Chapter 224: Rune Circle
Piloting the new Evil Spirit Chariot, the Evil Ghost Knight led Wang vigorously to the place on the Shadow Isle that he felt most evil and wanted to destroy.
Along the way, the speed of the evil spirit chariot is comparable to that of a high-speed train. Countless gravel and fallen leaves were blown up by the strong wind behind the car, but only the long line of fire remained.
Soon, the two of them arrived in front of the mysterious basement that had once been on the Shadow Island.
The Crypt of Mysteries was originally a place used by a religious order on Fuguang Island to seal away evil and cursed things, and its owner, who was also a former caretaker, was now the Warden of Hammerstone.
This is the source of the dark magic that swept across the island.
"Evil breath!"
Because of the outbreak of black magic, the surface environment here has changed very much. Huge ravines crisscrossed the treasure trove and torn it apart, with only the middle building intact.
Ghost Rider parked here, picked up the scythe from the car, twisted his head, and walked first towards the interior of the basement.
At this time, the basement was quiet, and there was no one. Ghost Rider's leather shoes made a crisp thud when they stepped on the bluestone floor of the basement, and then the sound turned into an echo and reverberated through the basement.
The basement has a very strong evil rune energy, several times higher than the outside world. Ghost Knight frowned and raised the scythe in his hand high, a very large flame blade condensed on the blade of the scythe, and the blazing light illuminated the entire basement.
Whips, chains, maces, bone razors, nail spikes, and many other torture instruments placed on the table were revealed in the light of the fire. The first floor here is more of a torture chamber than a treasure trove.
Although there was no dull blood on it, Ghost Rider could feel that each of the torture instruments had at least two-digit souls, and some were still three-digit souls screaming and wailing.
Swish!
Seeing this, the anger of the Ghost Rider surged, and the hell flames on his body burned even more vigorously. He swung the scythe in his hand, and several huge flaming knives rushed around, detonating the countless torture instruments hanging on it, and then burning them all.
The flames of hell burned all around, lighting up the darkness around them. After the cleanup, Ghost Rider prepared to continue walking inward with his scythe. But Wang Dali, who was standing at the door of the treasure house, said to him.
"Come out, Johnny. I have an easier way. ”
When the Ghost Knight walked out of the hall, Wang Dali placed his right hand flat on his chest, palm facing up. He gestured to the crypt in front of him, and then as if an invisible shovel had moved, he dug out a huge arc beneath the vault.
Separated by a distance of almost half a meter, the entire mysterious basement was divided in two by Wang Dali. The upper part of it was suspended in the air as if it were being held up by something.
Then, Wang Dali clenched his left hand into a fist and slammed it on his right hand. The top half of this mysterious basement was instantly crushed into cakes like a castle of sand under a steamroller, and was thrown aside like garbage by Wang Dali.
After clearing the upper part of the crypt, the basement was all exposed. Countless of these organs were dismantled by Wang Dali, and most of them have failed.
However, some traps were touched, several types of black magic and poison gas were released in the basement, and cursed arrows and short spears were fired. Many of the spirits that had been carefully cultivated by the hammerstone and sealed as a defensive measure also appeared in the basement.
Feeling the invaders not far away, the thirst for flesh and blood caused the resentful spirits to howl madly and rush towards the two of them, wanting to imprint the pain of the hammerstone on their bodies on the bodies of Wang Dali and the Evil Ghost Rider.
"Let me do it this time."
With both hands in his grip on the scythe, the Ghost Rider approached the wraiths like a grim reaper. The blades with the infernal flames were restrained by their attributes, and their bodies were split in two very easily.
The huge flame scythe flew up and down, and although he didn't know how to use the scythe, the Evil Ghost Rider, who had been slashing indiscriminately, quickly slashed the wraiths.
After the top half disappeared, the large magic circle hidden at the bottom of the arcane dungeon was exposed to the air. The sigils engraved with the formation patterns spread all over the bottom layer of the basement, and a faint black mist and a huge amount of dark rune energy were constantly released from it.
"What's next?"
After dealing with the resentful spirits, the Evil Spirit Knight, who knew nothing about the magic circle, asked Wang Dali.
"I don't know how to crack this circle, but Ruiz should know."
Wang vigorously shook his head. This circle is set up right on the rune node of the Isle of Shadows. If you break it out with brute force, it is likely to cause the energy of the entire Shadow Island to collapse, and then form a huge space black hole.
The world in which the Valoran continent is located is already very unstable, and it cannot be ruled out that the appearance of this space black hole will cause a chain reaction, causing the entire world to be swallowed by a space storm.
"Ruiz?"
Ghost Rider was a little puzzled, it was a name he had never heard of.
"A mage of this world who has lived for more than a thousand years. Well? ”
Speaking of Ruiz, Wang Dali suddenly remembered that they seemed to have been waiting for him for hours at the War College.
It's a bit embarrassing.
Wang vigorously pulled open a portal and said to Ghost Rider before stepping inside.
"Johnny, you wait here first, I'll call someone over."
……
At this time, the War College was already covered in darkness, and it was close to twelve o'clock in the evening. Ezreal's tavern was about to close, with only a handful of people drinking their last glass.
When Wang Dali appeared, it instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.
"Where have you been, king? There are a lot of people looking for you. ”
"A glass of Pompolia. I went to find a friend to explore the Isle of Shadows and before I knew it, I lost track of time. ”
Sitting at the bar, Wang Dali said to Ezreal.
"Do me a favor and call Ryze, I've made an important discovery."
"Important finds?"
Ezreal's eyes swept over the heroes who had their ears pricked up, and said to Raven, who was resting on a stool.
"Okay, Raven excuses you to go."
"Hmm."
The white-haired girl responded, and her figure quickly disappeared into the tavern. At the same time, several heroes in the tavern also checked out and left.
……
"Vengeful Flame Soul? No, it's not. ”
Together with Salina and Raven, about half an hour or so, Ruiz arrived at Ezreal's tavern, and Wang Dali also took the Ghost Rider from Shadow Island.
Reyes was startled at first when he saw Ghost Rider, but quickly denied his judgment. Although the Vengeful Flame Soul also has flames flowing all over its body, the other party still has flesh and blood.
"Mr. Strong, who is this?"
"This is my friend, Johnny the Ghost Rider."
Wang Donglai patted the Ghost Rider on the shoulder.
"Johnny, cancel the transformation."
With a puff of black smoke, the hellish flames on Ghost Rider's body slowly extinguished. The human body returned to Johnny.
"Uh, hello, I'm Johnny Blazer."
As is customary for the United States to greet him, Johnny extends his right hand to Ryze.
"Hello, I'm Ryze."
The wandering mage is an archmage with thousands of years of experience, and even though there was no handshake on Valoran, looking at Johnny's outstretched hand, he still reacted quickly and shook it like him.
"Without further ado, Ruiz, come with us to take a look. Johnny and I have found the rune energy array on the Shadow Island, you can see how to solve it. ”
The group, including the curious Ezreal, Ahri, and Jinx, make their way through the portal. But to their surprise, there were other people here.
One of them is a soul body, and another soul body is connected to it; On the other side are tall tree men with twisted branches.
Looking at the positions of the three, it shouldn't be a group.
The first time the two sides met, they made a vigilant posture almost at the same time. While judging people by their looks is not a good thing, the vast majority of people in the world do.
The situation is unknown, so Johnny also takes on the form of Ghost Rider. When they saw the hell flames on Johnny's body, the three of them were stunned, and they actually lowered their weapons at the same time.
The tense atmosphere faded away, and one of the female souls in armor and holding a soul spear asked.
"Did you kill Hecarim?"
Her voice was like gold and iron, and it was not at all what a human being should be.
"You mean the centaur?"
Seeing this, the Ghost Rider also lowered the scythe in his hand.
"That's my mortal enemy, thank you for avenging me."
The soul spear in Calista's hand dissipated, and the eyes that looked at the Ghost Rider showed gratitude.
Seeing that the other party was obviously unable to fight, everyone put away their weapons, and Wang Dali stepped forward to ask her.
"You are?"
"You don't have to know who I am."
Calista said to him with a cold expression, turning to get down on one knee towards the vengeful spirit.
"Come, revenge, it's time for me to fulfill my contract."
"Teacher, what are they?"
Not far away, watching Calista's movements, Sarina looked up at her teacher and asked.
"It seems to be the legendary vengeful spirit that will appear after a woman who wants revenge has undergone a very painful self-sacrifice ritual to help her take revenge at the cost of the other person's soul."
Looking at each other carefully, the knowledgeable Ruiz introduced to everyone.
"The Spirit of Vengeance hasn't been here for centuries, and it's always been here."
Looking down at Calista who was kneeling, the vengeful spirit raised her right hand high. A sharp spell dagger flashed in her hand, and then swung it down with all his might.
Poof!
But to everyone's surprise, the dagger was not stuck in Calista's body, but in the vengeful spirit itself.
Through the soul vow between her and Calista, power poured into Calista.
She looked up in shock, relieved to see the vengeful spirit smile in front of her for the first time. 1
"From today onwards, you are the new vengeful spirit."