Chapter 957: Crisis
If it weren't for the timely appearance of two golden lights saving him, even if he could kill these three Demon Beasts, he would have been seriously injured.
The power of the two Light Swords Lin Mo emitted just now was not to be underestimated. For the first time, Liang Yuan took a serious look at this young man before him; perhaps his strength wasn't weaker than Lin Mo's.
"It's nothing, thank you," Liang Yuan said with a stern face.
Such is his character, and Lin Mo didn't mind, asking, "Have you come across Senior Fang and the others these days?"
Liang Yuan shook his head, "The space inside this tower is vast and seemingly boundless, and without a sense of direction, it's very hard for people to run into each other."
"I see." Lin Mo frowned. "By the way, Master Liang, what level were the Demon Beasts you encountered on the First Level?"
"What level?"
Liang Yuan gave him a glance with some curiosity, "The Monsters encountered on the First Level were, of course, at the Divine Early Stage level, with a few at the Divine Power Middle Stage."
Lin Mo blinked.
How strange.
How come all the Demon Beasts I encountered were at the Late Stage Divine Power, and their strength was incredibly strong? Am I just unlucky?
"I, Liang Yuan, don't like to owe others. Thank you for what happened just now. Here, take this…" Liang Yuan said, flipping his hand, and a splendid light emerged, throwing it toward Lin Mo, with a trace of pained expression on his face.
Suspicious, Lin Mo reached out to grab the light, opening his hand to reveal a crystal about the size of a rice grain glowing with a mysterious light, encompassing a wonderfully comforting energy.
"This is the Starlight I finally found, intended for my disciple, but since you saved my life just now, we're square," Liang Yuan explained, before turning into a streak of Flowing Light and rapidly disappearing in a direction.
"Master Liang…"
Watching him leave, Lin Mo showed a helpless expression. He had merely lent a hand, yet Liang Yuan, though somewhat stern, was upright and principled, which Lin Mo found quite likable.
Unlike some who seem honest and gentle but are actually sinister, deceitful, and ruthless, such a person is evidently more likable.
"So this is the Starlight?"
Looking at the rice-grain-sized crystal in his palm, feeling a mystical energy within it, absorbing this Starlight could potentially condense Star Power within, with the likelihood increasing with more Starlight used.
However, it was clear that acquiring this Starlight was no easy task, as Liang Yuan, who had been in this Prison Tower for a month, had probably only found this one crystal, otherwise he wouldn't have shown such a pained expression earlier.
Lin Mo stored the Starlight in the Space Ring, then also turned into a Flowing Light and fled.
Still, Lin Mo's mind was filled with various doubts.
Why did Liang Yuan and others encounter Divine Early Stage Demon Beasts with only very few at the Divine Power Middle Stage on the First Level, whereas I encountered Late Stage Divine Power Demon Beasts and even Illusion Beasts?
Am I really just unlucky?
...
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
"Hoo"
Lin Mo slowed his flight, frowning as a mass of black shadows gathered in the dark space ahead, revealing six crimson, gem-like eyes.
These Illusion Beasts formed from Black Fog excel at soul and Divine Thought-based attacks, making them more threatening than Demon Beasts, as physical injuries can heal, but soul damage or death is unrepairable.
"Kill."
Lin Mo pinched a spell, and three dark flames appeared out of thin air around him, their intense heat distorting the surrounding space.
This Dark Flame is one of Lin Mo's Divine Skills, incorporating soul attack Law, ideal for dealing with these Illusion Beasts, more effective than cutting with a Light Sword.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The three Dark Flames traced out an arc in space, attacking the three Illusion Beasts with extreme speed.
"Three Star Wheel Realm Illusion Beasts again?"
Lin Mo frowned tightly. Liang Yuan and others met Late Stage Divine Power Demon Beasts or Illusion Beasts, but what frustrated Lin Mo was that on the Second Level of the tower, the Demon Beasts and Illusion Beasts he encountered possessed the strength of the Star Wheel Mirror, which was challenging even for him to handle.
If the Demon Beasts and Illusion Beasts weren't low in intelligence and hadn't undergone systematic cultivation, facing three Star Wheel Mirror Illusion Beasts might have been very difficult for Lin Mo.
Fizz!
The three meteor-like Dark Flames pierced through the massive Illusion Beasts, erupting in a burning sound, forming dish-sized holes in each Illusion Beast's chest simultaneously.
"Shriek!"
"Wail!"
"Roar!"
Suddenly, the three Illusion Beasts let out bizarre and strange roars.
Immediately, their visible wounds began healing incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, the injuries on the chests of the three Illusion Beasts vanished entirely, restoring them to their original state.
"These seem to be stronger than the previous Illusion Beasts."
Without hesitation, Lin Mo drew the Xuanyuan Sword, which radiated a bright blue light, as Divine Light flickered and silver serpentine currents flowed along its edge, exuding icy air from the treasure sword.
Thunder inherently restrains evil entities. Gripping the treasure sword tightly, Lin Mo's figure blurred, and an entrancing sword light flashed.
"Roar"
A roughly twenty-meter-tall Illusion Beast howled in pain, a fearsome wound emerging on its body with golden Thunder erupting from the wound's edge, and its desk-sized furry paw suddenly plummeting like a Meteorite with immense force.
"Damn it..."
Lin Mo raised his head, his black pupils suddenly burning with flame-like quality, as two black flames shot from his eyes like a fountain, piercing through the terrifying giant paw and dispersing black smoke.
"Die."
A thunder-like shout, and the Xuanyuan Sword, like an earth-splitting cleaver, drew a golden curtain of light in the Void, thin as a cicada's wing, with a mystical aura that caused the surrounding space to ripple slightly.
"Ice Domain!"
A thousand-meter radius suddenly turned into a vast white world with falling snow and large, goose-feather-like snowflakes.
In an instant.
Instantly, it returned to a dark state, with unknown green light faintly illuminating the entire space, making the atmosphere eerie.
Clack!
The three massive Illusion Beasts were now frozen into transparent ice sculptures, refracting a faint green eerie glow due to the ambient green light.
Then, cracks appeared on these Illusion Beasts, with arms shattering, followed by legs, heads, and bodies being disintegrated and falling apart.
"Huh?"
Lin Mo's eyes widened.