Lin Xu once asked Mei Ying about the great figure who possessed the ability to enlighten.
However, the Shadow Princess immediately entered a state of amnesia, and Lin Xu was unable to obtain any further information.
At this point, he only thought about it for a moment and then stopped worrying about it. He began to watch Xiaoyu teach Lanling and the newly appeared water spirits.
The island continued its journey in the direction where Chen Shaojie had been killed.
Lin Xu also wanted to personally verify whether breaking through the Golden Ruins and obtaining the Golden Robe could improve his ranking points.
If they can really do that, it proves that Xiao Xing and his group are definitely using the ranking of newcomers to construct a ritual of authority.
He didn't want to miss this competition and feast.
...
Half a day later, the location where Chen Shaojie perished, Lin Xu's island, returned to the coordinate point.
Below are some continuous stretches of loose soil, which is the site of a gold mine.
Moreover, this golden ruin is much larger than the previous one, and the golden soldiers inside look to be of a higher level.
Besides the gold ruins, there are actually some knights, squires, and soldiers remaining on this piece of loose soil.
After Lin Xu absorbed Chen Shaojie's island, he immediately set off to hunt down the bounty hunters. These soldiers of Chen Shaojie who stayed behind to explore the Golden Ruins were lucky enough to survive until now.
Lin Xu looked down and saw many knights, squires, and soldiers with expressions of despair, looking up at his island.
These servants had witnessed the destruction of their island lord and must have been deeply affected. Now that they saw Lin Xu turn back, they were probably cursing him in their hearts.
Lin Xu manipulated the fierce wind to amplify his voice:
"Those below, whoever wishes to surrender, lay down your weapons and go to the east side of the floating soil."
Many soldiers below showed slight changes in their expressions.
Some people want to quietly lay down their weapons.
However, at this moment, the knights and squires snorted and led some soldiers to charge at those who were trying to surrender.
"You who dare to betray the Chen family must die!"
The servants brandished their weapons, ready to kill.
Lin Xu frowned:
"Xiaoyu, fire!"
"OK."
When Lin Xu was on the island, Xiao Yu had been paying some attention to him, and she immediately responded.
The next moment, two heavy machine guns from the airships flew over and opened fire down.
Several loud bangs followed.
All the knights, squires, and soldiers below were hit by cannon fire.
Many soldiers were blown to bits.
The knight's squire, whose armor was sturdy, managed to survive, but he was seriously injured.
Many of the remaining soldiers now looked even more desperate.
More people laid down their weapons and began to obediently walk to the east side of the floating soil.
As for the remaining soldiers and servants, they dared not pursue those who had surrendered. Instead, they began to gather together and try to move closer to the golden ruins.
Lin Xu frowned.
If these people were to hide in the golden ruins, they would most likely be sent to their deaths.
But now, about 90% of the people are trying to enter the ruins. It seems that the loyalty of these nobles is quite high, or that the contracts they signed are too domineering for them to surrender.
Lin Xu had originally planned to have Xiao Yu fire a few more shots to kill those who were trying to continue resisting.
However, he glanced into the distance and saw Lan Ling listening intently to Xiao Yu explaining common sense.
"Why don't we try Lan Ling's abilities?"
Lan Ling has not yet demonstrated her vortex-creating ability.
You can't really gauge the power of an elf's skills unless you see them for yourself.
Lin Xu then beckoned Lan Ling over:
"See those people down there? Except for the unarmed ones on the east side, how many times will it take you to use your skills to take down the rest?"
Lan Ling pressed her finger to her lips and thought for a moment:
"Only once is needed."
"once?"
Lin Xu raised an eyebrow.
Although Lan Ling's skills are AoE, it's unclear whether they will be affected by buildings or terrain obstacles.
If a skill can accurately kill so many people with just one use, then that skill might be far more useful than imagined.
Lin Xu:
"Then give it a try."
Lan Ling nodded.
She didn't make any move.
But the next moment, Lin Xu felt a special kind of water vapor gathering around Lan Ling.
He could only barely sense it because he had mastered a trace of water-based abilities.
Otherwise, Lan Ling would make a move without any warning.
However, when Lin Xu looked down at the situation below, his pupils contracted slightly.
Because the appearance of the loose soil below at this moment can be described as quite dramatic.
In the void, it was as if waves were truly surging, and faint gray ripples appeared.
These ripples rolled and rotated, gradually forming a huge vortex.
As if drawing gray lines out of thin air, this vortex condensed above the soldiers and servants who were trying to resist.
Then, as if drawn in by some mysterious force, these people remained motionless in place.
A moment later, everyone was like rag dolls, their feet leaving the ground and soaring into the air, their bodies all engulfed in the gray vortex.
These people were quickly swept up and spun around in the vortex, then gathered more and more towards the center of the vortex.
When the crowd reached its limit, the next moment, everyone's bodies seemed to be infected by the gray vortex, turning into gray turbulence, and then exploding with a bang.
These people didn't even leave behind any corpses; it was as if their entire bodies had turned into void water and been completely absorbed by the void vortex.
Their equipment, however, has now fallen down and landed back on the loose soil.
Lin Xu looked carefully down.
Just now, all the rebels were sucked into the vortex.
None of the surrendered soldiers who came to the east side of the floating earth were mistakenly killed.
This precision strike capability and powerful destructive force have surpassed the effect of heavy machine guns, making it the island's most powerful area-of-effect weapon.
Lin Xu looked at Lan Ling and spoke directly:
"That's amazing, Lanling! You can assist Xiaoyu from now on and become the island's top gunner!"
Lan Ling tilted her head and looked at Lin Xu. Her ethereal eyes looked deep and mysterious, and it was hard to tell what she was thinking.
Then the water sprite nodded:
“Since it’s Master’s arrangement, Lan Ling will definitely obey. Master looks so happy, and Lan Ling is happy because of that.”
Lin Xu glanced at Lan Ling's pure, even somewhat foolish expression, and thought to himself that he really couldn't tell what the water sprite was feeling just by looking at her expression.
However, he still reached out and patted Lan Ling's head:
"If Lan Ling is happy, I will be happy too. So it's a win-win situation for us."
Lan Ling tilted her head:
"Win-win?"
Lin Xu nodded:
"If I'm happy, you're happy; if you're happy, I'm happy. So we've won twice together, which is a win-win situation."
Lan Ling seemed to understand but not quite:
"It seems like a win-win situation is a good thing, and the master likes it?"
Lin Xu thought it best to have Xiao Yu continue to teach this water sprite, otherwise he might not have enough time to deal with Lan Ling's endless questions.
By this time, most of the enemies on the Golden Ruins had been dealt with.
Lin Xu, along with Tao Yao, turned all the surrendered enemies into mine slaves. Then, some of the group began to collect the spoils of war, while others followed Lin Xu to explore the Golden Ruins.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com