It was hard to describe exactly, but staying by his side seed to bring a sense of deep reassurance...
She shook her head, deciding not to dwell on it further. After all, the most important thing right now was to complete her sister's mission and eradicate the "Dark Tide" hidden here.
The golden-armored knight turned and walked straight into the secret realm before them.
Lin Mo and the others quickly followed behind, entering as well.
After a mont of disorientation, the scene before them transford into a gloomy underground palace.
A golden light soon appeared, dispelling the darkness. What appeared before the group was a very long tunnel.
The tunnel was built with blue bricks, solid in material but sowhat crudely constructed, not very smooth or even.
Most of the goblin structures they had seen before were like this.
"This... this is the true gno palace."
The golden-armored knight's muffled voice ca from ahead. As he spoke, he strode forward.
Lin Mo looked around with great interest. This seed similar to those maze-type secret realms. Probably had traps set up?
Just as he suspected, they hadn't gone far when a crack suddenly appeared in the wall beside them. A sharp arrow shot out, landing on the golden-armored knight's armor with a clear "ding" sound.
Hmm... it didn't even leave a scratch...
The rest of the journey was largely the sa. This golden-armored knight showed absolutely no intention of avoiding traps, just charging forward mindlessly. The traps left by the goblins posed no threat to him whatsoever.
With him triggering all the traps, Lin Mo and the others following behind naturally faced no danger.
"The reason there were no goblins or gnos in the outer palace... they must have all hidden in here?"
Lin Mo spoke as he walked.
"You could say that."
The golden-armored knight responded: "However, there are definitely so beings within this underground palace that exceed the current tier's norm."
Generally, each layer of the Nasadok Dungeon might contain so special magical creatures. For example, the leader of a goblin settlent would naturally be stronger than other magical creatures of the sa tier.
What the golden-armored knight ant was that the magical creatures in this underground palace were even stronger than that.
After passing through the long tunnel, the view finally opened up.
By the light in the golden-armored knight's palm, they could see that on the open ground ahead, nurous fully ard goblins were already waiting for them.
Without a single word of nonsense, the knight drew his sword and charged straight forward.
Starting with a horizontal slash, a golden sword energy swept across the bodies of the goblins ahead, cleanly cutting them in half.
Lin Mo observed with great interest. This "rich guy's" strength was indeed not bad. This had been known since before entering here, when he blocked that giant black hand.
The sword strike he unleashed back then, roughly estimated, was at least at a level 25 or above standard.
However, considering he had the bonus of a special profession, his actual level might be 24?
Of course, it was also possible that the situation was too rushed back then, and he didn't have ti to use his full strength, so his actual power might be even greater.
As the battle began, the mbers of the Silver Glory Team didn't just stand there either. The army of goblins before them was vast, perfect for "training."
With Lin Mo's help, their strength had progressed at an incredibly fast rate, yet they never really had a stage where they could completely let loose and show their full capabilities. It was inevitable they'd feel a bit itchy for action.
And the current situation was enough for them to fight to their heart's content.
Ellie charged at the forefront, an icy chill swirling around her. A frost-blue sword energy shot out, instantly cutting a large group of goblins in half at the waist.
Her movents didn't stop. She leaped into the air and landed with a crash, smashing down another large batch of goblins.
This move was precisely the [Crag Breaking Strike] she had learned from Lin Mo.
Unfortunately, currently, the highest-level skills that could be learned through [Dual Cultivation] were only Exceptional-Grade. Those Epic-Level skills of Lin Mo's were still inaccessible. Probably had to wait until this skill was universally promoted again, becoming an Epic-Level skill itself.
Though it was only the final level 1 away, recent progress really hadn't been optimistic.
As everyone's obtainable improvents decreased, the proficiency growth of the [Dual Cultivation] skill naturally slowed down too.
Sherfilia and Eve also joined the battle. However, like Ellie, Eve fought rather "unrestrainedly," while Sherfilia was more conservative, basically never straying too far from Finnie.
Finnie had already buffed everyone long ago and was now bombarding the goblins with her limited offensive magic.
Flora, naturally, went without saying. As a mage, her first move was an AOE to the face, smashing the goblins into continuous wails.
The goblin army appearing before them wasn't particularly strong, mostly Silver-level Goblins mixed with so Gold-level ones. As for gnos...
Lin Mo looked around and only saw two or three, and they were quite scattered.
This number wasn't enough.
He shook his head. Could only grind the proficiency of those skills still far from gaining attribute points for now.
For example...
[Thunder Welco]!
A massive purple-black thunderball descended from the sky, landing in a densely packed area of goblins. The surging currents within violently erupted, instantly engulfing a large swath of goblins.
This skill had previously been raised by Lin Mo to level 6. The next ti he'd gain base attributes would be at level 9, requiring an absurd amount of proficiency.
Including the [Shadow Split] skill, Lin Mo hadn't forgotten it either. The summoned shadow clone also joined the battle, rapidly harvesting proficiency.
And the [Void-Shaking Fist] skill. Currently, its proficiency progress was Lv8 (828/2000), only a bit over a thousand proficiency away from promotion.
Lin Mo threw a punch. Its terrifying power created a sonic boom, instantly blasting the large group of goblins before him into fragnts.
While fighting, Lily was also paying attention to Lin Mo and the others, mainly still sowhat worried about their safety.
After watching for a while, she realized these adventurers' strength was different from what she had imagined.
She had thought there would be several Transcendent Level mbers in the team, but it seed there weren't?
That said, several team mbers were very close to Transcendent Level. The power of so of their moves had even reached the level of Transcendent Level professionals, displaying performance beyond their own levels.
This was interesting.
However, compared to these team mbers, Lily was more interested in their captain.
She finally got to see him take action. Yet, the mont he moved, it exceeded Lily's expectations.
A giant thunderball descended from the sky, its power astonishingly strong, even surpassing her own!
Such a powerful spell!
A thunder-elent mage?
Just as she thought this, he imdiately began displaying many other elental magics. Finally, he even started performing warrior skills, with equally terrifying power, not inferior to his magic in the slightest.
Multiple professions?
Lily was sowhat stunned. When did the Violet Empire produce such a genius?
Because she had gone to the Holy Light Theocracy for a while recently, she had indeed missed this year's Academy Grand Competition. But a genius of this caliber, in principle, shouldn't have been completely unknown even before the competition.
Lily's gaze frequently fell on him. With Lin Mo's perception, it was impossible not to notice this.
Looking once or twice was completely understandable—surprised by his strength.
But staring continuously... what did that an?
Even through the helt, he could vaguely sense her gaze felt a bit off...
Lin Mo felt a bit creeped out. This "rich guy"... he wasn't... into guys, was he?
Fortunately, soon after, the other party returned to the battle and stopped staring at him.
Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief internally, thinking he had probably misunderstood. But towards this kind-hearted rich guy, he added a bit more wariness.
He liked fragrant, soft, beautiful girls. He really didn't have any thoughts of deep friendship with the sa gender.
The battle ended, leaving a ss everywhere.
Lin Mo checked his skills. Proficiency had increased trendously.
[Thunder Welco], used the most, directly leveled up twice in a row, reaching level 8!
This was an Epic-Level skill. For it to level up this fast... this gno palace truly was a great place.
However, soon, he couldn't be happy anymore.
Because he noticed that this suspected crown prince rich guy had started staring at him again.
The corner of Lin Mo's mouth twitched. The atmosphere felt awkward. He could only say sothing polite to break the awkwardness: "Your strength is formidable."
Hearing his words, Lily was taken aback, feeling a bit strange inside.
After all, the other party's strength was likely above hers. These words didn't sound like pure praise.
But she also knew Lin Mo probably didn't an it that way, so she replied: "You are also very impressive... During the battle just now, several tis I couldn't help but be drawn to watch."
"Pfft... *cough cough cough*—"
Lin Mo coughed repeatedly, a hint of "panic" in his eyes.
He wasn't even pretending anymore? Planning to bring things out into the open?
"What's wrong?"
Lily blinked, sowhat puzzled. Did she say sothing wrong?
But she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said. She was just stating a fact.
Flora also had a strange expression, her gaze shifting between the two.
The atmosphere wasn't quite right... But, this golden-armored knight was a boy, right? Perhaps she was overthinking?
The simple-minded Finnie didn't react much. Eve was thinking about what she didn't do well in her moves just now. Sherfilia stared at Lin Mo but didn't speak.
As for Ellie, she keenly sensed sothing was off. But although the little wolf-girl had sharp intuition, her brain wasn't the best. So, scratching her head, she couldn't figure out what was wrong for the mont.
"No... nothing."
Lin Mo waved his hand, not daring to continue the conversation: "We should keep moving. Need to hurry and resolve the 'Dark Tide.'"
"Mm."
Lily nodded, turned, and walked forward.
After a few steps, she suddenly realized sothing was off, abruptly stopped, and turned around.
"You know about the Dark Tide?!"
She stopped too suddenly. Lin Mo, completely unprepared, took a step forward and bumped into her.
The two collided solidly into each other's embrace.
"Mmm~"
A low sound ca from within the armor, faintly carrying a hint of... shyness?
Lin Mo was scared out of his wits, hastily retreating two steps, his palms sweating.
Felt more nervous than fighting an Epic-Level magical creature.
Only then did he react to what she had said. Indeed, although they had seen the Dark Tide outside earlier, they hadn't ntioned it to each other. And generally, normal people wouldn't know about things related to the Dark Tide.
Lin Mo desperately wanted to talk about serious business with her, so he quickly spoke up, hoping to cover up the awkward scene: "Yes, I encountered it before."
Lily was even more shocked.
Encountered the Dark Tide before and left completely unscathed?
This sowhat exceeded her understanding.
She knew all too well the terror of the "Dark Tide." This thing was extrely troubleso and difficult to eradicate. Even Heroic Realm powerful experts could only avoid it. Otherwise, getting close, the slightest carelessness could lead to being "contaminated," having thoughts eroded, spirit devastated, or even directly controlled by the "Dark Tide."
Below Heroic Realm, encountering the Dark Tide ant even worse odds, with almost no chance of survival.
Although the youth before her was very strong, in her view, he was far from being able to leave calmly before the Dark Tide.
The reason she dared to actively seek out the Dark Tide was because she possessed Holy Light Power.
There was one and only one way to eradicate the Dark Tide: using "Holy Light." Even so, it was only with "sister" providing backup that she dared take such risks.
How did this youth before her escape from the Dark Tide? And... even if he encountered it and narrowly escaped, how would he know it was the Dark Tide?
Too many doubts. For a mont, Lily didn't know where to start asking.
Lin Mo understood her confusion and didn't intend to hide anything. He openly extended his hand, a wisp of Holy Light swirling around his fingertip.
In an instant, Lily suddenly understood!
So that was it!
He was also soone who possessed Holy Light. That explained it, that explained it...
No wonder there was a familiar, intimate feeling about him.
People possessing Holy Light naturally attracted each other. That was normal.
But, his Holy Light?
Lily soon noticed sothing abnormal again. Her gaze was completely captivated by that wisp of Holy Light on Lin Mo's fingertip.
She could feel that the other's Holy Light was completely different from her own, much purer than hers. The aura it emitted even seed more sacred than "sister's."
Holy Light purer than "sister's"?!
The mont this thought arose, she was startled, then imdiately shook her head repeatedly.
No, that's impossible...
In this world, no one could be more devout, more favored by the deities than "sister."
Perhaps she was just inexperienced and misjudged.
Lin Mo soon withdrew the Holy Light: "Anyway, that's how it is..."
No need for excessive explanation. This Holy Light was proof enough of many things.
Lily didn't press further. Although she had many doubts, as an adventurer, she knew she shouldn't casually pry into others' information.
Moreover, now wasn't the ti to dwell on these things.
Gaining another powerful and reliable comrade-in-arms, her mood instantly relaxed a lot. She was already eagerly anticipating purifying the "Dark Tide" in this place.
Thus, Lily once again took the lead and walked forward.
Lin Mo led the others closely behind.
But they had only taken a few steps when the knight ahead suddenly stopped again.
Lin Mo almost bumped into her again. Luckily, he was prepared this ti and stopped in ti.
Then...
Ellie, walking behind him, didn't react in ti and bumped into his back, pushing Lin Mo a step forward. He directly fell onto the golden-armored knight's body. Lin Mo's arms instinctively rested on her shoulders, his hands touching the armor on her chest...
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