Sorry, I don't play poker on luck

As night fell, at the foot of the city wall.

There is no one living here, so the lights are scarce.

Compared with the brightly lit streets, the surrounding area is very dark.

The water flow of the river around the city is silent and undercurrent. There is an old banyan tree hanging by the river, and a pavilion is built beside the tree.

Sitting in the gazebo is an old man in a white robe, and a young girl who is neatly dressed and has two braids.

Between the two, there is a Go board.

At this time, the black and white pieces placed on the chessboard are criss-crossing, and the situation is inseparable.

"Master, are we waiting for someone?"

The girl picked up the white piece and put it on the chessboard in doubt, which caused the old man to frown.

"The task this time is extraordinary, and we must unite several demon extermination masters to take action at the same time to be sure."

Not only did the old man's words not frighten the girl, on the contrary her eyes lit up.

"Could it be that the one to be captured this time is a spirit demon?"

She had heard that only when dealing with spirit demons, would several demon exterminations be dispatched at the same time.

Just as there are criminals who commit crimes in the human race, there are also such existences among the spirit monsters.

Moreover, such spirit monsters who commit crimes are often backed by powerful strength.

It is precisely because of the strength of force that there is no fear.

"As long as we successfully complete the task this time, you can be a teacher."

The old man put down a sunspot, but did not directly answer the apprentice's question.

"Really, Master?!"

The girl almost couldn't hold back and stood up.

"But even if you say that, I won't let you in this game!"

But she glanced at the chessboard, and her victory was obvious.

"You girl, it's not a good thing to be too competitive sometimes."

The old man shook his head, showing a doting wry smile.

"Old Chess, have you been waiting for a long time?"

At this moment, a figure stepped on the small gravel road and came out of the darkness.

The visitor was dressed in black satin, with a long sword in a jeweled scabbard at his waist.

A pair of eyes emit a faint yellow light at night, making their vertical pupils particularly conspicuous.

He did not conceal his identity as a monster, and the head and face of the wolf monster were not disguised.

The Demon Elimination Mansion is actually not an institution of the human race.

Strictly speaking, it now belongs to the joint operation of the Human Race and the Monster Race.

There are demon exterminations in the human race, and there are also demon exterminations in the demon clan.

Their purpose and responsibility are the same, that is to maintain social stability and resolve insecurity.

It's just that the scope of activities is different. The demon extermination man is in the human city, and the demon extermination is in the demon city.

Occasionally, when the current situation occurs, it is not surprising that the demon extermination and the demon extermination will join forces.

"Brother Wolf, long time no see."

The girl saw who was coming, and quickly stood up and cupped her hands.

Their city is quite close to the demon city, so they have carried out two missions jointly with the master and the wolf line, and they have a good impression of this demon extermination, and they have a lot of respect.

"Hello Little Ding Dong, I haven't grown up in a few years."

Lang Xing smiled, but because of the appearance of the wolf head, he looked a little ferocious.

Glancing at the old chess player next to him, he was secretly changing the position of the chess pieces while his apprentice was talking with him.

"You old bastard, after playing backgammon for so many years, you are still so useless."

He sighed angrily.

"Tonight's mission, just the two of us."

Looking around, Lang Xing didn't find anyone else.

In his calculations, apprentices like Tinker Bell are not counted in the mission.

"No, I still need to wait for someone."

The old chess player made a black stone, but suddenly said angrily: "Damn it, I still lost!"

"Wait for who?"

"Except thirteen."

"he?"

Hearing the name, Lang Xing was slightly taken aback.

This is also an old acquaintance with a mixed reputation in the industry.

"Here, say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here."

The old chess player who put away the chess pieces raised his chin in a certain direction.

The figures of Chu Shisan and Shi Li are approaching.

"Eighteen Heroes, you finally accepted another apprentice?"

Lang Xing was a little surprised to see someone following the other party.

The other two also showed curiosity, except that Thirteen didn't accept apprentices, even Ding Dong knew about it.

"Where is your apprentice? Where is it?"

Except Shisan did not answer rhetorical questions, his expression was neither salty nor dull.

"I graduated two years ago."

There was a little pride in Lang Xing's tone.

It is indeed something to be proud of to cultivate a qualified talent for the demon world and have successors.

"I'm so envious."

Except Thirteen's envy is not concealed.

The requirement of the Demon Elimination Mansion is that each person trains one apprentice, no matter how many there are, it is not a rigid requirement.

"Okay, let's talk about tonight's mission."

Lao Qi is the person in charge tonight.

"You must have heard about it when you received the mission. This time the mission is more dangerous."

"The opponent is a wood spirit with a danger level of Class A."

"We've had a tip that he'll be around tonight."

"And our task is to apprehend him and bring him to justice."

"Let me tell you about my plans for tonight."

With a touch of his palm on the chessboard, the surrounding environment information collected during the day appeared on the chessboard in the form of phantoms.

"I will use the enchantment technique to seal off the surrounding world, and then the fight will trouble the two of you."

"There are no common people living around, so you can rest assured to display your cultivation."

"It is reported that the place where the wood spirit will appear is here."

"The two of you are lurking here separately. When the barrier appears, you will immediately double-team from the left and the right in two directions."

"If you have any objections, raise them now. If not, then you can choose a suitable ambush and hiding place in advance."

Old Chess pointed out those positions on the phantom of the chessboard.

"Master, what about the two of us?"

Except for Shisan and Langxing who had no objection, Tinker Bell raised her hand.

"If you two, stay by your side and protect the law for me."

Old Chess waved his hand casually.

This mission was dangerous, and the level of the apprentice was not in his plan from the very beginning.

"fair enough."

Except Shisan looked at it and stood there, but didn't say much.

To deal with a wood spirit, two people, himself and the wolf, are enough.

So just like that, everyone started to split up.

Strictly speaking, when Lao Qi releases the enchantment, he must also be inside the enchantment, so he really needs someone to protect him.

But what is shrouded in this enchantment is not thousands of troops, just a wood spirit, I'm afraid it's useless to do it.

Therefore, the existence of Shili and Dingdong can be regarded as just a show, and it is simply to gain experience.

At this time, Lao Qi had already closed his eyes and meditated, recharging his energy for releasing the enchantment later.

On his chessboard, there are only two characters, one black and one white, placed close together and placed in the center of the chessboard.

Tinker Bell was a bit bored, so she set her sights on Shi Li.

"Hi, my name is Tinker Bell."

"Time stands."

"Your dog looks so strange. It doesn't have any hair on its body."

Tinker Bell pointed at the Beast Dog.

"Oh, I have raised it for many years, but now I am sick."

That's what he explained to Chu Shisan before.

"Speaking of which, how is your level? After the meeting starts, shall we sneak over there to see how they are getting rid of demons?"

Glancing at the master behind him, Tinker Bell approached.

"Is my level okay?"

"But this is not very good, it may be dangerous."

Shi Li himself is not afraid, but he is not sure that he can protect the other party.

If the aftermath of the battle is too violent, it will be quite troublesome if it affects the bystanders.

"You still worry about yourself."

Xiao Dingdang understood the other party's eyes, puffed out her chest and said, "Although I don't have a magic weapon yet, I'm almost ready to become a teacher."

"In terms of spells, I am not inferior to ordinary demon exorcists."

"And after I become a teacher and receive my own magical weapon, I will be an official high-level demon extermination."

As soon as these words came out, Shi immediately became interested.

"Then how can I get my magic weapon and become an official demon extermination?"

He doesn't care about the magic weapon, but he is very interested in his ultimate mission goal.

"Huh? You don't even know this."

Ding Dong glanced at him, and then introduced: "If you want to become a high-level demon extermination, you need to take it step by step."

"The first thing is to learn art from a teacher, and then get recognition from the master and get a letter of recommendation."

"Take the recommendation letter and go to the Demon Elimination Mansion in the nearest big city, pass the assessment there, and then receive the magic weapon."

"that's it."

Hearing her introduction, Shi Li began to think in his heart.

At present, I can say that I have just completed the first step, and I am still in the process of learning art.

There are two more checkpoints in the back, which have been approved by the demon master and passed the assessment of the demon mansion.

Now there are more than 70 to 80 days left in the time I planned, and I don't know if I can complete it.

He was thinking about it at one end, while Tinker Bell at the other end gave up the idea of ​​sneaking away to watch the battle together.

Because she thinks that a guy who doesn't even know the basic industry rules should be of low level and will become her burden.

Then both of them fell silent, and time gradually passed.

After an unknown amount of time, Shi Li suddenly heard an extremely small sound behind him.

In this silent night, even if it is very subtle, it is quite clear.

Looking back, it was the sound from the direction of Laoqi.

It was as if the two black and white stones on his chessboard had collided together to make this sound.

Almost at the same time as he turned around, he saw Lao Qi's eyes suddenly opened.

"Attention, I'm about to start."

He notified the two in a deep voice, and then flicked two black and white stones with his fingers.

Ding! Ding!

With his right hand pinching out his sword fingers, he quickly drew something on the empty chessboard.

From Shili's point of view, the whole process only took 3 seconds.

A blue light formation soon appeared on the chessboard and began to rotate continuously.

hum!

Then the entire space including the night sky vibrated, and a barrier composed of blue energy appeared out of thin air, covering the surrounding area.

(Is this the enchantment of eliminating demons?)

Shi Li looked up.

Their position was at the edge of the barrier, and behind Lao Qi was a wall of blue light.

Extending upwards, it is curved.

After about 30 seconds, there was a sudden explosion in the distance.

Boom!

The columnar flames soared into the sky.

"here we go."

If Shi Li remembered correctly, the flame effect should come from one of Chu Shisan's magic weapons against wood monsters.

"Unfortunately, we have nothing to do."

Ding Dong dragged two wicker chairs from nowhere, and sat on them with her head in her hands.

"If you only talk about the ability to fight frontally, the two over there are considered to be the best in the demon world."

"With their joint efforts, coupled with my master's barrier restraint, the target may not be able to escape."

"After standing for so long, do you want to sit down?"

She pointed to the empty chair beside her, and immediately came over to greet her.

"No."

Shi Li waved his hand and refused.

During the day, he was violently kicked in the butt by Master Shi, and it was not suitable for him to sit down for a while.

Old Chess, whose eyes were closed again, was maintaining the barrier, and had no time to be distracted.

With nothing to do, the two could only silently watch and listen to the movement of the battle in the distance, waiting for the result.

This battle seems to be more intense than imagined, and longer than imagined.

"Apprentice."

After about 10 minutes, Lao Qi suddenly spoke.

"Master, I am here."

Tinker Bell stood up reflexively.

"The situation has changed, the wood spirit should still have a demon pet by his side."

I only heard Lao Qi say quickly: "I'm afraid his demon pets are looking for the eyes in the enchantment. If they find this place, you must do your best to protect me!"

The eye of the formation is his chessboard.

In other words, the place that group of monsters are looking for is here.

"Yes, Master!"

Ding Dong's expression was dignified and there was some excitement, he could finally do it.

Monster pets are generally not very strong, and they are just the right training objects.

【Roar…】

About 2 minutes later, Shili found that the animal dog beside him lowered his body and let out a low bark while roaring.

"Be careful, a monster is approaching."

Old Qi opened one eye and said the answer.

"No problem, Master, you can read mine!"

Taking advantage of this time, Tinker Bell has already arranged several magical traps.

"It's just a good time to try the results of this period of exercise."

Shi Li stretched his waist, and then took out the iron rod.

Hope this time, don't give yourself a PVE game.

"Huh?"

Seeing him take out something out of thin air, Ding Dong's eyes trembled slightly.

This is a magic weapon?

【Roar! ! ! 】xN

But before she could open her mouth to ask, different monster beast roars came.

"Wow, so many!"

Tinker Bell originally thought that there were only three or five at most, but the number of them has reached at least ten!

"And isn't he from the wood spirit monster clan? Why does he raise fire monsters?"

This was the question that puzzled her the most.

Boom!

A thunderbolt fell and hit two monsters that stepped on her trap.

One of them fell to the ground on the spot, and the other was scorched black in many places but still not incapacitated.

"call……"

Seeing this scene, Ding Dong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

[Crack, croak! 】

But at this time, the long-legged bird demon running in the front had already discovered her existence.

These monsters don't have any spiritual intelligence, so their masters can't give any orders, they can only release them to run around in this enchantment.

The monsters are very hostile to the human race. I am afraid that the other party wants to use this to find the holder of the formation eye and kill them.

The long-legged harpy was running very fast, and it was already in front of Ding Dong in the blink of an eye.

He tilted his head back slightly, and then pecked it off.

Like her master, Ding Dong does not take the path of eliminating demons positively.

Therefore, in terms of physical fitness, it is at best a little better than ordinary people. Facing monsters of this speed, it is really a bit difficult to react.

"!!!"

At this moment, she could only watch helplessly as the sharp bird's beak enlarged in her pupils.

Just when she thought she was about to be stabbed by the bird's beak, a black shadow with white light swung over and hit the bird demon firmly on the head.

Boom!

"Why don't you hide?"

Shi Li glanced at her and protected her behind him.

"I, I, I, I can't react!"

When he came back to his senses, Ding Dong's voice trembled.

She wanted to remind the other party to pay attention to the counterattack of the bird monster, but when she looked down, she found that the bird monster had already been lying on the ground, and... lost her head.

(One hit headshot?)

She looked at the iron rod in the opponent's hand again, there were a few strands of white smoke wrapped around it, it was definitely not an ordinary thing at first glance.

Is this guy really an apprentice?

"Aren't you full of confidence before, are you afraid of this?"

While Shi Li was making fun of the other party, he struck out with a stick.

Boom!

The oppressive effect of the immortal energy combined with its strength directly smashed the back of the tiger-shaped monster that rushed over, and it rolled on the ground howling.

"That's because there are too many of them and they come too fast!"

"If you give me more time to prepare, I can resist it even if it doubles!"

Ding Dong was a little unconvinced.

But what she said is true, in just this short time, most of the monsters have already fallen or been seriously injured by her trap.

The "lucky ones" who were able to run in front of the two were just the bird demon and tiger demon just now.

"Okay, then you arrange it."

After Shi Li left these words, he began to look for the monsters on the ground to make up his sword.

After Tinker Bell is finished, he plans to remove Shisan and take a look.

When encountering such an unexpected situation, let myself feel a little worried.

At the same time, he also let the beast dogs go out to investigate and guard, and if they encountered any special circumstances, they would come back and report to him.

So Ding Dong began to rearrange the magic traps, during which there were occasional attacks by monsters, all of which were killed by Shi Li.

After she finished all the arrangements, Shi Li came to Lao Qi.

"Master Chess, I'm a little worried about getting rid of Shisan, so I plan to go and have a look."

"Well, you go, if it really doesn't work here, I will take action."

Old Chess with his eyes closed answered immediately.

When Shi Li turned to leave, he slowly opened his eyes and stared at the back of the other party.

Although I didn't say anything about what happened just now, I saw the whole process in my eyes.

It seems that except Shisan this time, he found another good apprentice.

Both are apprentices, why is there such a big gap?

His gaze, involuntarily, fell on Tinker Bell again.

Or, train her for a few more years before letting her become a teacher?

If Dingdang knew about this thought, he would probably die of anger on the spot.

...

At this moment, somewhere in the enchantment.

The Beast Dog is faithfully performing the task assigned by Shi Li, sniffing as it walks.

Anyway, it's just a dog, even if it meets a monster, the monster doesn't pay much attention to it.

[Aww? 】

Suddenly, its footsteps stopped.

Why is there a breath, as if I have smelled it before?

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