Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

The two men hovered over the sea after the smoke cleared.

Lin Zhiyu was still wearing the same armor as before, and the armor was intact, and he seemed to be uninjured.

However, Brack's appearance changed - his body became taller and stronger, and his skin became as red as blood.

Most importantly, when he laughed out loud, an extra head grew on his shoulders.

Riotous head.

In addition, there is a layer of barrier protecting Black.

Same old tricks again...

But logically speaking, the [Dragon Lightning Spear of the End] should be enough to break Black's body barrier.

Otherwise, wouldn't Black be truly invincible and be able to easily beat Astaroth? How could Astaroth be able to survive by being an enemy of Black?

"Is it because of the timely fusion with the symbiote, which increased its strength? Correspondingly, the upper limit of the barrier's ability to absorb damage was also greatly increased, thus it withstood the explosion just now..." Lin Zhiyu narrowed his eyes and made a secret speculation.

At the same time, thousands of miles away.

"Where did that monster go?"

Holding a pair of short swords tightly, Jinghe Ying, who was already sweating profusely, exclaimed.

Near her, Mizuki Shiranui, Uehara Rin, Omine Nana...

Several Taimanin all looked confused and surprised.

"Oh, he escaped after all!"

Bayonetta put away her pair of pistols, then turned around with her hands on her hips and looked towards the east - this direction was the direction where Lin Zhiyu and Black had flown away before, and it was also from this direction that a huge force came, causing the ground under the feet of all of them present to shake for a short while!

"Just now, I sensed a spatial fluctuation that should have been created by a teleportation spell." Lani and Bayonetta looked into the distance together and said meaningfully.

After Lin Zhiyu, Astaroth, and Black changed the battlefield, Lani, Bayonetta, Aniloz, Millicent, and Li Meifeng caught up with the Taimanin and assisted them in dealing with the riot.

"So that's how it is. By making some arrangements on the monster in advance, the monster was summoned to our side through the air?" Anneloz, a detective by profession, immediately made a judgment after hearing what Lani said.

After hearing what Aniloz said, Uehara Rin's brows furrowed even deeper, and he asked with a worried look on his face, "Will Lin Zhiyu be in danger?"

Chapter 56: Five Chariots Defense Battle

Riot's strength is still good. This monster from the Marvel Universe became quite powerful after being fed a large number of powerful demonic creatures by Black.

However, as a symbiote, Riot has a flaw, which is that it depends on the host. If it acts alone without the host, then as a symbiote, Riot will gradually become weaker over time.

Especially in high-intensity combat, this defect will be magnified, and the symbiote acting alone will enter a weakened state more quickly.

Therefore, several Taimanin had actually gradually gained the upper hand in the battle with Riot, and when Bayonetta and others came to support and joined the siege of Riot, Riot fell into a desperate situation in an instant.

But no one expected that at the last moment, Riot was summoned by Black, and he escaped because of this!

"It doesn't matter. With Lin Zhiyu's strength, the monster can escape for a while but not forever. In the end, it will die together with Black at the hands of Lin Zhiyu." Li Meifeng was very confident in Lin Zhiyu. Indeed, she had never seen Lin Zhiyu lose in fighting - no matter how strong the enemy was.

"And don't forget, even if we don't catch up with Lin Zhiyu, he still has helpers around him." Lani said slowly.

Although she had fought with Astaroth and had no favorable impression of him, even disliking him, she would not deny the truth or deceive herself. She had to admit that Astaroth was indeed very strong. If Lin Zhiyu had not intervened, she would have most likely lost if she had fought Astaroth to the death.

"...That's right, Lin Zhiyu has Astaroth to help him. If things really don't work, he can actually summon them remotely." Uehara Rin remembered that Lin Zhiyu could actually summon her, Li Meifeng, and Millicent to his side at any time, and her worries were immediately reduced by half.

However, since Millicent has been summoned, why didn’t Lin Zhiyu summon Melina as well?

Uehara Rin was a bit confused, but she was certain that Lin Zhiyu's failure to summon Melina wasn't due to her lack of combat prowess. On the contrary, Melina, possessing the power of predetermined death, was, in a sense, even more terrifying than Millicent or even Lin Zhiyu!

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On the same night, Wuche Academy.

Under Black's orders, Long was able to lead a large number of elite Nomad troops to launch a surprise attack on Wuche Academy.

It seems just like what Long said to Black before.

Because Taimanin like Mizuki Shiranui and Uehara Rin, who are considered the pillars of the academy, were sent to help Lin Zhiyu.

In addition, some other senior Taimanin in the academy were also on missions.

Therefore, the defense force on campus at Wuche Academy tonight is extremely weak.

Under the leadership of Long, Nomad's troops were unstoppable and easily broke through the school gate and invaded important locations such as student dormitories, teacher office buildings, and college laboratories.

The battle in the student dormitory building was the most intense. After all, a large number of Gokarma students who were reserve Taimanin gathered there, including geniuses like Rinko Akiyama who were actually not inferior to the active Taimanin.

The new recruits have many shortcomings, but because there are so many of them, when they come together they become a force that cannot be underestimated.

However, the student dormitories were able to continue to resist the attacks of the Nomad troops, mainly because Long divided his troops into three groups after invading Wuche Academy. One group invaded the student dormitories, and the other two invaded the teacher's office building and the underground laboratory.

In the teachers' office building, several teachers, including the senior Taimanin like Yazu Yukari, were able to barely hold back Nomad's huge army.

The only place where all the important information and special technologies of Wuche Academy are stored is in the underground laboratory.

The defense looks the weakest, with only one person!

This person is naturally Ashaji, the dean of the academy.

"Dr. Muroi, and everyone else, please hide here for now. I'll go up and guard the entrance. I'll make sure everyone's safety is guaranteed!"

At this moment, Ashaji, who had changed into a dark purple bodysuit, was holding a ninja sword in her hand, and her words were full of competence.

The doctor Muroi that Asha mentioned was a middle-aged man wearing a white coat. Apart from being tall, he looked ordinary in every other aspect.

There are nearly ten people in the laboratory now, but except for Ashaji, including Dr. Muroi, all the others are not combatants.

These civilian staff, led by Dr. Muroi, expressed their concern for Ashaji and hoped that Ashaji would be more careful, but no one was so presumptuous as to say something stupid like fighting alongside Ashaji.

But then, just as Ashaji turned around and was about to guard the entrance to the laboratory as she had just said.

"Ha! I found it! I never thought that at such a critical moment, our Principal Ashaji would choose to hide underground? You're not afraid of being laughed at if you tell others about it! Hahahaha!"

It's Obosa.

She appeared with a team of fully armed demon warriors, walking towards the direction Ashaji was heading, laughing at her loudly as she walked.

Seeing this, the civilian staff with low combat effectiveness behind Ashaji suddenly looked panicked.

"Oboro..." Ashaji bowed slightly and lowered her body, ready to fight at any time, and looked at Oboro with a serious look.

"Haha, Ashaji, you've finally met your day! Even before I left my Taimanin identity, I've always disliked you. Today, I finally got my chance..."

Long opened his eyes wide, revealing a paranoid and crazy smile. He then turned around and ordered the demon warriors leading him: "Go, chop that woman into pieces!"

The demon warriors, who were already evil and murderous, relied on their numbers and were not afraid of Ashaji, the "strongest Taima Ninja". After receiving Oboro's order, they immediately rushed forward together.

Ashaji snorted coldly, swung the ninja sword in her hand, and her whole body instantly turned into a white light along with the weapon in her hand. With a "swish", she passed through more than a dozen demon warriors.

"Ugh..."

In the blink of an eye, more than ten bodies fell to the ground one after another. Without exception, all of them had their throats stabbed with a knife. Before falling to the ground, they could only cover their throats and make low gurgling sounds, without even an obvious scream.

"A bunch of trash!"

Long's face turned pale, and then he rushed towards Ashaji without hesitation, waving the pair of claws on his arms to attack Ashaji.

clang! clang! clang! clang!

Long's attack was swift and fierce. Ashaji kept holding up her knife to resist. The sound of metal clashing was heard in this large underground research institute for a while.

"Amazing……"

The five civilian staff members under Ashaji's protection murmured in amazement. It was unclear whether they were saying that Ashaji was amazing, or Long was amazing? Or maybe both.

Only Doctor Muroi remained silent at this moment, his eyes stern. He even moved his feet imperceptibly, slowly closing the distance with Ashaji from behind...

Chapter 57: Pi Dan, you control him!

On the sea at night.

Black, who had merged with the symbiote, said to Lin Zhiyu indifferently from a distance:

"You are hurt."

As Black finished speaking, the violent head that grew on his shoulder opened its mouth and said in a mean voice:

"I smell it! The scent of blood! Ah, it makes me so thirsty!"

Lin Zhiyu, who was wearing silver armor and looked in good condition, couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

"Fusion symbiote... Is this your trump card? Black." Lin Zhiyu still looked calm, even though what Black just said was true, he was indeed injured.

After all, he endured the explosion caused by the [Dragon Lightning Gun of the End] at close range!

To protect his beast-gathering armor from being damaged, Lin Zhiyu deliberately retracted it into the system space while enduring the explosion. This might sound foolish, considering armor is for self-defense, but for someone with exceptionally high physical defense, it was simply the difference between taking 1% more damage and 1% less.

So now Lin Zhiyu is wearing a complete set of armor and looks uninjured. In fact, under the cover of the armor, there are actually some wounds on his body. Of course, they are only "some", and even these wounds are healing rapidly.

"Being injured and bleeding in the battle with the vampire ancestor will teach you the biggest lesson in your life." Black said to Lin Zhiyu with a sneer.

The next second, Riot's head growing on Black's shoulder shrank down and turned into mucus and merged into Black's body.

Black raised one hand and pointed his palm at Lin Zhiyu through the air.

In an instant, Lin Zhiyu felt a huge suction force trying to suck out a large amount of blood and energy from his body.

Lin Zhiyu floated motionless on the sea, but a blood-red ring-shaped mark appeared behind him.

With the blessing of this mark, the blood in Lin Zhiyu's body was locked. Even Black, the ancestor of vampires in the demon world, could not suck away Lin Zhiyu's blood. For this reason, Black frowned, and his face, which had originally had a hint of complacency, turned ashen.

【Blood Curse Ring】

A special ability transformed from the demigod Monger, known as the Blood King, originating from the world of Elden Ring. The active effect is to enable Lin Zhiyu to absorb life through wounds or directly from corpses, provided that the target must be a flesh and blood life form.

But with the blessing of the Cursed Blood Ring, Lin Zhiyu can also lock the blood in his body and prevent it from leaking out, just like a vampire like Tiankebulak.

"...Humph, I didn't expect your vitality to be so strong. This is good. After all, I haven't encountered such a strong opponent in a long time. It's a good opportunity to play with you for a while longer." Black said stubbornly.

In just a few moments, the wounds hidden by Lin Zhiyu's armor, which had locked away his blood energy, completely healed. Lin Zhiyu no longer displayed the Blood Curse Ring, but instead raised his left hand, a ball of golden light emanating from his palm.

"Black, do you believe in light?" Lin Zhiyu asked in a low voice.

Although his voice was not loud, it penetrated the whistling sea breeze and reached Black's ears clearly across a long distance.

“…” Black remained silent.

Then, when the light in Lin Zhiyu's left palm dissipated.

"Om-!"

The night is suddenly lit up.

The dazzling holy light enveloped the world.

A tall beast full of sacred aura and with multiple pairs of wings was flying in the sky flooded with golden light.

He held the pale golden divine sword in his hand, and his free left hand stroked the sword, and suddenly a large number of light spots appeared in his palm.

These light spots turned into countless golden meteors and flew out from the palm of the beast's hand.

When the beast's figure quickly faded away, these golden meteors did not dissipate, but all flew towards Black.

[Elden Phantom]: Briefly summons the phantom of the Elden Beast. The phantom will randomly release a powerful skill on the enemy and then disappear.

"Summoning technique? Interesting." Black looked up at the sky, watching the shadow of the Elden Beast gradually fade away, but he ignored the large number of [Elden Meteors] flying towards him.

Later, [Elden Meteor] came in front of Black and hit the energy-absorbing protective barrier around Black in succession, creating a continuous buzzing sound.

Only after all the golden spots of light disappeared did Black's protective barrier grow a little stronger.

"It's a very good summoning technique, and the summoned beast is very powerful. I can feel that the summoned beast is even divine, but it seems that its existence time is limited, and its attack... hehe, it actually charges me a lot of energy." Black said to Lin Zhiyu mockingly.

"If it doesn't work once, let's try again." Lin Zhiyu said lightly.

Afterwards, Lin Zhiyu repeatedly used the skill [Elden Phantom].

The second time the Beast of Elden is summoned, the skill that the Beast of Elden randomly casts is Sword Qi - a sacred sword energy that swings the sword four times in a row.

Although this skill also deals multiple damage stages, its damage levels are far inferior to Elden Meteor's. However, its total power is much stronger than Elden Meteor's, but... it is still not enough to break Black's defense!

Therefore, the more powerful moves only charged Black more energy.

This made the mockery on Blake's face towards Lin Zhiyu even more intense.

However, Lin Zhiyu seemed to be determined to stick to his own opinion and used [Elden Phantom] for the third and fourth time. This skill actually consumes a lot of mental energy. It was only because Lin Zhiyu's basic attributes were high enough that it looked like he was just wasting mana in a random way.

As the final boss of the Elden Ring storyline, the Elden Beast, nicknamed "Pidan" by players, possesses a wealth of abilities. Lin Zhiyu summoned it for the third time, raising a neck longer than a giraffe's and spewing a flood of golden holy flames from its mouth, burning at Brak, but this only served to "recharge" Brak.