Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

Astaroth sighed while maintaining his firepower output.

"Buzzing..."

Lani was also maintaining the output of magic power, but after a while, the staff in her hand began to tremble under the heavy burden, and the pyroxene inlaid at the end of the staff suddenly made a "crackling" sound and was actually cracking!

Without any hesitation, Lani immediately let go of the staff and threw it away. In a flash, she appeared in a safe place.

"Shua~!"

The magic laser dissipated after Lani dropped her staff. The flame beam emitted by Astaroth streaked across the night sky but did not hit Lani who had already flashed to another location.

But Astaroth seemed to have been prepared for such a situation.

Just as Lani adjusted her position through a short-distance teleportation, Astaroth suddenly exploded with energy, and a pair of flaming wings spread out on his back. He looked like a fire phoenix, rushing towards Lani at an astonishing speed!

"Casting spells requires a medium like a staff. This is why you will fail!" Astaroth was confident of victory. He rushed to Lani in an instant and punched her in the face!

At this time, Lani's right hand emitted a blue-white light, and this light instantly condensed into a magic sword emitting an icy aura.

[Fast Cast]: You can cast any spell with your bare hands, and your casting speed will be increased by 30% when casting with your bare hands.

After being pulled into the infinite space, everyone received a newbie bonus: a choice of three: exchange coupons, attribute points, and special abilities. Like most people, Lani chose a special ability and received a very useful one: fast casting.

The spell she was currently casting was a blade magic of her own creation. Compared to the conventional magic swords that were condensed with mana, the magic sword in her hand also contained the icy power of the dark moon, hence the name of this spell - Moonlight Sword!

"Shu~"

In the blink of an eye, the Moonlight Sword in Lani's hand swung out, colliding with Astaroth's fist filled with fire.

However, the sound produced was not the sound of a hard object hitting or a sword entering flesh.

Because the sword formed by magic power actually has no substance.

The Moonlight Sword melted quickly when it touched the flames covering Astaroth's fist. However, the flames also dissipated, and even her entire right fist was covered with a layer of frost!

Even so, Astaroth's momentum in punching Lani remained unabated.

Floating in the air, Lani leaned back in the air with an extremely graceful posture like a fancy swimmer in the swimming pool. Astaroth's fist brushed past her nose and passed through her face, missing.

Under the cover of night, two women lay sideways, one above and one below, one was ice, the other was fire. The interweaving of the two created a beautiful picture with a strong artistic conception.

But this beauty was immediately broken.

After dodging Astaroth's close-range attack, Lani swung her left hand, creating a cloud of ice mist, and then teleported a short distance, appearing on the rooftop of an abandoned building below.

Astaroth's body was enveloped by the icy mist created by Rani. The icy mist, capable of instantly freezing anyone, was unable to freeze Astaroth. The Queen of Hellfire immediately unleashed another burst of energy, releasing a loud "boom" that instantly dispelled the icy mist.

"Giggle cluck..."

"Not bad! Not bad! Apart from Black, I haven't encountered such a strong opponent in a long time!"

"Not to mention, the icy power you control is inherently incompatible with the fire power I control! This makes me even more eager to defeat you, then burn your flesh and blood, leaving only your spine and skull to decorate my Hellfire Throne!"

Floating in the air, with a whooshing sound of fire emanating from his body, Astaroth's voice was so loud in the silent night.

She looked down at Lani from the air, her eyes gradually becoming colder, and she was finally ready to unleash her hellfire!

That's right! In the fight just now, none of Astaroth's fire-related abilities were wielded through the Hellfire she was so proud of! She simply used the most ordinary flames to fight Lani on equal terms!

But Lani also has a big move that she hasn't used yet.

Looking coldly at Astaroth floating in the air, Lani had already prepared to transform into Dark Moon.

Just as her mother, Lenara, can transform into a miniature "full moon" that can negate all magic, Renee can also transform into a miniature "dark moon" that can negate all magic. The difference is that Lenara's full moon explodes with greater power, while Renee's dark moon also has the terrifying freezing power of absolute zero!

But just as Lani was about to cast a spell, her eyes moved and she suddenly gave up the idea of ​​using her ultimate move.

Floating in the air, Astaroth was about to unleash her hellfire with all her might when the deep darkness was suddenly illuminated by a flood of golden light. The dark, abandoned buildings beneath Astaroth seemed to gleam in the golden glow. Astaroth frowned, then, sensing something, looked up.

"That is!?"

When Astaroth raised his head, his eyes were dazzled by the brilliant golden light and he narrowed them tightly.

She saw a beast with a slender body, especially a neck that was as long as a giraffe, with several pairs of wings of different sizes on its back. Its body was dark purple and translucent, and there were a lot of golden lines inside its body that looked like tendons or bones. It was extremely beautiful and full of sacred aura. It was circling in a circle in the clouds directly above her.

Then, Astaroth realized what was happening and lowered her head to look around her again, and found that she was now surrounded by a golden halo.

This aperture is very large, and its diameter is estimated to be more than ten meters!

But this aperture is shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Seeing this, Astaroth's eyelids twitched. He knew without thinking that when the aperture shrank to the point of touching her body, something extraordinary would definitely happen!

So Astaroth began to descend in the air, but found that the aperture was also descending with her!

She rose again, and the aperture rose with her!

She tried again, trying to escape the aperture before it shrank enough, but it completely isolated her from the space outside! She couldn't escape! She launched a fireball to try to destroy the aperture, but it was completely ineffective!

"Damn it! What the hell is this!" Astaroth was shocked and angry. She raised her head again, wanting to attack the golden beast that was just hovering above her head. But when she looked up again, she found that the golden beast's body was rapidly fading. She didn't even need to make a move, it was about to dissipate!

However, the golden halo surrounding Astaroth did not dissipate!

Chapter 12 This is the numerical monster!

[Elden Phantom]: A special ability derived from the world of Elden's Ring. It briefly summons the phantom of the Elden Beast. The phantom will randomly release a powerful skill on nearby enemies and then disappear.

Elden Aura: One of the skills controlled by the Beast of Elden, it creates a shrinking circle of light that traps enemies. When the circle shrinks to a certain size, it explodes, dealing significant Holy damage.

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Helpless.

When you are in a difficult situation and the situation is deteriorating at a visible rate, you are unable to break through the obstacles.

This made the once confident Astaroth's expression gradually turn grim. Unconvinced, she gritted her teeth and began frantically unleashing Hellfire Bombs from her palms, the speed of which rivaled even Vegeta's from Dragon Ball.

When these Hellfire bombs flew to the edge of the light circle surrounding Astaroth, it was as if they hit an invisible barrier and then exploded one after another.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…

For a moment, the flames continued to shine in the night sky where the golden light had faded, and the deafening explosions resounded through the sky!

However, the aperture surrounding Astaroth was still shrinking at a steady rate.

Astaroth finally had no choice but to stop and use the power of fire to condense a red translucent energy barrier to wrap himself.

The golden halo surrounding Astaroth shrank until it just touched his body. Suddenly, golden light shone brightly, and then—BOOM!!!

An explosion occurred.

The golden holy flame spread in the night sky, and the night was once again illuminated by the sacred light.

"Beautiful, isn't it?"

On the spacious rooftop, Lin Zhiyu slowly came to Lani's side, stood shoulder to shoulder with Lani, and looked up at the sky together.

Lani tilted her head slightly and glanced at Lin Zhiyu.

Then he turned his head sharply, stared at Lin Zhiyu and said:

"I thought you didn't like this armor."

At this time, Lin Zhiyu was still wearing armor and a helmet, but it was not the beast-gathering armor that he had frequently worn before, but the Kalia Knight suit that Lani had given him in the Elden Ring world.

This set of armor, embellished with blue brocade and gold jewels, was so gorgeous that Lin Zhiyu told Lani as a matter of course:

"Such a beautiful set of armor, given to me personally by the princess, so I naturally keep it in my collection. How could I bear to wear it so often? But tonight is the classic scene of the knight saving the princess, so of course I have to wear this armor~"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zhiyu took out the Darkmoon Greatsword, which was also given to him by Lani, from the system space.

"My king, I admit that you are indeed very powerful, but the Princess of Dark Moon is by no means a weak person. You should think about it, maybe I don't need your help." Lani said, staring at Lin Zhiyu expressionlessly.

Because of the helmet, Lani couldn't see Lin Zhiyu's expression at the moment.

Only Lin Zhiyu's slightly dull voice came out from the helmet, saying:

"No matter what, I don't want to see my wife being bullied!"

Phew~!

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zhiyu unfolded the "Furnace of Hundreds of Fire Feathers" on his back, and suddenly flapped his wings and flew into the sky with the Dark Moon Greatsword on his shoulder.

At this time, the fireworks and light created by the explosion of "Elden Halo" had all dissipated.

Astaroth floated in the air, his face gloomy and his long fiery red hair disheveled.

Lin Zhiyu flew to the same height as Astaroth, and said to Astaroth face to face:

"She was able to withstand the ultimate attack of the Beast of Elden, and she was completely unscathed. Not even her clothes were torn. She is indeed a top-level expert from the demon world, the legendary Queen of Hellfire!"

...Although Astaroth had never introduced herself to Lin Zhiyu, Lin Zhiyu had played many Taimanin games after all, and was quite familiar with the "Taimanin Universe". She also knew Astaroth, the Queen of Hellfire who could be compared with the big boss Black in the Taimanin Universe.

"The Beast of Elden? You mean the golden beast that just flashed across the sky? Was it summoned by you briefly?" Astaroth narrowed his eyes and slowly said to Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu nodded and said:

"You can understand that."

Astaroth sneered, then raised his right hand, pointed his palm at Lin Zhiyu, and immediately sent out a huge fireball:

"No matter who you are, you have embarrassed me so much. Tonight, I will burn you to ashes!"

Subsequently.

"boom!"

The huge burning fireball hit Lin Zhiyu in the distant sky and caused an explosion.

But after the flames splashed and dissipated, Lin Zhiyu still stayed in the air, a pair of flaming wings slowly flapping, and he looked like nothing was wrong.

Seeing this, Astaroth raised his hand angrily and summoned a meteorite to fall on Lin Zhiyu's head.

The meteorite was as big as a bumper car and its surface was covered with a layer of hellfire.

"boom!"

The meteorite then hit Lin Zhiyu, and then shattered into small pieces of flaming stones that fell from the sky.

Lin Zhiyu...

It still remains in the original position in the air, motionless!

"How is this possible!" Astaroth opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and his hands clenched into fists subconsciously.

At this time, Lin Zhiyu raised his left hand, a flame ignited in his palm, and told Astaroth:

"In this world, Miss Astaroth is not the only one who is good at playing with fire!"

Seeing this, Astaroth's surprise eased slightly, but she still felt deeply wary of Lin Zhiyu. After all, the meteorite that had just hit Lin Zhiyu was a heavy one! Even if you put aside the layer of hellfire covering the surface of the meteorite, that meteorite alone was enough to smash a deep crater in the ground!

As a result, after Lin Zhiyu was hit by the meteorite, he did not move at all, but the meteorite itself shattered?

"He has the same ability to control fire as I do, so he is extremely resistant to fire, which is reasonable. But the attack I just made is definitely not something that can be withstood by someone with high resistance to fire! This shows that in addition to having extremely high resistance to fire, he also has extremely high defense!" Astaroth made a quick judgment in his mind.

This is indeed the case. After all, Lin Zhiyu has increased his endurance to more than 100, and is wearing a complete set of solid Kalia Knight armor, not to mention that he also has an extremely powerful defensive passive ability - the central magic ring!

[Central Circle]: Originating from the world of the Elden Circle, this special ability, transformed from the Great Rune of Mungat, increases the effectiveness of each point of your Stamina by 400%. You are now completely immune to any physical damage that is not enough to severely injure you.

The key point - any physical damage that is not enough to seriously injure Lin Zhiyu will make him completely immune!

So even though Astaroth is a top-level strongman in the Taimanin universe who can be compared with Black, Lin Zhiyu is not afraid of her at all, and is even very relaxed.

After all, Lin Zhiyu's basic defense is already ridiculously high, not to mention his fire resistance, which is also infinitely close to 100%.

So, how can Astaroth, who plays with fire, break Lin Zhiyu's defense?

On the other hand, Astaroth's fire resistance must be very high, and he is not afraid of Lin Zhiyu's destructive fire.

But Lin Zhiyu is not like Astaroth, he is a pure fire mage!

You know, someone has been a "blank stats freak" for a long time!

[Center of Gravity]: Originating from the world of the Elden Circle, this special ability is transformed from "Grek's Great Rune". It increases your Holy attribute damage and the buff effects of all basic attributes by 50%, and provides you with 90% Holy attribute damage reduction.

Lin Zhiyu's Strength attribute was already over 100, and with the help of the "Center of Gravity Ring," each point of his Strength attribute gained a 150% bonus. In other words, even without using any fancy active skills, Lin Zhiyu could kill countless so-called powerful people in the world with just the Dark Moon Greatsword!

Besides, Lin Zhiyu's active skills include the wind-based "Call the Storm", "Storm Blade", and "Storm Foot";

There are holy items such as "Unstoppable Sword", "Golden Wave", "Golden Stomping Ground", "Holy Gold Hammer", and "Holy Gold Sword Rain";

There are also lightning-themed "Dragon Thunder Naginata", "Dragon Thunder Phantom", "Thundercloud Incarnation", "Dragon Thunder Gun of the End" and so on!

You think I'm good at playing with fire?