Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Strange Labyrinth (Part 1)
In the cave where the altar is located, it is silent and crystal clear, most of the sea water is frozen into ice, and the "dark blue guards" who guard the altar are covered in ice and snow, stiffened in place, some of them hold tridents, some hold coral staffs, different postures, and the scales are delicate, like the most delicate and delicate statues.
Only the deep blue water that surrounded the altar was able to withstand the frost and ripple slightly, and Lucien stepped on the bright red coral, walked in front of the water, which was clearly different from the surrounding water, and stretched out his hand and pressed it on the plane where the two seas met like a wall.
The incantation with the sound of the water was recited, and a complex magic array structure appeared in this layer of deep blue water, and mysterious and strange runes kept circulating.
According to Rhine's description, if you want to avoid triggering the warning trap hidden in the altar defense circle, it will take at least three to four minutes to slowly and carefully crack it, but at this time, Lucien didn't care, and followed the changes produced by the spell, made complex gestures, and with their cooperation, the spiritual power shock spread, and directly opened the defense circle.
The large red coral around the altar suddenly made a screeching sound, causing waves of rippling water that echoed repeatedly in the cave where the altar was located.
Under normal circumstances, the High Priest guarding not far from the altar would immediately sense the alarm and quickly come over to deal with the enemy, but in this sharp voice, the surroundings were still silent and cold, and there was no movement, because the High Priest Blancht was trapped in the "strange labyrinth of Tanos", and even if he could detect the situation, he was powerless to deal with it. And the other fish-man powerhouses are all leading the team to hunt outside, and they can't notice the movement of the altar at all.
This allowed Lucien to easily and simply walk through the deep blue water layer and step onto the altar made of precious Hailan stone.
Although the action just now was a little risky, it was easier and safer than trying to find a way to transfer the high priest away from the altar for four to five minutes, after all, when someone was found trying to open the altar, the high priest would definitely not be careless and let his "dark blue guards" do it. For the vast majority of intelligent beings, one slow and one urgent, two different situations, naturally two different ways to deal with it.
And if you can't paralyze the high priest. Let it open the altar and deal with it with all its might. Lucian, who had already blended into the range of the altar, had a great deal of confidence in breaking through from the relatively weak interior, knowing that the Koutao Fish Great Priest, who was at the seventh level of the Dao, did not have the divine skill "given" by the sleeping god of the sea, and his ability to cast spells was all based on his own talent. A lot of magic doesn't at all. The means are rather meagre. With advance preparation, Lucien was able to escape before the altar was fully functional, even if he couldn't trap it with the Sun Scepter.
For magicians, knowing the opponent's spell ability in advance and preparing accordingly can greatly improve the combat power, and even kill the opponent by leapfrogging.
There is a dark blue pool in the center of the altar in which tall fish-man statues stand, and there is not a single bit of water around it except for the pool underfoot.
Glancing at Ambora, the god of the sea, and seeing that he was carved extremely viciously, with six arms and a trident in each hand, Lucien smiled and shook his head, sure enough, it was still a primitive religious aesthetic.
Without delay, he applied the "brute force technique" to himself, and after pouring a bottle of magic potion, Lucien took out the filthy blood ball from the storage bag and put it into the pool, watching it melt rapidly, dyeing all the dark blue "holy water" into a rusty color.
Lucien stood up and chanted a lengthy incantation at the statue of the god of the sea, the waters around him vibrating slightly with a harsh sound.
The shock became more and more violent, and the rusty "holy water" soon spread to the whole body of the Ambola statue, causing it to appear a blood-stained color.
It was only at this time that Lucian, who was wearing the "Corona of the Sun", sensed that there were two distorted spatial cracks in the statue of the god of the sea, one belonged to the expected necromantic realm, and the other was pale in color, bringing out a strong aura of death, but it also showed a faint warmth, giving Lucian a feeling that was both familiar and unfamiliar.
Reciting a mantra and not having time to think, Lucien struggled to keep his attention more focused.
As the incantation drew to an end, the blood stained into the statue melted into it, and the "holy water" gradually cleared, and suddenly, the six arms of the tall Ambola statue moved, and an extremely powerful aura descended from inexplicable.
With a hum, while reciting the last incantation, Lucien seemed to have fallen into the realm of the world that seemed to be illusory, and his right eye saw a cold and dead black, white and gray space, a huge fish-man of nearly ten meters was lying quietly in the pale pool, his eyes were tightly closed, and the scales all over his body lost their color, as if he had died, but even so, just seeing it so illusory also made Lucien feel heavy pressure, a little inexplicably sacred.
In his left eye, Lucien saw a dead wasteland roaming countless undead creatures.
In the middle of the wasteland stands a palace made of gigantic bones that seems to become transparent as Lucien gazes. Surrounded by wandering spirits, ghosts, skulls, and corpses, an illusory monster in a black robe appeared, holding a long scythe in its hand, and its face was only a layer of shriveled and decaying skin, showing the appearance of a skeleton, and its eyes were pale and hollow, without the slightest hint of life.
The monster turned its head slightly, and its gaze seemed to have crossed the spatial barrier, colliding with Lucian's gaze.
A strange cold inexplicably arose from his body, and Lucien felt that the uncontrollable paralysis quickly expanded to his whole body, and the vitality flowed outward like a tide, at this speed, Lucian suspected that it would only take seven or eight seconds for him to become a rotting corpse.
But in addition to the soul being able to think, the body and mental strength seem to be completely paralyzed, and there is no power to break free.
At this moment, the warm and soft force suddenly flowed into Lucian's body from his left hand and chest, and the paralysis and coldness quickly subsided.
When he was able to move, Lucien couldn't help but tremble, and suddenly, the strange scene in front of him seemed to be like an illusory world, and all the strange scenes he saw in his eyes disappeared. It is still an altar carved from Hailan stone, a lifeless Ambora statue, and a dark blue pool, as if everything that has just been done and the scene witnessed have never appeared.
"Was it the Bone Wasteland just now?" Lucian's "Demon Studies" was not bad, the basic knowledge was qualified, and he quickly recognized the wasteland he saw, "That's Appmos, one of the Demon Monarchs, hasn't he been missing for thousands of years?"
Epsis rules the "Bone Wasteland" on the one hundred and twenty-third level of the Endless Abyss, and has many titles. The more famous ones are "Lord of the Undead", "Reaper of Life", and "Monarch of Death".
Shook his head suspiciously. Lucien began to methodically process his remaining traces, then left the altar and calmly transformed into ordinary polluted fish and returned to the sea, swimming silently. Wait until you get to the distance. before stealthily flying into the air. Forward at high speed.
Three minutes later, Lucien was already far away from the polluted sea, and only then did he say in disbelief and amusement:
"Every time I did things before. There are always twists and turns, and even very dangerous changes, and it has never been as smooth as this sneaking into the Fishman Altar. β
"There are good and bad things changing, there are smooth and twists and turns, it's in line with common sense, I always encounter bad changes, I will think that I am in doom. β
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In the dark night sky, countless bright stars shine.
Blancht, the Priestess of the Koutao Mermaid, flew to a star, only to discover that it was not a real planet, but a fragmented astrological map, which was extremely complicated.
Blancht's breathing suddenly became heavy, and he realized that he had encountered the most "vicious" weird maze technique!
Although his own spell ability is not rich enough, but he has lived for so long, his knowledge is not bad, and the normal labyrinth technique of Zhilu Dao is to distort space and build a complex labyrinth, as long as the trapped person can find a way out, he can leave in advance, and the various deformed maze techniques are to turn the "mystery" of the road into a "mystery" in other aspects, such as the current maze, the road is very simple, there is no need to look for it, as long as a few incomplete astrological charts are complete and correct, you can leave.
For the vast majority of strong people, this is the most vicious type of maze technique! Because they don't understand astrological charts at all! If they want to get out, they either have to use more force than the caster and break the maze by force, or wait for the time of the maze to end, which is usually three to fifteen minutes.
Yes!
Two minutes later, Blancht let out a roar of pain, his eyes lit up with sparks of rage, eager to tear the mutilated astrological chart to shredsβhe had suffered a serious blow to his intelligence.
If he knew that after Lucien learned about the "Strange Labyrinth of Tanos", he had already begun to think about waiting for the Eighth or Ninth Ring to develop a series of "vicious labyrinths", such as "Evans's Math Labyrinth", "Lucian's Brain Teaser Labyrinth", "Evans's Paradox Labyrinth", "Lucian's Riddle Palace", I am afraid that he would regret that he was careless and did not "eliminate harm for the people" in advance.
Three minutes later, Blancht watched in despair as the stars vanished and the night sky shattered.
"It's over, the altar must have been destroyed, and the royal family will never admit it. β
"In a normal battle, without the assistance of the altar, I am afraid that I would not be able to defeat that high-level mage, and the items on his body are really good. β
"Could it be the equipment that the prince lent him?"
He still thinks of Lucien as a fish-man, because he can't tell it's a metamorphosis at all.
The space changed, Blancht returned to the cave, and just as he looked around in grief, he found that the frost had long since melted, and the dark blue guards had no casualties except for a few who were seriously injured by the freeze, and they all looked around blankly, as if they were surprised that they were still alive.
"What's going on?"
Blancht hurriedly looked back at the altar, but he didn't see any changes, as if what had just happened had never happened, and a high-ranking fish-man mage had never broken in.
After carefully inspecting the altar again, and finding nothing strange, Blancht looked at the dark blue guards suspiciously, and said to himself, "What did he want to do when he broke in?"
If it weren't for the mortally injured Deep Blue Guardian moaning in pain, he would have thought he was hallucinating.
The fish-man mage next to him, who was also thawed, said hesitantly: "Perhaps, maybe he went to the wrong place and retreated when he found something wrong." β
Walking, going to the wrong place?
Glaring at the fish-man mage, although he didn't want to believe this ridiculous reason, Blancht felt that he couldn't seem to find a better explanation, the high-ranking mage arrogantly froze the dark blue guard of the entire cave, trapped the only seven-ring mage, and then left without doing anything......
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After a few days, Lucien flew back to the port and re-entered the "Plateau of Night" from the castle of a "noble" of the Duchy of Calais, and then secretly kidnapped a vampire viscount, transformed into his appearance, and entered the Dark Mountains from the space node guarded by another vampire marquis under the pretext of collecting materials- Always using the space node jump as the original Viscount Noor, it will definitely be suspected if there are too many times, and the space node in the projection of the Rhine Castle, Lucien will never use it again, and Prince Dracula is definitely watching it closely.
Tall trees shaded the sun, rotting and gloomy all around, Lucien transformed into a vampire bat, following the safe route Rhine had told him, hiding from all kinds of powerful dark creatures, and quietly approaching the Observer Castle in the distance.
This time it went well, and two days later, the Observer Castle was far away in Lucian's eyes. (To be continued......)