noveltune Chapter 60 Star Upgrades, Orange Cards, and Memories
Chapter 60 Star Upgrades, Orange Cards, and Memories
With a flash of blue light, Lu Wu, tall and mighty, with a tiger's body, nine tails, a human face, and tiger claws, instantly appeared.
"They have quite a few men, but before absolute power, everything is in vain!"
The mermaid woman chuckled and lightly raised her jade-like hand.
A pale blue zither suddenly appeared in her hand.
With a flick of her fingertip, a series of sonic notes instantly materialized.
Like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, it enveloped the area ahead.
"call out!"
Before Lin Mo could give the order, the Mountain Spirits and the others instinctively activated their movement techniques.
With a few quick movements, he dodged it in an instant.
Oval-shaped sonic blasts grazed past them and struck the ground.
Countless fragments of rock flew everywhere, instantly creating deep craters.
"This is practically a mobile artillery emplacement! Someone has to hold it off head-on!"
Lin Mo watched in astonishment, and on a whim, immediately issued an attack command to Shen Tu and Yu Lei.
Upon receiving the order, Shen Tu and Yu Lei swayed and rushed forward.
The two generals clashed swords and halberds, and in the blink of an eye, they summoned the Devouring Black Tiger.
"roar!"
The Devouring Black Tiger let out a loud roar, leaped into the air, and pounced fiercely towards the mermaid woman.
The blood-red plate opened its mouth wide, revealing its menacing fangs.
At the same time, Lu Wu also arrived at the right side of the mermaid woman.
Its right claw was enveloped in golden spiritual energy, and it swung out like lightning, creating gusts of wind, its speed so fast that it was like a blur.
The mountain spirit wasn't idle either.
A wisp of spiritual energy from plants condensed at her fingertips, and with a flick of her jade finger, it entered Lu Wu's body.
Immediately, her hands trembled like butterflies flitting among flowers, drawing arrays in the air.
The next instant, the red leopard and the raccoon emerged from the magic circle, transforming into two bolts of lightning of different colors and flying towards the mermaid woman in mid-air.
As soon as the mountain spirits and the others set off, Lin Mo felt his spiritual energy and mental power drain away rapidly, like a flood.
In the blink of an eye, a quarter of it was consumed.
Fortunately, the Starry Sea Meditation Technique and the Purple Cloud Breathing Technique operated automatically, slowly restoring his depleted mental and spiritual energy.
Otherwise, controlling it all at once would be really difficult to maintain.
The mermaid woman glanced at the several figures around her, a faint hint of disdain appearing on her exquisite face.
A surge of blue light erupted from her body, and a wave-like ripple spread outwards.
The figures of the mountain spirits and their companions immediately slowed down at a visible speed, as if they were trapped in a quagmire.
"This is... a deceleration zone?"
Lin Mo's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately ordered the four card spirits to retreat quickly and leave the slowing area.
However, just as the mountain spirits and their companions set off, the mermaid woman's attack arrived.
Her delicate fingers plucked the strings of the zither, producing a series of notes in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, it covered a distance of several meters.
It was too late to dodge at that point.
Upon seeing this, Yu Lei immediately brandished his peach wood sword, creating a series of sword flowers and condensing three peach talismans.
The peach charms entered the bodies of Shen Tu, Yu Lei, and Lu Wu, instantly transforming into layers of shimmering white barriers that enveloped them.
The mountain spirit then released its spiritual power, which condensed into strands of green vines.
The vines intertwined and entwined, eventually forming a wall of vines.
"Bang bang bang!"
The moment the vine wall took shape, the sonic blast released by the mermaid woman arrived instantly.
The red leopard and the evil-devouring black tiger only lasted a few breaths before dissipating into spiritual light.
The vine wall and the shimmering white barrier didn't last long either, shattering one after another with a few soft popping sounds.
Fortunately, Lin Mo reacted quickly, ordering them to retreat almost the instant the barrier shattered.
Therefore, they barely avoided these sonic attacks.
"Such high output!"
Lin Mo murmured something, a glint of sternness flashing in his eyes, as all the spiritual energy within him surged forth.
In the next instant, the Mountain Spirit, Shen Tu Yu Lei, and Lu Wu all emitted dazzling light.
A golden barrier formed first, enveloping the mermaid woman.
The latter instantly entered a forced attack state, subconsciously letting out a shrill scream, which condensed into a musical bronze bell and blasted towards the two generals, Shen Tu and Yu Lei.
Just then, Lu Wu's body swelled up, and he entered a defensive stance.
A powerful, circular shockwave instantly swept outwards.
The mermaid woman struck by the shockwave, along with the four gluttonous creatures she had summoned, felt a chill run down their spines.
The current attack action was immediately interrupted.
The mermaid woman's newly formed musical bronze bell vanished instantly, dissipating into specks of light.
Her face suddenly turned pale, clearly suffering from a backlash of spiritual energy.
"Although it doesn't deal damage, it's absolutely invincible for interrupting enemy skills!"
A hint of joy flashed in Lin Mo's eyes, and he immediately ordered Shan Gui and Lu Wu to launch the final all-out attack.
Lu Wu leaped into the air, spun around a few times, and arrived beside the controlled mermaid woman, sweeping out his nine long tails.
Because the control time of Shen Tu and Yu Lei is limited, and it gradually decreases with the level difference.
Therefore, Lin Mo directly instructed him to use his full strength.
"Clatter!"
With a sharp crack, the mermaid woman was struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood as her body was thrown into the air like a kite with a broken string.
Seeing this, Lu Wu lightly touched the air with his four tiger paws and lunged forward again.
Golden light shimmered on the two menacing tiger claws, and a violent wave emanated from them.
It was none other than the Rock Piercing Claw!
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
Three afterimages flashed by, and three deep, bone-revealing wounds instantly appeared on the mermaid woman's flat, fair abdomen.
Amidst the churning of flesh and blood, the internal organs were clearly visible.
Lu Wu has now entered a defensive stance, greatly increasing his attack power. With the added boost from the Mountain Spirit's fragrance, his damage output has reached another level.
With just this one move, the mermaid woman was seriously injured.
At the same time, the mountain spirit's attack also arrived.
She completely unleashed her divine power, transforming into the mountains and forests themselves.
Countless vines grew taller in the wind, transforming into thick shackles that firmly bound them.
Immediately afterwards, the falling leaves coalesced and enveloped the mermaid woman, indiscriminately slicing her apart.
"Hiss!"
Spikes of blue blood gushed out, and the mermaid woman let out a bloodcurdling scream.
His body was covered with countless wounds, and his breath was extremely weak.
"How dare you scratch my face! I'll take your life!"
The mermaid woman roared angrily.
A surge of power emanated from her, instantly blasting away the nearby mountain spirit and Lu Wu.
The next instant, the vines binding her snapped off layer by layer.
Her bloodshot eyes were wide open, and her once beautiful face was now grotesque.
He let out a long howl, uttering a series of syllables whose meaning was unclear.
In the next instant, four torrents gushed out from the octopus witch, the marine iguana warrior, the black water naga, and the glowing jellyfish, and entered her body.
The numerous wounds on her body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she was completely restored in the blink of an eye.
"Holy crap, I'm back to full health instantly?"
Seeing the unharmed mermaid woman before him, Lin Mo was dumbfounded: "Is this even possible?"
The Mountain Spirit and Lu Wu used all their skills, and after finally getting them to low health, one skill restored them to full health.
Doesn't that mean that as long as those four subordinates don't die, this guy can regenerate health infinitely like a perpetual motion machine?
Is this really necessary?
Upon realizing this, Lin Mo immediately called out loudly to Jin Zhao and the others:
"You'd better finish off your opponents quickly. As long as these four Gluttonous Beasts are alive, this mermaid will keep regenerating health and is practically unkillable!"
"Is that so?"
Jin Zhao directed Wong Tai Sin to force back the octopus shaman in front of him, his face showing surprise.
A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, and he took out a Spirit Return Card from his robes and crushed it: "In that case, we must finish this quickly!"
After saying this, the Yellow Immortal and the White Immortal in front of him immediately transformed into human form, seemingly entering a second state.
Seeing this, the other three also unleashed their most powerful skills.
Lin Mo then commanded the Mountain Ghosts and the others to rush forward again.
About ten minutes later, Yang Shuang'er and her sister were the first to kill their opponents.
Their cards can form synergies with each other, and when they fight together, it's like having several additional buffs, greatly increasing their power.
After a fierce battle, they actually managed to take down the Blackwater Naga and the Glowing Jellyfish.
Following closely behind was Zhen Xu.
Before long, Jin Zhao also successfully defeated his opponent.
However, due to the successive use of deadly moves, the group had very little spiritual energy left and could no longer sustain the battle.
Therefore, after the group finished collecting the fallen materials, they handed the battlefield over to Lin Mo and found a corner to slowly recover their spiritual power.
After the battle just now, they could see that Lin Mo was quite strong and that dealing with this mutated mermaid without any subordinates should not be a problem.
Almost the instant the four Gluttonous Species were eliminated,
The mermaid woman glowed brightly as she plummeted from mid-air, landing on her fishtail.
The fingernails on those delicate hands instantly turned sharp as claws, as if switching from ranged mode to melee mode.
"It's gone berserk?"
Lin Mo raised an eyebrow upon seeing this.
With a slight thought, Lu Wu charged forward again, his tiger claws suddenly rising, only to be blocked by the mermaid woman's sharp claws.
A tremendous force struck, and Lu Wu was immediately forced back several steps.
Taking advantage of the mermaid woman's moment of defeating Lu Wu, Shen Tu suddenly stepped forward and lashed out at her head with his reed rope.
Caught off guard, the mermaid was struck squarely and instantly fell into a spirit-binding state.
Lin Mo seized the opportunity and ordered Shan Gui and Lu Wu to close in again.
After a while, with the combined efforts of the mountain spirits Tu Yulei and Lu Wu,
The mermaid woman finally collapsed slowly, and then fell silent.
However, whether it was just his imagination or not, Lin Mo felt that the mermaid woman's last look at him carried a hint of relief and gratitude.
A moment later, four dazzling beams of light descended from the sky and entered the bodies of the mountain spirits and the others.
A violent surge of energy emanated from it.
The Mountain Spirits and the others actually leveled up at the same time!
Apart from Shen Tu and Yu Lei, who are at the Black Iron Five Stars, Shan Gui and Lu Wu have both reached the Black Iron Six Stars.
"Can Lu Wu also be upgraded to a higher star level?"
Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, his face showing a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
The difficulty of upgrading purple source cards and blue source cards is too different!
Of course, it's also possible that Lu Wu gained so much experience from killing the mermaid woman that he leveled up as well!
"You have to kill high-quality mutants that are way higher level than you to level up quickly!"
Lin Mo sighed, then walked up to the merman woman and took out a blank card.
Since the mermaid woman couldn't extract the materials, he would have to do it himself!
As Lin Mo recited the sealing incantation, the mermaid woman was instantly drawn into the blank card as if by something.
Intricate patterns automatically spread across the card, eventually coalescing into the shape of a mermaid woman.
【Sea Witch - Mermaid Princess】(Orange)
At the same time, Lin Mo also sensed the card's detailed information.
"It's epic quality?"
Lin Mo was stunned, looking at the card in his hand in disbelief.
This was the first time he had obtained an orange-tier material card.
Just then, a series of unfamiliar memories suddenly flooded into his mind.
The scene before him changed rapidly, and Lin Mo found himself in a vast expanse of blue sea.
Beautiful coral reefs were all around, constantly swaying, as if beckoning the colorful fish that passed by.
There were also many glowing jellyfish drifting slowly around, leisurely swimming into the distance.
Not far away stands an incredibly magnificent palace, with rows of white marble staircases extending continuously, adorned with reliefs of various sea creatures.
The palace, entirely crafted from crystal, shimmered and gleamed beneath the azure waters.
It is absolutely gorgeous.
Rows of shrimp soldiers and crab generals stood at the palace gate, and many strange-looking sea creatures kept going in and out.
Some are completely humanoid, some retain some characteristics of marine creatures, and some are entirely marine creatures themselves.
Lin Mo was curiously observing when suddenly several fair-skinned, pretty clam maidens stepped forward and said to "him":
"Princess, please come back with me. We've been out for an hour already, and if we stay any longer, the Queen will be angry!"
"No, I want to play more!"
A melodious female voice came from "his" mouth.
Immediately afterwards, "he" swam away.
"Princess, wait for us!"
Behind them came the clam maiden's calls, and the sound of waves being broken.
Not long after, "he" saw a small island.
He would bet he had never seen this island before, because he swam in the blue sea every day and knew almost all the surrounding islands by heart.
Driven by curiosity, "he" set foot on the island.
The island has countless temple-like buildings, with the central building enshrining a god called "Twisted Father".
With just one glance, "he" felt his soul being twisted.
What terrified him even more was that the image of the "twisted saint" seemed to remain in his mind.
He dared not stay any longer and hurriedly fled.
The scene suddenly changes here.
It was still the same crystal palace, but unlike before, a pitch-black crack had appeared on the seabed.
An endless gray fog spread out, dyeing the entire sea area a grayish-blue color.
Any sea creature touched by the gray fog was corrupted and turned into a monster, killing each other and staining the entire sea red with blood.
The Queen Mother hid "him" in a crystal coffin, ordered her four most trusted subordinates to protect "him," and then went out alone to fight the monsters.
He hid in the secret chamber, watching helplessly as his people turned into monsters.
He hated that he was too weak and could only let his mother sacrifice herself to protect him.
Just then, a voice suddenly echoed in "his" mind: "Do you want to become stronger? Do you want revenge? All you need to do is devoutly believe in me!"
He survived the cataclysmic destruction of all races, but was driven mad by witnessing the annihilation of the entire mermaid race, ultimately sacrificing himself to the owner of that voice...
The scene abruptly ends here.
Lin Mo now understood that the scene that had just appeared in his mind must have been the mermaid woman's remaining memories.
Although it wasn't coherent, he roughly understood what was going on.
This mermaid woman was the princess of the mermaid clan of the Azure Sea, and the most beloved daughter of the current mermaid queen.
They lived a happy and fulfilling life until one day a strange change occurred in the blue sea, and all the sea creatures were turned into monsters.
The mermaid queen died protecting her, and the mermaid race was wiped out in the disaster. In order to avenge her, she sacrificed herself and eventually became a mutant.
After sorting through the memories left behind by the Little Mermaid, Lin Mo felt a deep sense of melancholy.
It turns out that the mermaid princess was not born a deformed creature, but rather became this way to seek revenge.
"According to the mermaid princess's memories, the temple I am in now should be the same temple she saw on the island before."
So this rift is... the world where the Little Mermaid lived before!
In other words, behind each crack lies a living world, only those worlds have been destroyed.
So here's the question: with so many worlds destroyed, who was responsible?
Why did the rift reappear on Earth, and is it related to the floating city in the sky?
Lin Mo became increasingly frightened as he thought about it, and immediately dared not think any further.
He put the material card into the Vajra Bracelet and walked towards the crowd.
After a brief rest, the group decided to continue on their way.
There are three corridors at the back of the room.
After some discussion, the group decided to take the middle route.
Because Lin Mo tried to use the Mountain Spirit's detection ability, he discovered that there were only spiritual energy fluctuations behind the middle corridor.
The other two are not.
Half an hour later, everyone left the second room.
Everyone had a few more material cards in their hands.
The aberrations in this room are not nearly as monstrous as those in the first room; they are merely some Black Iron Six or Seven Star Sea Patrol Yakshas.
And most of them are newborn species, with only a few vicious ones.
Therefore, the group resolved the issue smoothly without much effort.
Upon reaching the fork in the road once again, everyone immediately turned to look at Lin Mo.
This time, however, Lin Mo was completely bewildered.
Because there were obvious spiritual energy fluctuations behind all four intersections.
Clearly, behind every fork in the road lies a variant.
However, based on previous experience, it is clear that there is only one corridor to reach the next room.
Left with no other option, everyone had to try the simplest methods one by one.
Another half hour passed before the group finally managed to cross the corridor and arrive at the third room.
They were really unlucky this time; they didn't find a room until their fourth try.
Although it was tiring, the gains were quite significant.
Everyone received a lot of material cards.
After resting for a while, everyone officially entered the third room.
The aberrations inside the room were actually a group of sea shark warriors.
Its star rating is also not high, only around seven stars of Black Iron.
Most of them were nascent species and ferocious species, but the leader was a gluttonous species.
This gluttonous creature was eventually defeated by the Mountain Spirit, which dropped a purple material card.
An hour later, the group arrived at the fourth room.
This room contains a group of seahorses and clam spirits.
The strength was about the same as the previous room; it took a lot of effort.
The group managed to resolve the situation successfully.
After a short rest, Lin Mo and the others continued towards the next room.