. .They have three abilities. One is Banshee Wail, which is a group attack damage with 20 points of damage and ignores defense. The second is Soul Invasion, which causes 60 points of mental damage to individual targets. The last one is the elemental self-destruction ability. , it will cause 100 points of area damage when it self-destructs. Just with my Dark Banshee, Shen Yi, you are no longer my opponent."
Regarding Lao Meng's provocative words, Shen Yi just smiled: "The stronger they are, the happier I will be."
Lao Meng's provocation was like a punch in the air, without the joy of victory.
Walking down the long stone steps, the deeper you go, the darker it gets.
Undead creatures all have the characteristic of ignoring darkness, but this is not true for adventurers. An adventurer walking at the front lit a torch, and by the light of the fire, you could see that this was a vast underground space.
A tall dome can be vaguely seen, and every other section of the road is a room blocked by iron bars. You can also faintly hear shrill howls in the distance. It is said to be a prison, but in fact, like the Temple of Death, it is basically a huge underground space. maze.
When I walked further, I saw the torches between the two walls. The weak light shone all around, making the place more and more eerie and dark. If you are timid, just walking in this atmosphere will scare you half to death.
Lao Meng's undead creatures rushed forward first, advancing from every intersection. They swarmed densely in this dark dungeon, like a large number of ants rushing towards the food to be eaten.
Soon the sound of fighting came from ahead.
The firelight filled the underground palace and danced, mixed with the roar of thunder, the howling of sharp wind, the whistling of ice and snow, and the gusts of dark wind.
The Cage of Hatred was originally a huge maze. You have to go through many traps along the way. There are monster killers hidden everywhere. At the same time, the path is difficult to distinguish and the direction is difficult to distinguish.
However, all this lost its effect before the huge legion-style attack. The traps were induced by undead creatures that were used as cannon fodder. Once the hidden monster killer appeared, he would be killed by the adventurers mixed in. The complex maze path Unable to withstand the numerous evil wolves, every road and intersection is occupied by an army of undead creatures, and a complete route map is drawn under the influence of electronic bees.
Shen Yi and the others almost walked through the first floor of the maze unimpeded. Along the way, there were piles of corpses everywhere. Although the smoke of the battle was fierce, compared with the fierce fighting in the siege, this should have been the most difficult. The sixth mission turned out to be the easiest mission.
One of the important reasons for this is that Lao Meng really used the undead creatures as cannon fodder, but Shen Yi would never do this. It was precisely because the cannon fodder role of summoned soldiers could not be fully exerted, and instead he was delayed in the battle. , only then would six people from Cui Fanke Fortress die in battle.
After all, for Lao Meng, the undead army he created could not be brought back to the city, so he did not feel sorry for the loss.
Of course, another important reason is that the final boss of the sixth mission is the King of Sin, Azmodan, the leader of the four hell demons. This means that this guy's strength will far exceed that of the commanders in the previous missions.
The embodiment of combat difficulty is once again transformed from legion-type difficulty to boss-type difficulty.
From this point of view, there is no doubt that the Azmodan they will face will be a formidable opponent they have never seen before.
While a group of adventurers were hoping that Azmodan would not be as powerful as the legends say, Shen Yi Honglang and others prayed in their hearts that Azmodan would be stronger as possible - its The stronger you are, the greater your chance of success in killing Diavolo.
From this point, we can see the peculiarity of human nature - when egoism develops to the extreme, its external manifestation is extremely abnormal, and it gives rise to all kinds of unreasonable things in the eyes of others.
Thirty minutes later, both floors of the Hatred Cage were cleared. For safety reasons, Shen Yi left his soldiers on the second floor, and everyone headed for the third floor of the Hatred Cage.
Entering the third floor, what you see is no longer an underground maze with intricate roads, but a spacious hall that looks more like a sacrificial hall. The hall is divided into two floors, and there are doors on both sides of the first-floor hall. It is a passage leading to other parts of the maze. On the second floor, there are forts like Trevank Fortress. There are actually several demon statues in each fort.
In the center of the deepest part of the hall, stands a tall demon statue.
The demon statue is about three feet tall and is sitting in the center of the hall. The body is slightly bent forward, with the face facing down. The left arm is supporting the lower jaw in a thinking state. The giant sword is held in the right hand, standing straight on the ground.
The demon statue was covered in armor, with a large flag stuck behind it. The flag was shrouded in black air, and a door loomed, with firelight emerging from the door.
The entire demon statue is majestic, tall and mighty, and is intimidating.
The moment the adventurer rushed into the hall, the demon statue actually moved.
It slowly raised its head, and its thick and majestic voice echoed around the hall: