by Zhuang Bifan
When Lin Li and the others first explored the Sky Castle, the Seven-Realm Spiral was the most powerful magic trap that they encountered. Although the power of Lin Li and the rest back then could not be compared to that of Archbishop Martin and the rest, they still managed to pull through—mainly because no one manned the Seven-Realm Spiral for more than 1,000 years.
Although the magic gears and magic traps in the 36 towers could not be compared to those of the Central Tower, they were controlled by Liches of the peak Legendary-realm. Their power had long been activated to the extreme. Actually, they were probably more dangerous than the Central Tower. It was no wonder that Archbishop Martin and the rest took so much time and effort to explore just one.
Lin Li's original intention was not to waste too much time on those Magic Towers. However, the injured members of the team had yet to recover. He also wanted to determine where Osric was, especially to see if there were any clues about the method Osric used to control the Sky Castle.
Lin Li could not imagine how Highlord Osric could control the Sky Castle without the control crystal. However, the various signs showed that Osric had a certain extent of control over the Sky Castle. In fact, he could gain complete control of it any time.
"Alright, then I'll bring someone this time and accompany you on this trip," Lin Li agreed with a nod.
Seeing that Lin Li nodded, the archbishop looked rather elated, while Donald of the Rotterdam Kingdom was secretly displeased. In Donald's opinion, exploring the tower was a bit difficult, but it would at most just take a little more time. There was no need to invite Lin Li to join them at all. Although the Tower of Dusk took part in the exploration just now, it was completely different without the President. If they made any gains, the Tower of Dusk would take away 10% of it.
However, since Archbishop Martin had already invited Lin Li, there was nothing Donald could say. Even if there was no hope of getting close to the Tower of Dusk, they at least could not push the Tower of Dusk and the Brilliance Shrine together.
Lin Li instructed some people and Connoris, in particular, to follow Archbishop Martin back to the Magic Tower. Connoris' body was the perfect body that Osric had made for himself, and although Connoris had already gained a perfect coordination with the perfect body, he could still sense the location of Osric's soul through his body a little bit.
The team arrived in front of a Magic Tower. It was in complete mess, with all sorts of rotting skeletons scattered everywhere, as well as a large number of bloodied fragments exuding death aura. The gates of the tower were wide open. Archbishop Martin was the one who taught them how to open it. Previously, they had only reached the third floor before retreating, and what they gained was just some items that were somewhat valuable.
Archbishop Martin asked Lin Li to join them, but he did not expect Lin Li to solve all the problems at once—he just hoped that with some of his knowledge of the Sky Castle, he would be able to provide some help to them for the exploration. If they faced any problems, it was still necessary for everyone to come together to discuss and solve them. After all, the magic gears and magic traps were left behind by the Immortal King.
Donald also had the same idea. In fact, he did not think that Lin Li would be of much help in particular. The fields of different professions were different worlds. Just because he was good at combat, it did not mean that he was good at everything. Magic gears and magic traps were not magical beasts. They could only be cracked by someone with profound and professional knowledge. Just now, it took a bunch of people and a long period of time to study a magic gear just now. Donald did not think that a young man in his twenties would have such profound knowledge.
The group of people soon arrived on the third floor of the tower, and stopped in front of a magic gear. Actually, there was nothing they could see there except just a few puddles of blood on the ground which had been clearly left behind by Archbishop Martin and the others when they came previously.
After stopping here, Archbishop Martin and Donald turned their heads to look at Lin Li and the others who arrived later. They planned to give him a brief introduction of the place, and then discuss what to do next.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%E2%80%99s-versatile-crafting-master_11275087605321405/battle-spoils_49422953816849988 for visiting.
However, to everyone's surprise, Lin Li and the members of the Tower of Dusk who were under his lead did not stop in their tracks at all. They simply walked over to the location of the magic gear as if they knew nothing.
"Fe…" Archbishop hurriedly yelled, but he was soon dumbfounded and paused.
On the other hand, the people from the Rotterdam Kingdom were initially waiting to see a good show, but they soon acted like they had seen a ghost.
Just before the people of the Tower of Dusk were about to walk to the magic trap, the funny dwarf in colorful armor suddenly wandered out, fiddling with something. He then…
…nothing. Nothing happened! Archbishop Martin and the rest were dumbfounded. The magic gear that had hindered them just now and could not be solved no matter what was actually cracked by the funny dwarf. They could not believe their eyes at all.
Seeing such a scene, Donald became even more enthusiastic. Why bother searching for treasures. The dwarf himself was simply a treasure. After seeing Angelano's attainments when he was fixing the Alchemy Colossuses, Donald had the intentions of getting close to him. Now that he had seen Angelano cracking the magic gear easily, that idea popped out uncontrollably.
However, that was only the beginning. As the magic gears and magic traps were cracked one by one, the team's advancement did not decrease in speed or get affected at all. They did not even stop in their tracks. The vexing magic gears and magic traps did not have any effect in front of the funny dwarf. The people of the two forces gradually got numb while standing in the back.
They got up to the fourth floor, the fifth floor, and finally reached the top floor of the Magic Tower. It could be said that their journey was rather smooth-sailing. Although everyone was surprised by the performance of the Tower of Dusk, they did not let go of the various valuable things they encountered along the way.
However, the wealth of the Magic Tower was actually worse than what people imagined. There were some precious magical materials and high-level magical equipment. However, they were far from being treasures. Perhaps, for the average person, the harvest could still be called huge, but what kind of level were the people from the Brilliance Shrine and Rotterdam?
Of course, it was not just a Magic Tower. Perhaps, there would be better ones in the other Magic Towers, or maybe there was none. If they could explore all 36 towers, the wealth acc.u.mulated would be shocking.
Lin Li, however, despised those items, and he could not even be bothered to discuss with them the distribution of the items. The reason he was there was to search for any hidden spaces to see if Osric was hiding somewhere, or if there were any clues about Osric's method of controlling the Sky Castle.
Unfortunately, even when they made it all the way to the top of the tower, Connoris still did not detect any information about Osric through his body. Although there were some magic books in the tower, as well as a few notes from the High Elven Liches back then, nothing useful was mentioned in them.
"President Felic, should we distribute the items? After all, we are partners, and thanks to your people, we can explore the towers so quickly and smoothly." After reaching the top floor of the tower, the expedition conducted a thorough search again. However, the Tower of Dusk's decision not to take anything made Archbishop Martin feel rather guilty.
After all, in Archbishop Martin's eyes, Lin Li was part of the Brilliance Shrine, and no matter what his identity was to others, he would always be related to the Brilliance Shrine since he was the Son of The Holy Light. Of course, his identity was still unproven, but it was mainly because Lin Li himself refuse
d to admit it. Archbishop Martin trusted Pope Rosario's judgment more.
Therefore, Archbishop Martin hoped that the Tower of Dusk would also participate in the distribution of the spoils. Anyway, one did not allow benefits created by one's own work to accrue to others. If the Tower of Dusk joined in the distribution, the people of the Rotterdam Kingdom would get a smaller share.
Donald did not know about the matters regarding the so-called Son of The Holy Light; hence, when he heard Archbishop Martin's words, his face naturally grew sullen as he secretly criticized Archbishop Martin for being silly. However, he dared not blatantly oppose him. After all, in the following exploration, he clearly still needed to rely on the people of the Tower of Dusk. Hence, he decided to give them some advice.
However, in the face of their persuasion, Lin Li did not waver. Instead, he shook his head, and said, "You can distribute them amongst yourselves. If there is nothing else, let's move on to the next tower."
Lin Li really didn't care about the so-called treasures. If he could successfully get rid of Osric, then the entire Sky Castle would belong to him. Those items were nothing compared to that. However, if he couldn't get rid of Osric, it would be nothing even if he got more treasures.
Seeing that Lin Li was so stubborn, Archbishop Martin and Donald no longer persuaded him, and the two forces split the spoils before leaving the Magic Tower without staying, They walked out of the tower, feeling secretly amazed at the fact that the Tower of Dusk had gotten such a competent dwarf who could crack all magic gears and magic traps. They only took about 10 minutes in total.
However, when he walked out of the gate of the tower, Lin Li had a sudden idea, and he waved his hand, after which a fist-sized bone pearl flew into his hand.
He barely felt any mana fluctuations in the bone pearl, which did not emit the slightest death aura, either. It looked just like an ordinary worthless ornament. Hence, when they saw what Lin Li did, Archbishop Martin did not ask anything, although they were a little puzzled. They did not find there to be anything special about the bone pearl.
Chapter 948 - Bone Pearl
The reason that Lin Li picked up the bone pearl was precisely because of its ordinariness. Although Lin Li hadn't participated in the battle to destroy the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, he could imagine how intense the battle had been just by looking at the surrounding scenes. Yet, the ordinary-looking bone pearl hadn't been damaged at all in the battle. Thus, Lin Li reckoned that it definitely was not a coincidence.
After Lin Li got the bone pearl, he did not stop, and instead he walked towards another tower while examining the bone pearl with his mental strength. He only discovered then that although there wasn't a trace of mana on the surface, there was actually a very large amount of life and death power in it. However, neither of the powers was exposed, because they had reached a balance.
At this moment, Lin Li suddenly remembered what he had read about a key component of the Double-Realm Psychic Tower in the notes belonging to the Lich. It was known as the Realm Pearl. Legend had it that it was refined from countless skeletons. During the extraction of the bones, the bones had to be taken away from living beings when they were alive. It could be described as cruel and ruthless. Besides, a spatial barrier could be activated in the Double-Realm Psychic Tower to allow the world of the Undead creatures to be projected into that space, which was precisely due to the power of the Realm Bead.
Originally, Lin Li had some doubts as to whether the bone pearl in his hand was the Realm Pearl of the Double-Realm Psychic Towers. However, when the team reached another tower, he picked up a second bone pearl that had rolled into a corner. Half of his doubts were cleared then. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%E2%80%99s-versatile-crafting-master_11275087605321405/bone-pearl_49422954085285449 for visiting.
Lin Li, who already treated the Sky Castle as his own, obviously felt the pinch because of the destruction of the Double-Realm Psychic Towers. Even if he destroyed Osric and gained full control over the Sky Castle, reconstructing the Double-Realm Psychic Towers was impossible. Even if he could find enough materials, he couldn't find that many lives to sacrifice.
However, given the situation, if they had not destroyed the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, Lin Li would probably have had to use the control crystal to flee the Sky Castle with the team. Facing the truly infinite army of Undead creatures, even Sanctuary powerhouses would be exhausted to death. Besides, Osric was still keeping an eye on them in the dark.
Therefore, even though he was reluctant, and was certain that he would not be able to rebuild the Double-Realm Psychic Towers in the future, he had no choice but to destroy them. After all, compared to the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, destroying Highlord Osric was the most important thing to do now.
However, the discovery of the Realm Pearl of the 36 Double-Realm Psychic Towers made Lin Li feel somewhat comforted. Although there was no longer any hope in rebuilding the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, he would be able to install the 36 Realm Pearls in the Black Front Fortress if he could find all of them. He could then use their power to attract the pure death aura from the world of the Undead creatures. Although it could not compare to the Psychic Array of the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, it would allow the Death Knights and Undead creatures in the Black Front Fortress to gain great benefits.
They only took 10-odd minutes to explore the second tower before moving on to the third and fourth ones. Although they did not gain much in every tower, the spoils combined would be quite a considerable gain for the people of the Brilliance Shrine and Rotterdam Kingdom.
In the process, every time Lin Li went near a tower, he would pick up a Realm Pearl. However, they rarely appeared later. Archbishop Martin, Donald, and the rest did not notice it.
Although Lin Li placed the 36 Realm Pearls into his Ring of Endless Storm, he did not feel too elated, because he did not gain any information about Osric after exploring the 36 Magic Towers.
Could Osric have already entered the Central Tower? That made Lin Li feel a little worried. Connoris did not discover anything. That was enough to prove that Osric really was not there. All the previous experiences showed that Osric hadn't abandoned the Sky Castle. Since he was not there, the Central Tower was the only place where Osric might be.
Previously, Lin Li had been rather eager to enter the Central Tower because he wanted to gain complete control of the Sky Castle before Osric did. Once he had complete control of the Sky Castle, it would be much easier to deal with Osric in the future.
However, there was still a deviation in the plan in the end. If Osric did not enter the Central Tower, Lin Li would be confident that he would be able to reach the top without any obstructions along the way with the control crystal. However, Osric now occupied the Central Tower, and Lin Li did not think that he would allow him and his people to create trouble for him.
Although he had the control crystal and had walked through the Central Tower once during his first exploration, Lin Li did not believe that the Central Tower built by the Immortal King was really limited to that.
In fact, Lin Li had only explored a small area of the Central Tower during his first exploration. If not for Osric, Lin Li wouldn't have to worry about any unknown accidents, since he had the control crystal. However, the current situation was that Osric's mastery of the Sky Castle was in fact greater than Lin Li's mastery of the control crystal. Hence, he had to be worried.
Even though Lin Li had already walked through it once, the Central Tower was still a place that was full of unknown dangers to Lin Li. He could not predict what Osric would place in the Central Tower and what kind of traps he would lay to deal with him.
After all, the Central Tower was left behind by the Immortal King, and Osric was a proud disciple of the Immortal King who had inherited almost all of the Immortal King's knowledge. No one understood the Immortal King better than Osric did.
However, Lin Li wasn't willing to give up just like that. It would be fine if there was just one Osric to deal with. If he could not deal with him himself, he could still ask the three arbitrators for help. However, if Osric had complete control of the Sky Castle, the three arbitrators might not be able to do anything to him even if they were to intervene. That would truly be the end of the Tower of Dusk then.
The only thing to be thankful for was that Osric had probably reached the critical juncture of gaining control of the Sky Castle, and did not have time to bother with the expedition. That was more or less a chance. After all, Lin Li had the control crystal, and he did not need to gain control bit by bit like Osric. As long as he was able to get to the top of the Central Tower before Osric did, all of Osric's previous efforts would only be in vain.
Of course, if it was the other way around, it was possible that Osric could take complete control of the Sky Castle any time, and that would not be good for the expedition. If that happened, the control crystal that Lin Li had would basically be useless. Other than fleeing with his people, there would be no other choice for Lin Li.
However, escaping wasn't actually just a matter of surviving. He had taken away the control crystal and the perfect body. Since Osric had such a strong hatred for Lin Li, he definitely would not let Lin Li off easily.
The Sky Castle was the product of the High Elves during their pinnacle. This Sky Castle, which belonged to the Immortal King, was the strongest of the seven Sky Castles. Facing the Sky Castle, the Tower of Dusk and the Eternal Furnace would be too weak to even resist.
Hence, even though Lin Li knew it was risky, he had no choice but to take the risk. Taking a so-called gamble would at least allow him to have two choices. However, Lin Li only had one option now, and thus that was no longer a gamble, but a true fight where he would be putting his life at risk.
Even though he had to fight for his life, Lin Li did not reveal any expression. It was as if nothing happened at all. Otherwise, he would probably scare the people of the Brilliance Shrine and Rotterdam Kingdom off.
