The so-called ice coffin actually has nothing to do with ice and snow. It is a three-meter square metal cube frame. Each side of the cube is a blue barrier, making the cube look like a huge ice block. There is a bed inside the ice coffin, and Emperor Rick is lying on it wearing a white wizard robe embroidered with a black dragon.
He had long blond hair like the Adan brothers and sisters, but it was already a lot of white hair. His face was angular, but it was covered with wrinkles. He was an old middle-aged man. He lay there without any breath, and it was impossible to tell whether he was dead or alive.
When Luo Ling and the other two broke into the room, Adam was studying how to open the ice coffin through the control array on the side. He was really shocked when he saw Luo Ling walk in.
"How could you possibly get in? I clearly closed the secret door."
"As the old saying goes: If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. Not only did we crack the door, we also heard everything you said afterwards." Ji Yijun said, "Mr. A Dan, you are not doing things in a decent way."
"You... heard everything?" A'dan's expression calmed down, and he looked at the three people who came in with a frown.
"Yes, the holy book, bloodline, and devouring. It's like writing a novel." Ji Yijun said in an exaggerated tone.
"It seems that I was really careless." Adam raised his right hand slightly and wanted to touch the hilt of the sword, but found that everyone's eyes were on his hand.
Aola took a step forward and whispered, "Brother, don't... We can talk to Lord Luo Ling."
"Oh, you want to fight. Do you think we are afraid of you? We have warriors, mages, and assistants, and you only have two warriors. Besides, Ola doesn't want to fight us at all, right? Are you going to use your body to resist the magic alone?" Although Ji Yijun said this carelessly, his right hand was on the hilt of the sword before the other party.
At this time, Luo Ling said, "Mr. A Dan, everything depends on you now. Although what Ji Yijun said today was unpleasant, every word made sense. You were the one who deceived us in the beginning.
If you really want to use force, I will accompany you. We Chinese are not afraid of trouble. If you want to talk, then release the control array first. We can discuss other issues slowly, but don't open the ice coffin until we have studied it carefully. "
Adam placed his hand on the control array and asked, "It seems you are afraid of Rick?"
"No, if he really wants to attack, you two will be the first to suffer because you are so close to him. We saw the dwarf's words in the cell. I think it's not that simple for Emperor Rick to lie here. I am worried that rash actions will end this expedition in tragedy and we will lose a partner.
Although you, our partner, have just deceived us, we have fought side by side after all. For Miss Aura's sake, I am willing to give you another chance."
"Hmph." A Dan slowly put down his hand, "Tell me what you want."
"It's simple. If we can really find the holy book, we want to study it together and use it together."
"This is not fair!" Adam waved his hand and said, "This is our family's heritage."
"No, this is first and foremost the inheritance of the Seven Holy Pagodas. Your ancestors only got it by chance and did not carry it forward. Not to mention that you have lost it now, making it an ownerless object in the ruins."
"You are so greedy."
"Besides, you haven't found a suitable magician to study the holy book together, right? Those magic towers around you betrayed your family in the first place, otherwise you wouldn't have found me."
"Then why didn't I devour your spiritual power?"
Luo Ling smiled instead of getting angry. She took out a scroll from her space bag slowly and held it in her hand. "If you can't suppress this thought, why don't you give it a try?"
Adam stared at the scroll with his eyes wandering. The mage's methods were too unpredictable and too difficult to guard against. Even though he was a high-level warrior, he didn't dare to say that he could definitely defeat the mid-level mage in front of him.
"For a magician, it is not enough to have strong mental power. Methodology and knowledge inheritance are equally important. Just like when entering the ruins, the questions answered by Ms. Luo Ling are not something that a magician without true inheritance can do." Morey said on the side.
"You guys are really sharp-tongued."
However, it was not Adam who said this, but the deep voice of a middle-aged man.
Everyone's heart sank when they heard this sudden voice. Adam turned around suddenly and saw that Emperor Rick in the ice coffin had sat up from the bed and was staring at him intently.
Adam wanted to draw his sword, but found that his body seemed to be stuck in a quagmire. An unknown force came from nowhere and fell on him, making his movements extremely slow. The action of drawing the sword, which originally took a few fractions of a second, now took a full half minute.
Although all the other people present did not face the crushing of the realm like Adam, they all felt that their bodies and minds were under double oppression. Everyone had an illusion that they were at the center of the storm, and would be hit mercilessly as long as they made the slightest movement.
Rick's eyes were not sharp, but they were like a gem under the light, extremely pure when still, and very complex when moving.
Adam finally held the sword in his hand, but he was sweating profusely. He didn't dare to meet Rick's gaze, as if his soul would be stolen as long as he looked into his eyes.
"The power of the saint is so terrifying." Ola murmured. She retreated and leaned against the wall. It seemed that only the wall could support her to stand.
Luo Ling and the other two stood at the entrance of the room, feeling much less pressure. But even so, they all felt like prey being targeted by a predator.
Ji Yijun drew out his sword, took a stance and asked, "Sister Luo Ling, the big boss has been lured out, what should we do?"
Luo Ling closed her eyes and stood still. When she opened her eyes again, Ji Yijun and Mo Lei beside her suddenly felt the pressure relieved.
"Little girl, that's great. You can do this just by relying on intermediate-level strength." Rick was still sitting on the bed, looking far away at Luo Ling. Luo Ling bit her lips and let out a light hum.
"Sister Luo Ling, can you do this? If not, we can just withdraw and let them do whatever they want."
"This level of damage can't hurt me." Luo Ling managed to squeeze out a sound.
Rick smiled and turned his gaze towards Adam and the other man again.
"You two are my descendants, right? It's such a pity that I can't recruit such talented magicians. I have waited for many years, but what I got is a disintegrating team. It seems that the Black Dragon Empire is really no longer viable."