Vol 4 Chapter 23: Death tower (middle)

The five floors of the tower are a large space.
To the surprise of Xiuyi, twelve statues stood in this space. The twelve statues have different appearances, humanoid warriors, and various strange Warcrafts. They are located in this lobby. Although they are dead, they are majestic.
What reminded Xiuyi Xinsheng was that in front of the twelve statues, the alchemist's body was displayed under almost every foot.
"These statues are weird," Xiuyi said to Xu. It is obvious that the hub outside the castle controls traps of various institutions, but it is impossible to close the protection of some non-organizational protections.
If these statues are institutions, then they should be closed, but if not ...
I don't know why, as soon as he entered the hall, Xiuyi suddenly felt a sense of danger.
"Be careful!" He cried suddenly.
A statue of a samurai holding a big sword was suddenly severely severed at Xu.
This sword is extremely powerful, with awe-inspiring momentum. Xiu Yi picked up Xu and rolled it forward. The big sword rubbed Xiu Yi's scalp and cut a few strands of hair.
Just about to follow Xiu's trail, the black warrior's sword was already sheathed.
A series of brilliant sparks splashed, and the stone sword of the statue warrior was not destroyed.
As Xiu rolled over, the eleven statues beside him also moved.
These statues are all kinds, even the attack methods are varied. Some Warcraft statues can even use magic, but their movements are robust and flexible, without any hesitation.
"This is not a statue, but a puppet! It is a war puppet!" Xiu shouted.
Electra's inventions were endless, and Xiuwan had never thought that in this castle, there was another kind of magic puppet invented by Electra. This kind of puppet is obviously different from the Vajrayana that can change form. They do not have the ability to deform, but they have the ability to disguise.
Hell, Electra, he turned the puppets into stone sculptures, forming a great deceptive appearance. No wonder those alchemists will die here, only when they died did not know that the twelve statues were actually It is a powerful puppet.
There was a trace of black light in the air. After using the high-speed maneuvering ability of the undead monster to escape the attack of a puppet, the long chain tail punched an air ripple in the air and pierced the puppet severely. Arm.
Two blazing birds spewing flaming flames at the same time, turning the entire space into a sea of ​​fire.
"Red and green, do n’t shoot, I have n’t reached the point where I want to tear down here and let the black warrior and the monster rat deal with them. Let my work and Electra's work have a head-on collision and see which one Stronger! "Shouted Xiuyi.
He held Asahi out of the battle space. In the hall, the black warrior and the demon rat confronted twelve puppets, fighting fiercely.
Despite the adoration from the bottom of Electra, the youth mind also has a strong victory.
The black warrior and the monster rat are Xiu Yi's own alchemy works. Although there is no lack of Electra's technology, after all, Xiu Yi himself made these two of his most powerful works. Now that you are visiting a senior, you should take out your work and look at it, even if the senior is no longer here.
The battle in front of him was fierce, but Xiu Yi's eyes flashed with obsession. Compared to King Kong, these puppets lack their versatility, but they have more powerful defense capabilities. They are obviously also made of special materials, with extremely high strength. They are almost not afraid of slashing swords. If the undead monster is enchanted with a sharp formation, the black warrior itself has a vigor attack, and the general damage will have little effect on them.
Electra's wisdom is extraordinary, everything created is enough to make the world sensation.
Xiu shouted, "He who attacked them, there was the main hub. I want the complete doll, don't destroy the whole."
A student of Electra, he soon discovered the weak links of these puppets.
"Observe!" The black warrior sent a cold reply.
The sword containing the energy of fighting spirits spit out rapid electric light, and the fighting spirit hit the stone statues. The huge impact of energy directly penetrated the tough outer shell and penetrated into the interior.
The destruction of the puppet's hub is like a human heart being broken, and all movement stops immediately. In a blink of an eye, the twelve puppets stopped working and became stone statues again.
This time, they won't come to life suddenly.
Xiu stepped forward, stroking these demons carefully, and murmured, "It was made of dolomite mixed with some other special metals. It's interesting. It seems that Electra invented a formula that can make ordinary Marble is a hundred times harder. Great, this is a more valuable discovery than King Kong. Even in the era of Electra, resource requirements are still top priority, I guess what he wanted to do at first was not A puppet that can be disguised, but a puppet that can be made of ordinary stone. However, he accidentally found that a puppet made of this stone can be transformed into a statue, which has greater concealment and suddenness. You know what this means What? Asahi. Vajrayana is a puppet made of high-grade materials. They are destined to receive materials. The number is limited. But this kind of puppet is different. They can be produced in large quantities ... Well, unfortunately, they cannot be put in the space ring in."
Xiu Yi opened the cavity of one of the sword warriors and took out a soul orb from it. This soul orb has been shattered by the black warrior's fighting spirit.
Still using the soul beads as the main drive means that it is impossible to put the ring in space, and Xiuyi is very sorry. But even so, Xiu Yi also knows that if he wants to build a puppet regiment in the future, this kind of puppet is obviously more suitable as the main combat arm than King Kong.
For Xiuyi, the most rare thing is that their production costs seem to be much lower.
"Maybe we can find a notebook about making them at the top level," Xiuyi said.
With their men, after collecting the relics of the dead alchemists, they continued to explore the upper levels.
The stairs went longer and longer, as if they could never end.
What appeared before Xiu Yi's eyes were always high steps made of silicon crystals, spiraling upward and downward.
"Father, it seems that something is wrong. Is this stairs too long?"
"It looks like this is the third obstacle left by Electra, a maze." Xiu answered calmly.
Before he entered the tower, he had already guessed that there must be a maze-like existence in the tower.
The little guy Xu didn't understand: "Don't we shut down all the institutions?"
"Most of the closed institutions are fierce and vicious institutions, but Electra has left some tests that we must go through. We cannot avoid this. This maze is obviously a test, but it is no longer a test of our force. It is a test of intelligence, just like the law circle on the gate of the Valley Lab. "Xiu's tone was low." Obviously, this is the most important test of Electra. OK, or twelve puppet statues, these difficulties are not a big deal to a truly powerful man. The problem is that Electra does not want to leave his legacy to laymen who do not know alchemy. So he needed a way to prove it. This level is the way to prove it. Everyone who enters must walk out of this maze with his understanding of alchemy and prove that he is an excellent alchemist. Otherwise we will never reach the tower. top."
"Then what should we do?"
"Electra is an alchemist, so the problems he left can only be solved by means of alchemy." Xiu Yi said, taking out the developing sand and mist: "Try this thing first, it can find everything Hidden existence, honestly, I don't think this maze will be so simple. Remember that there was a lunatic who came out from here? "
A handful of developing sand mist sprayed over, and the air was filled with countless bright dots.
In the light of these bright dots, the dark staircase spiral shows some light.
At the end of the stairs in the dark, a resentment suddenly appeared, exposing sharp fangs, and pointed claws floated towards Xiuyi.
"Be careful, it is a phantom attack!" Xiu shouted.
Xiu Yi never believes that there is really a grudge here. Since it is a maze, there must be a deceptive existence.
However, when the resentment flew to Xiuyi, the coldness and death that it brought was so real.
It screamed at Xiuyi, and Xiuyi's sword stabbed, as if hitting a piece of air, the wicked body of Wraith ignored the swordthorn, and disappeared after passing through Xiuyi's arm.
Xiu Yi only felt that a deep cold froze in his heart, and then looking at his arm, it was already Wu Qing.
This gave him a breath of air, so much so that he could hardly confirm whether it was an illusion or not.
More grievances appeared in front of them, floating in the air, turning the entire stairway into a dead space.
Asahi cried out, "Dad, I can't transform!"
"I can't use magic and vindictiveness, either," Xiu said bitterly. "This maze is much more powerful than we thought. It can seal off power."
Xiu Yi took out a drop of sacrificial oil from his body and threw it at the evil spirit group full of magic dancing in front.
"Boom!" A large blaze of flames set off on the ground, causing the wraiths to wail and scream.
"Only alchemy is allowed," Xiu added coldly.
The flaming bird behind him couldn't spit out any flames either.
As he said earlier, what Electra has to test at this level is the alchemy ability of the comer. He doesn't need the intruder's strength, but only need their excellent alchemy talent.
So this maze does not allow anyone to use force to break in.
Wraiths blocked the entrance, but did not attack. It seems that their mission is to guard. The grieving spirits of the previous offense should be a warning to warn the visitors that these grieving spirits have the ability to attack, and if they storm, they will face death.
Three drops of sacrifice oil flew and burned a large swath of grudges. However, the grieving spirits seem to live on. Every time one dies, one will be created in the void.
They flew over the dark corridors, screaming loudly, making the whole scene stern and dark, as if stepping on, they would enter the world of the undead. The scene was horrifying and almost suffocating.
"Dad, what shall we do?" The little boy panicked. Unable to transform, but with powerful power in the air, he could not use it. Xu looked at the grieving spirit in the sky a little scared. After all, it's small, and it can't ignore everything in front of it.
"Don't be afraid, the more you are afraid, the more grudges will be. It comes from the negative emotions in your heart." Xiu Yi found that when Xu said the word fear, there seemed to be more grudges flying in the air. Out of a few.
There is no end to the maze, the endless grievances flying and killing, the magic and vigour that can not be used, it seems that Electratra has laid a mortal killing game.
"No, no." Xiu shook his head. "Electra can't set up a killing game. These grieving spirits should be illusions, so they can't kill anything, but how does Electra make the illusions also? What about the offensive ability? "Xiu Yi bowed his head and mumbled to himself.
He glanced at his arm, and the Wu Qing on it still existed, bringing a touch of chill. If entangled by a large group of grudges, Xiuyi wonders if he will freeze to death immediately.
He quickly took out a bottle of healing potion and drank it, but Wu Qing on his arm did not subside.
"The healing agent is not effective ..." Xiu Yi stared at the wound on the arm, seeing that the healing agent was invalid. Xiu didn't have the slightest feeling of sorrow, but she even smiled on her face: "That's right. This is what Tela wants to test, this is it. "
He suddenly looked back at Xiang Xu: "Xu, do you know what is the most important thing to become an outstanding alchemist?"
The little guy shook his head blankly.
Xiu Yi smiled: "It is the ability to discover the laws of the operation of things. Only by mastering the laws of the operation of things can we create all kinds of great alchemy. What Electra wants to test is not the level of alchemy. It's whether we have the potential and talent to be a good alchemist. It also includes calm, wisdom, observation and carefulness. "
"Does this have anything to do with our current situation? Dad?"
"Of course, there is no wraith. This is a maze, a maze of the mind, it is not a substance, but only in people's hearts. This is why the healing potion cannot cure the injury, because ... I have not been injured at all. "Xiu Yi said, slowly raising his right hand. The blue mark on that arm was still there, Xiu Yi slowly said: "Since it is a maze of the soul, it should be a maze that belongs to me only. In this maze, everything is false, including these Wraith, including my wounds, including these endless stairs, and ... your existence. "
He looked back at Asahi and the Flaming Bird, raised his sword, and looked stunned.
The little guy Asahi showed great panic: "No, Dad, I'm your child, you can't kill me!"
"If you are really Asahi, you would never say that to me. The dragons are proud, and their pride makes them never bow their heads in any fear. Even a young dragon who has just born has the same challenge. Your courage. Your understanding of Xu comes from the care I took of Xu in my heart when you interacted with you. You rigidly copied my memory of it, but ignored its dependence on me from the deep affection between me and me. . But when faced with danger, Xu is an impulsive and angry child, not by any means coquettish and begging for mercy like a child. "
"His!" A sharp, long hiss cut through the void, and Asahi beside Sui Yi suddenly turned into a cloud of smoke and flew into the air, gradually condensing into a huge grudge. At the same time, the black warrior who had been silent, the Blazing Bird and the undead monster rat disappeared at the same time, and Xiu Yi was the only one beside him.
Looking up at the huge grudge, Xiu Yi murmured, "Is this the hatred in my heart? It is already so powerful. It seems that the master is good at what you are good at, excellent camouflage ability, but you Can't hurt me. "
"His!" The huge resentment roared sharply at Xiu Yi, but it seemed to be afraid of anything and did not dare to rush down.
Xiu Yi looked at the resentment with a sorrow in her eyes: "I have walked through the maze of the soul once. I know that my heart is not only hate ..."
The sword suddenly gave off the spirit of fighting spirit, and it was brilliant.
The huge Wraith screamed in horror, and with a sword of majestic power, he had severely slashed at Wraith.
This sword broke through all obstacles. With only one sword, the Wraith was split into pieces.
As if the wind was blowing and the fog was gone, Xiu Yi's eyes were a clean and empty room.
Not far away, the little guy Asahi was lying on the ground, sleeping beautifully, and the Blazing Bird was still on it. Demon
The Rat and the Black Samurai remained silently watching their master.
What just happened was only in Xiu Yi's heart. To them, it was as if Xiu stood alone for a while.
"Here is the sixth floor of the tower?" Xiu Yi looked around.
He looked at his arm, intact.
Xiu laughed: "Electra, despite my hatred, I still have love. I have never been so awake, knowing what I want and what to do. Your maze of mind is useless to me."
Picking up the sleeping Xu, he walked towards the top of the tower. !! ~!