owlsbooks Chapter 1482 Keep moving forward
Chapter 1482 Keep moving forward
Without any warning, the ground where the group was standing suddenly flashed with a strange black light. That black light mixed with the deep darkness around them, forming an even more extreme darkness, which instantly swallowed up all of our lighting balls floating in the air.
Moreover, it was so dark that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face. Even Lei Xiao's [Eyes of the Stars] and the night vision effects added by other magic scrolls had all lost their effect. He could only see the flickering white candlelight in the distance, but could not reflect the surrounding scene.
The already dim magic ball of light was extinguished in an instant like a candle in the wind, making everything in front of us pitch black. Just as everyone on our side was shocked, the sound of stones falling to the ground suddenly sounded nearby.
For a moment, even though the white candlelight was still flickering in the distance, it was still pitch black around us. We couldn't even see each other. This weird feeling made our scalps numb.
In the extreme darkness, although Lei Xiao didn't know what was happening, he could clearly tell from the sound of shattering that the golem puppets that had just been arranged around him were falling apart.
You know, many of these golem puppets were summoned just before entering here, and they still have a long period of duration. Under normal circumstances, they would never collapse like this.
"Your Majesty, what should we do?"
Faced with this sudden change, Youyou's tone became obviously panicked after trying to release the lighting ball many times without success.
Not only Youyou, but also the rest of our team were at a loss in the dark, not knowing what to do.
In the vast and pitch-black space, only the collapse of the golem puppets continued, constantly blowing everyone's eardrums.
At this moment, a clear golden flame suddenly lit up in front of Lei Xiao, and a pink hooded man was seen holding a glittering lantern, barely illuminating the surrounding environment.
Seeing the light coming back, the tension in our group was obviously relieved a lot, and they all looked around immediately.
I saw that the golem puppets that had been surrounding us had indeed been shattered and were rapidly disappearing. Only a group of three people, three stone elves and Old Guy were left standing.
For a moment, compared with the huge formation just now, the few people have become alone, and compared with the endless darkness around them, they seem insignificant.
"Although this is the work of those hypocritical guys, I was reluctant to use it, but now there is no other way."
The pink hooded man took out a few lanterns that shone with holy golden flames and distributed them to our people one by one.
After taking the lantern, Lei Xiao glanced at the attribute bar and found that this lantern was called the Lamp of Eternity. It was made by the light elves and was said to be able to illuminate all darkness, but it only had a lighting function.
As for why the pink hooded man called the light elves hypocritical, that is obviously not the question that needs to be thought about now.
Through the light of the lantern, Lei Xiao noticed further.
On the ground where our group was, extremely strange black lines appeared, extending into the depths of the darkness. They were the source of the black light just now.
"This is a dark forbidden magic circle that refuses summoning. It can make all summoning scrolls and summoning spells invalid, including the golem puppets that have been summoned."
The pink hooded man was alertly paying attention to his surroundings and said, "Don't forget that the other party is a demon created by the evil god. He not only controls the power of space, but also the powerful dark forbidden power."
"So this is why the golem puppet collapsed."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and after trying to activate several summoning scrolls without success, his expression became more solemn.
Originally, he wanted to rely on the remaining summoning scrolls to increase his chances of fighting the demon, but now everything is out of the question.
Fortunately, we have emerged from the endless darkness with a faint light in our hands.
Just when Lei Xiao calmed his mind and prepared to move on, something strange happened again.
The group of people who were originally in a dense formation suddenly dispersed in all directions. This was not because everyone moved on their own initiative, but because the space was forcibly pulled. Lei Xiao was not unfamiliar with this situation, as he had encountered it before in the hall of the pink hooded man.
"It's not that easy to disperse us by force!"
Almost at the same time, the pink hooded man reacted extremely quickly. He clenched the staff in his hand, and a gray magic circle immediately unfolded under his feet, chasing after our scattered people at a high speed.
When everyone got closer, the giant gray magic circle that was getting bigger and bigger began to shrink inwards at a rapid speed like a rope, and forcibly pulled everyone back.
After the situation was restored to its original state, everyone on our side couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but the man in the pink hood coughed loudly and spurted out a mouthful of blood.
"Your Excellency, are you all right?"
Lei Xiao turned over his palm and handed a few sixth-level healing potions to the other party.
"It's okay, I just used too much force."
The pink hooded man didn't hesitate and swallowed a potion directly.
However, although the pink hooded man spoke calmly, judging from his visibly heavier breathing and constantly shaking shoulders, it was obviously not as simple as overexerting himself.
After seeing this scene, although everyone remained silent, they felt even more awed in their hearts.
After arriving at this unknown space, before we even took a single step forward, most of our combat power was easily wiped out by the opponent, and we were almost forcibly dispersed.
The most important thing is that we didn’t even see the opponent’s face.
For a moment, despite having the glittering lanterns in their hands, everyone felt that the darkness around them was getting deeper and deeper, as if countless pairs of eyes were staring at them in the dark, silent and deadly.
Even though they were extremely nervous, Lei Xiao and the others did not hesitate at all. After adjusting for a moment, they flew towards the depths of darkness without hesitation.
Everyone clearly understood that if they did not continue to move forward, the only outcome for both our powerful men outside and our entire territory would be destruction.
As the flickering white candlelight quickly swept backwards, it didn't take long before everyone arrived in front of a half-open giant bone door.
The giant bone gate was at least ten meters high, tall enough to rival the gate of Ice Stone City. Moreover, the giant gate made of bones was engraved with bone patterns, exuding a weird and twisted atmosphere, which made people feel uncomfortable.
But the crowd obviously had no time to observe all these things, and instead looked straight ahead.
I saw that the giant bone gate was still filled with deep darkness. In addition to the darkness, there was an extremely strong sense of oppression constantly surging from the giant gate, which made people tremble in their hearts.
Seeing this, everyone looked at each other and walked straight into the door.
Thump, thump, thump.
The huge space was dead silent, with only the sound of footsteps echoing in the darkness, which soon dissipated into the depths of the darkness.
When we entered the gate, the huge door suddenly closed, blocking our way. Listening to the dull sound of the door closing, the heart of the man in the pink hood fell to the bottom.
It could keenly sense that what was closed at this time was not just the door in the physical sense, but also the spatial barrier, and its intensity was far beyond expectations.
This undoubtedly means that even for himself, it would be almost impossible to leave here.
After realizing this, the pink hooded man felt like the sky was falling. He had originally thought of running away if he couldn't win, but now he was afraid that he had no choice but to fight to the death with the opponent.
"It seems that the devil is just ahead."
Feeling the extreme darkness spreading in front of him, the pink hooded man wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Lei Xiao and said, "Human boy, this place is also covered with a forbidden summoning array. Summoning a golem puppet is out of the question. You must be prepared to face the devil directly."
"Don't worry, I've already been prepared."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, took another step forward, and said solemnly: "Since we have come to this last step, we must go all out and let our opponents have a taste of our strength."
"Shameless talk!"
As soon as Lei Xiao finished speaking, a hoarse voice filled with murderous intent rang out from the depths of darkness: "Since you are so anxious to die, I will fulfill your wish!"
The sound was deafening, and a tremendous energy wave that could have swept across the heavens and the earth suddenly roared out, like a huge wave, making it almost impossible for the group to stand firm.
While adjusting his body shape, Lei Xiao's eyebrows were tightly furrowed.
When I first saw the pink hooded man, I already had a feeling that there are always higher mountains than the one before, but compared with this energy fluctuation, the former was obviously a little inadequate.
"Don't be afraid, the other party is just bluffing!"
Faced with this extreme pressure, the pink hooded man also lost his temper. Although he was a little lacking in confidence, he still gritted his teeth and said, "I am only one step away from becoming a demigod. Don't think I am afraid of you!"
After saying that, the pink hooded man also unleashed his full might. Although the effect was limited, it still offset a lot of the opponent's pressure, which was enough to allow our group to move freely.
After feeling the pressure relieved, the group flew out again. It didn't take long before a huge black outline vaguely appeared in front of them.
Before everyone could react, the upper part of the giant black outline suddenly opened a dozen pairs of blood-red eyes, and the extreme sense of oppression once again descended from the sky like a raging storm: "How dare you, a tiny ant, look directly at the gods?"
At the same time, on the battlefield within the giant city space, the power of bewitchment also disappeared, causing everything to come to an abrupt end.
The two alliance warriors who were fighting fiercely with the Broken Valley Alliance all stopped. The scarlet in their eyes faded quickly. They looked blankly at the weapons they were waving in their hands, and then put them down. It was obvious that they had no recollection of what had just happened.
"W-what's going on?"
Xina opened her eyes wide and looked at everything in front of her in disbelief.
On the devastated battlefield, there were many withered towering trees, and each of their thick trunks was covered with sword marks and burn marks.
These withered trees formed a circular defense line, like an indestructible fortress.
Outside the fortress, there were strong men from the two alliances and the Broken Valley Alliance mixed together, and many of them fell to the ground whimpering, obviously suffering serious injuries.
Whether from the scene in front of us or from the burnt marks on the ground, it was obvious that a fierce battle had just taken place here.
"Has the other party's control finally ended?"
Gray Old Man, Chris and other strong men of our side walked out from the gaps in the withered giant tree, with gloomy expressions on their faces.
"What just happened? Why do I feel like I passed out?"
Loris rubbed his head and climbed up from the ground, his lion eyes also filled with confusion.
However, when the rainforest leader saw the scene in front of him, he immediately widened his eyes with an expression of disbelief.
While Loris was surprised, Xina came to meet our people and immediately asked: "Everyone, what is this..."
At this moment, the leader of Huangsha felt her brain was in a mess. She seemed to remember something, but also seemed to remember nothing.
"To be honest with you, Chief Huangsha, this is what happened."
Gray Old took a deep breath and described the whole story.
"This must be the devil's trick! I didn't expect him to be so vicious that he would lead us to kill each other!"
Loris looked furious, with veins on his forehead exposed.
"Then what are these withered giant trees..."
Xina asked again in surprise.
"They are the strong men of the Tree People. It is they who stopped those strong men who were bewitched. Otherwise, both sides would have suffered heavy casualties."
Gray Old sighed heavily and responded again.
Just as Elder Hui said, after initially setting up the absolute defense barrier, our already exhausted warriors didn't hold out for long before they could no longer hold on, causing the barrier to shatter.
Just as the strong men from the two alliances came towards us with bloodshot eyes, Shult led the powerful tree men to step forward, transformed into the form of giant trees, and forcibly blocked the opponent's attack.
But the result was obvious. All the powerful treemen, including Shult, eventually became like this.
"Of course, it's not just the tree people who are strong. The strong men of the Broken Valley Alliance also blocked many people who were controlled."
Gray Old Man nodded to the commanders of the Broken Valley Alliance, and after expressing his gratitude, he spoke again.
"It turned out to be like this. We actually swung our sharp blades at the strong men under the command of His Majesty the Human Race. You know, it was His Majesty the Human Race who saved all of us in the black fog without fear of life and death."
After thoroughly understanding the whole story, Sina and Loris were both stunned and looked at each other. (End of this chapter)