The Elemental Dragon that was at the peak of the Legendary-realm could already contend with a Sanctuary powerhouse. However, it was crushed to death like an ant before there was even an intense battle. No matter how arrogant Jeremiah was, he did not think that his strength could be compared to the Elemental Dragon's. Although he did not dare to think that Lin Li was a Sanctuary powerhouse, he knew that even if Lin Li was not a Sanctuary powerhouse, it would be a piece of cake for him to destroy him.
Everyone watched in bewilderment as Lin Li put away the Elemental Dragon Crystal that was the size of a fingernail, and floated down to the ground. Lin Li had expected that reaction, but the most important thing now was to explore the sky, and not let them stay there and stare blankly for the rest of their lives.
Seeing that they were still in a daze for a long time, Lin Li shook his head helplessly, and reminded them, "Archbishop Martin, Master Donald, the Elemental Dragon has been dealt with. Do you think it's time to reorganize the team and continue moving forward?"
"Ah, yes, yes." Hearing Lin Li's reminder, everyone finally snapped back to reality. They were in the sky, and there were still many things waiting to be done.
Everyone suppressed their thoughts and reorganized the team. Those who had to be treated were treated, and those who had to be repaired were repaired. In fact, the greatest casualty was the sudden attack by the Elemental Dragon previously. The Brilliance Shrine lost more than 10 Holy Paladins, while the Rotterdam Kingdom destroyed 11 Alchemy Colossuses.
Under the impact of the Elemental Dragon's magic torrent, the 11 Alchemy Colossuses had long been smashed into pieces, and there was no need to repair them at all. The main thing to be repaired was some problems caused by the overloading of the Alchemy Colossuses during the defensive battle. Although the Rotterdam Kingdom's repair speed was not as fast as Angelano's, they fortunately prepared enough parts, and most of them just had to be replaced. Hence, it did not take much time.
The Brilliance Shrine had plenty of healing methods, including both healing potions and Holy Light Magic. However, the priests had to overdraw a large amount of mental strength and mana during the defensive battle, which was not something that ordinary potions could help with.
Lin Li took out two boxes of potions from the Ring of Endless Storm, and gave them to Archbishop Martin. Some were for mana recovery, while some were for mental strength recovery. One reason was that he had a good relationship with the Brilliance Shrine, and the other was that he did not want to waste too much time there. After all, there was still Osric's Ghost waiting to be dealt with.
Compared to healing potions, the value of potions that could restore MP and MP was simply incomparable. When he saw the potions, Jeremiah recalled that he had promised to provide potions to the Tower of Dusk, and he immediately turned as red as a monkey's butt.
After a period of rest and reorganization, the team finally recovered a little. The three forces followed the original order and stepped into the street square again. Archbishop Martin originally had the key to the Magic Tower in the center of the square, but when he tried to open the gate of the Magic Tower with the key, he realized that the Magical Thousand-contraption Lock had disappeared, and the gate was still unable to be opened.
Seeing this situation, Lin Li faintly had a bad feeling in his heart.
This situation also made Archbishop Martin and Donald very disappointed. They initially thought that they would be able to obtain the Immortal King's treasure smoothly with the key, but now that the key had actually lost its function, they couldn't help but worry. Was this just an isolated phenomenon, or was it the case for the entire Sky Castle?
Since they could not open the gate of the Magic Tower, Archbishop Martin did not insist on forcing their way in. After all, they had more important things to do in the Sky Castle, and the other treasures were actually just incidental. If they could get it smoothly, they would be happy, but if they couldn't, they couldn't let that delay their proper business.
With some regret, the expedition left the Magic Tower, passed through the square, and entered another street, where they once again walked into the endless fog.
The thick fog was still affecting their various senses, making it impossible for their mental strength to penetrate. However, the strange thing was that the journey this time seemed to be much smoother than before, and there weren't too many enemies. The occasional Vengeful Spirits that appeared were obviously much weaker, and even Legendary-level enemies did not appear for a long time.
Having just gone through a fierce battle, the people of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom all took the current situation for granted. In fact, they even enjoyed the smooth progress.
Even if it was the Immortal King's Sky Castle, it couldn't be full of abnormally powerful monsters! Even a powerful monster like the Elemental Dragon was defeated. It should be normal for it to be relaxed for a period of time! Almost everyone in the exploration team had such thoughts in their hearts.
In fact, their thoughts could not be considered wrong. After all, the Elemental Dragon was a monstrous monster, and one of them was enough. The power of the Elemental Dragon and the Ghost Mages was far beyond their imagination. They really couldn't imagine what could be stronger than that. Would the Immortal King personally descend?
However, Lin Li did not dare to entertain such thoughts. Although he was now a true Sanctuary powerhouse, he was still very fearful of the infamous Highlord Osric.
Compared to the people of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom, Lin Li had a much deeper understanding of Highlord Osric. Perhaps to others, Osric, who was once known as the Butcher, was just an ethereal mythical figure, or even a historical symbol. No matter how exaggerated and bizarre the legend was, it lacked the power to truly shock the soul.
However, Lin Li was different. From the earliest time he obtained the Eternal Furnace, to the first time he explored the Sky Castle, and then to the mausoleum of Highlord Osric. Step by step, those experiences presented the perverse aspects of the mythical figure, Osric, in front of Lin Li.
The proud disciple of the Immortal King had already stood at the peak of Anril as early as the Dark Age. Although he mysteriously died early, he was not much inferior to the Immortal King in terms of strength and wisdom. He imitated the Sky Castle and built the Eternal Furnace with his own power. In fact, he even surpassed the Sky Castle in some aspects. He created a perfect body, and created a Ghost with the souls of 100,000 humans. He intended to embark on a different path of immortality from the Immortal King. If all of his plans were to be carried out smoothly, he might really succeed.
In fact, Lin Li even suspected that the Immortal King's bizarre disappearance had something to do with this Highlord. He still remembered that in the information he had, there seemed to be a mention of a dispute between Osric and the Immortal King, as well as a message left behind in the laboratory of the Central Tower that was not very respectful.
In the face of such a terrifying enemy, Lin Li really did not have much confidence even though he had now stepped into the Sanctuary-realm. In fact, deep down, Lin Li would rather face the Flame Dragon Lothar and the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera, who were at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm, than face the Highlord Osric.
However, Lin Li did not have a choice. Did he really come to the Sky Castle this time just to take it as his own? He had obtained Osric's Eternal Furnace and snatched Osric's perfect body. There was no way that this feud could be resolved. Once this Highlord regained his strength and descended to Anril, the first thing he would probably do would be to destroy Lin Li and the Tower of Dusk, and take back the Eternal Furnace and perfect body.
That was one of the most important reasons why Lin Li set foot in the Sky Castle again. He hoped to eliminate this huge threat completely before Osric fully recovered.
The biggest reason why Lin Li dared to take the initiative to find trouble with Osric was that he had passed the Immortal King's test and obtained the control magical crystal when he first came to the Sky Castle. If he could really fully control the Sky Castle through the control magical crystal, he would be more confident in going against Osric.
However, after stepping into the Sky Castle again, he could tell that the difficulty of this task was not ordinary. Regardless of whether Osric had fully recovered or not, it was obvious that this Highlord had very likely obtained control of a part of the Sky Castle in the past two years.
Although Lin Li had studied a lot of information about the Sky Castle, he was probably far from Osric's understanding of the Sky Castle. After all, Osric had obtained most of the Immortal King's inheritance back then, and even modeled the Eternal Furnace after the Sky Castle. Clearly, he had a deep understanding of it.
In that case, even if Lin Li had the control magical crystal, there was no way he could guarantee that he could successfully gain control of the Sky Castle.
Perhaps the only thing that was worth rejoicing about was that Lin Li was still relatively well-versed in the use of the control magical crystal. Even if the operation this time failed, he could at least use the power of the control magical crystal to teleport himself and his subordinates back to Anril. As for the teams of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom, Lin Li was afraid that there was nothing he could do.
Besides, if that really happened, Lin Li would have no choice but to seek help from the three arbitrators. Osric, who had full control of the Sky Castle, was not someone that he, who had just entered the Sanctuary-realm, could deal with.
Lin Li was fearful of Osric, and hence did not feel the slightest bit of joy about the smooth and speedy advancement in front of him. Instead, he was more worried. He knew very well how terrifying the combination of Osric and the Sky Castle would be. The current situation was just a superficial phenomenon, and could even be considered the calm before the storm.
However, Lin Li did not mention his worries to the senior executives of the other two forces. He knew that at this juncture, especially after a huge crisis had been resolved, the senior executives of the two forces would not listen to any warnings at all.
Just as Lin Li thought, at this moment, almost everyone in the teams of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom thought that it was only natural for them to advance so smoothly.
The expedition advanced all the way to the interior of the Sky Castle, and almost did not encounter any decent enemies. Besides, they also gained some gains from the buildings on both sides of the street. That made everyone seem even more excited, as if the Immortal King's treasure had been opened to them.
Yes, after passing the Elemental Dragon's test, it was simply too smooth! Look, aren't we about to enter the central area of the Sky Castle!? The Immortal King's treasure is waiting for us to take it at will. This is going to be a carnival that belongs to us!
At this moment, the people of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom even felt a little regretful. If they had known that everything would be so smooth, they would have explored the periphery of the Sky Castle first before exploring the central area. Of course, it would have been the same if they had explored the central area first. Anyway, the truly valuable things were still in the central area.
However, at this moment, the thick fog that surrounded the Sky Castle suddenly retreated in all directions like a receding tide. In the blink of an eye, the entire Sky Castle became clear. The members of the expedition were also shocked by the change. At the same time, they discovered that the fog was retreating in the direction of the Magic Tower that they could still see behind them.
At this moment, the Magic Tower had been completely enveloped by the gray fog, and it looked like a huge gray pillar. However, that did not last long. Within a few breaths, the fog was completely engulfed by the Magic Tower, revealing the true appearance of the tower again.
However, the appearance of the Magic Tower that had devoured the fog was clearly different from before. The tower was glowing with a magical light, and the massive and complex mageweaths that covered the tower exuded a terrifying aura of annihilation.
At the top of the magic tower, a thick, ink-like black fog was constantly being sprayed into the sky, forming an extremely thick, umbrella-shaped dark cloud above the magic tower. It was constantly spreading to the surrounding space at a rapid speed.
At the same time, although the surrounding buildings were blocking them, the members of the expedition could still see that there were similar dark clouds forming in the sky in other directions of the Sky Castle. Soon, they connected and shrouded the entire Sky Castle.
"Damn it … Damn it, that's a Double-Realm Psychic Tower!" Seeing this scene, Archbishop Martin was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he yelled in disbelief.
Everyone knew that the Psychic Tower was the Magic Tower of Necromancers. It was where Necromancers studied Necromagic. At the same time, it also greatly enhanced the power of Necromagic. Almost every Necromancer had the lifelong goal of building a Psychic Tower. It could be said to be the highest crystallization of Necromagic. A Necromancer with a Psychic Tower would be almost invincible as long as they were in a place covered by the black fog of the Psychic Tower.
It was actually very similar to the Magic Tower of mages. The main reason that the construction of a Psychic Tower was countless times more difficult than that of ordinary Magic Towers was actually the environment. During the Dark Age, although the High Elves secretly studied Necromagic, they had always been ruthless towards Necromancers on the surface. After the end of the Dark Age, there was the Brilliance Shrine, which also made it difficult for Necromancers to survive.
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