Chapter 8: The Ancient Temple
After solving the female ghost, Lin Yangshi unleashed his stealth footwork, no longer daring to be careless, and walked straight to the mountain.
After about half an hour, I finally walked out of this strange cloud and came to the upper part of Skyrim Mountain. Along the way, by the bright moonlight, he saw several squads fleeing for their lives in the chase of various yin spirits and ghosts, and occasionally some scattered people, relatively strong in individual strength, or high level, going up the mountain alone like him.
As soon as he walked out of the clouds, his eyes suddenly brightened, but Lin Yang was still taken aback.
The upper part of Tianji Mountain is completely different from the lower half, and the clouds and mist that persist all year round on the mountainside are the dividing line.
If under the clouds and mist are green plants and green trees, and streams are mirrors, then on the clouds and mist are full of barren and lifeless.
The ground was bare, there was no grass, the withered yellow soil cracked inch by inch, it was late at night, the cold wind was biting, and the cold air was blowing in his face, Lin Yang couldn't help but shiver all over.
"It's so cold, it feels like I've come to Cambrian, it's a magic mountain, I haven't seen the snow on the top of the mountain, the contrast between the front and back is so big." Lin Yang rubbed his hands, the air actually turned white, estimated the temperature, I am afraid it has dropped below zero, he shook his head, did not do what he thought, and continued to climb the mountain.
I walked towards the mountain for a long time in one breath, and this time I didn't encounter any danger, but the temperature in the air plummeted.
A little hoarfrost appeared on the ground and gravel in front of him, and Lin Yang smoothly entered the snowy area, which meant that he was not far from the top of Skyrim Mountain.
"Fuck, what the hell is this weather!" Ahead, several figures appeared in the shadows, one of whom rubbed his hands together and complained.
"The current temperature is estimated to be dozens of degrees below zero." A certain girl dressed as a mage, her little face was red from the cold, and a small fireball was burning in her hand, and she said with a frown.
"No matter, let's go up first, the guys who set off first are estimated to have already entered the temple!"
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The deeper you go into the snow-covered area at the top of the mountain, the stronger the howling wind becomes, and then it almost becomes a blizzard, not as poor as the clouds halfway up the mountain, but not much worse. What's even more depressing is that the wind, snow and hail are blowing on the body and skin, freezing cold and struggling.
Lin Yang withstood the wind and snow, walking slowly, the terrain is getting steeper and steeper, some places are simply cliffs, only enough for one person to pass, one accidentally will fall off the cliff and break his bones.
From here, you can see the corpses of people and monsters one after another, such as bounty hunters, treasure hunters, NPC characters of various classes, and players who have not yet reached the time to resurrect after death.
A small mountain col, where the situation is the most miserable, on both sides are about ten meters high cliffs, in the middle is a path, on the snow lies a huge frost troll, full of knives, forks, swords, halberds, and traces left by various ice, fire, thunder and lightning magic, several eyes were also blinded by magic bows and arrows, and there are no less than a dozen human corpses lying nearby, blood staining the entire ground.
"Frost Trolls, according to legend, this monster has a small number of ancient trolls flowing in its body, and its adult level is approaching level 40, and the magic resistance and physical resistance are outrageous, these people are really good, and they actually destroyed it." Several people gathered around the edge of the battlefield, pointing and pointing.
"That's the only way, the road to the top of the mountain is just like this, if you don't kill this beast, can you still fly through the sky?" Someone sighed.
Lin Yang glanced at these people, the level was not too high, most of them were in the tenth to twentieth level, no wonder they made such a fuss, directly ignored them, and walked by.
Across this small mountain pass, the terrain ahead is flat, and on a huge rock wall, four ancient characters are carved with dragons and phoenixes.
Skyrim Peak!
The ancient characters are inky black, and the entire rock wall has weathered a lot under the wind and rain for tens of millions of years, but these four ancient characters are still as clear as before, presumably either with special materials, or with some magic protection.
"It's finally here." Lin Yang let out a sigh of relief, however, the blizzard on the top of the Sky Mountain had also raged to a peak, his eyes were full of ice and snow raging, his ears were full of howling winds, even if it was just a meter away, it was already completely blurred!
If it is an ordinary person, not to mention that you will be frozen if you stay here for a long time, or you will be able to stand smoothly in the wind, you can't do it!
And the most critical problem now is that the platform at the top of Skyrim Mountain is quite large, with vast wind and snow, and extremely low visibility, and the ruins of the temple will not be found at all for a while and a half!
Lin Yang was a little dumbfounded, his stealth footwork was basically useless here, if he was a mage or warlock, he could also try it with spells such as "Perspective Eye" and "Almighty Induction".
Braving the snowstorm and looking for most of the day on the mountaintop platform, the emperor paid off, and Lin Yang finally found the ruins of the ancient temple.
Strictly speaking, this is not a ruin, what stands in front of Lin Yang's eyes at this moment is a dilapidated portal.
The portal is made of expensive diamond rock, and stands on a ten-meter platform carved out of a giant diamond rock with various intricate magical patterns painted on it. This kind of rock, which is said to be incorruptible for 10,000 years and is incomparably hard, has also been dyed with traces of weathering after countless years of baptism on the top of Tianji Mountain, revealing an ancient and profound atmosphere.
At this moment, the magic fluctuations in the portal were already weak enough to be extinguished at any time, and Lin Yang stepped out, as if he was in a different world, and instantly came to a completely different space.
The raging blizzard is gone, the snow is gone, the temperature is pleasant, and a bright moon hangs in the distant sky, sprinkling a bright light. In front of it is a magnificent palace, but it has long been in ruins, and from the general structure, you can still vaguely guess the magnificence of the past. Judging from the nearby landforms, the only thing that can be determined is that Lin Yang is still on Skyline Mountain, but in a space similar to an "enchantment".
There were many messy footprints on the ground, and some freshly stained blood, so many people must have arrived here before.
"Let's go take a look." When he arrived here, Lin Yang no longer dared to be careless, and began his stealth footwork, using the moonlight and shadows, all the way into the ruins of the temple.
The entire ancient temple occupies an extremely large area, occupying almost the entire platform of the skyline, and is full of carved beams and paintings, ornate decorations, and of course, many palaces have collapsed and the walls are broken.
The deeper Lin Yang went, the more frightened he became, and along the way, he saw corpses and blood all over the ground, left by various players and NPCs, and some monsters left by the temple, such as ghouls, skeletons, and death knights, all of which must have been caused by the first batch of players to enter the temple and the monsters of the temple.
Right now, this is still like a temple, it's simply a demon temple completely made of corpses and a sea of bones!
What is that Staff of Clardis?
With so many undead creatures entrenched here, what are they guarding?
How many shocking secrets are hidden in this temple?
Lin Yang's curiosity was gradually aroused, the Luo Sen plane, in terms of all realms, although it is only an inconspicuous sub-plane in the entire outer ring endless plane, it cannot be easily underestimated, often those planes that are easy to be ignored by others, but there are huge opportunities hidden.
Lin Yang believes that in the depths of the temple, there must be some unknown past, wealth and danger are sought, and there is no possibility of retreating when he arrives here, he must go in and have a look!
"Boom!"
In the depths of the temple, an earth-shattering loud bang suddenly erupted, and the entire ground shook violently!
"The gang has found the boss!" Lin Yang didn't hesitate any longer, quickened his pace, and walked inside.
After passing through several dilapidated palaces and walking through a long corridor, what appeared in front of me was a particularly magnificent hall, and the loud sound of the moment also came from here.
On the door plaque above the main hall, there are six powerful characters carved with them: Cradis Temple!
"Cradis, Cradis...... It's not just the name of a staff, it's the name of a temple, what the hell is going on? Lin Yang asked himself secretly.
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"Think of a way! I can't hold it anymore! At this moment, there was a roar in the hall.
Lin Yang sneaked all the way to the main hall, and finally chose to hide behind a low wall, looking up and looking in. At this glance, I can't help but be surprised!
I saw that in the spacious hall of the temple, dozens of people were besieging a spider. This is a giant spider, no, it is not appropriate to describe it as huge, the body as big as a house, the claws of ten meters longer than a python, completely occupy more than half of the space in the hall, it can be described as super huge!
But all creatures, the bigger they are, the more ancient beast bloodlines they have on their bodies, and the spider in front of them is almost comparable to ancient beasts!
The people besieging around are not fuel-efficient lamps, and the level is generally around twenty levels, and it is enough to be able to walk here.
There is a hodgepodge of all kinds of professions, such as mages, magicians, archers, tricksters, mountain dwarves, plateau berserkers, bounty hunters, paladins, and even warrior monks and lichs.
A siege is a dense sprinkling of all kinds of magic and weapons, all pouring down on the giant spider. However, the strength of dozens of people gathered to besiege was not very good, and the outrageous blood bar on the top of the spider's head only fell a little bit each time, in contrast, the giant spider waved its claws slightly, and a few unlucky ghosts who were too close were either killed in seconds or completely crippled.
Suddenly, the giant spider's eighteen sharp claws arched on the ground, exerted all its strength, and suddenly jumped into the air!
"It's going to be a big move! Disperse them all! Someone yelled.
"Boom!"
The giant spider fell heavily to the ground, and its entire body came into close contact with the ground, and a shock wave spread violently, and the vibration emitted was even louder than the last time, even Lin Yang, who was just watching from a distance outside, was almost knocked to the ground.
Some people who didn't have time to escape were directly smashed by spiders.
There is a stone tablet that emits a soft light against the wall of the temple, and all the dead people are immediately resurrected in place within the circle of light covered by the stone tablet, and then continue to rush into the battle circle and start the crowd tactics.
"It's actually the Resurrection Stone! They set up a makeshift resurrection point! Lin Yang was secretly surprised, generally speaking, after the player dies, he cannot be resurrected immediately, nor can he be resurrected on the spot, so no matter what he does, he must think twice, there are many taboos. The temporary resurrection point, which is this small resurrection stele, has solved a series of problems, and brought the crowd tactics into full play, and some super bosses are not without the possibility of being overthrown.
However, the establishment of temporary respawn points also comes at a cost, and it is expensive.
The small stele alone is worth as much as several epic weapons and equipment, and most importantly, the resurrection stele is a one-time prop that can never be recovered until it is scrapped.
Up to now, it is no longer possible for these people to spend so much money on manpower and material resources, just for the rewards of the Temple of Light, their purpose is obvious, that is, they want to swallow all the treasures that can be found in the ancient temple! However, it is not yet known who will kill the deer in the end.
At this moment, in the battle circle, a few unlucky eggs were unfortunately swept by the claws of the giant spider, and their souls returned to the sky, and they were immediately resurrected in situ near the resurrection stone tablet. Hearing only a "click", the whole body of the resurrection stele trembled, and some small cracks began to appear on it.
"If this continues, the Resurrection Stone Tablet will soon crumble! And we've only defeated half of the boss's blood! Someone began to shout anxiously: "I don't want all my efforts to be wasted, and I made a wedding dress for the guy who came later!" Think of a way! ”
"It's all at this juncture, if you still have any backhand, let's use it! In any case, we must not leave any benefit to the garbage behind, and we will end up in a mess! Someone, who seemed to be quite prestigious, began to speak.
"Good! This is a spell scroll I got by accident, Ice Storm! Take this damn spider and test it! A certain dwarven mage, with a beard on his face, took out an ancient yellowed scroll from his bosom, opened it, and began to chant silently.
A moment later, a violent ice storm swept through every corner of the hall, and the giant spider was even swept into the air, just when everyone thought there was hope, but the giant spider was completely enraged, and the big move was fired in succession, and groups of people died and lived, lived and died, and the resurrection stone tablet added a few deep cracks, and as a result, the blood bar on the spider's head did not drop much.
"This is an epic weapon I won from an auction house in the Sequoia Kingdom, let me try its power today!" A bald man volunteered to rush forward, a spear in his hand exuded a dazzling golden light, but after a round with the spider, the spear broke in two, and the bald man flew upside down while vomiting blood, smashing a human-shaped pit in the temple wall.
"This is a summoning scroll I got in an ancient cave, Elemental Summon!"
Immediately afterwards, in the main hall, a fire element appeared with raging fire all over his body, and before he could attack much, he was scattered by the giant spider a few times, completely annihilating his body and spirit.
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Someone kept taking out their own hole cards, attacking again and again, and gradually had an effect, and the blood bar on the top of the giant spider's head was slowly falling, and finally turned from blue to red, leaving only one-third of the blood.
At this time, the nine eyes on the top of the spider's head also turned from yellow to red, and a fishy red mist came out of its body, completely entering a state of rage!
When the full green bar turns into a yellow health bar, it will enter the enraged state and increase attack by 50%.
From the yellow blood bar to the red blood bar, the HP drops to one-third, and it will enter a state of rage, and the attack power will be increased by 100%!
"The hole cards are exhausted, and they can only do it to this extent, they are out of play, at most when the spider has a little blood left, they will be wiped out. And I'm on my own, even if I successfully launch three backstabs, I still can't get the boss. If you wait for the reinforcements to arrive, the boss blood will slowly come back, and I'm afraid that no reinforcements can be stronger than these people. Outside the temple, behind the low wall, Lin Yang sighed, turned around, and turned back the way he came. Although he is a little reluctant, he is not a fool, he will never do anything that he is not sure of, even if it is to reap the profits, there must be a strong enough fisherman to kill the boss first.
A moment later, Lin Yang walked out of this temple ruins and came to the portal.
Take a step further and you'll be back on the snowstorm-ravaged platform of Skyrim Mountain.