Fire Monster

Chapter 229: Ash Shield
After a few seconds, the body of the nine-headed bird turned into a pool of spiritual ash, about three times the amount of the spiritual mist demon soldier.

In other words, this is still an elite monster.

Zhao Guanshan had a complicated expression. After thinking for a while, he used up some of his mental energy to completely repair the damaged shield.

The mental energy consumed in this process is almost the same as that consumed in evolving a spiritual weapon.

However, mental strength can be continuously restored, but spiritual weapons will be gone as soon as one is used.

Right now, he couldn't even sense his own statue space, so it was obvious how lucky he was when he entered the spirit world the first two times.

The first time, he borrowed the spiritual ashes of the Qi Refiner named Qin, and the second time, he directly consumed a large amount of spiritual ashes to locate the position.

On both occasions, he could easily sense the statue's space and return successfully.

Therefore, it is almost foreseeable that he will have to wander in the spirit world for some time.

At this time, after repairing the big shield, he covered the big shield with the spiritual ash transformed from the nine-headed bird without saying a word. The process was quite simple, because the spiritual ash was very magical and could be evenly spread on the spiritual weapon by sticking it on.

In an instant, the weight of the big shield increased by about five pounds, and it felt obviously thicker, with better defensive effects. In addition, the spiritual ash covering it was grayish white in color, so it had a concealment effect that was almost indistinguishable from the grayish white desert.

Afterwards, Zhao Guanshan summoned three golden swords and evolved them into a set of half-body armor, a helmet with a visor, and a pair of combat boots.

In this way, he already possesses the basic comprehensive protection capabilities.

But the mental strength that had been restored by one third was mostly exhausted again.

So there was nothing to say, he remained where he was, curled up, and covered his body with a large shield blessed with ashes.

Next, Zhao Guanshan just lay there for about ten hours until his mental strength was fully restored.

He also did not evolve any more spiritual weapons.

Because he thinks that specific analysis can be done based on specific circumstances.

The destructive power of spiritual weapons directly driven by mental force is actually very enormous, as the nine-headed bird that was killed can testify.

But the consumption is also astonishing. Activating it once is enough to evolve a spiritual weapon, and using the spiritual weapon to kill randomly will not consume too much mental power and it is almost imperceptible.

Therefore, when you encounter a powerful spiritual monster, you can seize the opportunity and use the former tactic to kill it with one blow.

If you encounter weak spiritual soldiers, you can use the evolved spiritual weapons to kill them.

Just as Zhao Guanshan was about to stand up and explore the unfamiliar map around him, five nine-headed birds suddenly appeared in the distant sky. They looked like a row of lonely old birds walking.

Zhao Guanshan quickly shrank back.

He is definitely no match for five of them.

Once discovered, he can only resort to the same old tricks again.

However, perhaps the large shield covered in ash is very deceptive.

Even though the five nine-headed birds flew over Zhao Guanshan's head, they did not notice his presence.

However, within ten minutes, the five nine-headed birds actually flew back slowly, circling around, as if they were indicating something.

Now Zhao Guanshan was even more afraid to move. What a guy, he even has the ability to locate and take revenge. Who can afford to offend him?

I'd better continue to lurk.

Next, these five nine-headed birds were really resilient. They circled around and around, tormenting in this area for almost thirty hours before slowly drifting away.

Zhao Guanshan was really scared.

That is to say, he now has the armor evolved from spiritual weapons to completely protect his entire body, so that he does not have to endure the consumption of mental energy. Otherwise, he would be killed in this environment.

After the five nine-headed birds flew away, Zhao Guanshan insisted on waiting for another ten hours before he carefully got up and ran in the direction where the nine-headed birds flew away.

There is no other way. In a place like this, there must be a reference and a goal.

But in fact, Zhao Guanshan still underestimated his perception range, which was no more than 800 meters. So, as expected, he got lost after only half an hour.

So, just move forward at a snail's pace carrying the big shield.

If there is any noise, just lie down.

What else can we do?

He is also helpless.

In this way, Zhao Guanshan was like a large beetle, wandering aimlessly in the desert.

By the end, he wasn't even sure he was going in circles?
I don’t know how much time has passed?

Time has even become a redundant unit.

Zhao Guanshan didn't even bother to remember how many days he had been trapped.

Anyway, he was not hungry or tired. His mental energy would be consumed, but he could quickly replenish it with a short nap. He also had armor transformed from spiritual weapons, which could ensure his safety for the time being.

So he was no longer in a hurry and just continued to be a beetle day after day until one day, he finally met a lonely nine-headed bird again.

At this moment he was almost crying with excitement. It was not easy, really not easy.

So he jumped up from the ground without saying a word and ran towards the nine-headed bird.

But the next second he slid and walked close to the ground.

Almost at the same time, the nine-headed bird completed its transformation at lightning speed, spread its wings and flew across a distance of hundreds of meters, quickly arriving above Zhao Guanshan's head.

It was as if the two sides were completing a two-way run, with one side sliding and tackling with millisecond precision.

One side dives with the same millimeter precision.

At this moment of head-on collision, nine sharp bird heads pecked down frantically, as if they were playing a wonderful drum performance.

Ding ding dong dong, ding ding dong dong, dong dong clang, dong dong clang!
But this time, covered with spiritual ash, the sharp bird head was unable to peck open the large shield in one go. It had to use three consecutive bites to peck open a small hole the size of a soybean.

The defense power has obviously increased three times!

However, Zhao Guanshan would not give them the chance to continue pecking.

With a thought, a small purple flame flew up and went straight for the balloon of the mummy.

At the same time, two golden swords flew up from the side and rear, passing by like lightning and fish, instantly cutting off the four bird heads.

Just this series of actions directly destroyed one third of Zhao Guanshan's mental power.

But at this moment a strange scene happened.

Clearly, the nine-headed bird still had five heads left, but as the small purple flame instantly burned the balloon of the evil ghost mummy to ashes, the nine-headed bird was actually paralyzed and lost its ability to move.

So who is the accomplice?

Or is this actually a nine-headed bird?

Although he was surprised, Zhao Guanshan still swung his shield and smashed the paralyzed nine-headed bird into mud several times.

The next moment, a pile of ashes twice as much as before appeared.

Damn, the case is solved. Dogmatism is killing people.

Zhao Guanshan understood that although he killed the nine-headed bird last time, the mummy balloon that controlled the nine-headed bird actually escaped.

Then five nine-headed birds would conduct a targeted search in the area, but because he upgraded his Ash Shield, his stealth was greatly increased, allowing him to escape.

"But what is the origin of this mummy balloon? It feels a bit evil!"

Zhao Guanshan was thinking, and his men were not slow either. They first used up their mental energy to repair the big shield, and then used up all of the spiritual ash, applying another layer of it to the big shield. No more, no less.

There is no surplus at all.

In fact, he had tried it before, and found that the ash was like a whole. It was possible to separate it forcibly, but it seemed that its activity would drop a lot.

This discovery allowed Zhao Guanshan to gain new experience and intelligence.

Because he thought of the two previous encounters with the Lingwu demon soldiers, which were extremely weak and could not break his armor at all, let alone the large shield.

But this nine-headed bird can actually peck open the large shield. The damage output is simply on a different level.

In addition, the spiritual ash obtained from killing the spiritual fog monster soldiers will appear golden under certain circumstances after being applied to armor.

However, the spiritual ashes obtained from killing the nine-headed bird are extremely concealed.

"So the spirit world demon hunters of Linjiang Prefecture's Taoist Palace are really rubbish!"

"But this also shows how precious my statue space is! Because I'm afraid there's no other one like it in the entire Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace!"

Next, Zhao Guanshan no longer hesitated, and continued to curl up in the same place, covering his body with a large shield, while recovering his mental strength and waiting for the next changes.

See if there are any more nine-headed birds coming to seek revenge.

As a result, more than ten hours passed and nothing happened. Sure enough, it was all the fault of the mummy balloon!
Then he would know what to do next.

However, using mental power directly to activate spiritual weapons consumes too much energy.

So after thinking for a moment, Zhao Guanshan summoned a small purple flame, which evolved into a dagger.

Well, this is mainly to conceal his identity. A long sword is not easy to conceal, but now with the cloaking effect of the Ash Shield, he can completely change his job to become a thief who can become invisible!

As a result, he wandered for several more days. When Zhao Guanshan began to doubt his life, he was lucky enough to meet a lonely nine-headed bird again.

But this time, he chose to follow slowly from 600 meters away, carrying a large shield of ash on his back. To his dismay, he was discovered after following for less than a few minutes.

So he chose to slide and the Nine-headed Bird chose to dive, and they ran in both directions and ended the fight in three seconds.

Ten seconds later, Zhao Guanshan strengthened his half-body armor with a layer of spiritual ash, turning it into spiritual ash armor.

Then, after wandering for several days, I finally had a precious encounter.

Zhao Guanshan sneaked around without hesitation, then went around the back and followed, with such skill that it was heartbreaking.

Who understands the bitter tears of a thief?
But it was no use. This time he only managed to stay stealthy for about an hour before he was exposed again.

But the good news is that this time he successfully strengthened his helmet into an ash helmet.

In this way, he was like a rookie in the game. He couldn't see his teammates, couldn't find the strategy, couldn't log off, and could only gain equipment and experience little by little, step by step.

Until, he successfully put together a set of ash armor.

With the added experience, he finally succeeded in stealth.

Following the lonely nine-headed bird for three days and three nights, Zhao Guanshan finally saw a huge mountain that was at least several thousand meters high and hundreds of miles in radius. If, that was a mountain.

Because no matter from which angle Zhao Guanshan looked at it, it looked like a human head with its eyes open.

(End of this chapter)