Chapter 944: Broken Tower
Bang! A pillar of light fell on the body of a High Elven Lich.
However, black fog flashed on the High Elven Lich’s body, and it instantly engulfed the pillar of light that possessed great purification power, leaving no trace of it behind.
After the High Elven Lich that was at the peak of the Legendary-realm joined the battle, the situation of the expedition became even worse. Although the High Elven Lich was also at the peak of the Legendary-level, it had become an invincible existence. Even the purification power of the Holy Light Magic could not hurt him at all. Even if the magic spells and explosions hit him and caused him some damage, his body would recover and become perfect again in the blink of an eye.
Despite the combined strength of three teams and the numerous Legendary powerhouses that were facing the Double-Realm Psychic Tower, they sunk into a stalemate. It was undoubtedly ironic. However, they were not to be blamed for being incompetent. It was just that the Double-Realm Psychic Tower was too magical, and the Lich that was at the peak of the Legendary-realm did not seem like it could be killed no matter what they tried. Even if there were more Legendary powerhouses, it would not change the situation.
As time passed, the strength of the expedition weakened, and they began to panic too. They did not know how long Lin Li was able to resist the Undead creatures while standing behind the team. Once Lin Li encountered issues, the catastrophe would strike, and there would be no more chance of them turning the situation around.
However, the High Elven Lich in front of them was making them feel incredibly frustrated. The problem wasn’t that they couldn’t beat him, but that they couldn’t kill him. Anyone who met such a shameless opponent would probably go crazy. The purification of the Holy Light was not effective, and neither was the burning of the flames. The extreme cold could not freeze him, and thunder and lightning were merely sound and light effects, respectively.
Connoris landed on the head of a Humerus Wyrm, and stabbed it in its eye socket before pulling out a Legendary Dragon Crystal. He then kicked the dead Humerus Wyrm to the ground with both feet. In the blink of an eye, he had already killed more than 10 Humerus Wyrms to prevent them from disturbing those who were surrounding the High Elven Lich.
However, Connoris was extremely displeased now. Several Legendary powerhouses were besieging the High Elven Lich, but there was still no progress after a long time. If that were to go on, they would have to flee. Connoris was now using the perfect body of the Highlord Osric, and he naturally did not want Osric to come knocking on his door one day and snatch the body that he had painstakingly obtained.
“Don’t get embroiled with those Undead creatures. Launch an all-out attack on the tower!” Connoris yelled ruthlessly. He swiftly swung his Eternal Frost Blade at the High Elven Lich, rapidly slashing it up to 100 times. All of a sudden, the High Elven Lich that was being attacked by several peak-Legendary powerhouses was slashed into pieces as numerous cuts covered his body.
The crowd that had been alerted by Connoris immediately resorted to their strongest attacking methods upon seeing the situation, charging towards the Double-Realm Psychic Tower that had been controlled by the Lich.
The light of various magic spells immediately shrouded the Double-Realm Psychic Tower with a deafening roar. However, the Lich that had been cut to pieces was soon revived again. In fact, it didn’t seem weakened at all. With the support of the Lich, the power of the Double-Realm Psychic Tower also exploded once more, easily blocking all the attacks behind it.
Seeing this, everyone’s heart was in despair. In order to destroy the Double-Realm Psychic Tower, they had to kill the High Elven Lich, but in order to do that, they would have to first destroy the Double-Realm Psychic Tower. That was a problem that could not be solved!
However, Connoris acutely discovered that although the Double-Realm Psychic Tower quickly blocked the attacks from behind, the attacks from the front had indeed caused some damage to the tower. However, with the revival of the High Elven Lich, the Double-Realm Psychic Tower was also recovering quickly.
“Continue, don’t stop!” Connoris yelled again. At the same time, he dodged and charged towards the High Elven Lich while continuously waving the Eternal Frost Blade in his hand. Rays of light from the blade pierced through the space and the defensive spells of the Lich before slashing it into pieces once more.
Just like that, the expedition took advantage of the time taken for the Lich to recover, and attacked the Double-Realm Psychic Tower with all their might. After about more than 10 rounds, cobweb-like cracks had gradually appeared on the Double-Realm Psychic Tower. Finally, during another attack, there was a thumping sound, and countless fragments darted everywhere, revealing a different scene.
As the shell of the Double-Realm Psychic Tower collapsed, the Lich that Connoris continuously slashed into pieces no longer revived. The ray of Holy Light cast by Archbishop Martin had completely purified it into nothingness.
Upon sight of that scene, the team almost cheered and rejoiced. One of the Double-Realm Psychic Towers had been destroyed, but that was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that they knew how to do it now. The Lich was not insusceptible to all attacks after all, but its soul fire would not be extinguished. Hence, no matter how damaged its body was, it would still be able to recover. However, recovery would take time, and even if it was just for a moment, the power gathered by the team would be enough to cause damage to the Double-Realm Psychic Tower.
After eliminating the remaining nearby Undead creatures, the expedition did not waste any time at all. According to the map of the Sky Castle, they immediately headed towards another Double-Realm Psychic Tower. Archbishop Martin shot a signal into the sky to inform Lin Li, who was far away, of the team’s next goal. Otherwise, without Lin Li’s protection, the expedition would soon be overwhelmed by the army of Undead creatures.
The expedition was not weak. There were nearly 10 Legendary powerhouses. After mastering the method of destroying the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, their following actions would be a breeze. Besides, with the destruction of the Double-Realm Psychic Towers, the power of the Undead creatures plunged significantly. They became increasingly incapable of hampering the expedition’s actions.
Finally, after one day, the 36 Double-Realm Psychic Towers were destroyed by the expedition, and the ink-black cloud in the sky gradually became thinner as well. At last, it revealed the defensive light of the Sky Castle. The intense death aura had also vanished without a trace.
“Felic, it’s been hard on you.” Seeing Lin Li fly back from afar, Archbishop Martin immediately greeted him. He knew that without Lin Li, who stood behind them to resist the Undead creatures, they would have never overcome the ordeal today.
At this moment, Lin Li’s appearance was no different from before. He did not look like he had gone through a tough battle at all. In comparison, the people of the expedition seemed much more pathetic and disheveled. Besides, the continuous attacks had also caused them to suffer plenty of casualties.
In response to Archbishop Martin’s greeting, Lin Li said a few polite words smilingly before walking to the Tower of Dusk’s team. There were some injured in the Tower of Dusk’s team, but they were much fewer compared to the other two forces’s wounded.
Although the three forces had cooperated to push the 36 Double-Realm Psychic Towers to destruction, the process was quite difficult and thrilling. After all, apart from a Lich that was at the peak of the Legendary-level, each Double-Realm Psychic Tower was also protected by a large number of high-level Undead creatures which were all at about level-20. With the addition of the Double-Realm Psychic Tower Domain and the fearless creatures, the expedition faced great trouble.
Other than the Alchemy Colossuses that had been completely destroyed, almost every remaining Alchemy Colossus of the Rotterdam’s team had to be put through overhaul, or else they might have to be scrapped at some point. There were also more than 10 mages and Knights that were killed in the battle, while half the team was wounded.
The situation of the Brilliance Shrine was slightly better. Although the Power of Light was greatly suppressed there, its restraint against Undead creatures had not been completely removed. However, due to the fact that they were in the domain of the projected world of Undead creatures, it was difficult for them to obtain the Power of Light. As a result, many of the members of the Brilliance Shrine’s team were wounded, though they had fewer casualties.
In any case, with this situation in front of them, all of them could tell that immediately exploring the Central Tower of the Sky Castle would be no different from courting death. Now, the combat power of the three teams was probably not even half of what it was at its peak. Hence, they urgently needed to stop, rest, and recuperate.
However, after the teams began to rest, Archbishop Martin of the Brilliance Shrine and Donald of Rotterdam again went to the Tower of Dusk’s side to discuss the next step of the plan with Lin Li.
Of course, the so-called next step of the plan was not about the team resting and entering the central area of the Sky Castle. Archbishop Martin and Donald mainly wanted to take the opportunity to search the other areas of the Sky Castle while the team was resting, especially the 36 Double-Realm Psychic Towers that had been destroyed.
The initial plan for the exploration was to enter the central area of the Sky Castle as soon as possible and get rid of Osric who worried them the most. Then, they would seek the so-called treasures of the Immortal King. Hence, the route chosen was to advance almost directly towards the central area of the Sky Castle while temporarily ignoring the other areas.
However, in that battle just now, the expedition had almost run through every area of the Sky Castle in order to destroy the Double-Realm Psychic Towers that were scattered all over the Sky Castle. At that time, they had been pressed for time, and couldn’t care less about other issues, but now that the crisis had been eliminated, and they had nothing to do during the recuperation, they might as well take the time to explore all those towers rather than do nothing.
However, while the 36 Double-Realm Psychic Towers had been destroyed, and the enemies in those areas were basically purged, no one could guarantee that there really would not be any more danger. Besides, both teams were severely injured, and basically most of the people had to stay behind to rest and recuperate, while some had to stay on guard. They did not have enough available manpower.
Hence, Archbishop Martin and Donald proceeded to look for Lin Li because they wanted the Tower of Dusk to join them. After all, the three forces were now cooperating.
Although Lin Li’s main target was the Sky Castle, and he did not take the so-called treasures seriously, he did not turn down Archbishop Martin and Donald’s suggestion. Since he still needed them to help him deal with Osric, he felt that he ought to let them get some benefits in advance.
However, Lin Li did not participate in the exploration, and instead told Master Basel and Alan to join them together with some mages. Lin Li did not specifically instruct them to collect any treasures, and left it to them to decide.
Seeing that Lin Li had only sent his men to participate in the exploration while acting uninterested, Archbishop Martin and Donald did not say anything else. Donald, in particular, was even more relieved. Regardless of whether or not Lin Li was pretending to be generous, he probably would not be calculative in terms of distribution of the gains.
After a series of battles, Donald began to have some misgivings about Lin Li and the Tower of Dusk. Lin Li had killed an Elemental Dragon and Ghost Mages, and stopped the army of Undead creatures with his own strength. Regardless of what techniques he used or what secret weapons and equipment he had, it was undeniably a reflection of his ability.
Given the strength of the Rotterdam Kingdom, they naturally did not take the Tower of Dusk, a small force, seriously. However, the problem now was that they were in the Sky Castle, and it would be impossible for the Rotterdam to provide any help for the expedition at this moment. Hence, Donald had no choice but to be wary of the Tower of Dusk.
Soon, the impromptu treasure-hunting team formed by the three forces left the recuperation point under the lead of Archbishop Martin and the rest.
Actually, even if Archbishop Martin and the others pocketed all the treasures from the 36 towers, it might not be able to compare to what Lin Li had gained so far. Although Lin Li didn’t go for any treasures, precious magical equipment and treasures were all for increasing one’s strength and competency.
For others, those battles might’ve been an all-or-nothing deal, but it meant something different to Lin Li.
The mages from the Tower of Dusk had gained some experience, but that was considered an intangible gain. The greatest gains were made by Lin Li’s Undead servants and the Holy Death Knights.
The Holy Death Knights that Lin Li had brought with him on this expedition were basically at level-19 where they had reached the threshold of being promoted to Retribution Knights. If they were ordinary Death Knights, the other Death Knights would stagnate at a certain level forever once one of the ordinary Death Knights had been promoted to a Retribution Knight, unless the latter died.
However, the Death Knights under Lin Li were different. They coincidentally mistook Lin Li for the Retribution Knight, but Lin Li could not really draw power from them like a real Retribution Knight could. Even though the Death Knights would offer their power to him voluntarily out of their nature, Lin Li would not be able to use it at all unless he became a Necromancer.