Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

Lina was caught off guard. In a split second, she could no longer dodge the almost instantaneous hole wave with her conditioned reflex as before.

At this moment, a large blue sword fell from the sky and stabbed heavily into the ground in front of Lina with a "bang". The broad blue sword body blocked the hole wave without any damage at all.

"!!!"

"who!"

"Who is meddling in other people's business?"

Tao Baibai still maintained his posture, bent over, raised his right hand, and extended his index finger, ready to launch a dongdong wave. However, his dongdong wave had already been blocked. He roared in shock and anger. Logically, he shouldn't have been so bluffing. After all, as the "world's number one killer," he had seen many powerful people, including some who could withstand his dongdong wave.

But for some reason, Tao Baibai felt very panicked.

At this time, all the hair on his body was tied up.

An ominous premonition filled his heart.

Suddenly——

"Where are you looking?"

A very magnetic male voice sounded behind Tao Baibai.

Tao Baibai was startled and immediately turned around to strike with a palm knife, but it just missed with a "whoosh" sound.

Because the person behind him ducked in time to avoid his attack.

Not only that, the man took advantage of his missed attack and punched him hard in the abdomen.

"Oh!"

"Uh-huh~!"

Wrapped in gauntlet, the fist, as big as a sandbag, hit Tao Baibai's stomach heavily. Lin Zhiyu didn't use all his strength in this punch, but it still made Tao Baibai spit out a mouthful of blood, and his eyeballs were so bloodshot that they seemed to be bulging out of their sockets.

Then, Tao Baibai, with a look of bloodshot eyes, covered his stomach with his hands and made a "guh" sound. He slowly took a few steps back and knelt on the ground, as if he had lost his fighting ability after being knocked out by Lin Zhiyu's punch.

"The world's number one killer, is that it?" Lin Zhiyu, who was wearing a full set of Kalia Knight armor, spoke in a dull voice from his helmet.

Tao Baibai, who was kneeling on the ground with her hands covering her stomach, barely raised her head and looked at Lin Zhiyu, saying with a breathless voice:

"Mercy! Sir... please spare my life! I admit defeat... I surrender, I surrender!"

“…” Lin Zhiyu was speechless.

At this moment, he really wanted to complain loudly.

After all, Tao Paibai, you are the "world's number one killer" from the world of "Dragon Ball" where gods fight each other. Why are you so cowardly?

On second thought, in the plot of Dragon Ball, Tao Pai Pai always seems to be cold-faced and ruthless when things are going his way, and cowardly and subservient when things are going against him?

However, Tao Baibai was not so scared that he was completely defeated by Lin Zhiyu's punch. He admitted his fear because the punch from Lin Zhiyu just now made him fully aware of Lin Zhiyu's strength.

And if he fought back immediately when Lin Zhiyu had the upper hand, what difference would that make him seeking death?

A real man should be able to bend and stretch!

Therefore, Tao Baibai decisively kowtowed to Lin Zhiyu and begged for mercy.

Lin Zhiyu was silenced by Tao Baibai's lightning-fast surrender. Unable to counterattack, Tao Baibai assumed his feigned surrender had successfully lowered Lin Zhiyu's guard. He lowered his head, a silent sneer on his face, and suddenly raised his right hand, unleashing his instantaneous Hole Wave for the third time.

"Wow!"

The golden beam of light once again streaked across the darkness.

When the light faded, Tao Baibai was dumbfounded, looking confused.

Because his hole wave shot missed again!

Lin Zhiyu disappeared the moment he made his move!

Then——

"Crack!"

Tao Baibai heard a sound behind him.

He quickly turned around and found that Lin Zhiyu appeared beside Lina not far away, and pulled out the Dark Moon Sword that had been inserted into the ground to block the hole wave.

"you……"

Lina was still bewildered. Looking at Lin Zhiyu, who was beside her, completely covered in armor and unable to reveal his face, she opened her mouth to say something.

But before she could finish her words, Lin Zhiyu had already drawn the Dark Moon Greatsword, turned around and said to her:

"Watch well and study hard!"

After saying that, Lin Zhiyu held the sword in both hands and slashed at Tao Baibai in the air, creating a "Storm Blade".

"Whoosh!"

The sword energy formed by the power of the storm flew towards Tao Baibai rapidly.

Tao Baibai, who had previously blocked several of Lina's wind blades with a single hand, didn't notice the difference between Lin Zhiyu's wind blade and Lina's previous wind blades. He subconsciously crossed his arms in front of his face to protect himself, and the sword energy that followed, with a "swish", instantly pierced Tao Baibai's body.

Lina opened her eyes wide and saw the scene clearly: she saw Tao Baibai's body cut in half by the flying sword energy, and the two halves then fell to the ground on the left and right. The scene was bloody and terrifying!

Then, Lin Zhiyu stomped his foot on the ground, launching the "Fierce Wind Foot".

"Hoo~!"

A red, scorching wave of air suddenly spread out in a ring shape with Lin Zhiyu as the center.

Under Lin Zhiyu's control, this scorching air wave had no effect on Lina, but when it blew over Tao Baibai's body, it instantly burned Tao Baibai's body into ashes.

Then, Lin Zhiyu turned around and faced Lina, placed the Dark Moon Sword in his hand on the ground, and placed his hands on the end of the hilt.

"did you see it?"

"Haha, young female knight~"

"The power of the storm is not what you used before~"

After finishing the teasing, Lin Zhiyu's mind moved, and the helmet that concealed his face was immediately put into the system space.

Lina was able to see Lin Zhiyu's face clearly, and after a brief pause, she suddenly raised her finger and pointed at Lin Zhiyu and said loudly:

"You, you, you're from the place where they sold octopus balls..."

"Yes, it's me." Lin Zhiyu nodded in affirmative response without waiting for the girl to finish her words.

Then Lin Zhiyu said to Lina, the person you are looking for, the woman with long pink hair, dark skin, and a beauty mole at the corner of her lips, should be Ingrid, right?

"Have you met Lady Ingrid!?"

"Great! Do you know where she is now?"

"Please! Please tell me Lady Ingrid's current whereabouts!"

Lina looked at Lin Zhiyu with surprise, her eyes full of expectation. She even put away her knife, took two steps back, and bowed to Lin Zhiyu to show her sincerity.

Lin Zhiyu looked at Lina with a smile and asked her:

"Before I answer your question, please tell me what your relationship with Ingrid is. And better yet, tell me what kind of position you hold in her heart."

"Oh..." Lina nodded.

Then she did not answer Lin Zhiyu's question immediately, but pouted slightly, frowned and looked at Lin Zhiyu, thinking that Lin Zhiyu's question was a bit strange, as if something was wrong.

She moved her lips slightly, wanting to express the doubts in her heart.

But then she thought again, she was afraid that Lin Zhiyu would think she was nagging.

What if Lin Zhiyu gets impatient and doesn’t tell her the whereabouts of Lady Ingrid?

With this in mind, the girl thought about it and decided to answer Lin Zhiyu's question first.

Lin Zhiyu kept staring at Lina, and noticed all the changes in Lina's expression in these few seconds, and thought to himself: This little girl doesn't seem to be very smart?

Then, Lina answered Lin Zhiyu's question and told him that she and Ingrid were both members of the Nomad Knights. The difference was that Ingrid was the leader of the Knights, while she could only be considered Ingrid's personal guard.

"But I've only been saying things like personal guards. With Lady Ingrid's strength, there's no need for personal guards!"

"When I was with Lady Ingrid, I mainly learned from her."

"But I'm actually quite powerful too! You know, I've been recognized by Lady Ingrid and even been given the name 'Storm' by her!"

As the girl spoke, she put her hands on her hips, held her head high and chest out, looking very proud. She didn't notice that her answer had deviated from Lin Zhiyu's previous question.

Lin Zhiyu simply followed Lina's words and asked:

"You're actually Ingrid's personal attendant. Does that mean Ingrid thinks you're important to her?"

"Uh... that should be the case, right? Although it may seem a bit self-righteous to say this, Lady Ingrid has always been like half teacher and half sister to me, so Lady Ingrid must still have me in her heart... Yeah! That's it! There's no mistake!"

Lina's answer was not very confident at first, but her tone became more determined as she spoke further.

"Hmm..." Lin Zhiyu pondered, and looked Lina up and down carefully, and finally decided to take Lina away.

He ignored me when we met at the stall selling octopus balls before.

Active contact at this moment.

There is certainly a reason for Lin Zhiyu's change in attitude.

Before that, Lin Zhiyu used the "Thundercloud Incarnation" to descend from the sky and interrupted Astaroth's absorption of the magic flame in the underground sealing circle.

However, because the power that Astaroth unleashed when resisting Lin Zhiyu's attack was too strong, the two of them collided like Mars and the Earth. The aftermath of the battle razed the area within a radius of hundreds of meters to the ground. Naturally, no matter how solid the underground sealing formation for Ingrid was, it could not withstand such a huge impact force and was destroyed.

In this way, the plan to seal Ingrid until this world clearance will not work.

Fortunately, Ingrid was underground at the time and was protected by the sealing array, so even though the sealing array was destroyed in the end, Ingrid did not suffer any serious injuries.

However, if Ingrid wakes up later, how should Lin Zhiyu treat her?

Now with Lina, Lin Zhiyu has an idea.

As long as Ingrid values ​​Lina.

Lin Zhiyu wouldn't mind saying:

"Ms. Ingrid, you don't want to see Lina-chan being raped, do you?"

Chapter 15 Ingrid's Weird Attitude

Return to the hotel.

Lin Zhiyu took off his armor, changed into everyday clothes, and entered the room where Ingrid was imprisoned.

Ingrid had already woken up and was sitting quietly on the bed.

After Lin Zhiyu entered the room, she had been staring at Lin Zhiyu silently. There was no hostility in her deep gaze, but it contained some complex and elusive meanings.

This look made Lin Zhiyu feel very strange.

Walking to the window, looking at Ingrid, who had changed into her OL uniform and remained silent, Lin Zhiyu suddenly asked:

"Since you're awake, why didn't you try to resist?"

“…” Ingrid remained silent, still staring at Lin Zhiyu without saying a word.

It’s not that she hasn’t thought about resisting.

But even in her prime, she couldn't handle Bayonetta, not to mention that Bayonetta had Lani by her side, and she herself had just woken up and was in very poor condition. She was unarmed and didn't even know where her weapon had been taken away!

If you still resist, what's the difference between that and seeking death?

Ingrid was not afraid of death, but since the enemy had captured her and had not done anything excessive, she naturally wanted to be cautious and wait for a suitable opportunity to escape.

"No words? Oh, then let me ask you another question - do you know a girl named Lina?"

Wow! While asking Ingrid, Lin Zhiyu opened the curtains and looked downstairs at a noodle shop across the street.

In the noodle shop, Lina was sitting at a window seat, eating delicious ramen in big mouthfuls.

"Lina? You captured her too? What on earth do you want to do?!"

When Ingrid heard Lin Zhiyu mention Lina, she finally reacted. She stood up beside the bed with her fists clenched, and there was a little dissatisfaction in her eyes when she looked at Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu glanced at Lina, who was still eating noodles in the restaurant downstairs, then turned back to Ingrid and nodded.

"That's right, it's only right that you should look at me like that. Honestly, I'm quite puzzled as to why you were so calm when I walked in just now? Oh, I see. You must not have realized who I am yet, right? After all, when we first met in the church, I was wearing a helmet, but not this time."

"...You're overthinking it. I knew it the moment you walked in. It was you who attacked me from behind last time, leading to my defeat. It's a hunch, and my intuition is always spot on."

"Really? Then did your intuition tell you why I arrested you?"