Donna believes that the reason why she was able to enter the secret path with her whole body was not taken by the fog demon or eaten by the giant spider was the result of the protection of the gods. She said www.biquge.info that after tens of thousands of long years, the artifact of suppressing the demon dragon has been corroded by time, and its effect has deteriorated day by day, which has caused the demon dragon's anger to spread from its bones......

"Maybe those gray mist are caused by the bones of the demon dragon!"

The mage took the opportunity to express his speculation to his companions: "There is a record that the fog demon was originally incarnated by humans whose souls were eroded by the mist. The fog demon we killed, only the head is an entity, but the body is a phantom...... Or rather, a condensed mist that doesn't need a body. Well, the macrophage spider ate so many guards, but left their heads behind, and ......"

Zhang Lu nodded, and then gestured with his eyes, don't talk any more.

The mage's guess was probably close to the truth, Zhang Lu roughly glanced at the heads on the ground, all of them were adult men, perhaps as the mage said, they were the guards of the Gray Mist City who had come down to investigate earlier, they were first fascinated by the fog or fog demons, and then the corpses were eaten by the giant phagous. But the Giant Eater left the guards' heads and handed them over to the Fog Demons - when Zhang Lu and the others entered the stone chamber, they saw the two remnants of the Fog Demons wrapped in a thick gray mist that shrouded Donna and the heads.

Could it be that after a long period of erosion by the fog, it is possible for the dead man's head to transform into a new fog demon?

Of course, it is unknown how long it will take to complete the transformation, and where the first batch of fog demons came from.

When she woke up Donna, Zhang Lu was afraid that she would see those heads, which would cause her to be stimulated, causing confusion and difficulty in providing useful information, so Hefeng and the two of them deliberately kicked the heads on the ground far away into the dark corner. So after he roughly understood the mage's guess, he immediately signaled to him, you can shut up, don't scare the little girl anymore.

The mage smiled slightly, and immediately fell silent.

Zhang Lu was still afraid of Donna's questioning, so he hurriedly prompted her to continue: "Have you been attacked by any monsters along the way, and how did you end up here?"

Donna replied, "In a daze, as if something had been circling around me...... It could be a fog demon, or some kind of giant bug...... I seemed to be led by the gods, completely ignoring them, just going forward, but the gray fog kept hanging over me, and I felt more and more tired, more and more tired, and then ...... I don't know how to faint......"

Zhang Lu asked again: "What is the purpose of the gods leading you into the secret path?

"No, it's for the sacrifice," Donna replied, "As I said, the usefulness of the artifact will decline over time, so when the believers of the god of labor, Xia, ruled here, they built a temple, and every year the high priest secretly went to worship the artifact, and maintained the function of the artifact by some means. Since the temple was destroyed by the followers of the goddess of fertility, Su, the sacrifice was terminated, and then more than a thousand years later, the demon dragon's anger gradually broke through the suppression of the artifact and dispersed, thus creating a gray mist that can confuse people......"

"You came in to sacrifice the artifact and continue its function?" Feng Heran frowned and asked, "How to sacrifice?"

Donna shook her head blankly: "The gods haven't told me yet......"

Zhang Luxin said, why did he want to find a little girl to go deep into the belly of this dangerous mountain to sacrifice the artifact? Could it be that he wanted to sacrifice some virgin blood or something...... Ah, Lao Tzu's mind is a little evil......

I heard the mage ask, "What about the artifact? Haven't you found the artifact?"

Donna looked left and right, as if she was thinking, and it took a while for a while before she suddenly reacted: "Artifact...... It should be right here!"

Everyone frowned when they heard this--the room was empty, except for a few large living people, there were only a few dead people's heads left, and there were no traces of any artifacts?, and I saw Donna struggling to get up from Tang Liyu's arms--it was obvious that her hands and feet were still a little weak, but her general movements were no longer hindered--and she staggered towards the wall in front of her.

The wind raised the torch high behind her, and the stone walls were mottled and covered with dust. Donna didn't like to be dirty, so she rubbed the wall with two snow-white soft wattles, brushed off the dust on the surface, and gradually revealed the following patterns. These patterns are carved on the wall with sharp objects, and are mostly simple symbols, enclosed in a circle.

Zhang Lu glanced at it casually, there were a total of thirteen symbols, some of which were quite familiar, such as eyes, ploughshares, circles, and triangles......

The mage judged, "This should be the mark of the thirteen gods who killed the demon dragon in ancient times and created an artifact to suppress its bones...... In addition to the ones that the young lady just mentioned, there are also more emblems of Mai, the god of forest protection, and Dan, the goddess of clouds and mist...... It turns out that there are thirteen stone pillars outside, are they the thirteen gods that they refer to?"

Donna stared at the so-called "god insignia" for a moment, and then suddenly stretched out her right hand and pressed it to the center of the circle surrounded by these thirteen symbols: "It is here—the essence of casting, the pinnacle of craftsmanship, the will of the gods, the spear that kills evil, the chains that bind the dimension, the anchor that binds the soul, it is here!"

Everyone was dumbfounded: although you seem to be very tall, like a sacrificial prayer, but where is the artifact? Is this thing intangible? So how are we going to take it away......

But when Donna finished chanting and paused for a few breaths, the so-called "artifact" finally revealed its form...... No, it should be said that it is a partial body shape. Donna slowly retracted her palm, and then a faint glow flowed between her palm and the wall, as if there was a suction on the slender jade hand, and a nail-like object was pulled out of the stone wall without any recruitment.

But it was only half a foot long, and the other end remained in the wall. It wasn't until Donna lowered her palm that everyone was able to take a closer look, and saw that the nail was slightly thinner than a human wrist, with a hemispherical shape slightly larger than the palm of her hand protruding from one end, and a deep cross dent carved into it......

It turned out to be a Phillips-head screw...... No, there are no circles of threads on the nail, and its texture is difficult to judge by the naked eye, it looks like metal and ceramic, but it is plain white and has a faint five-color halo - is this an artifact?

Donna folded her hands in front of her chest: "I want to pray to the gods, please give me the method of sacrificing the artifact, please ...... Please be quiet for a moment. ”

But the mage refused to be quiet, and only asked, "Can I pull it out?"

"Yes," Donna nodded first, but then shook her head, "No, once the artifact is completely pulled out, it will lose the effect of suppressing the demon dragon!"

"What will happen?

"No," Donna said with a puzzled look on her face, "Demon Dragon...... It doesn't seem to be resurrected immediately, but its vitality will gradually recover, maybe months later, maybe years, decades, before it will gradually be reborn, the gods didn't tell me the exact time......"

Zhang Lu and his companions glanced at each other, which means: Shall we pull it out or not?

The companions all showed hesitant expressions on their faces: once this artifact is pulled out, will it really be the resurrection of the demon dragon, causing irreparable damage to this heaven and earth and human beings? But if the immortals are really fighting against the dragon, why do they want us to come here to obtain the artifact? Probably has a deep meaning......

While hesitating, Donna lowered her eyelids and began to pray to her gods, first reciting the names of the gods: "O Natsu, the all-powerful god of labor, Sang the all-seeing god of observation, Joe, the invincible god of war, O Bei, the all-knowing god of knowledge, O Jia, the all-pervading god of eternity, ......"

Her chanting voice was crisp and pleasant, and it was particularly clear in the empty stone room, and there was a faint echo. Zhang Lu and the others were still undecided, only hearing the sound of chanting and prayer in their ears, and seeing only the strange artifact in their eyes, they unconsciously ignored the other conditions around them......

Suddenly, a strong white light flashed violently, and everyone was shaken in front of them, and their consciousness seemed to pause for a moment. When his eyesight recovered, he saw Donna wilting to the ground, and the artifact on the stone wall had disappeared!

Zhang Lu was taken aback, and wanted to turn his head to look left and right, but found that he couldn't move! The flesh and bones of his body seemed to be stiff, and he seemed to be able to blink his eyes and open and close his lips...... Am I being pointed? Why isn't there any touch to prove it?

Li Yanchao shouted: "It's the mage!

Zhang Lu glanced at his eyes and saw that several companions seemed to be able to move, but their eyes were full of confusion. He understood in an instant - his grandmother's was put on the spot by the guy surnamed Qi!

It is estimated that the strong light was also emitted by the mage, who first affected everyone's vision, and then confused the senses, and then quickly pulled out the artifact and fled. But why did he fix himself again? Or did he fix everybody, but only himself was affected? It can't be!

It is estimated that he has contributed the most along the way, and it seems that he is the most threatened, so he has received this kind of "preferential treatment...... Hey, you really look down on me!

Immediately shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and chase it!" while trying his best to condense the true qi in his body, trying to break through the shackles brought by the spell.

Tang Liyu's voice sounded in her ears: "Brother Zhang, you ......"

"I'm fine, you guys go chase and snatch the artifact back!"

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of several companions running away from his sight, and then Donna, who fell to the ground, also struggled to get up, muttering in frustration: "Disaster, this is disaster...... and then listening to the footsteps, she also ran out of the stone room. Zhang Lu was left alone, unable to move, and could only look at the stone wall in a daze, and there seemed to be a deep hole in the circle surrounded by the emblems of the thirteen gods......

True Qi couldn't be raised, and Zhang Lu could only breathe as if he was in a nightmare. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, he realized that there was another person in the stone chamber, but who was that? Intuitively, the man approached step by step, but he couldn't hear the slightest sound of footsteps, not even the sound of anyone's breathing. The cold hairs on Zhang Lu's back couldn't help but stand up--Is it a human or a ghost? In his current situation, if there is a fog demon, a giant devouring spider or something, he can take my life in a few minutes!

Lao Tzu was actually given a body by that mage...... It's really another capsized ship in the gutter. No, that guy must be hiding his strength, if he is of the same level as Sauron, he will definitely not be able to trap himself!

Zhang Lu guessed correctly, the mage Zimmern did hide his strength, and not only that, he also hid the true purpose of his trip. The ancient book detailing the killing of the gods and the suppression of demon dragons was not the only one that Donna had read in the study of Grey Mist City, and Zimmern had stumbled upon it in the largest library in the world of Misty a few months ago. He had come to the vicinity of Dragonbone Mountain in search of the legendary artifact, and on the way, he met Sauron and others who had explored the danger together, so he accepted the hire again.

The last time I explored a dungeon with Sauron and the others was three years ago, and the mage was only slightly higher than the other three, but in the past three years, he has already left his companions far behind. It was at his instigation that Sauron and his party made their way to Grey Mist - of course, they didn't know what the mage was really trying to do - and they heard the news that the Grey Mist Lord's daughter had fallen into the secret passage......

Therefore, the purpose of Sauron and the others is only to rescue Donna, or at least find her remains, and win the reward of the Grey Mist City Lord. Because of the help of Zhang Lu and others, this road is not a smooth road, but it can be regarded as a thrilling and dangerous, so the mage was able to enter the final stone chamber and see the ancient artifact that he had been thinking about day and night. However, after learning that Zhang Lu's purpose was also an artifact, the mage not only concealed his strength, but also deliberately controlled the number of spell casts.

Priest Mather has added a protective aura to everyone many times, and has also slapped a lot of buffs on Zhang Lu's body, he wants to leave the last few magic spells to save the warriors, so he is unwilling to take the risk to continue moving forward. In contrast, the Mage can cast more spells per day than the Priest, and he only casts a few of them - he has released a light spell, a fire spell, a lightning arrow, a buff or two to himself, and a few "mage eyes", which are just the lowest level of tricks, and he has also cast a wall of fire in the hall and a "magic missile" in the entrenchment of the giant phagon, which are also medium-level spells......

He has always kept the highest level of spell slots, and several ultimates were originally deliberately prepared for this purpose in case his companions did not approve of taking it away after finding the artifact. The first "blinding spell" was cast to hold down teammates so that they could obtain the artifact themselves; as for the "Imprisonment Technique", it was originally reserved for the priest - one is that since the other party is a believer in the gods, he may have the strongest attitude against taking the artifact, and the second is that the priest has a strong magic resistance, so he is afraid that the flash magic will not stun him......

Because of the change of companions, the "confinement technique" was finally applied to Zhang Lu. In other words, if the two sides set up the chariot and horse to fight, Zhang Lu may not be able to follow his path under full vigilance, and the problem is that he didn't expect the mage to turn against the water at all, and his mind is all on the artifact and Donna who is reciting the prayer...... (To be continued.) )