Infinite Transmigration Starting from Violet

“There’s no harm in joining forces with Black Knife. We can help with intelligence in the royal city and dealing with powerful enemies,” Dixi said. “But we need our leader to return. If you don’t care about our request, then at least do it for Lani’s sake.”

"Will you let me help you for Lani's sake?" A-Tui said.

“No, it’s out of consideration for her comrades that she’s helping Lani,” Dixi said. “She left the doll with you; it’s not just out of trust… because to achieve the Age of Stars, one more condition is needed…”

Just then, a black-clad figure appeared beside Dixi, holding a long, blood-stained object in his hand.

Seeing his companion arrive, Dixi took a deep breath and said, "Alright, time is running out. We need to act before the Divine Skin Apostles and the Divine Skin Nobles and steal another Destiny of Death."

“Wait, the Apostles of Godskin have found Maricus’s location?” Melina appeared at this moment. “I also investigated in Galid before, and there was no trace of their activities at all. They must have been hiding in the Divine Tower.”

“It’s different. Because of the Supreme Will’s arrival in Red Lion City, the concentration of crimson corruption in the air of Gelid has decreased significantly. In the time since you left Gelid, the Godskin Apostles and Black Smoke Warriors have almost searched the entire area, leaving only the Temple of the Beast,” Dixi said.

"I have a question. Can't we wait until the Apostle of Godskin and Maricus are both severely injured before we make our move?" A-Mei asked a rare, good question.

"It's difficult. After Queen Twilight's death, the Apostles of Godskin developed a new force. They've penetrated into various regions, including places like the Volcano Mansion where even dogs wouldn't live... When they gather together, they're a bunch of troublesome and disgusting people. The most crucial thing is..."

Dixi took the long object from the black knife's hand, untied the blood-stained white cloth covering it, and revealed its true form.

It was a strangely shaped greatsword, the blade twisting from the middle, like an intertwined spiral, all the way to the tip.

“The Greatsword of the Hunting Gods,” Dixi said. “The sisters who were captured before memorized the terrain, key passages, and guards of the Tower of the Gods during their escape, so we stole it.”

“Impressive, but wait a minute. Now that they’ve lost their weapon against Maricus, shouldn’t they be even more cowardly?” A-Tui asked.

“No,” Melina said quietly, “it is precisely because they have lost this sword that they have no choice but to take this desperate gamble.”

Dixi nodded, indicating the correct answer.

The moment Lu Ye reached out and took the Hunting God Greatsword, the item description popped up.

[Weapon Acquired: Greatsword for Hunting Gods]

[The holy sword of the Night-Eyed Queen, who once led the Apostles of Godskin to their ultimate defeat at the hands of Maricus; the black flames controlled by the Apostles originated from this sword.]

[Exclusive Combat Skill - Queen's Black Flame]

[Ignite the black flames of the hunting gods on the sword's blade to unleash a slashing attack. Activating it again allows for a follow-up attack. The black flames will cause your health to continuously decrease over a certain period.]

Chapter 675 Stealing the Predestined Death

After reading the item description, Lu Ye understood what Di Xi meant.

No wonder the apostles of God Skin decided to fight a desperate battle.

Lu Ye had been wondering why, even after the Night Queen was gone, these Godskin Nobles could still use the Black Flame, which contained a bit of the power of Fated Death. It turned out that the Black Flame used by the Godskin Apostles and those Black Flame Practitioners came from the Hunting God Greatsword.

Now that their home has been stolen and the Hunting God Greatsword is gone, the power of the Black Flame is also about to disappear.

If we don't give it our all now, we'll never have another chance once our strength is completely gone.

The nobles of the Divine Skins are now prepared to die rather than surrender; they have no intention of backing down if they can't win.

Once they reach the Temple of the Beasts, a bloodbath is sure to ensue.

The outcome would either be that the nobles of the Godskin would reclaim their destined death, or they would be wiped out by Maricus.

Regardless of which side wins, it will not give any opportunity for the next party to take advantage.

It's easy to imagine that the battle between the Queen of Night's followers and the beasts sent by the Supreme Will would attract the attention of the Supreme Will and Two Fingers.

Having learned from his previous experience in Red Lion City, Lu Ye dared not gamble.

Before arriving at the Borderlands, the Outer Gods had almost no direct means to interfere with the development of the Borderlands. Throughout the history of the Borderlands, only the Supreme Will dropped meteorites a few times to punish the Eternal City for creating god-killing weapons. For everything else, they sent Two Fingers to help.

Therefore, Lu Ye guessed that the reason why the Supreme Will has been able to directly intervene in the border area with more means recently must be because of the Star Spirit fragments inside the Golden Tree.

Such an important thing as a predetermined death will not be overlooked by the supreme will.

In other words, Maricus has a solid shield behind him that can unleash meteorites, so even if the Apostle of Godskin wins, what will happen next is unknown.

“Oh, right, take this.” With that, Dixi handed Lu Ye a small cloth bag. “The powder inside can effectively interfere with Maricus’s sense of smell. It’s a new one, not the same one we used last time when we stole the Predestined Death. It’s been improved.”

"So this is how you stole your destined death last time..." A-Tui said with some surprise.

“Otherwise, we won’t be able to get close to him,” Dixi said. “That guy has an extremely keen sense of smell; even invisibility armor won’t work on him, so we have to use this first…”

“Wait, I have a question,” Lu Ye said. “If you would be detected if you got close to him, how did you disperse the powder? Did you use the wind or something?”

“How could that be? That guy was in the royal city before. If there were any unusual winds in such a dense cluster of buildings, even the knights of Rodel would have noticed something amiss, let alone that wild dog,” said the black-sword beside Dixi. “It was Lacad who did this. He also played a part in the conspiracy that night.”

With the Black Knife Assassin's explanation, Lu Ye finally understood the whole story of the Night of Conspiracy.

At that time, the Volcano Palace under the command of Lakad had a good relationship with the Royal City and even had its own territory in the Royal City.

That evening, Lakad summoned Maricus to his room, claiming he had an important matter to ask of him. At that time, the incense burner in Lakad's room was burning the powder prepared by the Black Knives. Lakad asked Maricus to help deal with the giant serpent that was entrenched on Mount Gmir.

Maricus, of course, rejected this reason without a second thought. Moreover, the room was filled with the smell of burning powder, and he just wanted to get out as soon as possible. This was exactly what Lakad wanted, since staying too long and getting used to the smell would ruin everything.

When Maricus returned to the temple in the royal city, the guards were nowhere to be seen, because that day Lakad had used up all the resources in the royal city to host a banquet for everyone.

This was a huge gamble for him. If he won, all his connections, money, and so on in the royal city would be useless, because he knew he would be on the Golden Tree faction's list of suspects. If he lost, he would also lose the resources he had accumulated in the royal city.

At that time, the Golden Tree's power in the border region was unprecedentedly strong, and the royal city was prosperous. Maricus did not take this matter to heart.

Unbeknownst to him, during his absence, the Black Knife Assassins had already placed powder within the temple. With the help of Lani's ice magic, this powder gradually and persistently affected Maricus's sense of smell, as he had just come from Lacad's room and was not yet fully familiar with this unfamiliar, pungent odor.

This gave the Black Knife gang an opportunity.

Lu Ye and the others knew what happened next: the Fated Death was stolen, the Black Knives killed Godwin, and Lani successfully killed her own physical body.

“I see,” Lu Ye said. “No wonder you came to find me.”

“Yes, you’ve been in contact with Maricus before, and he’s not wary of you…” Dixi said. “And this time we’re going to steal the complete Destiny of Death, so that we can completely overthrow the Golden Tree.”

“Okay, but we’d better not go empty-handed,” Lu Ye said. “It would be better to bring a gift.”

"You mean dead root?"

“Exactly.” Lu Ye thought for a moment and said, “I know a place where I can get Dead Root.”

Just as everyone was about to set off, Dixi and the black-knife assassin seemed to sense something and instantly disappeared.

"Watch out, someone's coming." Her voice rang in Lu Ye's ear.

Lu Ye stood on the steps and looked down. He saw a tall figure gradually entering the entrance of Dianyi Town.

A red lid, a huge body, slender and long limbs that exude a strong sense of power...

Lu Ye and A Tui were stunned.

Because the guy in front of them was none other than the Warrior Jar—Alexander.

"Don't worry, they're not the enemy."

Lu Ye reached out and grabbed Di Xi, who was about to launch a surprise attack.

Even from a distance, the other person saw Lu Ye and raised their hand to greet him.

……

"What? So the legendary sacred tree is right in front of this town?" Alexander asked, sounding quite surprised.

In fact, he got lost.

Originally, he wanted to go to the Flame Cauldron, but Lu Ye and the others had activated the Lord Elevator with the Sacred Tree Token, which changed the destination of the elevator. This caused Alexander, who was one step ahead, to arrive directly at the Sacred Snowfield. He headed north, crossing the snowstorm, and finally arrived at the Town of Ceremonies.

“Yes, if you want to go to the Flaming Cauldron, you’ll have to switch your talisman again,” Lu Ye said. “But I don’t recommend you go right now.”

"Why?" Alexander asked curiously.

"Because the road to there is gone; the area from Sol City down several hundred meters has collapsed."

“Collapse?” Alexander said in surprise. “I noticed some noise earlier and thought it was an avalanche… but it’s okay, look at this.”

As he spoke, Alexander took out a rope that looked very strong.

“When I passed through Lienia before, I checked on my village from the high cliff next to the Kalia Bookstore because I heard that poachers had been hunting our compatriots recently. However, it seems that they were saved by the two new potters who came to the village and the magic professor in the bookstore. Later, I visited the magic professor in the bookstore and gave her the pot I made as a thank you gift. She gave me this rope and said that I could climb up to any place, and even someone of my size would not break the rope.”

"It's best not to go to the Ash Flame. Although I understand you want to forge your body with flames, that's an inextinguishable fire that can even burn down a golden tree..."

Although Lu Ye wanted to say that, seeing Alexander's enthusiastic expression, he realized that persuasion was impossible.

"By the way, before you go to the Flaming Cauldron, would you like to try going to the Sacred Tree?" Lu Ye said.

"Going to the Sacred Tree? Hmm, that's a good suggestion, but I'd rather hone my skills right now."

"If you want to hone your skills, this is a good place too. In fact, it's closer than the summit of the snow-capped mountain," Lu Ye said. "The legendary Valkyrie, Michaela's Blade—Marineria—dwells within the Sacred Tree!"

"What!?" Alexander was shocked.

Marlene, that's someone who fought to a draw with General Rataen of Shattered Stars!

She disappeared for so many years, and I never expected that she would be living in seclusion in the sacred tree!

“That’s right,” Lu Ye said. “We’ve fought side by side before, and I know your purpose. As a warrior, it’s great to be able to fight another powerful warrior, so you can go see Marlene.”

"This...this is certainly good, but...wouldn't it be a bit impolite to just go in and fight them like this?" Alexander seemed a little hesitant. Although he was eager to fight and wanted to become a powerful warrior, he had always been a polite person.

“It’s alright, I know Marlenia,” Lu Ye said. “Once you go in, just say you’re Torina’s companion, and the guards on the way won’t give you any trouble. At the same time, a little blonde girl will most likely come to see you and check what’s going on. Just say your destination is the Flame Cauldron, that you want to become a stronger warrior, and that I recommended you to learn from Marlenia.”

"Really? Is it possible?" Alexander asked excitedly.

“Yes, I’m not lying to you,” Lu Ye said. “You can enter the seal from the town square and light the candles in the hands of the four saint statues to enter the sacred tree.”

"Haha! Thank you so much!" Alexander laughed heartily. "To repay you, I also have a small gift for you."

As he spoke, he took out a blood-red longsword, somewhat resembling a katana.

Lu Ye paused, deeply impressed by the sword. He had seen an old man dressed as a masked warrior carrying this sword during the battle festival in Red Lion City.

“This knife belonged to someone I fought alongside at the Battle Festival,” Alexander said. “When I was trekking through the snow, this guy suddenly attacked me and I killed him. I don’t need this knife; our warriors’ bodies are our weapons. If it can be of any help to you, please take it.”

"Thank you then."

Lu Ye took the knife.

[Obtained: Mountain of Corpses and Sea of ​​Blood]

[Note: The weapon of the great swordsman "Old Man" of the Reed Lands is a cursed blade that has slain countless people. Legend has it that after personally experiencing the Old Man's sword and madness, "Blood King" Munger offered this proposal: I bestow upon you—the path of Asura survival that soothes the yearning.]

[Combat Skill - Corpses Littered]

[Description: This combat technique transforms cursed blood into blades, creating a cross-shaped combo. Activating it again allows for even more combos.]

“Then I shall take my leave,” Alexander said. “It was truly fate that we met, and to have seen the legendary sacred tree makes this trip worthwhile.”