Chapter 24: The Ghost Reappears(1/2)
Cido.
Bayk Town Grand Conference Hall.
This was once the mayor's mansion. Since the unlucky mayor was driven out by the Revenge Souls Legion, it has been converted into the committee's conference hall. Before Xiu Yi came back, this place was the highest command center.
There are now seven or eight people standing in the conference hall, with a huge sand table in the middle, which is the terrain of the town of Byk and the surrounding areas. On the wall at the end of the conference hall, a map of Sidor is hung.
"Five months ago, our people took the town of Baker and established their own territory here. Because of Bluff's stupidity, he not only ruined his troops, but also sent all the troops of his three neighboring towns. So we made a decision at that time and immediately took down the three surrounding towns. If we want to attack these three towns, we must pass through a rainforest." Heli said.
"That's the ambush you were there?" Raschel asked.
"Yes." Cleo, the flame cloud leopard, pointed to the corner of the sand table: "This is the rainforest, the roads there are very complicated and difficult to walk, the canopy block the sun and the sight is dim. Our people were beaten out before they could see the enemy."
This battle was the most miserable battle fought by the soul of revenge. They didn't even see the enemy, and they suffered a great loss and were both annoyed. After that, Heli and the Six Heavenly Kings organized three battles to attack the rain forest, but never touched the enemy. Their enemies were like ghosts, never fighting head-on. They also had unexpected evasion ability.
They always launch a sudden attack in secret and then disappear suddenly. The ambushed legion soldiers are often fatal by one blow and cannot even call before they die. Fortunately, the enemy does not seem to intend to rush out of the rain forest to fight. As long as the people of the Revenge Soul retreat from the rain forest, they will not pursue them. Therefore, the casualties of the Revenge Soul are not too great. However, the road to expansion is blocked, which is quite annoying to the Revenge Soul.
What shocked Haley and others was that if such a situation was just a small wave of strong men, it would be reasonable. However, during those contacts, they found that this was simply what one or two strong men could do, but an attack by a whole army breaking it into pieces. Their attack method was so hidden and weird that until now, the Revenge Soul didn't even know who his enemy was.
Their expansion plans were also paused.
"Are you saying that the entire enemy's troops are high-level warriors?" Raschel was a little incredible.
Heli had no choice but to spread his hands: "I also know that this is incredible, just as if all the high-level warriors from the entire Fengming Continent came to this corner and ambushed us. But beyond that, I can't explain what kind of soldiers can make my people die in the ambush before they even see them."
"It is not only the strong that can kill people quietly, but professional assassins can do it. Their force may not be very powerful, but they are very good at hiding traces," said Rasher.
"But the assassins cannot have the courage to fight hard with the army, and the assassins are born lone walkers. They don't like and are good at cooperating with others. But the opponents we encountered this time are obviously different. They are very organized, disciplined, unified in action, and close in cooperation. They often create battles here and attract our people's attention, and launch a sudden attack on the other end." The wolf replied.
"So is there a hidden elves? They are good at hunting jungle, and they also have their own organization and discipline. If they want, they can indeed not be discovered by you. Because if you find them, they will die." Rasher asked again.
"We have also considered this aspect, and Sito is not without elves. But the problem is that elves never take the initiative to get involved in human wars. But most importantly, elves are good at ranged attacks. But this time, we encounter close-fitting attacks." Haley replied.
Tina also said: "In addition, elves are a stubborn and conservative race. In their eyes, only nature is beautiful, only art is sacred. Even if it is a murderer, they like to adopt artistic methods. They will sprinkle flowers on the corpses and will never make the corpses bloody."
Rasher was stunned: "Make the body bloody?"
"That's right." The spirit ape Ikebiwan shouted angrily: "Those guys are sinister and cruel. They like to kill people by opening their intestines and cutting their stomachs. None of the people they killed are complete. They hid in the shadows and suddenly launched an attack when our troops passed by. As long as they were in their attack range, they would not let go of any of them. At least half of the dead were killed by them by dismemberment! Their killing methods were even more cruel than those of Denan!"
"Hey, don't bring me with you, I'm not those gangsters." The Bear of the Earth hummed with dissatisfaction. As a powerful warrior, Denan's favorite thing is to slap people's heads directly and see the full brain water flowing out with blood. The Revenge Soul once thought that there wouldn't be many perverts like Denan, but he didn't expect that they encountered all such perverts in the Rainforest attack battle this time.
"Did you use the scout bee to find enemies?" Raschel asked.
"I have used it, but for some reason, the enemy seems to have some kind of reconnaissance method that can detect us. After the reconnaissance bees are sent out, they are all destroyed. On the contrary, the detection eye can play a role. But the problem is that the detection eye can only monitor fixed areas, and that rainforest does not belong to us..."
Rasher frowned, he thought for a while, and then suddenly said, "You say that all the soldiers under attack were dismembered?"
"Yes."
"Can you tell from the wound what weapon they are using?"
"It's a knife, a very strange knife edge. We cannot determine what kind of knife edge it is, but ordinary swords cannot cause such damage. Surprisingly, in all the battles, we not only did not find the opponent's people, nor did we find any weapons left by the opponent." Haley replied very depressedly. Indeed, the battle was so fought, and the Revenge Soul can be said to be a big loss.
Rasher immediately said: "I need a recently dead body!"
"Eight days ago, a guy went into the rainforest against his order. The body was lifted out three days later and it was already rotten. Now there are only bones left."
"Let's go and have a look."
Standing in front of an open coffin, the corpse inside was rotten, and maggots were crawling around on it, revealing white bones, and at the same time exuding a strong stench.
Heli and others covered their noses and retreated, but Raschel ignored all this.
He jumped into the tomb, looked at the corpses that had been divided into several pieces, staring at the wounds, as if he had seen the most charming beauty.
Back to Rasher, who was working hard, looked energetic.
"I said...Mr. Raschel, have you seen something?" Bailey couldn't stand the stench here.
"Chaklay, Bailey, come here." Raschel shouted suddenly.
Chaklay and Bailey looked at each other, and Raschel actually called them over, what does this mean?
Seeing that they did not respond, Rasher looked up angrily: "You'd better come down now, I want you to see this thing."
"We have no research on that," Bailey called.
"You'd better have it, because if I read it right, we've seen such wounds before!" Rasher shouted.
"What?" Chaklay and Bailey were startled.
They no longer care about the dirty and stinking, they jumped into the grave and stood with Raschel.
Rasher lifted a piece of rotten flesh full of maggots, pointed to the smooth bones and cut the slits, "Look at this, don't you think the marks here look like the damage we found somewhere?"
"Somewhere?" Chaklay and Bailey looked at each other again, then shook their heads together.
Chaklay said: "Mr. Rasher, this is not something that I've been good at. Even if I've seen it before, I can't see anything based on it."
"Oh, is that? Then maybe I should remind you." Rasher laughed. He shook off a maggot that had crawled on his finger, and then whispered: "It is good at secret attacks with close body. Even the best warriors will not notice it. They are cruel in methods, quite organized, bloodthirsty, dismembered corpses, and have no weapons left behind. They are very fast and are fierce by nature... Don't you think such troops should be related to a forgotten memory in your mind?"
Chaklay and Bailey's faces changed drastically at the same time.
Bailey even trembled and made a sound: "You...you mean...them?"
"Yes, it's them, not them." Rasher let out a cold laugh: "You finally remembered it? Purgatory Island, those dead boys, and the army that the empire once cultivated at any cost!"
In the laboratory at the headquarters of the Scourge Church.
Xiu Yi was dedicated to making a Vajra puppet.
Due to the shaping technique, only Xiu Yi has the ability to make this kind of puppet. After Royo City, Xiu Yi has never made this kind of Vajra puppet, but today, he took them out again.
Unlike in the past, Xiu Yi will create a Vajra puppet with six forms of changes this time, further surpassing Electra's invention.
He recited the shape-shaping mantra in his mouth, and Xiu Yi mobilized all the power of the magic furnace in his body.
Compared to the risks of making the Vajra puppet in the Valley Laboratory, Xiu Yi now has greater control and stronger abilities. The liquid metal body of the Vajra puppet is changing constantly like a rubber man in his hands, like flowing mercury.
Strangely, Xiu Yi's attention was not on the Vajra Puppet.
He was not interested in what kind of sixth change he made. He was interested in the reaction of the magic pot in his body.
The shaping technique consumes magic so much that even Xiu Yi, who has the magic power of a level 5 magician, couldn't bear it. In the process of successfully breaking through the fifth level of form changes to impact the sixth level, the magic furnace in Xiu Yi's body rolled like boiling water. The sweat on Xiu Yi's forehead rolled down, and he focused all his attention on himself.
Just as the last little magic was exhausted, he roared, and all the power of the fighting spirit in his body was called by him and rushed towards the magic pot. They rushed in quickly and left quickly, leaving only a trace of fighting spirit energy...
This is an absolutely risky attempt, allowing the fighting spirit and magic to blend, but Xiu Yi has experienced it once in the Valley Laboratory. Having a successful experience, even if it is just a lucky chance, is enough to let Xiu Yi take another risk.
This time Xiu Yi had to withstand the terrible feeling that he was almost bursting his body. He roared and quickly released his power with his hands. The golden light was no longer a simple fighting energy, but could not say that there was any kind of power coming out of him.
"Ah!" Xiu Yi roared, bleeding all over his body, the Vajra puppet in his hand changed rapidly, and the sixth form was finally successfully shaped, but Xiu Yi no longer cared about the new Vajra puppet. His whole body was as if it was being impacted by countless forces, tearing his body to the point of almost causing him to faint.
Just like engraving magic patterns on oneself, Xiu Yi tried hard to stay awake and feel the reaction of the touch of fighting spirit in the magic furnace.
He could even feel the power roaring!
"Restore..." Xiu Yi uttered these two words with difficulty.
The power disappeared, and a magic power miraculously appeared in the empty magic pot.
"Huh!" Xiu Yi let out a long sigh.
The experiment was successful!
This experiment is actually not about making a Vajra puppet, but about finding the mystery between fighting spirit and magic.
Issado is right, Dou Qi and magic are not in common. Magic is a borrowing of the natural power of heaven and earth, while Dou Qi is an exploration of the human body's own power.
However, this kind of discovery has a further explanation in essence, that is, where does the power of the human body come from?
From muscle? Of course not.
Although the warriors have strong physical strength, their true strength is still supported by Dou Qi. So what is the essence of Dou Qi?
More than once people have claimed that fighting spirit itself is actually another form of magic power, because the human body itself is a small world and can also produce the power of elements.
But no one has ever proved it.
But this time, Shuyi was confirmed from Isador.
According to Isador's reminder, Dou Qi and Magic are likely to be homologous.
Although they are so different in their expression and production, this does not hinder their homogeneity.
The simplest examples are diamond, graphite, and charcoal, all composed of carbon elements. The one that causes their functions and shapes to be hugely different is the combination of carbon elements.
Even wind elements, thunder elements, earth elements, and water elements may not be very different in nature. All magic elements are actually just one type, and it is just a molecular formula that leads to further changes.
From this principle, perhaps the magicians are not manipulating magical elements, but magical elements.
No one has been able to fully develop it on the most original core issue.
However, Isador is obviously approaching this step, and his chaos can cause the dual disorder of magic and fighting spirit. If it is just the control of magical molecules, it is obviously impossible to do this, which fully demonstrates the strength of his elemental control ability.
But it is not easy to prove this.
Xiuyi thought of the wonderful events that happened when she first made the Vajra puppet.
At that time, his magic power was exhausted due to the shape-shaping technique, and he finally entered the magic pot with the power of the fighting spirit, but miraculously completed the shaping of the Vajra puppet.
Although Xiu Yi himself couldn't figure out the reason later, now he thinks that it should be related to this.
He felt that maybe he could try to consume his magic power by making a Vajra puppet again, and then instill the fighting energy into the magic furnace, and then try to decompose it, using his body as the furnace to perform the greatest homologous experiment of the magic fighting energy.
To be continued...