Chapter 26 An Unexpected Journey
A soapstone square seal on the stone platform attracted Zheng Cheng's attention. Zheng Cheng picked up the inscribed seal and studied it carefully. He seemed to be very interested in the texture pattern on it.
"Don't stay, everyone move forward. We have to find the crystal as soon as possible." Morgana said and led a group of people forward.
Tall white stone pillars enriched the empty underground palace, and various broken handicrafts were lying on the ground, showing that this was an abandoned underground palace. Zheng Cheng put the seal in his hand into his coat pocket and took it out.
Map, he thought that if the crystal was very close the map would react like last time.
From time to time, there were echoes of stones falling to the ground in front of them, but what surprised them was that they did not see a boring person playing with stones in front. In fact, there would be no one here. Zheng Cheng watched closely.
Looking at the map, he didn't notice a tall stone statue in front of him blocking a wall that seemed to be at the end of the palace.
The stone statue is a mighty warrior riding an elephant. The ax he holds in his hand looks so sharp that it seems to pierce the roof of the palace. The warrior's tightly wrapped cloth only reveals a pair of murderous eyes. The whole stone statue looks very...
The realistic, enlarged version of the mighty warrior made people feel chilly, and what chilled them even more was that the sound of falling stones actually came from the stone statues.
Zheng Cheng stared at the map so carefully that he bumped directly into the stone elephant's thick leg. He raised his head in fright. Zheng Cheng seemed not to hear the restless voice in the stone statue. He stroked the surface of the stone statue,
The smooth stone makes it look like a beautifully finished sculpture.
There was a crack on the face of the stone warrior, and then lime fell from the top of the stone statue onto Zheng Cheng's hand. Then a huge stone fell and almost hit Zheng Cheng's foot.
By the time Zheng Cheng reacted, the stone statue seemed to have exploded, with large pieces of broken stone falling to the ground.
Morgana's thorn whip stretched out at the critical moment pulled Zheng Cheng back to them. Several people retreated in panic. The huge rocks hit the ground with a heavy crunching sound, and large balls of lime filled the air.
When they came, Zheng Cheng and the others had no time to cover up, because a tall warrior riding an elephant among the limes really rushed towards them brandishing a giant ax in his hand.
Zheng Cheng, Xia Qing and Morgana stumbled to the side of the wall, while the others were leaning against the opposite wall, looking in shock at the terrifying warrior who had just nearly hit them. His body was as tall as the previous stone statue, but
The cloth on his body turned gray-blue, and his eyes revealed a cold and outrageous light.
The fire dragon ignited in Zheng Cheng's hand rolled and roared and flew towards the warrior who rushed behind.
Zheng Cheng watched in disbelief as the terrifying warrior used the giant ax in his hand to chop the fire dragon summoned by Zheng Cheng into two pieces. The fire dragon lost its ability to roll and fell to the ground, emitting black smoke and disappearing.
The soldiers rushed back towards Zheng Cheng and the others. The fireball thrown by Xia Qing posed no threat to the soldiers. He caught Xia Qing's fireball with the hand that was not holding the battle ax and threw it back towards them. Mojana's
A protective barrier appeared in front of the three.
"I can't resist his attack." Morgana said with a frown. The fireball rolled to the ground in front of them. The warrior who rushed over suddenly threw the ax towards them, and the sharp giant ax rotated in the air.
Approach them.
The sharp blade of the giant ax pierced the surface of the barrier, and then a hole was pierced in the light blue gauze tent. The hole was getting bigger, and the tough ax struck directly at the three people who were no longer prepared.
A pile of stones on the ground moved quickly from the air. The surface of the stones made a sharp scratching sound when it came into contact with the giant axe. However, the group of stones obviously weakened the movement speed of the giant axe. Zheng Cheng saw the opportunity and pulled the two of them aside.
Xiong Da breathed a sigh of relief on the opposite side, his hand still controlling the pile of rocks in mid-air.
The giant ax passed through the pile of rocks and cut into the wall that Zheng Cheng had just leaned on. Then it pulled out and flew back to the hands of the warrior. The warrior continued to charge towards the three men on the elephant. This time the elephant roared wildly.
Speeding up, his thick legs seemed to be able to shatter the ground.
Lu Shi decisively stretched out his hands on the opposite side, and the lightning ball gradually turned into a long and narrow line in his palm, just like the size of Morgana's thorn whip, and then this slender lightning whip shot towards the giant in the warrior's hand.
The ax rushed over.
The lightning whip wrapped around the surface of the giant ax like a snake, and the electric current made a violent crackling sound when it came into contact with the ax blade, and then Ye Lan stretched out his palm.
The previous strong wind seemed to be swept into the ground again. Although the roaring whirlwind was not as fierce as the previous strong wind whirlpool, it came straight towards the warrior. The center of the whirlwind was aimed at his hand ax, and the spirit that Xin wanted to summon got into it.
In the giant elephant's fat ears.
The giant elephant shook its heavy head. It seemed to have lost its center of gravity. Its four thick legs were slipping on the ground. Its huge body was shaking awkwardly in the air. The warrior riding it seemed to be in trouble. He could no longer catch it.
Stop the ax in your hand and let it float in the air with the whirlwind.
Zheng Cheng and the others ran over. The elf got out of the giant elephant's ears, flapped its wings and landed deftly on Xin Xiang's shoulders.
"Cui Xiao froze him. Xia Qing summoned the Fire Phoenix." Zheng Cheng said, and the fire ball in his hand once again rolled into a long, spiraling dragon.
Xia Qing stretched out her palm again, and the fire ball was burning in her palm, but Xia Qing didn't seem to have the courage to give the fire ball more power. She looked a little nervous, and sparks splashed from her palm to the ground.
"Xia Qing, you can do it, visualize it, Phoenix, Fire Phoenix, trust me, strengthen your witchcraft power." Zheng Cheng held Xia Qing's arm, looked at her and said.
The whirlwind summoned by Ye Lan seemed to have converged a lot. The wind seemed to be weakened so that the warrior once again held the giant ax hanging in the air. The electric current surrounding the giant ax moved in a ring to the warrior's arm. He seemed to have resisted the strong force.
Feeling pain, he stared at these people with bloody eyes.
The giant elephant adjusted its steps. After roaring, its two front legs jumped up high and then slammed to the ground. Then it carried the soldiers and came towards Zheng Cheng and the others to kill them.
Xia Qing's originally innocent and sweet face became extremely serious at this moment. She stared at the fire ball in her hand. The sound of the earthquake cracking the ground became louder and louder. Suddenly, the shape of the fire ball changed, and clear lines of flames floated in her hand.
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The ice cube summoned by Cui Xiao hit the warrior's arm steadily, and then the ice cube gradually spread on him, until he and the giant elephant could no longer move, as if he had turned into a stone statue again, except that he was a visible layer of ice.
Wrap up.
The fire dragon in Zheng Cheng's hand and the gradually igniting fire phoenix in Xia Qing's hand rushed towards the warrior. The fire light drew a long curve in the air. The solid ice surface of the warrior's body reflected the blazing flames, and then
The frozen warriors and the war elephants shattered again, and the exploding ice cubes rolled around on the ground.
"Outnumbered." Cui Xiao squeezed out a sentence for a long time, and then he gasped and stopped talking.
"It makes sense." Morgana said.
"Who can tell me how to go next?" Zheng Cheng stared at the high wall blocking his sight. It seemed that there was no way back, but the map in his hand still showed no response.
"We should have reached the end. We can't expect a door to appear out of thin air in the wall. It seems that there is nothing in this damn underground," Xiong Da seemed to be frightened by the stone statue. He continued, "Except for that damn axe."
madman."
"No, this stone statue has been released by a wizard. I'm sure the crystal is here. Wait, what you just said is right." Morgana suddenly thought of something, and she walked to the wall.
"What's right? Did I say anything?" Xiong Da asked doubtfully.
Morgana's hands were pressed against the wall, and she was mumbling something.
Zheng Cheng seemed to understand, because he saw cracks in the wall, and light emerged from the cracks. Then an ancient wooden door really appeared on the wall, and then the wooden door opened with a creaking sound.
The intense white light stimulates everyone's eyeballs.
Zheng Cheng felt like he was back on the ground again, and the dilapidated city and fortress ruins came into view again. When Cui Xiao came out last, the wooden door behind him closed heavily again.
They seemed to have arrived at the door of a dilapidated house. Not far away from them was a square surrounded by the entire ancient city in the center of the city. In the center of the square stood several stone pillars, which surrounded a domed house that resembled piles of ivory.
"What's going on? I was still underground just now, and why did I suddenly run up above?" Xiong Da was confused by the scene in front of him.
"This is it." Zheng Cheng exclaimed in surprise. An area on the map lit up with bright spots of light as soon as Zheng Cheng came out. He raised his head excitedly. Mojiana and the others were already walking towards the square.
Go, he chased after him.
"It's becoming more and more obvious. It must be around here." After Zheng Cheng finished speaking, his eyes stopped in front of the house with strange piles of ivory. The thick and curved ivory was clean and white, shining golden light in the sun.
It was like gold foil was sprinkled on the surface, and these ivories were delicately built into a unique house, but it was so dark inside that it was difficult to see what was inside.
Morgana, who was walking in front, was about to go in to find out what was going on, when a man walked out.
The middle-aged man in front of him wore a pointed tall hat and a gray-green robe. He held a cane that seemed to be made of conch in one hand. He glanced at these people with a kind face, and then he
Looking at Zheng Cheng holding the map in his hand.
"Were you created by the prophet of the dark realm? A pure spiritual being?" Zheng Cheng thought of the shaman in the cave, so he asked without thinking.
"In fact, I do exist. I am Singer, the guardian messenger here." The man named Singer said.
"Are you an Indian? Can you also speak Chinese?" Xiong Da asked in confusion.
"Language is just an illusory expression. Witchcraft gives magical power to language expression so that it can adapt to different ethnic languages, so it is not difficult for us to communicate." Singer said with a smile.
"So you are the guardian of the crystal? We need the crystal." Morgana said with bloodshed, as if she was very eager to get the crystal.
"Haha, I see that you are the ones who really need the crystal, but one of you has already obtained it. Yes, it's you." Singer pointed at Zheng Cheng's jacket pocket and said, the smile on his face still not fading away.
Zheng Cheng was completely confused. If the last time the map was inexplicably emptied out of his pocket, it was the wizard named Shaman, because he had already obtained the first crystal inexplicably, and this time the crystal was emptied out of his pocket again.
, is it another coincidence? Zheng Cheng couldn't believe the repeated uninvited visits. He touched his coat pocket in disbelief.
Zheng Cheng took out the square inscription seal that he had put in before from his pocket. He looked at the surface of the melting soapstone in disbelief. The reddish-brown liquid flowed into Zheng Cheng's trembling hands. It seemed that the liquid still had a slightly hot temperature, but
Zheng Cheng had no time to notice that inside the watch case where the seal was gradually fading was a round crystal glowing purple-red.
"In fact, the seal gradually melted after being exposed to sunlight, and the crystal was inside, but you didn't find it underground." Singer took the crystal from Zheng Cheng's hand and said.
"You shouldn't have let that stone statue attack us." Xiong Da said dissatisfied.
"Really? But I don't think so." The surface of Singer's skin was gradually festering, and the epidermis was peeling off layer by layer with the bubbles emerging. Zheng Cheng was horrified by the appearance of another face inside. It was an accident before.
The high enthusiasm for getting the second crystal disappeared instantly.
Ajer stared at Zheng Cheng with an obvious sarcastic expression. The ulcerated skin on Singer's face fell at his feet, and the cane Singer was leaning on gradually turned into a stick with strong light in his hand.
The cross stimulated Zheng Cheng's eyes.
Aphra led a group of hunters and surrounded Zheng Cheng and his party. They each grabbed crossbows, scimitars, spears, silver swords and other sharp weapons and gave out greedy and bloody eyes. Zheng Cheng and the others were all these.
Prey that is readily available to humans.
"Why are you here, that guardian?" Zheng Cheng felt desperate. No matter how strong Morgana's defensive witchcraft was, they were no match for these terrible hunters, and they had no chance to escape.
Because they were surrounded.
"You guys are late." Ajer paced back and forth around Zheng Cheng, with a proud smile on his face. After a moment, he said: "Poor Singer foolishly put the crystal into the ground so that you could get it effortlessly.
Palace, but you idiot doesn’t know that if you hold that seal against the sun, it will turn into crystals. Because you can’t read the words on it, none of you can.”
"You killed the crystal guardian, and you led us here? You already knew the crystal was here." Zheng Cheng stared at Ajer angrily, feeling that the hunter in front of him was extremely cunning.
"In fact, the map has deceived all of you. It's not surprising because your map has been dropped a long time ago. Even if you get the crystal, so what, Zheng Cheng, it will still be in my hands in the end." Ajer said with an extremely sarcastic expression.
Zheng Cheng said.
"You guys are scum!" Morgana shouted angrily.
"Sargon knows that you will not sacrifice your life for him, so your judgment day is today, but before punishing you, you should meet my assistant first, who is of course also your good friend." Ajer turned his body slightly to reveal his back.
door, and said to Zheng Cheng.
Chapter completed!