Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 266: Skeleton Crypt

First draft.

After Su Lun discovered that this [death bird] was a treasure, he spent the whole night studying its other uses.

Thinking about it, even in that psychic alien plane, there will be very few such "mythical species" creatures.

Su Lun was afraid that the psychic would not be able to come next time, so he coaxed and deceived and planned to sign a blood contract.

The black crow didn't seem to mind. He ate two pieces of rotten meat and happily agreed.

Although they cannot communicate, because they are contracted creatures, one person and one bird can communicate simply by thinking.

The intelligence of crows is not low. This [death bird] is obviously much more intelligent than ordinary crows.

Furthermore, Su Lun also had some experience in raising crows, so communication went smoothly. He also figured out another function of this bird, which is "vision sharing."

After signing the blood contract, Su Lun discovered that his soul was somehow involved with the bird...

Mobilizing the power of the contract is like a video connection, and the vision in the eyes of a dying bird will appear in his field of vision.

After trying it a few times, I became proficient in this new ability.

Before, he was not sure about hunting the [Mind Flayer]. With this black crow, he was more sure.

It is a true "undead" creature. Even if the body is broken into pieces, the death energy is still there, and it can be resurrected and reunited next to the contractor.

In other words, this is an unkillable "unmanned reconnaissance aircraft."

The cost of using this ability is very small, a piece of delicious carrion, and the crow will be very happy.

Furthermore, Suellen also learned some legends about this bird from Juta.

It is recorded in mythological classics that this death-telling bird is a messenger between the underworld and other planes of life. This was one of the most ideal contract pets for top necromancers in ancient times. They often accompany the true **** of death, devouring the air of death. While eating carrion, they will have a chance to obtain certain abilities of the corpse, condensed into the law of death, and become stronger and stronger.

This talent ability is somewhat similar to [Death Reaper]. It is weak in the early stage and becomes more powerful in the later stage.

Su Lun also guessed that this was the reason why he was able to channel this mythical species.

But the only problem is that this bird has a very picky beak.

Su Lun was familiar with feeding all kinds of meat, but found that it could only eat the [cursed corpse pieces] in the trophies.

It won’t even look at other meat.

This also resulted in Su Lun being unable to keep it with him for a long time.

After all, there is not much stock of that kind of meat, and it will be gone after eating it.

After trying for a few hours and leaving a few spare pieces of meat, he unlocked the necromancy and sent the black crow back to another world.

Thinking about finding enough high-quality carrion in the future so that I can have the "feed" to keep the birds around for a long time

The next morning, the sun shone into the cave.

After Su Lun and Yuta repaired, they continued on the road.

About a day or two further north from the Gray Wolf tribe is the area where the "Cursed Valley" is located.

That place is a forbidden area for the Daru tribe, and Yuta has never been there. He only heard the elders of the tribe mention the route.

By the evening of the next day, the two arrived at a place called "Blood Mist Swamp".

The two men were blocked by the **** mist.

Yuta looked at the rough animal skin map, pointed in a direction, and said: "Not far to the northwest of the swamp is the place where our ancestors encountered the [Mind Flayer]. There should be a skeleton there. "shaped cave"

"Yeah."

Su Lun nodded.

Looking at the blood mist in front of him, he had no intention of testing it with his own body.

Think about it, he pinched the warlock seal, the pentagram formation lit up, and a black crow appeared through his channel.

After feeding a piece of carrion, the death bird fluttered its wings and flew into the sky.

Light and shadow flashed across Su Lun's right eye, and Black Crow's vision immediately appeared.

Although the blood mist in this swamp is confusing to the eyes, because of the heavy mist, it only covers the ground to a depth of several dozen meters.

The black crow flew up to a hundred meters, and the field of vision immediately broadened.

Then, he saw the skull-shaped cave that Yuta mentioned.

Su Lun whispered: "Found it!"

But he was surprised at the same time: "It can't really be a skull fossil, right? How big is this creature?"

You may not see it clearly from the ground, but you can see it clearly from the sky.

It was a gray-white cave that looked like a human skull, with eye sockets and a mouth. It doesn't look like a natural formation, but more like a humanoid corpse rotting on the ground. But it was too big. Just two eye sockets were several meters in diameter.

But just when he wanted to take a closer look, a black shadow passed quickly in the sky, and a flying creature of unknown species swallowed the black crow into its stomach.

The vision was interrupted, black mist lingered on Su Lun's shoulders, and another black crow condensed.

Su Lun fed a piece of carrion to the black crow to replenish his death energy.

He frowned slightly and said to Juta beside him: "Let's go. Be careful."

Jutta nodded: "Yes."

The cursing valley runs vertically from north to south, and those members of the Lu Ying Judgment Legion entered through the opening from the north.

The [Mind Flayer] Suellen is looking for is in the south, and there is no way around this swamp.

The fog obscured the view and the two of them walked very slowly.

In the swamp, there are [Swamp Giant Crocodiles] that are tens of meters long, [Blackwater Anacondas] that can eat bison alive, [Emperor Leeches] that can **** people dry without realizing it, and countless poisonous insects.

The swamp is full of dangers.

Before doing this, Su Lun must have been shocked every step of the way.

But now he holds a black umbrella in his hand, and his senses have expanded several times. He can easily sense and avoid the powerful monsters hiding in the mud, and also avoid some unnecessary battles.

As a druid, Jutta is also proficient in various methods of expelling insects and diseases.

Not to mention the "drone" Black Crow.

With the cooperation of the two of them, they went quite smoothly.

After determining the direction of the cave, they quickly arrived near the cave

There are some human adventurer equipment, firearms and weapons scattered near the cave.

It seems that humans have passed through here recently.

There are no traces of battle, and it is most likely that it became food for monsters.

Su Lun did not approach rashly, but chose a safe place, intending to observe the situation first.

[Mind Flayer] is a crypt creature that usually does not appear on the surface, let alone under the sun.

However, its mental tentacles can extend very long.

When the seniors of the Daru tribe passed by here, they were controlled without knowing it. Then he walked into the crypt and became food for monsters.

This is also the horror of the Mind Flayer.

Before this, Su Lun would probably slowly approach the Skeleton Cave to test it out.

But in that case, once discovered, they would have to fight head-on with the puppet enslaved by the mind flayer, and then kill all the way to find its true body.

But the situation in the crypt is unknown.

Su Lun doesn't think that an evil creature with high intelligence like the Mind Flayer would not have any means of escape. Even if this person is beaten and alerted, the possibility of catching it will be very low.

Furthermore, Su Lun doesn’t know how many “spiritual puppets” it has, what species it is, and what level it is.

Now that there is a black crow, it is much more convenient.

Su Lun doesn't need to test it with his own, just control it remotely.

The black crow was released, flew all the way, and entered the cave of the skull.

Looking at it, there is another cave in this cave.

The black crow flew into the cave, flying deeper and deeper in the twists and turns of the cave, and then saw a cave village.

"There are actually so many lizard people?"

The light and shadow in Su Lun's eyes passed by, and he saw clearly the active shadows in the light of the magic crystal. It was a lively village.

Those creatures had long tails, and he recognized them as "lizard men" at a glance.

The black crow stopped on a rock on a cliff and carefully observed everything in the cave.

This group of lizardmen numbers at least five to six hundred.

Sure enough, you were right not to break in rashly.

The fourth-level lizardmen will have horns growing on their heads, making them easy to identify.

Su Lun saw several beings with horns on their heads among the group of lizard men.

And if you look closely, some of the lizardmen are still wearing human leather armor and armor.

It looks like the equipment of a "slave-catching team".

And the flesh and blood they were eating turned out to be the corpses of humans and the Daru tribe.

The scene was extremely bloody.

The heads of those corpses were punctured with **** holes, and their brains were sucked out.

Seeing this, Su Lun realized that the Mind Flayer was here!

That kind of evil monster likes nothing more than sucking the brains of living things.

"The mind flayer actually controlled an entire tribe of lizardmen as food rations"

Su Lun’s eyes looked slightly solemn.

If he goes head-on, he will first have to fight these five to six hundred lizardmen.

It’s hard to say whether I can win or not,

Even if we did fight, the mind flayer would probably take the opportunity to run away.

The black crow looked for a while and found nothing that seemed to be the fifth level, so he continued deeper into the cave.

Not far away, I saw a cave emitting green fluorescence.

The source of the green fluorescence is a pool in the cave, which contains fist-sized balls.

As soon as Black Crow's eyes turned, he immediately saw several living people standing there with dull expressions. A three-meter-tall monster with an ugly face and fleshy tentacles on its lower jaw was piercing the human skull with its tentacles, greedily sucking the brains.

And those humans who were used as "rations" did not struggle to resist until they died.

On the ground outside the cave, Su Lun saw this scene and immediately determined that this was the mind flayer Yao was looking for!

At this time, the movement of the black crow flying in was probably noticed. The bearded monster suddenly looked up and saw an invisible shock wave. Valley

Su Lun felt that the picture in front of him seemed to have a cassette, and he collapsed instantly.

Looking again, the black crows gathered on his shoulders again

The death bird died twice in a short period of time, and its death energy was severely depleted.

It was difficult to recover with food alone, so Su Lun put it back into another world.

Seeing the death bird resurrected again, Yuta on the side also asked: "How is it, is the mind flayer in the crypt?"

Su Lun nodded: "Yes."

While speaking, the frown and thoughtful look on his face never dissipated.

Seeing him like this, Yuta was slightly worried: "Will it be difficult?"

After all, the ancestors passed down word of mouth that this is a very terrifying creature. The fifth-level elder had lost half his life before escaping. After so many years, the mind flayer may be stronger than before.

"It's a bit tricky. The space in the crypt is very large and complicated, and there is a tribe of lizardmen of about 600 people"

Su Lun told the situation truthfully. He also wanted to analyze the most reasonable hunting plan, "but it is still somewhat certain."

Mind flayers have a long life span, several times that of humans.

But correspondingly, advancement will be very slow.

So, Su Lun judged that this mind flayer was about the same as before, at most the fourth level.

This can be judged from the fact that the strongest of the group of lizardmen is only level four.

If the mind flayer is of a higher level, then it will definitely get a stronger "spiritual puppet".

Moreover, Su Lun also discovered a "major benefit"!

The fluorescent pool that Black Crow saw in the crypt before was the mind flayer's hatching pool!

He has previously learned in detail about this evil species, the mind flayer hermaphrodites. They will lay eggs in their brains and then put them into the incubation pool. This process will consume a lot of their essence.

Therefore, during the process of corruption, they will be the weakest in their lives, and their combat effectiveness will usually drop.

If it was a fourth-level lord mind flayer, then in its hatching state, it would be as powerful as an ordinary fourth-level monster at most.

This is the best opportunity to get your hands dirty!

After listening to Su Lun's words, Yuta knew that he always thought carefully about his actions, so he didn't say much. He just asked: "Then what are you going to do? There are six to seven hundred lizardmen there. If you really want to take action, you may Let the monster escape"

"No! I won't go in through the hole!"

Su Lun shook his head, looked sharply, and said: "The monster will not leave the incubation pool, so I will move directly to it. Its combat effectiveness is not strong, so as long as it is killed quickly, it will not be a big problem!"

Jutta listened, "How can I help?"

Su Lun said: "Not only that the Mind Flayer also has other puppets hidden in it. If I can't kill him, or if I encounter other dangers, I may not be able to escape in time. When the time comes, you tear the space scroll, and I can Directional displacement over here!"

As he spoke, he handed Yuta a space scroll.

He was inspired by spiritualism last night and thought of another way to escape.

That is reverse channeling.

Sealing the energy and blood contract required for spatial displacement in advance in the scroll, Su Lun can move quickly and accurately without even forming a seal.

This method can only be faster and further.

Although he had repeatedly considered it in his mind, and the success rate of the quick-kill plan was over 90%, he was not careless.

This is the last resort.

Jutta nodded

Su Lun has prepared everything and is ready to take action.

There is not much space in the crypt, and the mechanical armor is not flexible enough. He didn't plan to put it on, but just took off the helmet made of excitation alloy and wore it.

Wearing a gold-patterned cloak, he also held a black umbrella of human skin with a vengeful spirit in his hand.

With these layers of insurance, the Mind Flayer would never be able to control him.

After all preparations were completed, Su Lun suddenly took off the eight-armed spider spear costume and teleported to the entrance of the skull cave.

Almost at the same time, a wave of spiritual power swept through.

"Have you really been discovered!"

Su Lun was not surprised. He dropped several communicators and signal propagators, and then used the space spell again.

Because he had explored the terrain in the cave before, he appeared in the depths of the cave with one spatial shift, and immediately heard the sound of dense footsteps approaching him.

Obviously the mind flayer controlled the lizard people to kill them.

Su Lun had no intention of entangled, dropped the two propagators, and teleported again.

His dark vision is very good, and he can see clearly even in dim mines.

The scene before his eyes changed again, and he immediately appeared in the cave with green fluorescence that he had seen before.

In soul perception, a very strong soul fire appeared in front of Su Lun!

Then he glared at the monster with fleshy tentacles in front of him.

The monster was obviously seeing "space magic" for the first time, and was surprised by the sudden appearance of the enemy.

The bearded monster was not slow to react. With a glare, an invisible shock wave rushed straight towards him.

"Soul shock!"

Su Lun's pupils shrank slightly. Even though he was wearing a helmet and holding a black umbrella, the feeling of being hit with a sap on the back of the head was very clear.

This kind of mental shock wave would probably be caught by a fifth-level professional.

However, Su Lun was overjoyed and loosened the communicator in his hand.

Surviving the first wave of attacks meant that, as expected, the Mind Flayer had little impact on him!

This monster is also very skilled in its killing moves. While its soul is shaking, the tentacles are like sharp thorns piercing into its eye sockets.

A cold light flashed in Su Lun's eyes, and he avoided the tentacles like lightning.

He took out the chessboard without hesitation and wanted to absorb the mind flayer directly into the chessboard space. Unexpectedly, the chessboard space failed for the first time. There were ripples around the mind flayer's body, and he was actually immune to the beam.

At this moment, a large number of lizardmen have appeared in the cave passage behind them.

This mind flayer obviously knew that he was weak in melee combat, so he summoned a spiritual puppet.

"Psychic barrier? Or are you immune because your mental power is stronger than mine?"

Su Lun's thoughts disappeared in a flash, and he didn't panic at all, so he changed his tactics.

He pinched the surgeon's seal with both hands and shouted softly in his heart: "Puppet Secret: Puppet Theater!"

At this moment, dense threads suddenly appeared in the cave. As soon as the seal scroll was spread out, dozens of puppets appeared out of thin air and blocked the entrance of the cave, blocking the menacing lizardmen.

And he himself rushed towards the mind flayer's body without hesitation.

Within this restricted space,

As the mind flayer continued to release mental shock waves, Su Lun felt increasingly dazed.

What was even worse was that from deep in the cave, there was suddenly a sound like a giant snake rubbing in the cave.

"Are there other spiritual puppets?"

Su Lun knew he had to kill quickly, and the Warlock Seal changed again: "Secret Thread Control Technique·Cocoon!"

A large number of silk threads were like spider webs, sealing off each hole.

He rushed away, his body covered in cold flames, and his eight-armed spider spear poked around the mind flayer's body.

The mind flayer's physical combat power is weak, at most the level of an ordinary third-level monster.

As soon as Su Lun got close to him, several **** holes were punched out in an instant.

Just when Su Lunyao was taking advantage of the victory to pursue it and kill it, suddenly the friction sound appeared in his ears.

The wall formed by the silk thread was not thick enough, and a pink tentacle that looked like a blind shot pierced the wall, and the lightning hit Su Lun.

Before it hit, in an instant, the tip of the pink tentacle suddenly exploded, turning into a **** mouth full of fangs. The throat-like muscles twitched, and a stench of thick acid erupted. It spurted out.

Su Lun looked sharply and immediately identified the origin of this creature.

[Hell Ratchet]

Detailed explanation: The fourth-level lord-level **** creature has very powerful vitality. The skin tissue is extremely tough and can spew corrosive poison. Its tentacles move extremely fast and can extend up to a kilometer. It is very sensitive to the scent of living things and will hunt all creatures within its range;

"Another legendary **** creature"

Su Lun felt bad about it.

In front of you is just one of the first tentacles of this thing. Its main body is underground, and there are countless tentacles behind it!

You can tell by the dense friction sounds that the tentacle monster has surrounded the entire crypt.

Su Lun was also glad that he chose to teleport for a sneak attack and quick kill. Otherwise, if he really had to attack head-on, even if he killed all the lizardmen, he would still be killed by this thing. It turns out that this dense cave is not a place for escape, but a passage for the monster's tentacles to move!

If this thing comes to the fifth level, I'm afraid they will all die here.

Don’t worry about the toughness of the fourth-level lord monster. It’s very difficult for Su Lun to cut it off now!

He dodged the first tentacle with a flash, without any hesitation at all. He controlled the living corpse and swung the black scythe in one stroke, cutting off one of the tentacles directly.

As for his true form, the Spider Spear poked seven or eight **** holes in the Mind Flayer's body.

In an instant, the mental shock that was strong before disappeared immediately.

This was a planned quick kill. Except for the ratchet monster, everything was expected.

"It's done!"

Su Lun was overjoyed. He took a closer look and put the mind flayer's body into the storage space in one go.

After the death of the mind flayer, the lizard people are suddenly coming to their senses.

But the ratchet monster's predatory instinct was still there, and it devoured a large number of lizardmen in an instant.

The black scythe has cut off three tentacles, but there is nothing that can be done about its body hidden underground.

He had no hope of killing this monster.

Su Lun glanced at the fluorescent incubation pool. The fist-sized **** were naturally the eggs of the Mind Flayer.

He took out the glass container and poured it into it.

At the same time, he pressed the communicator.

Looking again, the surrounding scene changed and Su Lun appeared on the ground.

"Let's go!"

Before he had time to explain, Su Lun took Yuta and ran away.

On the ground near the skull cave behind me, thousands of pink tentacles suddenly sprouted up like mushrooms after a spring rain, swaying in the wind like seaweeds