Chapter 42: Illusion
In the empty hall, there was silence. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Twelve huge stone pillars stand on both sides of the passage, and on the altar at the end of the passage is the goddess of life, holding a scepter and a holy vessel, and is extremely beautifully painted.
To the left and right of the altar, there are two open doors, revealing a deep corridor inside, which leads to nowhere.
Adesbay seemed to be carried away by hatred, and after entering the main hall, he did not see the goddess of life on the altar at all, and walked straight to the entrance on the left.
Liu Minghao's gaze quickly swept around and fell on Adesbell's body, and he immediately noticed this insignificant detail, and his heart couldn't help but move slightly.
"Wait a minute." Liu Minghao hurriedly chased after him, trying to stop Adesbay.
Now the situation is obvious, there are already people who have entered the temple before they do, and it is the most foolish thing to act rashly when the enemy is in the dark.
Especially at this time, Elder Els died tragically, and Adesberg's emotions were extremely excited, and he could explode at any time, which would definitely affect his combat state, and once he was attacked, it was likely that there would be unnecessary mistakes and lose his combat power in vain.
Liu Minghao's speed was extremely fast, and he stepped out in one step, and before the words fell, he had already arrived behind Adesbay, and his hand was clasped on his shoulder, "Calm down." ā
Just when his right hand was about to fall and had touched Adesbe's shoulder, the figure in front of him suddenly twisted slightly, Liu Minghao only felt that his hand was empty, and his right hand actually passed through Adesbe's body.
Slightly startled in his heart, Liu Minghao did not look at Adesbay, who had gradually disappeared, but immediately turned his head and looked behind him.
Empty.
Not only did Jiang Jie, who had originally followed him into the main hall, disappear, but O'Connor and the others were also nowhere to be seen, only the open door and Els who was lying in a pool of blood outside the door.
Deathly silence.
In the empty temple, only Liu Minghao stood alone in front of the altar.
Liu Minghao frowned slightly, and for the sake of safety, he turned around and exited the hall, looking for everyone's traces, but as expected, he found nothing.
Obviously, they have been tricked, but they are not sure whether they inadvertently triggered the prohibition in the temple or fell into the trap of the other party.
For these two possibilities, Liu Minghao is naturally more inclined to the latter.
Entering the temple again and circling around the main hall, Liu Minghao didn't find anything, so he chose the passage where Adesbay disappeared and entered it.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the temple, two men in jeans T-shirts and black cloaks are arguing in low voices.
Among the two, the one with a thin figure and a lock of conspicuous white hair on his forehead was the man who had fought with Liu Minghao in the narrow alley before, and standing opposite him, it was a young man with a sallow face and a very thin look.
"I've already explained that when I cast the stagnation technique, my power will be scattered, and how do I know that old guy will wake up." The young man whispered helplessly.
"This could happen, why didn't you say it earlier?" The white-haired man wiped the blood from his face, clenched the handkerchief in his hand hard, and forced the anger in his heart.
In the narrow alley, Adesbay revealed the identity of the spirit of the plague, and with Benny who fell into their hands, the white-haired man was naturally able to surmise that Liu Minghao and the others would enter the abandoned place to find the holy weapon of the goddess of life.
However, even Immorton, a former High Priestess, did not know exactly where the Forsaken Land was, but he knew that the Guardians were the only ones who could find the Forsaken Land.
Therefore, after Liu Minghao and others successfully mixed out of Fort Byton and went up the river, Immorton launched an attack, causing everyone to fall into the water and create opportunities.
The young man himself is not very strong, but he is good at spells, and before Jiang Jie returned with Xiao Hei, he used the tracking technique on O'Connor's body, so although Xiao Hei's speed was extremely fast, and everyone deviated from the direction to meet Wu Lao halfway, the two of them still successfully followed them to the ruins where they were attacked by sand monsters.
Eve opened the entrance to the Forsaken Land, the young man performed the stagnation technique, and the two took the opportunity to follow into it, while the white-haired man summoned dozens of sand monsters, dragging Liu Minghao and the others to the footsteps, and bought time to rush to the temple first.
The plan of the two was originally flawless, and they entered the temple first, and the young man laid a trap in the illusion world, which could easily solve Liu Minghao and the others, but it turned out that at a critical moment, because of the young man's negligence, the plan almost completely failed.
The white-haired man looked at the young man who still didn't think he was taking his mistake seriously and thought that he was making a big fuss, and narrowed his eyes slightly, if it weren't for the next plan to rely on the strength of this guy, he would have punched this fool's head to see if it contained a pile of straw.
Because Immorton told him that only those who inherited the blood of the Guardian clan could obtain the Divine Weapon of the Goddess of Life, and to open the temple, it required the blood of the inheritor. It was obviously very difficult to obtain Adesbay's blood, so they turned their attention to the others.
Except for Adesbay, who is the patriarch, among the other hundreds of clansmen, only the Great Elder Els has the power of bloodline, but his bloodline concentration is extremely low, if it is said that to open the temple, Adesbay needs to donate a bowl of blood, Els needs the blood of the whole body to activate the divine imprint on the gate.
While Liu Minghao and the others were busy searching for the forsaken place, the young man had been tracking them, while the white-haired man had rushed to the oasis where the Guardian lived, and with the help of the Spirit of the Blight, he captured Els.
When the forsaken land was opened, and the two entered it with the stagnation technique, Els, who had no power to resist, suddenly made a move, almost exposing the two, and in the process of opening the seal before rushing to the temple, Els caused the loud noise at the cost of his life, which made Adesbay aware that Liu Minghao and others appeared in advance.
In this way, they set traps in advance, and the plan to wipe out Liu Minghao and the others was deviated, so they could only hastily lay an incomplete phantom array in the main hall and hurriedly dodge.
"In short, we are working together, I am responsible for the holy weapon, and you are responsible for destroying those two trialists." The white-haired man didn't want to waste more time, "Take advantage of the opportunity now, hurry up and improve the phantom array, and trap them completely for me, don't make any more mistakes." ā
Although the two were teammates, the young man was obviously a little afraid of the white-haired man, and nodded again and again when he heard this, not daring to make the slightest objection.
"Also, find a way to lure Adesbay to the Core Temple." After the white-haired man finished speaking, he turned around and walked quickly towards the depths of the temple.
The young man raised his head and watched the white-haired man's figure disappear, then he showed a resentful look, cursed in a low voice, and turned to leave.
ā¦ā¦
Liu Minghao walked safely through the dimly lit corridor without encountering any danger, and at the end of the corridor was a large room with solemn murals painted on the four walls, and a shrine sculpture in the middle, which looked like a preparation room.
As soon as he stepped into it, Liu Minghao raised his dagger and blocked it in front of his chest, and almost at the same time, a layer of gray light appeared on the wall, and the soldier who was originally holding a weapon turned into a skeleton soldier, swinging his arms to break free from the shackles of the wall, and appeared in front of him, brandishing a knife and gun, and pounced.
Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, dodged the slashing knives and guns, the dagger in his hand flew up and down, and rushed all the way to the long table where the shrine was placed.
Ignoring the attack from behind, Liu Minghao's right hand was raised high and smashed down, and with a crisp cracking sound, the shrine placed on the long table instantly turned into a pile of fragments, the air twisted slightly, and the several long knives that had fallen on his body immediately disappeared.
Liu Minghao turned around, the room had returned to its original state, it was still empty, and the entrance he walked in had become a wall, and behind the long table, an open door appeared.
Dreamland.
This is the only explanation that Liu Minghao can think of.
Before he entered the room, he had tried to summon the jackals several times, but without success, thinking of the sand monsters in the square before, just like Adesbay said, in the realm of the goddess of life, no undead creature could exist.
So at the first time, he realized that everything in front of him was not real.
With such an idea, Liu Minghao tried to find the flaws in the illusion, and his intuition made him think that as long as he could find that point, he would be able to solve the crisis in front of him.
With little effort, he noticed that the shrine on the table still housed the statue of the goddess of life, which looked out of place against the background of the eerie murals around him.
After the shrine shattered, it seemed that the illusion was successfully solved, but the disappearance of the entrance and the appearance of the exit were enough to prove that things were not as simple as imagined.
Liu Minghao groaned slightly, bypassed the long table, and walked into the open passage.
Passing through a dim corridor again, a light appeared in front of him, and a faint familiar sound came, Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, but without the slightest pause under his feet, he walked over steadily.
One step at a time, a hot and humid breath came to his face, Liu Minghao took a few steps forward, and then stopped, already in a primeval jungle.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Minghao flashed a touch of complicated emotions very quickly.
Suddenly there was a gentle birdsong in the distance, Liu Minghao's body shook slightly, his right hand subconsciously clenched the dagger, and he paused for a moment before walking towards the depths of the dim dense forest.
Liu Minghao didn't know the direction at all, and walked through a series of winding and hidden paths, and soon came to a swamp, and behind a few low bushes, five figures in camouflage uniforms with leaves on their heads appeared in his sight.
Seeing those familiar figures, Liu Minghao's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold killing intent.