Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 77: Lord of the Ruins
He knew it, this ruin definitely had a mastermind controlling everything.
Otherwise, how could different environments, different levels, and various monster phantoms appear so neatly?
Although Shi Yu didn't know what kind of creature the shell on the illustrated book was, he figured it wouldn't be weak.
After all, the owner of this Beast Taming Space was at least a legendary Beast Tamer.
And a legendary Beast Tamer was qualified to command overlord-level creatures.
He just didn't know whether the shell itself was also a phantom, or still existed somewhere in the ruins.
If it was still alive, that would be amazing, with a lifespan of at least several thousand years.
And if the shell was just a phantom, guarded in the ruins by the Beast Tamer's last wish, a program-like thought body, that would also be very powerful.
Being judged as "life" by the illustrated book, and only dissipating after he cleared the ruins, meant that the shell had at least cultivated that skill to a god-like level, right?
Shi Yu refocused his attention on [Illusionary Manifestation], as this was the first time he had seen a dual-attribute ability.
After seeing the skill [Introduction], Shi Yu only felt that the "high-level" rating didn't match this skill when he understood the first half, "It can materialize the phantoms constructed in dreams and illusions, and summon or transform."
Such a powerful ability, and it's only high-level?
Those beast tides and even the Ice Dragon that were materialized were completely overwhelming for Shi Yu. In his opinion, it was at least super-level, or even god-level.
After all, materializing a few divine beasts would directly make you invincible.
It wasn't until he understood the second half that Shi Yu realized why this skill was only high-level.
This skill required too many prerequisites, and you couldn't materialize whatever you wanted.
Not ["Creation ex nihilo"], ["Equivalent Exchange"] was the basic principle of this skill.
The user could imagine boldly, but if they wanted to materialize the fantasy almost perfectly, they would have to pay an equivalent or even greater price.
For example, even that shell couldn't directly transform into an Ice Dragon, but had to use a real Ice Dragon's whisker as a medium.
Moreover, even so, it didn't materialize the Ice Dragon's complete form, at least it only knew Ice Claw and Cold Breath, which was too weak.
Although, Eleven almost didn't win...
In short, this skill had a much higher threshold for use and was more difficult to train than other skills of the same level, but its advantage was that it was flexible and versatile.
"This skill seems very suitable for Qing Mian Worm."
That was why Shi Yu chose to copy it.
When filling out the application, Qing Mian Worm chose three options: Mental, Space, and Dragon.
Originally, Shi Yu planned to get one or two of them accepted.
However, this skill seemed to perfectly match all of Qing Mian Worm's options and personality!
Didn't it love to dream and like to appear in various forms in its dreams?
After learning Illusionary Manifestation, it could even materialize its dreamlike imaginings into reality.
Turning fantasy into reality was exactly the power of the Space attribute.
And Dragon… that shell just perfectly demonstrated how to disguise oneself as a dragon from a shell.
Although it didn't become a real dragon, and couldn't even simulate the Dragon race's racial skills, perhaps through this skill and some special materials, it could temporarily borrow a dragon skin to wear.
All three options were directly satisfied at once.
Mental and Space were the foundation, and the Dragon was fantasized through this skill.
"Perfect, it's like it's tailor-made..."
This was a skill with high growth potential. Shi Yu felt that if he developed it to a god-like level, it would definitely give him a surprise.
After all, no matter what, it had half of the Space attribute.
If he used this skill as the core, and evolved in the direction of the Mental and Space attributes, then what would Qing Mian Worm evolve into?
A dream butterfly branch with materialization abilities?
Shi Yu couldn't remember if there was a similar pet in nature for a moment.
"Awoo!!!"
"Awoo!!!"
Perhaps because Shi Yu had been distracted for too long, the Iron-eating Beast couldn't wait any longer.
"Awoo!!" What was he doing, staring blankly at the dissipating phantom? There was still a stone bead there.
"Right, the stone bead..."
Shi Yu came back to his senses and looked at the stone bead in the shell.
Could this be the shell's pearl or something? Maybe he could grind it up and feed it to them?
He picked up the stone bead, and then, something happened.
The moment he picked up the stone bead, Shi Yu's brain buzzed, and his perspective seemed to overlook the entire ruin space.
…
Ruins, other spaces.
A soldier Beast Tamer in camouflage looked blankly at the disappearing Ice Armor Giant in front of him, very puzzled.
He and his pet looked at each other. Where did the monster go?
They were clearly fighting the Ice Armor Giant just now, how could the monster suddenly disappear from in front of them?
It was as if they had defeated the monster, but the reality was that there was no teleportation array for the next level.
This situation also appeared on other Beast Tamers who were challenging the levels.
The monster phantoms in front of them suddenly disappeared, and they had no idea what was happening.
"This is..."
At this moment, Shi Yu seemed to be standing from a god's perspective, seeing all the situations within the ruins.
This change shocked Shi Yu greatly.
It was as if, holding the stone bead, he could control the changes within this ruin.
At this time, he also seemed to know everything within the ruins, for example, besides them, these trainee Beast Tamers, there were no other creatures in the ruins, and the shell could no longer be found, as if it had completely turned into a phantom and dissipated.
In addition, Shi Yu also found a large number of ice-type energy crystals and ethereal stones in some locations, in quantities that made him dizzy.
"What's going on?"
"Could it be that after passing all the levels, I became the master of the ruins and gained control of the ruins?"
At this time, it wasn't just inside the ruin space.
Outside.
Under everyone's stunned expressions, the sixth stone statue lit up.
"It's, it's, it's lit up, the sixth stone statue is lit up, Shi Yu must have passed the sixth level!" Regiment Commander He shouted loudly outside.
"It must be him!"
Beside him, President Feng was stunned for a moment, and then instantly overjoyed.
Damn, he really cleared it.
Although he didn't know what happened inside, Shi Yu was awesome anyway.
Right now, the lighting up of this stone statue was almost equivalent to shouting to everyone outside: Shi Yu had cleared all six levels and cracked the ruins.
"Damn..."
Seeing this scene, the trainee Beast Tamers outside also felt like countless Iron-eating Beasts were rolling over in their hearts.
They weren't as overjoyed as President Feng, instead, they felt endless loss and envy in their hearts.
Why wasn't it them...
Shi Yu was already so powerful, what benefits would he get from passing the sixth level this time?
Thinking of this, everyone was even more sour.
Just as the group outside was full of jealousy, the six stone statues cracked one after another, and figures were teleported out.
These were all challengers who entered before Shi Yu challenged the fifth level. As for after Shi Yu entered, no one entered again, and they were all waiting outside to see Shi Yu's results.
At this time, this group of people and their pets were suddenly teleported out, still a little confused.
"What happened?"
"Why was I suddenly teleported out?"
"Where's the giant, the huge Ice Armor Giant?"
"Why can I come out without recalling my pet?"
These people looked at each other, and then they found a crowd of people surrounded outside, as well as the six stone statues that lit up and then cracked, their eyes widened.
"You guys come down first." Old He called out to them.
"Say, what's going on? Why did you all come out together?"
"I was fighting a ferocious beast, and then the ferocious beast suddenly disappeared, and then I seemed to be pushed out."
"Me too."
"I'm in the same situation."
The people who were teleported out spoke one after another.
"Regiment Commander, what's going on?" Some of them asked Regiment Commander He about the situation in front of them.
Why were all the stone statues lit up, and they were broken???
Regiment Commander He was silent for a moment, and said, "Shi Yu entered the ruins after you and passed the fifth level. Right now, perhaps he has passed the sixth level."
"In short, let's wait and see what happens, and see when he comes out." As soon as he finished speaking, these soldiers opened their mouths wide.
The entire outside was silent, and everyone looked at the teleportation array.
Inside the ruins.
After discovering that he could really force other people to teleport out, Shi Yu, who was holding the stone bead, was stunned.
This thing was indeed the controller of this ruin space.
It was previously in the hands of that shell phantom, and now, as he cleared the level, the shell phantom dissipated, and the stone bead became his?
So, what was the relationship between this and the historical truth of Icefield City?
What did those historical traces want him to know by clearing this ruin?
Or rather, could this stone bead be related to the Ice Dragon Ruins on the snow mountain?
Shi Yu fell into contemplation, but soon he shook his head. Forget it, he would rest and think about it later.
"Eleven, come into my pocket."
Shi Yu called out to Eleven, who was looking bewildered, and Eleven immediately climbed into Shi Yu's pocket.
Well, he was too lazy to recall Eleven. It would be nice for Eleven to stay outside as a pendant like this in the future, it was quite cute.
He wasn't afraid of others asking why his Iron-eating Beast would multiply.
Don't ask, just say that it activated its ancient bloodline in the evolution spring and awakened a new racial skill. If you want to cultivate the same, go try the spring yourself.