Chapter 504 The Land of Gold

The fox girl saw this and the ribbon in her hand flew, instantly turning into colorful sharp blades, shooting towards the sandworm's eyes.

The sandworm seemed to sense the danger and quickly closed its huge eyes, using its hard shell to block the fox girl's attack.

Then, it swung its huge body violently, and its huge tail swept towards Fang Yue and the fox girl.

Fang Yue and the fox girl hurriedly jumped back to avoid this fierce attack.

"The sandworm's defense is too strong. We have to find its weakness." Fang Yue shouted, revealing a trace of solemnity in his eyes.

While avoiding the sandworm's attack, Fang Yue carefully observed the sandworm's actions.

He found that whenever the sandworm was about to launch a powerful attack, there would be a flash of light near the abdomen under its body, and the shell there seemed to be slightly different from other parts.

"Fox girl, did you notice? The sandworm's abdomen may be its weakness. Let's focus on attacking there." Fang Yue said.

The fox girl nodded, and she cast a spell again. The ribbon in her hand turned into a huge colorful light net, which was thrown towards the sandworm.

The moment the light net touched the sandworm, it tightly wrapped around its body, restricting its movement.

Fang Yue saw the right moment and rushed towards the sandworm like a ghost.

He jumped high, and the long spear in his hand was infused with powerful vitality, and stabbed fiercely at the place where the light flashed under the sandworm's abdomen.

The moment the long spear touched the sandworm's shell, there was a harsh friction sound, and countless sparks splashed.

This time, the long spear successfully penetrated the sandworm's shell a little bit, and the sandworm roared in pain, struggling frantically, trying to break free from the restraint of the light net.

The fox girl maintained the light net with all her strength, and at the same time increased the output of mana to make the light net more tenacious.

Fang Yue took the opportunity to exert force again and stabbed the long spear deeper into the sandworm's abdomen.

The sandworm struggled more and more violently, its body twisted constantly, the surrounding sand dunes were shattered by it, and the sky was covered with sand and dust.

Just as Fang Yue was about to further attack the sandworm's vitals, the sandworm suddenly released a powerful energy wave, shattering the light net.

The fox girl was hit by the backlash of the magic power, her face turned slightly pale, but she still gritted her teeth and persisted.

After the sandworm broke free from the restraints, it did not attack immediately, but retreated a distance, its huge eyes staring at Fang Yue and the fox girl, full of anger and vigilance.

"It has become more cautious, we have to be careful." Fang Yue said to the fox girl.

The two took a fighting posture again, ready to meet the next round of attacks from the sandworm.

The sandworm seemed to be accumulating strength, the light around its body became more and more dazzling, and the surrounding sand began to rotate rapidly around it, forming small sandstorms.

Suddenly, the sandworm launched an attack.

It opened its huge mouthparts and spurted out a powerful stream of sand, which was mixed with sharp sand and stones, like a sharp blade, sweeping towards Fang Yue and the fox girl.

Fang Yue waved his spear and formed a shield of vitality in front of him, trying to resist the impact of the sand flow.

The fox girl cast a spell, raising colorful light curtains around them to strengthen the defense.

The sand flow hit the shield and light curtain, making a crackling sound, and the sand and stones kept hitting it, splashing sparks.

After resisting the attack of the sand flow, Fang Yue and the fox girl did not relax at all.

They knew that they must find an opportunity to attack the weakness of the sandworm again as soon as possible, otherwise it would be extremely disadvantageous to them if they fell into a protracted war.

Fang Yue's eyes condensed, and he decided to take the initiative.

He inserted the spear into the ground, quickly formed seals with his hands, and muttered something.

As the spell was chanted, the land around the spear began to shake, and a series of earthy yellow light surged from the ground and shot towards the sandworm.

When these lights approached the sandworm, they suddenly turned into huge earth thorns, stabbing from the ground towards the weak point under the sandworm's abdomen.

The sandworm sensed the danger and wanted to dodge, but due to its huge body, its movements were slightly slow.

The earth thorns successfully pierced the sandworm's abdomen. Although it did not cause a fatal injury, it also injured it again.

The sandworm roared in pain and its body trembled violently.

The fox girl took the opportunity to cast a spell again. The ribbon in her hand turned into a huge colorful python and pounced on the sandworm's eyes.

The colorful python opened its mouth and bit the sandworm's eyes fiercely.

In panic, the sandworm used its forelimbs to resist the attack of the colorful python.

Fang Yue seized this opportunity, picked up the spear again, and rushed towards the wound in the sandworm's abdomen.

This time, he gathered all the vitality in his body on the spear, and the spear emitted a dazzling light.

He suddenly stabbed the spear deep into the wound in the sandworm's abdomen and stirred it vigorously.

The sandworm let out a shrill scream, and its huge body fell down with a bang, raising dust all over the sky.

As the huge body of the sandworm fell to the ground with a bang, the raised dust gradually fell. Fang Yue and the fox girl's tense nerves relaxed a little, but they were both extremely tired.

Fang Yue looked at the fox girl and was about to speak, but found that the fox girl's expression was a little strange.

He followed the fox girl's gaze and saw that the ribbon in her hand had become dull, the original lively color disappeared, and there were many damaged places on it, as if it had lost its vitality.

"My ribbon..."

The fox girl's voice was a little sad.

This ribbon has been with her for many years. It is a relic left by her mother and one of the three secret treasures of the fox clan.

Unexpectedly, it was damaged here today.

The fox clan was almost wiped out, and now the important secret treasure of the clan has also suffered such a heavy blow. The fox girl's heart is full of self-blame and pain.

She gently stroked the damaged part of the ribbon, as if she could feel the remaining breath of her mother gradually dissipating.

Fang Yue watched silently from the side. He knew the meaning of this ribbon to the fox girl. It was not only a magic weapon, but also the sustenance of her emotions and the symbol of her family.

"We must have a way to repair it." Fang Yue said firmly, trying to comfort the fox girl.

The fox girl shook her head slightly, with tears in her eyes: "This is a treasure passed down by the ancestors of the fox clan. The power and secrets contained in it cannot be easily repaired. Moreover, the fox clan is now declining, and most of the clan members who know how to repair it are no longer here."

After a while, the fox girl put away the ribbon, and then looked at Fang Yue, her eyes were much firmer.

"Let's hurry up and find a way to leave here and go to the human world as soon as possible."

Fang Yue nodded. He knew that this was not the time to immerse himself in sadness. After a brief rest, the two men walked towards the depths of the mysterious ruins, hoping to find clues to leave here.

Along the way, the two did not speak, only the rustling sound of footsteps on the sand.

The ancient ruins around them looked more and more vicissitudes under the erosion of time, and the vague patterns on the walls seemed to be silently telling the glory and mystery of the past.     After walking for a long time, they came to the core area of ​​the ruins. The architectural style here is more magnificent. The huge stone pillars are engraved with fine reliefs. Although some parts have been eroded by wind and sand, the exquisite craftsmanship can still be seen.

The two stopped and carefully observed everything around them.

Not long after, the fox girl pointed to a relief and said: "Look at these patterns, it depicts a prosperous country, people wear gorgeous clothes, and there are gold decorations everywhere. This seems to be the golden country in the rumors of the demon world?"

"Golden country?" Fang Yue asked puzzledly.

He has been to the demon world several times, and has never heard of this so-called golden country.

At this time, it is still the first time to hear about it.

The fox girl nodded slightly, with a flash of reminiscence in her eyes: "This golden country has appeared in the ancient legends of our fox clan.

It is said that this place was once extremely prosperous, and gold was just the most common thing. They possessed a mysterious and powerful power, which was enough to change the fate of the entire demon world and even more worlds.

But for some reason, this country suddenly disappeared. I didn't expect that we would accidentally enter here today."

Fang Yue nodded slightly, but no matter what happened to this golden country.

Now there is obviously only a ruin here, and there are no valuable items.

The most urgent thing is to find a way to leave here and go to the human world.

The fox girl shook her head gently: "There must be clues here. This country was once so powerful that it would not leave nothing behind. Perhaps the secrets of the disappearance are hidden in these seemingly ordinary ruins and reliefs."

As she said, she walked towards a stone pillar and gently brushed her fingers over the blurred patterns on the relief.

Fang Yue followed her, looking at her focused expression, and began to re-examine the surrounding environment.

He tapped the ground lightly with his spear, feeling the vibration from the ground, trying to determine whether there was an underground space or hidden mechanism.

Not far away, Fang Yue found a stone slab on the ground that was different from the surrounding ones. Its color was slightly darker and there were some strange patterns on it.

He squatted down and carefully observed these patterns, and found that they seemed to be similar to some symbols in the relief on the stone pillar.

"Fox girl, come and see." Fang Yue shouted.

The fox girl walked quickly and saw the patterns on the stone slab. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes: "These patterns may be the key to open a passage or secret room. Let's try to crack it."

They began to study the connection between these patterns and the relief symbols.

After some comparison and thinking, the fox girl found that these patterns were actually arranged in a special order, and this order was hinted in a relief depicting the sacrificial ceremony of the Kingdom of Gold.

"Touching these patterns in this order may open it." The fox girl said.

Fang Yue gently touched the patterns on the stone slab with his spear in the order the fox girl said.

When the last pattern was touched, the stone slab made a low roar, then slowly moved away, revealing a staircase leading down.

An ancient and mysterious breath came from under the stairs.

"There should be what we are looking for down there." Fang Yue said.

They walked down the stairs carefully.

The walls on both sides of the stairs were inlaid with some crystals emitting faint light, illuminating the way forward.

The further down they went, the more humid the air became, and there was also a stale smell.

At the end of the stairs, they came to a huge basement.

The basement was filled with various boxes and shelves, on which many items were placed, including ancient books and strange-shaped instruments.

Unfortunately, although these things were exquisite, they all turned into dust with just a breeze.

Fang Yue and the fox girl looked at the items that turned into dust. Although they felt regretful, the determination in their eyes did not diminish.

They knew that they could not stop here.

The two continued to walk deeper into the basement, and a narrow passage appeared in front of them. From time to time, a faint fluorescent light flashed on the walls of the passage, as if the ancient runes were breathing.

As they walked along the passage, they could feel the air around them becoming more and more solemn, as if hiding countless pairs of prying eyes.

After walking for a while, the passage began to widen, and a huge stone door appeared in front of them.

The stone door was engraved with complex patterns, with dragons and phoenixes flying, and immortals fighting. Each pattern was vivid, as if telling an ancient legend.

There was a circular groove in the center of the stone door, and some strange symbols surrounded the groove.

"This stone door looks like it needs something special to open it." Fang Yue walked forward and carefully observed the grooves and symbols on the stone door.

The fox girl was also thinking on the side: "These symbols seem to be a little different from what we saw before, maybe we need to look for clues from other places."

They looked for clues around the stone door, and on the wall on one side of the stone door, the fox girl found a small mural.

The mural depicts a sacrificial scene, with a round object on the altar, the object emitting light, and people around worshiping.

And the shape of this round object is exactly the same as the groove on the stone door.

"It seems that we need to find this round thing to open the stone door." The fox girl said.

Just as they were about to continue searching, the stone door suddenly vibrated, and the runes on the door flickered, as if something behind the door wanted to break free.

Fang Yue and the fox girl immediately prepared for battle and stared at the stone door vigilantly.

As the vibration became more and more intense, some small cracks appeared on the stone door, and a powerful force surged from the cracks, pushing Fang Yue and the fox girl back.

Some black tentacles gradually stretched out from the cracks, twisting and attacking them.

Fang Yue waved his spear, and the spear light flashed, cutting off several tentacles.

But more tentacles surged out of the cracks and rushed towards them densely.

The fox girl cast a spell, and flames spurted out from her hands, burning the tentacles.

However, these tentacles seemed to have tenacious vitality. After being cut off or burned, they quickly grew out again.

"This is not a solution. We have to find a way to stop them from coming out." Fang Yue shouted.

The fox girl looked at the cracks on the stone door that were expanding, and she had an idea: "Let's try to attack the runes on the stone door, maybe we can stop them."

The two of them concentrated their strength and attacked the runes on the stone door. Fang Yue's spear stabbed out sharp spear light, and the fox girl's spells continued to bombard the runes.

Under their attack, the runes on the stone door flickered, and the speed of the tentacles gradually slowed down.

After a hard fight, they finally succeeded in stopping the tentacles from pouring out. The cracks on the stone door also stopped expanding, and the surroundings returned to calm. (End of this chapter)