Dean walked quietly for about five minutes before the shadow, who was exploring the trail, finally found an entrance to the side wall.

"Take it, these weapons are for you to defend yourself," Dean took out nine poisoned arrows and handed them to Professor Aiden, who then handed them to the people behind him, "Use it to stab, you don't need to attack seven inches to severely damage the bassilis, but don't hurt yourself." By the way, grab the flashlight too. ”

Professor Aiden's eyelids jumped as he looked at the delicate arrows in his hand, and he couldn't tell where the other party had taken out the weapons and equipment, and couldn't help but ask, "With all due respect, are you a member of the Witcher Order?" I've never seen anyone with your abilities. ”

Dean swept his gaze over everyone and said meaningfully, "I don't know any demon hunter organizations, but I hate monsters that eat people for no reason, and when I see them, I will try my best to destroy them, and I can be regarded as an alternative demon hunter." There is no obligation in my creed to save strangers, evil humans are no different from monsters to me, but they are not vicious criminals, are they? ”

Everyone hurriedly shook their heads.

Dean turned and raised his feet and burrowed into the sidewall of the tunnel, dodging the cobwebs hanging overhead.

Instead of a ravine, as in the previous sewers, there was only room for two people standing side by side, with a ceiling less than three meters above the ground, and walls and corners crawling with fungi and ferns.

The light is dim.

There was a strange smell of grass in the air, and the stench of rotten meat...

Dean stretched out his hand and sensed it in mid-air, there was no obvious wind or air flow, and the surroundings were almost closed.

Aiden walked up from behind him, his eyes shining and rubbing the side walls, "Smooth frosted walls, this is the early Mayan architectural style, guys, we are officially inside the temple." ”

"Where are you now?" The pastor approached and asked,

"Outermost." Aiden's fingers drew a spiral curve along the wall. "We must keep digging into it, to the deepest part of the temple, where there must be a terrifying secret and hope of our escape."

"Does the temple have traps?" Dean's gaze looked up and down, God's perspective was more suppressed, and the tunnel was winding and twisting, and he could only rely on the extremely limited area he could see with the naked eye.

"Perhaps," Aiden advised, "so be sure to keep an eye on your step, and don't touch any strange buttons, as if you accidentally trigger a mechanism, everyone will be buried with you." ”

"I'm so scared when you say that." The muscular man at the end of the line hesitated, "Can you go back to the hall now?" ”

"Are you sure you can get through the juicer?" Dean stopped paying attention to him after a word of persuasion, and with a flashlight, he chose the direction of his left hand with a strong intuition, and the shadow fell at the end of the group to guard.

Along the gently sloping tunnel, there was only the heartbeat, breathing, and slight footsteps of a group of people, and the atmosphere was suffocating, and the cheeks were tense to the point of stiffness.

Dean found a large number of strange symbols carved on the walls, looking like planets and constellations in the sky?

"Aiden, what does this symbol mean?"

The professor glanced at the intertwined image of the seven stars, "This should be the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus." ”

"In the temple of the phantom snake, why are there any star clusters?" Ricky, who was following behind, raised the frame of his glasses and asked,

Aiden explained in a whisper, "Many of the members of the Blood Sacrifice Gang are of ancient Indian origin, and they are very intelligent, and they used to observe the Pleiades in the summer to determine the next year's harvest. If the Pleiades look large and bright, the following year will be a good one. If the Pleiades are small and vague, then you have to prepare in advance, and a good harvest is unlikely. ”

"They not only observed the Pleiades star cluster, but also referred to the planets of Mercury, Venus, and Saturn, various constellations, and the activities of the sun and moon to determine the climate and harvest for the coming year, and even invented their Mayan calendar, solar calendar, and Venus calendar according to the laws of these stars..."

This is a bit like the ancient "night stargazing" of the Celestial Empire.

There was a strange light in Dean's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel that the ancient Indians of Mexico had some kind of relationship with China.

Not only stargazing, the ancient Indians in the temple admired blood sacrifices, and the blood sacrifices of the Chinese Yin Shang were not inferior in any way.

As soon as Aiden introduced this, everyone's attention was diverted, and the tension in their hearts eased slightly.

Katie was curious again, "But at that time, the ancient Indians did not have high-tech equipment, all kinds of astronomical telescopes, how could they observe the stars, only with the naked eye?" ”

"They created observatories, pyramids to observe astronomical phenomena, but they couldn't see everything, so I always held a different view." Aiden's tone became subtle, and his eyes flashed with excitement, "Some astronomical laws were not observed by the Paleo-Indians themselves, but transmitted to them by the gods. ”

Aiden pointed to a series of murals on the wall and said,

"The Blood Sacrifice Gang summons the Phantom Serpent through the Blood Rite, and when the Phantom Serpent descends, it transmits a higher level of consciousness to them, such as the stars painted on the walls of this temple, the activities of galaxies, and even the information of aliens, all of which are the knowledge given by the Phantom Serpent to the believers, and the believers have engraved this knowledge in the temple as a souvenir."

Dean found that the progress of "Dawn of Death" had jumped to 35 percent.

So the phantom snake will also give believers the wisdom of the starry sky in the temple?

Scott objected, "Isn't it a contradiction, if the phantom snake is so clever and omniscient, then why is it that in modern society it has fallen into decline and almost perished?" ”

Without waiting for Aiden to answer, Dean calmly analyzed, "Maybe he underestimated the speed of human development, although human beings have a short lifespan, but from generation to generation they continue to pass on the knowledge they have accumulated throughout their lives, and the quantitative changes produce qualitative changes, and gradually reach a point beyond the reach of the gods, out of his control." ”

Aiden nodded heavily, "For this reason, human beings have been making progress, especially in recent years, science and technology have developed more and more rapidly. The Phantom Serpent and most of the gods, who were brilliant and powerful in the past, have been trapped in the past era, unable to keep up with the times, and have gradually been eliminated, and now they can only remain in the shadows. ”

Jacob spoke suddenly, "Ahem, guys, I suggest you don't belittle him in the temple of the Phantom Serpent. ”

……

After saying this, everyone fell silent, and followed Dean to continue to shuttle through the labyrinthine intricate tunnels, and Dean relied on his strong intuition to decisively choose a fork in the road.

It has to be said that after mastering the Omen specialty, he gradually acquired the characteristics of a minotaur - he will never get lost in the maze, and his intuition will help him choose the right direction.

After walking for a while, he spotted another strange symbol, which looked like a ball formed by dozens of snakes entwined together, "What is this symbol?" ”

Aiden looked over, his eyes became solemn, "Canaan, it means snake, but it also means guard,"

Katie swallowed, "What are they guarding?" ”

"Silly girl, this is it," Aiden turned to show his white teeth and smiled sadly at the crowd, "The ancient basiligers guard this temple, this hell, preventing pagans like us from setting foot and preventing us from passing the labyrinth of phantom snakes. ”

Is there a snake demon here?

A group of people turned pale as if they were falling into an ice cave.

There is no place to hide in this narrow tunnel, if monsters are outflanked from the front and back.

"Professor Aiden, if you deliberately scare people and affect morale, I will kill you directly." Brother Goko spat into his palms and waved the poisoned arrow in his hand at the professor,

"I'll kill you two murderers first!" The Texas Patrol also aimed the arrows of poisoned arrows at the two brothers,

Dean glanced at the three of them, and the three of them instantly fell silent, "If there is a snake demon, I will try my best to deal with it, but you have to follow the arrangement." ”

"Actually, I'm not afraid, even if I am chased by the snake demon, it will be a death," Katie said nervously and firmly as she looked at Dean, "If I die, I will go to heaven to be with my mother, and she will stand next to Jesus and wait for me." ”

Scott put his arm around his sister's shoulders and nodded,

When old Jacob heard this, a trace of pain and unbearability flashed in his eyes.

……

"Ahhh

Suddenly, a piercing roar came from the left side of the group, and sharp knives pierced into the ears, startling the people into a cold sweat.

"Oh my God, what's that sound?"

"Something's coming! The basilisk is coming! ”

"Run!"

"Forgot what I said? Stand still. Dean beckoned, and a soft, irresistible force of thought froze the two men and women at the end of the line in a mess.

The others, fearful of Dean's majesty and strength, stood honestly and watched him walk to the left of the group.

In the next second, five hissing humanoids rushed over.

They wore crotch guards and bandeau bras made of tattered and rotten cloth, and they were shaped like animals that had just woken up from hibernation.

Large swaths of skin were exposed to the air, and they looked sickly pale after not seeing sunlight for too long, but they were painted with all kinds of red and black patterns and beast totems.

They wear necklaces made of small bones such as human teeth around their necks, and their ugly faces covered in scales and are tattooed with large abstract patterns, and their eyes are pitch-black slit-like vertical pupils that radiate cruel murder and cruelty.

Two snake teeth popped out of the grinning mouth, and the bright red forked letter spat out and retracted with a terrifying hiss.

Dean looked surprised.

Compared to the sassy rock bands and dancing basilimen that appear in the bars, these five Canaanites look and dress like antiques that have been sleeping underground for hundreds or thousands of years, living in primitive societies!

But their life strength exceeded that of the snake demon that appeared on the ground, and they rushed in front of everyone in the blink of an eye, and the strong fishy wind came to their faces with a strange smell of damp and mold.

……

Dean slammed his hand, and the shadow flew straight forward.

Telekinesis constructs an invisible wall that occupies the entire vertical section of the passage.

Boom!

In a loud toothache, the snake demon led by him slammed into the invisible wall, the bridge of his nose suddenly burst open like a tomato, his eyeballs bulged out, and his thin body popped back five meters, and a group of rushing companions turned into rolling gourds.

Its limbs and neck were bent at a frightening angle, exposing bone stubble, and it was directly broken.

But it only twisted slightly, and the broken and bent bones healed instantly, and the basilisk roared and got up, and pounced on Dean as if they were coiled and pounced out of the grass.

But in mid-air, layers of hoarfrost condensed on the scales and hairs, and the heat was deprived by invisible telekinesis, and when they fell in front of Dean, they had already turned into five crystal clear ice sculptures.

Bang Bang —

Dean took out his M1900 and fired five shots in a row, and the bullet turned around with the blessing of precise special effects, hitting the back of the ice sculpture seven inches in the head.

Click.

The ice splattered like a torrential rain, and the five ice sculptures were completely blown into flesh, skin, and broken bones that sprayed all over the wall.

Proficiency +1*5, Shooting Lv4 (488→493/500)

……

"It's a miracle that you were able to deal with the five-headed Canaan so easily," Aiden looked at Dean's back with envy and admiration, "The power you have seems to be more powerful than the Phantom Serpent gave to the Blood Sacrifice Gang. ”

"So we're safe?" Someone in the team asked cautiously.

Dean didn't answer.

Hiss –

Fierce footsteps and wheezing sounded on both sides of the tunnel, much more violent than before, and the entire tunnel shook up and down like an earthquake, and the black snake demon at the end of the tunnel swept towards the center.

"Oh my God, they're all monsters!"

"Dead!"

"Dean, what should I do, how can we help?"

"Don't move, just watch."

Di An'an moved.

The shadow teleported towards the basilisk on the left side of the tunnel, and threw out a thick lightning bolt with both hands, like a giant silver harpoon, through the air, cutting through the floor, piercing through a row of basilismos from front to back, causing them to dance with electric light.

The telekinesis turned into an invisible giant palm, grabbed the electrostatic snake demon several heads, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it like a cannonball!

Click, click, click, and under the huge impact, the snake demon group fell backwards in turn like dominoes!

The boiling tunnel on the left was instantly cleared.

Dean drew his bow and arrow, and walked to the tunnel to the right, aiming at the hideous basilisk at the forefront.

Whoosh –

The bowstring hums.

A poisoned arrow pierced the basilisk's chest and abdomen, but this time, the toxin that was enough to dissolve an ordinary basilisk failed to kill the ancient basilisk named Canaan, and it only took a single step, pulled out the arrow, and rushed at it even more angrily and ferociously.

"Venom doesn't work against Canaan?" Dean stretched out his hand, grabbed the dark gold spear from the fantasy space with his right hand, clenched it, turned sideways, slightly bent the knee of his front foot, and the muscles on his forearm bulged like a loach in an instant, and the whole swelled doubled in an instant, thicker than ordinary people's thighs, squeezing the sleeves of his denim jacket.

Fierce life energy poured in, and at the same time, the power of the flesh overlapped layer by layer and gathered in the right hand.

The spear is thrown.

Phew-

A sonic boom rings out!

The biting wind blew through the tunnel, and everyone's hearts trembled, and their eyes narrowed, and a dark golden light flashed in their sight.

Canaan, the nearest pigtailed man on the right, screamed, and his strong animal instinct caused him to stagger his hands in front of him in the shape of a shield, and then a huge force stabbed in.

Brush –

The dark gold spear pierced into Canaan's arms and ribs in front of his chest, piercing through his back, and the far from exhausted kinetic energy continued backwards with a subtle popping sound, piercing through the four Canaans in a row.

Skewered them in a pool of blood like a barbecue, and their bodies spasmed and lost their combat effectiveness.

But this terrible scene did not frighten the Canaanite army after it, but only further aroused their ferocity, they drooped and spewed heavy air, and stepped on the bodies of their seriously injured comrades and continued to pounce.

The embryo of the long knife that Dean took out swirled around in the palm of his hand, and held it high above his head, throwing out a snow-bright arc of light, igniting the flames of platinum.

He leapt forward and met Canaan's swinging claws at an astonishing speed, and the long knife slashed down with thunder!

The sound of breaking the air and the sparks flying.

The knives collided with the claws, making a piercing grinding sound of gold and iron.

The weapons made of Alpha Wolver's fangs are so sharp, and with the power of life energy and Dean himself, the power has reached an incredible level!

A flash of blood!

Canaan's claws split in two, and his body cut a line of blood diagonally at the blade.

The long knife slashed through.

Whoa—

Dean passed through the corpse split in half, and the boiling life energy ignited the fragments of flesh and internal organs that splashed on his body.

The offensive was continuous.

The long knife that fell to the left abdomen poked forward, and the second Canaan was pierced through the abdomen, as if pierced by the knight's spear, it reached the ceiling, and then fell.

Bang!

The fangs of the half-open snake face met Dean's right fist, and the life energy poured into the skull, like a bomb detonating in an instant, and the head was instantly exploded into a ball of minced flesh.

Dean, who was stepping on the blood all over the ground, suddenly turned around, shook his wrists, stepped on the headless corpse, pulled out the long knife in the flesh of blood by inertia, and dodged the third Canaan who bit his neck, turned to its back, and aimed the long knife in both hands at the back of his neck, and raised it with great speed-

Blood spilled.

The skull was slashed ten meters away, rolling over the feet of the group, and the two fangs were still mechanically gnawing at their lower lipes.

One breath, the three-headed Canaan died tragically.

"Gollum..." the crowd resounded with a clear sound of swallowing saliva, and when they stared to the right, they could see a ghostly figure with a long knife charging through the tunnel, like a battlefield meat grinder, moving, dodging, and attacking at a speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, and the stumps, heads, internal organs, and blood were thrown everywhere in the flickering of the blade.

Canaan, who bumped into the figure, was dismembered by the blade without even letting out a scream, dyeing the tunnel on the right into a shocking blood red.

And the left side is not much better.

The air crackled with bursts of white electricity, flashes of crimson flames, and bursts of heart-pounding thumping, and the temperature was hot and cold.

It was as if an invisible devil was playing with the vicious Canaan, tossing them up and down, crushing their bones, charring, electrocuting, and finally freezing into a beautiful ice sculpture.

"I, how do I feel, this one is even more terrifying than Canaan?" The blonde muscular woman muttered, "He can't be some legendary monster in human skin, right?" ”

"You read that right." Aiden confidently said, "He's more terrible than a monster." ”

"What monster? This is clearly an angel of God! Jacob said with a look of reverence, "As long as we follow in the footsteps of the messenger, we will survive the judgment and reach the end safely." ”

……

Five minutes later.

All movement is gone.

In the sea of corpses and blood, Dean shook his hand unsatisfied, and the life energy cleansed the mottled blood marks and broken flesh and bones on the long knife, making the blade smooth again, and then entering the space.

He looked at the system and slaughtered 30 Canaanites at close range, fighting lv4 (232→292/500).

He felt in his heart that every time there was a difference in melee ability, the gap was almost impossible to make up, and Canaan, who had reached level 3 in strength, speed, and self-healing, was as crisp as paper paste in front of himself who was level 4 with divine weapons.

……

He made his way through the crowd to the frozen ice sculptures on his left.

continued to shoot the ice sculpture prepared in advance by shooting the shadow, and soon a feeling of swelling and cracking swelled up in his body, and a bright red prompt jumped out in front of his eyes-

Shot Lv4 (493→500/500)

Whether to level up.

Hoist.

Shooting Lv4→ Lv5 (0/700): In addition to accuracy, a second trait is born - Perception Suppression: With this perk, when you shoot with ranged weapons such as guns, bows, bazookas, darts, javelins, etc., each time you hit the target, it will cause additional damage to the target. If the target has a Perception attribute, the Perception attribute will be continuously weakened, and the specific effect will be related to the perception of both parties.

This trait has a domain-level effect and cannot be waived unless the target has a special resistance beyond the domain.

You gain 1 PERCEPTION, 0.5 SENSITIVITY.

Sensitivity: 18.5→19

Perception: 17.5→18.5

……

Dean closed his eyes.

Sensitive and improved, the crispy numbness under the skin is extremely comfortable, as if soaking in a hot spring, enjoying the careful optimization and transformation of massage by hundreds of millions of microrobots.

The tendons of the nerve ligaments are strengthened and toughened, and the balance of the body is better.

He threw a random punch without a sound, and the resistance of the air to his body seemed to become a little less.

In addition, a little improvement in perception turned into a stream of power that spreads and nourishes his sensory organs.

The bloody breath between the noses is thicker, and the sense of sight and hearing is sharper.

The unspeakable sixth sense was also strengthened, and the omen shook for a long time, sending back a message that Lena was in the labyrinth of the temple, and that there was a great danger lurking in the heart of the temple.

Sure enough, Lena was inside! Waiting for us!

Dean looked at Shadow and exchanged a look, and then looked at the new instructions for shooting LV5,

"Domain-level characteristics show that they are more suitable for dealing with powerful individuals, especially those with weak perception."

"Ordinary aliens can't withstand two hits from me, they can't be used at all, and the monster in the heart of the temple just sharpens my new characteristics."

He then proceeded to shoot the remaining ice sculptures, and as expected, the difficulty of leveling up was further increased, shooting a 1-headed snake demon previously provided 1 point of proficiency, but now two or three heads can only increase it by 1 point.

……

"Do you want to go ahead?" Jacob interrupted his musings respectfully, and Dean turned to see a group of his teammates looking at him in awe, as if looking up to the gods.

"Magician, I didn't see that you were still a berserker, you killed too fast," Seth saw that the atmosphere was not right, and joked stiffly, "I didn't even have a good time!" ”

Dean took the venom glands and fangs of Canaan, who had collected all the shadows, from behind him, and walked over and patted Seth on the shoulder, "Then I'll leave a female snake demon for your brother next time, let's go, everyone, keep going!" ”

(End of chapter)