Chapter 30: The Secret Stronghold
The night was as dark as ink, and there was moisture in the air as if it was about to rain. Qin Tian and his party walked silently in the dark forest under the leadership of Su Bai. Some of the monsters they encountered were quickly and quietly dealt with by them, and at this moment, there were no monsters in the entire Brave Continent that could threaten them.
There are several abandoned stone houses in the depths of the forest, Su Bai made a gesture for everyone to lurk, it seems that this is the target of tonight's investigation. There was light shining through the broken places and cracks of the stone house, and with the help of the faint light, Qin Tian noticed a strange symbol on the wall of the stone house, as if it had been painted with some kind of liquid.
Su Bai made a gesture to Qin Tian and Shuicao, and the three of them quietly approached the stone house, and there were two black figures outside the house that were people in burqas. Su Bai gestured to Qin Tian and Shui Cao, and they quickly understood what he meant.
Su Bai and Qin Tian quietly approached the two black-robed people from behind, and in the next moment they launched at the same time. One hand covered the black-robed man's mouth, and the weapon in his hand thrust into the black-robed man's vital point from behind, and at the same time, the arrow of the water grass also plunged into the black-robed man's head. In an instant, the two black-robed men fell to the ground without making a sound.
The wind began to grow stronger during the night, and the branches of some trees rattled at each other. This made Qin Tian's actions safer. After the threat outside the house was removed, they each found a gap in the wall of the stone house and looked inside.
These stone houses are so old and dilapidated that it's easy to find a suitable viewing port. But what they saw inside was quite astonishing.
The room was empty, with torches on the walls, and some broken stone and bricks on the ground that had been cleared to the corners. The floor and walls are painted with a variety of quirky lines and symbols in red liquid. Although Qin Tian and the others couldn't understand the meaning it represented, everyone could feel the evil meaning and terrifying atmosphere contained in these symbols and lines.
Qin Tian could be sure that those red liquids were blood. More likely human blood. Because the smell of blood that filled his nasal cavity stimulated him all the time. In the middle of the floor was a huge hexagonal rune drawn in blood, and above each sharp corner of the rune was a naked person, both male and female, hung upside down with iron chains. Around the lines of the ground are piles of unidentified pieces of meat and offal.
The men looked alive, and some of them were still writhing. Their mouths were gagged, and they let out muffled moans. The whole picture only makes people feel hopeless, terrifying, and disgusting, like a huge slaughterhouse displayed in front of you, with half-dried blood, dug out internal organs, broken limbs, and inhuman heads, just like the picture in your nightmare.
Inside the room stood thirteen men in black robes, all wearing ugly and strange masks, holding strange magic weapons in their hands, and muttering words in their mouths, standing straight like wooden stakes. Their murmurs gradually blended into a low-frequency vibration, and their bodies shook with the rhythm.
The men in the chains writhed even harder, blood oozing from their skin and dripping down their scalps onto the sharp horns of the six-pointed star. The air in the room began to flow in one direction, which was the middle of the six-pointed star. The flames of the torches were pulled into strips, and a thick, disgusting stench made it impossible to breathe.
The human body on the iron chain trembled more and more intensely, the skin on the body melted away like wax roasted by fire, and pieces of flesh and internal organs fell to the ground one by one, and the blood they landed on the talisman flowed along the carved lines to the middle of the six-pointed star.
At this moment, the air above the six-pointed star rune array began to writhe, like a changing surface of water. A strange force swelled in the air, and traces of seemingly transparent minions and weapons loomed in the space, almost piercing through the confines of the rune array and the stone house. Even Qin Tian and the others felt the extremely strong pressure.
"They're summoning something! We can't sit idly by! Su Bai said to Qin Tian. Although Qin Tian was surprised to see this scene, he didn't care about the life and death of these people or what they summoned. Instead, he cared about Su Bai's performance, and he felt that the key to opening the dungeon was tonight. But he didn't know exactly what would happen, so he could only do what Su Bai wanted.
"I'm fine, everything is up to you." Qin Tian said noncommittally.
"It's too late to rush in, God knows what the hell they're going to summon! Shui Cao, Miller, and Serena followed behind me and Qin Tian! Let's go together! Kill the damn summoners first! Su Bai turned back and shouted to the others.
He kicked open the makeshift door first, his Latin sword cutting a sharp mark in the air. Tooth protrusion! Instantly approached the back of the wizard closest to him. The next moment, the tip of the Latin sword pierced through the black-robed wizard's sturdy defense, piercing through the opponent's chest.
The sorcerer's blood took on a strange black, like the smell of oil. It was hit hard, but without the slightest panic or painful reaction. The wizard twisted his ugly masked face and let out a hoarse sound, and the next moment, a flaming fireball appeared above Su Bai's head and smashed down. Instantaneous meteorite! Su Bai pulled out the Latin sword and didn't dare to take it hard, and rolled to the side to dodge.
A jet-black arrow appeared on the wizard's mask, piercing its mouth right into its mouth, and the momentum carried its head backwards. Then, a blade of wind sliced through the wizard's body, causing it to fall completely. The vacuum wave emitted by Mage Miller with a +4 chase 12 skull staff ended the last bit of life of the summoning wizard.
The appearance of Su Bai and the others made the scene chaotic, and two or three wizards turned around and began to use meteorite magic to smash at the attackers who rushed in. The rest of the wizards remained unmoved, instead chanting the incantation even louder. The fluctuations in the air grew stronger and stronger, and the blood, corpses, and internal organs on the ground emitted an even richer blood aura, and there were huge and terrifying cries that seemed to come from the ground.
A succession of instantaneous meteorites exploded in the small room, and Su Bai and the others dodged left and right and still suffered varying degrees of damage. Fortunately, the two warriors had thick skin and thick flesh and high defense, and each had a bottle of healing potion in their stomachs and continued to rush towards the wizards.
The most seriously injured was Miller, who was still slow to react and was smashed directly to the ground by a meteorite. If it weren't for Serena's attention to him, a healing wave would have shone on him in an instant, and he would have hung up.
Shui Cao's movements were faster than Qin Tian's, and she was barely harmed. A leap landed on the other side of the room, and in such a small space she unleashed the skill of the Elven Bow's multiple arrows. Each arrow fired would split into three more in the air and fan towards the wizards in the house.
Qin Tian knew that this was a critical moment, and with a shout, the assassin in his hand slashed towards the wizards like a tornado. The red-white sword flashed in the wizard's black robe, and the next moment, the wizard's corpse was dragged and exploded in mid-air, and the wizard who was only wearing a cloth robe could only die once he was approached by a warrior like Qin Tian.
Qin Tian and the others slashed down half of the wizards on the scene with a single blow with all their might. At this time, the remaining wizards suddenly inserted the magic weapons in their hands into their bodies. The leader broke open his chest, dug out his black heart with his hands, shouted an inexplicable incantation in his mouth, and then threw his heart into the middle of the six-pointed star circle.
The rest of the wizards cast the same spell, throwing their black hearts into the circle before falling to the ground and dying. At this moment, a violent hot wind swept through the room, mixed with the dust and the stench of smoky sulfur, making it impossible to look up.
There was a ball of fire shaking in the space above the six-pointed star circle, like a burning bone and a sickle. The fire shook as if it had been stirred up by a strong wind. Inside, a shadow swelled open, spreading up to the ceiling and down to the ground.
Behind it appeared a blood-red tattered cloak, then limbs and a head, as if it were life. It was just a skeleton, but it was huge enough to cover almost the entire room. People had to crawl at its feet, and even the flickering torch glow seemed to tremble at its bloodthirsty gaze.
"Brush!" A bang.
When an exaggeratedly large blood-red scythe appeared in its sparkling black hand, all sounds disappeared from the world in that instant.
This huge skeleton appeared in the circle with a giant scythe, leaving everyone stunned. It surveyed around nonchalantly with its black hole sockets, and everyone's hearts felt as if they were being pinched by a cold hand.
"What the fuck is this!" Su Bai gasped.
"Damn it! Skeletron! I didn't expect it to be summoned like this! Qin Tian muttered. Like the Golden Dragon, Skeletron is one of the most mysterious monsters in the Brave Continent.
Even in the later stages of the Atlas, most people just talk about him as a legend. People who can see Skeletron with their own eyes and survive it can be said that it is rare, because it is much more powerful than any golden young dragon, and Skeletron is completely a demon king-level monster.
Its attack power has reached more than 150, which is completely at the level of a monster above level 35, and its defense and vitality have reached the level of a level 40 monster. In the Brave Continent, the highest level is only level 19 in the Otherworld, he is completely the incarnation of death. Qin Tian estimated that this Skeleton King was summoned for the first time in this life.
Skeletron blew on the wizard's corpses on the ground, which began to wriggle. Smaller versions of Skeletron emerge from the wizard's corpse, except that the scythes they hold are white.
"It still has a little brother!" Shuicao said in surprise, and it could be seen that this little girl was also a little nervous.
"Hahaha! Don't be afraid, everyone! It's just a big skeleton. Kill it and drop the good stuff! Qin Tian knew Skeletron's strength, and he felt that his team should have no problem dealing with this guy. But he couldn't explain it to everyone, otherwise it would be too weird, so he could only cheer them up. After all, the first time to face such a tall guy, people will be worried in their hearts.