Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

The sound of shattering exploded all around Lin Yi. It was the sound of the shield collapsing under the impact of the explosion, like fragile glass turning into powder under heavy pressure.

In the smoke, a shadow broke through the air like a ghost, and Anker's pupils suddenly contracted.

The explosive spores that he was so proud of were shattered by the translucent energy membrane surrounding Lin Yi.

The pale yellow shield fragments fluttered down like a flock of crystal butterflies, reflecting the firelight and refracting the glory of death.

This momentary delay was enough for Lin Yi.

The sharp edge of the Rose Sword pierced through Ankol's hastily raised arm like a poisonous snake. The dull sound of the sword entering the flesh was mixed with the sound of bones breaking.

Looking at the blood flowing down his arm, Ankol gritted his teeth and froze the wound. Ice-crystal-like veins grew from the wound and spread rapidly along Ankol's forearm.

"Let go!" Ankol roared and swung his arms. The muscle fibers made a crisp sound like breaking strings under the overload exercise.

Lin Yi stepped precisely on the depression of Ancol's shoulder blade, and with the help of the reaction force, the sword blade moved forward another half inch. The cold edge pierced into the flesh, bringing tearing pain.

Taking advantage of Ancol's swinging force, Lin Yi jumped up, flipped in the air, and kicked Ancol hard in the face.

Ankol was unable to dodge and the kick hit him right on the bridge of his nose. The sound of the bones breaking was clearly audible and warm blood gushed out immediately, staining his vision red.

Ancol's body leaned back uncontrollably, but his left hand bent in the opposite direction in a way that went against the human body's structure.

His palm suddenly cracked, and a thirty-centimeter bone spur shot out like a poisonous snake, heading straight for Lin Yi's face.

Several bone spurs flew past Lin Yi's cheek, leaving a trail of blood, and then pierced through the wall behind him, causing gravel to fly everywhere.

Looking at the attack coming in front of him, Lin Yi could only let go of the hilt of the sword and retreat quickly. However, his chest was still rubbed by Ancol's bone spur, causing a burning pain.

The black and white rose sword stuck in Ankol's arm trembled slightly, and Ankol wanted to grasp the hilt of the black and white rose sword to pull it out.

The moment he touched the hilt of the sword, his left hand bounced back as if it had been electrocuted, and an intense numbness came from the palm of his hand, as if countless tiny needles were piercing under his skin.

"This sword... is weird!" Ancol was shocked, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

He mobilized the power of the ancient gods in his body, and the rich energy wrapped around his left hand, trying to pull out the sword by force.

But the sword of Black and White Rose seemed to have taken root and did not move at all.

Not only that, the sword also exuded a strange power that was constantly eroding his arms. His muscles gradually became numb, and even the power of the ancient gods could not completely resist this erosion.

At the same time, Lin Yi adjusted his body shape, exerted force on his feet, and rushed towards Ancol like an arrow.

Seeing this, Ancol whispered an obscure spell, and the air around him suddenly became bone-chillingly cold.

Countless tiny ice crystals condensed out of thin air and shot towards Lin Yi like a rainstorm.

Lin Yi raised his hand and a translucent energy shield unfolded in front of him. The ice spikes hit the shield, making dense "ding ding" sounds, but could not break through at all.

Lin Yi's speed did not slow down at all. In a blink of an eye, he was close to Ancol. He clenched his right fist and smashed it towards the opponent with terrifying force.

Anker's pupils suddenly shrank, and he quickly condensed a thick layer of ice in front of him, trying to block Lin Yi's attack.

The moment Lin Yi's fist came into contact with the ice, a huge impact force exploded, and the ice shattered instantly like fragile glass, with ice chips flying everywhere, reflecting a dazzling light in the firelight.

The huge impact force instantly shattered the ice layer condensed by Ancol. The strength of this ice layer was such that even high-level pollutants would take a lot of time to break through, but in front of Lin Yi, it was as fragile as paper.

Taking advantage of the gap between Lin Yi's old strength being gone and his new strength not yet generated, Anker suddenly leaped back to create some distance.

At the same time, his hands danced rapidly at his sides, and countless black silk threads emerged from his fingertips, interweaving in the air like poisonous snakes, instantly weaving into an airtight net, covering Lin Yi's head.

Just as the black thread was tightening, dark soul thread also appeared in Lin Yi's hand, entangled with Ancol's black thread.

The two strands of silk pulled against each other in the air, making a harsh friction sound.

Ankol's expression changed slightly. He felt the powerful force coming from Lin Yi's dark soul thread, which actually suppressed his own black thread.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Ancol gritted his teeth and increased the output of the power of the ancient gods. The black silk thread instantly became thicker, trying to forcibly suppress Lin Yi.

Feeling the change in the opponent's attack, Lin Yi stomped his feet suddenly, and the ground under his feet cracked instantly. He pulled his hands back hard, and a terrifying force burst out.

Under the pull of this force, Ancol's body involuntarily staggered forward a few steps, and the attack of the black silk thread was instantly disintegrated.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Yi grabbed with his backhand, and the black and white rose stuck in Anker's arm was pulled out violently.

The moment the sword broke free from the shackles, a crisp sword sound was heard, and the trajectory of the slash drew a perfect crescent moon in the air.

The black threads broke under the sword light and turned into black powder and dissipated in the air.

Lin Yi paused, leaving only a shadow in the air.

The next moment, the tip of the Black and White Rose's sword pointed directly at Ancol's left shoulder, at a speed so fast that it was difficult to catch.

Seeing the direction of Lin Yi's attack, Anker's pupils suddenly contracted, and a look of panic appeared on his face for the first time.

The left shoulder may not matter to others, but for him, it is a vital area of ​​life and death.

He never expected that Lin Yi could find his fatal weakness in such a short time.

Ankol hurriedly gathered the power of the ancient gods and formed a thick black shield in front of him.

With a dull sound, the tip of the Black and White Rose's sword pierced through the black shield. The powerful impact made Ancol's arm numb, and cracks appeared on the surface of the shield.

Lin Yi shook his wrist, and the sword blade moved upward. The sharp sword light tore the shield apart completely like cutting tofu.

With a "crack", the shield finally couldn't bear the weight and turned into countless black fragments and dissipated in the air.

The tip of the Black and White Rose's sword continued forward unhindered and instantly pierced into Ancol's left shoulder.

The moment the sword blade pierced his flesh, Ancol's body trembled violently and he let out a muffled groan.

He tried to hold the sword with his right hand and pull out the long sword that was inserted into his left shoulder, but after hitting the vital point, his strength was rapidly lost.

"How... do you know..."

Seeing this, Lin Yi kicked Anker in the abdomen.

The kick was so powerful that Ankol's body instantly bent like a shrimp. A large amount of blood spurted out of his mouth, splashing on the sword of Black and White Rose, slowly flowing down the sharp blade, and dripping onto the ground, making a slight "tick-tick" sound.

Lin Yi ignored Ancol's miserable condition. He suddenly pulled the black and white rose in his hand, and the blade was pulled out from Ancol's left shoulder, bringing out a puff of blood mist.

Ankol's body shook violently, blood gushed out of his wounds again, and he almost fainted.

Lin Yi raised his sword and slashed it down. The sound of the sword cutting through flesh and blood could be clearly heard. Ankol's body was cut into a "human stick" in an instant. Blood gushed out from the broken limbs, staining the ground red.

"Tell me, how did you follow me?"

Lin Yi stepped on Ankol's chest with just enough force to suppress his struggle, but not enough to kill him immediately.

Anker's face was as pale as paper, with beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down his forehead, mixed with blood, making him look particularly miserable.

He opened his mouth, but only a series of painful whimpers came out.

After a long while, Anker managed to catch his breath and said intermittently: "It's... it's the map... When you left the camp, our people tampered with the map... There are special marks in it... It can sense your location..."

Lin Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He obviously did not expect that the map that Theresa brought to him was actually spiced up.

It seems that I have to check carefully when I collect things in the future, otherwise I won’t even know I’ve been cheated like I did today.

"Do you know about the Misri ruins?" Lin Yi exerted force on his feet and woke up Ankol who was about to fall into a coma.

Anker's lips trembled, and his voice was hoarse and weak: "If I tell you...will you let me go?"

Lin Yi's eyes did not waver at all, and he said calmly: "I told you, I can give you a quick death."

A trace of struggle flashed in Ankol's eyes. Finally, under the severe pain and the desire to die quickly, he gritted his teeth and said intermittently: "The Misri ruins... It is said that the secret of the church to reverse the pollution is hidden inside. But the exact location... Only the archbishop knows. I... I have only heard some rumors... I heard that the ruins are surrounded by dangers, and those who rashly intrude... will not survive."

Lin Yi frowned slightly, somewhat dissatisfied with this vague answer, "That's all? Are you sure you haven't hidden anything?"

Anker gave a bitter smile, "Really... that's all. I've told you everything I know... The Misri Ruins are an extremely important place for the church. Even I... have never been inside. The method of entering... is only known to the Archbishop and the Lord."

After saying this, Ankol let out a long sigh, as if he had unloaded the last burden.

In this continent that has fallen into the apocalypse, he no longer knows what the meaning of living is.

His eyes gradually blurred, and his voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible: "I have said everything I need to say. Let's do it..."

From the moment he was born, the roar of the polluted body filled his eardrums, and the smell of blood and decay filled the air.

If a soldier on the battlefield had not noticed him crying loudly in a pool of blood, he would have become food for the contaminated body long ago, without even a trace of his existence left.

Even though he was brought back to the territory, Ancol's fate did not change.

He was born with the characteristics of a polluted body, which made him an alien in the eyes of everyone, a "monster" who could not integrate into the group.

Every time he went to the welfare home to get food, it became the beginning of his nightmare.

A group of kids would always surround him, throw rocks at him and call him a "freak bastard".

Their laughter was sharp and piercing. Once a child shot him in the forehead with a slingshot. Blood flowed down his cheeks and stained his clothes red.

But the children laughed even more happily, as if his pain was their greatest pleasure.

Ankol didn't dare to resist and could only run away with his head in his hands, hiding in a dark alley, curling up in a corner, licking his wounds alone.

But the malice in life is not limited to children, the adults are also full of disgust and rejection towards him.

When he went to the store to buy things, the boss would deliberately raise the price and throw the goods heavily in front of him with disgust on his face.

Once, Anker accidentally bumped into a passerby, who pushed him viciously, spit at him, and cursed: "Get away, monster!"

As a teenager, Ankor was exhausted, wandering the streets like a zombie.

To him, the future seemed like a dark abyss, with no hope in sight.

Just then, people from the church found him.

They were wearing black robes and had gentle but strange smiles on their faces.

They told Ankol that his difference was not a flaw, but a symbol of being chosen by the Lord of Pollution.

In the church, he can find his own value and belonging, and even gain unprecedented power. Anker listened to these words with doubt and confusion in his eyes.

The long-standing hostility he had endured made him dare not easily believe this sudden "goodwill".

His heart was full of vigilance, yet there was a hint of longing - a longing to be accepted, a longing to no longer be alone.

The people in the church seemed to see through his thoughts and did not give up.

They took Ankol and found the people who had bullied him.

It was a dark and damp abandoned warehouse, and the air was filled with the smell of mold and blood.

The child who had led the bullying of Ancol was tied to a pillar, his face full of fear and despair.

He saw Ancol and the church members walk in, their bodies shaking violently and making inarticulate sounds for mercy.

The people from the church had strange smiles on their faces. They held various sharp instruments in their hands and started to attack the man.

The sharp instrument pierced the flesh, and blood flowed down the pillar, staining the ground red.

The other party's screams echoed in the warehouse, making people shudder.

"Look, these are the people who hurt you, and now they are paying the price for what they have done." The people from the church said to Ancol in a bewitching tone. The voice was low and cold, like the whisper of a devil.

Ankol stood aside, his body trembling slightly.

Images of the bullying he had experienced kept flashing through his mind - the jeers, the stones, the sharp insults.

A complex emotion surged in Ankol's heart, including a sense of pleasure in revenge, but also shocking the bloody scene before him.

Afterwards, the church people took Ankol to the store that always raised his prices arbitrarily.

The shop owner was a middle-aged man with a face full of flesh. He had looked at Anker with contempt countless times and thrown the goods heavily in front of him, as if he was not even qualified to touch the goods.

This time, the church members didn't say a word.

With expressionless faces, they poured flammable materials all over the store and then lit torches.

The flames suddenly rose up, and the raging fire engulfed the entire store. The flames licked the wooden structure, making crackling sounds.

Thick smoke billowed up into the air, and a burning smell filled the air.

Anker stood not far away, looking at the burning shop with mixed feelings.

The light of the flames reflected on his face, flickering.

The injustice and humiliation that had been suffered seemed to gradually dissipate with the fire at this moment.

A complex emotion surged in his heart, including the pleasure of revenge and an indescribable emptiness.

The church member walked up to him and said in a low and bewitching voice: "See? This is power. As long as you join us, no one will dare to bully you. You will become a strong person, and everyone will be afraid of you."

Anker lowered his head and looked at his hands, as if he could feel the power hidden in his blood.

A cold light gradually ignited in his eyes, and his former weakness and pain were deeply buried.

He nodded and replied: "Okay."

From that moment on, Ancol was completely "conquered" by the Church of the Lord of Pollution.

He believed that only in the church could he truly get rid of the shadow of the past and gain strength and respect.

He became a sharp blade in the hands of the church, carrying out various dangerous missions, and also became the church's ace bishop.

Lin Yi glanced at Ankol, who was determined to die, and pierced Ankol's left shoulder with a sword. The blade accurately crushed the special organs in his body.

Anker's body trembled violently, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed, his strength to struggle also disappeared, and finally he completely collapsed to the ground.

[You killed Bishop Ancor and obtained 3.7% of the Origin of the World. You now have a total of 57.7% of the Origin of the World.]

[You get an epic treasure chest (2%). ]

After dealing with the group of followers of the church, Lin Yi took out the map he had obtained before from his arms.

He looked at the surface of the map carefully, then mobilized the power of the abyss in his body and slowly injected it into the map.

The power of the abyss roams in every corner of the map, eroding every trace of energy fluctuation.

Soon, Lin Yi discovered a deeply hidden mark in the lower right corner of the map.

The energy fluctuation of this mark is very weak. If he hadn't known there was a problem in advance, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.

After confirming the location of the mark, Lin Yi used the power of the abyss to swallow the mark in one gulp.

Without this tracking mark, it would not be easy for the Church of the Lord of Pollution to find Lin Yi.

When he returned to the outpost, Lin Yi found that the room he was originally in had been blown to pieces, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and burnt air.

There was no other choice, Lin Yi could only go back to the jeep and take a good nap.

Although the interior of the car is simple, it is at least safe.

Lin Yi leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and took a short rest.

Three hours later, Lin Yi started the vehicle. The engine emitted a low roar, and the jeep slowly drove out of the outpost and headed towards the direction of the Misri ruins.

The jeep bumped along the rough road, its wheels making a crunching sound as they rolled over gravel and mud.

The fog around him seemed to have life, constantly flowing in Lin Yi's sight, sometimes condensing into strange shapes, and sometimes dispersing into a hazy white curtain.

After leaving the forest, Lin Yi came to an area similar to hills.

The fog here is a little thinner, but the air is filled with an indescribable strange atmosphere.

Just then, a faint singing voice was heard.

The singing was sometimes clear and sometimes blurred, with a captivating magic that made people want to get closer involuntarily.

[Tip: The hunter's soul strength is higher than 50 points, and he is immune to the opponent's mental charm. ]

Lin Yi did not stay in this place for long. After being invaded by the ancient gods, many places in the Chikong Continent underwent strange changes.

For example, this area was originally marked on the map as a prosperous town. However, when Lin Yi drove there, he didn't even see the shadow of a town. Instead, there was a barren hilly area and that creepy singing.

Just as the jeep rolled over the road, something strange happened.

The flowers on both sides of the road suddenly began to move, and the petals slowly opened, revealing distorted human faces on the back.

The mouths of those human faces opened and closed, making ethereal and eerie singing sounds.

At the roots of these flowers, there are densely packed corpses, some of which are polluted bodies, some are animals, and some are obviously local residents who once lived here.

Their bodies had long since decayed, leaving only white bones, which became food for these strange creatures.

In this area, even polluted bodies rarely come back to wander around.

About twenty minutes later, Lin Yi felt the singing in his ears gradually disappear, and the fog around him became much thinner.

He looked back at the rearview mirror and found that the strange flowers had been left behind.

A week later, Lin Yi's jeep had been replaced with an armored vehicle.

The original jeep was cut in half by a monster hiding under the ground when it was halfway through its journey.

Lin Yi reacted extremely quickly and jumped out the moment the vehicle was destroyed. He had to admit that the journey to the Misri ruins was more dangerous than he had expected.

The most dangerous time was when Lin Yi was resting in a Gobi desert. Countless black flocs came from all directions like dark clouds and quickly enveloped the armored vehicle.

Fortunately, the interior space of this armored vehicle is sealed, and this kind of floc cannot enter the vehicle.

Lin Yi tried to drive away, but found that the engine had been blocked by the floc.

After Lin Yi opened his perception, he discovered that the flocs were not dust or ordinary pollutants at all, but a tiny insect with sharp mouthparts.

They were crowded together, constantly gnawing at the hull of the armored vehicle, making creepy sounds.

Lin Yi controlled the undercurrent mines to cover the surface of the armored vehicle, and only then did he clear away the bugs that were gnawing at the armored vehicle's hull.

Not long after driving, the road ahead suddenly collapsed, forming a huge deep pit, from which a huge mass of flesh slowly rose.

The surface of the meat mass was covered with distorted facial features. The eyes, mouth, and nose were crowded together in a disorderly manner, and the mouth kept opening and closing, making a disgusting whisper.

Countless thick tentacles extended from all around the meat ball, covered with sharp barbs, and waved towards the armored vehicle.

This situation is very common on the road. A new monster will appear at every certain distance, which makes Lin Yi very troubled.

Lin Yi hasn't had a good rest since leaving the Kurokawa Forest.

"We're here." Lin Yi took a look at the small map and found that the small dot representing the Misri ruins was not far from here.

Lin Yi got out of the car and did not choose to continue driving the armored vehicle forward.

The armored vehicle's engine noise is too loud, making it easy to be spotted when entering the Misri ruins.

He needed to stay hidden, after all, this area had apparently been occupied by people from the Church of the Lord of Pollution.

Lin Yi walked along a paved road. The signs of wear and tear on the slabs indicated that this road was frequently used and maintained.

Otherwise, given the overgrown environment around it, the road would have long been submerged in weeds taller than the knees.

After confirming that there were people here, Lin Yi hid on both sides of the road.

Not long after, several figures in black robes appeared in Lin Yi's sight.

Distorted limbs and alienated features can be vaguely seen under their black robes.

Lin Yi recognized the identities of these people at a glance—members of the Church of the Lord of Pollution.

Church members usually have varying degrees of physical mutation, and those who can appear here are obviously senior members with extremely serious alienation. (End of this chapter)