Chapter 243: Lost Souls, Remaining Shells
The orc's body was plumped up by the bird's death, but it soon shriveled up like a hole-pierced balloon. Although the two didn't seem to have anything to do with each other, Lin Ye was very sure that the orc had taken something from the body of the dead bird, and then let the thing escape.
With the death of the bird, the orc was still unswervingly walking towards Lin Ye, at this moment he only raised a hand slightly, the palm of his hand opened, and a huge suction force came from the palm, Lin Ye couldn't resist, and in an instant, the orc sucked Lin Ye into his palm. In the past three seconds, Lin Ye's neck will be choked by the orcs, and then follow in the footsteps of the first few birds that were choked by the orcs.
The orc's empty eyes seemed to regain their vigor at this moment, and all his attention was focused on Lin Ye's body.
"......" He opened his mouth, and obscure bytes popped out of his mouth, but Lin Ye didn't understand a word.
"Host, be careful!
"I know it too!" Lin Ye grimaced, he tried his best to manipulate the air flow to push himself in reverse, but the force of the push was completely incomparable to the suction. It's only a matter of time before the orcs get caught.
A smile appeared on the orc's face, as if there was something he needed in Lin Ye's body. His palm turned into a boundless wall of fear in Lin Ye's eyes, slowly stretching out towards Lin Ye. Lin Ye didn't know what was worth enough for the orcs on his body, and he tried his best to stop the uncontrolled body while looking for something to fight back against the orcs.
Finally, he set his gaze on the fragments of the shell of the fireball he was about to pass by. Although the flame ball had been shattered into pieces, and the dimmed fragments seemed to be unable to regain its former bright glory, it was still calling to Lin Ye, appearing in the depths of Lin Ye's mind.
It asked Lin Ye a question, still repeating the question that was interrupted by the bird
"Abandon this body, or keep it?"
When he asked this sentence, the voice in Lin Ye's mind had already fallen silent, as if waiting for Lin Ye's answer.
"Body, I've abandoned it many times!" Lin Ye shouted inwardly. When he advanced to adulthood, Lin Ye's body had been fully elementalized, and his current body was no longer the original body at all, as long as Lin Ye still had a spiritual base, he could reshape a body.
Lin Ye's answer was like a stone sinking into the sea, and he quickly fell silent, and the source of the previous question did not continue to ask.
Lin Ye was slightly disappointed, it seemed that his answer was wrong?
But in the next second, the dim flame shell fragments began to tremble, and waves similar to magma formed on the shell, and shot out a red light, shooting into Lin Ye's body.
Lin Ye's feathers changed from cyan to red, and became extremely red! From Lin Ye's wings grew slender feathers again. The flames above began to float above Lin Ye's head. The faint shell of the flame ball had turned a dead gray, and the shell had cracked open again with countless cracks, having lost all the vitality it possessed.
"Only by giving up oneself can we break through the shackles......" The voice that had been silent before finally appeared in Lin Ye's mind.
At the same time, a broken picture appeared in front of Lin Ye.
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"What should we do?"
"What can we do?"
A group of orcs, dressed in armor forged from high-grade alloys, stood in the hall and raised their heads to one of the orcs at the front. The latter's complexion had changed and his fur had turned pale, but his body was still strong. He clenched his fists lightly as he looked up at the blazing ball of flames.
"Do you really want to do this? If we fail, we will all be buried for it, and the whole civilization will be completely destroyed. A young orc shouted, waving his hand in disapproval.
"We have to fight for it, we've been in a Level 5 civilization for too long, and powerful Guardians have noticed us. When they finish the first few civilizations on the list that are to be prioritized, they will immediately free up their hands to deal with us......"
The old orc sighed, and his expression gradually became resolute as he looked at the ball of flames.
"Let's test our conjectures...... orc muttered to himself, "Only by stripping one's body from a single space can one enter the soul evolution belt and officially break through the apex of the wisdom evolution belt." ”
The orc raised his hand and pressed it lightly against the ball of flames.
"This means giving up everything you once had in the Wisdom Evolution Zone, including the physical abilities you have gained after evolution, including the fists of a giant beast dragon that can be easily defeated in front of you. ”
The strength of a fifth-level civilization's body was far greater than that of any living being, and now he had to give up these hard-won abilities......
"The whole city has been transformed into a place for the ascension ceremony. ”
Knock!knock~~ The bell tower began to sound high-spirited, and the three hands on the dial rotated wildly at this moment.
"When the bell rings again, it's the day the ritual is activated. The old orc whispered. The ball of flame on the tray began to spin, scattering sparks of faith with scorching faith.
In the entire ruins, all the patterns were completely activated, and began to glow with blue light, and all the orcs were sitting in their homes, just at the node of the energy patterns sitting in the room.
Some of the orcs closed their eyes peacefully, and their bodies had begun to vaporize. There was no trace of pain in his face, as if these were a great happiness for him. However, some of the orcs did not react at all, and they immediately rushed to the next floor of the bell tower. Spatial cracks appeared in the room under artificial creation, and the orcs were not afraid at all, and rushed towards the spatial cracks, while deliberately letting the spatial cracks touch themselves.
If you want to strip the connection between the soul and the body, you must first obtain a large amount of soul power, and then weaken the fit between the body and the soul, and the best way is to use the spatial rift to polish yourself.
A small piece of their body was quickly swallowed up by the spatial rift, and in the missing part was their soul. These souls are like mist, bound by an unknown rule, and even if they lose their bodies, they cannot move. No matter who they are, they can see their souls, and the fifth-level civilization has already made their souls strong and abnormal, even to the point where their souls are about to manifest.
"For civilization!" they shouted, the sound of their roars piercing through eternity and shocking the forest night. Lin Ye's mind was directly shaken back by this roar, and his spirit immediately retreated from his memory, and then no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't recall the scene that happened at that time.
Unconsciously, Lin Ye's wingtips were more white, and the snow-white wingtips looked unusually eye-catching in the dim room, but Lin Ye didn't notice this. He just felt that his body was empty, and correspondingly, Lin Ye also felt that the energy in his body was full, as if he had inexhaustible strength.
The flame ball is composed of a scorching flame, and it is also the energy core of the entire civilization ruins, and in it there is a large amount of faith power, because the civilization has perished, these faith forces have become ownerless, and anyone can absorb them.
"The host has gained a large number of faith points! The total number of faith points obtained is 1.12 million, which is already more than the 1 million faith points required for advanced second-level civilization!" From Lin Ye's mind, there was a cry of excitement from the system, these faith points seemed to be enough to force Lin Ye's Phoenix civilization to advance. "I've helped the host lock in these beliefs, and the host's faith won't grow until they're used up. ”
The shell of the shattered flame ball was originally made of pure souls, and these souls became Lin Ye's belief value.
At this moment, Lin Ye felt that he had an inexhaustible strength, and as his mind moved, a large number of spiritual bases appeared around him, and the abundant energy did not decrease in the slightest. In this short period of time, Lin Ye could squander these spiritual bases to his heart's content.
The orc didn't know what was happening on Lin Ye's body, he still opened his palm and sucked Lin Ye's body.
Lin Ye silently recited in his heart:
"Nameless Fire - Cross Fire Spear!"
A cross-shaped fire spear immediately appeared in front of Lin Ye's eyes, and began to spin rapidly, like two sharp blades.
The spear of fire shot ferociously down the orc's suck, piercing through the orc's body. The thick walls were pierced by fire spears, more than a meter deep.
A blood hole was opened in the orc's chest, and the scorching blood gas churned out of the chest, but there was no mist of soul turning into between the large blood holes, and the orc's body only relied on its own instinct to act, and the soul inside it had already dissipated.
"Give it to me~" The orc's eyes were blank, it didn't even look down at its own injuries, but looked at Lin Ye blankly, and muttered to itself at the same time.
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and said, "What for you?"
Lin Ye was suddenly stunned and discovered a surprising fact. After reviewing the past images of this civilization ruin, Lin Ye was surprised to find that he could already understand the words of the orcs.
Just as Lin Ye expected at the beginning, the orc didn't answer Lin Ye's question at all, he was familiar with Lin Ye's words, and continued to walk slowly towards Lin Ye. His chest rose and fell slightly, if it were an ordinary animal, he would already be dying after a bowl-sized blood hole was opened in his chest, and then the orc's movements were completely undisturbed. Not only did he not look in pain, as if it was just a minor injury.
He continued to stretch out his hand, and from the palm of his hand came a stronger suction than before: "Give it to me!"
Lin Ye said coldly: "No matter what it is, don't want to get it from me!"
He spread his wings, and above his head appeared dozens of fiery spears forged from the Red Spirit Fire. These fire spears were extremely sharp, and each one had the same power as the fire spear that Lin Ye had killed the leader of the ostrich before.
The fire spear poured down like a torrential rain, and the orc did not dodge or dodge, his body did not move in the rain of fire spears, but his body had been pierced by the fire spears one by one.
The hard knees were smashed, and the scorching red spirit fire wrapped around the orc's body, and began to burn violently. The orc finally couldn't hold it anymore, and he fell to his knees, the knees of his legs slamming into the ground, leaving a spiderweb-like crack in the hard floor.
In the tense battle, Lin Ye finally stopped the orcs from acting against him, and at the same time successfully gained the initiative.
In the face of this machine-like orc, although Lin Ye defeated it, he did not have a sense of conquest in his heart. He sighed softly, flapped his wings and flew into the air.
The energy source of the entire ruin has been cut off, the so-called no-fly zone established underground has expired, and Lin Ye can once again soar in the air, flying freely.
The orcs beneath their feet resumed their movements.
"We failed~" The orc raised his head slightly, his face dazed. He didn't react to Lin Ye's counterattack at all, allowing Lin Ye to shoot dozens of blood holes large and small on his body, which was repeating the same words over and over again. He propped one hand on the wall, and the other hand was still slowly pointing at Lin Ye: "I need a soul, I can't live without it......"
This is the thirst of the empty body for the soul. The body has not decayed for thousands of years, but it is longing for the soul.
Lin Ye was silent, the orc's words solved the doubts in Lin Ye's heart, but it also made Lin Ye feel more sympathetic to them.
The system sighed with emotion and said, "It turns out that the sublimation ceremony made by this fifth-level civilization has completely failed. ”
Although the soul is separated from the body, it does not survive, let alone condense its own will. Only an ownerless body is wandering, thirsting for the souls around it, which is tantamount to drinking the sea to quench his thirst, and the soul obtained can only enrich his body for a short moment, and finally it will leak out of the body, leaving only an empty shell.
"Rest in peace. Lin Ye pressed one claw on the top of the orc's head, and then grabbed the orc's head with one claw.
The headless corpse twitched instinctively a few times before falling to the ground, blood flowing on the lines that had lost their energy supply, causing them to briefly shine for a while.
Bang!
The tremor of the bell tower became more intense, fortunately, Lin Ye was already able to fly at this moment, and was not affected by the shaking of the bell tower, but now seeing that the bell tower was about to collapse, Lin Ye immediately accelerated his flight speed, and continuously descended from the top of the bell tower to the lowest end. The rift in space that once existed no longer appeared. The dangers on the way were all gone.
The dust scattered, and the alloy rubbed sharp sparks. The once impregnable bell tower fell straight down to the square ahead, smashing a deep pit.
Lin Ye turned around and looked at the collapsed bell tower, full of emotion.