Chapter 43: The Ancient City Arena
Within the territory of the Night Empire, there is a huge mountain range, known as the Death Mountains. The Death Mountains are one of the four most dangerous mountain ranges on the entire continent.
The Death Mountain Range is made up of the corpses of tens of millions of dead people, originally it was just an ordinary mountain range, but later because of frequent riots and fights, it became a place where bones were buried, and some bones were thrown everywhere in the mountain range, and over time, it evolved into the most feared and dangerous place in the Night Empire.
Normally, the mountains are lifeless, filled with the rancid smell of bones, and the sky is a sombre haze day and night. If someone passes by at the foot of the mountain, you can still hear the terrifying screams from time to time, which makes people shudder.
Legend has it that in the depths of the Death Mountains, there lived a terrifying devil who had never dared to enter the Death Mountains, and no one who entered them had ever appeared again.
The Mountains of Death are like demons with their mouths wide open waiting to devour. No matter how many people enter, they will be ruthlessly devoured by it. Occasionally, one or two people were seen at the foot of the mountain, people who had survived from the mountains, but these people had either become demented or had lost their minds, and had become a stupid and stupid madman.
Examination revealed that these people had been stimulated by some kind of intense fright, and their nerves had become completely deranged, and their minds had fallen into disorder. No matter how good the medical skills are, they may not be able to heal well.
In the depths of the Death Mountains, there was a palace made entirely of bones, and a cold and terrifying majesty emanated from the palace, and there were many skeletons with spiritual fire dancing in their eyes around them, and anyone would be shocked if they saw this scene.
The only way to control undead skeletons is to a necromancer who practices necromancer. Seeing that the outside of the palace was densely packed with large and small skeletons, and among them there were many powerful skeletons that had reached the level of the War Emperor, it could be inferred that the strength of this person who cultivated undead magic was unfathomable.
As early as a thousand years ago, the necromancers of the Via Continent were ashamed of the world because of their cultivation methods, and there were necromancers who created a terrible massacre, exterminating a county town in one fell swoop and being besieged and killed by other cultivators, and within a few years, the number of such necromancers became smaller and smaller, until they completely disappeared later.
Now on the mainland, it is impossible to see necromancers anymore, and cultivators like necromancers have become extinct on this continent.
However, near the palace in the depths of this Death Mountain Range, it must have been shocking to see such a huge army of the undead.
In the deepest part of the palace, in the gloomy hall, there was a huge pool of blood, about fifty zhang in diameter, and thick blood flowed from the blood pool, filled with a strong and pungent smell of blood. The walls and ceilings of the hall were dyed a dark red, which looked creepy.
Now on the edge of the blood pool, there stood a black figure, holding a skull staff in one hand, muttering and chanting a spell, making the blood in the blood pool churn even more violently.
"Spike!"
A muffled voice suddenly rang out in the hall, buzzing around it, and the whole hall was enveloped in great majesty.
"My master, your faithful servant is at your beckon. ”
In the dark hall, the lights were almost negligible, and the dim light dragged the back of the black-robed man to a long length, which looked a little eerie and scary.
"What's the special news out there?" asked without the slightest emotion in his voice.
The black-robed man bowed and replied, "Back to the master, the team of the four countries has entered the ancient city. I have already begun to implement the plan as my master commanded. ”
"It's good, nothing has happened to the Empire lately, has it?"
"Some time ago, a man broke into my city and killed many people, and even the elders of the Underworld Sect that I sent out could not subdue. The black-robed man pondered for a while and said slowly.
"Oh! What is the level of cultivation of that person?
"According to the guesses of his subordinates, that person is cultivating the Thunder Fighting Qi, has reached the peak of the War Emperor, and has already touched the existence of the Holy Domain. The black-robed man replied.
"Emperor Peak?well, Spike, whatever you do, bring that man here at once! ”
"Yes, master, my subordinates will definitely bring someone to you. ”
"Alright, you can go quickly. I'm going to fall asleep, nothing important, don't wake me up. The voice seemed to feel impatient, urging Spike to leave.
Spike doesn't dare to stop, so he bows back and turns into the dark hallway. Spike didn't dare to show any disrespect to this mysterious and terrifyingly powerful being, and in the final analysis, he was able to achieve what he is today, thanks to this mysterious being.
Ever since that day he had seen the latter's terrifying prowess, Spike had made up his mind to follow in his favor and not dare to have any dissent. Because he knew that as long as he could stay with the latter, he would no longer have to worry about not being able to fulfill his heart's desire and achieve his goal.
Spike's ambitions are great, and the Cult he created has secretly taken control of the Night Empire, but he is still not satisfied, and his eyes are on the entire continent. He wants to change the history of the development of the continent of Viva.
"Everyone is here, right? Then the game starts according to the procedure. ”
Sun Xiaofei and the others followed the group of elders to a dilapidated square, surrounded by some ruined buildings, and a strange creature could be seen vaguely, rushing out of it and running towards them.
The powerhouses present seemed to have had this kind of experience, and all kinds of fierce attacks fell, easily killing those strange creatures. Under the explanation of the elders, Sun Xiaofei and the others knew that these strange creatures were those souls who died in the ancient city. The revenant soul was affected by the sealing energy, lost most of its abilities, and could only move in the ancient city, and as soon as they saw the flesh and blood humans entering the ancient city, they would attack frantically under the drive of their nature.
There are so many strong people here, and there is only a simple trace of consciousness left, how can they hurt these people. When they arrived in the square, they cleaned up all the souls around them. Deal with these things, and the strong people present will have time to carry out the Shikoku competition.
"Now, let me introduce you to the rules of this competition. "A man walked out, and everyone looked at him, but it was Fikade of the Holy Empire.
Fikade has already refereed several tournaments in the Four Nations, and he is quite old. It was fitting that he would introduce the contestants.
Sun Xiaofei and the others quietly listened to Fikaide's introduction, and the other part of the strong people present were responsible for guarding and protecting, forming several teams around the square, and as soon as they found that there were alien creatures such as revenants, they immediately stepped forward to kill them. With their protection, the smooth running of the four-nation competition was ensured.
Through Fikaide's introduction, Sun Xiaofei and others knew the detailed rules of this competition. The tournament is time-limited, and the four teams must reach their designated destination, the Icon Palace, within 10 days, following a map of regional routes issued by the competition committee, through a maze full of dangers. Find a way to enter the palace and obtain the important treasures in the palace.
The team that can complete it in the shortest time is the winner of this four-nation competition. When the time comes, it is only natural that this winning team will receive many great rewards.
It should also be noted that after the party enters the labyrinth map, they will be disturbed by a bewitching sound in the maze, and those with weak resistance may become a walking corpse.
In order not to attract too much attention from the revenants and powerful beasts in the labyrinth, all members of the team are required to avoid too fierce battles as much as possible, and each team starts to walk on different routes and maps. Later, some of the teams may encounter each other, and then a battle will break out, and it is forbidden for both sides of the battle to deliberately kill each other, so as not to cause too many casualties.
No matter what you do, as long as you can reach the Icon Palace and get the treasure, you will be the winner of this competition.
After Fikade finished speaking, the faces of the contestants present were different, some were happy and some were sad, some were excited and some were excited...... In short, everyone has different looks, and so on.
At this time, an elder from the Solaguey Empire slowly appeared in the sky, and the people below saw it, and their eyes couldn't help but feel a little more envious.
"Okay, now that the rules of the game have been explained clearly, everyone must have understood, let's start the game officially. This time, it was still a few of us who were old and immortal who were referees for everyone, and the elders of other countries were in charge of monitoring the situation and were responsible for tracking the situation of the game. ”
This old man in a white magician's robe obviously has a high status, and when he said it, no one on the scene raised any objections, and the matter of the game began.
Subsequently, Sun Xiaofei's team, like the other teams of the Three Kingdoms, sent a person as the team leader to take over the respective game maps from the hands of the Inspector Elders, and the elders led them into the ancient city labyrinth.
Sun Xiaofei took a closer look at the map and soon found a problem. The map in their team's hand was part of a maze that only marked the path of an area, and the only way to find the right path was to collect the remaining three maps together.
Otherwise, with only a quarter of the maps in their hands, it would not be so easy to get out of this labyrinth. After entering, the question of how to get there was in front of them.
After a period of trying, slowly walk towards the road ahead. In a battle with the undead, Sun Xiaofei and the others found that some of the walls in the labyrinth seemed to have gone through too many years, and they could easily break through them and walk through them.
This discovery greatly inspired everyone in the team. It's just that because of the movement caused by the destruction of the wall, it has also alarmed a lot of dead souls. However, if you are trapped in a labyrinth, the situation is much better.