From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star

The Abyss Fire Thief has indeed maxed out his ability to escape.

Lu Heng chased him all the way, even at a speed of 30 meters per second, and even at a speed of 32 meters per second when sprinting, he could only keep from being thrown off.

He chased him all the way out of the steel mill and into the forest.

Lu Heng took out his Glock G17 pistol and aimed at the position below the scout eagle, trying to see if he could hit it.

While aiming the pistol, the scout eagle in front began to rush left and right, and its forward route was irregular.

Lu Heng knew at a glance that the Abyss Fire Thief was deliberately avoiding the shooting angle, and there was a delay between the position of the scout eagle and the position of the Abyss Fire Thief.

After all, Su Muyu observed the position of the Abyss Fire Thief and then controlled the scout eagle to adjust its position accordingly, which could not be completely synchronized.

With the Abyss Fire Thief's moving speed of 30 meters per second, even if the delay was only 0.1 seconds, the maximum error could reach 3 meters.

With a position error of 3 meters, let alone a pistol, a rocket launcher would be enough to hit it.

However, Lu Heng still wanted to give it a try, trying to make an advance judgment based on the movement trajectory of the scout eagle, and then pull the trigger of the pistol.

Bang!

The bullet shot out and hit the trees in the distance, but missed the target.

Lu Heng adjusted the muzzle again and fired another shot.

This time the bullet flew to the landing point and disappeared, seemingly hitting the target, but the bullet was like a drop in the ocean, without causing any waves.

The escape speed of the Abyss Fire Thief did not slow down.

Seeing this, Lu Heng immediately reacted. In addition to the invisibility and acceleration skills, the Abyss Fire Thief also had defense skills.

Invisibility, acceleration, plus defense skills, this thing has already slipped to a certain level.

Looking at this situation, if you want to catch it, you have to hold on until its invisibility time ends.

After chasing for a full 5 minutes, Lu Heng's breath began to wheeze a little, and he had to use breathing to adjust the blood oxygen circulation to hold on.

Five minutes later, a transparent shadow slowly appeared in the empty place in front of him.

The shadow changed from completely transparent to semi-transparent, and finally revealed its body shape. It was the Abyss Fire Thief.

Its invisibility time was over.

Lu Heng's eyes shot out a brilliant light, and he jumped up, stepped on the rock wall, walked on the wall, and flew up.

He pulled out the Aurora Blade from the void, stabbed out a sword "Chasing the Moon Style", and went straight to the back of the Abyss Fire Thief.

With the subtle level of body movement and the subtle level of swordsmanship, this sword was fast and accurate.

The Abyss Fire Thief sensed the approaching danger and immediately panicked.

Its talent tree was all on escaping and hiding, so its ability in frontal combat was very low.

Moreover, this sword was too fast, and it had no room to dodge at all.

At the moment when the sword light was about to pierce its back, a circle of dark purple energy burst out of its body, and its whole body suddenly became virtual and escaped into the shadow.

The Aurora Blade pierced its back, but the tip of the sword did not touch any hard objects.

The body of the Abyss Fire Thief escaped into the shadows and continued to run forward.

Seeing this, Lu Heng was not discouraged, but instead shot a sharp look in his eyes.

Because this ability to escape into the shadows is the source ability of this hidden profession, which is also the trump card of the Abyss Fire Thief.

After the Abyss Fire Thief escaped into the shadows, its body was exempt from all physical collisions, turned into a semi-transparent phantom, and continued to run forward.

Lu Heng raised his sword and continued to chase, closely following it within the distance of one sword.

According to the second-level professional, after the effect of the Abyss Fire Thief's escape into the shadows ends, its stealth skill will soon cool down, with only a 3-second gap in between.

In other words.

If the battle cannot be resolved within these 3 seconds, the Abyss Fire Thief will enter the invisible state for 5 minutes again.

Lu Heng has been chasing for so long, and has been chasing at the maximum speed, and his physical strength is almost at the limit.

Even if he can still hold on, his speed will continue to decrease.

Moreover, after chasing for so long, Su Muyu should also be at the limit.

If it enters the invisible state again, it will definitely not be able to come out of the invisible state.

In other words, there is only one chance to capture the Abyss Fire Thief, which is the 3-second gap.

This is the difficulty of this hidden mission, and it is also the only weakness of the Abyss Fire Thief.

It only needs to survive these 3 seconds and hide in the invisible state again, and no one can catch it.

If you list the conditions required to complete this hidden mission from the beginning, you will know how difficult it is.

First, you need to have the ability to detect invisibility, otherwise you can't even see the Abyss Fire Thief.

Secondly, the running speed needs to reach 30 meters per second, which is 3 times the world record for the 100-meter sprint.

Moreover, you need to maintain this speed for more than 5 minutes, which is not as simple as running for 10 seconds.

To maintain this speed for 5 minutes, you need not only super physical strength, but also a subtle level of body skills.

An important feature of the subtle level of body skills is to obtain the highest mobility with the least consumption.

The subtle level of body skills also provides the ability to fly over eaves and walls, climb mountains and ridges to chase the target, otherwise it would have been thrown off long ago.

In addition, you also need to be able to kill the Abyss Fire Thief within 3 seconds.

In summary, if you want to catch the Abyss Fire Thief, you need to have super strong detection and invisibility capabilities, super strong speed and body movements, and combat power that can kill mid-level demons in seconds.

And these abilities, under normal circumstances, will not appear in the same person.

At least in the early stage of the Abyss invasion, no one can possess these abilities at the same time, not even Lu Heng.

Because the ability to detect invisibility was provided by Su Muyu.

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According to the data given in the strategy, the Abyss Fire Thief can only hide in the shadow for 7 seconds.

Although the time is short, these 7 seconds are crucial.

At this moment, the Abyss Fire Thief suddenly turned and hit the rock wall. It flashed and drilled directly into the rock wall and disappeared.

Although Lu Heng was mentally prepared, he was still slightly surprised to see this scene.

This is the effect of escaping into the shadow and ignoring physical collision.

Without physical collision, it means that it can pass through all physical obstacles, including the rock wall in front of it.

"Keep an eye on the rock wall. It can only hide for 7 seconds. When the time is up, it must come out."

Lu Heng shouted in the Bluetooth headset, asking Su Muyu to monitor the rock wall and find the location of the Abyss Fire Thief.

As the Abyss Fire Thief drilled into the rock wall, the chase reached its final stage.

"I can't find its position through the rock wall. I will monitor the situation around the rock wall. As soon as it comes out, I will lock its position immediately." Su Muyu answered at the fastest speed.

Because the Abyss Fire Thief drilled into the rock wall, the scout eagle couldn't find its position, and it felt like it was blind.

However, this state is two-way.

The Abyss Fire Thief hid in the rock wall and couldn't see the situation outside the rock wall.

It didn't know Lu Heng's position either.

With the speed of the Abyss Fire Thief, it can run 210 meters in 7 seconds.

In other words, it may come out from any position within 210 meters around the rock wall.

The next 7 seconds are a psychological battle.

Lu Heng stood there without moving, betting that the Abyss Fire Thief would hide in the same place.

However, to be on the safe side, Lu Heng released the shadow clone and chased to the east.

Time passed second by second in the sound of breathing. Lu Heng took a deep breath, adjusted the blood oxygen in his body, and counted the seconds silently.

1 second... 4 seconds, 5 seconds...

At the 5th second

A rat head emerged from the rock wall, it was the Abyss Fire Thief.

This time Lu Heng won the bet, and stood there waiting for it.

The Abyss Fire Thief poked its head out, and when it saw Lu Heng waiting there, it was startled and immediately shrank back.

Two seconds later, it emerged from 50 meters east of the rock wall, only 10 meters away from the Shadow Clone.

The Shadow Clone took the lead in attacking and rushed towards the Abyss Fire Thief.

Once the effect of the Abyss Fire Thief's escaping into the shadow ended, it could no longer hide in the rock wall, so it could only activate the acceleration skill, rush out of the rock wall, and flee in panic.

The Shadow Clone kicked out and swept across the Abyss Fire Thief's lower body.

The Abyss Fire Thief jumped up to avoid the attack and continued to flee forward.

Immediately afterwards, the Scouting Eagle swooped down and grabbed the Abyss Fire Thief's eyes.

The Abyss Fire Thief raised his hand angrily and grabbed the Scout Eagle with one claw.

With the interception of the Shadow Clone and the Scout Eagle, the Abyss Fire Thief's escape was stagnant for a moment.

Lu Heng took advantage of the situation and chased him, approaching within 10 meters.

And two seconds had passed, and there was only one second left in the vacuum period.

The Abyss Fire Thief fled at full speed, keeping a close eye on the cooldown of the invisibility skill.

When the last second was over, it immediately raised its palm, condensed a ball of demonic energy, and smashed it on the ground with a "bang".

The demonic energy exploded on the ground, spreading a cloud of mist.

Its figure slowly faded and disappeared in the mist.

At the moment it raised its hand to release the skill, Lu Heng activated the second stage effect of [Swift Wind Step·Thrust], launched a straight line thrust, and the acceleration effect was instantly doubled.

Lu Heng flew out at a speed beyond the limit, as if he had turned into a flash of lightning and flew out, holding the Aurora Blade in his hand, and stabbed into the mist with a sword "through the cloud".

Puff!

Ah!

The Abyss Fire Thief had just released the Invisibility Mist skill, but before he could escape, he was pierced through the chest by a sword and screamed miserably.

Then, a circle of lightning burst out from the Aurora Blade, burning its body, leaving it no chance to struggle.

[Hunting the Abyss Fire Thief, absorbing 100 points of demonic energy. ]

After the death of the Abyss Fire Thief, two crystals were separated.

Lu Heng picked them up and checked. The first one was the skill crystal core [Mist Escape].

[Mist Escape: Consume source energy to release a layer of mist, gain a 10-minute invisibility effect, and shield smell and infrared sensing at the same time. Skill consumption: 30 source energy. Skill level: D level. ]

The disadvantage of this skill is that the invisibility time has an upper limit, unlike [Invisibility Curtain], which can remain invisible as long as there is source energy.

However, this skill also has an advantage, that is, it can shield smell and infrared sensing.

This means that neither olfactory nor thermal imaging detectors can detect the invisibility effect of this skill.

If I had used this skill to approach the Abyss Fire Stealer just now, it would not have been able to smell the scent 20 meters away and aroused its vigilance.

Lu Heng saw this ability and a smile appeared in his eyes.

[Divine Evolution] unlocks the effect of skill locks, which can not only upgrade skills, but also merge skills.

Then, Lu Heng turned his attention to the second crystal.

This flat crystal is the real goal today - [Shadow Walker Essence].