Chapter 14: The Armored Samurai in the Dark

The six of them looked up at the golden plaque almost ninety degrees, and these three words were like sharp swords, straight into the heart through the throat!

Lan Che shuddered, turned his head full, and looked behind him, the huge square was crawling at his feet, presumably in ancient times, the emperor overlooked the ministers like this......

The red door was closed, and the window lattices were covered with dust.

Lao Wang touched the door panel and found that it was actually a solid steel gate, but the surface seemed to be coated with red paint, and he pushed it forward again, and the door was slowly pushed open!

As the door shaft turns, a dim space appears inside!

Lan Che felt a gust of cold wind blowing out of the main hall, as if the archaeological team members had opened the ancient tomb that had been sealed for thousands of years.

The pock-faced monkey was anxious to break in, but was pulled by Lan Che: "Be careful of your step!"

It turned out to be a high threshold, as high as an adult's calf, and if it weren't for the reminder, this thing would have to fall hard.

Even the threshold is according to the specifications of the palace, what is this place? Lan Che was faintly uneasy.

Mazi smiled on his face, and while he was happy, he carefully crossed the threshold with a belly full of doubts.

The cold wind accompanied by a strange smell quickly drifted out of the door, and by the light from the outside, the eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness of the hall. Hundreds of square meters of hall, in the middle of the erection of a few thick pillars, like the finest golden silk nanmu, but—the whole hall is empty?

His feet were like black marble, and even the air was so cold that Lan Che felt like he had entered a funeral parlor.

At the end of the hall are three large doors.

Lan Che's face was full of doubts, from the outside, the scale of this Gu Soul Hall was obviously much larger than this hall, and there must be a lot of space hidden behind this door.

He slowly walked to the door on the far left, slowly pushed it open, and inside was a dark hallway, and there were countless doors on both sides of the corridor, he stopped in front of one of the doors, and pushed it open.

In an instant, countless murals appeared in front of me!

Lan Che almost screamed excitedly, he looked at the figure patterns on the reliefs in surprise, some of them looked like the thirty-two layers of hell and the thirty-seven heavens in Hindu mythology, as well as the ninety-two asuras and eighty-eight gods of Vishnu.

Then push open the second door, and there is a scene of ancient emperors, with a strange-looking man wearing a huge crown and sitting barefoot cross-legged on a throne.

Then the third, then the fourth...... Behind each small door are gorgeous and wonderful murals, there is no visual fatigue at all, and when the last door is finished, Lan Che counted, a total of fifty-four doors, as if recording an eternal and immortal dynasty.

The six of them retreated to the hall, Lao Wang rubbed his hands, pushed open the second door in the middle, and in an instant, everyone froze, witnessing this ancient miracle in amazement.

"My God!" Lan Che called out to the gods of the earth, believing that he had seen a myth.

Mythology – Mythical gates, mythical squares, including this mythical experience.

He rubbed his eyes vigorously, and there was a huge square in front of him?! The palace seemed to be like a labyrinth, and every door led to a shocking world!

The square was the size of at least several football fields, and in the center stood a building of astonishing size, with its tall towers blocking the sun and casting shadows over them.

It's indescribable, it's like a pyramid in the jungle, more like a castle in the tower in The Lord of the Rings.

The surface is dominated by black and red, covered with countless intricate carvings, and in the center of the upper floor of the building, five black pagodas tower, give an irresistible sense of oppression.

The towering pagoda in the center, like the spire of a church in the Middle Ages in Europe, with a high gourd top reaching into the sky, is just the angle of the backlight, and the sun behind the spire is like a sacred halo, making everyone below dizzy.

Lan Che looked up at the pagoda in the center with a dull expression, and there was a white trance in his eyes, like dust raised in the desert, engulfing everything in his mind.

The flying duck looked at it stupidly, his feet trembled slightly, and he almost fell on the stone slab.

Lan Che was quick and immediately held her: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay......" Flying Duck gasped: "I really can't imagine that there is such a structure in this palace!

"Do you want to go in?"

"I think let's open the third door and take a look. Lao Wang said.

"Okay!" Lan Che snapped his fingers, he didn't expect to see such a spectacular scene here, and he couldn't help but feel good.

"Squeak-" closed the door, as if a world had been closed.

When they reached the last door, the six of them were shocked!

Lan Che stared at the door for a long time before he could see it clearly: it was unusually tall and sturdy, a full ten meters high, made of huge stone blocks, but it was not a flat vertical façade, more like the gate of an ancient castle.

The most surprising thing is that there are three other peak-like Buddha statues at the top of the gate - both spires and Buddha statues, the gray stone is covered with moss, and the Buddha statue wears a high pointed crown above all the tall trees.

Is it the crown of a Buddha statue or the crown of a monarch, or is it part of the defense system of the city gates?

"Perhaps, the majestic palace is just a corner, and behind these three doors is the real world, which is really interlocking, and there is no other cave!" Lan Che couldn't help but admire.

The four men worked together to open the door, and the third world is coming!

Beside the long corridor, there are countless statues.

Lan Che slowly stepped forward and touched the statue next to him, like a blue-faced and fanged monster, covered in exquisite armor, holding a huge axe in his hand, and like an executioner on a decapitation mission.

"This armor?" Lan Che frowned: "Damn! not good!" As if touching a scorching furnace, Lan Che retracted his hand suddenly, this color, this metallic texture, it will definitely not be wrong!

Almost at the same time, she seemed to be aware of something, and Zhu Si hugged her hands tightly: "Could it be ...... They are ......"

Lan Che's face began to look ugly, and he was about to speak, but he found that Lao Wang had already passed through the stone path and walked into the depths.

"This idiot!" Lan Che scolded and walked up after him.

After walking through the stone path of demons and monsters, about a hundred meters, a second gate appeared in front of me.

Lan Che stopped and observed carefully, this door is still carved with many statues, the most unique is the three on the top of the door, like the style of Southeast Asia, and like Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Sukhothai in Taiguo... Even the facial features of the statue are unusually similar, with a wide nose under large eyes, and thick lips, the corners of which are slightly upturned, revealing a unique expression that looks like a smile but not a smile.

A mysterious smile, is it welcoming them as an uninvited guest, or is it a final warning?

The face of the statue is covered with the traces of rain, like tears flowing wantonly for hundreds of years, for the innocent people?

The statue in the middle caught Lan Che's attention, it was a two-winged god with its head sticking out of its pointed beak, looking down at them with a fierce head, holding a sword in his left hand and a war hammer in his right hand, the sword and hammer crossed in front of his chest, and the wings behind him spread out wantonly, majestic.

Lan Che noticed that the walls on both sides of the gate had stacks of varying heights and arrowholes, which were obviously defensive works to protect the interior.

So what's in it?

Lan Che felt his heart beat wildly! Pushing open the stone door, the sun returned to his eyes, shining on the wide, straight avenue, where two African elephants could pass side by side.

The avenue is paved with bluestone strips, which contrasts with the surrounding green grass and large trees, and there are some bizarre statues on both sides, which at first glance thought were two rows of living soldiers.

The six of them stepped forward to carefully observe the two rows of statues, only to realize that they were not generals and warriors, but demons and monsters wearing armor!

In the dark, the six people were sure of one thing, the style of this armor was exactly the same as the one worn by the human spider before.

The face under the helmet was a monstrous demon - with large round eyes like brass bells, a nose and beard facing the sky, and sharp fangs in the mouth, very similar to many devil statues. But this is still more like a "human", and some statues are simply bull heads and horse faces, or even the heads of eagles and elephants, but they all wear majestic armor and hold eighteen blades, like a protector samurai protecting Shinto.

Juss was visibly terrified! She had never seen such horrible statues, one after the other, the bottoms were tightly connected, as if she were queuing up to buy a train ticket.

OK...... They're just – statues.

Lan Che squinted his eyes and made a rough estimate, adding up to at least one hundred and eighty.

Lao Wang couldn't help but reach out and stroke the armor for a while, the steel armor was extremely heavy, at least eighty pounds on his body, and with various weapons and equipment, not to mention charging and fighting, it would be difficult for a normal person's physique to stand up.

From the nose guard, there is some Mongolian style, but the heart guard and mountain-shaped armor are like the appearance of the early Ming dynasty, especially the chain mail of the ear guard, which is obviously influenced by the Middle East and Europe, and looks extremely powerful and exquisite.

Hey, what a chaotic world, how can so many elements be formed into a unified civilization.

This...... Where exactly?

Lao Wang walked up to a rather special statue and shouted excitedly: "Hey, you guys come and see this!"

Everyone hurriedly surrounded him, only to see that the man was quite burly, at least 190 centimeters tall, standing in place with his legs apart, and the halo shone on his body, like the great king in the Dunhuang murals!

He wears a very strange hat.

Lao Wang stood on the shoulders of the red nose slowly, and the two of them were barely so tall combined.

It turned out to be a steel helmet, glowing with a metallic luster.

A pointed steel needle stood on the top of the helmet, chain mail was dragged on both sides to protect the cheeks and chin, and a nose guard hung in the center.

His face, hidden in the dark?

Along with the clothes, they also glow with the characteristic reflection of black metal.

There are two heart goggles on the chest, and the back is lined with a mountain-shaped iron armor, and the shoulders are inlaid with two tiger heads, and the iron armor is bitten underneath to protect the upper arm, and the lower arm is worn with iron bracers and handguards. The belly was surrounded by a green battle robe, a belt was tightly tied, the battle skirt that connected the lower body was covered with fish scales and armor, even the shin guards and shoes were iron, a sword hung from the waist, an iron tire bow was carried behind his back, and twenty feathered arrows were inserted in the quiver.

In the depths of the Gu Soul Palace, at the end of the darkness, he was covered in heavy armor, as if he had come from the tomb of a king and returned from the battlefield of hell.

Those compelling eyes were like two glass beads.

"It's really scary" Lao Wang wiped his cold sweat, he had never seen such a realistic statue, he took a breath, and reached out to touch the perfect armor with great interest.

In the mysterious Gu Soul Palace, at the end of the third door, a warrior covered in armor has experienced many battles, baptized by countless swords and bows, a burst of black smoke rises, and the ancient song is awakened.

A soul.

Souls imprisoned for thousands of years......

Surprise was like an electric current running through the bodies of six people at the same time, and everyone felt something, and they were stunned and trembling at each other.

Six people from the Continent of Gard were in front of him like ants,

finally

The thing in the armor opened his eyes in an instant, radiating two devouring gazes!