Firefly Journey

Compared to human physiques, this crystal scorpion was quite large. Various spells bombarded the crystal cave, but surprisingly, there were no signs of damage inside the cave, not even the slightest tremor.

It was indeed an illusion! Everything I saw was false, which is why I was unaffected by magic.

So this magical beast made of crystal...

Could it also be a transformation?

With this thought in mind, Wind Chime raised her staff again.

Oracle. Thunderfall!

A dense array of lightning power appeared out of thin air and then violently poured onto the crystal scorpion, leaving it unharmed as before.

"Hauglis, don't dodge!" Wind Chime shouted. Under her thunderous bombardment, the crystal scorpion seemed to have become a little angry. It revealed its long scorpion tail and stabbed at Hauglis.

Hauglis, upon hearing this, did not flinch, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

Oracle. Blood Elephant.

Filled with fighting spirit, Hauglis chose to confront the demigod head-on!

Although he was only at the second awakening stage, since the wind chime spoke, he would definitely choose to believe it.

The scorpion's tail first pierced an ice shield. Lin Yuanran knew that this was also Feng Ling's method. Like Cassius, she had multiple paths, among which "Thunder Mage" was the most outstanding and was her main profession.

A miraculous scene unfolded: the scorpion's tail passed right through the ice shield, as if the soul could not embrace the body, missing it perfectly.

Hauglis's fist had already touched the scorpion's tail. Unlike the ice shield, when the two collided, Hauglis was immediately blasted back more than ten meters, spitting out a stream of blood.

"This magical beast is the artifact that maintains the illusion, or rather, the artifact is inside its body," Wind Chime said, offering her speculation.

Like crystal ore, crystal scorpions are illusory, but unlike crystal ore, even illusory crystal scorpions can cause harm to reality. This characteristic must be the effect of some kind of magical artifact.

There is no better place to hide the artifact than inside the crystal scorpion.

“But we can’t break through its defenses at all,” said the lightning mage, Wolf. In terms of lightning magic alone, he was even stronger than Wind Chime, but even so, he could not shake the crystal scorpion in the slightest.

It was as if, in this illusion, the crystal scorpion was an invincible being.

"I didn't want to use it so soon," Steve sighed.

Everyone immediately turned their attention to him, and saw that he had taken out a portable cannon with a pointed shell mounted on the front.

Lin Yuanran's lips twitched at the sight. Uncle, you're so violent!

Its design was exactly the same as the rocket launcher Lin Yuanran had seen on a military program on Earth, but its power was probably even greater, after all, this was a magical world.

“G-20 armor-piercing rounds, even the 'Tremor's' defenses might not be able to withstand them.” Steve’s eyes gleamed with pride, and he smiled like a child nearing forty.

"Tremors" is the name of the three awakenings of earth mages. The second awakening is "Earthbound," a profession known for its defensive capabilities.

Bang!

He pulled the trigger, and the armor-piercing round whistled away. Seeing this, Fway, who was entangled with the Crystal Scorpion, lent a helping hand.

A gentle breeze lifted the armor-piercing shell, and guided by the wind, the shell seemed to be equipped with a positioning and navigation system, heading straight for the Crystal Scorpion.

The sharp bullet, like a long, thin pin, pierced the crystal scorpion's skin and burrowed deep into its body.

Allen and Fway knew what was about to happen and each distanced themselves from the other.

The armor-piercing bullet writhed inside its body for two or three seconds, then seemed to finally give way, and a violent sound erupted from the cave!

boom!

Crystal shards flew everywhere, and the scorpion was blown to pieces.

"That's it?" Lin Yuanran felt a sense of "that's it"; it was too easy.

Sure enough, things weren't that simple. The shattered crystal fragments began to reassemble as before, and were about to be restored!

Just then, the mysterious eye on Ram Rachel's robe quietly opened.

Upon opening his eyes, he was met with the crystal scorpion, which was almost completely reassembled. Suddenly, the scorpion became still, and the crystal fragments scattered, never to be reassembled again.

"The Grim Reaper's Path?" Lin Yuanran estimated in his mind. This glare had actually extinguished the crystal scorpion's life force. In his limited knowledge, only professions related to the Grim Reaper could achieve this.

Ram Rachel's move stunned everyone. A minor religious follower from an unknown place possessed such great strength. It seemed that the god he worshipped was no ordinary being either.

The crystal scorpion exploded and died, its interior seemingly empty, devoid of any internal organs. Clearly, this was something created by the illusion—a puppet without its own thoughts, or perhaps a robot…

At the site of the crystal scorpion's explosion, a finely polished hexagonal prism-shaped crystal lay on the ground, emitting a faint magical fluctuation.

Everyone turned their gazes to it. Fengling was the first to pick up the crystal. She squeezed it hard, and at that moment, her palm was suddenly covered by a cloud of black mist. A few seconds later, the mist disappeared, and when she opened her hand again, the hexagonal crystal was no longer glowing.

Inside the cave, a dramatic change was also taking place.

The dazzling crystal light gradually dimmed and nearly went out, and visibility inside the cave dropped sharply, so everyone had to resort to lighting methods again.

In the end, the cave returned to its original state; there were no crystals left, only rocks. The prismatic crystals hanging upside down overhead were just ordinary stalactites.

"Have we... broken through the illusion?"

“Look here!” Paninger suddenly took a step back, speaking in a startled tone.

Several lamps were held up, and with their light, everyone could see what it was.

The statue, the strange statue, Lin Yuanran had never seen one before.

“It’s not just here,” Allen said. “Look around.”

After hearing his words, everyone looked around and found that there were such statues every one or two meters. The statues were all different in shape, but the only constant was that they were connected in pairs.

Mount plus knight.

The mounts are incredibly diverse, ranging from gargoyles to tusked boars—they're probably magical beasts. The riders are mostly human, dressed in various attire, but there are also a few from other races, such as elves and orcs.

“I’ve never heard of Krumbo having such a powerful armed force before his death?” said Hidaya, who had done her homework before coming.

In typical mythological sites, murals or statues are often used to record the achievements of deities before their fall.

According to known historical records, Klenbo was only a low-level deity, and by nature unassuming, he was out of place in this place.

Holding the hexagonal crystal, Feng Ling scanned the group of statues one by one. Suddenly, her gaze fell on a griffin knight statue.