Knock Knock...... Knock Knock...... Knock Knock......

This time it was no longer an illusion, but a real throbbing sound coming from the front, Hao Ren couldn't help but get goosebumps when he heard this sound, and an intuition that he was approaching something ancient and terrifying made him almost subconsciously confirm the capacity of his shield.

He knew that his sixth sense had always been accurate, but this time he hoped that something was wrong with his sixth sense.

Lily was still at the front of the line, and the husky, who had forgotten what had been in her heart for a moment, forgot what had been in her heart before, and then bravely opened the way in front again, and was the first to exclaim: "Wow!! This, this, this...... What's this?! ”

Hao Ren stepped forward cautiously, and when he saw the scene outside the cave exit, he was almost suffocated by what was in front of him:

At the end of the cave was an unprecedentedly large ellipsoidal cavern, with countless openings distributed almost symmetrically along the stone walls of the cave, and the place where Hao Ren and the others stood was only one of the entrances. Countless roots spread out from the openings around the cave, poked out from the stone walls in all directions, drooped from the dome above the cave, and entangled in the center to grow into a large indescribable whole, and that large entangled thing was probably as wide as a kilometer, shaped like a cratered meteorite, lying prone in the center of the cave with a colossal momentum. The surface of this mass is covered with wattles, and between the cracks in the roots and tendrils, you can see dark red tissue, these dark red tissues emit a flickering red shimmer with a heavy "dong dong" sound, like a heartbeat, and like breathing.

This gigantic "heart" sits in the center of the cavern, and countless tendrils spread out from within it. Pierce into the walls of the cavern and extend all the way to the surface.

And around this "heart". You can see a puddle of water bubbling with a dark red liquid. Some of them resemble the waters of the Beintz Blood Lake, but the color is noticeably darker, and the constant gushing appearance makes one suspect that the "water" may also be some kind of creature.

Even Itzax's breath couldn't help but stagnate slightly, and it took a long time before he exhaled: "My hometown...... It's not such an exaggerated thing. ”

Before, everyone knew that the entire twisted woodland was a whole creature, but at that time, all they saw were scattered trees and scattered roots underground, and those things did not give a strong direct impression, but in front of them, the roots were entangled and became a heart-like core, coupled with the strange atmosphere in the entire cave. And the slow and low "thump" sound, finally let people directly realize what a terrifying body this ancient creature really has, and what an incredible structure.

Betsy subconsciously clenched the long sword in her hand, but soon doubted the weapon in her hand for the first time: "Do you think this thing can break the defense by poking it...... I estimate that even that outer skin is tens of meters thick! ”

Hao Ren sweated on his forehead: This girl's thinking at the critical moment was also quite surprising, why did she think of poking people in the first place......

Lily's eyes glowed with a slight golden light, and she drew out her blade of ice and fire and carefully followed behind the bearded man: "Are you sure this is the Sacred Cave?" ”

The bearded four remained calm, although they also paused for a few beats when they first saw the magnificent thing, but at this time they immediately re-armed their minds with the belief in the goddess: "Exactly as recorded in the ancient lineage, it was here that His Majesty the First Pope found the divine inheritance of the goddess. And he painted the appearance of this ancient creature. Put down your weapons, this should be a holy ancient, and we should not offend it. ”

Vivien thought for a moment, and suddenly took out a small bat from her body and stuffed it into Hao Ren's hand: "Put this in the carry-on space." ”

Hao Ren was stunned: "Why?" ”

"In case something happens. Your personal space is the safest," Vivien said seriously, "and when the time comes, I'll directly transfer my consciousness to the little bat." Although it takes a lot of blood and energy to resurrect afterwards, it is a means of survival. ”

Hao Ren didn't expect Vivian to have this function. The vampire girl's little bat is simply a fetish. He pinched the little bat and threw it into the carry-on space, but saw Vivien's expression change subtly: "Separate the bat from Doudou." The kid was grinding his teeth......"

Hao Ren: "......"

He really wanted to know what the world was like in Vivien's eyes, and how schizophrenic this group of bats was when they dispersed!

Everyone cautiously came to the huge "heart" in the center of the cave, and when they got closer, they felt more clearly how much pressure this behemoth could bring to people, and the extremely slow and low "dong dong" sound seemed to hit the person's chest directly, and it was endless, and the weak-minded people were afraid that they would lose their minds just by being disturbed by this sound. And the red shimmer that slowly flickered on the heart carried an ominous feeling, what was under that light? Is it blood?

There was a pool of water around the "heart", or rather it was soaked in such a pool, and the slowly surging viscous liquid was the most curious thing outside of the "heart", and the young nun of the ascetic took out a crystal bottle the size of a palm and carefully collected some of the liquid into it.

Even when placed in the bottle, the viscous liquid is still slowly surging, and maintains an inexplicable synchronization with the beating of the "heart".

"What is this thing?" Hao Ren frowned and looked at the liquid that was constantly surging in the crystal bottle, "Creatures? ”

"It's a creature, a liquid life," said the terminal, floating out of Hao Ren's pocket, scanning the contents of the waterhole, "It's amazing, it's also part of the twisted woodland, it's a component of this 'heart', but it can survive out of the body, and after leaving the waterhole, it becomes a living creature on its own." ”

Hao Ren suddenly felt his scalp tingle, and subconsciously took a step away from the waterhole: he always felt that the surging things in it would suddenly pounce up, and even if he didn't pounce, this strange life form would make people shudder.

Vivian glanced at Hao Ren with a smile: "As for it?" There's a kung fu to show you my blood magic, my blood has a lot more tricks than this thing. ”

At this moment, the young monk in the ascetic quartet suddenly shouted, "This way! There is a discovery! ”

Everyone hurriedly ran over and found that there was an obviously man-made stone pier next to the pool...... Or the altar. It's just that the "heart" in front of me is too large, and other people's attention is not on this side for a while.

It is a regular-shaped, gray-white stone carved altar, about three meters in diameter, and the surface is covered with mystical symbols and chaotic reliefs representative of the Radiance Sect, and there are some black remnants on the altar that have been severely weathered and broken, most likely used in ceremonies. In the center of the altar, there is a small black box, which seems to have been miraculously preserved, but with a thick layer of dust on it.

"This is what was left of the crown of the first pope!" The bearded man couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw the altar, "Sure enough, as the oracle said, he left behind a legacy that can only be made public in three thousand years!" ”

Hao Ren was also excited when he saw this: "What could it be?" Forbidden spells? New magic? Or is it another ancestor of life? ”

The bearded man rubbed his hands excitedly, and the ascetic temperament finally disappeared: "I don't know...... But we have to open it and give the contents to the current pope...... This is what the oracle prescribes...... The goddess had mercy on her, everything else on the altar was destroyed, only it remained, it was God's will! ”

Hao Ren rolled his eyes: Can you not have everything to do with God, this is obviously because the first pope of the year was relatively strong in such a box......

By this time, the bearded man had already picked up the box with trepidation, and opened it without much effort, but lying in the box were only a few pieces of leather that had been discolored, but still intact.

On the leather, you can see faintly legible black handwriting, which seems to be a message left by the first pope.

The bearded man and Hao Ren's breathing became heavy at the same time, one thought of a new oracle or oracle, and the other thought of the secret book left by the old man with white beard.

Vivien wasn't interested in the musty stuff, and she wandered thoughtfully along the waterhole next to the Heart, looking at the bubbling red liquid with amusement, which reminded her of her own blood magic.

She released a small bat and made the little guy carefully drink the liquid in the pool, she was not worried about the strange life in the pool of water would launch any counterattack, because the liquid seemed to be no different from blood.

It's a little salty—Vivien frowned.

At this time, Hao Ren and the bearded man finally deciphered the first line of words from the ancient yellowed leather, and the bearded man read out loud in a low voice:

"We ...... From the Starry Sky ......" (To be continued......