Witch Special

Chapter 283: Bloody and Crazy: The Courtyard of Death

Flying in the sky, Lin Zhenxi had the opportunity to look at this world that she had lived in for several years but was still very unfamiliar with from a perspective she had never had before.

If you can fly, who wants to walk every day? Not only does it tire your feet, but your movements are also restricted by the terrain.

Flying freely is a very novel experience, especially after discovering that flying is indeed not dangerous. The primitive desire of living things to escape the gravity of the planet will surge in their hearts and turn into a lasting sense of excitement.

Looking at the mountains and rivers in the distance, and the scenery passing by below, the passion generated by speed causes a surge of adrenaline, making it impossible to stop and unwilling to stop.

However, due to an unknown disaster, the entire Death Courtyard looks quite bad, and the original beautiful primeval forest has now become withered.

Without the cover of the leaves, Lin Zhenxi could see the scene in the forest below even from the sky. She found many small animals in the forest, but they seemed to have become aggressive due to the environment. Even a rabbit dared to jump up and bite the big bad wolf's butt.

All the wild animals were attacking each other like crazy. The forest was filled with a strong smell of blood, which was blown by the wind and made Lin Zhenxi, who was flying in the sky, feel a blockage in her nose.

This is not a celebration at all, it's an ecological disaster. What on earth are the managers and great sages of the Garden of the Dead doing? Aren't they going to come out and take care of it?

After passing through the forest filled with the smell of blood, a Cangshan Mountain blocked Lin Zhenxi's way. The mountain was covered with tall trees, and a stone-paved trail ran through it, connecting one end of the mountain to the other.

Lin Zhenxi used to walk on the ground, but now she flies in the sky. The difference in perspective requires her to find some reference objects to identify her location, otherwise she will easily get lost.

Although it seemed that it didn't matter even if she was going in the wrong direction, after all, as long as she flew up and looked down from a high altitude, her teacher's home was still easy to find.

But you can definitely reach the Misty Lake by following the stone path in the forest. Just fly forward in its direction. Isn't this more convenient than flying in the wrong direction and then turning back?

However, something unexpected happened to Lin Zhenxi. As soon as she flew close to the top of the stone road, a large number of light jades flew out from the surrounding trees, which were only left with dry trunks, blocking Lin Zhenxi's way.

These enigmatic creatures were a hallmark of the Garden of the Lost World. Lin Zhenxi wasn't even sure if they were actually living things. She'd often seen these little glowing creatures drifting aimlessly through the forest, carried away by the wind, while she'd been walking through the woods.

Another similar mysterious creature is a creature called "Mao Yu".

A Maoyu is typically a ball of fur with a diameter of 5 to 20 cm, with no visible eyes or mouth. It feels very pleasant to the touch. They are also docile and not afraid of people, and will not show any impatience even when being held and cuddled.

But it was obvious that these light jades before him were fundamentally different from those in Lin Zhenxi's memory. The light jades in Lin Zhenxi's memory were generally light-colored, yellow, pink, green, and blue, but the light jades before him, lined up in a row and blocking Lin Zhenxi's way, had a dark red light inside.

It looks like he has bad intentions.

Just as Lin Zhenxi was on guard, these light orbs, like breathing lights, suddenly attacked her. Their bodies suddenly expanded several times, and then a large number of fist-sized light bullets were ejected from their bodies, hitting Lin Zhenxi from different directions.

Oh no, that’s it… Although the vision in front of him was almost filled with those light bullets, Lin Zhenxi breathed a sigh of relief.

This attack method is a hallmark of the Departed Courtyard. "Barrage Attack" involves unleashing a large number of attacks over a large area in an instant. While intimidating, the force is dispersed, so any impact will only cause pain but not injury.

Of course, it's not completely safe. Some barrage attacks are known for their sheer volume, leaving you with no escape. They absorb every hit, passively triggering a magic overload that can knock you unconscious.

But that's the worst that could happen. I've never heard of anyone being killed while playing a barrage game. Even the most ruthless and stupid fairy would at most freeze someone into an ice sculpture, rather than killing them directly.

She would playfully throw people frozen into the water, where they would suffer, but at least their lives would not be in danger. If she heard someone crying for help, she would even help save them.

It means first freezing the person on the surface of the lake to ensure that he will not sink to the bottom, then pulling the person out of the ice like pulling a carrot, and finally arrogantly asking for compensation from the other party, without any awareness that it was she who threw the other person into the lake and almost drowned him.

The barrages in front of him were just the most basic ones in the Courtyard of Departure. Although there were many of them, they moved slowly and had clear directions. The gaps in the middle were also large. Lin Zhenxi just slightly adjusted his position in the air and squeezed through the barrages.

But immediately afterwards, Lin Zhenxi heard an explosion behind him.

The sound wasn't loud, but it sent a very dangerous signal to Lin Zhenxi. She whipped her head around and saw that the barrage of bullets had actually blasted basketball-sized craters into the ground and trees lining the stone path. Clearly, the barrage of bullets fired by these light orbs wasn't just harmless energy balls, as Lin Zhenxi had imagined.

These barrages can kill people!

Lin Zhenxi's eyes suddenly became dangerous when she looked at those light jades. Since the other party did not abide by the rules of the martial arts world, don't blame her for being ruthless.

Lin Zhenxi took out his wand and pointed it forward.

Shattered into pieces, continuous shooting!

Several short, thick red beams of light were fired from the wand one after another, hitting all the light jades that blocked the way almost in no particular order, tearing their bodies into pieces.

The broken light jade fell from mid-air, but faded and disappeared halfway down, looking quite unreal.

However, the holes blown out on the stone path and trees behind Lin Zhenxi silently reminded her that what she had just experienced was not an illusion, but that she was really attacked by those strange red light jades.

What was going on? What exactly happened in the Garden of Departure? Lin Zhenxi was now full of doubts. The only way to find the answers to these questions was to rush to the Great Teacher as soon as possible.

Lin Zhenxi continued to fly forward along the stone path, encountering many red light jades and crazy fairies. After Lin Zhenxi found that these guys had all become very violent and their attacks were no joke, he killed them all.

Not only wild animals, but even light jades and fairies are affected by the environment.

It should be noted that the fairies in the Garden of Departure are plant spirits, like the Spring Fairies, Winter Fairies, Ice Fairies, Bamboo Fairies, etc. They are completely different from the fairies in the Overworld, which look like intelligent animals, sharing only the same name.

While these goblins may appear humanoid and even cute, they lack any intelligence unless they've evolved to the level of a great goblin. Just treat them like the monkeys on Mount Emei. If they try to play a trick on you, just hit them with a stick, or you'll be the one in trouble.

After clearing out the numerous light jades and fairies that blocked her path, Lin Zhenxi flew along the stone path to the top of Cangshan Mountain. Further down was the Mist Lake, and her teacher's residence was located on the shores of Mirror Lake.

But as soon as Lin Zhenxi flew to the top of the mountain, he saw something unusual.

Painted in vibrant vermilion, with two pillars on either side, topped with Kasagi and Shimagi, and a skewer inserted between them, this wooden structure is undoubtedly a torii gate.

Starting from the top of the mountain, one torii gate after another is placed on the stone path leading down the mountain, extending all the way to the foot of the mountain.

Legally speaking, the Garden of the Dead belongs to the gods, part of the divine kingdom. Although Lin Zhenxi couldn't find the name of the deity, it was indeed managed by a shrine maiden who worshipped the gods. When Lin Zhenxi entered the Garden of the Dead through the Nine-Tailed Fox statue, the dilapidated, seemingly long-abandoned shrine she first saw was the residence of the paradise's shrine maidens.

Hakurei Shrine.

Since we already have a shrine, let's go all in. Torii gates also exist in the Garden of the Dead, representing the boundary between the human world and the divine realm. Generally speaking, once you step past the torii gate, you enter the realm of the gods.

But what is the meaning of this long, cascading torii gate that stretches from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain?

Lin Zhenxi stood in front of these magnificent and countless torii gates for a while before he mustered up the courage to fly towards the corridor formed by the torii gates.

The world outside, under the influence of the crimson moon, was still in turmoil, filled with the terrifying sounds of beasts battling each other. But once Lin Zhenxi passed through the first torii gate, the surrounding clamor vanished, replaced by a complete and utter silence. Aside from the sound of her own breathing, she could hear nothing else.

Under the torii gate, Lin Zhenxi's previously somewhat irritable mood quickly calmed down. Feeling the solemn atmosphere around him, Lin Zhenxi gave up flying, landed on the ground, and began to cross the torii-covered path in the simplest way.

The 99 torii gates seemed to represent the 99 layers of heaven. It took more than ten minutes for Lin Zhenxi to quietly walk down this long downhill trail.

In the process of passing through the torii gate, something seemed to have changed, but Lin Zhenxi had no way to describe this change, he just had this feeling in his heart.

Finally, the Torii trail came to an end, and the view suddenly opened up. Lin Zhenxi came to a vast world with bright sunshine.

This beautiful place is what Lin Zhenxi remembers the courtyard of death to look like.

The protagonist can only bully small monsters like fairies and Mao Yu. Now he can't even beat Cirno (laughs)

The data these two days are pretty good. I don’t know what went well, but I’m happy anyway.

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