The reason why Lin Li picked up the bone bead was precisely because of its ordinariness. Although Lin Li did not participate in the battle to destroy the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, he could imagine how intense the battle was just by looking at the surrounding scene. However, the ordinary-looking bone bead was not damaged at all during the battle. That was probably not a coincidence.
After Lin Li got the bone bead, he did not stop, and instead walked towards another tower while injecting his mental strength into the bone bead to take a closer look. Only then did he discover that although there weren't any mana fluctuations on the surface of the bone bead, it contained a very large amount of life and death power. It was only because the two kinds of power had reached a kind of balance and restrained each other that no power leaked out.
At this moment, Lin Li suddenly remembered that he had read about the Double-Realm Psychic Towers in the Lich's notebook. It mentioned that the key component of the Double-Realm Psychic Towers was something called a Realm Bead. It was said that the Realm Bead was smelted from countless skeletons, and the creature whose bones were extracted had to be alive when the bones were extracted. It could be said to be extremely cruel. The reason why the Double-Realm Psychic Towers could open the space barrier and allow the Undead World to be projected into this space was because of the power of the Realm Bead.
Initially, Lin Li had some doubts about whether the bone bead in his hand was the Realm Bead of the Double-Realm Psychic Towers. However, when the team arrived in front of another tower, he picked up the second bone bead that had rolled in the corner, and his doubts were immediately dispelled.
For Lin Li, who regarded the Sky Castle as his, the destruction of the Double-Realm Psychic Tower would definitely cause him a heartache. Even if he finally destroyed Osric and gained full control of the Sky Castle, it would be impossible for him to rebuild the Double-Realm Psychic Towers. Even if he could find enough materials, where could he find so many fresh lives to sacrifice?
However, given the situation at that time, Lin Li would have no choice but to use the control crystal to escape from the Sky Castle with his team if he did not destroy the Double-Realm Psychic Towers. Even a Sanctuary powerhouse would be exhausted to death in the face of the truly endless Undead Army, not to mention Osric who was lurking in the dark.
Hence, even if he could not bear to part with them, and even if he was sure that he could not rebuild them in the future, Lin Li had no choice but to destroy the Double-Realm Psychic Towers. After all, compared to the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, destroying Highlord Osric was the most important thing at the moment.
However, now that he had found the Realm Bead of the Double-Realm Psychic Tower, Lin Li was more or less comforted. Although there was no hope of rebuilding the Double-Realm Psychic Tower, if he could gather all 36 Realm Beads and embed them on the Black Front Fortress, he would be able to use the power of the Realm Beads to draw in the extremely pure death qi from the Netherworld. Although it could not compare to the Psychic Array formed by the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, the Death Knights and other Undead creatures in the Black Front Fortress could still benefit greatly from it.
The exploration of the second tower only took about ten minutes. Then, it was the third and fourth tower. Although the collection in each tower was not very rich, it would be a considerable gain for the people of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom if they were all gathered together.
In the process, Lin Li would pick up a Realm Bead every time he went near a tower. However, he did not reveal it much later on, and Archbishop Martin, Donald, and the others did not notice it.
The 36 Realm Beads were placed in the Ring of Endless Storm, but Lin Li did not feel much joy, because he did not obtain any information about Osric after exploring the 36 Magic Towers.
Could it be that Osric has already entered the Central Tower? That made Lin Li a little worried. The fact that Connoris did not find anything was enough to prove that Osric was not there. The various previous experiences showed that Osric had not given up on the Sky Castle. Since he was not there now, the only place where Osric could be in the entire Sky Castle was the Central Tower.
Lin Li was so eager to enter the Central Tower previously because he wanted to obtain full control of the Sky Castle before Osric did. As long as he could completely control the Sky Castle, it would be much easier to deal with Osric with the power of the Sky Castle.
However, there were still some deviations in the plan. If Osric had not entered the Central Tower, Lin Li would have been confident that he would be able to reach the top unimpeded with the control crystal in his hands. However, Osric had now occupied the Central Tower, and Lin Li did not believe that Osric would let them and the others find trouble with him.
Although he had the control crystal in his hands, and had walked past the Central Tower once during his first exploration, Lin Li did not think that the Central Tower built by the Immortal King was really limited to that.
In fact, for the Central Tower, the places that Lin Li had explored during his first exploration were only a small part of it. If it were not for Osric, Lin Li would not have to worry about any unknown accidents with the control crystal. However, the current situation was that Osric's control over the Sky Castle was even greater than that of Lin Li, who had the control crystal. Hence, they could not help but worry.
Hence, to Lin Li, the Central Tower could still be considered a place full of unknown dangers even though he had already walked past it once. Lin Li simply could not predict what Osric would obtain in the Central Tower, and what kind of trap he would arrange to deal with him.
After all, the Central Tower was left behind by the Immortal King, and Osric was the Immortal King's proud disciple who had inherited almost all of the Immortal King's knowledge. No one knew the Immortal King better than Osric.
However, Lin Li was unwilling to give up just like that. If it was just Osric, it would be fine. If he could not deal with him, he could still ask the three arbitrators for help. However, if Osric was allowed to completely control the Sky Castle, even the three arbitrators might not be able to do anything to him. That would really be the end of the Tower of Dusk.
The only thing that was worth rejoicing about was that Osric was probably at the critical moment of seizing control of the Sky Castle, and had no time to care about the expedition at all. That was more or less an opportunity. After all, Lin Li had the control crystal, and did not have to seize control bit by bit like Osric. As long as he could rush to the top of the Central Tower before Osric, all of Osric's previous efforts would be in vain.
Of course, on the other hand, Osric could also completely control the Sky Castle at any time, which would not be good for the expedition. Once that happened, the control crystal in Lin Li's hands would basically be useless, and he would have no other choice but to immediately escape with his men.
However, escaping was actually just prolonging his feeble existence. He had taken away the control crystal and seized the perfect body. Lin Li did not think that Osric would let him off easily due to the deep hatred between them.
The Sky Castle was originally the crystallization of the peak of the High Elves' civilization, and it was also the Immortal King's Sky Castle, which was the most powerful of the seven Sky Castles. In the face of the Sky Castle, the Tower of Dusk and the Eternal Furnace were all dregs that could not resist at all.
Hence, even though he knew that it was a risk, Lin Li had no choice but to take it. There were at least two choices in the so-called gamble, but Lin Li only had one choice. It was no longer a gamble, but a real fight to the death. However, although he was going to fight to the death, Lin Li did not reveal the slightest expression on his face. It was as if nothing had happened at all. Otherwise, he would have really scared the people of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom away.
No matter what, at least things had not worsened to the point of no return yet, and it was considered to have given Lin Li a chance of survival. It all depended on whether he could grasp it or not. If he lost this opportunity, there would be almost no possibility of turning the tables in the future. However, if he made good use of this opportunity, he would also be able to obtain unimaginable benefits.
After returning to the resting place of the team, Archbishop Martin and Donald each made arrangements for their own teams, and then came to Lin Li again.
"Master Felic, it will still take some time for the team to completely rest and reorganize. Do you think we should use this time to discuss the next exploration?" Archbishop Martin was already extremely convinced of Lin Li's abilities at this moment. Besides, Lin Li was the Son of The Holy Light, so he seemed to be asking for instructions when he spoke.
Although Donald from the Rotterdam Kingdom remained silent at the side, he was clearly waiting for Lin Li's opinion. Through the exploration of the 36 Magic Towers just now, it had already proven the importance of the Tower of Dusk to the exploration. Although he did not say anything on the surface, he had no choice but to temporarily put aside his pride as a member of the Rotterdam Kingdom.
"Get ready as soon as possible. The next step is to explore the Central Tower," Lin Li said simply. Previously, when they explored the 36 Magic Towers, he did not split the gains equally with the two forces. One reason was that he did not think much of it, and the other reason was that he did not want them to have any reason to object to his opinion.
Indeed, neither Archbishop Martin nor Donald objected to the next exploration of the Central Tower. However, in terms of speed, the Brilliance Shrine had no problem, but the Rotterdam Kingdom's team was a little slower. With the high-level healing potions, the injured could recover quickly, but it would take more time to repair the Alchemy Colossuses of the Rotterdam Kingdom. After all, those people were not as capable as Angelano.
Donald hesitated for a while, and finally said to Lin Li with an awkward expression, "President Felic, the Alchemy Colossuses of ours are more seriously damaged. If we want to completely repair them, I'm afraid it will take a few days. Do you think it's possible to get the short metallurgist from before to help us repair them? "
The Rotterdam Kingdom, which had alchemy as its foundation, actually had to ask an outsider to help repair the Alchemy Colossuses. If word of that got out, they would probably become a laughing stock. However, Donald had no choice. After a series of intense battles, the Alchemy Colossuses had been greatly damaged. The problem of the magical crystals had been solved just now, but the damaged parts were nowhere to be found. In the beginning, they did not expect to encounter so many dangers in the exploration of the Sky Castle. Hence, they did not prepare many spare parts.
It was no longer a matter of repair time. At this time, if there was no other way, the metallurgists of the Rotterdam Kingdom would probably have no choice but to completely give up on a few Alchemy Colossuses and remove the parts for other Alchemy Colossuses. By doing so, firstly, their strength would definitely be reduced due to the lack of Alchemy Colossuses. Secondly, there was no guarantee that the accumulated Alchemy Colossuses could be restored to their normal level.
In Donald's opinion, he actually did not want to go to the Central Tower. There was nothing worth taking the risk in a place that had already been explored. He hoped to accomplish his goal first, and then see what the situation would be like. He could either continue exploring or retreat. The reason why he made such a request was mainly to tell Lin Li that it was not that he disagreed with him, but that it was indeed difficult. He did not believe that the comical dwarf metallurgist would be able to repair the severely damaged Alchemy Colossuses without enough parts.
However, how could Lin Li let go of such a good group of cannon fodder when he felt that Osric was getting more and more difficult to deal with? Lin Li was more or less considerate towards the people of the Brilliance Shrine, but he really did not feel any psychological burden when using the people of the Rotterdam Kingdom.
Hence, after hearing Donald's words, Lin Li did not give him any chance at all, and simply smiled. "Master Donald, you're being too polite. We're partners, after all, so we should help each other out. Don't worry, I'll get someone to help you repair the damaged Alchemy Colossuses. Besides, their performance will definitely not be worse than brand new ones. "
Donald actually did not have any special feelings towards Lin Li's answer. Helping to repair them was one thing, but whether they could repair them well was another. The Alchemy Colossuses that were damaged in the battle this time were not simply paralyzed like before. Instead, they were severely damaged from the inside out, and there was no other way but to replace the parts.
Hence, Donald nodded gratefully, and said, "Thank you very much, I'll go back and make arrangements so that your people can repair them."
After Donald left, Archbishop Martin did not stay any longer. Knowing that they would be exploring the Central Tower next, he bade farewell to Lin Li and went back to organize the team to prepare for entering the Central Tower.
After the two of them left, Lin Li turned to look at the majestic tower in the center of the Sky Castle that he had once set foot in. He squinted slightly and reached out to touch his chin. This time, he really had no choice but to go all out. However, as long as he could get through this, he would be able to truly control the Sky Castle, which was an impregnable battle fortress. Even if he had to go all out, it would be worth it.
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