Besides, there were also many Guru-level mageweaths engraved on the crown, the most famous of which was the Magic Reflection Mageweath, which could completely reflect magic below the Sanctuary-level. It also had an extremely high defense against Sanctuary-level magic.
In addition, wearing the High Elven Queen's crown could also enhance the mental strength of the wearer. The enhancement was not gradual, but directly magnified the wearer's mental strength by hundreds of times. At the same time, the wearer could also obtain an endless supply of mana through the Eternity Gem on the crown, which would greatly increase the power of any magic cast.
Simply put, it was a crown of kings, and anyone who wore it would have enough power to suppress everyone else. Of course, that was not absolute. Otherwise, Geresco wouldn't have been able to kill the High Elven Queen.
Most importantly, just like the Moonlight Scepter, the full effects of the High Elven Queen's crown could only be exerted by those who had the royal blood of the High Elves. Although ordinary people could also use it, the effects would be greatly reduced, and it would at most be considered a piece of superb magical equipment.
Lin Li did not know what the Brilliance Shrine wanted the crown for, but he was not interested in it in the first place. Hence, he naturally wouldn't stop them from obtaining it.
According to the information in Archbishop Martin's hands, the expedition soon found the room where the crown might be placed. This time, the key in Archbishop Martin's hand was finally put to use again, and he successfully opened the Magical Thousand-contraption Lock on the door.
In order to reassure Archbishop Martin and the others, Lin Li did not enter the room with them, and instead let Archbishop Martin and Prince Jeremiah search the room themselves. However, as soon as Lin Li saw the two of them enter the room, there was a loud roar, and Jeremiah was blasted out, smashing hard against the wall opposite the door.
Jeremiah first vomited a mouthful of blood, and before Lin Li could ask anything, he anxiously yelled, "Master Felic, please help me. That crown is too powerful."
The crown is too powerful? Jeremiah's words caused everyone present to be stunned. However, the constant roars of magic in the room showed the urgency of the situation.
Even two Legendary powerhouses at the peak of the Legendary-realm could not handle it. That made Lin Li, who originally didn't intend to intervene, a little interested. Besides, since Jeremiah had taken the initiative to ask for help, Lin Li naturally didn't have to worry about being misunderstood. He simply flashed through the door.
After entering the room, the first thing Lin Li saw was Archbishop Martin resisting the countless magic attacks in a disheveled manner. In front of Archbishop Martin, the thing that was continuously attacking was a crown that was floating in mid-air. However, the emptiness was only on the surface. In fact, Lin Li felt a strange mental wave under the crown.
"Spirit Body?" This discovery immediately made Lin Li think of a possibility.
A spiritual body was not a soul. In fact, it was like a memory fragment, a solidified existence of spiritual waves. In Lin Li's opinion, the Spiritual Body under the crown was likely to be an inheritance imprint of a High Elven queen. When the heir to the throne wore the crown, he or she would be able to obtain the legacy of the previous queen through the Spiritual Body.
However, this kind of spiritual body, because it was only a solidified spiritual fluctuation, or some memories, it would never develop its own consciousness. Archbishop Martin and Jeremiah did not have the royal blood of the High Elves. Hence, if they wanted to obtain the queen's crown, they would naturally be counterattacked by the inheritance imprint.
However, although it was just an Inheritance Imprint, the crown itself contained powerful mana. Under the control of the Inheritance Imprint, the combat power displayed was not something that a powerhouse at the peak of the Legendary-realm could contend with even though it did not reach the Sanctuary-realm.
"Master Felic, I don't know what's wrong with this crown. It suddenly launched an attack on us automatically. Do you have any way to subdue it?" Seeing Lin Li enter the room, Archbishop Martin hurriedly resisted the magical attacks while asking Lin Li for help in embarrassment.
In fact, the real value of this crown was the spiritual body in the crown, or rather, the inheritance imprint. Although the High Elves had an extremely long lifespan, and had only been passed down for two generations, the queen of the High Elves had always been the strongest among the High Elves. They were all at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm, and their experience was priceless to anyone. On the other hand, due to the limitations of the bloodline, no one other than the royal family of the High Elves would be able to exert its full power.
Since Archbishop Martin had taken the initiative to request it, Lin Li naturally could not decline. After thinking for a moment, he took out the Moonlight Scepter from the Ring of Endless Storm. Just like the crown, the Moonlight Scepter could not be used by non-royal High Elves. Lin Li was no exception even if he was a Sanctuary powerhouse. However, it was not difficult for Lin Li to activate some of its functions by injecting mana into it.
In fact, when Lin Li took out the Moonlight Scepter, the inheritance imprint on the crown had already been affected. When Lin Li injected mana into the Moonlight Scepter, causing the gem on the top of the Moonlight Scepter to emit light, the inheritance imprint on the crown immediately felt a strong attraction. Almost in an instant, the inheritance imprint was absorbed into the Moonlight Scepter, and the crown fell to the ground.
Although he could not use the Moonlight Scepter, Lin Li could completely read the inheritance imprint of the High Elven Queen through the penetration of his mental strength. However, Lin Li still had the memory fragments of the Immortal King that he had yet to digest. Hence, he could not use the memory of the High Elven Queen's inheritance imprint for the time being.
Watching the crown fall, Archbishop Martin had no idea what Lin Li had done at all. After thanking Lin Li repeatedly, he walked forward to pick up the crown ecstatically. Finally, the goal of the Brilliance Shrine's exploration this time was considered to have been achieved. They could finally account for the loss of so many elites.
At this moment, Donald and the others were standing in front of the gate, watching Archbishop Martin put away the crown with envy. At the same time, they were getting more and more impatient, hoping to get their goal as soon as possible so that they could make up for the huge losses they had suffered during this exploration.
Hence, seeing that Lin Li and the others were fine, Donald immediately leaned forward, and respectfully said, "Master Felic, can we go look for our target now?"
Actually, the forces of the Rotterdam Kingdom were not qualified to be cannon fodder now. However, they were backed by the Rotterdam Kingdom, after all. Hence, as long as they were not courting death, and the thing they were looking for was not very important to Lin Li, Lin Li could not be bothered to make things difficult for them.
Hence, after the expedition left the room, they headed to the other side of the underground space according to the information provided by Donald to search for the so-called lost item of the ancestors of the Rotterdam Kingdom.
According to Donald, the thing they were looking for was in the control center of the Sky Castle. Although the Sky Castle had the control crystal, and could be completely manipulated to carry out any work, the control center actually existed as well. It was similar to manual control, and had lower authority than the control crystal.
It was precisely because of the existence of the control center that the remnants of the High Elves at the end of the Dark Age had the ability to manipulate the Sky Castle and escape from Anril. Otherwise, even Osric, the proud disciple of the Immortal King, could not obtain the control crystal. How could others obtain it and use it?
For the expedition that had the blueprint of the Sky Castle, the control center was easy to find, but it was different from the place where the queen's crown was placed. It was not unguarded. Firstly, there were nearly 100 corporeal Vengeful Spirits, each of which had Legendary-level strength. They were likely left behind by the High Elves who controlled the Sky Castle back then.
At the same time, there were also many Alchemy Colossuses and alchemy puppets in the rooms on the left and right of the control center. They should be in charge of guarding the control center, and each of them was also above the Legendary-level.
Even when the Rotterdam Kingdom's team had just set foot in the Sky Castle, they probably wouldn't be able to gain an advantage from such a force, let alone a team that had been completely defeated now.
The people of the Rotterdam Kingdom, who thought that their search this time would be as smooth as the Brilliance Shrine's, did not expect to be so unlucky. They were almost defenseless when they suddenly encountered such an enemy. That was simply adding insult to injury for the Rotterdam Kingdom's team, which had already suffered a great loss of strength.
If it weren't for the Brilliance Shrine's timely rescue, the Rotterdam Kingdom's team, which had long been crippled, would probably have fallen tragically in front of the finish line. However, even if the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom joined forces, it would still be extremely strenuous for them to fight against hundreds of enemies above the Legendary-level. It was already good enough that they could try their best to ensure that they did not suffer any casualties.
As for the Tower of Dusk, they had been at the back of the team since a long time ago. Hence, when the battle broke out in front, they still walked over slowly, and did not seem to have any intention of helping at all.
Of course, the Tower of Dusk could not be blamed for not helping them. Donald and the others were worried that Lin Li would take a liking to what they were looking for. Hence, they did not want the people of the Tower of Dusk to follow them. Since Donald and the others had that intention, there was no need for the Tower of Dusk to ask for a snub.
In the beginning, Donald and the others were still very unyielding, and did not want to ask for help from the Tower of Dusk, mainly because they were worried that if the Tower of Dusk interfered, there would be too many variables when they finally obtained that item. However, Donald and the others did not persist for even a moment before the door of the control center suddenly opened automatically.
Next, the battle stopped. Be it the Vengeful Spirits, the Alchemy Colossuses, or the people of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom, they all lost the will to continue fighting under the powerful pressure. From the door of the control center, a monster that looked like smoke and was covered with blurry faces slowly floated out.
The body of the monster exuded an extremely cold and sinister resentment, causing the temperature of the entire space to drop to an extreme. Everyone in the expedition, including Archbishop Martin and the other Legendary powerhouses who were at the peak of the Legendary-realm, could not help but tremble when they felt the sinister resentment.
The King of Curses was a Sanctuary-level existence of the Vengeful Spirits that was born for the destruction of the cursed world. As soon as such an existence was born, it would be mercilessly obliterated by the World Laws. However, the King of Curses only existed here because the Sky Castle was in the void outside of Anril.
After walking out of the control center, the King of Curses was surrounded by endless resentment. The extremely sinister power of the curse formed a Curse Domain that cursed everything.
With the appearance of the King of Curses, the two Alchemy Colossuses of the Rotterdam Kingdom's team that were at the front suddenly emitted the sound of metal rubbing against each other without being attacked. Immediately afterwards, they collapsed without any warning. The metallurgist who was riding in the Alchemy Colossuses had already lost his breath, and black blood flowed out of his seven orifices.
After the two Alchemy Colossuses, the warriors of the Rotterdam Kingdom's team also suddenly burst into a cloud of blood mist. They died miserably without even having the chance to scream. That was simply killing without leaving a trace! Everyone was stunned by the scene, but when they thought about escaping, they realized that they had already lost control of their bodies.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the powerhouses who were at the peak of the Legendary realm could not move at this moment. In fact, Archbishop Martin and the others even felt that their minds were falling into a trance. Once they really did, they would be at the mercy of the other party.
In the face of the power of the curse of the King of Curses, even the purification power of the Holy Light lost its effect, and was even tainted by the power of the curse. It was a curse on everything in the world, the world, and the gods. With such power, once the King of Curses reached the peak of the Sanctuary-realm, it would become a terrifying existence that even the gods would have to avoid.
Although there was no intense battle, the situation they were in at this moment was more dangerous than any battle they had ever been in before. Although the expedition had also encountered many enemies that were difficult to contend with in the previous battles, they could at least fight against them. However, in the face of the pervasive power of the curse of the King of Curses, there was nothing they could do at all even if they wanted to. All of them had become lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
"Master Felic, please help us on account of the fact that we've put in a lot of effort along the way!" Donald shouted for help almost with all his might.
However, none of them, including Archbishop Martin, had much hope that Lin Li would help them. It was because the greatest reliance of the Sanctuary Masters was the Domain World, and the power of the curse of the King of Curses happened to be the destroyer of the World Laws. It could be said to be the nemesis of the Sanctuary Masters.
With the power of the curse that could destroy the World Laws, the King of Curses could still pose a great threat to the Sanctuary Masters of a higher level even though it was slightly inferior in level.
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