[Soul Stone: Kerrigan]
[Quality: Gold]
[Activation Count: 5]
[Gained Buffs: Heart of the Swarm (Resident), Psionic Control (Resident)]
After inspecting the Soul Stone, Fangzheng was surprised to find that, unlike the Lich King's, the Queen of Blades' Soul Stone was more practical.
The reason for this was because of the nature of their Soul Stones. For Fangzheng, the Soul Stone of [Arthas] was embedded in the Dimensional Codex. If he did not actively activate it, it would only have the buff [Immortal King], which was effective against undead creatures. In order to unleash the true power of the Lich King, the Soul Stone had to be fully activated.
But the Queen of Blades' Soul Stone was different. In fact, although it could only be activated five times like [Arthas], Fangzheng found that the Queen of Blades' true power was the exact opposite of the Lich King's after some investigation. If the Lich King needed to use the Soul Stone a certain number of times to unleash its true power, then the Queen of Blades' Soul Stone could only unleash its greatest power when it was not activated.
The reason for this was the buff [Heart of the Swarm (Resident)].
There was only one description of this buff: [Heart of the Swarm (Resident): Can create and manipulate Zerg armies].
Fangzheng immediately understood what he meant with that sentence.
To put it bluntly, when the Queen of Blades' Soul Stone was embedded in it, he could directly open up a Zerg base and play real-time strategy. After all, the Zerg's greatest strength was the endless Zerg swarm. The overwhelming Zerg army was their true power. On the other hand, Kerrigan's individual combat power was actually quite limited. In other words, if it was [Arthas], she could still rely on her own strength to reverse the situation after the Scourge army was destroyed. But if it was [Kerrigan], once the Zerg army was destroyed, she would have no other choice but to run for her life.
Therefore, for Fangzheng, this Soul Stone was more suitable for his daily use. But … Kerrigan, oh Kerrigan, why are you Kerrigan?
The Lich King was not very likable, and the Zerg were even more so. Fangzheng was sure that if these creatures appeared on the surface, they would definitely be regarded as the vanguard of a demonic invasion or something like that. If you didn't give me Jim Reynolds, you could have given me Artanis. Why did you have to give me Kerrigan?
Fangzheng could already feel the system's deep malice towards him. He was its creator, after all. If this game was a child, then he would be the father. How could there be such a naughty child?
It was as if naughty children always caused trouble for their fathers.
Although he was helpless, Fangzheng still chose to keep the Soul Stone. This thing definitely couldn't be used in the main world, but maybe it could be used in a dungeon world. He didn't know which world he would be teleported to the next time the teleportation quest was activated.
With this thought in mind, Fangzheng glanced at the Dimensional Codex in front of him again. The cooldown time on it had already entered the countdown.
There were 13 hours left before the teleportation would be activated again.
The night passed.
The next day, when the sun had just risen, the party set off again. To their surprise, unlike the day before, they did not encounter a single undead creature along the way. This made the faces of Marte and the others extremely gloomy. They were not escaping from the Shadow Ravine, but going back the way they came. Logically speaking, the closer they were to the center, the more enemies there should be. Previously, Fangzheng and Knight Conan had also encountered several waves of undead soldiers on the way to the Blood River. There was no reason why the enemy would not pay attention to them now that they had "walked right into the trap".
There was only one reason. Obviously, something more important than them had attracted the Lich's attention.
And that more important matter was what Marte said — the dark ritual.
"Looks like the situation is really bad."
Standing on the cliff and looking down, Marte's face was as gloomy as a block of ice. At the bottom of the cliff was a seemingly abandoned quarry. It seemed to have been built a long time ago, and Marte didn't know when it was built. But to Marte, it was obvious that he wasn't here for archaeology.
"That quarry is the Lich's lair. We were ambushed here before, but I don't see a single undead creature here … Could it be that the ritual has already begun?"
Hearing Marte's mutterings, Fangzheng twitched his brows. Due to the special effect of [Arthas]'s Soul Stone, he was very sensitive to undead creatures. Just as Marte said, he couldn't sense any undead creatures in the periphery of the quarry, but that didn't mean that they didn't exist. In fact, deep underground, Fangzheng did notice some clues. A large number of undead creatures were gathering in the depths of the quarry. He didn't need to ask to know that they were definitely not there to have a party.
"What should we do next?"
Fangzheng didn't tell Marte what he sensed. In fact, he didn't want to risk his life for a dark ritual that he didn't know about. Maybe they were trying to summon their lover back from the underworld? To be honest, after interacting with these Paladins, Fangzheng found that they were indeed worthy of their title as knights. They were fair, kind, willing to sacrifice themselves, and fought for justice. They didn't have any dirty thoughts, and most of them were approachable. To be honest, Fangzheng respected them very much, but he didn't have any special thoughts about it. It was like watching a Hollywood blockbuster. It was indeed touching to see soldiers willing to sacrifice themselves for the country to stop monsters, but it was a different matter if they were to sacrifice themselves. Not to mention, why should I sacrifice my life for another country?
Moreover, Fangzheng had only been in this world for less than a month, so he didn't have any feelings for this world. Strictly speaking, he only knew Shi Dong and Miss M. It was naturally impossible for him to risk his life for this world. Therefore, Fangzheng decided to let Marte be the leader, and he would focus on being a bystander. It wouldn't be too late to retreat if things went south.
Anyway, his teleportation cooldown was almost over. If he really couldn't do anything, he could find an opportunity to use his invincible hearthstone to escape.
"Let's go down and see what's going on."
Marte finally made a decision.
"There must be something wrong here. I don't believe that the other party would be so careless. Even if they really want to hold a ritual, they shouldn't have no scouts outside."
Since Marte had given the order, Fangzheng naturally didn't intend to object. He carefully walked down the cliff with the others, observing their surroundings as they walked towards the quarry.
There was no one in the huge quarry, only the whirling wind whistling through the cracks. Fangzheng gripped the Sky Breaker Sword tightly and carefully scanned the surroundings. The Lich King's senses were only limited to the undead and didn't have any effect on living things. Even if there were no undead creatures here, it didn't mean that he could just rush in and die.
"Hmm?"
But soon, Fangzheng discovered that the situation here wasn't quite right. Near the ruins of the quarry, he found bone fragments scattered all over the ground. Judging from the appearance, these should be the remains of annihilated undead creatures. At first, Fangzheng thought that they were the marks left behind by Matt and the others when they fought. But soon, he realized that there was a circle of footprints on the side. The footprints were very new and did not look like they were left behind a long time ago. Instead, they looked more like they had appeared recently … and before they arrived here.
"…"
Fangzheng knitted his brows. He gripped the sword in his hand and slowly followed the footprints towards the ruins. From the outside, it seemed like a supervisor's house. But now, more than half of it had collapsed and only a few walls were left standing. Fangzheng stared at the wall in front of him, pondered for a moment, and raised the sword in his hand.
Swish!
But what Fangzheng didn't expect was that before he swung his sword, a shadow suddenly leaped from the other side of the wall and pounced straight at him. Looking at the shadow that suddenly leaped out, Fangzheng was taken aback. He hurriedly raised his sword and slashed forward, colliding with the shadow. Then, a loud collision sound was heard. The shadow flipped backward and stood firmly on the ground. And at this moment, Fangzheng finally saw the shadow's true identity.
"What is that?"
Looking at the shadow in front of him, Fangzheng was dumbfounded. What appeared in front of him wasn't the undead creature that Fangzheng had imagined. On the contrary, it was a pitch-black cheetah. But unlike ordinary cheetahs, its body appeared to be dark blue like the starry sky, and its entire body looked translucent. Not only that, but Fangzheng could also see straight silver-white lines connecting its limbs and head from the inside of its body. If the black cheetah was still, it would look more like a constellation in the starry sky.
What the hell is this?
Just as Fangzheng was feeling bewildered and was about to call for reinforcements from Marte and company, he suddenly heard an excited voice.
"Mr. Fangzheng! It's great that you're alright! "
Upon hearing this voice, Fangzheng was taken aback. Then, he saw a young girl in a cloak running out of the ruins behind the black cheetah, panting heavily and waving at him happily. Although Fangzheng wasn't very familiar with this young girl, he wasn't a stranger either.
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