novelraw Chapter 496: Sanity's Bane
Chapter 496: Sanity's Bane
In the next second, Li Wei's head ached violently.
Magic-Piercing Perception ended.
What was going on?
Was it because the extra Perception brought by the Magic-Piercing Perception Talent was too high, triggering discomfort?
Li Wei felt like he even got a nosebleed, and his vision went somewhat black. It took him a full three seconds to recover to normal.
And at this time, several lines of information flashed past quickly.
[You killed a Fourth-Tier Samsara Traveler, and he died completely. Right before his death, he used a Silver-Tier Cursed Plot Item on you—Your Greatest Strength Shall Be Your End]
[Warning! You encountered a Dark Magic attack outside the system. Therefore, a System Resolution will be triggered. Note: This is the law used to resolve and adjudicate power confrontations between two different systems. For example, when an item from a Xianxia World collides with an item from a Magic World, which one is more powerful requires a System Resolution to decide.]
[System Resolution: Based on the requirements of the cursed item, you need to compare your strongest attribute, strongest Talent, and strongest Skill with the cursed item for resolution. Your current Perception is 20, Spiritual Power is 85. The target's Perception is 12, Delusion Breaking is 18, Spiritual Power is 60. You perfectly suppress the opponent. The power of the cursed item is reduced by 30%]
[System Resolution: You currently possess two Slaughter Particles, two Nature Particles, two Truth Particles, and one Light Particle. The number of your Origin Particles is 7. The target's Origin Particles are 5. You strongly suppress the opponent. The power of the cursed item is reduced by 30%][System Resolution: Your All Attributes have achieved Level Three Awakening, Health Points 1250, Stamina 1250. The Magic Suppression Talent you possess greatly increases your resistance to negative buffs. Your current strength should be a Golden Plot Boss. The cursed item possessed by the target cannot pose a threat to you in terms of quality level. The power of the cursed item is reduced by 30%]
[System Resolution: You are ultimately cruelly deducted 5 Health Points, and simultaneously stunned for three seconds (half the reason being the Talent you just used)]
[Friendly reminder: Since Samsara Travelers do not belong to the Alliance of Heavenly Lords, dropped Gear and related energy cannot be directly looted. Therefore, the Nine-Star Council will loot them on your behalf, to be settled after the battle ends. If you are Fallen in Battle, these Spoils of War drops will not drop along with you, but the Nine-Star Council will launch a deep rescue for you, and the price consumed will be taken from these Spoils of War.]
So troublesome?
While Li Wei felt slightly shocked in his heart, he also quickly consumed a Spirit Elixir, and then activated Magic-Piercing Perception again.
He had no choice; this was necessary. The enemies this time were Approaching Menacingly, and they were basically all Scouts. Other than crushing the entire field with his Perception, what else could he do?
In the next second, time slowed down again, the dark night was ruled, and within a dozen li, every detail was visible.
Huh? The Samsara Traveler using Benjamin's identity was gone!
Did he use a 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Card?
Li Wei could faintly sense the traces of flowing Magic Junk Code; the other party was already nowhere to be found.
Good Heavens, this was his first time knowing that using a Heaven-Veiling Card + Invisibility Art could actually achieve such a miraculous effect, that even 27.5 Perception couldn't detect it.
Unfortunately, Li Wei currently couldn't spare the time to care about this guy.
He began to rapidly survey the overall situation.
In the Southern Fortress, Fieldsvae had already consecutively fired twelve Enchanted Giant Ballistae within the short span of three seconds just now. He acted as the shooter, while the others cooperated.
This was simply a match made in heaven.
Especially when the Magic Power Mine resumed operation and reconnected with the Magic Traps, one of the two attacking Scouts was directly headshot and killed by Fieldsvae. The other one didn't even dare to pick up the Gold Card and Purple Card dropped by their companion and just fled. The crisis in this direction was resolved.
And at this moment, Fieldsvae was ceaselessly sweeping fire toward the Trap Zone in the southeast direction. Massive Ballista Bolts shuttled past, suppressing the two Scouts attacking from this direction so they didn't dare show their heads.
Ultimately seeing no advantage to be gained, these two Scouts also rapidly vanished into the Mountain Forest.
Good, very good, these two directions were resolved.
But the Northern Fortress was a bit lacking, because without a 4th-tier Dawn Ranger like Fieldsvae holding the fort, mere ordinary soldiers, even if they controlled great killing weapons like Enchanted Giant Ballistae, found it difficult to suppress the two Fourth-Tier Rangers in this direction.
Currently, one Fourth-Tier Ranger had already flown over like a ghost from the sky, and unexpectedly riding a 5-Star Hunting Pet as well.
He looked quite confident, because his Perception at this moment had already reached +19, and he had also used some kind of Magic Item Card, rendering the Sequence Three Light Magic ineffective against him. Right now this kid was stealthily heading straight for the Central City, wanting to destroy the second Magic Power Mine.
This tactic was correct, and strategically speaking it was also correct.
If Li Wei hadn't activated the Magic-Piercing Perception Talent to suppress the entire field with his Perception, he probably would have really had his defenses breached by him. But now, he should experience what it means by Wolf Walking a Thousand Miles, and what it means by Total Annihilation with One Arrow!
In a split second, the four Destiny Grids of Farmer, Hunter, Woodcutter, and Scout reformed massive illusions. Of course, these illusions were only visible to Li Wei, or those with sufficiently high Inspiration within a certain distance.
In reality, the battlefield at this moment was an entanglement of firelight, Blood Plague, and night colors. Until a lethal killing intent surged out from the pitch-black night sky. That Fourth-Tier Ranger only had time to feel terrified for a moment before his entire person was explosively killed in midair. Only his 5-Star Hunting Pet was left, wailing as it soared into the sky, its destination unknown.
5-Star Hunting Pets already possessed a certain degree of autonomy, and this was even more so the higher the level.
Once the master died, it was completely liberated.
So Li Wei didn't care about it either. His figure swayed, turning back into a small mouse. Meanwhile, Ah Dai perfectly cooperated by shrinking its size, yet its speed was like lightning. In just two or three short seconds, it had already flown over a thousand meters, catching up to Li Yue and the Blazing Legion.
At this time on the ground, Li Yue and the forty-two Blaze Knights had rapidly entered the charging phase for their Legion Skill. From afar, they looked like a fire dragon charging across the ground. Where Li Yue's Spear pointed was the ferocious dragon head. That momentum, that might, even Li Wei in midair couldn't help but praise.
Simultaneously, he was also curious if those dozen or so guys opposite them were really that Thick-headed, actually able to face off against a Legion Skill head-on?
Before one could say it, Li Yue had already decisively unleashed the Legion Skill. Faintly, there seemed to be the roar of a Dragon. That Legion Skill transformed into a flaming long dragon, striking fiercely towards the front. In this instant, it was as if one could smell the scent of charred corpses on the battlefield, as if one could hear the roar of war drums. Where the Spear pointed, Trampling the World!
It could be clearly seen that the eyes of the two Neanderthals charging at the very front flashed with terrified despair, because in the face of absolute power, even if they were Consumed by Rage, even if they were Gnashing Steel Teeth, they had no other choice!
But right at this moment, the earth suddenly made a thudding sound. A dark-skinned burly man who had been following behind suddenly bounded into the air. The moment he landed, he suddenly assumed a bizarre posture, Sinking Fish and Falling Geese, with his butt facing backward, facing the Legion Skill with his back. Then, mottled scales suddenly and rapidly grew all over his body. Up until the instant the Legion Skill smashed down, he successfully grew a massive tortoise shell.
No, he had completely transformed into a giant black scaled tortoise!
"Boom!"
The entire Legion Skill smashed forcefully onto this tortoise back. As a result, it only made this scaled tortoise sway two or three times. Was this fucking a sea Druid?
And with this buffer, from behind the two Neanderthals, a person suddenly took out a rod-like object wrapped in a strange grey cloth, aimed it at Li Yue, and was about to pull the trigger.
Some kind of firearm?
A Dwarven musket?
Anyway, in this instant, even Li Yue and all forty-two Blaze Knights whose charging momentum was rising seemed to be directly transported to a different map. A putrid stench permeated the surroundings, the ground was a mushy swamp, pale white, viscous liquid like ghoul saliva. Above their heads, flocks of red-eyed crows were cawing wildly, the wailing of ghosts lingering in their ears. Perhaps only death could offer release—
In this instant, including Li Yue, this thought surfaced in the hearts of all the Blaze Knights, and they all seemed to see a pitch-black gun barrel in front of them.
But this didn't make them feel afraid. Instead, they even felt somewhat desirous, as if this was the grace of a true god—
"Boom!"
The musket fired. Obviously only one shot was fired, yet it sounded as if forty-three musketeers were firing a volley simultaneously!
Even Li Wei couldn't stop it. He watched helplessly as the figures of Li Yue and those forty-two Blaze Knights uniformly staggered backward, and then, nothing.
An ineffective attack?
No, this wasn't a physical damage weapon. This was a special Magic Item used for psychological warfare.
Because in this instant, the Sanity of Li Yue and the others uniformly dropped by -2!
In the next second, when they snapped back to reality, their respective Sanity was only 6 left, and some worse off only had 4 left.
They weren't injured, but the momentum of their charge was interrupted, meaning they needed to recongregate the Legion Skill!
And the condensation speed clearly dropped. With insufficient Sanity, it was easy to panic, easy to be cowardly, and easy to make mistakes in a rush.
This fucking was a sharp tool for interrupting skills.
At this moment, Li Wei decisively activated Magic-Piercing Perception again, raising his Perception to 27.5. Then, in the instant that person was about to pull the trigger again, he shot an arrow.
But this arrow, which had always been invincible in the past, didn't act as an Ultimate Move. It actually missed, shooting off target, and blowing up a Neanderthal in front with one arrow.
Because at this moment, the Eerie Musket wrapped in Burial Shroud in that person's hands suddenly aimed in Li Wei's direction.
Good Heavens, this guy's Inspiration must be at least 25, right? Being able to see Li Wei from two kilometers away.
No!
His musket didn't interrupt Li Wei's Ultimate Move, but used some kind of Damage Misdirection.
After all, the might of Li Wei's arrow was absolutely not something just anyone could interrupt. With 27.5 Perception suppressing the entire field, didn't it have at least this much prestige?
Only by transferring damage and misdirecting damage could this barely be achieved.
"Li Yue, leave the field, flank them!"
At this time, Li Wei rapidly issued a command to Li Yue through the Pioneering Card. Without enough Sanity, they couldn't charge. Charging up would make them easily weakened into cowards, and then hacked to death!
And Li Yue had already veered off course. In the blink of an eye, she led the team to bypass them, not giving the opponent another chance to farm their Sanity.
As for Li Wei, he also stood on Ah Dai's back, continuously roaming high in the sky. In an instant, four 5-Star Anti-Magic Arrows were all shot out. Commanding Presence, coupled with the blessing of Magic-Piercing Perception, all aimed at that man holding the Eerie Musket.
And this guy was indeed remarkable. Who knows what method he used, but the Song of the Undead above that Eerie Musket was deafening! Illusions sprang up, incredibly bizarre. Even Ah Dai was about to be unable to withstand it.