Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

Saeko smiled and nodded.

"You were still a beginner back then, so I retained some of my strength when we first started sparring. I just didn't expect that, Yu, you weren't as good at swordsmanship as you were at physical strength. In the end, even though I gave it my all, I still couldn't defeat you..."

"You can't say that, right? Remember that time you hit me and even knocked me to the ground?"

"That's because I lost my temper, and you, Yu, didn't argue with me, so I got the upper hand. Actually, it was that time that you realized what kind of person I was..."

"Well, bellicosity, bloodthirsty, violent—actually, it doesn't matter if you're a little crazier. Saeko, you're usually so gentle, so if you can be a little fiery occasionally, it'll add a little contrast. Maybe I'll like it more."

Having said this, Lin Zhiyu turned his head to face Saeko, staring at her with a mischievous but expectant look.

I don't know if Lin Zhiyu is speaking the truth or just trying to comfort herself from feeling disgusted by her violent tendencies. Busujima Saeko thought about it and felt that even if she went on a rampage like before, Lin Zhiyu could easily control her now, so she nodded and said:

"As long as Ayu likes it, I can do anything."

Just as he had brought Saeko to the ring, Lin Zhiyu raised his hand and pointed at the ring, saying to Saeko:

"If that's the case, then let's go up and have some sparring. After being tortured by the Scarlet Corruption for quite a while, now that you've finally fully recovered, Saeko, I'm sure you'd like to stretch your muscles, right?"

Saeko Dokujima was indeed somewhat tempted by Lin Zhiyu's proposal. However, when she thought of Lin Zhiyu's terrifying strength, she shook her head and said helplessly:

"If we were to spar, I'd definitely be no match for Ayu."

"It's okay! Just playing around! Besides, Saeko, you were the one who gave in to me during our previous sparring match, so now it's my turn to suppress my own strength! But to be honest, it's mainly because I recently learned some new skills, and now my hands are itching to do something..."

"Oh~ So that's how it is!"

As Lin Zhiyu finally explained the reason, Busujima Saeko opened her eyes wide and looked at Lin Zhiyu as if she had suddenly understood something. She realized that Lin Zhiyu wanted to try out his new skills by sparring with her.

As for what kind of new skills?

Anyway, she guessed that it must have been the result of the previous "ten consecutive draws".

How could she refuse this?

As long as the man can help her, she will be happy to do it.

"Haha, come on then!"

With a smile on her face, Busujima Saeko quickly stepped onto the stage with swift steps.

Lin Zhiyu arrived shortly afterwards and took out the "Kalia Knight Sword" he had obtained from ten consecutive draws from the storage space of the Infinite System.

Looking at the straight sword in Lin Zhiyu's hand, which was inlaid with blue gemstones (pyroxene) and had a gorgeous and luxurious shape, Busujima Saeko blinked and whispered:

"What a beautiful sword!"

The sword "Linzi" that Lin Zhiyu had used before, which was carefully crafted by the Akiyama clan of the Taimanin Universe, had been scrapped after experiencing a series of high-intensity battles including battle festivals, and because Lin Zhiyu never knew how to maintain the weapon.

The Kalia Knight Sword seamlessly connects to become Lin Zhiyu's new weapon.

"This sword is more than just beautiful!"

Holding the beautiful straight sword in his hand, Lin Zhiyu couldn't help but sigh:

"I'm finally using a 'sword' in the truest sense! You Japanese don't differentiate between swords and knives. You clearly use knives but claim to be practicing 'kendo', and even call some knives 'curved swords'. How bizarre!"

"Haha, then next, let Ayu see Saeko's current 'kendo' strength!" Busujima Saeko said to Lin Zhiyu with a smile, and then pulled out the iron meteorite knife worn on her waist.

Seeing this, Lin Zhiyu also lowered his body, gripped his weapon tightly and got ready for battle.

Compared to Lin Zhiyu, Busujima Saeko's greatest advantage was her speed. Knowing she was no match for Lin Zhiyu, Busujima Saeko immediately launched a full-throttle attack on Lin Zhiyu, charging at him with her sword at a speed barely visible to the naked eye.

The disadvantage in speed forced Lin Zhiyu to take the back seat.

But at this time, Lin Zhiyu actually has many feasible options.

Firstly, he can block and parry normally; secondly, although his speed is not as good as Saeko's, he will not be completely defeated, so dodging is likely to be feasible; thirdly, he can even rely on his super high physical strength to withstand Saeko's attack at the cost of launching a counterattack the moment he is hit.

However, what Lin Zhiyu actually did was the fourth option.

"Hoo~ho~ho!"

In a flash, just as Busujima Saeko was within a foot of Lin Zhiyu, Lin Zhiyu raised his sword high in both hands and swung it in a spiral. A fierce, howling storm erupted, unleashing its force like a knife, capable of cutting a person.

Under the force of the storm, Saeko, hurtling forward at full speed, struggled to maintain her balance. Her instincts told her she couldn't forcefully attack Lin Zhiyu at this point. So, relying on the inhuman flexibility afforded by her "Spiritual Snake Body," she forcibly braked and leaped backwards to create distance between herself and Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu continued to spin and swing the straight sword, creating a storm around him.

Obviously, as long as Lin Zhiyu keeps doing this, with the storm as a barrier, Busujima Saeko will not be able to launch an effective attack on him!

"But, if I don't take the initiative to attack, will you just stand there and waste your energy..."

Busujima Saeko had just come up with the above thought.

Then, she was surprised to find that Lin Zhiyu began to spin and move towards her with a storm!

So Busujima Saeko began to retreat.

But she knew that the arena had edges - in actual combat, sometimes there was no way to retreat, and it was very likely that there was a cliff or a solid wall behind you.

How to do?

"Hoo~ho~ho!"

The storm was still howling, and as the distance between the two sides shortened, Busujima Saeko felt the tremendous pressure from this "Summoning Storm" move with her hair flying.

Then, just as Lin Zhiyu spun around with the storm and was about to collide with Busujima Saeko.

While there was still some distance left from the edge of the ring, Busujima Saeko decisively turned around, took a sprint, and then jumped high, using her high position to avoid the storm!

In mid-air, she was like a beautiful phoenix. She turned around and stared at Lin Zhiyu below, while her hand stroked the blade to enchant the weapon with poison.

On the ring, as Busujima Saeko cleverly dodged the last part of "Raise the Storm" with her high body position, Lin Zhiyu retracted the move, looked up and saw Busujima Saeko's movements in the air, and immediately realized what Busujima Saeko was going to do next.

So Lin Zhiyu raised the straight sword with both hands again.

at the same time.

"watch out!"

In the air above Lin Zhiyu, Busujima Saeko shouted loudly and slashed out an arc-shaped grass-green sword energy at Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu then also looked up at the sky and made a chopping motion.

"call!"

The air blade breaks through the air.

In an instant, a colorless, translucent sword energy collided with the grass-green, poisonous sword energy slashed out by Busujima Saeko.

Then, there was no vibration, no big movement, but the poisonous sword energy that Busujima Saeko slashed out was dispersed and turned into a small cloud of poisonous mist that quickly dissipated in the air with the wind.

Falling in mid-air, Busujima Saeko's eyes were fixed. With her "superhuman vision," she clearly saw a blast of air coming towards her. With incredible flexibility, she quickly twisted her waist and tilted her head to evade it!

"Shh!"

The next second, a few strands of hair were cut off.

This is the "Vacuum Slash"!

Compared with the flaming sword energy that Lin Zhiyu often used before, the power of the vacuum slash lies in its stronger penetrating power, and the translucent air blade is not easy to see clearly, which will be more advantageous in melee and environments where visibility is not particularly clear!

Chapter 57: Flame Storm!

The outcome has been decided.

With no leverage in the air, Busujima Saeko had to face Lin Zhiyu's fierce attack as soon as she landed. At this time, Lin Zhiyu only needed to use another "Lion Slash" to completely defeat Saeko.

But Lin Zhiyu didn't do that, after all, it was just a competition.

"boom."

Falling back to the ground, Saeko straightened her back, tucked her hair with one hand, and said to Lin Zhiyu with a smile:

"The new moves are really amazing! I lose! From now on I have to rely on Ayu for protection~"

Listening to Saeko's cheerful voice, Lin Zhiyu smiled back at her, but his attention quickly focused on the weapon in his hand.

The sparring match was over, and Lin Zhiyu was free to return the Kalia Knight Sword to the system space at any time. However, Lin Zhiyu didn't do so. Busujima Saeko felt a little strange and asked Lin Zhiyu if there was something wrong with the sword.

Lin Zhiyu shook his head and said:

"There's nothing wrong with the sword, I just have a strange feeling..."

Then, Lin Zhiyu asked Saeko to leave the stage first.

Saeko didn't ask why, and immediately stepped back and kept a certain distance from Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu then transferred the weapon to his left hand and held his right palm in front of his eyes. Although his right palm did not seem to have changed significantly, it had actually condensed a portion of the power of fire, and its palm had become extremely hot.

Then, Lin Zhiyu held the sword with both hands, raised it up and began to spin and dance, creating a storm.

call!call!call!

It’s “Raise the Storm” again!

But this time, the storm created by Lin Zhiyu was orange-red!

In addition to being fierce, this storm is also as hot as fire. It can be seen that there are countless sparks dancing in the swirling storm!

"This is……!"

Below the ring, Busujima Saeko's beautiful eyes widened as she watched.

Lin Zhiyu stopped after a while, as if he had realized something, and excitedly opened his personal information panel in his mind to check the ability of "Arsonist" he had obtained in the previous world.

[Pyromancer]: The ability to manipulate flames allows you to fire moderately powerful flaming arrows and enchant weapons with flames. You will quickly learn any flame-related skills, and you can easily incorporate the attribute of fire into certain skills you already possess.

Key point: "You can easily integrate the attribute of fire into certain skills you have already mastered"!

"Doesn't this mean that I can upgrade many of the combat skills I've learned to have fire attributes?" Lin Zhiyu thought excitedly.

For example, his "Raise the Storm" just now retained the original characteristics while adding the power of fire, making it even more powerful!

But then again.

Since it incorporates the power of fire, then "Calling the Storm" should perhaps be called "Firestorm"!

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time flies.

Two days later, in the Nimgfu area adjacent to Gelid, west of Hyde Fortress.

It didn't take much effort for Lin Zhiyu to easily find the deep pit created by the meteorite in this area.

With his extraordinary skills, Lin Zhiyu kept jumping down and going deeper along some steep platforms on the edge of the huge pit. In the process, he also found a text message engraved on the ground that emitted golden light.

This message was left by Blaze, who was supposed to meet up with Lin Zhiyu here and act together.

There's nothing much to say about the message. The classic NPC has something to deal with, so the dirty work can only be done by the player alone.

In fact, when Lin Zhiyu came to Nimgfu, he was not alone. He was accompanied by several female relatives. However, everyone had their own tasks to complete, so when they arrived here, Lin Zhiyu was left alone.

Well, if you don't count a certain little piece of wood.

Keep going.

Following the route he remembered from playing games before, Lin Zhiyu went down all the way, and finally after passing through a stone cave, he came to a completely destroyed room.

On the walls of this room, there are perpetual lanterns with faint blue flames, but except for the part just after the door, the rest of the room has collapsed.

Lin Zhiyu slowly walked to the edge of the collapse. He could see the room below by looking down. The room below was the same. The middle had collapsed, and only the edge was accessible.

"If you're a man, go down a hundred floors!" Lin Zhiyu sighed, then found the right place to jump down, but he didn't really want to go down a hundred floors.

The place where he is now is actually a building in the underground world.

This building must be extremely tall and have many floors.

But Lin Zhiyu does not need to jump to the lowest floor. Instead, he only needs to find a path leading to the "window" on a certain floor. Then he can move from the window to the eaves and start a "rooftop parkour".

In fact, at this moment, on the floor below Lin Zhiyu, there was a road that ran along the edge of the room and connected to the window, which had not collapsed yet.

boom!

In the silent darkness, Lin Zhiyu jumped down.

Walking forward and climbing through a window, Lin Zhiyu came to the eaves of the house and had a panoramic view of the lost city below.

In the distant past, the Night People living on the surface angered the Supreme Will by creating a weapon capable of killing gods, and the entire Night Dynasty was destroyed by a meteor sent down by the Supreme Will. Today, in the underground world of the borderland, there are only three cities left, which were blasted into the ground by the meteor long ago.

These cities belonging to the Night People are called "Eternal Cities".

The city where Lin Zhiyu is at this moment is the eternal city called "Noklonn".