Chapter 2167: Storm Ghost

After the first wolf confessed, Qiao An took a picture of "instruction" on it and ordered it to go ahead and lead the crowd to find the storm ghost.
The three of them, a bear, and a Tara beast, followed the winter wolf into the glacier gorge. After half an hour, they came to the mine operated by Bayerhof.
The scale of the mine is small, with only six pits in total, which are not connected to each other.
The wolf explained that the storm ghost was hiding in "Pit No. 1".
After hearing this, Bayerhof frowned and said to Qiao'an and Clark: "Pit No. 1 is the earliest and largest mine among all pits. The tunnels are two miles deep and intricate, even me. The mine owner himself sometimes gets lost. If we break in directly, it will be difficult to catch the cunning storm ghost, but it is very likely that the opponent will be ambushed secretly."
Qiao An also felt that it was not a good idea to venture into the maze-like complex underground mine to search for the enemy, so he photographed a "mythical link" on the head of the Winter Wolf and let it enter the pit alone to trick the storm ghost out.
"Master Mage, how can I trick him out?" The wolf asked bitterly.
"Whatever you want, don't say you can't lie!" Qiao An said badly.
The wolf had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk into the mine.
Qiao An shared vision with the wolf through the "mythological link", took out the "picture mirror", and projected what he saw on the mirror for Clark and Bayerhoff to watch. Mishka and Tara also came over, curious. Looking into the mirror.
The wolf flew in the dim tunnel, stopping sometimes, sniffing around.
Just running around like this, he finally got into a relatively open pit and shouted in the empty pit: "Master Storm Ghost? Master Storm Ghost?"
"There isn't even a ghost shadow in the cave. What the is yelling at! Isn't it doing a show for us?" Clark muttered in wonder.
"The nose of the winter wolf is better than the hunting dog. Even if you can't see where the storm ghost is hiding, you can confirm that the other party is hiding in the cave by sniffing the smell." The dwarf ranger made a more reasonable guess.
After hearing Bayerhoff’s judgment, Qiao An activated the "true knowledge" attached to the prosthetic eye, looked around through the eyes of the wolf, and saw a group of dim and strange figures, hanging upside down like a bat in the mine. The dome is watching the wolf in secret without saying a word.
Qiao An turned the "picture mirror" upside down to observe the storm ghost from the front.
The size of this monster, at first glance, looks a bit like a "spider spirit". The spider-like lower body has four long legs, and the ends are sharp like razors. They are deeply embedded in the ice, and the huge body of up to 10 feet is fixed under the dome.
The human-shaped torso of the storm ghost also has the characteristics of insect creatures. The gray-white skin is tough and smooth, and the texture is closer to the exoskeleton of insects.
What impressed Qiao An most was the monster's head, which was in a weird cone shape, with a circle of eyes evenly distributed on the head, a total of 12, and a true 360° field of vision without blind angles.
Qiao An once heard Bayerhof talk about the "Storm Ghost" rumors.
It is said that this alien monster has the ability to create blizzards and is also very good at manipulating lightning, so it is called "storm ghost" by the polar natives who fear his mighty power.
Due to the traffic congestion, the Niforgem area has been short of communication with the outside world for a long time. For many local species, Qiao An could not find the corresponding entry in the "Vales Monster Illustrated Book".
For example, for the storm ghost in front of him, Qiao An doesn't know what its "scientific name" is, and he can't even judge whether its species is a "human monster", "worm-shaped magic beast" or "weird" based on appearance alone.
While he was observing in secret, the storm ghost suddenly broke the silence and questioned the wolf in a bizarre tone.
"Hurry to find me, what's the matter?"
The wolf followed the sound and looked up at the dome, and said tremblingly: "Master Storm Ghost, it's the same thing just now... The Tara beast outside the canyon is too fierce. It's really hard to handle it with me and my brothers. I have to help you. Get out and help us hunt the Tara beast."
"You're lying!" Storm Ghost suddenly interrupted the wolf and sternly snapped.
"No, no! Master Storm Ghost, how dare I lie to you? I swear this is true!"
The wolf panicked and defended.
However, the Storm Ghost didn't intend to listen to it's explanation. He suddenly turned over and fell down in the air. The two front paws penetrated deeply into the wolf's body, penetrating the internal organs and splashing blood.
The wolf screamed in pain, turned his head and bit the storm ghost, trying to do a dying struggle.
The storm ghost stretched out his arms, swiftly and accurately strangled the neck of the wolf, forcibly pressing its face to the ground, making it unable to bite or spit cold current at itself.
After just a few seconds, the wolf stopped struggling in despair.
The storm ghost jumped away from the wolf corpse, a series of clean and neat hunting actions, showing its cruel temperament and strong physical quality.
Suddenly, Qiao An didn't have time to save the wolf.
As the wolf was attacked and his breath gradually weakened, Qiao'an's vision was rapidly dimming.
Fortunately, before the wolf completely died, he raced against time to activate the "advanced internal vision technique" to get a glimpse of the storm ghost.
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Reconnaissance target: large humanoid monster (wind type subspecies)
Life level: 17
Attributes: Strength 27, Agility 27, Constitution 24, Intelligence 13, Wisdom 14, Charisma 16
Special abilities: global vision, dark vision, penetration into darkness, misty vision, see through invisibility, sensitive sense of smell; immune to diseases and electric shock toxins; cold flame resistance 3 energy level; advanced invisibility; other (unproved)
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Storm Ghost's powerful and balanced physical attributes, keen senses, climbing ability like walking on the ground, "advanced invisibility", plus other unproven special abilities, convinced Qiao An in the depths of the complex terrain It is too risky to fight with this monster, so he touches the mirror lightly to stimulate "remote vision" and directly lock the monitoring perspective on the storm ghost.
After thinking about it, Qiao An thought of a feasible strategy to drive out the storm ghosts, chanting a spell in a low voice, transforming his left hand and tail finger into 23 groups of yellow spring bees.
Joan establishes a spiritual link with the will of the hive of the swarm and orders the swarm to fly into the mine to besiege the storm ghost.
Hundreds of yellow spring bees roared into the mine, and soon came to the mine where the storm ghost hid.
The storm ghost took a look from the entrance of the cave and saw a large group of wasps from hell. His complexion suddenly changed and he hurriedly retracted into the cave.
Under the remote control of Qiao'an's mind, the swarm of bees rushed into the mine humming like a red and black tide, chasing the storm ghost and biting wildly!
The storm ghost was stung by the poisonous needle and screamed, holding his head and fleeing, flashing electric light from the gray and blue skin, and then opened a supernatural halo with a radius of about 10 feet.