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"Honest conduct will endure. The future of the world will not be entrusted to you..."
"The land I stand on is my territory!"
"This is the time to shoulder a great responsibility. Even if we are separated by life and death forever, this sword will not falter in the slightest..."
"We unite as one, for the sake of all living beings in the world!"
"Killing and revenge cannot bring spiritual satisfaction, only more sorrow..."
"Face your fears and step forward."
"..."
With the Crystal Wall as her guide, Linsey's search for work was very easy.
Various words, carried by golden threads, are deeply embedded in these crystals.
Having found this place, Linsey can be basically confirmed.
These items were definitely left here by a Righteous Walker or Law Knight; the words and content used by the person can serve as evidence.
"But even so, we still can't get in."
Linsey stood up.
He gazed at the dazzling Crystal Wall before him, feeling a sense of awe and wonder.
He could deduce from the inscriptions in the crystal that this place had once been a battlefield.
Even Hong, whose memories were restored upon hearing the words and who was subsequently knocked unconscious by him, is likely to have a deep connection with this place.
"But... these things are completely useless now!"
Linsey was at a loss.
This information gathering couldn't help him pass through the Crystal Wall, and the [Mountains Crest] was useless against it.
If destructive methods are used...
The shattered Iron Pickaxe serves as a cautionary tale; aggressive tactics must be avoided.
Linsey's gaze fell on Red, who was still unconscious, and her thoughts began to wander to inexplicable places. "It is known that Red must be connected to this place."
"Would sacrificing her blood, or a blood oath ceremony, have any effect?"
Rumble—
At that moment, the ground trembled violently once again.
Even the silt in Crystal Valley began to shake.
Linsey steadied himself and looked towards the distant Underground World. Through the light in the Crystal Valley, he seemed to see two powerful figures locked in battle.
"..."
"Not finished yet?"
Linsey couldn't help but make a comment.
The fact that the Lizard Dragon Leader and the Eyeless People elder fought for a long time is definitely good news for him.
After all, this would give Linsey more time to solve the immediate problems.
But they've been fighting for almost half an hour now, surely there should be some progress by now! Linsey turned around to continue searching for clues.
But just then, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.
The ground in Crystal Valley is made of rock, filled with murky mud. But the battle between the Lizard Dragon Leader and the Eyeless People elder caused the mud to shake violently, revealing things that were originally buried in the crevices.
It was a crystal shard stuck in a crevice in the rock.
There was a faint hint of gold in it.
"Ah?"
Linsey's eyes widened, and she quickly stepped forward to dig the crystal shard out of the mud.
Sure enough, there were also words written in gold threads on it.
However, because the fragment was too small, it only contained the character for "overlord".
"Fragments..."
Linsey's gaze lingered on the crystal and the shards in her hand.
The crystal fragment itself is blue, and not far away, there is also a cluster of blue crystals, inscribed with the words 'Through upright conduct, my heart will endure'.
Linsey walked over with the crystal shard in her hand.
He carefully wiped the mud and water off the surface, then carefully examined the shape of the gap before inserting it into a broken section.
Click—
The broken groove and fragments fit together perfectly.
It is obvious.
Before it fell into the mud, this crystal shard must have originally grown right here! At this moment, Linsey no longer cared about the words on it.
Based on the damaged crystal and the location where the fragments fell, he had a rough idea of what was going on.
"This destruction occurred from the inside out, which is why the fragments flew into these muddy cracks. The perfect fit of the cracks indicates that they broke relatively recently, not thousands of years ago. So what could have come out of the Crystal Wall?"
Linsey naturally thought of the Dragon Beast on Black Mountain.
Of all the known individuals, that guy is the only one who has benefited from Crystal Valley.
The most reasonable inference is—
A hundred years ago, the Dragon Beast stumbled into the Crystal Wall by chance and gained great benefits inside.
The Dragon Beast then managed to get out, which caused the crystal to shatter.
Linsey nodded confidently. "So the next thing to do is to confirm the location!"
Guided by a clear objective, Linsey searched the crevices in the rocks surrounding Crystal Valley and indeed found even more crystal fragments.
Some of the crystal fragments didn't even have any written inscriptions.
But relying solely on those crystals with golden threads inside, Linsey marked their locations one by one, and finally a rough shape appeared on the map.
Several tens of minutes later, the pattern became clearer. It was an explosive trajectory that scattered and burst outwards, like flour spraying out after a hole was torn in a flour sack.
Faced with the results before her, Linsey confidently deduced:
"Therefore, the point where the crystal fell the furthest, and the point where the explosion's center is aligned, should be the location where the Crystal Wall was breached!"
Linsey walked straight over and picked up Red, who was still unconscious.
While on his journey, he did not forget to thank the two combatants who had helped him discover this sign.
"Thanks to..."
The whispers abruptly stopped.
Having only taken two steps, and after snapping out of her focused work state, Linsey suddenly realized something very important. "It seems... there's been no activity for a while now?"
Linsey was referring to the vibrations coming from beneath her feet.
The sounds of the battle between the two Sixth Stage powerhouses, though intermittent, never ceased to emanate.
But now, this tremor has abruptly stopped!
"The best-case scenario: they can't withstand a large-scale attack, so the scale of the battle is reduced; but the worst-case scenario..."
Linsey thought of the Eyeless People elder's lifeless, withered appearance.
A chill ran down my spine.
The winner has a more than 90% chance of being the Lizard Dragon Leader.
Once the battle is over, the Lizard Dragon Leader will probably find them very soon.
Last time, the other side just launched an attack incidentally during the battle, but this time things won't be so easy!
"..."
"Can't we fight a little longer?!"
Linsey didn't dare to delay and rushed forward with the red bag on her back.
At the central point of the explosion he drew, a cluster of purple crystals grew there, completely integrated with the surrounding impenetrable Crystal Wall.
Linsey no longer had time for a thorough investigation.
So he immediately pulled out his Meteorite Pickaxe and, while running, smashed it towards the purple crystal.
brush--
Linsey's shot missed.
This purple crystal had no physical form; it was merely an illusion created by the refraction and condensation of light! It struck nothing, and Linsey, sprinting at full speed, couldn't stop.
He carried the red object and charged straight into the Crystal Wall.