The skull on top of Hayas's skull was lifted open, revealing the black and red scalp inside.

The tangled blood vessels are intertwined, like the roots of a tree that dig deep into the soil.

Blood poured out like water from a teapot, running down the edge of the bone lid and flowing in all directions.

As the cover of Hayas's skull was lifted, countless filaments were pulled out between the thick blood stickiness, grabbing at the side of the skull, forming a pull with the red cloud above his head.

"Hmm-" Hayas let out a groan of pain, his head lowered and lifted hard.

His rickety back slowly straightened, and his spine made a 'crackling' bone movement sound between stretches.

The skull torn open by Hongyun was covered with a 'bang' like a teacup lid with the help of his head up, and the bloodshot was 'grabbed' hard, and the bone lid was like the lid of a teacup, and it was covered with a 'bang'.

The gushing blood quickly recycled strangely along the seams of the bone, and his face turned from black to blue, gradually revealing the rudiments of his facial features.

Under the shroud of blood mist, everyone saw that the squirming veins on his face were slowly covered by the skin of his face, and finally turned into criss-crossing wriggling black shadows.

The mist was inhaled into his body, and the surface of his body was wrapped in skin again, and the black vascular imprints gradually faded away, finally taking on the appearance of Hayas.

His expression still had the same hideousness as before, and the whole person seemed to have been fished out of the water, his face was extremely pale, and the skull-like black spots on his face seemed to be darker, and he sat weakly on the sofa and gasped for breath.

The previous scene surprised Song Qingxiao and several other trialists, after the change of Hayas, the aura he displayed was still a living person.

The magic power in this trial scene is really weird, but fortunately, a few people have experienced a lot, Song Qingxiao has participated in the trial so far, although she has never seen such a scene of changing from a living person to a 'blood corpse', and then she can turn back into a human being, but she has experienced a lot of strange events.

Although the occult magic of the wizarding world surprised her at first, she quickly calmed down after the initial amazement.

The twelve saints on the train were not surprised by the change in Hayas, as if they had already seen this happen.

'Whew-'

The blonde beauty let out a long gasp, but the people of the 'Light' faction did not completely relax.

The old man holding the book was still tense, and there was a bit of vigilance in his eyes:

"You're awake."

He said this by staring at Hayas, who was sitting on the back of the chair and panting, and as he spoke, his eyes were still like a falcon, firmly staring at Hayas's sweaty pale face, not wanting to miss a hint on his face.

"Hmmm......"

The man who was slumped on the back of the train let out a weak snort, as if sensing the old man's gaze, his eyelids moved, his eyelashes fluttered twice, and then slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes had turned completely black at this time, and he didn't see half of the whites of his eyes, which made his scalp tingle and frightened at first glance.

If you look closely, you will find that this 'blackness' is only due to the dense thin blood streaks wriggling in his eyeballs, blocking the gray and white color.

After he opened his eyes, those black blood strands seemed to be suppressed by a mysterious force, and the silver-white color floated out, suppressing the black blood streaks, and finally only a few thick blood strands floated in his silver eyes.

After seeing Harris return to his previous appearance, the old man breathed a sigh of relief and showed a smile.

It's just that this smile didn't last long, and it turned into a heavy meaning.

Hayas gasped for breath and tried to squirm to his feet.

But his strength seemed to have been swallowed up in the process of releasing the blood mist earlier, and he moved several times, exhausted and panting, but in the end it was in vain, and he still spread out on the bench in a very unsightly posture.

Sweat turned into streams that smeared from him, mottled trails everywhere he went.

The place on the bench where his blood had been stained was still the mark of corrosion, and the leather on the chair was rotten and smelled of sickening blood.

"It's out of control—" The old man saw Hayas's condition, and his eyes were worried.

The bloodshot in Hayas's eyes disappeared one by one, the protruding veins on his body also subsided, and the boiling black blood gradually cooled, but the color of the dark spots on his face that formed a terrifying ghost head seemed to be more vivid than before.

"Huhu-" He gasped, heard the old man's words, and nodded:

"The power of faith is fading......," he said, a little weak, speaking with a trill.

Except for the trialists who did not understand the conversation between the two people, the twelve believers who heard the conversation between the two people all sank their faces.

Even the purple robe facing the train window with a proud expression sank.

"His heart has been lost." The purple robe faced the direction of the window and said coldly:

"We must get his heart back before the power gets out of hand."

Everyone fell silent, and at this point, both the 'light' and 'dark' factions seemed to have reached a consensus.

"Curse, loss of control, power of faith, lost heart."

She listed several important pieces of information in her mind, trying to grasp the common points and sort them out.

"Hayas is an ascetic monk."

Since the establishment of the Federation, ascetic monks have gradually become one of the sects of cultivation, and Hayas has lived for hundreds of years as the spiritual leader of it.

The ascetic practice is based on suffering as a source of strength, and the deeper the suffering, the stronger their power will be.

Each time he experiences suffering, death, sin, or rebirth, for Hayas, it is like entering a complete practice, which is equivalent to growing by one year.

And this way of increasing the number of lifespans makes Hayas seem to have an endless lifespan.

After all, without voluntary intervention, human life is always limited, but the pain is endless.

This pain comes not only from the mental torment, but also from the physical affliction.

Just as Hayas carried thorns, his masochistic behavior would bring him endless pain.

Even as long as he doesn't take the initiative to relieve this pain, he can easily obtain the eternal life that ordinary people dream of.

This kind of immortality is extremely precious to anything, but when Song Qingxiao mentioned this, the blonde beauty blurted out - such an immortality is just a curse.

She was completely emotional, and it didn't seem like she was hiding anything.

On the contrary, after saying this, she seemed to realize that she had slipped her mouth and tried to cover up the topic.

Song Qingxiao thought of the scene when Hayas's skin and flesh were torn apart, the blood on his body turned into a ghostly blood mist, and finally he was 'resurrected from the dead' under the old man's dragon magic, and felt more and more that Hayas was indeed like suffering a curse and had to practice with pain.

"As for the loss of power, it is very likely that he cannot fully control the power of blood in his body."

Song Qingxiao thought of the moment when Hayas's consciousness awakened under the magic of the dragon language, and the blood mist above his head tried to grab his Heavenly Spirit Gai.

It was as if the existence of the blood mist was in a tug of war with his own power, and finally gained the upper hand as his consciousness became conscious, so that his power did not really get out of control.

In other words, his power comes from a curse, and it seems that he is not stable and in danger of getting out of control.

As for what the power of faith was that Hayas said later after he woke up, Song Qingxiao didn't have a clue for the time being.

The lost heart should also have something to do with the power of faith, curses, and the power of losing control, but because the time to enter the trial scene was too short and the clues were not sufficient, Song Qingxiao could only temporarily suppress the thoughts in his heart in the end.

After Hayas calmed down, the crisis was resolved.

But it seemed that as his power was out of control, the twelve saints seemed to be affected by him, and their hearts were very heavy.

The old man holding the book could not hide his exhaustion and sat back in his original position.

Everyone had seen the terrifying power that erupted from his previous books, and their expressions were full of jealousy.

The bench on Hayas's side was worn away, and the elven man who had been sitting beside him moved closer to the smiling man, creating a wide distance between him and Hayas.

And Song Qingxiao moved a short distance closer to the 'Bright' faction, made her position clear, and moved away from the blue-robed weirdo beside her.

In this way, the seventeen people around the table were divided into two obvious factions, such as the Chu River and Han Realm, which were clearly distinguished.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and No. 1's gaze flashed, breaking the tranquility:

"In other words, we need to go to the Abyss Territory and reseal the 'Moon' Sage."

Her words made the tired old man reopen his eyes, and he nodded:

"Yes, my child."

Awakening Hayas's sanity earlier, resisting the invasion and corrosion of the blood mist, and protecting the others in the carriage from the interference of the blood mist, caused his strength to be depleted.

Even if the book in his hand was of extraordinary origin, like a magic weapon that carried his power, it was clear that it would not be easy to confront Hayas.

It's just that the fatigue in the old man's expression comes from the consumption of strength in addition to the consumption of strength, and more from the soul.

He seemed to be still feeling grieved by the curse, the power of faith, and the lost heart, but after hearing One's question, he still showed a kind expression:

"But that's just our ultimate goal." He patiently explained:

"According to our original expectations, we should travel through the Misty Forest, go to the Canyon of the Dead, find Lucifer, and then go to the Abyss Territory to seal the Great Sage who is about to awaken once again to ensure the stability of the Federation."

When the old man said this, a wry smile appeared on his face:

"It's just that along the way, we found that the dark forces had awakened a little earlier than we expected."

"The train was approaching the Misty Forest, and the closer I got there, the more I felt the aura of darkness." The blonde woman also spoke out worriedly, her strength should be on the light side, so she is naturally very sensitive to the elements that sense darkness.

As soon as she finished saying this, except for the 'dark' faction, everyone from the light faction frowned in unison.

"The Abyss Territory is originally a long distance away from the Misty Forest, and if you don't use the magic array to shuttle, it will take at least a day and a night to reach it at the speed of a train."

However, before the people on the train approached the territory of the Misty Forest, the blonde beauty had already sensed the aura of darkness, and it was conceivable that the situation was indeed worse than the twelve sages had originally expected.

"Perhaps the 'moon' sage has awakened." Three frowned and made such a hypothesis.

His words were the hidden worries in the hearts of the twelve sages, and after hearing him say this, everyone's faces were very ugly, as if someone had poked the sore spot in their hearts, and no one could make a sound for a long time.

Even the kind-looking old man looked solemn, with a pair of gray eyebrows that were urgent, and a melancholy look in his eyes:

"Let's hope it's not so bad."

"According to the 'Great Prophecy' technique of the Great Sage back then, it was estimated that the time when the 'Moon' Sage woke up, it should not be at this time." The smile on the face of the middle-aged man sitting side by side with the elf gradually subsided, and he also showed a sad face:

"If he really woke up a year early, then everything predicted by the 'Great Prophecy' would have changed-"

When he said this, he exchanged a tacit look with the old man holding the book, and the moment the two of them met, their bodies shook slightly, as if they had thought of something fearful and abnormal.

"What is the Great Prophecy?" When the No. 5 green-robed Taoist priest heard this, he couldn't help but ask again.

"The Great Prophecy is the supreme power possessed by the Sage of the 'Sun', who can predict the future-"

"Isn't that fortune telling?" When the tall man No. 3 heard this, he grinned, interrupted the old man's words, and glanced at the Taoist priest in the green robe with a narrow expression:

"It just happens to be the Taoist priest's housekeeping skill."

There was no respect for the Taoist priest in his words, and everyone heard it.

The Taoist priest looked like a master of the Tao, carried forward his broad mind as a monk, and did not care about him in general, but as if he had not heard what he said, he asked:

"What is the foreseen future in the 'Great Prophecy'?"

These messages, even if they are small, can have a profound impact on the task of the people.

After Song Qingxiao was silent, he was classified as a position in disguise by the trial, and he was unwilling to let go of any opportunity to ask questions.

It's just that he seems to be in opposition to the old man, and he can feel that the people of the 'Light' faction are very wary of him, and he is not sure whether they will answer all his questions.

"317 years ago, the sage of the 'sun' prophesied that after 318 years, the power of darkness would awaken again, and the thirteen saints would seal him away again, causing him to fall into eternal sleep."

The number of words in the prophecy is not much, and in Song Qingxiao's view, these words are not so much a prediction for 318 years later, but a good wish.

However, the expressions of the people of the 'Bright' family were very solemn, if Song Qingxiao's guess was true, they should belong to the saints who followed the 'Sun' sage, and they had great trust in this great sage, and at the same time, they were also convinced of his prophecy.

When Song Qingxiao saw this, he couldn't help but move in his heart:

"What happens if the prophecy changes?"

As soon as her words fell, all the people of the 'Bright' line shook their bodies heavily, and their faces were slightly distorted:

"Something terrible is going to happen—"

The blonde beauty muttered, her face was pale, and she didn't seem to dare to think about Song Qingxiao's answer at all, let alone explain and respond.

On the contrary, the purple robe reflected on the train window showed a hint of schadenfreude on his face, as if he was suffering from a headache for the 'bright' series, and it was not a big deal to watch the excitement like a stone:

"Once the 'Great Prophecy' technique fails, it proves that the power of the 'Sun' sage is also in trouble."

He let out an eerie 'hey, hey, hey' laugh:

"The sage of the 'day' is the heart of faith of the Sun Worship God's court, and his strength is close to that of God. Once there is a problem with his power, the power of faith in the Sun Worship Court is about to collapse, and the impact is deep. ”

The Sun Worship Court is the backbone of the Federation, and after the evil dragon was expelled back then, it was precisely because of the existence of the Sun Worship Court that all races would be unified.

Since then, darkness, shadows and negative emotions have been driven away, and people's spirits have a place of faith and sustenance, and only then will there be the stability of the Federation for more than 300 years.

"If the Divine Court is destroyed, once the power protecting the Federation collapses, the evil dragon on the other side of the Valley of the Dead will definitely sense the reduction of the Federation's defense as soon as possible."

Under the black robe, the pair of crimson eyes reopened, and the 'swoop' spit out the forked tongue, and let out a rough and piercing laugh:

"Once Lucifer is recalled, it is equivalent to giving up the first territory to defend against the invasion of the evil dragon, and if the seal fails, the evil dragon will return."

"They've been recuperating for 340 years, and if their strength can't be compared to that of the dragons who were at their peak a thousand years ago, they must have amassed a great force—"

"—hey, hey, hey, when the time comes, the Federation will return to the time when it was 340 years ago, covered and ruled by the shadow of the dragons."

The tip of the black robe's tongue spat out more urgently, and his voice carried a thick malice:

"This is the result of the change in the 'Great Prophecy' technique."

“……”

No one could refute the words of the black robe and the purple robe, and the faces of the old man holding the book and the blonde beauty were extremely ugly for a moment.

The acquiescence of the 'Bright' faction shows that what these two men say is true.

Song Qingxiao found out one thing from the attitudes of both sides, the accident of the 'day' sage will have a deeper impact on the sun worship god court and the 'light' line.

I don't know if there is a contradiction between these two factions, or because of the different power systems, the 'dark' faction has a good attitude towards the possibility of the 'Great Prophecy' technique of the 'Sun' sage, as if it is none of their business.

And most importantly, the thirteenth saint has always been on the edge of the canyon of the dead, and according to the black robe, it seems to have been guarding the Federation's first line of defense against evil dragons, making it difficult for them to enter the territory of the Federation.

Now, with the awakening of the 'Moon' Sage, the Federation is going to recall him back to seal the 'Moon' Sage.

And once Lucifer is recalled, there is a lack of a resistor between the Federation and the dragons.

After six hundred years of rule, it took sixty years for the two great sages to lead the thirteen saints to lead the various races to finally drive the evil dragons outside the Valley of the Dead, and they did not dare to offend the territory of the Federation again, which was enough to show the fierceness and horror of the evil dragons.

And now, the awakening of a 'moon' sage has made the Federation brave the danger that the evil dragon is about to set foot on the continent again, and also recall Lucifer -

Doesn't this mean that in the hearts of the Federation and the Sun Worship Divine Court, the awakening of the 'Moon' Sage is even more threatening than the existence of the evil dragon?

She always felt that there was a secret hidden in it, but unfortunately everyone was tight-lipped at this time, and she still needed to dig it slowly.

The face of the old man holding the book was already very ugly, and the gloating tone of the black-robed and purple-robed duo made the wrinkles on his cheeks seem to be deeper.

But in the end he just let out a long sigh and said firmly:

"In any case, things must not be allowed to go unexpected, and the situation of the past must not be allowed to be repeated."

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