Chapter 44: The Tomb Guard
The Continent of Gods and Demons, Gonza Dolan, was once the hometown of elves. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The down-and-out Demon Emperor "Doug", with his most "loyal" companion Arthur, and a few guards, came to this ancestral land of the elves and entered the legendary dead tree of life!
The Living Ancient Tree of Life is a sacred relic of the elven race and a cornucopia of dreams for human beings.
Even a new leaf or a fruit of the Ancient Tree of Life can make human emperors and even legendary powerhouses flock to it.
At that time, even Arthur, who was a Sage, had little chance of getting close to the Ancient Tree of Life!
The withered ancient tree of life is a testament to the elven disaster, a legacy of history, and a carrier of curses and nightmares!
If you don't have considerable strength, just getting close to the range of a dead tree is enough to make people mentally deranged from being tormented by the illusions that are infested.
And this forest, once Gonza Dolan and now Savindal, has become a barren land within 300 miles of the huge dead trees.
"I'm sorry, but I'm the one who brought on the Empire's enemies. ”
Through the gradually faint light at the entrance, Arthur observed his surroundings absentmindedly, as if he felt depression and dead silence from the environment, touched the sadness of the scene, and suddenly said to "Doug" with great guilt.
His guilt is the biggest reason why Arthur never gave up after "Doug" was destroyed.
Once the first player to be promoted to the Sage after lying on the salary and tasting his courage, becoming the first person within 10,000 years, Arthur is ambitious, bringing his family to join the legendary very terrifying dark empire, rising fast but fighting with the Immortal Dynasty!
Such Arthur is not too loyal, and he is certainly not a cold-blooded person like Ling Qi.
If it was only the Elfa who destroyed the empire, Arthur would not be so guilty, at this time, once he settled the Savior, once he felt that he had done his best, he might have taken his family to the new master.
was destroyed by the Elfa person, it was helpless, it was tragic, even the gods couldn't stop them, let alone him Arthur?
But on the contrary, in addition to the Elfa person, the main force that destroyed the Dark Empire would be his old enemy, the enemy who was unruly and unruly when he was young!
Arthur had experienced a lot of ups and downs before he was able to break through the limit, and he had long thought that with his own reach of the Sage realm, he had become pampered and unfazed.
He didn't expect that this calmness was still the same as in the past, just based on the fact that he had great strength!
Once he discovered that the descending Sage was far more powerful than him, Arthur felt a sense of crisis in his heart!
By the time he realized that fateful enemy, he had already left him far behind, and he didn't know what kind of realm he had reached!
Arthur's feelings at that time were probably anger, despair, and unwillingness, but he was not calm!
Arthur still remembers that in his last battle, he reaped a fiasco, and that feeling was like the sky was about to fall!
At the last moment, if it weren't for the emperor activating the teleportation array and moving the main people in the palace, including some courtiers, nobles and their families, to tens of thousands of miles away, I was afraid that the Dark Empire would be directly swept into the garbage heap of history.
Perhaps, in the eyes of others, even if there are still some remnants of the Dark Empire, it is already a piece of history, no different from the Immortal Dynasty.
Even if there is such a small group of people, who hold a lot of wealth, think that they still have a chance, and insist on doing some kind of restoration plan at this critical moment, Arthur does not think that can change the status quo.
After arranging most of the entourage, including the queen and Arthur's wife and children, "Doug" rushed to the elven clan with a small number of combatants!
This teleportation, coincidentally, they were randomly teleported to the border of the Bengal Kingdom, which happened to be not far from Gonza Dolan.
If it weren't for that, even if he knew that there were still good things hidden in the dead tree of life, Ling Qi would not have come to make a special trip to find some opportunities. He was not very interested in improving his strength and engaging in some kind of restoration movement.
Ling Qi patted Arthur on the shoulder, and without saying much, everything was silent.
He really has nothing to say about Arthur's guilt, fate is like this, who has a way?
Besides, it's nothing more than a game. What Dark Empire, after the early invasion of the Elfa Person, when all the old plans were overthrown and restarted, it and Doug have become dispensable idlers.
Different angles naturally lead to different ways of looking at problems.
Arthur believes that he bears some responsibility for the fall of the Dark Empire, and thinks that he ruined "Doug's" life's planning and hard work. Ling Qi, but felt that the game had become more interesting, nothing more.
It is impossible to say that there is no attention to Arthur's "old enemy".
Like Arthur, Ling Qi was also curious about how that mortal had grown to this point!
How could a former indigenous mortal grow to the level of a heavenly immortal or a high-ranking god in such a short period of time?
Even if he is the protagonist of the Continent of Gods and Demons, should he be so exaggerated?
Dare to mingle with the intruder, this person has other plans, ready to play Infernal Affairs, spy in spionage. Still, he didn't rely on the will of the indigenous world to grow to this point at all! In other words, that guy named Ivan is not an indigenous protagonist at all, at least not the son of the plane of the Gods and Demons Continent!
So, whose protagonist is he?
If it weren't for the imminent success of the new plan, the fruits would be harvested.
Ling Qi actually didn't mind, helping Arthur and pushing this unlucky guy to the same level as his old enemy!
To make a mortal become a celestial immortal, unless the Book of Heaven is used, Ling Qi will consume a lot of resources, and the gains outweigh the losses.
But if a genius who can grow to the level of an earth immortal or a saint in such a backward environment can be taken one step closer, Ling Qi is not without a trick!
It's a pity that even if he has some interest in Arthur and his fateful enemy, it won't be very big, at least not so much that it will affect another plan that is close to completion, and he will use the power of the Golden Immortal Yuan God, or the power of the new world, to interfere with the normal process of this world!
Although, he won't do nothing, such as doing something now, to increase the weight of this idle man.
Who made that kid so arrogant, shouting, "As long as I stand with you, I will become my unending enemy?"
This is blatant disregard for oneself!
Of course, Ling Qi wouldn't hit anyone in the face out of some kind of psychology, and he didn't have any emotions out of control, he just didn't mind doing something easily.
Arthur, who was a little depressed, with a group of guards, followed behind the king of the dead country, who did not need anyone's protection at all.
Everyone gradually walked towards the depths of the ancient tree, and the surrounding light gradually disappeared, only the pearls on the clothes of the emperor and the god of war were used as ornaments, exuding a faint light.
The Ancient Tree of Life is a sacred relic of the elves and a holy place!
At that time, the elven clan built the elven royal court, which symbolized the highest power, and the elven temple of the highest order, all on the ancient tree of life!
From this, it can be seen that the height and breadth of the ancient tree of life is simply a tree-shaped war fortress!
When the Ancient Tree of Life was alive, of course, the elves would not and did not dare to hollow out the heart of the tree and make passages in it in all directions. Most of them built elven-style buildings on the branches of the trees, and did not destroy the branches and leaves of the tree itself.
When the ancient tree of life completely withered, a series of natural passages gradually formed in the trunk, and I don't know where it leads, and it is always filled with death, and it is regarded as the source of curse.
The channels spontaneously formed by these dead trees of life interact into an intricate spiral structure, and I am afraid that the maze master will be dumbfounded when he comes.
If it weren't for Ling Qi leading the way, those guards would definitely go in and ten of them would have died, and this didn't take into account the harsh environmental factors and the mysterious guardians of the ancient tree, it just meant that they couldn't turn out.
Compared to the trembling guards behind him, Ling Qi was obviously calmer, and the Sage Arthur also seemed very calm.
Ordinary people are afraid of the dead tree of death, but Arthur knows that it is truly terrible and respectable when it is alive!
Now the dead tree of life, the so-called curse spreading, is just the threat of tiger death. It is only because of the unrestrained release of the last remnants of power that the surrounding life will wither.
Life and death are a reincarnation, and if you control life, you will also control death, and the difference between this is far from being as huge as people imagine.
Ling Qi is now leading everyone, all he has to do is to take away the last bit of essence of this dead tree!
Of course, it would be better if you could get the true essence of the Tree of Life.
The true essence of the Ancient Tree of Life will have a certain elevating effect on the Buddha-figure and even on the essence of the Great Yen God.
But that is obviously impossible, not to mention that time cannot be turned back, that is, when the Ancient Tree of Life is alive, if Ling Qi dares to use this crooked brain, what he will have to face will not be the few elven tomb guards hidden in the depths of the dead tree now, but the elven royal court of the year, and even the entire elven god system!
In this way, I am afraid that I have to resist the will of the indigenous plane to do it himself, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong, otherwise even if I let the deity of the peak of the earth immortal make a move, it will be in vain.
The speed of the procession in the darkness is not slow, after all, as long as the person leading the way has a clear goal, the person behind can't slow down if he wants to.
The diameter of the trunk of the entire ancient tree is about 20 kilometers, which is an exaggeration for the natives, but in the eyes of legends, it is no more than such a distance.
Within a radius of twenty kilometers, it is enough to arrange a labyrinth that makes people dizzy, and it is guaranteed that even if an army of 10,000 people goes to the trap, it will not be able to get around.
The natural labyrinth is sometimes more terrifying than the man-made one, and it is a three-dimensional space, even more complex than the three-dimensional space that people know.
The path up and down in the dead trees made the guards dizzy, including a few of them, who were masters among the natives and were known as master-level powerhouses.
By the side of the dignified Demon Emperor, there is only such a group of miscellaneous fish left, which is also sad. I think that when the Dark Empire was at its strongest, there were as many grandmasters as dogs under the command of "Doug"!
Most of the natives of this world know that there was once an invincible army under the command of the Dark Demon Emperor, not humans, but an army of devils.
So, where did the once-active army of demons go today, when the Dark Empire has fallen?
Arthur is a newcomer, and although he has heard about it, he has not seen it, but he is only a little suspicious of the movement of the demon army. Maybe they were summoned back to hell by the Demon King, maybe they didn't exist in the first place, and they were exaggerated by false rumors.
But those old people...
If you are careful, it is not difficult to find that none of the "old men" who "Doug" took with him when he finally retreated were "old men" who had been with him since the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This kind of old man is only relative to the later refuge, and he joined the gang earlier. They may not be more faithful, but they do know better!
Arthur must have noticed this, but he was clever enough not to question it.
As for the others, it is a great luck to survive on that occasion, and what qualifications are there to think nonsense!
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Ling Qi stopped.
"Prepare for battle!"
In the darkness, Ling Qi's voice rang out.
He took a half-step back at the right time, and only Arthur stepped forward, and the others were all guarding behind Ling Qi, looking loyal, not knowing who was protecting whom.
Ling Qi didn't care about those wastes, and brought them with him, just because doing so was more in line with the pomp and circumstance of a fallen king.
Even if he is just an idle man, Ling Qi wants to make "Doug" a useful idle man.
He wantonly relied on the power of otherworldly creatures, which of course could not be concealed from the will of the indigenous world, and perhaps the origin had long been seen through.
Judging from the smoothness of his actions before, either this level of presumptuousness is still within the tolerance of the world's will, or the power that Ling Qi borrowed is not enough for the world's will to be particularly targeted and think that it can be eclectic.
In short, Doug is not yet a public enemy of the plane, especially at the moment of the invasion of the Elfa Person.
After seeing the means of the will of the world against the Elfa person, Ling Qi felt that it was necessary to make the line between "Doug" and "Otherworld" clear as soon as possible. Whether it's a desire to cover up or a belated statement, it's better to do it than nothing!
There is no doubt that the inclination of the will of the world is more important than a country that is bound to perish.
Of course, even if it is acting, you have to act in a full set, Ling Qi is an ethical "actor"!
This time, I came to pick up the treasure, and it was the same reason.
However, the natural treasures of the indigenous world, the more important ones, have long been labeled as the will of the indigenous world, and only the "virtuous" can take them.
If Ling Qi's body is here, even if the world of the Gods and Demons Continent is fierce, even if he is a standard "immoral" person, he can take it by himself. After using it, there will be some troubles, and there is nothing to be afraid of. Something similar he had done when he was a human immortal.
But his incarnation, and the will of the world of gods and demons, are not of the same magnitude at all. If you don't mention it, you can't get it, and even if you get it, as long as you have bad intentions, you won't dare to use it.
The capable "unvirtuous people" have stolen the treasures of the other world, and they can also steal the country.
The guy who has no ability, he got the treasure by luck, once he uses it, the sword of Damox also hangs above his head, and if he moves slightly, he will be punished by the hook thief!
Ling Qi took it, it must have been used, his incarnation is not capable, but he has an attitude.
As long as you act in this world, there is no hiding from the will of the indigenous world.
Some of the things that Ling Qi had done had been trying to conceal, but he was not completely sure that he would be able to conceal them from the Heavenly Dao of the Other World.
Then, if you have done all the work, it is not wrong to prepare more. If there are some omissions, what he is doing now is to make up for the loss!
He wants to bet that the overly active world will of the God and Demon Continent has the "authority" and "strength" far beyond the ordinary world will!
The normal will of the world will never help outsiders to pit their own people, even if they know that they can't do it, they have to do it.
But through his observation for a period of time, Ling Qi found that the world will of the God and Demon Continent was very different from the normal world will, and this might be an opportunity for him to take advantage of!
If you miscalculate, it doesn't matter, lose a dispensable avatar. If you succeed, you can add an extra layer of insurance to your key plans, and even gain an amazing ally in the future!
At the moment when Ling Qi's words fell, a bright sword light crossed Arthur's eyes.
Arthur frowned slightly, this level of attack was enough to hurt the average legend.
The magic that casually destroys a village is not necessarily more terrifying than a throwing knife that is extremely fast!
The stronger the person, the stronger the destructive power, but the more perfect the grasp of one's own strength!
If Arthur was not a sage, or the strongest player back then, in today's environment, without Ling Qi's reminder, he was directly attacked by the attacker, and he was likely to be humiliated!
In the current era when the saints are walking all over the land and the main god is being smoked, the legend is like a dog.
But a few years ago, the legend was still the absolute top powerhouse in this world.
The dead tree of life is not an absolute forbidden place of death.
Hand up, hand down!
The Sage is not a legend, Arthur's palm knife did not make any waves, but there were two sounds of objects falling to the ground and liquid spurting in the darkness!
You don't have to be like the Lord of Light every time, becoming taller than the sky and charging towards the giant mothership, which is called a hardcore.
Arthur, the sage, lives up to his name!
Ling Qi casually ripped off a string of ornaments around his waist, pulled down a few pearls and threw them forward, a crackling sound came, the darkness was dispelled by a faint light, and in a pool of blood, there was a corpse with a separate body and a head.
Some guards of average strength couldn't help but take half a step back.
It's not that the royal guards have degenerated to the point where they are even afraid of corpses, but the identity of the owners of corpses makes these weak people afraid!
"Elves!"
"Elven Crypt Guards?"
The voices of one of the guards and Arthur rang out one after the other, the difference being that the former had a trill, while the latter was pure surprise.
In today's world, elves are not very common. The tomb guards, even during the period when the elves ruled the continent, were first-class nobles.
It is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the difference between elves and elves, and of course, no one in this environment will consider them friends when they meet elves.
Those who are truly knowledgeable can guess more from elves with different identities!