Witch Special

The man was slumped in front of the main hall of the shrine, which was decaying but still largely intact. If it were in good condition, there should be a place for the offering box, with the bell and the hontsubo bell hanging behind it, but now, there was nothing there, only the somewhat slender figure.

Before Lin Zhenxi got close, she felt a light around her. She turned her head and saw that the puppet army behind her had started to make sunlight guns again, ready to fire a sincere volley of sunlight at the unknown existence.

Lin Zhenxi had curiosity, but the Puppet Army didn't. No matter what monster, a volley of two thousand Sun Guns would be enough to send you to the west. Since they were certain it was a threat, they would eliminate it in the bud—that was the underlying logic of the Puppet Army.

But Lin Zhenxi was really curious about what this humanoid monster looked like, so she stopped the puppet army from firing the sun gun, and instead asked a few puppet soldiers to walk over and prepare to attack the monster in person.

Although he was very curious about what this enemy looked like, Lin Zhenxi certainly could not put himself in danger, so he left the task of killing the monster to the puppet soldiers.

But the puppet soldier walked all the way through the shrine courtyard and came in front of the figure, but the figure did not react at all.

Seeing that the puppet soldier he had sent to scout the way had raised his hand to salute and was about to use the Sunshine Fist Sword to cut four holes in the quiet monster, Lin Zhenxi hurriedly called for a stop again.

Thankfully, the puppet soldiers didn't have their own emotions, otherwise they'd be mad at Lin Zhenxi right now. What a lousy commander! He's not doing his job, all he does is yell for help. The enemy is right before his eyes, but he doesn't strike while they're still. Instead, he's rushing in to make things more difficult for himself. Is there something wrong with him?

It doesn't look like the type that is triggered by proximity?

But Lin Zhenxi still didn't plan to approach in person. She used the same trick again and branded the magic pattern of the Eye of Truth on the clothes of the puppet soldier next to her, and then controlled the selected puppet soldier to approach the paralyzed figure.

Before, it was too far away and she could only see that it was a person. Now that the puppet soldiers were closer, Lin Zhenxi could finally see the person's current condition clearly.

This was a person whose face could not be seen because it was covered with a silver mask, which looked like a smooth goose egg without any decoration. However, judging from her figure, Lin Zhenxi still deduced that she should be a woman.

In addition, Lin Zhenxi also learned the reason why the humanoid monster had been motionless. It was because a beautiful-looking silver dagger was inserted into her chest, seriously injuring her and causing her to enter a state of freezing.

But he should not be dead, otherwise the festival world would not place a silver-masked man of this appearance in the Hakurei Shrine alone.

So now if you want to see what abilities this humanoid monster has, you need to pull this silver dagger out of her chest?

Then I started.

Lin Zhenxi controlled the puppet soldier, reached out and grabbed the short handle of a silver dagger, and pulled it out of the body of the humanoid monster.

It took a bit of effort to pull it out, as if it was reluctant to come out of the silver-masked man's chest. But a dagger was still a dagger after all, and it was finally pulled out by the puppet soldier.

Then it was time to start the monster fight! Lin Zhenxi looked at the silver-faced figure excitedly, wanting to see what she could turn into.

Ah, she has changed, she has become darker.

However, right under Lin Zhenxi's eyes, the silver-faced man's body quickly turned black and weathered, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a handful of ashes.

What the hell? Could it be that this person is to blame? This sudden development left Lin Zhenxi stunned. But if the silver-faced man wasn't to blame, then that meant...

Lin Zhenxi hurriedly controlled the puppet soldier to look at the dagger in her hand, but she found that the puppet soldier no longer obeyed her commands.

In Lin Zhenxi's normal field of vision, the soldier holding the silver dagger also began to change. First, the dagger began to fade, losing its bright, reflective silver color and turning pure black. Then, a large number of black, silky threads began to extend, directly wrapping around the puppet soldier's wrist and piercing into the flesh. At the same time, they rapidly spread across the skin and inside the body, expanding their area of ​​​​occupancy.

In the blink of an eye, the originally beautiful blonde girl was wrapped in a large amount of black silk threads and turned into a big cocoon.

Looks like I need to transform...

But then Lin Zhenxi didn't bother watching anymore. She had stopped the puppet soldier from firing the Sunlight Gun because she simply wanted to see what the humanoid monster in the festival world would look like. But the monster turned out not to be the silver-masked man but the disguised dagger. That was boring.

So, sunshine gun, blast it for me.

He actually dared to transform into a cocoon in front of the puppet army. He was really asking for death.

After Lin Zhenxi released her control over the puppet army, gleaming rays of sunlight instantly appeared in the hands of all the puppets. After a volley of sunlight lances, the large black cocoon vaporized on the spot, and even the main hall of the shrine behind it was swept away by the explosion, collapsing it.

See? This is called professionalism.

Although his curiosity had caused the Puppet Corps to lose a puppet soldier, Lin Zhenxi didn't care at all when he thought about how he could produce seven more of them per minute. A mass-produced product that could be produced in less than ten seconds was no reason to feel bad.

I brought two thousand puppet soldiers with me, and there is only one less. It doesn’t have much impact at all.

But then again, no player would actually pull out that dagger with their own hands, would they? The game mechanics are all about leading troops in battle, and the dirty, dangerous work should definitely be done by soldiers who are almost robot-like and only know how to follow orders.

And looking at the way the dagger is parasitic, you can tell that if the person being parasitized has feelings, it will definitely be extremely painful.

So it turns out there is this type among the Ashes. I've really broadened my horizons.

There is only this one enemy in the entire Hakurei Shrine. After Hayashi Maki ordered the puppet army to use the sun gun to blow up the big black cocoon, the light ball prompted her to occupy the ruins of the Hakurei Shrine and obtain the buff status "Yin Yang Gem" here.

Okay, we’re done here. Next, we should continue heading north to Baiyu Tower.

However, Lin Zhenxi heard from Teacher Patchouli that the entrance to the old hell is on the back mountain of the Hakurei Shrine. That is where the ghosts live. Because the ghosts love drinking and fighting, they are an unstable factor in the Garden of the Dead, so they are specially given a living environment where they cannot come into contact with outsiders. It is guarded by the manager of the Garden of the Dead, the shrine maiden of the paradise.

This means that this Old Hell should be located not far from the Hakurei Shrine. According to the rules of the Festival World, there should also be ruins and buffs there, but the entrance to the Old Hell is hidden. The puppet soldiers will only explore the areas that are directly accessible. As for the hidden snow areas, players will need to explore them on their own.

For example, the Bavaru Library, the Dream Palace Temple, and this old hell are all hidden snow areas that the puppet soldiers will not actively explore.

Moreover, there seemed to be no monsters in that hidden snow area, at least not the two that Lin Zhenxi had encountered now.

So Lin Zhenxi now plans to take this opportunity to take a picture of the entrance to the old hell and see what the enhanced attributes of the ruins of the old hell are.

According to Patchouli, the ghosts are a belligerent and outspoken race, immensely strong, and inveterately fond of alcohol. They have a poor drinking habit and tend to fight when they're drunk, but they always follow through on their promises, truly honoring their words. Ghosts are perfectly acceptable as friends, but there's one caveat: you have to be a heavy drinker; otherwise, you could easily be drunk to death by your ghost friends.

The buff attributes of the ruins in the celebration world are basically based on the prototype of the courtyard of death in reality, so if Lin Zhenxi can find the old hell, the buff status of that place will most likely increase the strength of the soldiers.

To be honest, this attribute is actually quite useless for Lin Zhenxi, because her puppet soldiers rely entirely on the sharpness of the Sunshine Fist Sword and the additional power of sunlight to restrain the enemy and deal damage. They are not power-type players at all, and increasing their strength is meaningless.

But Lin Zhenxi was simply curious; she wanted to see where the entrance to Old Hell corresponded to in the Garden of the Dead. While the environment wasn't particularly impressive, the locations of the Celebration World and the Garden of the Dead corresponded closely. Lin Zhenxi had never had the chance to properly explore the Garden of the Dead, so she figured it would be okay to broaden her horizons in the Celebration World.

Anyway, the White Jade Tower is nestled in the upper right corner of the map. It won't run away, so there's no need to rush to occupy it.

So Lin Zhenxi slowed down his pace, dispersed his soldiers, and carefully searched the back mountain of Hakurei Shrine, trying to find the entrance to the old hell.

You're right, Lin Zhenxi actually found it.

After all, it is quite conspicuous, so conspicuous that Lin Zhenxi was a little surprised why the puppet soldiers did not explore this place.

In the forest behind the Hakurei Shrine, the puppet soldiers discovered a basin that seemed to be a dried-up lake. At the bottom of the basin, there was a huge black hole, which was many times larger than the one in Myouren Temple.

Why is it a crypt again? Does Patchouli-sensei have no other way to hide things? Or is there another way, but Lin Zhenxi just didn't find it?

Because this crypt appeared so abruptly and conspicuously there, Lin Zhenxi would never believe that there was nothing underneath. Although he didn't know if this was the entrance to the old hell, it would be okay to go down and take a look.

So, how many puppet soldiers should be sent down this time? Lin Zhenxi looked at the puppet army that had gathered around him, feeling a bit overwhelmed by the decision.