"Twilight… Star… Spirit!"
This voice, seemingly emerging from the depths of the netherworld, echoed from the blood-soaked, rusted maw of Fiddlesticks, accompanied by a bizarre sound reminiscent of a decaying iron cage creaking, grating on one's nerves.
Driven by instinct, it frantically summoned dark magical mist, transforming it into countless clawing human arms reaching for Zoe, who appeared unfazed, even chewing bubble gum and blowing bubbles.
Moreover, a multitude of floating scythes and circling crows, mingled with these sorrowful arms, nearly overwhelmed the girl who seemed completely unperturbed.
Li Lin watched the scene below, his heart tightening with concern.
However, the next moment, he realized his worries were unfounded.
Golden rays, sharp as blades, pierced through Fiddlesticks' magical mist from all directions, gradually dispersing the profound darkness.
In an instant, the mist deflated like a burst balloon, completely suppressed by the dazzling golden light.
Zoe leaped out, making a disgusted face. "You smell like rotten eggs, just like those star clusters!"
In the next moment, her tongue playfully flicked at the corner of her mouth, as if a fun idea had struck her. She raised her right hand and snapped her fingers, conjuring several irregular arcane meteorites approximately four to five meters long and two to three meters wide.
With a swift motion, Zoe directed the trajectory of the falling meteorites towards the struggling Fiddlesticks, still shrieking in the golden light.
"You're really noisy! More annoying than my previous teachers and those chattering celestial beings!"
Eight arcane meteorites plummeted rapidly, three of which crashed into the dark magical mist, creating explosions of energy comparable to a mega cannon upon impact with the ground.
However, under Zoe's intentional control, the explosion's range was limited, primarily contained within the mist.
The other five meteorites, upon hitting the ground, suddenly altered their descent like yo-yos yanked back, reversing direction and showering down celestial energy around the semi-embodied scarecrow figure of Fiddlesticks.
"Uh… uh-uh-uh!" Perhaps sensing the pain, Fiddlesticks emitted a series of incomprehensible, piercing shrieks once more.
"Such a nuisance~~ Don't waste my time with Li Lin!"
Zoe glared at Fiddlesticks, who was struggling to reform its body, and a look of disdain crossed her face.
"It… is… mine!"
"What? Are you referring to this key?"
Zoe produced a vintage silver key tied with a string from her waist, waving it before her, the seemingly ordinary object catching the light.
"Hmm… I don't know what it does, but I certainly won't give it back to you, or you'll become a huge problem."
She cupped the key in her palms, and when she released them, the key vanished like magic.
If one looked at her waist again, they would find the key had mysteriously returned to her belt, as if it had never left.
Fiddlesticks' roar echoed through the night sky, gathering the surrounding thinned magical mist once more to launch itself at Zoe, who was now one with the essence of the Twilight Star Spirit.
"You're so boring."
Zoe nimbly dodged the tentacles reaching for her, yet her face showed signs of annoyance, as if contemplating how to deal with this demon.
"Zoe, can you seal it?" Li Lin's voice echoed through the mecha's loudspeakers.
"Oh right, how could I forget about sealing?"
Zoe turned around, flashing a big smile to Li Lin, who was at a distance, regardless of whether he saw it.
Her smile broadened, and her mismatched purple and blue eyes sparkled with dazzling, starry light.
She formed a complex hand gesture, chanting softly, her long, orange-red hair flowing in the air, revealing countless brilliant stars and even influencing the celestial phenomena of the runic realm.
The once pitch-black night sky displayed both the sun and moon hanging overhead, yet it remained night, adorned with countless twinkling stars, a breathtaking sight.
At the same time, Fiddlesticks instinctively sensed danger, the dark magical mist beginning to disperse, seemingly attempting to flee.
However, a complex magical array, inscribed with intricate symbols and runes that even Li Lin, who believed he had a grasp on rune technology, could not comprehend, covered a vast area below, generating various sigils within the space.
Upon contact, Fiddlesticks' magical mist dissipated into black vapor, unable to penetrate the starry magical barrier that had emerged.
The fearsome demon was completely trapped.
"Too late!"
Zoe sat cross-legged in mid-air, resting her hands on her knees, watching with interest as the magical array gradually shrank below.
Within just a few breaths, the array had continued to shrink, compressing Fiddlesticks into a point of light before ultimately vanishing from the material realm.
At that moment, Li Lin, who was observing this scene from high above, noticed a prompt on his system panel:
[You have slain the primal fear demon's avatar for the first time, earning 20 skill points, 2000 blue essence, and 200 orange essence.]
[You have slain 7987 blood crows, earning 79 skill points, 7987 blue essence, and 789 orange essence.]
[You have slain 2880 scarecrow minions (primal fear demon's avatar), earning 48 skill points, 14400 blue essence, and 1440 orange essence.]
[Your level has increased by 2 levels.]
[You assisted in sealing the primal fear demon Fiddlesticks (hero), leveling up by 4 levels, earning 80 skill points, 50000 blue essence, and 5000 orange essence.]
[Congratulations! Your level has risen to level 78, earning you 6 skill points.]
[Congratulations! Due to your participation in sealing the demon, you have received a new armor module blueprint: Anti-Demon Device (Epic Quality).]
[Anti-Demon Device: A combination of magic and technology, capable of being installed within armor, immune to 90% of external mental control effects.]
Personally repelling the Eternal Nightmare—Nocturne is incomparable to the rewards gained from sealing the Primordial Demon.
In other words, even if you were to combine all the rewards obtained previously, they wouldn't measure up to this battle against Fiddlesticks.
In light of this, the losses of those mechanical troops seem negligible.
"I can't believe it!"
Seeing such a generous reward, even Li Lin, who has experienced "great storms," couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
Putting aside the tens of thousands of blue essence, thousands of orange essence, and hundreds of skill points for now, just the last orange blueprint alone had him overjoyed.
It's worth noting that after his profession advancement, Li Lin can craft epic-quality devices with over a 50% probability using the skills "Soul of Machinery" and "Mastercraft."
At the very least, he has lv20 Mechanical Crafting, which grants a 60% chance to upgrade artifacts to epic quality.
However, for now, he doesn't have time to study related technologies, so this is his first epic-level design blueprint.
Moreover, it possesses remarkably "superior" attributes! What does 90% immunity mean?
If he successfully crafts the "Anti-Demon Device," Li Lin will no longer need to worry about his weaknesses—specifically, being manipulated mentally or spiritually!
Additionally, while this device is termed "Anti-Demon," it can resist any mental-type magic.
If he can enchant the effect of the "Banshee's Veil" onto his battle armor, transforming it into a toggleable "function," he won't have to fear mental contamination even when facing the Void.
Li Lin's attention returned to his personal panel, and his excited heart felt like it might burst from his chest.
[Name: Li Lin]
[Profession: Mechanical Warlord]
[Health: 33775/33775]
[Mana: 13456/13456]
[Combat Power: 88]
[Skill Points: 248]
[Wealth: 87766 blue essence, 7511 orange essence]
"Wow, this gamble really paid off!"
(End of this chapter)
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