Chapter 55: The Sacrifice
According to the Wu Lao's letter, the barrier around the tower of Hamna is not a simple poisonous miasma, but a powerful barrier laid by Immorton with the help of the Netherworld power attracted by the resurrection pool, gathering the resentment he has accumulated for three thousand years, and the holy weapon of the goddess of life can only play a role in weakening the power of the enchantment, except for Immorton, no force can break this barrier. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is precisely because of this that the undead qi near the Hamna Tower will spread widely, and countless sand monsters with the undead qi attached to it will appear.
At the end of the letter, Witch Elder instructed Adesbay and the others that the only way to enter the Tower of Hamna and get rid of Immorton was through the path of the dead.
"The Road of the Dead, what is that place?" Jiang Jie was impatient, and immediately raised his head to look at Adesbay when he glanced at the last content.
Adesbay sighed and smiled wryly, he had just learned about the existence of the path of the dead from the bone fragments.
No one knows when the Tower of Hamna was built, after the appearance of the Guardian Clan, according to the guidance of the gods, moved to this oasis, and according to the records in the bone tablets, in the depths of this oasis, there is a mysterious passage, which is the entrance to the underworld in ancient times, and one of the forks in the road, connecting the Tower of Hamna, is the only exit for the undead to return to the world.
Because it is so old, no one knows the original name of this passage, but according to its legend, it is called the Road of the Dead.
After Adesbay finished speaking, there was a short silence in the tent, Liu Minghao frowned slightly, originally thought that as long as he found the holy weapon, he would be able to enter the Hamna Tower smoothly to complete the task, but he didn't expect that this time the task was like a game clearance, and every time a puzzle was solved, there would always be new obstacles.
"You mean to say that the Road of the Dead is just below this oasis?" Jiang Jie was more concerned about how they could enter the Hamna Tower, and couldn't help but ask.
Adesbay nodded slightly, "It's just below the Forbidden Land, to be exact." As soon as I received the letter from the witch elder, I arranged for my people to make preparations, and I would soon be able to open the entrance. ”
Seeing that Jiang Jie and Liu Minghao had not changed their minds, Adesberg's face softened slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief almost imperceptibly.
Jiang Jie and Liu Minghao cooperated with him as exorcists, and there was no reason why they had to eliminate Immorton, the current situation was frequent, and the elimination of Immorton seemed to be even more obstacles, Adesbay was afraid that the two would retreat from the difficulties, and refused to join forces with him, although he got the holy weapon, but with his own strength, he would never be able to kill Immorton.
Moreover, Immorton is a resentful spirit with thousands of years of curse in his body, and the resentment condensed in his body is extremely powerful, if he can collect his resentment by the method recorded in the bone fragment, he can use its powerful ability to give the high priest a chance to resurrect.
So like Liu Minghao, Adesbay is also very eager to enter the Tower of Hamna and needs their help.
At this time, Adesbay had completely mastered the holy weapon, and the first thing to do was naturally to remove the toxins in the bodies of Liu Minghao and the others, so that the three of Johnason could wake up.
The process of casting the spell was very simple, Adesbay held the holy weapon in his hand and recited the incantation, and a soft golden light was immediately released from the holy weapon, enveloping Liu Minghao and the others.
The golden mangs shone on his body, Liu Minghao only felt that the cold aura that had been lingering in his body gradually weakened, and finally disappeared completely, and even the fine wounds on his body that had been eroded by scarab toxin and had not been able to heal quickly scabbed and fell off, and the skin around his body quickly recovered as before.
After a while, Jonathan and O'Connor also woke up, and when the soft golden glow landed on Eve, there was an unexpected situation.
Jin Mang quickly repaired her injuries, and when it spread to her head and neck, a black beetle phantom suddenly emerged from her forehead, and the golden mangs that enveloped her body suddenly collapsed, and the beetle's phantom turned into a strange mark, entrenched on her smooth forehead.
Eve let out a low moan, opened her eyes and sat up, feeling the gaze of everyone, and raised her hand to her forehead in some surprise, revealing a puzzled expression.
"What's going on?" Ocon looked at Eve with a blank face, and said worriedly.
"This is Immorton's mark." Adesbay frowned, and walked over to try to touch the mark on Eve's forehead with her hand.
Before his fingers could touch Eve, the beetle mark suddenly appeared, and the wings opened open, squirting out a black light.
Adesbay hurriedly stepped back, still a step too slow, and the black light brushed his sleeve, immediately corroding a huge hole.
"Alive?" Jonathan's eyes widened in horror, startled.
"You've been in contact with Immorton?" Adesbay shook his sleeves, ignoring Jonathan's question, and frowned at the beetle mark on Eve's forehead, "This is Immorton's mark of the dead, he somehow put a curse on you and became a sacrifice to resurrect Ansuna." ”
Hearing Adesbay's question, Eve's face flushed.
"Yes, when Hamnata first met Immorton, he used to call Eve Ansuna, and tried to get close to her several times later." O'Connor thought of Immorton kissing Eve in the hotel, and pointed to the Hallows in Adesbell's hand, "The light can't lift the curse?" ”
Adesbay shook his head regretfully, the power of the Worm Devouring Curse was too strong, there was no other way than to kill Immorton, or get the Golden Sutra of the Sun that can break the power of the curse, "And this operation, she must also enter the Hamna Tower with us, otherwise the power of the undead in the seal will continue to erode her body, once she is summoned by Immorton, she will break out at any time, and she will definitely die at that time." ”
Although Eve has not yet figured out what is going on, she immediately shows a hint of joy when she hears that she can follow everyone into the Tower of Hamna, and Jonathan is like a mourner, he has always sought advantages and avoided disadvantages, and he had made up his mind to stay, and no matter what, he would not follow the adventure, and this plan also failed. Eve was his only relative, and he couldn't afford to stay in a safe place and let her go on the adventure alone.
Liu Minghao's original plan was for him and Jiang Jie, plus the three of Adesbay to cross the road of the dead at the fastest speed and arrive at the Tower of Hamna, but they didn't expect that there was still an unexpected situation, so that not only did there be an extra Eve with zero combat effectiveness, but also Johnson Nathan, who was eager to protect his sister, and O'Connor, who took the protection of the heroine as his own responsibility, and became a six-person line again.
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Half an hour later, everything was ready, and the group followed Adesbay to the outside of the forbidden land.
The entrance was in a forest not far from the forbidden land, and the vines and shrubs around it had been cleared, revealing a flat black stone door inside.
Behind the stone door was an empty stone room, Adesbay walked in, took out a badge engraved with the runes of the Guardian Clan, put it into a groove on the wall, with a low roar, the smooth wall suddenly cracked a gap, slowly slid to both sides, revealing a deep passage, bursts of gloomy and cold breath gushed out, in stark contrast to the heat outside the stone room, everyone couldn't help but shiver.
"This can't really be the entrance to the underworld, just standing here makes me feel creepy." Jonathan looked into the passage, and immediately retracted, his face pale, his hands rubbing his arms, and said in a trembling voice.
Everyone didn't understand his complaints, and Adesberg raised his right hand slightly, and a ray of light shot out, and the passage immediately lit up, and the walls on both sides shimmered like a night sky.
At this moment, a member of the clan came over and handed them a few cloaks, but without further explanation, Adesbay put on his cloak without saying a word, and turned and walked into the passage.
Entering the passage, the cold aura became more and more intense, and the three of Jonathan immediately understood the use of the cloak, covering their bodies tightly, but they were still shivering with cold, and even Liu Minghao and Jiang Jie, whose physical fitness was far beyond the ordinary, were a little unbearable, as if they were in the ice and snow for ten thousand years, and the breath they exhaled was almost frozen.
Fortunately, the passage was not long, and Adesbay walked very fast, and just when the three of Jonathan were about to lose their hold, the road ahead came to an end, and a smooth stone wall appeared in front of everyone.
Adesbay stopped, took out two badges, and placed them in two depressions at the bottom of the stone wall, and immediately there was a faint vibration under his feet, and the wall trembled slightly, and rose silently upwards.
Behind the walls is a low, empty hall, and as the door opens, the white sphere suspended in the center of the hall glows coldly, illuminating the surroundings, revealing the four walls carved with delicate frescoes and runes.
In the center of the hall is a statue holding a scripture that appears to be an ancient Egyptian monk.
As soon as Adesbay entered the hall, he went straight to the wall on the left, took out a few gray bone talismans from the hidden compartment, and distributed them to everyone.
As soon as the bone talisman was in hand, the cold aura that almost penetrated the bone marrow immediately receded, and everyone couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and followed the example of Adesbay to bring the bone talisman.
Jonathan asked curiously, "What kind of treasure is this, it has such a miraculous effect." ”
"This is the Mo Yun talisman, which can isolate the breath of living beings." Adesbe breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the frost from his brow, and took off his cloak.
It was also the first time he had entered here, but according to the information recorded in the bone fragments, he was afraid that these talismans would lose their effectiveness because of age, so they would not be able to move forward at all, let alone cross the path of the dead and enter the Tower of Hamna.
The path of the dead is a passage connecting the entrance to the underworld and the tower of Hamna, which is filled with countless undead, devouring the qi of the living is the instinct of the undead, they enter it, it will inevitably attract the attack of all the undead, wearing a bone talisman to cover the breath, can avoid unnecessary trouble and danger, but also can isolate the invasion of the undead qi.