Proceed with caution
But it is still far from the time to be truly at ease.
As soon as he entered the house, Ximu kept an eye on the situation inside - although the expected ambush did not occur, a strong musty smell hit his nose, quickly diverting everyone's attention.
There was no light in the entire Moon Viewing Tower. Morina took out the lantern that had not appeared for a long time and used "Float" to lift it into the air.
The originally ordinary lantern had obviously undergone another round of transformation. With the help of the runes around it, the range of light was greatly improved, almost illuminating most of the area in the hall on the first floor.
This should have been a nice place to live with beautiful decoration and unique taste, but...
The dilapidated walls, collapsed ground, and furniture covered with dust, the color of which can no longer be distinguished, all indicate that time has completely abandoned this place.
The scene inside the Moon Viewing Tower is actually "real"?!
Faced with such dangerous ground conditions, we naturally cannot move forward rashly.
Ruixia threw a mechanical ball to each of the four corners of the hall. After the four small balls gurgled into place, each stretched out two small feet to fix in place, and then turned on the mechanical expansion. Two by two, in the blink of an eye, an energy wall was opened that covered almost half of the ground area.
"It's better to reinforce it. It would be bad if someone suddenly falls down while walking."
Everyone had seen Ruixia's abilities, so when they saw Ximu, who was leading the way, walking steadily, they felt relieved and followed one after another.
Under the light of the lantern, everyone looked around but did not find any object similar to a "mirror".
"After all, it's a magic weapon, so it's unlikely to be placed in a reception area... Could it be upstairs?" Molina guessed.
As the team moved forward, a long spiral staircase with a curved shape appeared in sight.
Ruixia looked at Ximu out of habit, wanting to wait for her to give her a look that said "it's safe" before taking any action. However, the latter was now looking up the long steps, her sight merged into the darkness beyond the reach of the light, and it was obvious that she had not yet come to a conclusion.
Suddenly, the expression on Ximu's face changed slightly——
Ruixia thought to herself that something was wrong and was about to speak out to warn her when she was kicked away from her spot by the silver-haired girl!
A sharp gust of wind blew past him, and a strange dark figure landed where he had just stood, holding a cold weapon in his hand!
Without any hesitation, Ruixia immediately exchanged positions with Zhui'en at the side and rear, and protected Morina and Sorens in the middle.
On the other side, Vicia also discovered another enemy who had sneaked up on their side from somewhere. She used the advantage of her spear to quickly force him away from the team, trying her best to prevent him from getting close to the priests and magicians.
Seeing that his teammates still had the strength to cope, Ximu did not rush back to help, but instead flew up the stairs handrail and forced out the person hiding in the shadow of the railing on the second floor!
Compared with the dark figures that had already appeared, this person had a slender figure and clear clothes. He was a man wearing tight clothes and a mask on his face.
But where his eyes should be on his face, there are now only a pair of dark holes, from which materialized darkness flows like liquid, adding a bit of weirdness.
As he appeared, many figures who were hiding in the light of the lanterns also appeared one after another, approaching the team like smoke. Their movements were very similar to Xi Mu's, and they both liked to attack their opponents from behind.
If these former members of the Kelinlet family were still in their prime, their team of six would probably have died here today - but after taking a look at their current condition, Ximu felt a little relieved.
Sure enough, they were trapped here for a long time and could not avoid the fate of being alienated.
Although they are all extremely powerful, under the influence of alienation, their chaotic minds cannot allow them to exert their full strength... In addition, they had already anticipated this situation and had already carried out intensive training to deal with assassins based on Xi Mu. At this moment, everyone adjusted their positions, and no matter how they moved, they made sure that the people standing behind each person were their own people.
The most difficult opponent naturally fell into Ximu's hands.
The strength of the patriarch from a hundred years ago was not to be underestimated. Even though he had lost consciousness, he still retained a terrifying fighting instinct. Similar moves were exchanged over a hundred times in an instant, each seemingly able to predict the other's attacks, resulting in a stalemate for a moment.
What's even more troublesome is that she can rely on the cooperation of her teammates to perform some unexpected operations, and the undead spirit of this clan leader can also summon those dark henchmen to help him break the deadlock -
The situation, which was already outnumbered, became increasingly serious and seemed to be turning into a stalemate.
"We have to find a way to get rid of their leader."
During the break in the battle, Zhui Ling, who was passing by Xi Mu, took the opportunity to communicate: "Those minions around him seem to be one with him. Even if we disperse them, he can summon them again with a wave of his hand... This way we will be exhausted to death."
"I see."
Ximu lowered his gaze and also made up his mind.
Since the moves of the same origin cannot break his defense, let's use something different!
"Sorens!"
She raised her voice and called out, then rushed forward without looking back!
The moment he finished speaking, a magnificent nebula that had once put them in a difficult battle suddenly appeared, shooting out countless rays carrying starlight. The light was so bright that smoke and dust rose up, instantly covering everyone's figures.
This is the magic skill they obtained after defeating the nebula people in the teaching building. Although Sorens is not good at offensive magic and the attack power of the nebula in front of him is far less than that of the original version, but in terms of creating light and shadow and interfering with the opponent's vision, this level is enough!
The members of the Kelinlet family can see in the dark, but it does take some time to adapt to this kind of indiscriminate bombardment of color bombs. After all, the sound caused by the magic bombardment will interfere with their hearing to a certain extent, making it impossible for them to judge the enemy's position and status in the first time.
The moment they reacted, long swords and spears appeared out of nowhere and instantly tore a crack, and a twisted long blade with murderous intent broke the patriarch's weapon and pierced into his head, causing it to explode like a hit watermelon!
The "Thorn of the End" was dispersed before it was fully formed in his hand. Xi Mu landed steadily in mid-air. While calming down the trivial whispers in his ears, he stared at the empty eyes of the patriarch from a hundred years ago.
The already lifeless thing quickly turned into ashes, but the mouth moved slightly, and seemed to say something silently before disappearing completely.
Ximu knew what he said.
He said - the people of the Kelinlet family have nothing but death.
There was no sound, no emotion, like a straightforward summary of his life, or a mocking curse at her.
"Ximu!"
Ruixia ran towards her worriedly, but Ximu raised her hand to stop her, saying that she was fine.
Although everyone was wearing a large number of props engraved with the Heart-Clearing Mantra, to be on the safe side, Morina still gave Ximu an additional Heart-Clearing Blessing when he used the holy objects.
"This place always makes people feel uncomfortable. It's better to be cautious."
The priestess girl muttered as she looked at the brown-haired boy beside her. The latter nodded, agreeing with her and raised the lantern a little higher.
The Moon Viewing Tower had been closed for a long time, the air had not been circulating for a long time, the smell was very turbid, and it made people very irritated.
Moreover, this discomfort was obviously not just on the physical level - after fighting here for a long time, everyone had more or less developed some uncomfortable physical sensations, but only now did they finally have time to feel it.
"The mental interference in this building is probably several times more intense than when we were in the dense forest... Let's not stay here, let's continue upwards."
Ruixia walked to the stairs and looked at Ximu again, worry in her eyes.
Ximu smiled to reassure him, looked up for a final confirmation, and this time finally gave a look that said "okay".
After reinforcing the staircase floor with the same method, the group carefully observed the gaps in the stairwell, guarding against enemies that might fall from the sky, avoiding the surrounding space cracks, and slowly went upstairs one after another.
There weren't many space vortices scattered on the first floor, so everyone was able to relax in the fierce battle just now.
But now, the closer we get to the second floor, the more distorted the space becomes. In some places, we even have to risk using "floating" to bypass them in order to continue passing.
“…Fuck!”
Suddenly there was a scream from the side, and Zhui Neng dodged to the side abruptly. A whirlpool suddenly spun up and passed by his side. Although it did not touch anyone else, it silently swept away a piece of cloth on the edge of his collar.
"The space here has been damaged for a long time. With my current ability, I can't completely resist them. I can only try to avoid them for now."
When saying this, Sorens looked guilty, as if he had caused trouble for everyone due to his lack of ability.
"Are these the kind that form naturally?"
Xi Mu, who was walking in front, raised her foot calmly and asked while watching the almost invisible tiny vortex moving further and further away from her feet.
"Most of them are naturally formed, but... those that move are probably not."
Such spatial distortions were everywhere in the academy before, clearly a natural phenomenon caused by the collapse of the laws of this place. While these vortices could not be touched, their location and size remained essentially fixed. Once their location was memorized, they posed little threat.
But as they gradually approached the truth of the matter, some whirlpools that would suddenly change began to mix in, which really gave them a little scare and trouble at the beginning.
Mia Rhodes had mastered certain spatial laws, and he knew that this must be a little trick he had done secretly behind the scenes.
If most of the control within the academy was not still in the hands of Fises, his temptations and plots against them would have been even more difficult to defend against.
Fortunately, Sorens has been studying hard these days and has made some new breakthroughs in the defense involving spatial power.
Although it is impossible for him to completely resist the erosion of the space vortex with his current ability, the newly developed barrier has a certain defense and warning ability against these sudden and chaotic things. He can always dodge and avoid them immediately when they are hit, no matter how slow his reaction is.
The stairs leading to the second floor were actually not very long, but everyone walked carefully. After going around in circles for most of the day, they only walked about half the way.
At this moment, Zhui Nin, who was walking on the side and behind, paused and suddenly stopped halfway.
"What's wrong?"
Ruixia, who was closest to him, noticed it first and immediately turned around to ask.
But his figure did not fall into the eyes of the man with a blank expression at all - the moment Zhui Neng raised his head, the long sword was unsheathed and slashed towards Ruixia's neck without hesitation!
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