Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 431 Beyond the Mottled Purple
Bai Shi jumped into the secret cave underground, and Celine Shanks and Shiv immediately followed.

After landing, Schiff's nose kept sniffing, feeling curious about the unfamiliar smell of this place.

In the deep purple mist, it smelled a very sweet fragrance.

However, it was Bai Shi who identified the source of this breath before Schiff.

The unique scent of the purple mist, and the effect that made his mind begin to relax... there were not many things that met the requirements at the border.

In Bai Shi's memory, only Torina's water lily has such a fragrance and effect.

But such a large area of purple mist could not be created by Water Lily, it could only be Torina herself.

Bai Shi can now confirm that the person hiding in this cave is Tolina.

To Baishi, Torina herself is full of mysteries.

It is said that she is an ethereal girl who appears suddenly and disappears just as suddenly.

But unlike the color of the Tolina water lilies in the past, the purple now has become very deep.

In the past, it was a gentle slumber, a girlish lavender mist of illusion.

But at this moment, it has matured and turned dark, and can even be called a strong "poison".

——It makes people indulge in a peaceful and eternal sleep, an irresistible sweet poison.

Bai Shi was looking at the thick fog that was getting deeper underground in the distance, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

What kind of signal did Michaela give to Torina that made her separate from him and come to a place like this?

And was such a huge change part of Michaela's plan?
Bai Shi took another step forward and walked deeper into the cave.

If we can find Torina, maybe we can find out something.

However, with their arrival, some lives that were half asleep and half awake were also disturbed.

The blood monsters woke up from the giant sarcophagus ship and cast bloodthirsty glances towards the group of people who made the noise.

Seeing those blood monsters, Bai Shi couldn't help but recall the scene when he was entangled by the Invisible Mother before.

I don’t know if it will come out again this time.

With a frown on his face, Bai Shi quickly cleared out the blood monsters in front of him without caring whether the Invisible Mother would come.

Looking at the bows of those giant sarcophagus ships, Bai Shi finally noticed the decorations on them.

Just like some ships in real life have carvings of dragon heads, snake heads, sirens and other shapes on their bows, these sarcophagus ships also have similar carvings.

The only difference is that the shapes of these sculptures are somewhat special, they are horse-like creatures with a pair of large horns.

Bai Shi touched his chin and the shape looked more and more familiar.

Isn’t this his Torrett?
Bai Shi was not very clear about Torret's background.

After all, there aren’t many relevant texts about Torret, let alone any plot involving identity.

This was even the first time that Bai Shi had seen statues related to Torret and such a civilization.

In those sarcophagus ships, sticky blue-black sludge flowed out.

Those filthy, muddy objects must be something born from corpses and related to death.

I just don't know which era this huge sarcophagus ship belongs to.

Is it the ancient Uru or Ude dynasty? Or the Knox dynasty? Or is it the Queen of the Night Eyes?
But it seems that there is no way to find out...

Bai Shi looked at Celine Shanks beside him, and suddenly remembered that there was a living fossil-level creature next to him.

Celine Shanks met Bai Shi's curious eyes and turned her head away awkwardly.

Scratching her cheek lightly with her fingernails, Celine Sanx spoke:

"Well... Master, you know, I was in deep sleep for a long time before."

"Besides, I am not very keen on wandering around, and I only know a lot of things through the stories told by my companions."

"This is a ritual that has existed for a long time, but I'm not sure where it originated."

"After all, the rise and fall of various eras are just insignificant fragments in the eyes of ancient dragons."

"But at least I can be sure that those squirming things only became so numerous after the power of death gradually weakened."

Celine Shanks pointed to the huge sarcophagus ships and said:

"This is where the huge sarcophagi end their drift, and where death gathers."

"From what I know, it seems to be a special entity called molten mud, which is what corpses turn into after death."

"In the past, even filthy corpses would be baptized equally by the spiritual fire, because death is equal."

"Now that there is no spiritual fire burning, the molten mud has all piled up."

Bai Shi raised his eyebrows. Isn't that similar to the flesh and blood slimes that the immortals turned into?

Looking at the color and texture of this molten mud, could it be the slime that the mud people turned into?

It is very possible. After all, the clay people's durability is even better than that of the immortals in the Golden Age.

Moreover, the power of the Ulu and Ude dynasties was even more terrifying. There are still traces of them left in various places along the border, so it is very likely that they had such a big move.
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Not long after they walked, Michaela's cross appeared again in front of the group.

Shiv moved closer with some doubt and sniffed carefully.

With such a sensitive sense of smell, how could it not smell Michaela's body underneath?
Schiff's eyes suddenly became sharp. He pounced forward and began digging the ground under the Michaela Cross with his two claws.

Dirt and debris flew everywhere, but there was no sign of the abandoned body underneath.

Bai Shi walked forward, pushed aside Schiff who was in the state of destroying the house, and directly reached out and touched the cross sign.

If you want to know what is discarded here, this is the simplest and most direct way.

However, the words engraved on the cross made Bai Shi stunned.

'Leave my love here.'

Before Bai Shi could think about the meaning of this, Bai Ling, who was kneeling helplessly in the distance, suddenly spoke slowly:

"…Ms. Mikaela."

"It seems that you have already given up something that you absolutely should not give up."

"...If you can't even save half of your own body, how can you possibly save all living beings?"

Bai Shi stood beside him, listening to his story carefully, his eyebrows knitted together.

Bai Ling's words contain huge information.

Miraculously, this Bai Ling did not act as a riddle teller. Instead, he directly narrated what had happened in this place, which even made Bai Shi feel a little uncomfortable.

But because of this, the information contained in these words even made Bai Shi doubt whether he had heard it wrong.

Combined with the words on the cross, the information now before Bai Shi is very straightforward.

Michaela, abandoned Torina?

Just like he abandoned those bodies, he actually abandoned the half of his body that represented "love"?
Bai Shi finally understood that the previous seal was not intended to prevent outsiders... at least it was not just to prevent outsiders from entering.

The seal exists on the only channel connecting to the outside world, which not only blocks the possibility of outsiders entering, but also blocks the possibility of people inside escaping.

Thinking of this, Bai Shi still couldn't help but feel absurd. Michaela actually stripped Torina away? In exchange for a ticket to victory?
Michaela: Isn't it the all-embracing law of gentleness, the law of love, that he wants to enforce on the borderland?

Even if I had to rely on my own charm to force it to happen, even if it was like the Infinite Tsukuyomi, where everyone lived in a world of illusion...

Even so, Bai Shi could still say that this was a little kid's attempt to make the border area a better place by all means, but he just took the wrong path.

But Torina was his other half, and the embodiment of his "love", how could she be completely separated from his body?

No, that's not right. You can't use such a light word as 'stripping'. This is abandoning.

She can even abandon her own half body and her 'love'. Is Michaela's law really the law of love? !
Even though Queen Malika had ideological differences with Radagan in the later period, the two did not completely cut off each other.

With the great power and authority that both of them possess, it probably wouldn't be a problem for them to break away from the half-body activities and even become different people from each other.

At least it would be more reasonable and more likely for them to do it than for Michaela to do it.

But even now, Queen Marika smashed the Elden Ring and was hung in the center of the golden tree by the Elden Beast to be punished, completely losing her power and identity.

As a loyal dog of the Golden Rule, Radagn is tirelessly trying to repair the Circle, with the Beast of Elden backing him up.

With the help of the power of a true god like the Beast of Elden, it would definitely not be a problem for Radagon to become independent.

Even in this situation, Radagan did not separate himself from Marika's body and set up his own business, but used the shared fragmented body to make up for the "fault" of half of his body.

Because they are each other's half.

They may have ideological differences and hold different opinions, but they are not real enemies.

Between the two halves, they share a bloody ambition, but they all look forward to the future of the border in their own way.

The so-called half body is such a heavy, special relationship of life and death.

In other words, Michaela, that little bastard, shouldn't have done this!

Relying on sacrificing Torina's existence was completely contrary to his so-called tenderness and love.

Even Michaela himself knew that he had given up "love".

How ridiculous is the 'law of tenderness and love' without 'love'!
Bai Shi looked towards the bottom of the abyss filled with deep purple mist.

Now we have to find Tolina and find out the truth.

It was clear that the relationship between Torina and Michaela was not equal.

Unlike the relationship between Malika and Radagon, Michaela seems to be more dominant.

Perhaps that was why Torina didn't resist.

After all, as Michaela's 'love', she is probably very gentle at heart.

Bai Shi was determined to find out what was going on, so he set out again, traveling through caves made of sarcophagi and rocks.
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The enemy lineup in this big cave is quite strange, with all kinds of creatures.

The stone worms, skeletons of the dead, and strange purple mud that are commonly seen in sealed prisons and ruins...

And now, a lion hybrid with golden light all over its body appeared in front of Bai Shi and others.

Of course, the golden light on this lion hybrid is not the same as that of the passionate golden lion.

But it is an illusion made purely of power, just like the illusion in the royal city of Gefulei.

Obviously, it was a lion hybrid that Michaela had condensed with her power.

As it raised its sword and roared, Schiff rushed forward.

The place where the lion hybrid was standing happened to be a very narrow stone pillar, and instantly fell into the abyss with a roar that was not yet finished.

There was a heavy sound of falling, and the figure of the lion hybrid completely disappeared in the mist, leaving only an unwilling roar.

Bai Shi looked at Shiv and shook his head.

We could have just dealt with it on the ground just now. We don’t know the situation down there now, so we’ll have to clean it up again later.

However, Schiff's reckless behavior was not a big deal, at least it proved that there was a road underneath.

Bai Shi looked ahead and saw that many animals had fallen into a deathly sleep.

Living in the current borderland or the shadow land is a very courageous thing.

The golden tree, stripped of the immortal blessing of death, had already turned into a curse on the powerful.

This kind of escape from "life" also happens in various species.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from the thick dark purple fog at the bottom of the abyss.

But just by listening to the sound, Bai Shi even doubted whether it was the sound of horse hooves.

Is there such an environment that would cause the horse's hooves to make a sticky charging sound?

The lion hybrid's roar sounded again, but it stopped abruptly with the sound of its body being cut.

Bai Shi couldn't help but look sideways, the strength of the lion hybrid was not weak either.

As a guardian fabricated by Michaela, the lion hybrid is quite powerful and can fight against top heroes.

Moreover, because of the existence of Shadow Blessing, the various enemies in Shadow Land generally have higher values than their counterparts in the border area.

Judging from this, some of the creatures below also have demigod-level strength?
I raised my head and looked forward. Although the road was long, there seemed to be nothing worth noting.

Moreover, Schiff's sense of smell also pointed downwards. Since he already knew that there was a road underneath, Bai Shi did not plan to explore further.

Bai Shi took Shiv and Celine Shanks and jumped directly down from here.

Passing through the purple fog that was so thick that it was almost liquid, Bai Shi and the others fell to an unknown depth and finally landed in a sea of purple flowers.

In this sea of flowers, there are many graceful dark purple water lilies that are about to wither.

The smell of the nectar was stronger than ever before and so tempting, it was almost like poison.

At the same time, Bai Shi also saw the guy who had just defeated the lion hybrid phantom.

It was a mysterious creature, its body made up of countless bones, but it had a distorted human appearance.

A head with no facial features, only two huge blue eyes, like the appearance of 'humanity' in Dark Souls.

The weapon in his hand is also extremely strange. It is an arched round blade made of human bones and molten mud. It needs to be grasped by the handles at both ends to use. The shape looks like it was snatched from the set of Bloodline.

The so-called horse under its crotch was actually a huge pool of blue-black molten mud, with only the front half of its body remaining, while the molten mud in the back half was dragging on the ground like a snail.

The sticky charging sound just now must have been made by it.

Bai Shi was still observing, but the alien knight transformed from the molten mud had already turned his head and looked towards them.

The Mud Knight urged his horse on and rushed towards Bai Shi, waving a large hatchet.

Just as Bai Shi was standing there preparing to see what it could do, the Molten Mud Knight flew up, his body spinning continuously with the big hatchet.

The horse under his crotch separated from him, and attacked Bai Shi from two directions with his main body.

Bai Shi couldn't help but sneer when he saw their exciting combination skills.

The dragon-hunting shield easily blocked the spinning axe and sent the Mud Knight flying back the way he came.

Bai Shi clenched his other hand into a fist and struck at the giant horse that was made of molten mud.

In an instant, a hole was pierced through the muddy body by the huge force, and the filthy molten mud flew out in all directions.

Mud Knight? I'll smash your horse with one punch!
(End of this chapter)