This isn't a souls-like game at all.

After Ye Yiyi finished speaking, regardless of how the knight's expression changed, he took a step back, his body floated in the air, and landed on Virgil's back.

He nodded slightly in the direction of the carriage, and Virgil walked slowly, passing by the knights who made way for him, and continued walking forward.

Soon, the convoy disappeared. Ye looked at the cloudless sky, shook his head and slowly exhaled.

"The situation is becoming increasingly complicated."

During the 15 days he stayed in Amblet, he witnessed too many open and covert struggles among various forces in the dark.

First, the news sent by Gustav was inexplicably leaked, and the State Religious Council sent a speaker before the monastery.

The Speaker demanded that Bishop Gustav hand over the Winged People, who were the survivors of the incident, and Oscar and Sirius, who had resolved the incident. While questioning the instigator of the disaster, he also demanded to enter the ruins to investigate the situation.

But long before that, the Winged People had been handed over to the Dragon Order for protection by the Fire Sparrow Monastery, so Aidan rejected their request.

In order to justify his dragon man identity, Ye Yiyi, with Aidan's cooperation, left Amblett in advance as Oscar, so Oscar and Sirius had already disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, the Dragon Cult also stated that Feilong Mountain is not located within the kingdom, so the Firebird Kingdom does not have the right to explore or own the underground ruins.

Just as the two sides were arguing, the diplomatic delegation of the Winged People, another deputy leader of the Golden Cup Knights of the Campbell Kingdom, and a distant relative of Lord Amblet, a marquis representing the feudal land aristocracy group, and the head of the Kingdom Alliance's Malta Chamber of Commerce in the Fire Sparrow Flower Capital, also arrived in Amblet.

Various forces have their own interests.

The more people there are, the more chaotic the situation becomes.

The State Religious Council represented the believers of the order, or in other words, the emerging bourgeoisie represented by the domestic chambers of commerce that supported the Fire Sparrow Monastery in economic and other aspects. Most of them developed from the reformists among the feudal land nobles, that is, the "Gorgon" faction.

The Winged Diplomatic Corps demanded that the State Religious Council, the Fire Sparrow Monastery, and the Marquis who attempted to "legally" inherit the sovereignty of Amblet pay heavy compensation for the extremely tragic personnel losses suffered by the Winged Manufacture Corps.

The Golden Cup Knights of the Campbell Kingdom demanded an explanation from the Fireflower Kingdom for the death of their deputy leader and requested the right to explore the underground ruins as compensation. Otherwise, they would regard it as a serious provocation to the Campbell Kingdom and would not hesitate to resort to war.

The Dragon Cult, who share the same trousers as Ye Yiyi, claims ownership of the underground flying dragon ruins.

At the same time, Aidan had sent a message to the headquarters of the sect located in the east border. It was said that the high priest, who was an enlightened saint like the Archbishop of Holy Blood, was on his way.

At Ye Yiyi's signal, the Church of the Hunting God also entered the scene. The leader was Eurost, who had stayed in the Principality of Rit and was now finishing his work and preparing to return to the church to report.

Aidan, Eurost, and Ye Yiyi discussed it together, and the Hunting God Church started to wear the same pants as the two of them.

They helped the Dragon Cult fight for the ownership of the underground ruins on the grounds that they had detected serious divine pollution in the ruins.

Now the official archbishop representing the Fire Sparrow Flower Kingdom came in, along with the curse masters hiding behind some of these forces.

It is conceivable how much influence so many forces will have on the situation in Amblett.

Just the day before Ye Yiyi left, the Knights of the Golden Cup had already broken off negotiations with the Fire Sparrow Monastery, the State Religious Council and the feudal land nobles. They had now sent more troops to the border of the Deep Lowlands and were about to carry out a third reclamation of the "unowned land" in the middle of the border between the two countries.

Thinking of this, Ye Yiyi frowned and couldn't help but squeeze the horse's belly, urging Virgil to speed up.

In order to avoid scaring other passers-by again on the way, he asked Virgil to leave the main road and directly cross the mountains and hills with his strong physical fitness and walk in a straight line.

At noon, he left the Firebird Flower Kingdom from the north of Feilong Mountain and entered the northwest of the vast swamp.

It was not until evening that he arrived at the agreed point with Norsley, an abandoned demihuman village located in the middle of a vast swamp and a deep depression.

"You finally came."

Seeing Ye Yiyi riding his horse across the swamp in the dim sunlight, Norsley jumped off the stone in front of the village and slammed the rusty giant sword in her hand to the ground with a "bang".

"It took me a while to find what you wanted."

The female psychic stretched out her other hand towards him and said expressionlessly.

"Then, can you give me my compensation, including the lost wages for these days?"

"You really are a money-grubber...but check the goods first!"

Ye Yiyi rolled his eyes and landed from his horse. He took out a 20-yuan bill from behind and handed it to the dung beetle. Then he began to check the rusty giant sword.

Great Sword

Requirements: Strength 32, Skill 12

Damage Modification: Strength C, Skill E

Durability: 82/400

Skill cost: [12/0]

Item Description: Has a thick iron sword body,

A huge sword like a door panel,

Possessing weight beyond the limit,

And the attack power is proportional to the weight.

A giant weapon that ordinary people cannot wield.

It is said that it was forged to kill non-human creatures.

Combat Skill: Arrow Step (Whirlwind Slash)

Raise your weapon and strike a stance, steady your posture and lower your body.

A combat skill that instantly increases toughness.

After launching it, it can perform a heavy attack and sweep the surrounding area with the sword on its back.

Consumes concentration points to greatly increase toughness and power.

"Yes! It is indeed this!"

Ye Yiyi showed a look of joy, and then he carried the giant sword on his shoulder, and gestured to the dung beetle who was waiting with banknotes in his hand.

"Meet Virgil, and the dung beetle."

"Pava~~"

Virgil looked up and let out a strange cry, then lowered his head to continue searching for grass to eat.

After handing the banknotes to the expressionless Norsley, the dung beetle flapped its wings and protested towards Ye Yiyi who was playing with the giant sword.

"What? Don't call you a dung beetle in front of outsiders? Call you a holy golden turtle instead?"

Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows, glanced at Norsley who was looking at the banknotes in the sunset, and said casually:

"You're right. Didn't I call you the Holy Golden Turtle in front of those knights?"

"You mean Norsley? She's my future psychic, not an outsider."

“There’s a fee.”

Norsley suddenly said, then stared at Ye Yiyi who rolled her eyes and said seriously:

“Even partners have to pay!”

"I didn't say I wouldn't pay."

"That's good." Norsley nodded expressionlessly, then turned to look at the dung beetle.

The deadly look in his eyes scared the dung beetle so much that it went straight behind Ye Yiyi.

"A very strange and unique existence."

Norsley said thoughtfully, "Its spirituality and wisdom are no less than humans... A sacred golden turtle? What a strange creature."

"It's a sacred golden turtle that evolved from a dung beetle...it actually gave itself that name."

Ye Yiyi picked up the dung beetle climbing on the dragon's tail and raised his chin towards it.

"Come on, little shit, do the whole thing."

The dung beetle thought for a moment and somersaulted on the dragon's tail.

"That's not it." Ye Yiyi couldn't help but hold his forehead, "I want you to show off the abilities you have now!"

"!!!"

The dung beetle suddenly realized what was going on, and it flapped its wings and flew high into the sky. Colorful light emerged from its body, and then it turned into a sparkling colorful meteor and fell straight down.

"boom!!"

After a loud explosion, the ground cracked, mud flew everywhere, and a large crystallized hole appeared out of nowhere on the ground.

After wiping the mud off her face and revealing her eyes, Norsley looked down at her dirty clothes and saluted Ye Yiyi, who had an embarrassed expression.

“…Is this the so-called ability of the Holy Golden Turtle?

"Not bad, really..."

Chapter 393 [Trumpet Mudfish] and the Crocodile Knight

"Not bad, really..."

"Uh...really?"

"Really... I'm not kidding this time."

"OK then."

Ye Yiyi wanted to say something but stopped herself, thinking to herself, with that expression and the look in your eyes, it looks like you can't wait to kill the dung beetle with your stick on the spot. Didn't you see that it ran away in fear?

But after hearing what Norsley said, he had no choice but to take it as a compliment, and then took out the hymn book to cleanse the two of them - he was also splashed with mud by the dung beetle's meteor impact.

Then he came to the crystal pit and looked down.

Similar to Virgil, the dung beetle was also influenced by the little fish during its evolution. After absorbing the Heart of Evolved Life, it embarked on the path of evolution and gained the ability to adapt to magic and crystals.

Now, the misty nebula summoned by the little fish can no longer affect the dung beetle, and crystallization no longer has any effect on it.

On the contrary, it can now even use nebulae to artificially materialize a crystalline shell on its body surface, greatly improving its defense and attack power.

In addition, its magic resistance is greatly improved, and it can even cast special spells, transforming into colorful meteors and launching attacks from the air.

The damage caused by this attack is not only no less than that of the Dragon Roar Lava Explosion, but also has the effect of crystallization.

Although this strength seems nothing special to Ye Yiyi, compared to the ordinary dung beetle that can't even fly continuously, it can be said that it has now reached the sky in one step, and the changes it has undergone are a world of difference.

But unfortunately, even though the dung beetle had been soaked in divine blood, its basic conditions were still no match for the naturally gifted flying dragon.

On the way here, Ye Yiyi not only hurried on his journey, but also conducted various experiments with the dung beetles to understand the mechanism of "evolution".

Compared to the Poison Reimu Ryuuka! Tsumago%IV Zero Wu Feilong, which evolved from an ordinary flying dragon into an undead dragon shadow overnight, the dung beetle is completely inferior to the Poison Reimu Ryuuka! Tsumago%IV Zero Wu Feilong, whether in terms of evolution speed or adaptability to the environment and special powers.

In other words, it only takes a few hours for the Poison Dragon to adapt to crystallization and master the power of the stars.

But if it is a dung beetle, this time will increase exponentially.

It may take half a month or even a month to fully adapt to a certain force.

As for mastering this power, it may take even longer.

Ye Yiyi didn't have a good solution to this problem.

After all, not everyone is like him, a wall-hanger who can grow from a "person with nothing to lose" to the dragon man he is today in less than three months.

Compared with ordinary creatures that have never embarked on the road of evolution, dung beetles can undergo earth-shaking evolution in such a short period of time, which would not surprise Darwin even if it were to rage from the grave.

"In short, let's continue to find ways to collect divine blood and other strengthening items."

He sighed softly, stretched out his hand again, let the dung beetle fall, then looked around, his eyes finally falling on a dilapidated village built in a swamp not far away.

"So, where is this place? Why did you choose to meet here?"

"This is where the swamp and the bottomland meet, so it's convenient to go anywhere."

Norsley answered casually, then turned and walked towards the village with her bare feet stepping on the muddy ground.

"Originally, this was a frogman tribe. Because it's located on the edge of a swamp, the environment is suitable and it's not affected by dragon droppings, so it's also their fishing ground for breeding trumpet mudfish."

"Trumpet mudfish?"

Ye Yiyi also followed closely behind her, stepping deep and shallow in the mud, and asked curiously.

"Look at that."

Norsley pointed to a half-human-high patch of green grass growing on the water not far away. Ye Yiyi noticed that some of the grass had things like bamboo poles stuck in it, with rotten thick hemp ropes hanging on them. She didn't know what they were used for.

It was obvious at first glance that these were traces left by humans. In this endless, uninhabited swamp, any traces of human activity would become particularly conspicuous.

"That's what the frogmen used to raise trumpet mudfish. Hanging from the ropes are the nether stones they collected from the depressions.

"At night, the Nether Stone emits a black light that blocks out starlight and moonlight. Therefore, when the trumpet mudfish moves out at night, they will not be contaminated by the light, thus improving the quality of the meat."

This was the first time Ye Yiyi heard of such a thing, and her face was filled with curiosity.