This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Alice dodged to the side, explaining casually.

"boom!!"

The huge monster fell heavily, and a circular shock wave spread out in the surroundings. The stone brick ground exploded and splashed with it as the center in an instant.

"rise!"

Alice shouted softly, the dagger in her hand flashed, and a stone wall suddenly rose from the ground, blocking in front of her and blocking the incoming debris.

“Swish, swish, swish!!”

At the same time, six purple-green meteors intertwined and attacked at high speed, hitting the gladiator directly.

"Clang clang clang!!"

Meteors kept falling on the pitch-black alien armor, and in the flashes of white magic, they pierced small holes in the black armor.

The gladiator stood up straight as if nothing had happened and took a heavy step forward.

"Damn! I almost forgot, the magic resistance of the Skill Servant is damn high!"

Ye Yiyi's expression darkened. Although the magic meteor penetrated the armor, it did not go deep inside. Instead, it was blocked by the thicker armor inside.

So he raised his staff again, shot a bit of starlight into the air, and released a hail of magical stars.

A brilliant nebula emerged, and a magnificent rain of stars fell from it.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The gladiator strode forward, each step like a heavy object falling to the ground, like a tank charging.

The stone brick floor was broken and dented one after another, and a large amount of gravel was splashed outward.

"Pong!"

He lowered his body, smashed the stone wall with his heavy shoulder armor covered with sharp spikes, and swung his iron fist at Alice behind the wall.

But a white flash that had been accumulating for a long time, beat the gladiator's iron fist to the punch and landed on the opponent.

The gladiator's momentum suddenly stopped, and his huge body was knocked back several steps by the white light.

Then, hailstones began to fall from the sky, clanging onto the jet-black armor like raindrops, causing a magical explosion and denting the armor.

For a moment, the gladiator's body trembled violently, his legs could no longer support him, and he fell back.

"Nice move."

Alice chuckled, not knowing whether she was praising the effect of Xinghail or Xinghail's appearance.

She misstepped her steps and suddenly appeared in front of the gladiator.

The long sword in her hand slowly sheathed, the girl lowered her body, held the sheath in one hand, placed the other hand lightly on the hilt, and slowly closed her eyes.

"Iai?" Ye Yiyi was stunned when he saw this.

He was very familiar with this posture.

Without thinking too much, he hung the staff on his waist, switched to the Power, drew out the Pisan Seat and rushed forward.

The magic hail of stars was released in an instant.

A red light flashed in the gladiator's eyes, and he immediately stood firm with his body dented in many places, and threw a powerful punch at Alice.

The sound of the sharp wind reached the girl's ears. She opened her eyes slightly, with indifference and ruthlessness in her eyes.

"Shhh!!"

Accompanied by a dazzling white light, Alice's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot and appeared behind the gladiator.

She knelt down, the cold long knife pointed diagonally at her side.

The gladiator froze, his eyes red as he looked at his empty left arm.

"boom!"

A thick metal arm fell from the air and landed on the messy ground.

"No need to say, it's so cool!"

Ye Yi praised him while rolling his eyes, "If you have such a trick, why didn't you use it against those soldiers before?"

Without further hesitation, he grasped the Pisanth at his waist and stepped on it again.

Combat Skill: Thrust Attack!

He transformed into a black shadow, leaping from one side of the hall to the other, landing in front of the gladiator, and thrusting his golden sword and spear forward heavily.

"clang!"

The gladiator stretched out his only right arm to block, but the sword and spear pierced through his armor and penetrated deep into it.

"Shh!"

Alice attacked from behind, slashing with white light with her sword in both hands, and cut off the gladiator's right arm.

"boom!!"

Another steel arm fell to the ground. The gladiator lost both arms, but he did not lose his fighting spirit.

It lowered its body, bent its knees slightly, and suddenly charged towards Ye Yiyi with its head covered with short thorns.

Combat skill: Small steps.

Ye Yiyi's steps were confused, and he actually dodged to the side of the head, then raised the Bishan Seat high and chopped it down heavily forward.

Combat Skill: Heavy Slash!

"clang!"

The gladiator's head fell to the ground, and all the mechanical parts inside it stopped working, thus losing power.

"boom!"

The puppet's headless body fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Soul Echo +1100

"Uh?"

Ye Yiyi frowned and looked at the light curtain beside him.

"What's wrong?" Alice sheathed her knife and walked over.

"Why does this... skillful slave provide soul echoes?"

He was a little confused. Aren't those huge and skilled slaves the only ones who could provide soul echoes?

These three-meter-tall guys are nothing but lifeless puppets. Where do their remaining souls come from?

"Do you see that thin black mist over it?" said Alice.

"See, is that a curse?"

He and Alice were unharmed throughout the entire process. The gladiators looked fierce, but in fact they couldn't even be touched.

If you are not hit, then naturally you don’t know what type of curse the other party is carrying.

"That's not a curse."

Alice shook her head and said, "That is the Deep Darkness. Those soul echoes also come from there. Or, in other words, they are the remnants of souls that were once annihilated by the Deep Darkness."

"Is there such a saying?" He was just surprised.

It sounds like a good thing, meaning that in the future, you can also obtain soul echoes by destroying skillful slaves that have been corroded by the deep darkness.

"Wait a minute, doesn't the Deep Darkness come from the Cursed Death Tower? How could it be on it?" Ye Yiyi discovered the blind spot.

"Because this skilled servant comes from the Cursed Tower." Alice looked towards the tunnel and tilted her head towards Ye Yiyi.

"You don't think that a tower must be built on the ground, do you?"

"You mean the Cursed Death Tower is built underground?"

He reacted and nodded in sudden realization.

"But it's true. The large smelter, the tall tower deep in Linhai Tower City that transports ore... So, I've seen underground towers quite a bit."

"The Tower of Cursed Death is used to infuse the warriors of the Cursed Death Legion with profound darkness. It is a strategic structure and will not be built on the ground, as we would be able to destroy it out of sight."

Alice stroked the long sword at her waist, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"It must be the cosmic beam you just launched. It penetrated the underground rock wall and hit the Cursed Death Tower, creating a hole in the tower. That's why the Skilled Servant came out of it."

"What a coincidence..." Ye Yiyi pouted, "But that's just right. It saves us from having to find a way out from somewhere else."

After saying this, he bent down, took out the universal cauldron and slashed it across the remains of the gladiator.

With a flash of light, the gladiator's body disappeared, and four pitch-black metal balls and a slightly larger power core appeared on the ground.

"Is that the Cauldron?" Alice asked curiously, seeing the fragment.

"Yes, but it's just a fragment, obtained from an unintelligent creature."

"Yes, the Universal Cauldron contains the inventory of His Majesty the Heavenly Forger, and can be used to craft many useful items."

"Really... Why is there feces in this production list?" Ye Yiyi thought of something and had a strange expression on his face.

"That's to extract the toxic contamination from the King's magic in the feces and then purify it."

Alice tilted her head. "If I remember correctly, I should have explained this to you, Yi Yi?"

"Yes," Ye Yiyi frowned. "But the question is, isn't the toxicity of magic only found in the human body? Why can I also extract the toxicity from the feces of those wild animals?"

"Is there such a thing?" Alice couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"That must be the impact of the war... Looks like I don't have to worry about the animals' survival anymore."

The former zoologist shook his head helplessly.

"Perhaps it's because they've adapted to this toxicity that those creatures have been able to reproduce again after ten thousand years of rest."

"That's it."

Ye Yiyi understood everything and picked up the black ore to examine it.

Free ferrochromium

Item Description: Rare metal material that can be found in ancient ruins.

One of the materials used to make props.

It can also be used to forge weapons or armor that are less susceptible to corrosion.

Synthetic metal material developed for long-term use,

It can last for a long time without decaying.

"Synthetic metal material? Does that mean this thing is an alloy?"

Ye Yiyi tossed the metal and thought, if this thing can resist corrosion, then why would it be corroded by the deep darkness?

After putting away the four free chromium irons, he picked up the slightly larger red power core and examined it.

Gladiator's Power Core

Item Description: An energy core containing weak energy.

One of the materials used to craft props.

An important source of energy to drive mechanical creations.

Can be recharged repeatedly in the Foundry.

The gladiators have a fighting mission and are not afraid of death.

He was active on the battlefield against the Cursed Death Army.

Achieved a lot of results.

"They were active on the battlefield against the Cursed Lord. I see. So after the war, these surviving gladiators were left in the Cursed Tower to guard it."

He scratched his head and felt something was wrong again.

"Instead of leaving them here, why not just destroy the Cursed Death Tower?"

He shared his doubts with Alice and got the answers.

"I do not know."