Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

"Well, before we officially start, there's one thing I want to ask you."

"Hmm? What's the matter? Tell me."

In an open space in the dense forest, Vera faced Lin Zhiyu and slowly spoke:

"Just before in the arena, I knew you didn't even use your full strength, yet you easily...beat me. Although it may be a bit presumptuous to say this, I really want to see your true strength."

Having said that, Vera took out a pair of daggers from her waist, obviously wanting to compete with Lin Zhiyu again.

Hearing this, Lin Zhiyu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled:

"It's not convenient for me to show my true strength, but if I just want you to see what other tricks I have... well... it's not impossible."

Lin Zhiyu's words were a bit confusing, but in fact it was because if he used all his strength, not only the small island under his feet, but even the entire planet could be destroyed directly with a star bomb by hand - how could he demonstrate this?

However, in addition to the starburst bomb, Lin Zhiyu also has various other small skills, and he can control the power and show them to Vera during the competition.

"Come on, since you want to broaden your horizons again." After taking a few steps back and keeping a certain distance from Vera, Lin Zhiyu raised one hand and made a gesture for Vera to come over.

Vera held a pair of daggers in reverse, slowly lowered her body, and suddenly rushed towards Lin Zhiyu at full speed.

The moment Vera started to move, Lin Zhiyu raised his hands and swung the Sword of Night and Fire.

"Hoo~! Hoo~! Hoo~!"

In an instant, storms formed with Lin Zhiyu as the center, forcing Vera to stop sprinting.

But even though she was still several feet away from the storm created by Lin Zhiyu, she found it difficult to maintain her center of gravity under the push of the gusts of wind. In order to avoid losing balance and falling to the ground, or even being swept into the storm, she could only retreat step by step with difficulty, and then gradually got out of the predicament.

In the center of the storm, seeing Vera retreat to a relatively safe distance, Lin Zhiyu then swung his sword and made a spinning and sweeping motion, turning the storm into a tornado and pushing it towards Vera's direction.

But Lin Zhiyu controlled the speed of the tornado to a level that Vera had enough time to dodge, so Vera dodged it easily. She then saw the tornado slowly turn orange and burn the flowers, plants and trees along the way.

However, Lin Zhiyu quickly retracted the fire from a distance, stopping the storm and flames.

Vera, whose short hair had long been messed up by the wind, was stunned until Lin Zhiyu said slowly, "I think I got a little carried away and almost started a fire."

Only then did Vera come to her senses and looked at Lin Zhiyu in shock.

Lin Zhiyu raised his sword, pointed at Vera, and said with a smile:

"What's wrong? Are you looking at me stupidly? Come on, or I'll take the initiative and grab you and spank you~"

After being teased by Lin Zhiyu, Vera, who had always been indifferent to men in the past, now blushed.

But she really wanted to see more - the more powerful Lin Zhiyu performed, the more it showed how correct the decision she made today was, and the more it showed that she had seized an unprecedented opportunity!

"Well, let's get going!" She reminded Lin Zhiyu specifically, and then Vera rushed towards Lin Zhiyu again.

Lin Zhiyu stood still, swinging his sword continuously, emitting several arcs of flaming sword energy.

Vera, who was sprinting at high speed, kicked her feet and jumped up, avoiding the flaming sword energy emitted by Lin Zhiyu with her high body position - of course, this was also because Lin Zhiyu deliberately controlled the flying speed of the sword energy to be slower, otherwise she would have been split into two parts by the sword energy and burned to ashes by the fire power attached to the sword energy.

"watch out!"

After dodging the sword energy, he counterattacked.

The dark elf, full of vigor, charged towards Lin Zhiyu with a leaping and slashing posture.

At this time, Lin Zhiyu was still standing there motionless, as if his old strength had been exhausted and his new strength had not yet emerged.

But just when Vera was about to hit Lin Zhiyu, Lin Zhiyu's body suddenly turned into gray smoke and disappeared on the spot.

And just as Vera missed her attack and her feet landed on the ground, Lin Zhiyu appeared behind her.

"Clap!"

The sword of Night and Fire was more than three feet long, and red lightning was wrapped around it. Lin Zhiyu slashed the sword on the ground, making a sound like thunder.

Vera rolled to the side to avoid Lin Zhiyu's slash, and immediately threw the dagger in her hand at Lin Zhiyu's body.

Lin Zhiyu stomped his feet suddenly, and the ground within a radius of more than ten meters centered on him cracked into pieces instantly. Golden light shone in the cracks. The divine power came with a huge impact force, which not only knocked away the flying dagger, but also lifted Vera, who was half-crouching on the ground, directly into the air.

But just when she was about to fall heavily to the ground, Lin Zhiyu appeared under her, easily hugged her, and then put her down steadily.

"I, just now..." Vera's legs were weak at this moment, and she was only able to stand up because of Lin Zhiyu's support. She looked at Lin Zhiyu with a confused face, and for a while she couldn't even speak clearly, even though she slowly calmed down.

She calmed down and looked at Lin Zhiyu again, her eyes still wide open, full of awe.

Storm, fire, lightning, holy light...

The power controlled by Lin Zhiyu is far stronger than she imagined. She even feels that even the so-called legendary strongmen may not be able to achieve such strength?

"Stand steady, why are your legs still weak? Although my 'Golden Step' just now knocked you away, I was holding back. You shouldn't be unable to move, right?" With one hand stuck under Vera's sweaty armpit, Lin Zhiyu supported her while asking again.

"No, I'm fine. You're much more powerful than I thought. You really are... amazing!"

Vera felt a strange sensation as Lin Zhiyu's palm pressed against her armpit, which was already sticky and damp from sweat. It was a strange feeling, and she instinctively wanted to separate from Lin Zhiyu, but for some reason, she didn't do anything and just let Lin Zhiyu support her so closely...

But Lin Zhiyu thought that she could at least stand well, so he immediately pulled his hand out from under her armpit.

"Okay, the show is over. I'll show you more bells and whistles when I have the chance."

"Now let's talk about something else."

Having said this, Lin Zhiyu, who had been wearing a helmet, suddenly took it off.

This was the first time Vera saw Lin Zhiyu's appearance.

Although Lin Zhiyu is a human, he has a face as handsome as the elf prince in the movie "The Lord of the Rings". In fact, compared with the two, Lin Zhiyu is more masculine and heroic.

"you……"

Although she had seen handsome men before, Vera was completely stunned by the fact that this handsome man happened to be Lin Zhiyu. She had also wondered what Lin Zhiyu's true face looked like under the helmet. Would he be very handsome? Now she knew the answer - this man, this man with terrifying strength, was truly handsome!

Pfft!Pfft!Pfft!

Vera was in a daze and didn't even notice that her heartbeat had begun to accelerate and was pounding inside her chest.

Lin Zhiyu, who had already taken off his helmet, continued what he had just said:

"I don't think I've formally introduced myself to you yet. You don't even know my name, right? That's why you keep calling me 'you, you, you'."

"...Heh, I'm not calling you 'you'."

"So from now on, Miss Vera, please just call me by my name, Lin Zhiyu."

After he finished speaking, he found that Vera did not respond, but just stared at him blankly, so Lin Zhiyu simply raised his hand and pinched her cheek:

"Hey! Come back to your senses! Stop looking at me stupidly!"

Chapter 19: Repay? Please change the word "pay"~!

"Hey! Come back to your senses! Stop looking at me stupidly!"

As he spoke, Lin Zhiyu gently patted Vera's cheek again.

"Ah! No, I'm sorry. I suddenly remembered something and got distracted." Vera blushed when she came to her senses and quickly made an excuse.

Lin Zhiyu didn't expose Vera. He immediately asked the dark elf in front of him, whose face was still red, what move did he want to learn?

Recalling the various powers Lin Zhiyu had just displayed: wind, fire, thunder, and holy power, Vera pondered for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage to say to Lin Zhiyu, "If possible, of course it would be best to learn all of them..."

Children only make choices, adults want them all!

Only then did Lin Zhiyu realize how much the dark elf lady in front of him wanted to improve!

"Haha, let alone whether you can learn so many skills with different attributes, even if you have the talent, you will have to spend a lot of time on it. The problem is that my companions and I will probably have to leave this island in two days..." Lin Zhiyu shook his head and said to Vera.

The implication was that he would be leaving soon and there was very little he could teach Vera.

But Vera's subsequent answer was completely beyond Lin Zhiyu's expectations.

"Well, if Mr. Lin doesn't mind, can you take me with you?" Vera looked at Lin Zhiyu with hope in her eyes.

Perhaps she felt that this was too unreserved, so she pursed her lips, a hint of shyness flashing in her eyes, and quickly added, "If I could also become Mr. Lin's partner, wouldn't the problem Mr. Lin just mentioned be easily solved?"

Lin Zhiyu looked surprised and asked Vera if she didn't plan to stay on this island.

Vera directly told Lin Zhiyu that she had originally stayed here and played in the arena for a long time just to hone herself. But now, it was obvious that she could improve herself more by following Lin Zhiyu.

"Hmm...Is that so?" Lin Zhiyu pondered. He didn't mind recruiting Wei La into the team.

The problem is that Vera not only wants to join, but also wants him to teach her everything he knows. How can such a good thing happen in the world?

"So, what's the price?" Lin Zhiyu began to ask Vera half jokingly and half seriously.

Vera didn't react at first and didn't understand what Lin Zhiyu meant.

So Lin Zhiyu added:

"Miss Vera, if you want to learn various superior combat techniques from me, you have to pay something, right? Or do you just want to get it for free, thinking that I have an obligation to teach you for free?"

Lin Zhiyu's words were too realistic, but Vera didn't feel disgusted at all when Lin Zhiyu looked at her deeply. In fact, the shyness in her eyes even intensified for a moment, and it was obvious that she had misunderstood.

Seeing this, Lin Zhiyu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and almost said - Are you shy like a bubble teapot?

When they were face to face, Vera quickly discovered that Lin Zhiyu didn't seem to have any intention of taking advantage of the situation. At least from his expression at this moment, Lin Zhiyu was still very serious.

"Then, I, I..." Vera didn't know why, but she found that she felt nervous in front of Lin Zhiyu.

She also stuttered in response to the questions raised by Lin Zhiyu. For a moment, apart from the "wild thoughts" just now, she really didn't know what else she had that could make Lin Zhiyu interested.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this moment, from deeper in the forest, a huge figure approached Lin Zhiyu and Vera with heavy steps.

Lin Zhiyu and Vera looked around and soon discovered that the person coming was a Cyclops who was over five meters tall and had an extremely strong body.

The Cyclops was holding a large wooden stick. When he saw Lin Zhiyu and Vera, he spoke slowly:

"Humans... are making so much noise... that I won't let you sleep. So, I'll eat you."

After saying that, the Cyclops continued to approach Lin Zhiyu and Vera with heavy steps.

According to what the Cyclops said, when Lin Zhiyu was demonstrating various fighting skills to Vera just now, the noise he made was a bit too loud and disturbed the Cyclops who was sleeping deep in the jungle.

"Cyclops? Well done!"

Seeing this sudden powerful enemy, Vera's eyes lit up and she was surprised.

Because she knew that the Cyclops was full of treasures. His eyes were extremely precious alchemical materials, and his solid bones could also be used as materials for forging weapons. And as far as she knew, there seemed to be a high bounty offered in the city recently, which was to eliminate the Cyclops lurking in the forest.

Vera thought, as long as she killed the Cyclops and got the gold coins, she could give them all to Lin Zhiyu, and then humble herself and beg Lin Zhiyu, maybe Lin Zhiyu would accept her?

It was just right for her to take this opportunity to show off in front of Lin Zhiyu!

"Hmph, you lowly monster, you don't know how high the heavens and how deep the earth is!" After giving a sharp criticism to the approaching Cyclops, Vera then turned around and said to Lin Zhiyu that she would deal with this Cyclops.

Then the agile dark elf, holding a pair of daggers in her hands, flew towards the Cyclops, who was several times her size.

Lin Zhiyu stood where he was, crossed his arms, and watched the show with great interest. Then he heard a continuous banging sound. It turned out to be the Cyclops, waving the big wooden stick in his hand, trying to kill Vera.

But Vera was too agile. The Cyclops knocked down several big trees in the forest in succession, but he still couldn't hurt Vera. Instead, Vera cut his flesh with her blunt knife, and he seized the opportunity again and again to cut one wound after another on his thick body.

Until one moment, the Cyclops, who was already covered in scars, lost his balance and fell to his knees on the ground, apparently dying from excessive blood loss.

Vera kept moving at high speed and appeared behind the Cyclops, intending to jump onto the Cyclops' back and stab the double knives into the back of the Cyclops' head to deliver a fatal blow.

But just as she jumped up, the Cyclops, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly jumped up and spun around with a stick and swept across.

"boom!"

Vera, who was in mid-air, had no way to dodge and was hit by a stick. She immediately fell into the bushes in the distance like a kite with a broken string.

"puff!"

After landing, Vera tried to get up immediately, but she spat out a mouthful of blood. She could only barely support herself on the ground with her hands and could not stand up at all.

However, the Cyclops who had been bleeding still had some strength left. He stood up again and was about to walk over to kill her step by step!

"Damn monster..." The dark elf realized that she had underestimated her enemy. She had been taking it slow and steady and could have made the Cyclops bleed to death, but she never expected that the Cyclops, who looked not so smart, would actually cheat!

"Oh, what a dish..." Lin Zhiyu, who was watching the show not far away, shook his head, and then called Melina in a low voice.

Everyone else went to the arena's registration desk to sign up for the competition, except for Melina, who had been following Lin Zhiyu in stealth. When she heard Lin Zhiyu's call, she understood and immediately cast a spell to create a small, translucent golden tree in the air where Vera had fallen.

The little golden tree emitted a healing golden glow, which helped the seriously injured Vera recover quickly.

"Shh!"

Immediately afterwards, Lin Zhiyu turned into a flash of lightning and quickly passed the Cyclops and came in front of Vera.

Before Vera could react to what was happening, she saw the Cyclops not far away suddenly stop, and then his body separated and fell to the ground with a bang!

"Ms. Vera, I have saved your life again. I wonder how you plan to repay me?" Lin Zhiyu bent down and stretched out his hand to Vera, saying half-jokingly.