【Mission Update-Branches】

【Explore the Ancient Tomb】

The stone door on the wall slid open to the right, and it was still pitch black ahead.

Ye Ran greeted Xiao Ye, took the lead and walked in, and put the nameplate with unknown characters written in his hand into his waist.

It's still dreary air, but there's a completely different smell in the air.

It's another staircase, but this time the staircase is different, when Ye Ran stepped in, the top of this passage suddenly flashed with dark blue fireballs, although it was still a little uncomfortable with this color, but the visibility was indeed greatly improved.

Xiao Ye couldn't help but tighten the hem of Ye Ran's clothes, and followed Ye Ran with a hint of nervousness.

Da...

Ye Ran's footsteps were very light, so light that they were almost silent, so in this quiet passage, Xiao Ye could only hear his own footsteps echoing clearly.

And when Ye Ran entered the passage, Asuna's battle above was also nearing the end.

After all, they were just some monsters, and without a huge gap like the one for Shirokuma, it was only a matter of time before they were eliminated in their hands.

And since the beginning, the battle below seems to have subsided, and Asuna has become more and more agitated.

Who won the hell?

Is Ye Ran still alive?

Under the urging of these questions, Asuna's movements became faster and faster, and finally turned into a stream of shadows and shuttled between monsters.

Quick screenshot, the two sword and shield envoys of the Blood Alliance Knights looked at the flickering figures in the monster pile in a daze, and a trace of admiration rose in their hearts, this is the strength of their Blood Alliance Knights, the most dazzling female player who is at the forefront with the fastest and most accurate reputation.

Click, the last skeleton fell under Kirito's sword, Asuna didn't stop, rushed towards the passage, entered the passage, she didn't stop, because the end of the passage stairs was a dark blue.

The passage was long, and as soon as Asuna entered, she found that all the sounds seemed to have been sliced open, and she could no longer hear the voices from above.

No wonder the sound of the battle below could not be heard.

This weirdness made Asuna tense her nerves again, but the concern for Ye Ran urged her again.

The only thing left in the blank blue room was the shattered pit and a hole in the wall, a wide open stone door, and inexplicable patterns.

The other nine people also hurriedly rushed down after Asuna, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the urgent Asuna staying quietly in the room, and then began to carefully examine the situation in the room.

Not...

"It feels weird."

After stopping, everyone felt an extremely amazing aura flowing in this room, and a tingling sensation between their eyebrows pointed by the tip of the sword kept echoing in everyone's minds.

"What kind of battle is it..."

Just the breath left behind has such a power, a glimmer of light flashed in Kirito's eyes, for him who is addicted to games, the unknown always represents the most tempting thing, and Ye Ran, who uses sword skills outside the system, has what kind of power.

"Let's go, go down and you'll know the way."

The two sword and shield envoys continued to walk in front, and everyone responded, and the three members of the Blood Alliance Knights once again protected Asuna in the middle, and persuaded Asuna not to rush down alone, in case she rushed into the monster pile, and then it would not even be too late to rescue.

Asuna, who was sure that Ye Ran should be fine, was also a little ashamed, this kind of mistake could not have happened to her, the deputy head of the hall, but because she was too worried, she made such a move.

This time the passage was short, and soon, they came to a wonderful blue room.

A touch of white came into their eyes, it was Ye Ran.

Except for the Klein team, almost everyone present knew this person, and Klein had heard Ye Ran's name from his friends for a long time, and he also maintained a lot of kindness to this young man who was always dressed in white, after all, he could be regarded as saving Kirito's life.

"Leaf..."

Asuna's expression showed a hint of excitement just now, but the next second she fell into astonishment.

There was a round ball in front of Ye Ran.

No, it wasn't so much a round ball as a huge fireball burning, the blue flames were blazing, not bringing any warmth, and even just staring at it gave me a kind of coldness that penetrated my heart.

It's not this that makes people stunned, but the things that appear like human faces on this fireball from time to time.

What is that?

Soul?

The faces that appeared from time to time seemed very peaceful, as if they were sleeping, so it was really impossible to think of such things as the ghosts of evil spirits.

"Is that what you're after?"

An indifferent voice sounded, Ye Ran raised the nameplate, and looked at this huge dark blue fireball through the nameplate, and he could clearly see that a shallow flame in the nameplate was jumping.

From time to time, the shallow flame pulled out a thin line, like a person who was constantly reaching out, full of longing.

With a flick of his index finger, the nameplate in Ye Ran's hand flew out lightly and sank into the dark blue fireball.

Burst!

Like a soft sound falling into the water.

The huge blue fireball began to shake, and then suddenly collapsed, shrinking into a fist-sized fireball.

Thin threads of silk stretched out from the fireball, intertwining to form a phantom, a phantom in an ornate battle robe and wielding a strange orange blade.

The phantom didn't seem to have any strength, but Ye Ran instinctively felt an unknown amount of force that made his hair stand on end, and goosebumps appeared on the surface of his skin one by one. He silently pressed the hilt of his sword, his body tensing.

The phantom stared at Ye Ran, looking at Ye Ran as if he was facing a great enemy, he just chuckled silently, flicked his fingers, and a bag flew out of his hand and floated in front of Ye Ran, levitating.

This one?

Ye Ran looked at the other party silently, he really didn't feel malice...

I took the bag, and the bag was just a very ordinary bag, embroidered with the same pattern as the coat of arms and skulls, and when I opened it, several crystals were floating in the bag.

Energy crystals?

No, it's a little different, although these crystals are exactly the same as energy crystals in appearance, whether it is the leaking energy that is almost visible to the naked eye, or the clear dark blue, it represents the unusualness of this crystal.

Ye Ran put away the bag and nodded at the phantom, indicating that he was very satisfied with the gift.

With a smile, the phantom raised his hand, and a nameplate appeared in his hand, and the smile was removed, and the phantom's eyes revealed a sadness and relief to look at the nameplate in his hand.

Shaking hands, holding the nameplate in his hand, the phantom body flickered, and disappeared into this space, and in an instant, this space lost its dazzling light, and only a little blue flame hung alone on the roof.

Until the moment when the phantom disappeared, Ye Ran didn't ask those doubts that sank in his heart, because he had a hunch that even if he asked, this phantom would not be able to answer his question.

Ye Ran has always trusted his instincts.

Because the Phantom is an emperor, the emperor who carries the souls of all his subordinates.