Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 256: A Must-Try Link for Soul Travel (7k)

The two walked down the ramp.

Just as Bai Shi had guessed, this ramp gradually spiraled outward and eventually reached the wall of the tower.

From then on, the road was all against the wall on one side, giving people a slight sense of security.

With the experience of encountering the enemy just now, it is now Bai Shi's turn to walk in front in case the enemy suddenly appears in sight.

Bai Shi gently stroked the wall with his left hand while holding Xia Duo's hand with his right hand.

They hadn't encountered any unusual situations along the way, so the two of them just kept walking quickly.

The two walked down the slope for a long time, but the road seemed to have no end.

Now Bai Shi also felt a slight sense of urgency.

Darkness is one of humanity's deepest and most primal fears.

Now that I am unable to exert my strength and if I am really in darkness, can I really bring Xia Duo out safely?
Relying on Feng Ling Yue Ying to snowball, Bai Shi only had insufficient resources and weak strength in the early days.

He didn't have much humanity at hand now, and had no room to fully display his full strength, which made Bai Shi feel the tension he hadn't felt for a long time.

Bai Shi sighed silently in his heart.

I have to find a way to deal damage to the souls as soon as possible, otherwise I will have to become a Pokémon trainer and keep summoning ashes to fight.

Although he had a lot of powerful ashes in his hands, the Soul Summoning Bell could only summon two or three different souls at a time.

I couldn’t find the more powerful soul-summoning item that I wanted to collect before, so I had to continue using the soul-summoning bell.

If there is a sufficiently powerful soul-calling item, then Bai Shi can also bring about a wave of undead disasters.

After a while, Xia Duo took the initiative to talk to Bai Shi.

It seems that being in the dark for a long time has put a lot of psychological pressure on her.

After starting the conversation, I really felt that the road was not that difficult to walk on.

After a while, Bai Shi suddenly remembered the method of resolving the ritual that Xia Duo had mentioned before.

Go and destroy the spirit temple and cut off the connection between the spirit world and the border area.

Bai Shi asked Xia Duo:
"What would happen if the connection between the spirit world and the borderland was cut off?"

Xia Duo thought for a moment before answering:

"Even if you ask me... I don't know. This method is just my guess."

"If you ask me, the area corresponding to the spirit world will probably collapse and be completely destroyed."

"As for whether the souls inside will completely collapse or go to another area, I don't know."

Bai Shi didn't say anything after listening to this, but recalled his brief experience in the spirit world before.

Thinking of the actions of those mud-like monsters, Bai Shi couldn't help but hesitate.

Although it hurt Baishi with its touch, the mud did not show any hostility before Ashmi smashed the skull. On the contrary, they even looked a little curious.

Although there are strange changes in the spirit world, these souls were once normal lives and seem to still be conscious.

Moreover, Bai Shi knows too little about the spiritual world and has never come into contact with other spiritual creatures.

It would be too arbitrary to count them all as enemies now.

His enemies are Godwin's followers, not the entire spiritual world constructed by the birds of death.

"Xia Duo, have you ever encountered spiritual beings who did not show hostility before?"

A look of compassion appeared on Xia Duo's face.

"Obviously, such beings do exist in the spirit world."

"But no matter which one it is, they are all twisted by pain and transformed into abnormal monsters."

"Souls that are twisted and in pain like that are not normal. This spirit world is not normal."

"Bai Shi, instead of worrying about whether there will be accidental injuries, it is better to help them get rid of it as soon as possible."

Bai Shi was thinking silently, but couldn't come to a conclusion for the time being.

But let's wait until we meet a non-hostile soul again.

After a while, Bai Shi heard some noise coming from above, so he asked Xia Duo to light up the area.

Bai Shi and Xia Duo looked up, and saw above their heads, a slender figure standing upside down on the stairs, with his head raised and staring at the two people on the back of the stairs below.

The monster's appearance was like a real shadow, dark and ethereal, similar to the shadow in the cemetery.

However, this monster is obviously not the same as the shadow in the cemetery.

Its body was covered with thorns that were either horns or bones, and its body was twisted, like a corpse that had been twisted twice by someone and had bones and flesh pierced out.

Seeing the light, it was obviously disturbed.

The monster immediately took an attacking stance, let out an incomprehensible roar, and leaped down, pouncing towards the two men.

This monster looked like a small soldier or a minor monster, so Bai Shi did not let Ashimi come out. He planned to let other veterans come out to practice and see their strength.

Bai Shi immediately used the Soul Summoning Bell to summon the soul of 'Storm Knight' Oleg.

Oleg then appeared in front of Bai Shi and Xia Duo, his tall figure made people feel safe.

When Ogre appeared, the monster was almost in front of him.

But he remained calm, and slowly drew out two big swords from his waist.

As he drew out the greatsword, he slashed the dark shadow monster in half with a cross downward slash, and then kicked it out, sending it flying.

Ogreg bent his waist and twisted his body on the spot, and the next moment he rolled up a violent storm and suddenly attacked the monster that was flying backwards. His two swords swung around and slashed at the monster continuously in the air.

Under the continuous blows, the monster's figure gradually collapsed and was almost destroyed.

As a violent gust of wind burst out from the wound, the monster's body fell to the ground and gradually dissipated in the wind.

After getting rid of the monster, Oleg slowly put the sword back into the scabbard, bowed to Bai Shi, and then returned to his ashes.

Bai Shi felt helpless as he watched Oreg use the storm to destroy the enemy smoothly.

Discrimination! The spirit world was completely discriminating against him!

The moves he now uses with his physical body cannot hurt the soul at all, but the magic and combat skills used by the ashes can cause damage to the enemies normally.

Now Bai Shikong has a lot of strength, but his moves have no interaction with the monsters in the spirit world. He can only cause damage when souls collide with each other.

After collecting the humanity that had floated out of the monster's body, Bai Shi looked at the place where the monster had just disappeared, thinking deeply.

The monster just now was hanging upside down on the stairs, but after it pounced down, it stood on the back of the same stairs as them.

Is this a built-in capability or is this just the way it is structured here?

Bai Shi gave all his humanity to Xia Duo.

There isn't much humanity this time, which seems to be related to the monster's strength.

However, as long as no one is injured and needs treatment, it is a sure win.

Bai Shi continued to move forward with Xia Duo, and encountered similar monsters several times along the way. These monsters only had slight differences in appearance.

The strength of each of them was not that strong, and Oleg was fully capable of fighting against them, so Bai Shi gave all his knowledge to him.

Because there was almost no consumption and damage, after Oreg dealt with them one after another, they gradually accumulated some humanity.

Therefore, Xia Duo proposed to completely heal Bai Shi's spiritual injuries.

Even if Bai Shi's injuries were healed now, they still had a lot of humanity left.

Moreover, they have encountered quite a few monsters on the road so far, and they should be able to obtain supplies later.

Bai Shi felt the state of his soul.

I just suffered continued damage on top of my original injuries, but overall it's not serious.

"No, let's wait until we save up some more money."

“Right now we still don’t have enough humanity.”

Fortunately, only the white consciousness with a physical body will suffer lasting soul damage, and Xia Duo does not have such symptoms.

She only needs to use her humanity occasionally to relieve mental interference, so the team's treatment needs are not too great.

But this time Xia Duo did not let Bai Shi do as he pleased, but insisted on healing Bai Shi completely.

"No, I must heal your entire soul."

"I know that it may not seem like a big deal to you, and it will pass if you just hold on."

"But don't forget, if you stay here for too long, even your consciousness will be affected."

“And in cases where the soul is wounded, the effects are exacerbated.”

"Even if it doesn't reach the point of madness, there may be errors in judgment later on. It's hard for you to judge such slight changes yourself."

"Only if you stay in good shape can we successfully capture this Hefen Spire."

Bai Shi couldn't persuade Xia Duo, and her words made sense, so he asked her to take out some of her humanity to treat himself.

As for the ashes, there is no need for any treatment now, so we will not carry out any treatment for the time being.

Wait until we get out and then treat them if we have extra humanity.

When we were chatting just now, Xia Duo also talked about the strengthening of the ashes.

The method of using lily of the valley to summon spirits at the border only strengthens the connection between the ashes and their owner, achieving mutual recognition in order to unleash their full strength.

However, in the spiritual world, dark souls can be used to strengthen the ashes, directly increasing their upper limit of strength, and in theory even exceeding their strength during life.

Xia Duo's family seems to be a family of spirit trainers, so they know something about various things related to the soul.
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After drinking the burning humanity in one gulp, Bai Shi suddenly felt much more refreshed and his thinking became clearer.

The pressure that the darkness had subtly caused him before, and some of the things that had affected his thoughts, all disappeared in an instant.

It seems that regular treatment is still necessary.

After walking down for a while, the road in front of Bai Shi and Xia Duo was completely broken.

Now there was only endless darkness in front of the two of them.

Now the light in Xia Duo's hand cannot illuminate the other side of the fracture, and she doesn't know whether there is still a road ahead.

There was no other choice, Xia Duo had to intensify the intensity of the burning humanity again to illuminate the surroundings.

The scene that followed was hard for Xia Duo to believe.

There was no road in front of them, and the spiral staircase that followed the spire was completely shattered.

In the middle of this disappeared road, there are only a few very tiny remains of stairs attached to the wall.

The same thing happened to the stairs to the next level directly below them. They had disappeared, leaving only deep darkness.

Xia Duo burned her humanity to the extreme, but in the end she could only take photos of the situation twenty to thirty meters away.

The layers below were all broken, and the lower layers were beyond the limit of illumination.

Since we can't see the complete road, it's not feasible to jump down directly from here to reach the lower stairs.

If there is no road underneath, you will fall directly down and you don’t know where you will fall.

Xia Duo looked at the road that had disappeared in front of her with a very ugly expression.

She turned around, forced a smile, and comforted Bai Shi:
“It seems there is no road left.”

"It seems that there is no way to save this Hefen Spire..."

"There's nothing we can do. Let's go back and try our luck at the next tower."

"The next one will definitely be successful."

Although Xia Duo felt a little sad about the humanity she had consumed before, the adventure was bound to not be smooth sailing.

Especially in the spiritual world where information is very scarce.

Although a lot of humanity was consumed, at least she and Bai Shi were both intact and uninjured.

In this case, as long as you accumulate good humanity, you can go to the next Hefen Spire to try.

Bai Shi looked at the remains of the stairs with tiny stones still left in front of him and smiled.

How can there be no road? The road is clearly there.

If you want to move forward, you can only land on the remains of the stairs one step at a time and then jump forward.

This is when the power of the Faded Ones comes into play.

In the game, he has jumped through this level of jumping fun countless times, and this time will be no exception.

Just jump, watch him jump over it in one go! "It's okay, we can still move on."

Xia Duo turned around, her face full of surprise.

"What? But there is clearly no road ahead..."

Bai Shi let go of Xia Duo's hand and instead hugged her waist tightly.

Xia Duo's face suddenly turned red.

"What are you doing?"

Bai Shi smiled slightly, then jumped up and leaped towards the wreckage of the stairs in front.

"Hold tight."

"ah--!"

Xia Duo hugged Bai Shi tightly and couldn't help screaming.

Fortunately, she had not forgotten to maintain the humanity in her hand for lighting, and continued to illuminate the way ahead, otherwise Bai Shi would not be able to see the road.

Bai Shi was agile and nimble as he continued to move forward rapidly on the remains of stairs.

Most of the stairs were broken into pieces, with only a tiny foothold the size of a palm next to the wall.

Bai Shi tiptoed lightly and stepped on it without any danger, passing through.

Although some of them have been severely broken, they are still the width of one or two steps.

These places may seem safe, but they will break into pieces as soon as you step on them.

However, before the stairs shattered and fell, Bai Shi had already gained strength from them and was able to continue jumping to the next landing point.

After Xia Duo screamed at first, she slowly calmed down and relaxed.

Although she was still frightened and very nervous, she stayed quietly in Bai Shi's arms so as not to disturb him.

If Bai Shi was disturbed by her and lost his footing, the two men would be doomed.

Although Baizhi cannot attack those souls, its physical strength is still retained.

This little bit of jumping is not a problem for him at all.

Finally, after Bai Shi jumped about three or four flights of stairs, they finally saw relatively complete stairs in front of them.

Bai Shi made a big jump and landed successfully, carrying Xia Duoan and safely reaching the intact stairs.

Xia Duo loosened her arms that were holding Bai Shi, fell from Bai Shi's arms, and sat on the ground with her legs going limp.

"Really?! Why is it so messed up?!"

"Also, why are you so skilled!?"

Bai Shi touched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, but did not give any explanation.

Previously, he had jumped and played on the roof of the Magic Academy with Teacher Se Lian in his arms, which did give him a lot of experience.

Xia Duo collapsed on the ground and relaxed for a while, then quickly stood up again.

Time is precious, and she can't let herself waste too much time and humanity here.

The space inside the Hefen Spire is so huge that there is still no sign of the end. I don’t know how long it will take to complete the exploration.

This was also her first time going so deep into the Hefen Spire, and she had no experience to refer to.

Bai Shi looked at Xia Duo, whose legs were still shaking, and wanted to let her rest for a while, but she refused no matter what, so he had no choice but to take her forward.

This long staircase seemed to have no end, and Bai Shi and Xia Duo walked through another very long road.

This time even the monsters disappeared.

They walked in the endless darkness for longer than all the previous times combined.

There is nothing in the darkness, the pitch-black silence is enough to drive people crazy.

Xia Duo has drunk the burning humanity twice to dispel the mental influence.

Instead of such pure darkness, it would be better if there were some whispers or movements, at least that would provide some fun.

Bai Shi noticed that the light in Xia Duo's hand seemed to be a little weaker, so he asked:
"What's wrong? Is humanity running out?"

Xia Duo shook her head, but then thought about it and nodded slightly.

"The amount of humanity is not small, but after so long there has been no end in sight. I am a little worried."

"There are no monsters to replenish humanity on this stretch of road right now, but there is no danger either, so I reduced the intensity of the burning, hoping to save a little and burn more light for a while."

Bai Shi nodded, agreeing with Xia Duo's approach.

After all, there were no monsters to replenish humanity on the road just now, so it is normal to be worried.

Bai Shi continued to move forward with Xia Duo, and this time some differences finally appeared on this long and repetitive road.

Bai Shi's left hand, which had been moving across the wall, touched a special place.

As the mechanism-like thing was triggered, a door opened on the wall in front of Bai Shi and Xia Duo.

After the door was opened, Xia Duo tried to let the light in.

But the gate was covered with a thick layer of gray-black fog, preventing any light from penetrating.

Bai Shi and Xia Duo looked at each other.

"It looks like a hidden room. There might be something in it."

"I'm going to go in and have a look."

The small dark room is a must-try part of soul travel.

Xia Duo hesitated for a moment and nodded.

If we continue walking, we won’t know when the path will end, so we might as well go in and take a look.

Bai Shi was the first to touch the black fog door that blocked them with his hand, and his body gradually entered the door.

It was also pitch black inside, but as Xia Duo entered, the fire in her hand slightly illuminated the place.

There was a straight and flat road here, which led to nowhere. The two of them did not hesitate and continued forward.

As they walked, lights suddenly appeared on both sides.

Bai Shi looked towards the light and saw several torches on the walls on both sides of the room. At this moment, spiritual fire automatically ignited and illuminated the place.

However, the darkness on both sides of the road still could not be illuminated, and it was as sticky and surging as liquid, and disturbing sounds could be heard faintly from it.

As the two continued to move forward, the torches on the wall spread forward, igniting themselves one after another and illuminating the road.

At the end of the road, Bai Shi and Xia Duo saw a white ball of light placed on the altar.

This ball of light doesn't look very attractive, and I don't know what it is used for.

Just as Bai Shi was about to step forward and touch the ball of light, all the torches around him lit up at once, illuminating the true appearance of the room.

In this room, in the darkness on both sides of the road that Bai Shi and Xia Duo had just walked, there were all kinds of monsters hidden.

When the two reached the end of the road, something was apparently triggered, causing all the monsters here to be released.

Their shapes vary, but without exception they are all extremely twisted, crawling out from the surging darkness.

The smaller ones were only as big as stone demons, crawling towards them at a rapid speed in strange postures.

The larger ones are tens of meters tall.

It was a terrifying giant made entirely of black shadows, with his lower body walking upright, and a slender spine connecting his upper body crawling on the ground. His head was upside down and his face was hideous.

Now, no matter big or small, they all crawled out from the darkness, staring at Bai Shi and Xia Duo with eager eyes.

As the first monster could no longer hold back and moved, all the monsters rushed towards Bai Shi and Xia Duo from all directions.

Seeing the huge monsters, Xia Duo's face turned pale with fright.

With so many monsters around, how can they escape?

The road they came here on was filled with monsters, and they were now trapped on this altar.

But unlike the panicked Xia Duo, Bai Shi smiled as he looked at the large number of monsters.

Now that’s what it tastes like.

The small dark room is an essential part of soul travel, and a small dark room with monster ambushes can be considered complete.

And the humanity that they lacked, isn’t it now here?
Since the other side has already taken the initiative to attack us, there is no need to be polite.

Bai Shi gently rang the soul-summoning bell.

What should we do when facing such a large-scale enemy?

He happened to have two ashes in his hand, which were suitable for a large-scale battle like this.

As the soul-summoning bell in Bai Shi's hand rang, two huge monsters appeared on Bai Shi's left and right.

They are dragon soldiers, designed and manufactured as warriors and weapons that are neither human nor dragon, but in the end they have no chance to display their abilities.

They never completed their mission and were forgotten along with the destruction of the 'Eternal Cities'. This is a tragedy for them as they are both warriors and weapons.

The souls of the dragon soldiers were found by the white consciousness after being buried for eternity, and now they have finally come out to the world.

Only now are they able to fulfill their mission as warriors and weapons, which is to engage in endless battles.

In order to repay Bai Shi's kindness, they will fight desperately until the last moment.

Looking at the various alien enemies running towards them from all directions, a ferocious red light flashed in the eyes of the dragon soldiers, and they raised their bloody mouths to the sky and let out fierce roars.

It would be perfect if the music of Unit-01 going berserk were played at this time.

Baizhi pointed at the numerous enemies ahead and gave orders to the dragon soldiers:
"Destroy them!"

After roaring, one of the dragon soldiers immediately spread out the four wings on its back that could almost be called a skeleton.

It leaped up, and after a short flight landed surrounded by many enemies, and smashed into the largest strange black shadow giant.

Many of the monsters around were instantly crushed by the bodies of the two.

After hitting the giant's back, the dragon soldier immediately used his hands to continuously hit the spine of the terrifying giant.

The giant began to crawl and wriggle, and its spine tried to wrap around the dragon soldier like a snake. Its hands also kept bombarding the dragon soldier, and every bombardment made the dragon soldier's soul tremble.

The dragon soldier bit the giant's hand and tore it hard as a counterattack.

Different from the elegant ancient dragons, dragon soldiers fight very frantically. As weapons, they do not care about their own injuries.

The aftermath of the battle between the two giants immediately destroyed many other monsters in the surrounding area.

But even so, the monsters continued to crawl towards the dragon soldiers and tear their bodies apart.

The dragon soldier next to Bai Shi cannot fly, but it has another unique skill, ice thunder.

It charged forward on all fours, sweeping its hands left and right on the ground, carving a bloody path.

Then it rushed all the way to its companions, with a fierce ice thunder appearing in its hand and smashing down, instantly clearing out the dense enemies hanging on it.

Then it grasped an ice lightning gun in its hand, pierced through the terrifying giant creature entangled with its companion, and nailed it to the ground.

The other dragon soldier also broke the monster's spine in the tearing, eliminating the largest and most conspicuous enemy.

Although the two dragon soldiers fought with most of the enemies, they were unable to resist all of them.

A large number of monsters also rushed over to Bai Shi and Xia Duo, trying to attack them.

Bai Shi rang the Soul Summoning Bell again, summoning the ashes of 'Storm Knight' Oleg, and letting Ashmi emerge from his body as well.

Bai Shi instructed Ashimi to help the dragon soldiers so that they would not suffer too much damage.

Oleg was responsible for cleaning up the few enemies that were missed.

One of the enemies, a similar hollow armored one to the previous one, appeared behind the dragon soldier.

This time the enemy was a soldier in armor from the Ashina land, and the large sword in his hand was about to chop down on the dragon soldier's neck.

But Ashimi had already jumped up and stood on the back of the dragon soldier to help him block the attack.

Ashimi was upset that he had not been able to quickly deal with this guy before, and thought that he must show his strength this time.

The two men then engaged in a fierce battle using the dragon soldier's back as their battlefield.

After dozens of rounds of fighting, the armor fell from the back of the dragon soldier and turned into ashes before it hit the ground.

Ashmi freed his hands and used the golden tree's oath-taking prayer to buff the dragon soldiers, then he fell into the crowd of monsters and began to kill.

Ordinary prayers cannot heal the soul, but they can still increase the attack.

(End of this chapter)