Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

"So, the ashes of the bionic teardrop I'm looking for probably don't have the strength I expected, but it's better than nothing."

With this in mind, Lin Zhiyu simply lowered his psychological expectations and did not give up the plan to obtain the bionic teardrop ashes. He then continued on his journey, striding across the stone bridge.

After about a hundred meters.

When they reached the middle of the stone bridge, on the side of the bridge covered with weeds, Lin Zhiyu saw a little deer, which ran away in panic because it was frightened by him.

There are also small animals in the underground world.

But in Lin Zhiyu's view, this is actually a symbol.

It symbolizes that he has approached a new area.

Neighboring Noknorn, the neighbors of the Night People, are the "Ancestor People" who lived in the underground world earlier than the Night People.

Chapter 60: Instant Killing of Witch

In the borderland, since ancient times, life and races have flourished. Some of them come from the star realm, while others are native to the land.

Zumin means the people of the ancestors.

The ancestral spirits are the native gods of the border areas, whose duties are to govern the cycle of life and death.

What is the cycle of life and death?

The natural way is the cycle of life and death.

Just as the seasons change from spring to autumn, and the plants grow and wither year after year.

Therefore, the ancestors who believe in ancestral spirits all highly respect life and nature. They can not only live side by side and live in peace with other races (such as the Night People), but are also loved by various small animals in nature.

And because the ancestral spirits are the gods who control the cycle of life and death.

Therefore, the ancestors who devoutly believed in their ancestors could still exist in the form of souls, freed from the shackles of the flesh.

At this time, the stone bridge under Lin Zhiyu's feet was not very high from the ground. There was a gap next to it, and the gap was connected to a slope. Going down this slope was the living area of ​​the ancestors.

Standing on the bridge at this moment, Lin Zhiyu had already seen from afar some of the ancestors whose bodies were blue and translucent and existed in the form of souls.

On a high ground, Lin Zhiyu even saw a ancestral priestess singing a melodious song. Many small animals, attracted by the song, gathered around the priestess, intoxicated by the beautiful singing. Everything seemed so beautiful.

"Although this is a dark underground world, even in such a place, there is vitality and many beautiful things. Those ancestors, each of them is tall and has horns on their heads. Whether from their beliefs or their appearance, they are basically living 'Druids'!"

With such sigh, Lin Zhiyu then walked down from the bridge.

According to the route he remembered, he would not go deep into the area where the ancestors lived. He would just pass through here briefly, take a detour and return to the range of "Noklongen".

Fortunately, the ancestors are not like in the game. Because they are "wild monsters", they will actively attack the players as soon as they see them.

Come to think of it, as long as Lin Zhiyu doesn't provoke them, doesn't trample on nature, and doesn't even approach them, how could they possibly harm her? At most, they'd just glance at her from afar and then ignore her.

Well, the main point is neutrality.

Therefore, Lin Zhiyu was able to successfully pass through the area where the ancestors lived and came to a cliff.

In front of the cliff stood a tall building, only three or four meters away from the cliff. Lin Zhiyu jumped directly from the cliff to the edge of the wall of the building in front, thus returning to the range of Noklongen.

"Continue the rooftop parkour!"

After this little episode with Zumin, Lin Zhiyu continued to move forward at a still very fast speed.

Then there was another round of flying over the eaves and walls.

From a high place, through the window, you can see a complete and spacious building.

On the second floor of the building, Lin Zhiyu looked down and saw a black sphere resting in the hall. In front of the sphere were rows of seats, a layout resembling a church, and the black sphere was the statue of God.

This was indeed the case. At this moment, between the rows of seats and the black sphere, a priestess of the Night People could be seen kneeling on the ground, facing the black sphere symbolizing the black moon and praying silently.

"Although the Night Dynasty was destroyed long ago, the Night People have not died out. These remaining Night Witches, each wearing a crown that conceals their face, I wonder what they look like?"

I have to say that these night witches are dressed quite beautifully. The black soft armor as a base is matched with white dresses with gold thread patterns. They are both beautiful and will not hinder combat.

"This seems to be where the Bionic Teardrop's ashes are hidden. If I'm discovered later, I hope these Night Witches will give me a few words instead of starting a fight right away."

With this in mind, Lin Zhiyu stood on the second-floor platform and carefully observed the surrounding situation. He soon discovered that there was another compartment on the second floor, like an ear hall.

But the entrance to this compartment was shrouded in a gray invisible door.

In the game, players need to use an item called Stone Sword Key to unlock this gray door.

Lin Zhiyu didn’t have the stone sword key at the moment, but he was sure that what he was looking for was in it, so he simply punched the gray door.

"boom!"

In an instant, a huge noise echoed in the originally quiet church.

On the first floor, the Night Witch who had been kneeling on the ground and praying silently, and another Night Witch who had been standing quietly in the shadows and whom Lin Zhiyu had not seen, drew out their daggers and quickly ran upstairs because of the noise made by Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu punched with all his strength and successfully shattered the gray gate.

In the separate small room inside the gray door, there was a night witch kneeling on the ground and praying silently. At this time, because of the huge noise made by Lin Zhiyu, the night witch took out her weapon, stood up from the ground, turned around and rushed towards Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu knew very well that the Night Witch here would never let him take the Bionic Teardrop Ashes he wanted. So this wave was about killing people and stealing treasures, and there was no verbal attack at all!

These Night Witches hadn't helped him like the Red Lion Legion had, so Lin Zhiyu's moves were very swift. Facing the Night Witch charging towards him, Lin Zhiyu unleashed his Kalia Knight Sword, gripped the sword with both hands, and performed a 360-degree somersault to slash.

"clang!"

The next second, the sword blade slashed the ground, cracking the hard floor.

In the long and narrow passage, the Night Witch who rushed straight towards Lin Zhiyu had no way to dodge left or right, so she chose to stop sprinting and jump back to avoid Lin Zhiyu's "Lion Slash".

Now, it seemed as if she had indeed successfully dodged Lin Zhiyu's attack.

However, only a breath later, the Night Witch, who was facing Lin Zhiyu from a distance of several meters, had her body split into two halves and then fell to the ground!

"Lion Slash, plus Vacuum Slash!"

Due to gameplay limitations, players can only equip one combat skill at a time. Lin Zhiyu has no such restrictions and can use any moves he wants at any time, even combo skills are easy to pull off!

Of course, the reason Lion Slash can be combined with Vacuum Slash is mainly because both moves involve slashing. If you need to rotate the weapon like Call the Storm, it naturally cannot be combined with a move like Vacuum Slash.

Back to the fight.

The Night Witch in front was cut in half by the vacuum and fell to the ground.

Lin Zhiyu turned around and immediately saw two more night witches who had just run upstairs following the sound.

They held daggers in their hands and rushed towards Lin Zhiyu quickly.

Lin Zhiyu held the sword with both hands, raised it above his head and rotated it around.

"call!"

The storm suddenly arose.

Chapter 61: He is my beloved friend and relative! Brother!

The storm is coming!

The sudden impact caused the two Night Witches who were rushing forward to lose their balance. They staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground!

Their white dresses were torn to shreds by the storm, and cracks appeared on their underlying black soft armor.

But without actually hitting the weapon.

Just a short burst of summoning a storm wouldn't kill them instantly.

Call the Storm's strength lies in its control effect, which is both offensive and defensive. However, it is not suitable for quick kills. Although it has explosive damage in general, the premise of hitting the target with multiple bursts of explosive damage is to hit the target.

To deal with the two night witches who were knocked to the ground by the first storm, Lin Zhiyu didn't need to swing his weapon to create storms for the second and third time.

Before the two Night Witches could get up from the ground, Lin Zhiyu quickly swung his sword and slashed out a flaming sword energy.

"boom!"

The fiery red arc-shaped sword energy caused an explosion after hitting the two Night Witches. The flames immediately spread out and hit Lin Zhiyu's face. The high temperature was enough to make most lives feel painful, but for Lin Zhiyu, it was only gentle.

Amid the fireworks, Lin Zhiyu turned neatly and walked into the dissipated gray door, into the small room where the bionic teardrop's ashes were hidden.

In this small room, there was a sculpture of a night witch holding a lamp. In front of the statue of the night witch, there was a treasure chest. Lin Zhiyu pushed open the treasure chest lid and looked inside, but instead of an urn, he saw a soft, silver-gray mass.

"Not ashes?"

"But I remember this box in the game clearly contained the ashes of the Bionic Teardrop!"

"Could it be that this silver-gray soft mass is 'Big Brother'? After all, things like bionic tears, which are similar in form to slimes, originally had no bones. Without bones, there's naturally no ashes."

With this in mind, Lin Zhiyu reached into the box and touched the silver-gray soft object.

The silver-gray soft object, which had been motionless in the box, suddenly reacted and began to wriggle between Lin Zhiyu's fingers.

At the same time, the prompt sound of the infinite system suddenly sounded in Lin Zhiyu's mind.

[Special item detected - "Tears of the King", triggering special options, please select! ]

[Option 1: Submit the "Tears of the King" to the system to receive 200 redemption coupons, and the special ability "Shadow of the King" will be added to the Infinite Mall for purchase.]

[Option 2: Deal with the "Tears of the King" yourself, no reward.]

[Teardrop of the King]: Carrying the mission of becoming king, this is the most successful, powerful, and highly anticipated bionic teardrop ever created by the Night People. The Night People's thoughts are unconstrained, and they have considered slaying gods, as well as creating a great king.

[Shadow of the King]: Consumes a portion of your Life Force to summon a clone with identical abilities and attributes, completely obeying your commands but lacking self-awareness. The clone's duration is currently 10 hours (10% of your Stamina). Worth 400 coupons.

……

The special option is triggered again!

"So this silver-gray slime in the box is 'Big Brother', right?"

Lin Zhiyu had an inference in his mind, but now the infinite system gave special options, even though this was his elder brother, his beloved relative, and brother.

It would be difficult for him not to hand his elder brother over to the system!

"The bionic teardrop, carrying the mission of becoming king, once had a beautiful idea. If their own tribe couldn't produce a sufficiently powerful being, they would let the bionic teardrop imitate a sufficiently powerful being in the outside world, thus creating a truly powerful king. Unfortunately, somehow, this bionic teardrop, which was supposed to become king, ultimately failed to complete its mission and was sealed in a box like this..."

While thinking to himself, Lin Zhiyu discovered that the bionic teardrop in the box was now on his hand.

With a cold and slippery touch, the bionic teardrop slowly crawled along Lin Zhiyu's palm and onto Lin Zhiyu's forearm.

When it reached his arm, Lin Zhiyu narrowed his eyes and suddenly clamped his arms together.

"Uh... don't!"

A faint voice then sounded in Lin Zhiyu's mind.

Strictly speaking, this is not actually a sound, but a kind of communication of thoughts.

Lin Zhiyu's eyes rolled slightly, making sure that there was no one else in this small room. Then the only possibility left was that the words he just heard came from the silver-gray soft body held in his arms!

"You, can speak?"

"I am only able to convey my thoughts to you through physical contact. Unknown strong man, my name is Ashmi, and I am the mass you hold in your arms, a bionic teardrop that has never had an owner. Please don't harm me."

"Bionic Teardrop Ashimi? Never had an owner? Haha, interesting. Do you think I can be your master?"

While asking the question, Lin Zhiyu did not loosen the grip he had on Ashimi in his arms.

The bionic teardrop named Ashmi quickly made another sound:

"Please let me go! I can feel how powerful you are! If you are such a strong person, I am willing to acknowledge you as my master! You only need to absorb me into your body, and I will give you strength!"

Well...here Ashimi asked Lin Zhiyu to absorb it into his body, which means that Lin Zhiyu wanted to swallow it.

But how brave must Lin Zhiyu be to swallow this bionic teardrop named Ashimi into his body without any guarantee or reliable contract?

"Alas! Surely I should leave you, big brother, to the system's care, right?"

"Hmm? I don't understand what you mean..."

Ashimi, the bionic teardrop, didn't understand what Lin Zhiyu had just said, nor did he know that the "big brother" he was referring to was actually him. He didn't have time to fully question Lin Zhiyu; before he could finish his words, he vanished into his arms. Lin Zhiyu had already silently made the decision: to hand it over to the system in exchange for a reward.

As a result, Lin Zhiyu immediately received 200 redemption coupons.

In the future, you can also spend 400 redemption coupons in the Infinite Mall to purchase the "Shadow of the King" ability.

Plus the 150 redemption coupons obtained from handing in the gold needles previously.

Lin Zhiyu's wallet is finally bulging again.

But Lin Zhiyu doesn't plan to spend any money for the time being.

The artifact "Yata Mirror" unlocked when you clear the first world, and the "Immortality" unlocked by surrendering the head of the undead in the second world, these truly powerful and expensive purchasable items have been on display in the Infinite Mall for too long.