Chapter 2156 Dark Demon Core

[Hunter has obtained the permanent gain "Battle Resonance". ]

[Battle Resonance: When fighting, when you use the same attribute or the same type of ability with your teammates, resonance will occur, and the effects of the abilities used by yourself and your teammates will be enhanced. ]

The permanent gain given by this task reward is, how should I put it, mediocre, and there is nothing amazing. But Lin Jiu was also quite satisfied. After all, this task is just a pre-task to start the boss battle. It is good to get such a gain that can immediately improve some combat power.

At the moment when the permanent gain was extracted, Lin Jiu also received the last task.

[Main Quest (Sixth Ring): Demon's Shadow]

Difficulty Level: 67

Task Introduction: The controller of the demonic forces is like the shadow behind all the forces in the Yimi Continent. For the demon camp, it is even more under one person and above ten thousand people, but it seems that this "shadow" is not satisfied with this.

Tip: The final link of the main task is the attribute barrier breakthrough assessment.

Task information: Seize the core of the dark demon.

Task deadline: one natural day.

Task reward: Plunder Ring (Holy Spirit Level).

Mission penalty: forced execution.

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Lin Jiu checked the mission. This is probably the penultimate ring of all the missions. Needless to say, the last ring is already marked there, which is the breakthrough assessment mission. And the target of this mission, the Dark Demon Core, Lin Jiu also knows what it is. It is the black metal multidimensional cube in the center of the magic circle that he just saw.

If you want to snatch that thing, there is no other way, you must kill the guy in front of you first. The guy in front of you is still reminiscing with Xi Lei.

"Xi Lei, if you offer the elemental mark now, I am willing to let you live." The demon in front of him is just like Melia who fell into the devil. He also joined the devil from other camps, but no one thought that he would be the Oak Sage who founded the Cang Yue Council and led all forces to fight against the devil invasion.

This truth is really shocking, but Lin Jiu and the others were just surprised. If you want to say that it is really shocking, it must be Xi Lei who can't understand. She never thought that the sage who was once kind and gentle and turned the tide when the Dusk Jungle was in crisis has now become their biggest enemy.

The demonized Oak Sage in front of him was wearing a tattered black robe with strange runes embroidered on it. These runes flashed ominously in the weak light. He was thin, but his eyes, deep in his eye sockets, were like two burning coals, flashing with cunning and cruel light. His skin was an unhealthy grayish white, covered with wrinkles, like cracks on dry land.

His deep black hair was scattered on his shoulders in a disorderly manner, with a few strange dark reds in between, as if stained with blood. There was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and that smile contained contempt and disdain for everything in the world, as if all life was just a tiny plaything in his eyes.

The only thing that could connect the demon old man in front of him with the former Oak Sage was the pair of curved argali horns on this guy's head, which were obvious characteristics of the Dusk Jungle bloodline.

"Is that so?" Lin Jiu saw the information about this mission, combined with the two nesting dolls in front of him, and immediately understood what the Demon Oak Sage was doing.

He was plundering the power of the Demon Lord Roy and wanted to replace him. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the power of the gods severely injured and sealed the Demon Lord Roy, it began to steal the power of the Demon Lord.

This very ominous-looking magic circle inside the tower is the magic circle used to steal the power of the Demon Lord. The blackened Oak Sage Sarver merged himself with the Dark Demon Core, using it as a carrier to integrate the stolen power into his body.

Lin Jiu didn't know what the Dark Demon Core originally looked like, but it must be extraordinary, otherwise it would not have been chosen by Sarver to become the carrier of stealing power. Ordinary creatures or things can't carry the power of the Demon Lord. And this thing is also something that the Samsara Paradise mission requires to rob, it must be an important item.

Then, starting from the purpose of Sarver stealing Roy's power, Lin Jiu also knew what the magic circle based on elemental crystals outside the tower was used for. It was nothing more than suppressing the power of the Demon Lord dissipating in the tower and suppressing it to a certain extent, so that Sarver could truly integrate this power.

Sarver, who was transformed into a demon, had all his power from the Demon Lord. If he wanted to reverse Tiangang, he had to use the elemental power that was contradictory to the power of the demon to help him achieve his goal.

At the same time, Lin Jiu could also understand why Sarver did not arrange those high-level demons to be guards around him. Just for Sarver's behavior and purpose, if those high-level demons were arranged to come, the guards would probably become enemies.

Lin Jiu only knew the function of these two magic circles and Sarver's purpose, but he didn't know that this was not an idea that Sarver had when he existed as a demon, but an idea that he had started to have when he was an Oak Sage.

Although he was reluctant to admit it at the time, Sarver had to realize a fact, that is, he was indeed old. Not only did his movements of waving his staff and chanting spells become slower and slower, but he also often fell asleep while communicating with the forest.

When the seasons changed from autumn to winter, he even "fell ill". The illness came quickly and violently. There were no physical signs. Since the Well of Annihilation moved, the dark energy has been contaminating the creatures in the jungle with the invasion of demons. The Oak Sage who used his mental power to connect the jungle was the first to bear the brunt. Although he was able to escape unscathed due to the powerful spell, the seeds of darkness still took root somewhere.

Saff's nightmares became more frequent, and the number of times he dreamed of "that voice" was increasing. "That voice" understood all his fears and anxieties. The old man's life was already in the countdown, but his research on natural magic was stuck at a bottleneck.

Every night, this old, hoarse voice would slowly sound. If someone heard this voice at this moment, they would be panicked, because except for the strange tone, the voice was almost exactly the same as their own!

"Saff, how can you be willing? You only need to live a few more years, just a little time, you can complete the research and get a glimpse of more mysterious knowledge."

"Yes, just a little sacrifice, extend your life..." the voice tempted. Several times, Sarver almost believed that this came from his mind. For him, it is not difficult to extend his life through the magical knowledge he has mastered. But the price to pay is enough to make this wise, rational and kind old man abandon this practice.

Sarver's vitality was gradually eroded, while this voice seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. As one grew stronger, the other grew stronger. This voice even broke out of Sarver's nightmare one day and had a shadow-like body in the real world.

On that most dangerous and anxious night, Sarver even felt that this shadow was twisting wildly, fighting with him for control of this body. The forest seemed to have sensed this battle without gunpowder. The usually peaceful dusk forest was thundering with lightning. In the strong wind and heavy rain, Yaden saw several figures rushing in the rain. They were Mora and Luo Feng and other disciples who had come back from thousands of miles away.