Chapter Fifty-Two: Lan Mu Protects Kunda

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The second time he jumped into the bottomless pit.
Lin Feng was somewhat curious just how deep this thing really was.
During the descent, he noticed that the scenery was different from the last time.
Aside from the mushrooms being larger and the branches thicker, the trees on both sides were densely hung with the remains of Ruins Dragon Beasts.
...Was the impact of the Kania War a bit too widespread?
Recalling that even in the game, the Abyssal Palace was guarded by Ruins sentinels, Lin Feng held a high regard for Kania’s ability to mass-produce troops.
It was well known that the various autonomous Ruins mechanisms were not just scattered here and there, but rather spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms.
Walking in the wilderness of any country, one was very likely to see these relics from five hundred years ago.
—They must be worthless; otherwise, they would have long been collected by someone.
Lin Feng silently scorned the value of these unrecoverable junk relics in his heart.
...
This time, the fall lasted even longer. After a full twenty seconds, Lin Feng finally stepped onto the soft sand.
Upon landing, he immediately saw a Ruins Heavy Machine lying in the center of the yellow sand.
Unlike the Ruins Sentinels seen in the wild, the Ruins Heavy Machine’s anti-rust coating was clearly of a far higher grade.
Its entire silver-white shell showed no signs of rust from the passage of time, only some joints revealed a grayish-brown hue as if layered by the years.
Seeing such a cool mech suddenly, Lin Feng couldn’t help but want to touch it and examine the details.
Unfortunately, for Lin Feng’s curiosity, the Ruins Heavy Machine obviously had no intention of cooperating.
No sooner had the group of Lannaro just landed than the Heavy Machine’s single eye lit up, completely unlike the sluggish appearance in the game.
The huge iron block rose up with a clear target in mind, turned its body, stepped forward, and charged straight toward Lin Feng.
The massive body emitted the creaking sound of steel grinding as it moved, the gust of wind it brought stirred the boy’s hair, carrying a faint metallic scent.
Lin Feng found this determined Ruins Heavy Machine somewhat strange.
Kania had been a fallen nation for centuries. Even those Ruins Heavy Machines not projected by the ley lines mostly only passively attacked nearby enemies.
But this silver-gray autonomous mechanism now before him was clearly not about passive defense.
Not only was it alert the moment he arrived, but it also abandoned the Kania machines’ favored ranged attacks, charging straight in to engage him in close combat.
—The Death Domain’s consciousness had awakened in advance.
Through this Ruins Heavy Machine under control, Lin Feng realized this fact.

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However...
“Do I look like a mage to you, trying to fight me in close quarters?”
Lin Feng doubted the intelligence level of the Death Domain.
Not to mention the berserker mages from other works, even in the world of Genshin Impact, mages using fists and feet were not uncommon.
—Isn’t it common knowledge that elemental energy covering the body can enhance physical attributes?
Feeling amused, Lin Feng immediately drew some divine power into his feet, bent his legs slightly, muscles tensed.
When the Ruins Heavy Machine’s iron fist was only a step away from his body, Lin Feng suddenly exploded with force.
—His feet left the ground, leaping high into the air, delivering a fierce whip kick to the bare forehead of the Ruins Heavy Machine.
“Crack—”
Accompanied by a sharp cracking sound like rock breaking, the orange-yellow glow in the Heavy Machine’s eye gradually extinguished.
“...”
“...”
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Until the next second, the now motionless Ruins Heavy Machine, with continuous small “crackling” sounds, shattered from top to bottom into fragments sparking with electric arcs.
Full of anticipation, Lin Feng widened his eyes and looked at the scattered pieces on the ground, intending to closely observe the subsequent revival process.
“...”
“...”
Nothing happened.
Just that?
Extremely disappointed, he scorned the Traveler’s combat power in the story.
—It seemed that although they all could manipulate elemental energy, the Traveler hadn’t acquired the corresponding divine powers.
Thinking back to his recent flying kick, which had felt as smooth as slicing tofu, Lin Feng felt that these Ruins weapons really weren’t much of a threat to a deity.
Turning back to the stunned Lannaro, Lin Feng once again noticed the strange light in the eyes of this group of cabbage-headed creatures.
—What, are you all going to say, “So that’s how you do it? I’ll try that later”?
The thought of a bunch of muscular Lannaro punching and kicking monsters gave him a shudder; the image was too surreal to imagine.
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Skillfully brushing away the yellow sand before him for the third time, Lin Feng gathered a group of Lannaro and jumped down the pit again.
Knowing that this next descent was the final seal, the former home of Lanmu Hukunda, Lin Feng deliberately controlled the surrounding energy intensity to avoid shattering the carefully constructed little dreamscape.
As the falling distance increased, the dry air gradually gained a few strands of cool moisture, like a forest after rain, filled with the fragrance of grass and soil.
Lanmu Hukunda’s dream-building skill was truly exquisite, not to mention this water pool before him was the “home” it had dwelled in for at least five hundred years.
Even Lin Feng, without special perception, could not detect anything amiss.
The aura of the Death Domain was almost completely isolated outside. As the original Lannaro, Lanmu Hukunda’s level was clearly on a vastly different plane from the current little ones.
Curious about its rank, Lin Feng activated the system’s scan after a long time:
【Individual Information: Lannaro—Lanmu Hukunda】
Level: 91 (As the original Lannaro, Lanmu Hukunda has walked through a long span of time, once accompanying the “Mother” during the days when the Thousand Tree King still protected Sumeru.)
Attribute: Grass
Tags: Plant Spirit, Ancient One, Langarali 9, Dream Architect 9, Death Domain Resistance 8, Dream Traversal, Ley Line Teleportation, Growth
Mood: Happy
Friendliness: 90 (Five hundred years ago it was the Thousand Tree King; five hundred years later, it is you. To drive out the “Death” from this land, it is willing to give everything.)
—Truly worthy of being the original Lannaro, Lanmu Hukunda’s strength reached the standard level of a demigod’s retainer.
In the former Sumeru rainforest region, it was probably the strongest under the Tree King besides Lang Disha.
But what was up with the Lannaro’s affection levels?
Since Lin Feng revealed his plant authority, all the Lannaro he met started with friendliness levels of seventy to eighty.
Those at ninety, like this one, were basically like Xiao, willing to serve loyally for thousands of years.
Higher than that was rare, at least apart from Xiaobai, Lin Feng had never seen anyone above ninety.
Seeing how strong Lanmu Hukunda was, Lin Feng grew even more curious about Lang Disha’s combat power.
After all, in the game, the description of Lang Disha used this phrase:
“Before Lang Disha, only the Thousand Tree King’s Langarali was stronger.
After Lang Disha, Lang Disha’s Langarali is the strongest.”