Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 417 "Yun Qingzi

Chapter 417: Chapter 417 "Yun Qingzi

Yun Qingzi!

At the moment Yu Sheng saw that bizarre, gigantic crystal mass vaguely take on a humanoid shape, the name echoed thunderously in his mind. The voice that followed, along with the images surfacing on the crystal surface, confirmed his suspicion—yet what surged from the depths of his heart was immense astonishment.

Yun Qingzi... how could he be here?!

Isn’t this just a battlefield ruin? Yun Qingzi’s hiding place should be a "Secret Realm" with constant torrential rain, just like Shuji’s! Shouldn’t he be hiding behind those black-clothed cultivators and Hidden Monastery believers? Why is he at Guard-3? And why in this form?!

Countless questions surged abruptly in his heart, but Yu Sheng’s physical response was not a bit slow. The moment that massive crystal mass formed, he raised his hand and swung, first opening the door to retrieve his Tetanus Wand (though he had no idea how effective it would be against Yun Qingzi), while simultaneously preparing to summon the mass-produced Erin legion at any moment.

Beside him, Hu Li, in a gigantic demon fox state, had already summoned an overwhelming wave of ghostly blue flames, crouching slightly and issuing a threatening growl. Luna poised for battle, her figure becoming increasingly illusory in shadow state, while Erin half-lifted her arm, the faint spider silk starting to manifest around her.

Everyone was on high alert, hurriedly searching for possible weak points, flaws, or "sources of power" in the crystal mass—Yu Sheng and company had frequently dealt with all sorts of bizarre creatures, long accustomed to facing enemies without even a hint of human form, yet even compared to the oddest foes they’d encountered... this crystal mass, barely forming a "Yun Qingzi" shape, was still exceptionally strange.

But to Yu Sheng’s surprise, that "Yun Qingzi" did not attack immediately as expected.

The massive crystal mass still surged at the crack like some kind of perpetually changing "crystallized fluid," continuously altering its surface shape. The elderly figure formed by the crystallized material persisted in a state of disintegration and reformation. The figure of "Yun Qingzi" roamed across countless crystal surfaces, appearing somewhat clueless. The "whole" composed of numerous individuals wobbled, with many voices overlapping as if mumbling to itself—

"Am I alive? Am I dead? Have I returned? I am not here...

"Somewhat familiar... Who? Me?

"Strange... Evil demons... What nonsense with me! Utterly boring...

"Emperor’s Legacy... such power, yes, it requires such power... No, no, this isn’t my thought, not right! Not right! Can’t go there!"

Yun Qingzi continued his muttering, seemingly soon forgetting the nearby Yu Sheng and his party. His voice grew increasingly chaotic and intense, as though suddenly plunged into anxiety and rage. The state of the "person" immediately became more unstable, the crystal material surging wildly across his surface, emitting sounds of friction, shattering, and reassembly akin to tides, with similar changes also beginning to occur in the crystal clusters visible throughout the impact crater, the process of collapse and reformation pervasive!

Even if Yu Sheng didn’t understand what was happening, he could instantly judge that the opponent’s state seemed on the verge of "loss of control." He immediately raised his hand to signal the others to retreat, to avoid provoking the mad and disjointed "Yun Qingzi," cautiously speaking: "Elder Yun Qingzi? Can you hear me?"

"Yun Qingzi" abruptly stopped his mutterings, as if something suddenly halted his disjointed thoughts, then slowly turned his head. The gigantic crystal mass and every image presented on its surfaces began glaring intensely at Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng abruptly felt as if he shouldn’t have engaged the other in conversation.

And just as this thought emerged, he heard a low, resonant voice rise from deep within those crystals: "...Threat detected."

The next second, his sense of alarm skyrocketed, and crystals exploded in growth all around, a bizarre howl splitting the air!

Crystals swarmed from the crevices in the earth, in the blink of an eye transforming into towering forms like giant trees, while the figure of "Yun Qingzi" doubled in size in an instant, then swung a massive fist towards Yu Sheng—a deluge of crystal shards transformed into blades, crashing onto the ground, with countless pale purple electric arcs leaping between the crystal fragments, descending upon Yu Sheng’s group.

The entire impact crater became a sea of crystal clusters, a synchronized tremor emanating from the depths of the crystal sea: "Eliminate the threat!"

"WTF!" Yu Sheng’s scalp went numb instantly, and without a second thought, he bolted, his body almost a mere afterimage escaping the deluge of crystal blades, then raised his hand to make a sign—

Hundreds of distorted "fissures" appeared around him in an instant, and then one after another, figures revealed themselves, "flipping" into existence around those fissures.

They were hundreds of Erins.

Almost simultaneously, a sharp piercing sound rang out from Hu Li’s direction.

A barrage of eight Fox Radish Missiles sliced through the air, soaring upward amidst dazzling flames, crashing violently against the expansive surface of "Yun Qingzi’s" enormous body. The massive impact of the exploding missiles shattered a large section of the crystal surface, causing "Yun Qingzi’s" body to sway immediately, tilting slightly backward.

Then hundreds of blinding, scorching rays mercilessly swept towards the enormous body that was losing its balance.

A group of mass-produced puppets stood around Yu Sheng, and the massive explosions echoing around and the rapidly growing crystal clusters did not cause these newly born little guys to fall into chaos. The "battle knowledge" inherited from the "mainframe" taught them how to exert their power. After just a few seconds of cooldown, the puppets once again raised their right hands, forefingers pointing distantly at the enemy.

Hundreds of scorching rays were almost fired simultaneously, and the sound of layers of beams triggering overlapped, transforming into a low, terrifying hum. With a "buzz," Yu Sheng’s vision was filled with a dazzling glare.

The body of "Yun Qingzi" exploded again. The energy accumulated from two consecutive rounds of ray bombardment finally erupted inside the crystal clusters, shattering the slowly falling body in the massive explosion, flinging countless crystal shards into the sky, which then fell like torrential rain.

However, Yu Sheng’s face only showed astonishment and vigilance.

Solved just like that?

Was that colossal enemy, which looked particularly intimidating, taken down with just a round of missiles and two rounds of ray shots? Was it really that simple?

As if to validate the unease rising in his heart, almost in the next second, Yu Sheng heard the sound of crystals growing crazily nearby once again.

He jerked his head up.

The entire impact area had turned into a crystal jungle. Countless bizarre crystals, white with black and gray streaks, were wantonly growing from the ground, and transforming into giant tree-like branch structures in the air. The countless crystalline trees formed a dense forest, and deep within this uncontrollably proliferating jungle, a "tree" was rapidly taking on the shape of Yun Qingzi.

"Eliminate the threat."

The crystals resonated and trembled, then attacked once more.

This quickly turned into a bitter struggle.

"What the heck is all this!" Erin, while commanding her mass-produced army to keep bombarding the Yun Qingzis emerging from the crystalline giant trees with scorching rays, shouted aloud, "This thing couldn’t possibly be the Yun Qingzi that Xuan Che mentioned, right? — With this much humanity content, it wouldn’t even count as a person in our team!"

"Even at a time like this, you can still come up with trash talk—impressive," Yu Sheng fought as he retreated strategically. "Of course, this can’t be ’Yun Qingzi’—something’s wrong, this might be more troublesome than anyone could imagine!"

While speaking, another sharp whistle cut through the air.

Several crystalline bodies pierced through the firepower net of the mass-produced Erins and Hu Li’s barrage, heading straight for Yu Sheng.

The latter reacted quickly, immediately swinging the Wolf Fang Club to shatter unavoidable crystal clusters, yet still, one crystal cluster, after breaking, left a horrifying wound on his shoulder with its lingering force.

And before this, many shattered crystal fragments had already left various sizes of cuts on his arms and thighs.

Yu Sheng felt a growing buzz echoing in his mind. He saw his blood seeping into this crystal jungle, yet this time, the "connection" established through the blood was different from before—he could hardly extract any rational or logical information from that connection, replaced by vague buzzes, meaningless whispers, and a sense of "connection" that seemed to transcend across the stars, perpetually pointing towards Shuji.

A shadow flashed across the edge of his vision, Luna swept past like the wind, intercepting the successive stream of crystal clusters directed at Yu Sheng. The Fingertip Blade shattered the crystals, and small crystal fragments clattered against her alloy shell, but they couldn’t leave any mark on her battleship armor-grade body.

The buzzing in Yu Sheng’s mind grew increasingly chaotic. He shook his head, and in the corner of his vision, he saw several mass-produced puppets’ figures being covered by the crystal shards raining down like a storm—the little puppets couldn’t dodge the dense "bombardment," but before their bodies were destroyed by the crystal shards, their figures would suddenly become a twisting, continuously inverting "rift," disappearing from the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, nearly a third of the mass-produced puppets had retreated back to the valley.

And the remaining two-thirds of the puppets were rapidly exhausting their energy—but in fact, their "endurance" in this battle had already exceeded Yu Sheng’s expectations.

It’s just that "Yun Qingzi," or should I say, the thorny nature of this "Crystal Jungle," exceeded everyone’s expectations.

What the hell are all these crystals that look like "Yun Qingzi"?!