Chapter 837 Ghost Guard

Lin Yi's footsteps did not stop, and he stepped on the broken stone slabs, making a slight creaking sound.

The road under his feet gradually narrowed, and the ruins on both sides were piled up like mountains. There was a suppressed silence between the broken walls.

The air was filled with a decayed smell, as if this area had been abandoned by time, and even the wind was too lazy to visit, leaving only dead silence and desolation.

His eyes swept around, and occasionally he could see some broken objects, rusty metal fragments, broken stone pillars, and even some weathered bones in the ruins.

Suddenly, Lin Yi's footsteps paused.

A crack appeared in the ground in front of him, as if it was torn apart by some terrifying force, and the edges of the crack were jagged and bottomless.

Lin Yi walked closer and found that the deep part of the crack was actually a huge underground space, which was full of intricate passages, like the blood vessels of some giant beast, winding and interlaced, extending to the unknown depths.

Lin Yi jumped into the crack and landed steadily on the ground.

The light in the underground space was dim. After a few seconds, his pupils gradually adapted to the darkness and his vision became clear.

Lin Yi looked around and found that the architectural style here was completely different from the ruins on the ground. Although the murals had been blurred by the erosion of time, their former glory could still be seen.

This feeling was like a new layer of architecture forcibly superimposed on an ancient relic.

The passage was intricate, like a well-designed maze.

At this moment, the purple gold flower ring on Lin Yi's hand suddenly vibrated slightly.

He took off the ring, and saw a faint halo on the surface of the ring.

Under the control of some force, the ring began to rotate automatically.

The pattern on the ring gradually twisted and changed, and the original engraved purple gold flower slowly disappeared, replaced by a broken-winged angel.

The angel held a long sword, and the tip of the sword drooped slightly, as if mourning something.

Before Lin Yi could take a closer look, the long sword in the angel's hand suddenly emitted a faint light.

The light condensed in the air and gradually formed a transparent 3D map.

On the map, the intricate passages and rooms are clearly visible, and in the center of the map, a green light spot is flashing, marking his current location.

"So that's it, no wonder Mike wants this ring so much."

Lin Yi took a look at the maze map. The scale of this underground maze is far beyond his imagination. The intricate passages spread like a spider web, and many areas are marked as "dangerous" or even "dead".

If there is no such map, if you want to find the right route here, unless you are the kind of child of destiny favored by fate, you may not even have bones left.

Putting the purple gold flower ring back on his finger, Lin Yi began to move forward according to the guidance of the map.

After about a dozen intersections, Lin Yi's footsteps paused.

On the map, several red dots suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

These dots kept wandering in the maze, like some kind of living things.

When he came to the corner, Lin Yi did not rush over, but just looked out from the corner, ready to observe what those wandering in the maze were.

Lin Yi's body was pressed against the wall, and he used the power of shadow to conceal his own breath.

In the dim light, several blurry figures were moving slowly, their steps were very mechanical, as if they were controlled by some invisible force.

Those figures were in a translucent state, as if they were condensed from the thick fog, but their outlines were extremely clear.

Their faces were blurred, and only a pair of empty eyes could be vaguely seen.

Each figure held a rusty long sword in his hand, and the sword was wrapped in a faint mist, which looked very illusory.

[Comparing the intelligence attributes of both parties...Comparison completed, our intelligence attribute is 1.23 times that of the enemy, and 100% of the enemy's information is obtained. 】

Information as follows

Name: Ghost Guard

Category: Soul Body

HP: 100%

Soul Power: 120 points

Strength: 76

Agility: 83 (real attribute)

Stamina: 40

Intelligence: 86 (real attribute)

Charm: X

Skill 1: Sword Mastery (Passive LV.48): Ghost Guard is proficient in an ancient swordsmanship technique. When using any sword weapon, the attack damage is increased by 64%, and 30% of the physical damage caused is converted into soul damage.

Skill 2: Ghost Body (Passive Lv.45): Ghost Guard is immune to physical attacks, but the energy damage (such as magic and soul damage) received is increased by 20%.

Skill 3: Spirit Howl (Active Lv.12): Consume 8 points of soul power, emit a piercing spirit howl, cause (Intelligence × 10) points of soul damage to all enemies within a radius of 25 meters, and add the [Fear] effect, reducing the target's movement speed by 40% and attack speed by 30%, lasting 8 seconds. If the target is in the [Soul Tear] state, it will take an additional (Intelligence × 3) points of true damage.

Skill 4: Soul Harvest (Active Lv. 35): Consume 12 points of soul power, lock an enemy, and launch a slash at it, causing (Strength × 5 + Intelligence × 6) points of soul damage. If the target's health is less than 30%, the damage is increased by 50% and the [Soul Imprisonment] effect is added, making the target unable to move or use skills for 3 seconds.

Skill 5: Soul Link (Passive Lv.30): Whenever an enemy dies, the Ghost Guard absorbs its soul energy, recovers 5% of its maximum health and gains 1 layer of [Soul Charge]. Each layer of [Soul Charge] increases the Ghost Guard's attack power by 2% and its movement speed by 1%, with a maximum of 10 layers. Each layer of [Soul Charge] increases the Ghost Guard's attack power by 2% and its movement speed by 1%, with a maximum of 10 layers.

The Ghost Guard's skills are very simple and crude, all attacks are soul damage, and they are immune to physical output.

However, the Ghost Guard's weakness is also obvious - their health is extremely low and they are as fragile as a piece of thin paper.

Once the enemy has a large-scale soul or energy attack, these soul guards are basically no different from delivering food.

After confirming that these ghost guards are not a threat to him, transparent silk threads appear in Lin Yi's hands.

Although the dark soul silk looks like a means of physical attack, its essence is composed of soul power, so it can also cause damage to spirits.

Lin Yi flicked his finger lightly, and the dark soul thread slithered in the air like a spirit snake, silently wrapping around the nearest ghost guard.

The ghost guard's body trembled slightly, as if it had sensed something, but before it could react, the dark soul thread had tightened.

"Swish!"

The thread was like a sharp blade, easily cutting into the ghost guard's translucent body, instantly crushing its soul core.

The ghost guard let out a silent wail, and its body dissipated in the air like broken mist, and finally turned into a light blue light spot, dissipating in the air.

[Hint: The hunter has killed the ghost guard and obtained Soul Crystal (Medium) × 1. ]

Lin Yi did not stop, and the dark soul thread spread rapidly under his control like a living thing, rushing towards the remaining ghost guards.

Although these ghost guards have very keen perception, their reactions are very ordinary in front of the speed of the dark soul thread.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

With several consecutive sounds, the remaining ghost guards were cut into pieces by the dark soul silk. Their bodies were cut into pieces in an instant, turned into light particles, and dissipated in the air.

Lin Yi was the only one left in the entire passage. The air was filled with tiny soul fragments, like some invisible dust, slowly drifting away.

[Hint: The hunter has killed 4 ghost guards and obtained 4 soul crystals (medium). ]

Xiaoxue's tentacles stretched out from Lin Yi's sleeves and began to greedily devour the scattered soul energy.

Its body swelled slightly, as if enjoying a feast.

Although the death of the ghost guards did not provide Lin Yi with the source of the world, the soul crystals dropped were also a very good harvest.

In the reincarnation paradise, soul crystals are hard currency. Whether it is used to improve skill levels or exchange for rare materials, they are indispensable core resources.

Originally, Lin Yi's plan was to find the exit of the maze as soon as possible, but now it seems that the existence of these ghost guards has become a windfall.

Since there was an opportunity, Lin Yi was ready to clean up all the ghost guards in this maze and grab as many soul crystals as possible.

After more than ten seconds, Xiaoxue's tentacles were retracted, and its body returned to its original size, but the red light on the surface was more intense than before. It was obvious that the soul energy just now had benefited it a lot.

Lin Yi's eyes quickly swept across the map and confirmed the location of the next ghost guard.

These ghost guards were not just wanderers, but the guardians of this maze.

Following the guidance of the map, Lin Yi came behind several ghost guards, raised his hand, and the dark soul silk spread out from his fingertips again.

"Swish!"

The dark soul silk tightened and instantly cut the body of a ghost guard into pieces.

The ghost guard didn't even have time to make any sound, and turned into dots of light and dissipated in the air.

The other ghost guards immediately noticed the abnormality, raised their rusty swords, and rushed towards Lin Yi.

These ghost guards were extremely fast, and the characteristics of their spirit bodies made their movements almost unrestricted by physics, and they approached quickly like a gust of wind.

But when these ghost guards approached Lin Yi, a dark halo emerged from Lin Yi's body.

The abyss power attached to the Holy Nova invaded the bodies of the ghost guards. These ghost guards wanted to attack Lin Yi, but under the erosion of the abyss power, their movements suddenly stagnated and their bodies began to tremble.

The originally illusory body gradually collapsed under the erosion of the abyss power, turning into wisps of black smoke and dissipating in the air.

"Crack--"

Several transparent soul crystals fell to the ground, emitting a faint light.

No mistake, one song, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!

[Hint: The hunter has killed 3 ghost guards and obtained soul crystals (medium) × 3. ]

Lin Yi did not stop and continued to move towards the depths of the maze.

As he went deeper, the number of ghost guards in the passage did not increase much, but some more powerful beings appeared among the ghost guards.

Name: Ghost Knight

Category: Soul Creature

HP: 100%

Soul Power: 200 points

Strength: 90 (real attribute)

Agility: 90 (real attribute)

Physical Strength: 60

Intelligence: 100 (real attribute)

Charm: X

Skill 1: Knight Soul (Passive Lv.50): Ghost Knight has a strong fighting will, is immune to all control effects, and has a 50% chance of entering the [Unyielding] state when receiving fatal damage, which lasts for 3 seconds.

Skill 2: Soul Charge (Active Lv.40): Consumes 15 points of soul power, Ghost Knight locks onto an enemy and launches a high-speed charge, causing (Strength × 8) points of soul damage, and adds a knockback effect.

Skill 3: Soul Shield (Active Lv.35): Consumes 20 points of soul power, Ghost Knight forms a soul shield around itself, absorbs (Intelligence × 10) points of damage, and lasts for 10 seconds.

Skill 4: Soul Blade (Active Lv.25): Consumes 25 points of soul power, condenses the soul power into a huge soul blade, causing (Strength × 6 + Intelligence × 4) points of mixed damage to all enemies in the fan-shaped area in front, and adds the [Soul Tear] effect.

Skill 5: Ghost Phantom (Active Lv.20): Consume 30 points of soul power, and the Ghost Knight summons 2 phantoms with the same attributes as itself, which last for 15 seconds. The phantom inherits 100% of the Ghost Knight's attributes, but can only cause 50% of the damage and bear 200% of the damage.

Skill 6: Soul Link (Active Lv.11): Consume 40 points of soul power, and the Ghost Knight establishes a soul link with a friendly unit, which lasts for 20 seconds. During the link, both parties share the damage received (each bears 50%) and increase the damage by 20%. When the health of either party is less than 10%, the link is automatically released.

These Ghost Knights are wearing broken armor and holding spears condensed by soul power in their hands.

These Ghost Knights not only have attributes far superior to ordinary Ghost Guards, but also have extremely difficult skill combinations.

In particular, the immune control and unyielding effects of [Knight Soul] make them impossible to be killed instantly.

And [Soul Link] and [Ghost Phantom] make their threats doubled.

The moment Lin Yi appeared at the intersection of the passage, the Ghost Knight's eyes instantly locked onto Lin Yi.

It was obvious that the Ghost Knight's perception range was far beyond that of ordinary ghost guards.

The moment he discovered Lin Yi, the Ghost Knight raised the spear in his hand, and a faint transparent light appeared on the tip of the spear.

A transparent silk thread spread out from the spear and quickly connected to the ghost guard behind it.

A strange mark appeared above Lin Yi's head, which was the sign that the Ghost Knight had locked onto the target.

At the same time, the ghost horse under the Ghost Knight's crotch let out a long neigh, and the moment the horse's hoof stepped on the ground, the entire passage seemed to tremble.

"Boom!"

The Ghost Knight launched [Soul Charge], and its speed was extremely fast. It rushed to Lin Yi in almost the blink of an eye.

The tip of the spear carried the chill of tearing the soul and pointed directly at Lin Yi's throat.

At the same time, the ghost guards behind the Ghost Knight also raised their weapons and rushed towards Lin Yi.

Lin Yi's body slightly tilted to avoid the attack of the Ghost Knight, and the Ghost Knight's spear only pierced a residual image.

After avoiding the attack, Lin Yi opened his right hand, and several dark soul threads were distributed on both sides of the passage, quickly wrapping around the Ghost Knight's spear.

The Ghost Knight instinctively wanted to put away the gun, but due to the restraint of the dark soul thread, it prevented the Ghost Knight from taking the next action.

"Swish!"

Two dark soul threads cut into the translucent body of the Ghost Knight, and the Ghost Knight's health value dropped rapidly, but it did not fall down, but entered the [Unyielding] state.

The body of the Ghost Knight who entered the [Unyielding] state appeared a layer of golden color, and Lin Yi felt the feedback force from his hand suddenly increased.

The dark soul thread that was originally cut like tofu seemed to have encountered some kind of obstacle and became much slower.

Although the Ghost Knight's dark soul thread in this state can cause damage to it, it cannot be completely killed in a short time.

At the same time, the ghost guard behind the Ghost Knight has rushed to Lin Yi.

Although their attack power is not as troublesome as that of the ghost knight, their large number still brings a lot of pressure to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi was in a hurry to dodge and was chopped by one of the ghost guards. He felt a stinging pain in his head.

The attacks of these ghost guards are not only physical damage, but also a certain amount of soul damage.

Although Lin Yi's soul strength is far beyond that of ordinary people, this stinging feeling still makes him feel uncomfortable, as if a needle has pierced his brain.

Lin Yi stepped back a few steps and distanced himself from the ghost guards. At the same time, he flicked his fingers lightly, and more dark soul threads spread out from his fingertips and quickly entangled the bodies of those ghost guards.

After restraining the actions of these ghost guards, the Holy Nova covered Lin Yi's side and dispelled these ordinary ghost guards.

But after the ghost knight resisted Lin Yi's attack, he did not feel too weak. On the contrary, his eyes became colder, and the spear in his hand was raised again, and a layer of faint cold light appeared on the tip of the spear.

Lin Yi's eyes swept over the Ghost Knight, and then he noticed the Ghost Guard who had established a [Soul Link] with the Ghost Knight in the distance. Its soul became dim under the erosion of the power of the abyss.

Apparently, the Ghost Knight transferred part of the damage to the Ghost Guard through the [Soul Link], which allowed it to withstand Lin Yi's attack.

"Swish!"

The dark soul thread tightened, and the Ghost Knight's Ghost Horse was bound and unable to move.

Lin Yi seized this opportunity, leaped up and kicked the Ghost Knight in the head.

"Bang!"

The Ghost Knight's body was slightly tilted back by the kick. Although its spirit was immune to physical damage, Lin Yi's attack still made it fall into a short state of stiffness.

Lin Yi's fingers moved slightly, and the dark soul thread began to tighten, cutting a deep crack on the Ghost Knight's neck.

The ghost guard behind the Ghost Knight exploded directly, turning into a wisp of black smoke and dissipating in the air.

The Ghost Knight, who lost the [Soul Link], had a greatly reduced defense and could no longer withstand Lin Yi's attack as before.

Lin Yi opened his palm, and the dark soul thread loosened and quickly wrapped around the Ghost Knight's body.

The Ghost Knight's body was cut into pieces by the dark soul thread, and finally turned into a light blue light spot and dissipated in the air.

[Hint: The hunter has killed the Ghost Knight and obtained Soul Crystal (Large) × 1. ] (End of this chapter)