Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 257 Soul Sprint (5k)

The monsters emerging from the darkness were endless, as if there was no end.

The souls of the dragon soldiers had been severely injured and were taken back into the ashes by Bai Shi. After that, various ashes were used in turn, and finally all the monsters in the hidden room were eliminated.

Ashimi stabbed the imitated Sword of Night and Fire into the body of the last monster, ending the battle.

The darkness that had been constantly surging and giving rise to monsters also calmed down completely, without any ripples.

Ashimi sat down with the help of his sword, then lay on the ground with his back to the sky.

Bai Shi and Xia Duo came forward to check on Ashimi's condition.

In the previous battle, Bai Shi didn't have much room to play. If he relied on his soul to fight against so many monsters, he could kill Bai Shi by just scraping a piece of skin from each one.

Bai Shi has been staying behind to give various buffs to the ashes.

Bai Shi looked at Ashimi lying motionless on the ground and asked:

"The battle just now was your first real battle. How did it feel?"

Ashmi was lying on the ground. The battle just now was more intense than the total amount of exercise he had experienced in the first half of his life.

“So~tired~!”

"It's still more comfortable to stay still inside the host."

"If possible, I don't really want to move..."

Bai Shi smiled.

"I'm still going to rely on you for some time."

"Once I find a way to attack you, you should be able to relax again."

Ashimi contributed at least half of the output in the previous battle.

Although she couldn't exert her full strength, she performed quite well in the battle because of her white consciousness power system.

However, the enemies were numerous, and strong ones appeared occasionally, so Ashmi inevitably suffered injuries.

Ashimi's body was covered with wounds of varying degrees from attacks by various monsters.

These injuries cannot be easily healed by themselves and need to be filled by human nature.

Now that the battle was over, she finally had time to heal her wounds.

Xia Duo came to Ashmi, ignited humanity, and gave it to her.

After Ashimi absorbed all of this humanity, the slightly dim soul body began to emit a soft gray glow again.

Afterwards, Bai Shi handed over all the ashes of other victims who had participated in the battle and were injured to Xia Duo, asking her to help with the treatment.

Countless monsters were killed in this battle, and the harvest was naturally not small.

If the digitized humanity that burned to illuminate the room for one minute is counted as one unit, then Bai Shi and Xia Duo carried a total of about two to three hundred units of humanity.

After this battle, the humanity in Bai Shi and Xia Duo has reached more than 5,000.

Now there is no need to consider such a tiny bit of insignificant savings, as there is enough money to repair all the ashes.

In addition to the harvest of humanity, these monsters also dropped a large number of dark souls.

Although it seems a little scarce compared to the humanity collected just now, it is still very considerable.

After these dark souls are purified by Xia Duo, they can strengthen the souls of Bai Shi and other ashes.

As for Ashimi, she has a unique way to strengthen the Teardrop Holy Grail, so she doesn't need this.

After this battle, Bai Shi and his group became rich instantly.

Of course, treating souls consumes a lot of humanity, probably two to three thousand units of humanity.

Among these ashes, the two dragon soldiers were the most seriously injured.

They are huge in size, and they rushed into the enemy lines to fight when the first wave of enemies was the largest, so they are now in tatters.

Because they had no names, Bai Shi named them "Tiancan" and "Dique" according to their characteristics.

It just so happens that one of them can fly, but can't use ice mines.

The other one's wings were not complete and he could not fly, but he mastered the ice thunder.

Bai Shi intended to use the dark souls to strengthen the two dragon soldiers and the Storm Knight Oleg.

Because Bai Shi is the recognized Storm King and has a master-servant relationship with the Storm Knights, his recognition is quite high.

Therefore, Oleg can exert almost all of his strength before he was born, and has strength close to that of a top hero.

The two dragon soldiers are also quite powerful, and are above average among heroes. They are very effective in dealing with large-scale enemies.

Now in the spirit world, apart from Ashimi, these three are the most reliable and trustworthy.

And they have been working until now, so reinforcement must be arranged.

While Xia Duo was treating the other ashes and souls, Bai Shi came to the altar.

On this altar, the mysterious ball of light still stands there quietly.

Previously, it was because Bai Shi and others came to the altar where the light ball was located and wanted to touch the light ball, which triggered the ambush of the monsters around here.

Now that the battle is over, it's time to study what kind of treasure is guarded by so many monsters.

Bai Shi stood on the altar and reached out to touch the white ball of light.

As Bai Shi's finger lightly touched the surface of the light ball, the light ball instantly split and dispersed, turning into light spots flying all over the sky.

Those tiny spots of light floated for a while, and then poured into Bai Shi's body from all around.

Bai Shi felt silently, and something else seemed to appear above his soul.

As Bai Shi felt, a pair of pure white, thin wings grew on the back of his soul.

The pair of wings fell like a cloak, covering the back of the White Soul.

And outside the soul, the pure white light also extended and finally merged into his cloak, covering it with a layer of thin white light.

Bai Shi was a little surprised after sensing the usage of this power, and the next moment he immediately tried it and used this power.

Bai Shi's body instantly transformed into a pure white soul and rushed forward rapidly.

After crossing a distance of dozens of meters in an instant, Baizhi regained his physical form.

Bai Shi held his chin in his hand, thinking for a moment.

What is this, Soul Charge from Hollow Knight?

The speed was so fast that it could almost be called teleportation in the eyes of Bai Shi.

Is this the speed of the soul?
During this charge, a portion of Bai Shi's soul power was consumed.

But even with consumption, the power is unquestionable.

However, this sprint changes one's own form and cannot carry others.

I don't know if I can use this sprint to attack directly.

We will have to test it later to see if it can pass through the wall and whether it can be used after returning to the junction.

Also, if similar things are stored in every Hefen Spire, then there may be other props that can be used for attacks.

Even two bone nails would be fine.

As long as Bai Shi is given something that can output to the soul - even if it is just a small knife, Bai Shi can kill through the spirit world.

It’s a pity that what is preserved in this Hefen Spire is the sprint, not the offensive stuff.

So Bai Shi can only continue to be a Pokémon trainer recently, giving buffs to the Pokémons and then commanding the battles.

Bai Shi stopped researching this new ability and walked out with Xia Duo and the completely healed ashes.

At this moment, both of them had a lot of humanity, and Bai Shi asked Xia Duo to burn the humanity even brighter.

When I lacked humanity before, the feeling of being surrounded by darkness was really uncomfortable.

If you don't pay attention to your feet at all times, you might fall directly into the abyss.

Xia Duo nodded and did as she was told.

She set the humanity in her hands on fire, and the path ahead immediately became very clear.

This time, they didn't walk long before reaching the end of the road.

Walking down the stone slope, Bai Shi and Xia Duo stood on an empty platform.

At this moment, the two of them have successfully reached the 'top of the tower'.

There was only one road in front of them, so they walked straight ahead.

At the end of the road, a huge beast was hiding in the darkness, and the light in Xia Duo's hand could only illuminate part of its body.

Xia Duo's heart slightly lifted, and she increased the light to illuminate the entire body of the beast.

As the full picture emerged, Xia Duo finally felt relieved.

"What? It's a statue."

Bai Shi stared at the beast statue and jokingly said:

"What's wrong with the statues? Before, there were even moving hollow armor shells."

"Maybe this one will move, too."

After hearing what Bai Shi said, Xia Duo started to get nervous again.

This beast looks like a lion, but it has some characteristics of other races. No one can tell what it is.

Bai Shi walked forward, approached the statue of the beast, and circled around its base. This thing must not be placed here for no reason. Perhaps the secret to conquering the Hefen Spire is hidden in it.

However, Bai Shi has not yet figured out what's different about the statue.

Bai Shi put his hand on it, but his soul did not feel any burning reaction. It seemed that it was indeed just a statue.

Xia Duo stood in front of the statue, trying to see what kind of creature it was, but made an unexpected discovery.

Xia Duo quickly spoke up and reminded Bai Shi:
"Ok?"

"Bai Shi, there seems to be something in its mouth."

Hearing Xia Duo's reminder, Bai Shi raised his head and looked upwards.

I saw that the beast statue was holding something in its mouth that was reflecting the light of spiritual fire.

Bai Shi jumped onto the head of the beast statue and stood beside its mouth, looking at it.

In its mouth was a metal ring, which was what Xia Duo had photographed just now.

Intuition told Bai Shi that this metal ring was the secret hidden in the Hefen Spire.

Bai Shi stretched out his hand and tried to take the ring out of the mouth of the beast statue, but he was unable to do so.

At this moment, the reminder from the game seemed to appear in front of Bai Shi again - "The mechanism cannot be moved."

It seems that there is no way to take it out directly, so you may need to find a suitable method to take it out.

This thing is related to whether Bai Shi can return to the border area, so Bai Shi does not dare to dismantle it by force and can only observe this circle.

Bai Shi looked at the ring in the mouth of the beast statue and suddenly realized that it was about the same size as the bracelet.

He stretched out his hand to compare, and it seemed to be just right to fit in.

Without hesitation, Bai Shi stretched his right hand in.

Afterwards, the ring was successfully put on Bai Shi's wrist, and the teeth of the beast statue that had previously locked the ring also loosened, as if it could be used to pull the hand away.

However, when Bai Shi pulled his hand out, the open mouth of the beast statue immediately closed.

But Bai Shi's body is no joke.

How can a mere statue compare to a well-trained body?

The statue's teeth bit down, leaving only a little blood on Bai Shi's hand.

Bai Shi pulled his hand out of the mouth of the beast statue, and the metal ring was already firmly wrapped around his wrist.

Looking at the ring on his hand, Bai Shi suddenly understood something.

This is a key.

Although it has not been activated, Bai Shi already knows many of its functions.

Bai Shi snapped his fingers, and the flames of spiritual fire immediately ignited on the walls of the spire, illuminating the surroundings.

Xia Duo looked at the bright light that suddenly appeared around her and extinguished the burning humanity in her hands.

Bai Shi jumped down from the statue's shoulders and said to Xia Duo:
"Okay, I already know how to attack this Hefen Spire."

Xia Duo looked at Bai Shi who had a confident smile on his face and nodded.

"Then it's up to you to lead the way."

Bai Shi took Xia Duo back to the slope and pointed at the stairs above their heads which were some distance away from them.

"We're going to that place next."

Xia Duo looked at the stairs hanging upside down above her head, then turned to look at Bai Shi, feeling a little confused.

Bai Shi jumped lightly, and when his body approached the stairs, he suddenly felt the direction of gravity change.

He adjusted his posture in the air, turned half a circle and then stepped steadily on the stairs.

Bai Shi raised his head and looked upwards, and saw that Xia Duo, who was still standing there, was already "hanging upside down" above him.

He was now standing at the front of the stairs.

Bai Shi looked at Xia Duo who was also looking up at him and said:
"Wait for me to come and carry you over here."

Xia Duo recalled the experience of being suddenly hugged before, her face turned red, and she rejected Bai Shi.

"No need. After all, I have been exploring the spirit world for so long. This distance is nothing."

Since she said so, Bai Shi stood where he was, waiting to see how Xia Duo would perform.

Xia Duo took a deep breath and then jumped up suddenly.

However, her first attempt was not smooth, and she almost touched the place where the two gravity forces intersected.

After falling back to the original place, Xia Duo felt a little embarrassed, and then she tried a second time unwillingly.

This time Xia Duo successfully jumped over the dividing area, and her face suddenly lit up with joy.

However, the sudden change in gravity made her unable to react quickly. She had no time to adjust her posture in the air and fell straight down headfirst.

"Alas--!"

Xia Duo was a little at a loss, but fortunately Bai Shi caught her easily.

Bai Shi shrugged and said to Xia Duo in his arms:

"It seems that I need to exercise more."

After putting Xia Duo down from her arms, she squatted down with her back to Bai Shi and her face covered.

'How embarrassing!'

At this moment, Xia Duo was trembling all over. If she had known it would be like this, she would have just let Bai Shi bring her here.

After a while, Xia Duo stood up and tried to pretend that nothing had happened.

Now that the light has been turned on, there is no need to burn the illumination of humanity.

Bai Shi and Xia Duo ran all the way along the true direction of the stairs.

Later, Bai Shi felt that this was too slow, so after consulting with Xia Duo, he carried her on his back.

With the light, Bai Shi's progress became extremely fast. In addition, all obstacles had been cleared before, so it was smooth sailing at this moment. It only took a little time at the jumping place.

Not long after, Bai Shi carried Xia Duo to the final destination of the journey.

A huge stone slab appeared in front of the two people.

The stone slab was engraved with various complex and intricate runes, as well as patterns composed of various straight lines and curves.

Bai Shi could not understand the meaning of the runes above, but there was a hole on the stone slab that was similar in size to the bracelet.

That being the case, it is obvious what to do.

Bai Shi put Xia Duo, who was lying on his back, down and stood in front of the huge stone slab.

As Bai Shi stretched his hand wearing the ring into the hole, various runes and groups on the stone slab continued to light up from the center, emitting a pure white soft light.

After this process was completed, the metal ring that was previously on Bai Shi's hand also completely disappeared.

Instead, a pale white mark appeared on Bai Shi's hand.

The mark was shaped like thorns, surrounding Bai Shi's wrist.

Finally, the light on the stone slabs retreated one by one and poured into the mark on Bai Shi's hand.

After Bai Shi completed the activation ceremony, all the functions of the Hefen Spire came to his mind.

Just as Xia Duo guessed, the Hefen Spire can indeed be connected to the border.

Bai Shi glanced at Xia Duo and said to her:

"Wait for me a moment."

"I promise I'll be right back."

Xia Duo nodded and waited quietly.

Bai Shi activated the mark on his hand, and as the milky white light enveloped his entire body, his figure slowly disappeared.

The next moment, Bai Shi's figure appeared on a hillside of the Weeping Peninsula.

Bai Shi felt it and found that there was no change in his body, but his soul had been greatly strengthened after being enhanced.

Now that it has been confirmed that he can travel freely between the border area and the spirit world, he feels relieved.

Then Bai Shi activated the mark on his hand again and teleported back to the spirit world.

When Xia Duo saw Bai Shi appear, she sighed slightly.

She hoped that Bai Shi would not get involved in these affairs of the spiritual world, and it would be best if he never came back.

In this way, Bai Shi will not have to face the danger here. At the border, he is still an extremely powerful king and should fight to become the King of Elden.

However, Xia Duo was looking forward to Bai Shi's return as promised.

She wanted to be with him, to go on adventures like this, to get through this together.

Even though she knew it was a selfish wish, she couldn't help thinking so.

Xia Duo looked at Bai Shi who was walking towards her, threw away the random thoughts in her mind, and smiled at Bai Shi.

Bai Shi took Xia Duo's hand and used his control over the spire to take her away from here.

The locations of several other spires appeared in his mind, but he didn't plan to go there just yet.

Bai Shi planned to find Godwin's followers and disrupt part of the death ritual.

(End of this chapter)