"Your Majesty, this is a giant eagle used for close-range visual communication, called the Windwhisper Eagle. It is very intelligent, and many armies in the empire's vassal states have trained them. However, this beast has a bad nature, namely, it is inherently belligerent and cruel, and has a strong aggressiveness. That's why it attacked Your Majesty's giant bird..." After seeing the corpse of the white-winged giant eagle, the Old Man Zola quickly came to a conclusion.
Your Majesty's giant bird...
Sun Fei was once again taken aback by the words "giant bird," as they easily evoked images of parts unsuitable for children.
However, it's worth mentioning that Zola was kidnapped to Black Rock City and became a mining slave when he was young. It's a miracle that he survived more than ten years of Hell mining slave life. However, this experience also gave him knowledge and willpower that ordinary people do not have. He is like an encyclopedia of the Blazing Sun Mountains soaked in blood and knife marks, so what he says is definitely not wrong.
"A giant eagle used for military communications?" Sun Fei stroked his chin, quickly finding a suitable reason. "It's probably a beast tamed by the King of Black Rock, otherwise why would it be so belligerent? Haha, never mind, it looks delicious, let's roast it first."
Soon, His King mercilessly plucked the valiant Windwhisper Eagle naked and roasted it until golden brown on a rack. The enticing aroma wafted far and wide, drawing in the drooling eyes of the [ Heng and Ha Generals Oleg, and the others...
In less than ten minutes, only a pile of fine bones remained on the ground.
Soon, darkness finally enveloped the post-war Blackstone Fortress.
The bright, dark moon cast a cold, white light, perhaps tinged with a faint red hue, perhaps because of the Bloody massacre that had just taken place during the day.
Tents of all sizes were set up in Blood Pillar Square, and some undamaged small fortresses were cleaned up, warm campfires were lit, and dry grass was laid out. The Chambord miners, still shaken, entered sweet dreams for the first time with sweet smiles, and everyone slept soundly.
Sun Fei set an example by clearing out his King tent to house some seriously injured miners for special care. This was naturally a way to win people's hearts, but it played a crucial role at this time, once again earning him the gratitude and respect of his subjects.
In the darkness of night, Sun Fei sat cross-legged atop the tallest tower of Blackstone Fortress, looking down at his surroundings.
The cold, shimmering moonlight bathed him, making him appear like a deity plated with silver.
Taking in all the movements in the distance, Sun Fei sat quietly for a while, recalling and summarizing the gains and losses of today's battle. Then he switched to [ Assassin Mode ], set up some magical traps in various places in the base, and then began to work again to open up the Dou Qi channels by combining the flow of assassin True Qi power and modify the Dou Qi manual.
So far, in addition to the previous Lightning Lightspeed Fist, Sekishiki Shock Wave, and Great Horn, which imitated the ultimate techniques of the twelve Gold Saint, Sun Fei has discovered several new Dou Qi channels with different powers during this period. He is currently using his own training to determine some minor modifications.
Time flew by, and the roars of magical beasts echoed continuously from the surrounding mountains.
As the night deepened, Sun Fei opened his eyes.
He finally completed the revision and improvement of two more Three-Star Class Dou Qi manuals.
Calculating the time, it was time to enter the Diablo World again to kill monsters and level up. Without a doubt, Sun Fei activated the reverse transmission portal.
Buzz buzz buzz--!
A sky-blue Teleport appeared beside Sun Fei, and he entered the Diablo World.
This time, he chose the [ Barbarian Mode ]. The Barbarian character was Sun Fei's main class, and he had always maintained a level advantage. At this time, the Barbarian character had reached level 36, and after these days of hard work, only one of the six quests in the second act map [ Lut Gholein ] remained—entering the last correct Tal Rasha's Tomb and killing [ Lord of Pain ] Duriel.
At [ Rogue Encampment ], Sun Fei first found Sister Akara, who had just returned to the camp from the real world. He continued learning scroll making and potion-making. Then, he Summon back Elena, the beautiful mercenary who was still in Chambord City, to learn about the situation in the city over the past few days. Hearing that everything in the city was proceeding in a tense but orderly manner under the supervision of Right Best and Legion Commander Brook, Sun Fei felt much relieved. The two traveled west through Warriv to the Shamo pearl [ Lut Gholein ], and then used the already lit Teleport array to reach the Canyon of the Magi. They entered the last unexplored Tal Rasha's Tomb, fighting their way through countless demons and monsters, and finally arrived in front of a huge circular altar.
The altar was covered with mysterious and profound magical inscriptions. These inscriptions were ancient and weathered, carrying an aura of antiquity. All the inscriptions shimmered with a dark red light, appearing and disappearing intermittently. From time to time, the roars and howls of demons came from the depths of the altar, as if they were restraining some terrifying power. Terrifying energy fluctuations surged like a turbulent sea, filling the entire tomb hall.
Sun Fei gently walked onto the altar. At the very top of this altar, which was over twenty meters high, there was a round hole about the thickness of a wrist on a sky-blue stone. Sun Fei took out the Horadric Staff, which he had finally synthesized after completing the previous five missions, from his sash space and inserted it into the hole.
Rumble--!
The entire tomb began to shake violently. Huge rocks trembled overhead, and soil and stones fell down as if the tomb were about to collapse. A loud rumbling sound came from the ancient stone wall in front of the altar, as if some terrifying monster was pounding on the wall from behind. Soon, the stone wall cracked, and a deep hole more than two meters high appeared on the stone wall.
Sun Fei had witnessed this process many times in his previous life's game, so he was extremely familiar with it and remained calm throughout. He even managed to take a moment to give the slightly nervous female mercenary Elena, a smile.
Next, he needs to enter the space beyond the deep cave entrance and defeat the final boss inside— Duriel, the Lord of Pain, who looks like a giant worm. Then he will have completed the second act, Lut Gholein's questline and can proceed to the third difficulty level, Kurast Docks.
In the game of my previous life, Duriel was a tough opponent, known as a newbie killer. He had incredibly strong physical attacks and possessed freezing abilities. If you weren't careful, you could get frozen or Stun. Once you were hit, you could only watch helplessly as this fat, giant worm used its sharp forelimbs to stab you to death, without even a chance to fight back, and then you'd have to run back to your corpse.
However, Sun Fei was prepared for this. He had prepared a plate armor with high defense before coming, and several pieces of magic equipment that increased disease resistance and agility. Elena was no exception. He closed his eyes and recalled all the details that needed attention. He nodded to Elena and said "Be careful." Sun Fei took the lead and stepped into the dark cave entrance.
The scene before us changes.
A wave of darkness and roars swept over us.
The first thing Sun Fei did after entering this space was not to find and attack [ Lord of Pain ] Duriel, but to consume a [ Scroll of Town Portal ] to open a Teleport to [ Lut Gholein ]. Although he didn't know if he would be resurrected if he died, this was at least a way out and also left Elena with a chance to escape.
A flash of light appeared beside her, and Elena entered the space through the opening.
"Roar... How laughable and foolish human, are you looking for Baal?"
A foul-smelling gust of air swirled around, and a loud voice rang in Sun Fei's ears.
Looking back, a gigantic insect-like monster, over twenty meters tall, appeared in his sight. The joint at the end of one of its forepaws was as tall as Sun Fei himself. The creature was brownish-red all over, covered in a sticky, foul-smelling, disgusting liquid. It had four snow-white Bone Spike on its head and a fat, plump appearance that reminded Sun Fei of the Insect Race Queen in the movie " Starship Troopers " from his previous life. Although it was huge, it actually looked quite comical.
For some reason, in that instant, the slight tension that Sun Fei had felt earlier vanished without a trace.
He whistled and replied with a grin, "No, I'm looking for you, you idiot fat worm!"
Instantly, feeling insulted, the [ Lord of Pain ] roared repeatedly and launched an attack. However, it seemed to be having bad luck today, because less than ten minutes later, the huge, mountain-like fat worm howled and sprayed out thick, foul-smelling fluid, collapsing to the ground. With a series of soft clanging sounds, a large amount of equipment appeared on the ground.
"Uh... he died so quickly?" Duriel's death was so swift and clean that Sun Fei found it hard to believe. This wasn't how a final boss should perform; he didn't even last a single round before dying. How could he be so fragile?
"Could it be because of this sword?"
Sun Fei looked at the massive black sword in his hand, and a sense of enlightenment dawned on him.
Because of his memories of computer games from his previous life, he already knew that Duriel, the Lord of Pain, had strong resistance to the four elements of magic: electricity, fire, ice, and poison. To defeat him, he had to start with physical attacks. Therefore, when choosing a weapon, he equipped himself with a two-meter-tall black greatsword forged by the blacksmith Charsi from ' Demon Remains '. Although this sword had lost all its magical attributes after being brought into the Diablo World, and could be considered at most a third-tier [super-powerful item] in the Diablo World's equipment hierarchy, its physical damage and sharpness were still unmatched even by some fourth-tier [magical item] equipment. Considering Duriel's strong resistance to magic, Sun Fei chose this ' Demon Remains ' sword, and the effect was surprisingly good.
"While the ' Demon Remains ' weapon isn't particularly remarkable against ordinary mobs like demons, aside from its sharpness, it seems to have a surprisingly impressive effect when it comes to taking down bosses. Doesn't that mean that in the future, when facing bosses like Big Pineapple, we can just use weapons made of this material to slice through them like butter?"
After indulging in his fantasies for a while, Sun Fei began collecting the equipment that had fallen from the ground.
He was stunned.
It was because of a surprise.
"Am I seeing things? There are... there are actually two level 7 green set pieces?" Sun Fei could hardly believe what he was seeing. Two sword-shaped pieces of equipment, shimmering with green light, lay quietly next to Duriel's corpse, their shimmering green light exuding an irresistible allure.
Although his past life's gaming knowledge relentlessly reminded Sun Fei that equipment of this level, especially two pieces, shouldn't drop in the [ Lut Gholein ] Duriel level on ' Normal Difficulty ', Sun Fei still hesitated slightly before believing what he saw. With the frantic urgency of a Mad Dog snatching food, he grabbed the two green swords and began to examine them carefully and greedily.
First update.
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