Chapter 61 Sad News
The excited crowd didn't care about wrestling anymore. The first thing everyone did when they got up was to jump into the river. Everyone hoped to find the treasure quickly! But what surprised me was that all the people who jumped down climbed up. Many people ran away while cursing something. How did this happen?
I waited until all the people below were gone before jumping into the river, because many people had just entered the water and the river water was now like mud. "Little Dragon Girl! Can you deal with the water problem?"
A white light flashed on Xiao Longnu's body: "Water Purification Spell!" The river immediately became cleaner. As expected of Xiao Longnu, she knew how to use such practical techniques!
This time the water was much cleaner, and I successfully found the location of the gate at the beginning. Seeing this, I almost lost my temper and vomited blood! Under the door we opened was a stone slab with only a few words written on it: There is no door here!
"Fuck you! There's no way you can build such a big lid!" It took me a long time to dig out a stone tablet. If I could still maintain my cultivation, it wouldn't be me! "Where's the tank?"
Lucky quickly got out of the way and the tank ran over. I pointed to the stone monument. "Smash this hard against me, and I won't believe in evil!"
The tank raised its huge front paws and smashed it against the stone monument. The huge forelimbs falling at high speed emitted explosive force in the water. The surrounding water splashed around and the stone monument turned into stone powder. However, the bottom was indeed soil, and there was no shadow of the city at all. !
I was about to continue digging when I suddenly felt someone pulling me from behind. When I turned around, I saw a knight in silver armor. Looking at the badge on his shoulder, I knew he was the NPC guard of the divine city. "We are the knights of the Shencheng Urban Management Brigade. You are illegally protecting the city river and are suspected of damaging public facilities. Please accept the punishment!"
"I...Okay! How much is it?" Although I have many younger brothers, it is not a good idea to go against the city defense NPCs!
"Crystal coins!" Fortunately, system cities are not as dark as player cities!
After paying the fine, we were very depressed and left the city with our men. However, we did not go far and stopped outside the activity area of the NPC outside the city. "Pioneer!" A big hole appeared in the ground with a bang, and the Pioneer emerged from the ground, followed closely by a large number of crystal magic beetles.
My meaning is very clear. The Duling must be under the divine city anyway. Since I can't find the entrance, I'll just dig one myself! Let the pioneers open a big hole in the nearby forest for us to go down, and then dig all the way underground into the divine city. Because the cave was too big and wasted time, I didn't let the big guys in. I left a few giant dragons outside to block the exit. The pioneer himself was about the size of a large bus, so the roads he created were just right for the cavalry.
It turned out that my idea was correct, and soon we encountered a brick wall. The wall was completely made of blue strips of stone, which was hard and stable. Scott and the Demon Knight used their spears to pry out a stone slab from the wall. I wonder if poaching is what we are doing now!
After the first slate was taken out, the rest was easy. We quickly dug out piles of slates from the slate wall in front. The cavalry at the back formed a manual conveyor belt to transport the slates out so that there would be no The accumulation here affects traffic. After the first layer of slate was sheathed away, what was underneath was actually a layer of egg yolk-colored stuff. The surface was very shiny and felt like glass, but it was obviously not!
Bailang went up and sniffed it and said with certainty: "It's lime powder!"
Amynis affirmed: "It should be lime powder. In order to prevent moisture in underground buildings, some lime powder is usually added between the two walls to prevent moisture from seeping in!"
Ling commanded the Demon Spirit Knight very simply: "Smash it hard, these things will become very hard after absorbing water!"
The demon spirit knight immediately raised his spear and pierced it, and the yellow pieces were immediately smashed down. Just like Amynis said, this is indeed lime. After the outer yellow outer layer was broken open, the inside was filled with white lime powder, and the thickness was amazing. It was actually filled with more than a foot of lime powder to isolate moisture!
Behind the lime is a layer of yellow paper. It is indeed paper, but linoleum paper! After easily tearing it apart, there is a wall composed of gray strips. Obviously this is the interior wall. I stepped forward and knocked it, and it didn't seem to be very thick. The Demon Knight and I distanced ourselves together, and then suddenly rushed towards the wall. With a roar, 11 of us rushed through the wall and rushed into the opposite space.
"Bah, bah, bah!" I took a mouthful of ashes. Only then did the demon pet follow us in. We had already knocked a hole in the wall that was big enough for a horse-drawn carriage! I climbed up from the pile of broken bricks, and Ling kindly came over to help me pull the debris off my head.
Now we finally entered Duling City, but the scene here surprised us. It was dark all around, but that wasn't the point. I had night vision so I didn't care. The key point was that it seemed to have been cleaned! The huge Duling was completely silent. Silence is actually not a good thing. I could clearly hear my own heartbeat. The surroundings were too quiet!
Ling snapped his fingers: "Marasus! (curse)" A faint blue light source suddenly appeared above our heads, and then the nearby light sources lit up one after another. It turned out that there were a lot of lighting equipment in the city. The chandeliers made of human bones were lit with blue will-o'-the-wisps.
Now I can see it more clearly. Although the huge city is relatively neat, it has obviously been baptized by war. We followed the gap between the houses and entered the official street, where it was much more obvious. The dust on the street was an inch thick, and there were several skeletons lying on the roadside, some of them still clutching weapons. There is a strange musty smell in the air. It may be that the smell of blood for thousands of years has turned into this strange smell!
I walked up to a relatively complete skeleton and used my hand to blow away the dust on him or her. Bailang simply blew the dust away for me. This skeleton is leaning against the wall, holding a long sword tightly in his or her hand, without any armor on his body. There is a pool of strange-colored dust on the ground, which should have been formed from the original blood stains. This at least means that he or she was not a skeleton when he or she died!
Ling went over and wanted to pick up his (her) sword, but the skeleton held the hilt of the sword very tightly, and for so long that the two things were actually connected together! In the end, there was really no other way, so Ling simply tore off his (her) hand. Amynis and Aina came up to take a look together. Amynis said: "Isn't this the seal sword of the Dark Temple?"
"Do you know who this skeleton is?"
Ling said: "I don't know! The Seal Sword is a reward issued by the Dark Temple to outstanding necromancers or black mages. Although the conditions are very strict, we have actually issued more than 300 swords in total, so what exactly is this? We don’t know who he is! But I’m sure this is a very powerful mage, and ordinary mage can’t get this sword!”
"Do you recognize this thing?" I found a pendant on the skull's chest, which was quite unique in shape.
"This is...!?" Ling Kan was stunned!
Amynis took it and looked at it. "Isn't this the pendant of the loyal knight of the Dark Temple? Could it be that he is...?"
"I'm afraid it is!" Ling said in a low voice: "This should be the most famous genius of the Dark Temple, Prince Eugen!"
I looked at her and waited for further explanation. Ling took the pendant back to the skeleton and saluted, then took the arm back and said to me: "He is the genius Prince Eugen of the Dark Temple. He was supposed to be He inherited the Dark Temple and became the Dark God, but his sudden disappearance at that time caused confusion in the temple. Later, there was no choice but to replace me with taking over the temple! He is the most dazzling star of the dark forces. In addition to being a sword master, he is also He is also a super mage at the master level of black magic. In the history of the Black Temple, he is the only person who has been awarded the Loyal Knight Pendant and the Black Mage Seal Sword at the same time! I really didn’t expect to meet him here!”
"That's not right! Aren't you surprised that there has been no news from Du Ling for so long?"
"Du Ling is a forbidden area to begin with. It's normal to have no contact. Who keeps running to the forbidden area when they have nothing to do?"
"Look here!" A Di Na suddenly called us over. I ran over quickly and it turned out to be another corpse! Wait, corpse! This place has been covered in dust for at least thousands of years, and the dead have turned into skeletons, but there is a corpse here!
This is a mage. He is hunched over and hugging something. I was about to turn him over when I was pulled back. Scott looked at me and shook his head. "This man has been subjected to corpse explosion and eternal imprisonment. These are commonly used traps in the Dark Temple. My previous team often used them. Sacrificing the body of a dead comrade can bring back more than a dozen enemies. It's a very practical technique! "
"But he shouldn't be in this posture!" Ling was once the goddess of darkness, and she knew all these things.
Scott said uncertainly: "Maybe he was put like this to make the enemy take the initiative to turn over the corpse!"
I asked everyone to retreat far away, then threw the dragon tendon rope over to hang the body, and pulled it to the side. boom! Sure enough, it exploded, but it wasn't the body that exploded, but the thing underneath the body. A cloud of red mist flew out and then disappeared.
"Soul Locking Array?" Ling cleared the ground under his feet in disbelief. Sure enough, there was a strange symbol there.
Before I could react, I saw two red lights in the deep eye sockets of the skeletons on the roadside, and then all the skeletons began to react. There was a jumble of bones all around, and the skeletons buried under the dust stood up one after another, including that prince!
In addition to the skeletons around us, there were also loud sounds in the distance indicating that a skeleton army was approaching us. My cavalry immediately retreated with me. The troops from both sides quickly separated into camps, and the hostile skeletons lined up neatly opposite us, with a terrifying red light flashing in the eye sockets of each skeleton. The guy called the prince stood opposite me. It seemed that he was the leader of the skeleton army, because the other skeletons were arrayed behind him and he was the only one standing outside.
"Prepare for defense!" Scott shouted, and the cavalry behind them drew out their heavy swords.
One of the leading skeletons on the opposite side also turned around and shouted something, and then the skeletons all raised their weapons that were hitting the ground, ready to charge forward at any time!
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, I quickly raised a hand. "Wait, wait! Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!" I turned around and said: "Take off your helmets!" The cavalry and demon knights behind immediately took off their helmets. The demon knights were fine, but those cavalrymen This look immediately made the skeleton army on the opposite side put down their weapons. "We are all undead creatures. Do you think peace is the most important thing?"
Ling also walked up. "Prince Eugen? Do you remember me?"
"Are you the little princess of the Borui family?"
Ling performed a standard lady etiquette and nodded. "I changed my name. My name is Ling now!"
The prince was obviously more senior than Ling. He accepted the courtesy but did not return it! "The girl behind is Amynis, right? You were only this tall when I left!" The prince gestured at a height of about 1.2 meters.
Amynis came out and saluted: "Hello, Your Highness the Prince!"
"Yeah! You've grown so big! Things have changed!" Prince Eugen looked at me and said, "Take off your helmet too!"
I don’t want to offend this old monster. A guy who even the Dark Goddess is in awe of must be a super monster! He quickly took off his helmet, then bowed slightly to salute. "Hello!"
"You look pretty good. Which family are you from? Why don't I remember you?"
Ling hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "He is an emerging nobleman who has just joined the dark forces. He is generally favored by the dark forces because of his superior strength."
"Yes! The future is formidable!" The old monster turned around and waved his hand: "Each of you go back to your posts and clean up the city!" The skeletons behind him immediately dispersed and went about their own business. "You guys come with me!"
I quickly ordered the cavalry to help clean up, and only asked the demon knights and demon pets to follow. The prince took us to a huge building that looked very much like a medieval castle. After entering the castle, I found that it was very clean. Unlike in the city, there was no dust here! Perhaps seeing my doubts, the prince explained: "There is constant automatic cleaning magic here!"
A heavy door was easily pushed open by the prince. Inside was a huge library. No, to be precise, this was a study room. The difference was that there were slightly more books here! The entire room is as big as two basketball courts, and there is a circle of bookshelves placed along the wall in the seven or eight-meter-high room. These bookshelves on the ceiling are so huge, but that's not what surprised me the most. The strangest thing is the books on them. A room full of books are actually books on black magic skills! Those books packaged in black covers have a gold-plated six-pointed star surrounded by rings on the cover. The luxurious packaging makes people think that this is a work of art rather than a book!
The prince didn't say anything to me while I was looking through his book. He walked around the red hardwood desk and sat down on the seat at the back. "Okay, now let's talk, shall we?"
I quickly put the book in my hand back to its original position and walked over. Ling and Emmenis had already found their own seats and sat down. The Demon Knight and other non-human familiars were outside the gate and did not come in. The demon knight was very smart to close the door! "Your Highness the Prince! Actually..."
The prince did not let me continue. "I know what you are here for! We have only had one job here for so long, and that is to guard the blood pool. Every time the Dark Temple sends people, there is only one job, and that is to use the blood pool to indicate strength! But I'm afraid you will be disappointed this time !”
"Why?" Ling had a bigger reaction than me!
"It's not that I don't obey the orders of the Dark Temple, it's just...!"
"What is the reason?"
"It's just that the blood pool has dried up!"
"What? The blood pool is dry?" Ling and I were both shocked. "What do you mean done?"
"It's done, it's done, there's not a drop of blood left!"
"But how could the blood pool be dry?" Ling didn't seem to believe it. "Isn't there a demon-sealing array in the blood pool? Why is it drying up?"
"Didn't you see us all lying on the ground when you first came in?"
"kindness!"
"That's that time! The army of the Temple of Light discovered the entrance to the Duling, and then they rushed in. Buckets of holy water were poured into the blood pool by more than a dozen holy angels. As a result, the holy water began to evaporate as soon as it came into contact with the blood. There was not a drop left in the entire pool of blood within minutes!”
"Isn't it?" I was completely dizzy!
"Although Duling's guards resisted to the end, we did not have as many people as the Temple of Light after all. In the end, we were all defeated. The blood pool failed to protect itself and almost wiped out the whole army! Later, we really had no choice but to use a very dangerous black magic. The space is silent! The Temple of Light has destroyed the blood pool, and they don’t want to die with us, so they did not fight to the end but retreated directly, so we suppressed it when the final magic was about to be completed and did not let it take effect! This is why when you came we The reason why all the troops fell in the city!"
Ling sighed: "What about your physical body?"
"It took too long and everything rotted! But that's okay! We are all undead creatures, so it's not a big problem if we don't have a physical body!"
"Can you take us to the blood pool?" Ling asked.
"Okay!" The prince immediately led us towards the blood pool.
The blood pool is in the basement under the castle. It is not hidden. Open the basement door in the middle of the yard and go directly to the basement through a long step. After going down the steps, there is a huge stone door. There are two piles of rubble next to the stone door, which looks very incongruous!
The prince said: "These two piles are demon-level gargoyles guarding the blood pool. Unfortunately, they were purified by light magic!" As he said that, he went to push the door, but it seemed that the door was too heavy and could not be pushed open at all. "This used to be the gargoyle's job, the door was too thick!"
I quickly asked the Demon Spirit Knight to go up and help, but in the end, 12 people including me couldn't move the stone gate at all! In the end, I asked Scott to call dozens of guards to come in and push the stone door open to a small gap that was barely enough for people to pass through!
Just inside the door is a huge...how should I say it! bathhouse? fountain? That’s what it looks like anyway. The huge circular pool has a radius of more than twenty meters and a depth of about one meter. There is also a terrifying statue in the center. It was a big demon 5 meters tall, and he was holding a weak female angel in his hand. The angel was held upside down, while the devil held her feet with one hand to hold up her headless body, and held her hair with the other hand to hold up her head, which had been separated from her body. Although the pool is very big, it is so dry now that there is not even a drop of liquid in it.
The prince said: "Originally, the blood in the blood pool is just enough to submerge the base of the big demon statue. The blood will be absorbed through the demon-sealing array painted on the bottom of the pool and then sent into the statue. After being demonized by the demon statue, it will pass through the angel's neck. It spurted out and flowed into the pool! Now that the blood has dried up, we don’t know what to do!”
"What kind of blood is in this?" Anyone who is not mentally retarded should know what I want to do!
Of course the prince was no exception: "Do you want to re-inject blood?"
"Yeah!" I nodded affirmatively. "Tell me what you need, I'm an expert at collecting rags!"
The prince shook his head and said, "You can't collect that much! This blood pool requires more blood than just killing one or two animals!"
"Then I'll go and bring back the whole herd of bison on the grassland. Isn't it trivial to fill this kind of pond?"
“But cow blood is useless!”
"Then what kind of blood will be useful?"
"See that statue?"
"I saw it, what's wrong?"
"You know what that means?"
I shook my head. Prince Lingbang replied: "Angels represent purity and holiness, and demons represent filth and evil! The blood in the blood pool is this complex mixture. What is used to fill the pool is pure human virgin blood or female sex. The blood of angels. At the same time, the blood of the great devil is needed to demonize these pure bloods. Because the blood of angels and virgins are very pure, it is very troublesome to demonize these bloods. The only way is to add the same amount of Demon's blood. According to the volume of the pool, we need about 20,000 pure blood and the blood of at least 1,000 great demons!"
"You mean you want me to capture 20,000 female players and come over to bleed them?"
"It's not just that!" Ling added: "It won't work if you don't look good! If you're not a virgin, you won't do it! If you have bad conduct, you won't do it! If you don't belong to the human race or the angel race!"
"Catch a few less and add more water, can you?"
"The concentration of blood water determines the effectiveness of the blood pool. If you dilute the blood water, the effectiveness will decrease proportionally!"
Female players who meet the above standards can basically be regarded as rare females. Such people must have countless suitors. If I really capture 20,000 people, their bodyguards will definitely exceed 10 At the ten thousand mark, my life may not be guaranteed by then!
"Is there any other way?"
"Yes! But it's even more impossible!" The prince gave a super strange answer.
Anyway, I was seriously ill and went to the doctor. "tell me the story?"
"It's better not to listen. It will be in vain anyway!"
"Thank you for telling me! Maybe you think there is something you can do to trouble me?"
"If you can find a way, I, Eugen, will change my name to idiot from now on!"
"Say it!"
"Another way is to first inject a large amount of water, and then inject the purest blood of the Goddess of Light into the pool. At the same time, we also need the demonic blood under our great Dark Goddess Temple to be demonized. For the big devil, The blood of the goddess is too powerful, so it must be the blood of the dark goddess to demonize it!"
I nodded convinced. "Sure enough, what I said is the same as what I didn't say! If I can bring the goddess of light to bleed, I won't need to use the blood pool to upgrade!"
In the end, I left the blood pool with everyone depressed. There was no use value here at all! The requirements for injecting blood into the blood pool are too high, and there is no possibility of completing it!
When he was about to leave, the prince suddenly said: "In fact, there is a way to improve the strength of your troops, but this method requires you to suffer a little! Moreover, this method can only improve the strength of those skeleton cavalry. For your 10 My subordinates are useless!”
"Can the level of the cavalry be improved? How much can it be strengthened?"
"Level 50!"
"Level 50? That's enough! Tell me what to do?"
"The solution is very simple! Just come with me, but you have to bear it and don't be afraid of the pain!" The prince seemed to be a little worried about my condition, but it was nothing to hurt for the sake of upgrading.
"Okay, I know!"