Furnace Fire and Weapons

Was this Furnace Fire originally alive?

After receiving this information, Lin Yu made a judgment in just a few seconds.

He walked straight to the stove and gently kicked the bottom edge of it with his foot.

"Hey, come out."

Fern was shocked by Lin Yu's behavior, but she quickly came to her senses.

"Wait, could it be that the medical staff are hiding inside the furnace?"

"It's inside," Lin Yu said calmly, "But it's not exactly hidden."

He told Fern the truth about the situation.

Then, the flames leaped and coalesced above the furnace into a blurry face.

"Hey, neither of you are hurt, what do you want from me?!"

"The Healing Place is not a place for cowards like you to avoid battle!"

The flames in the stove roared, and he spoke in a rough tone.

The fern was greatly shocked by this scene.

What kind of Life Form is this?

"Ignorant human contestant, I am a spirit," the "mouth" on the fiery face opened and closed, spewing sparks and scorching breath, "I am an ancient and mysterious being, the most perfect life form, and even among spirits, I am the most powerful."

"A spirit or monster?"

Lin Yu frowned slightly upon hearing this.

He recalled that the information Shen Bingmiao had provided did indeed contain information about spirits and monsters.

This is a rare Life Form, mostly existing in the form of "Energy Body".

There are three common types of spirits: Earthquake Monster, Hurricane Monster, and Thunderstorm Monster.

They are often born amidst various natural disasters in the Black Marsh World, cannot reproduce, have long lifespans, but are also extremely rare.

A spirit can often live for three to five hundred years.

Spirits are the most favored "assistants" of powerful Human Race shamans and Spirit Race. Good spirits are even regarded as some kind of heirloom, passed down from generation to generation until they completely disappear.

Because the information did not mention any "fire" type spirits, Lin Yu did not notice them at first.

But he quickly realized that if the fire was alive, it would perfectly fit the definition of a spirit or monster.

It is very likely a spirit born from a wildfire.

And that flame-shaped face began to ramble on and on with pride once more.

"I have survived since ancient times and witnessed countless battles and life-and-death situations... So you two fools, you should be grateful that I am here at this Glory Festival to oversee the sanatorium and heal your wounds!"

As the fire spirit spoke, Lin Yu narrowed his eyes.

Has it survived from ancient times to the present day?

He began to recall the information about the weaknesses of spirits and monsters from the data provided by Shen Bingmiao.

Although these life forms operate in the form of "Energy Body," they are not ghostly beings in essence; they are simply composed of energy in 90% of their bodies.

Deep within the Energy Body of the spirits, there are still Entities parts that are enveloped and surrounded... The Human Race Great Shaman call that thing "Eye"—and the specific name for the Eye varies depending on the type of spirit.

Generally speaking, these are simple words composed of the existence form of spirits and monsters combined with the word "eye".

For example, "Wind Core" and "Mountain Core".

To kill a spirit, you must destroy its eye: compared to its often exaggerated and enormous outer Energy Body, which can even actively expand, this "eye" is often quite fragile.

Therefore, Shen Bingmiao's suggested annotation was. "Use high-penetration long-range attacks or use energy interference to break through the outer layer and then use explosive projectiles."

After considering this method, Lin Yu quickly came up with the best way to kill the thing.

"This spirit is probably some kind of fire spirit, kept here by some barbarian tribe or Blood Luo, so the furnace outside itself limits it, and its outer flames cannot expand indefinitely."

"If you want to kill him, you can use the freezing effect of [Frost Blessing] to forcibly neutralize the high temperature inside the furnace and weaken the outer flames, then throw the Self-Destruct Robot in to blow up its 'eyes'."

"Or you could refresh the [One-Hit-Kill Pistol] and shoot it..."

Lin Yu figured out how to quickly kill the thing and then felt much more at ease.

He didn't implement it immediately—just having the plan was enough.

Lin Yu even displayed a friendly and peaceful attitude towards this fire spirit, to which he had just devised an effective plan to kill.

"We just want to compete as individual players and get the weapons that the Rule of this competition offer us."

He spoke calmly, and the flames forming the face of the monster flickered, as if it were clicking its tongue in surprise.

"Ha, okay, weapons... that's something."

As he spoke, the face pondered for a moment, then conjured a large hand of purplish-red flames.

The flaming hand flew out of the furnace and began "rummaging" through the surrounding sacks and wooden crates.

Surprisingly, the purple flame hand did not ignite anything around it.

As the hand flew past him, Lin Yu secretly sensed it; the temperature was very low, probably only slightly higher than his body temperature.

They might all be slightly inferior to myself when I had a fever!

But that makes sense. If this thing were a monster that could indiscriminately burn everything, it wouldn't be in charge of the Healing Place!

At least in the absence of anyone else, it should have been personally responsible for treating and bandaging the eight critically injured and dying victims.

After searching for a while, the fiery hand quickly dragged out a rare metal box.

This box was enormous, almost like a giant freezer used for wholesaling ice cream.

"Bang!"

The fiery hand roughly ripped off the locks on the metal box, opening it and revealing rows of bronze weapons inside, gleaming with a chilling light.

"Here, pick one that suits your needs—they were all crafted by Demon Race artisans, and none of them are ordinary!"

The flames spoke proudly, as if they too had participated in the Forging process.

Fern looked at the dazzling weapons, a look of joyful harvest spreading across her face.

Wow, so many weapons!

She squatted down and began to carefully select items, just like she was shopping at a farmers' market.

Lin Yu could tell that Jue seemed to be very skilled with swords and similar weapons—although she had been an "Bow and Arrows" assisting from a distance with crossbows during the previous battle, she seemed to be no ordinary fighter in close combat as well.

She picked up a straight knife about the length of her forearm, swung it around a couple of times, stabbed twice, then flicked it twice more, before finally sheathing the knife, tossing it lightly, and catching it.

The movements were incredibly fluid.

Lin Yu could tell from this that the opponent was definitely a master of swordsmanship.

Only someone who frequently uses weapons would test the length and weight of a weapon in this way, and be able to do so with such fluidity.

So...

Lin Yu asked directly.

"You're quite skilled with bladed short to medium-sized weapons," the hunter said.