Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 321 'Eternal City' Nox Stella
After passing through the gate next to the dam, the full picture of the "Eternal City" Noxstella appeared before Bai Shi's eyes.

In the deep and dark underground, starlight suddenly appeared in front of me.

High up in the pitch-black dome, the false night sky covers the land like a curtain, but the starlight illuminates the way ahead.

Stars kept appearing beside Bai Shi, and then disappeared immediately.

A lavender mist permeated the underground, and the high concentration of "mystery" cast a hazy veil over Nox Stella.

The magnificent buildings are looming in the mist, as if conveying the last pride of the Knox dynasty to future generations.

It's a pity that the fate of destruction has long been determined, and this grand pride is now only left with loneliness.

Amidst the vast ruins, the cemetery lily of the valley became the last refuge for the residents, blooming quietly among the ruins penetrated by streams.

Even though I know this is a fake night sky, even though I have already seen the night sky underground...

But no matter how many times, Bai Shi would be attracted by this fantastic and shocking scene and could not help but stop to appreciate it.

Whenever he saw these magnificent views that he had only been able to see in games, Bai Shi would feel an indescribable emotion.

This is the game that satisfies all his fantasies about the fantasy world.

And now, Bai Shi is in the middle of it and is rewriting the ending with his own hands.

No matter which outcome it is, Bai Shi is not satisfied.

The border area deserves a better and brighter future.

So he will use all of his energy to write a new chapter and bring true peace to the border area.

When he first set this ideal, Bai Shi didn't understand what it meant.

As it gets closer to realization, this ideal becomes heavier.

But it doesn’t matter if it’s heavy, the gravity of reality can no longer crush Bai Shi.

The current knowledge is enough to carry the world.

Whether he is a hero with lofty ambitions or a wise ruler who saves the dynasty from danger in troubled times.

No one can deny that Bai Shi reached out his hand to reignite the flames of war in troubled times.

And this time, it seemed that no one on the chessboard could really be his enemy.

The new player is only a few moves away from winning.

His ideals and aspirations will eventually turn into flames that illuminate the world.
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Bai Shi stood at the entrance of Nox Stella, carefully observing this city that was forgotten by time.

Unlike the 'Eternal City' Noklongn which has been completely submerged, Nox Stella still stands.

Although the flow of the Ansel River is even more amazing than that of the Shivra River, it is firmly controlled by various water conservancy facilities of the Uru Dynasty and the Knox Dynasty.

In Noxstella there is only a tranquil stream, slowly running through the 'Eternal City' under the night.

Although it was destroyed by Esti, there are still many remaining buildings.

A large number of buildings are preserved in a relatively complete state.

Bai Shi was very pleased to see the complete Nox Stella.

Seeing the true glory of the "Eternal City" is exciting enough, even if it is just a glimpse.

After imprinting this scene in his mind, Bai Shi decided to start exploring.

But before taking action, Bai Shi asked Ashimi in his body:
"Ashimi, what's your impression of Nox Stella?"

Ashmi thought about it, and the core slowly rotated.

"I have no impression of that at all."

'I have been staying in Knocklongen, and someone is responsible for taking care of me and not letting me go out.'

"I only know that although they are separated by distance, the relationship between Nokkron and Nokstella is extraordinary."

'It seems that there was a canal connecting the two places in the past, and travel was very convenient.'

Bai Shi nodded.

It’s a pity that Ashimi doesn’t know the way, otherwise we could have asked her to lead the way.

Unlike the scenes in the game, there are many more buildings, some of which are difficult to find.

But it doesn't matter. Just look for the buildings that look the most luxurious.

Those important buildings must also be concentrated in the same area.

Bai Shi asked Ashimi again:
"Can you find the location of the Teardrop Chalice?"

"If we could, we would have gone straight there."

As an abandoned project in the game, the Teardrop Chalice only has some text and its location is naturally unknown.

So if Ashmi can find it, it can save a lot of time exploring everywhere.

Ashimi's core squirmed inside Bai Shi's body for a while, as if it was thinking.

After a while, Ashimi answered again:

"Hmm... should I say yes or no?"

"I'm not sure either..."

"I can definitely sense it when it's close, but at this range... it's hard to say."

Understanding what Ashimi meant, Bai Shi shrugged.

"That's it."

"It doesn't matter, let's explore it carefully."

Recalling the scene of Nox Stella in the game, Bai Shi first needed to find the huge building with a long staircase near the entrance.

That building connects to almost all the major locations in Nox Stella in the game.

From that building, you should be able to reach the location of Nox Stella's secret treasure, 'Nox Stella's Moon'.

If he saw it with his own eyes, he would be able to recognize the building.

Flying along the slow stream of the Ansel River, Bai Shi collected cemetery lilies on both sides.

These lilies of the valley are home to the souls of Noxstella. There are so many of them that it looks like a sea of flowers.

The growing conditions of cemetery lily of the valley are not very harsh and can be found in various cemeteries.

However, this was the first time Bai Shi had seen lily of the valley on such a large scale.

This kind of scene is rarely seen in other places in the border area.

Bai Shi also fell from the sky and took away the higher quality lilies of the valley.

The quantity and quality of these lilies of the valley are quite good.

But it's only about 7 or 8 lily of the valley.

Cemetery Lily of the Valley 9, and the most precious and rare large-flowered Cemetery Lily of the Valley are still too difficult to find.

I guess these are the only ones that can be found in the box.

At this moment, a huge ant suddenly emerged from behind the ruins.

The giant ant was carrying a Knox swordsman on its back.

Seeing Bai Shi, the Knox swordsman controlled the giant ants and kept approaching.

As the distance got closer, the giant ant actually carried the Knox swordsman into the air and smashed heavily towards Bai Shi.

At the same time, the giant ant's tail stinger also stabbed over.

Bai Shi dodged sideways, making the sudden attack in vain.

After landing, the giant ant did not slow down at all and started moving again.

The giant ants moved quickly around Bai Shi's side, and the fluid sword in the hands of Swordsman Nox continued to extend as it was swung.

The liquid sword whipped at him like a whip. Bai Shi stretched out his hand and easily caught the incoming liquid sword.

Although the sword blade was sharp, it was completely unable to break through Bai Shi's defense.

Swordsman Knox realized that something was wrong and immediately controlled the giant ant to retreat, trying to wrestle with Bai Shi.

But how can they be a match for Bai Shi?
Bai Shi pulled hard, and the Knox swordsman was immediately pulled off the giant ant and fell to the ground.

Bai Shi dragged it over and stretched out a hand to press it to the ground.

"Are you still conscious?"

The other party remained silent and just kept struggling mechanically.

Seeing this reaction, Bai Shi had the answer in his mind.

He reached out and lifted the veil of the Nox Swordsman.

As expected, it was another skinny zombie face.

Realizing that this was also a person with whom he could not communicate, Bai Shi restricted her palm and stretched it towards her neck.

He pinched her hard and broke her neck.

Bai Shi stood up and was about to get rid of the giant ant, but found that the giant ant had disappeared.

Bai Shi looked back the way he came and vaguely saw a moving shadow crawling towards the outside of Nox Stella.

The giant ant had already run a long way at this time and was constantly moving towards the anthill.

Seeing the giant ant running away, Bai Shi shook his head.

Since they have already run away on their own, there is no need for him to care about them.

This giant ant seemed to be controlled by the Knox Swordsmen using a special method.

Now that Knox Swordsman is dead, it has regained its freedom.

Bai Shi looked at the still boundless Nox Stella and set out to explore again.
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Thanks to the building's distinctive huge staircase and its extremely large area.

Bai Shi easily found the building in the following period of time, and it took less time than expected.

Facing the huge staircase, Bai Shi confirmed that this was the place he was looking for.

As he climbed the stairs, a pool of silver tears suddenly appeared on the ground in front of Bai Shi.

It was an extremely huge teardrop, and its size was still growing, far exceeding all the tears seen before.

Bai Shi was a little surprised.

This is the first time I have seen this kind of tears. I don’t know what’s so special about them.

No, it's not that the tears have grown bigger.

Bai Shi quickly realized that the huge teardrop came out from the cracks in the bricks and stones.

This is how the illusion of appearing out of thin air and then growing larger is created.

After Bai Shi discovered the reason, he was no longer so surprised.

Although it is much larger in size, it is just a pool of silver tears, not a replica of tears or anything else.

Faced with the invader, the huge silver teardrop responded immediately.

Its huge body blocked the wide stairs, and then pressed towards Bai Shi like a wave.

The huge silver body deformed into a cover, as if trying to cover Bai Zhi.

As it transformed, countless spikes densely grew inside the body of the Silver Teardrop. If an enemy was imprisoned inside, it would definitely be a miserable sight.

Faced with such a simple attack, Bai Shi slowly took two steps back.

The speed of the silver tears seemed like slow motion in his eyes, and they were no match at all.

Bai Shi stretched out his hand and a ball of blazing flame flew towards the body where the silver tears were falling.

White consciousness can react to attacks from silver tears, but the reverse is not so easy.

Caught off guard, the silver teardrop swallowed the sun's flames into its body.

Then, visibly, the silver tears turned red.

The metallic surface became like viscous molten iron, and then continued to vaporize and evaporate.

The blazing flames burned through its body, and pillars of fire gushed out.

Soon the inside of the silver teardrop was completely burned, leaving only a pool of hot liquid metal that gradually solidified.

These silver teardrops are the most basic and simplest teardrops.

They have no intelligence, are slow in movement, and don't even have a core.

These guys are just mass-produced soldiers for automated defense.

I don’t know whether this huge silver teardrop is a special model or it was slowly merged by itself.

Bai Shi no longer cared about the giant teardrop and continued to move up the stairs.

There were several buildings connected to the side of the stairs in front, and now there was a room with a treasure chest in front of Bai Shi.

There is an unconscious Knox Swordsman in the room, who is also a zombie.

After dealing with her, Bai Shi pushed open one of the treasure chests, looking forward to what was inside.

There are many boxes in the game that cannot be opened, and now these treasure chests are equivalent to opening blind boxes.

I saw a ball of cotton and a huge forging stone placed in the treasure chest.

That is a forging stone8.

This forging stone is semi-vitrified and extremely hard.

It would be better if it was faded, so that more weapons can be enhanced.

It’s a pity that almost all the weapons in Bai Shi’s hands have special powers, and can only be strengthened by the Discoloration Forging Stone.

It's not a big surprise, but it's pretty good.

As long as you continue to collect a few more forging stones of the same level, you can strengthen ordinary weapons to a level close to the top level.

Bai Shi looked at the next box, licked his lips, and continued unpacking.

Pushing open the heavy lid of the box, the head of a giant ant appeared in front of Bai Shi.

The head of this ant is unique, very flat, thick, and huge, almost as tall as a human.

If other people saw this ant head here, they would definitely be very curious about what it was.

But Bai Shi knew that this was actually a special shield, the ant head shield.

This item uses the fat heads of giant ants that live in underground rivers as a shield.

Because of its shape, this shield is particularly easy to deflect enemy attacks.

The giant ant is a poisonous insect, and that is why the shield still retains the giant ant's poison.

When you use it to shield attack the enemy, toxins will accumulate, and the accumulated amount in the game is not low, as high as 90.

Of course, Bai Shi naturally wouldn't use this shield.

Not to mention whether its performance can support his current level of combat, the appearance alone is enough to make Bai Shi give up on it.

Throwing the shield aside, Bai Shi continued to open the box.

Soon, all the boxes in the room were searched by Bai Shi.

In addition to the Ant Head Shield, there are some Forging Stones and Graveyard Lily of the Valley here.

There was nothing special to note, so Bai Shi just accepted it silently and continued to move upwards along the stairs.

(End of this chapter)