Volume 1 The Tower of Flesh Chapter 40 Rituals
Li Ben's attack target is very clear, in the face of creatures whose size and strength are greater than their own, the first thing to do is to limit their mobility, if it is like the giant in front of him with obvious limb joints, of course, it is to choose their movable connection parts to attack.
After losing the mobility of his right leg, the giant can still burst out with his left leg, causing him to leap and attack.
However, this makes its behavior more predictable.
Lee Ben took the initiative to create an opportunity to lure the giant to charge, and when it landed, he dodged and circled, choosing not the other leg, but the spear-wielding third hand that posed the greatest threat to him.
If he chooses to paralyze the giant's left leg at this time, then the giant will inevitably enter a posture of full defense, and it will be very difficult for Li Ben to bully himself in close combat, and besides, he does not have a powerful long-range attack weapon in his hand, so the result is not conducive to ending the battle quickly.
Li Ben cut off the giant's third hand in an instant, and immediately pulled away to avoid the giant's counterattack.
It was also at this time that Eiji Kamiiwa, who was watching the battle, thought that the battle was about to end.
But the giant suddenly mutated violently, and his flesh continued to explode, and he grabbed the sack covering his head with his intact right hand, and ripped it off, revealing the bloody skull head.
At the same time, the flesh that wrapped around it fell off like shackles, and a blood-stained skeleton giant appeared.
All the blood condensed into a new spear in its hand, and it slashed at Li Ben vertically, sending out a tangible shockwave that tore the rocky ground apart.
Lee dodged away, and the shockwave hit the audience behind him, blasting out a ruin.
Seeing this situation, Beyotis and Eiji Kamiwa couldn't sit still anymore and immediately took action.
Bullets of fire flew in, leaving embers of fire behind the monster as they exploded.
Eiji Shenyan stood in place, his eyes staring directly at the skeleton giant, not blinking for a moment. Both Lee Ben and Beyotis who were engaged in the battle noticed that the accuracy and power of the giant's attack had decreased significantly.
In the end, it was Li Ben who used his sword to cut the giant's vertebrae to make the battle win.
After the giant fell completely, it was reduced to a pile of ashes, and in the midst of these ashes, Beyotis found a diamond-shaped, bright yellow gem.
"I didn't expect this monster to be so strong, so strong that it was inexplicably strong, and there was always a sense of wonder that could not be said. Shen Yan Eiji said afterwards.
"But Doctor, you're so good that you can defeat this kind of thing in no uncertain flow. ”
Lee Ben did not respond to his compliment, but simply said to Beyotis, "Open the next door." ”
Beyotis inserted the gemstone into the groove, and the door opened smoothly, revealing a downward slope.
After walking this section, the three of them enter a new world.
"This is really..."Eiji Kamiiwa didn't know how to express his feelings.
It's a huge underground space with no edge in sight, and there are no pillars to support the top of the rock, which would have been buried by the rocks due to a landslide.
The light was used to illuminate the dome with countless runes that emitted white light. In the 100-meter-high underground cavern, green grass is everywhere, and all kinds of strange plants grow.
Babble...
"Be careful! there's something in the meadow!" Beyotis reminded.
A pair of long white velvet ears emerged from the green grass, and everyone looked at it and found that it was a white red-eyed rabbit.
Li Ben decisively grabbed it and lifted it upside down with its hind legs.
The rabbit struggled desperately.
"Looks like an ordinary rabbit?" said Eiji Kamiiwa after observing.
"It's not normal to think about the appearance of ordinary hares in such a place. The woman threw out her doubts.
"And it's different from the above, there are no obvious clues, and it's not clear which way to go next. Li Ben said.
"Let go of this rabbit and we'll follow it. Eiji Kamiwa proposed.
"It's not a good idea. Beyotis said coldly.
"Are you hungry?" asked Li Ben suddenly.
The three of them roasted the rabbit and ate it.
"It should be night outside, and it's still two hours before those ghosts appear. Li Ben looked at the table below and asked another question: "If that time comes, what will happen in this underground world?"
It's best that nothing happens, thought to themselves.
"Just in case, we'll need to find a place to hide. Beyotis said.
"Without further ado, let's go. ”
After a short rest, everyone walked straight in the direction they had come, wanting to see if this underground world was really boundless.
On the way, the intensity of the light emitted by the dome rune quickly decayed, leaving only a faint point like starlight.
The surroundings were plunged into darkness, and the atmosphere suddenly became cold.
As they went deeper, the three of them heard more and more noisy insect chirping, and there were more and more traces of animal activity around them.
The hunters were all vigilant, and no one made a rash noise.
It wasn't until the clear rhythm of the stream's flow sounded in his ears that Eiji Kamiiwa couldn't help but say, "We should go to the water flow and have a look." ”
The other two did the same, and followed the sound and came to a stream nearly two meters wide, in which they found several small fish and tadpoles.
"Are we in the wrong place? Where is this like a cemetery?"
"If you walk along the river, you might find any clues. Li Ben said.
"Why don't we split up. ”
"Don't forget Jason's presence. Beyotis reminded Shenyan.
The trio moved in the direction of the stream's flow.
After a while, they found a church-style building by the stream.
The room was lit with white candles, there were no chairs, and there were many cushions on the floor, and there was no one at this time.
"There's no dust, it looks like someone or something is looking after it. Li Ben judged.
"What sign of a god is this?" asked Eiji Kamiwa, looking at the three vertical eyes arranged in a triangular pattern on the wall.
"There is no such sign among the gods known to man. Beyotis was all too familiar with these things, so she was sure it wasn't a formal god's performance.
"That's the evil god?"
The evil gods of the two fingers of the god Iwashi are beings that can be born from the beliefs of any intelligent creature, and they are of different strengths and weaknesses, and they can do whatever it takes to attract believers and maintain their own existence. Therefore, it often presents an extreme utilitarianism, and it is their important purpose to pay for it.
And those who will believe in evil gods are not absent among human beings, but they are very few. The main followers of the evil gods are intelligent non-human beings who can pay any price to gain power.
"It could also be some ancient god. Li Ben said.
"Why do you mention this?" asked Beyotis.
Because the traces of the ancient gods in this world are so scarce, ordinary people have no reason to think of them at all.
"The monster on the stone wall relief at the entrance should be a family member of the ancient gods. ”
"Looks like you know a lot of alternative knowledge. ”
"Just a little bit of understanding, I know the legend. ”
Anyone who studies the Old Gods will eventually go mad to death or become an alien, which is what Beyotis hints at.
"Ah, it's getting to that point. Eiji Kamiwa said.
"We'd better stay here and take a break. Li Ben said.
The other two agreed.
After a while, it was time for the ghosts to appear on the surface of the Ghost Shadows.
The three of them concentrated and sensed the movement of the outside world.
Silence, deathly silence came suddenly. The sound of insects and running water that could have been heard suddenly disappeared.
Lee Ben noticed an eerie red glow from the mysterious sign on the church wall.
Inside the perception, the outside world once again appeared densely packed with specks of chaos.
Everyone was nervous.
After these chaos were far away, both Eiji Kamiwa and Beyotis breathed a sigh of relief. But Li Ben suddenly stood up and walked outside the church.
"What are you going to do?" asked Beyotis.
"You guys can stay here, I have to go and see, or there will be too little useful information. ”
"It's too dangerous, doctor, although you are very powerful, but in the face of so many enemies, you must die in the end. Eiji Kamiwa persuaded.
"I didn't intend to fight them, I just followed them and saw from afar where they were going and what they were going to do, and I was sure that I would be able to get out of the way. ”
"We're only here until dawn, and if you don't come back, we'll treat you as dead, and you'll take these travel tools with you. Beyotis said.
Li Ben nodded, took only his sword and gun, and left.
His instincts told him that there must be something significant hidden in these anomalous sights that happened every night, and that finding the corresponding clues would solve the mystery that enveloped the city.
Following the mysterious lantern-bearer and the disembodied ghost, Lee Ben came to a large circular altar.
In the center of the altar, an arch embedded with runes stood on it. Inside the arch was a deep purple energy channel, which Lee Ben judged to be a magical portal capable of teleporting things to a certain place.
The lantern-bearers fell to their knees and bowed to the center of the altar while reciting inexplicable syllables.
The spirits swirled in a large circle in the air, and after the lantern-bearer's chanting, they streamed into the Magic Gate in turn.
The lantern-bearers remained on their knees after all the spirits had left, and when it was midnight, they all vanished. And the energy channel of the rune arch also closed at the same time, leaving only an ordinary arc.
At this point, the mysterious ritual is officially over.
Li Ben rushed back to the church and told the other two about what he had seen.
"If we can't find another way out by daylight, then that mysterious ritual is the key clue to the next action. Li Ben said.
"Maybe you'll have to enter that passage?" added Eiji Kamiiwa.
"Hopefully it doesn't have to come to that point. ”
When the runes of the dome shone enough light again, the three of them set off again.
They walked in a straight line until the hour hand on the watch pointed to noon, and no wall boundary was found.
"Wait, this environment is familiar. Li Ben noticed.
"That's... Isn't that the fire we left behind when we roasted the rabbit?" said Eiji Kamiiwa, pointing to a cloud of black charcoal in the grass.
He trotted over, picked up a rabbit leg bone from the grass on the side, and displayed it, saying, "This is what I ate." ”
"Look at the back. Beyotis said.
Li Ben and Shen Yan Eiji looked back, and it was the ramp passage where their group had come down.