Chapter 94: Black Lock
Mu didn't recover for long, and after his physical strength was just enough to support his normal movements, Mu struggled to get up from the ground.
"Brother, let's move on. Mu looked at Shenhuan and said that he was in good shape.
With such obvious stubbornness, how could Shen Huan not see it? Shen Huan hesitated for a moment, but did not say anything.
"Brother?" Mu's address to Shenhuan aroused Zhuo Qing's interest, "Shenhuan, when did you find out that Mu is your long-lost brother?"
Shenhuan will not respond to Zhuo Qing's jokes, and the more he responds, the more energetic Zhuo Qing will be.
"I just married my brother as brothers. Mu replied solemnly for Shenhuan.
"Then we're also your brother?" said Zhuo Qing smiled.
"You're not, I only have one brother. Mu shook his head.
"What?" Zhuo Qing showed a sad expression and looked at Shenhuan pitifully, "Shenhuan, am I not your brother?"
"What are you talking about?" Shen Huan looked confused.
"Am I not your brother?" Zhuo Qing repeated.
"What did you say?" Shen Huan still had the same expression.
Zhuo Qing was deflated all of a sudden. For Shenhuan, Zhuo Qing always has no way.
From this room, guarded by the Sand Knife Guard, the walls of the ruins have been covered with illuminated runes. What kind of force has kept these illuminating runes bright to this day, the four people in the ruins have no way of knowing.
Fortunately, with the experience of being in the ruins of Cangyun Mountain, this time Zhuo Qing did not show excessive surprise and obsession with these lighting runes.
Walking through countless winding paths, the passages in this ruin seem to never end. Shenhuan and they could only vaguely feel that this passage seemed to be gradually descending, and the further down they went, the wider it became.
The further down you go, the more the ruins look like a giant labyrinth, but they seem to be a little different.
Although the passage turned back and forth, there was no fork, and it seemed that the road was just deliberately taking them in circles.
After a long time, the passage finally changed a little. Reliefs of various beasts began to appear on the walls of the passages in the ruins.
Each relief is lifelike, as if a living beast is embedded in the wall.
"What a strange sight! The reliefs here are all images of wild beasts from the Twenty-Four States of the Divine Apocalypse. It seems that the master here had a close relationship with the Twenty-Four Prefectures of Divine Apocalypse!" Zhuo Qing couldn't help but be amazed.
"I'm more curious if these beasts are still alive. "Shen Huan instinctively sensed the aura of danger from these reliefs.
"Alive? Are you kidding? How is this possible...... Ha ha...... Ha ......" The more Zhuo Qing laughed, the more weak his heart became, and he silently closed his mouth.
The passage came to an important end, and another stone door stood in front of the four of them. The difference is that this time there is a strange black lock on the stone door.
The style of the lock is so old that it was no longer in use about a thousand years ago. And the material of the stone lock is also familiar.
"Shenhuan, do you think this stone lock is a little familiar?" Zhuo Qing asked.
"I think this is probably the first time I've seen a lock from a thousand years ago. "Shenhuan has only seen records of this kind of lock in books, and that was when Shenhuan was a child.
"No, I mean the material. ”
"It does look familiar, because I have a piece of this material in my arms now. Shen Huan keenly noticed that the stone lock was made of exactly the same black stone block he had obtained from the Sand Knife Guard, "And I can venture to guess that if anyone attacks this black lock with Gang Qi, those reliefs on the walls will definitely surprise us." ”
"It's rare that you're in the mood for a joke...... However, I really couldn't laugh this time......" Thinking of the various and huge number of wild beasts on the relief before, Zhuo Qing didn't want Shenhuan to say the truth at all.
"It's not impossible. After Shen Huan finished speaking, his mind moved, and a sword qi composed purely of sword intent shot out!
The sword qi hit the stone lock, and there was no unexpected sound, and the sword qi seemed to be weak and weak like a ball of white cotton. After a few breaths of contact with the stone lock, the sword qi actually dissipated into the air on its own, leaving not a single trace on the stone lock!
"Although this kind of sword aura will not alarm those wild beasts on the wall, the results are not optimistic. Shen Huan didn't expect this to be the result, the sword qi, which had always been invincible, had such a strange change.
You must know that even if it is just a small sword qi that Shen Huan uses at will, its penetrating and cutting power is still not to be underestimated.
"And, there's something worse...... Shen Huan ...... Haven't you noticed a change in the Gang Qi in your body?"
"Huh?" Reminded by Zhuo Qingyi, Shen Huan suddenly discovered that the Gang Qi in his body was draining at a slow but steady rate.
"My anger is draining, brother. Mu also discovered an abnormality in the Gang Qi in his body.
"Why didn't I feel it?" Tu Lie looked dazed.
Zhuo Qing was speechless, and it took a long time before he replied to Tu Lie angrily: "That's because you are too thick to feel such a subtle change." ”
"Cut, since I can't feel it, it means that this thing doesn't need to be cared about at all. Tu Lie disagreed.
"No, Tu Lie, you're wrong. It was Shen Huan who spoke, "The rate at which our qi is draining is indeed extremely slow, but the other thing that this represents at the same time is the real problem. This means that our ability to recover our qi is suppressed by a certain force! If there are successive battles, we will face the dilemma of getting weaker and weaker the more we fight. ”
Such a strange power reminded Shenhuan of the ability of the old man of the Hundred Demon Road, but it was not exactly the same.
"So what do we do now?" Zhuo Qing became more and more worried.
"What to do? It's very simple, force it!" Sometimes, the simplest way is the most effective.
"Forcibly cracked?" Zhuo Qing was a little puzzled, "The only means available to us now is your sword qi, but you also failed to try just now." How do you force it?"
Shen Huan didn't answer, the Questioning Sword was unsheathed for half a foot, and two more powerful and sharp sword qi shot out from the cold front of the Questioning Sword!
The first sword qi, like the previous attack, gradually collapsed after coming into contact with the black lock and stalemate......
The sword intent contained in this sword qi was far stronger than the previous tentative sword qi, and although it failed to cause damage, it did not disappear immediately.
The second sword qi that came later, while the first sword qi was stalemate with the black lock, cut off the black stone lock with one blow without hindrance!
The lock is broken, and the black lock is falling. At the moment when the black lock landed, there seemed to be a wail of a hundred beasts in the entire passage......
"This ...... Shenhuan, how did you do that?"
"The sword qi was not absorbed like the gang qi, which means that this black lock did not rely on the material of the black stone to crack the sword qi, but some kind of defensive force left in the lock. Two stronger sword qis, when one of them contained this power, the other directly attacked the body of the black lock. Shenhuan explained.
"Did you hear that beast howl just now?"
"Yes. Now, the beasts are truly dead...... However, the loss of our qi has not stopped, which means that this power does not come from this black lock, and we still cannot take it lightly. ”
After reminding everyone, Shenhuan took three steps forward and pushed the stone door. This stone door was not as heavy as the previous stone gate, and Shen Huan pushed the stone door open without much effort.
Behind the stone gate, there is a tall stone statue with a black body and a ghostly glow!
It is a huge stone statue of a man. The man had a square face and long hair, and his eyes were attentive and his expression was fierce. The clothes on the body expose the large chunks of muscles to the outside, and they are full of the beauty of strength. The man holds a spear in his left hand, a shield in his right, and two crescent-shaped scimitars tied around his waist. The cloak behind the man fluttered in the wind, and the two huge gems on his shoulders reflected his noble status.
Perhaps, this man was the original owner of the ruins.
What's more, this stone statue is the same material as the black lock and the stone in Shenhuan's arms!
The closer they got to the stone statue, the faster they felt the Gang Qi in their bodies drain away. This stone statue is the culprit of their loss of energy!
"Do you want to go around?" asked Zhuo Qing. Anyway, the stone statue didn't seem to be a threat other than absorbing the qi, so they didn't have to waste time on it.
"Wait a minute. Shen Huan had another idea.
The huge stone statue in front of me seems to be carved directly from that strange stone, and no other processing has been carried out. In other words, this stone statue is no different from a huge piece of ore.
Such a boulder with the dual effect of storing and absorbing Gang Qi, if others see it, they can only take it back for collection. But Shenhuan is different, Shenhuan has a sword of conscience that can be continuously strengthened!
When he got that small piece of black stone, Shen Huan didn't want to integrate that small piece of black stone into the Sword of Inquiry. Because the black stone was too small, it only showed the ability to store Gang Qi, but did not absorb the ability of Gang Qi, and because it was too small, the effect of storing Gang Qi was also limited. Shen Hwan felt that the effect after fusion was limited, so he didn't do that.
But this huge statue in front of you is completely different!
The bottomless storage capacity of Gang Qi and the magical effect of absorbing Gang Qi make Shen Huan how can he see Baoshan and return empty-handed!
The problem now is that in order for the Sword of Inquiry to fuse with other materials, it needs to wrap the Sword of Inquiry and the material at the same time.
Wrapping this statue in a scarlet of anger? Shenhuan didn't even think about this possibility.
His instincts told Shen Huan that the more he used Gang Qi, the faster the statue would absorb Gang Qi. If he used Gang Qi to touch this statue, no matter how hard he tried to release Gang Qi, it would be like a mud cow entering the sea. If you do that, maybe before the fusion is completed, Shenhuan's aura will already be drained by this statue.
This problem made Shenhuan sit on the ground and ponder carefully.
Zhuo Qing, Tu Lie, and Mu saw that Shenhuan obviously had an idea about the stone statue in front of them, and they didn't bother Shenhuan, waiting quietly beside them.
When Shenhuan stood up again, they knew that this statue belonged to Shenhuan!