The harsh sound made Xiaya's scalp numb as if it was shaking. The sound seemed to fall on the top of his head, and it had a strong reverberation, which made people listen to it, and there seemed to be a buzzing sound in the ears.
The thick fog around them quickly dissipated, and everything quickly became clear.
Xia Ya looked around, but found that there was a bright purple light all around.
The surroundings seemed to be a world glowing with purple light. This is a huge crystal cave, surrounded by purple crystals, and the crystals are transformed with light, which makes people seem to be covered with a purple halo.
The area of this crystal cave is far beyond Xiaya's expectations. In my memory, I am afraid that the square in front of the imperial palace in the imperial capital is not so big...
What surprised Xia even more was that he stood in the center of the crystal cave and looked up. The top of his head was the huge hole he had come down from, and he didn't know how deep it was. The surrounding crystals are directly exposed in the air, forming all kinds of strange shapes, some are convex, some are round and smooth, and some seem to be the shape of various creatures, which can be regarded as strange.
It's just that the thick fog dissipated, and Xiaya found that he was standing there, and his companions, Dodoro and Darwin, were not far from him. It's just that Dodoro was already lying on the ground, his eyes were closed, and he muttered to himself.
And Darwin's appearance is even more strange.
This guy just stood there, staring straight ahead with dull eyes, chanting words in his mouth, as if he had lost his soul.
Xia Ya looked up and looked around, but couldn't find the source of the harsh sound, so she had to walk over first, lifted Dotolo on the ground, and pushed hard twice before Dodo finally snorted a few times and slowly opened it. His eyes came, his speech was slurred, his eyelids rolled, he glanced at Xia Ya, and said, "Yi? Master, you also come to my ceremony..."
Xia Ya said angrily: "What ceremony, are you in a daze?" After saying that, he simply stretched out his hand and slapped Duo Duo Luo's face twice, Duo Duo Luo cried out in pain, only this time. When he was really awake, he jumped up abruptly, looked around, his eyes widened, he made a fuss, and finally looked at Xiaya with a frustrated face: "Ah, alas... So I was dreaming? Alas, this, this can be…”
"Dream? What dream did you have?" Xia Ya's heart moved.
Duoduo Qi Ai seemed a little embarrassed, but after Xia Ya glared at him, the magician said with a sad face: "Master, I feel like I have returned to the Imperial Magic Academy in a daze. The elders of the academy say that I have outstanding achievements, powerful magic, and unanimous agreement. If you want to recommend me to be the Great Magister of the Magic Academy, that... that... I am the most humble person. You know me, so of course I will refuse, but the elders insisted again and again, only saying that I was a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. Magic genius, the Magic Academy can only be carried forward under my leadership. I heard that it is such an important burden, that... My personal honor and shame are small, and it is a big thing to carry forward the light of magic. In the end... At their strong request Come on, I had to agree sloppily. When I was about to hold the inauguration ceremony, I opened my eyes, you, you... you just... "
Xia Ya sighed and waved his hand: "Okay, we are caught in someone else's trap! Hehe, it's a good trick! Such an illusion magic actually fascinated the three of us!"
Saying that, Xi Ya walked over and looked at Darwin who was still stunned there. He was about to reach out to push Darwin, but before his fingers touched Darwin's clothes, he suddenly shrank back.
Darwin's muttered words caught Xiaya's attention. He turned his head and listened carefully, and his face became a little weird.
I only heard Darwin's mouth, faintly intermittent, but it seemed to be such a few words: "I don't believe it, I don't believe it... I don't believe it... I don't believe it..."
Xiaya frowned. This Darwin's mind was the deepest. He became a companion with such a guy, but he was always on guard in his heart. God knows when this guy will secretly trick and sell himself.
Although this illusion in everyone just now does not really make people fall into their own dream consciousness, it seems to inspire people to see some of their subconsciousness and inner secrets. Now Darwin has not woken up, it is precisely Best chance to spy on this guy.
But... what he said "don't believe it" made Xiaya unable to guess what it meant.
Xia Ya was standing there thinking, and Dodoro said carefully from behind: "Well, sir, don't we wake him up?"
Xia Ya glanced back at Duodoro and rolled his eyes: "Don't be busy now. Well, you stand here and look at him, I'll go ahead and take a look." After speaking, she clenched the fire fork, and said solemnly: "The opponent Just spying on us in the dark, be careful, and don't take other people's way! Hey, that illusion just now is quite powerful!"
Duo Duo Luo's face suddenly turned pale, his legs were weak, and he shivered: "That, sir, let's..."
"Shut up, stand here and don't move!" Xia snorted and walked forward with the fire fork across.
This amethyst cave is extremely wide, and when you look around, it seems that everything is a world of crystals. Xiaya walked forward in this cave for a while, looked back, and saw the figure of Dotara in the distance. Can't stand anymore, but squatted there. Seeing Xia Ya walking away, Duoduo couldn't help shouting, "Master, there's nothing going on in front, right?"
"Just stand there and don't move!!" Xia Ya's brows tightened together.
There seems to be nothing but amethyst in this cave, and even the sound of casting illusion magic on him just now, I don't know where it came from. There is also the head of the previous huge ancient dragon, which did not appear here, and I do not know where it went.
But the problem is, in this amethyst cave, there is no other entrance or exit except the hole above the head where the group of people came down. Where did the skull and skeleton of the huge ancient dragon go
Did it just disappear out of thin air in the air
Looking around for a while, Xiaya suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart. He only felt that he was standing in this crystal cave, and he always felt that something was weird. .
After walking around for a while, apart from the purple crystals all over the place, he found nothing else. Char Ya sighed, and finally turned around and walked back, thinking to himself: It seems that Darwin needs to be woken up, that Although the guy needs to be on guard, he has to admit that he is indeed extremely smart, and maybe he can see through the problems he can't see.
Just walking back, after a few steps, Xiaya suddenly stopped, as if a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his heart! The strange feeling in my heart suddenly became clear!
He immediately widened his eyes and looked at a huge amethyst beside him. It was four or five meters high. Xiaya immediately turned over and jumped up. Come.
"Ah! I understand!!"
Xia Ya patted his head hard and shouted loudly: "I see it! Here, there is something weird here!!"
He took a deep breath, and his expression became more and more excited.
round! This place is round! !
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Ordinary caves, if they are circular, are not surprising. Most of the caves are in the shape of an arch, which is nothing special, but the purple crystal cave where Char is currently located, whether you look left or right, the cave is also in the shape of an arch, like an upside down one. bowl.
But the problem is, the edge of this cave is too round!
It was as if it was planned out with a ruler. The round one has no flaws, no deformation at all, just a standard circle!
With such a standard rounded shape, Char would never believe it was naturally formed!
Even though there are occasional temple structures in nature, they will never come up with such a regular circle!
With such a regular dome-shaped cave, there is only one possibility: it was made by man!
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However, this is not an underground palace, but under the crater of an ancient giant volcano! In any case, no one would build an underground palace or any other building in such a place.
But there is a circular crystal hole that was clearly created by humans, so...
Xia took a deep breath: "Could it be... this is the... undead magic magic circle that Darwin said?"
He quickly jumped off the crystal, strode back, grabbed Dodo Luo, and hurriedly said: "Do Douro! How much do you know about the undead magic circle?"
Dotolo was picked up by Xia Ya, shook his neck vigorously, and hurriedly said: "Master, I'm not very good at undead magic, but... but..."
"But what?!"
"However, as long as all magic circles, no matter what type they belong to, as long as they are magic circles, most of them have something in common, and there are always traces to be found. Even if I don't understand undead magic, at least I still understand magic circles. Some. So, as long as it's a magic circle, I can see a little bit of the doorway." Duo Luo said here and glanced at Xi Ya: "What do you mean, here..."
"It should be here!" Xia Ya took a deep breath, but then frowned: "No, if this is a undead magic circle, and, according to Darwin, it is a forbidden spell-level undead magic circle, then... in this magic circle The central hub of the formation should be the place where the dark aura of the undead is the heaviest, and when we stand in such a place, we will be eroded by the dark aura, but why can't I feel the dark aura of the undead at all when I am here?"
Dodoro blinked his eyes and spread his hands: "That, I don't understand either."
Immediately, Xi Ya raised Dotolo to a high place: "Look carefully at this cave, it is surrounded by rounded shapes, it must not be naturally generated! Look at it, is there a huge magic circle here. "
Dotolo was held high by Xia Ya, it is worth hurrying up and looking around. After watching for a while, he nodded: "Yi? It's really round!"
Xia Ya put him down, and Dotolo immediately touched him from his arms, took out something like a folding ruler, put it in front of him, took a look around, and said solemnly: "Master, this place is indeed Kind of weird."
After a pause, Dodoro saw the impatience in Xia Ya's eyes, and then quickly said: "I think, this is probably the center of a magic circle, but... As for whether it is an undead magic circle, I don't know. already."
He pointed to the surroundings and said, "Look, sir... Most of the magic circles have always been arranged according to the pattern of the hexagram. The hexagram, on the horns of the six star horns, if you connect the six points with an arc , which happens to be a standard circle. For the formation of the magic circle, the pivot of the magic circle, generally speaking, will be arranged on the tip of one of the six corners, of course, it may also be arranged on the In the center of the hexagram, it all depends on the preferences of the magician who sets up the magic circle or the strength of his ability. But…”
"But what?"
Dotolo frowned and said: "But, generally speaking, the location of the hub will have special things, that is, the materials needed to arrange the magic circle. Although most of the magic circles are arranged with crystals, at the location of the hub, there will be Something that puts the magician's mark on it, like a magic scroll, or a badge with magic power, or something else. But here..."
Having said that, Dotolo looked around a little embarrassedly, but it is not difficult to understand what he meant: there is nothing but crystals here.
Xia looked at Dodoro: "You mean, there is no hub here?"
"Yes, the so-called hub is actually a switch, a switch left by the magician who arranged the array. It is convenient for the magician to enter and exit the magic array, either on or off. Generally speaking, this is the case. But if there is no hub, that is to say, this magic circle is a 'death circle', and the magician who arranged this magic circle did not think about closing it after he created this circle. However, this But it is against common sense. Because a magic circle is laid out, it takes a lot of materials. After the magic circle is used, these materials can be recycled and kept for future use. So generally speaking, magic When the teacher arranges a magic circle, the hub will be left to keep it in the future. When the magic circle is used, the circle will be closed, and some rare and rare materials will be recycled and taken away. The death circle... In the magic world, Magicians don't do that lightly, unless... unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless it's an endless situation." Duodoro's expression became unusually serious, he hesitated a little, and said in a low voice: "Unless the magician himself feels that the situation is very bad, and this magic circle is arranged. I just made up my mind to die with my opponent, so there is no need to leave a hub for myself to come back and recycle materials in the future, so we will call this formation a 'death formation'."
Speaking of this, Dodo Luo suddenly said again: "There is another one, which is also very strange, that is... it is the crystal here."
He sighed: "I have never seen so many amethysts in my life. Master, amethyst is a very rare and precious thing. For any magician, the value of amethyst is an extremely expensive magic material. But amethyst mines have always been relatively rare in this world. I thought this place was a natural underground cave just now. If this is a natural amethyst mine, it would not be surprising. It would be strange to be sure that this is a man-made magic circle! At least I can be sure that even the most powerful magician, even a strong magician of the level of Mr. Merlin, will definitely There is no capital to create so many amethysts to arrange a magic circle! Whether it is in the past or in the future, it is absolutely impossible for any magician to have such terrifying financial resources to create such a huge amethyst magic circle! Even I can Said, even if the inventory of the Imperial Academy of Magic is now emptied, I am afraid that the inventory of the entire Imperial Academy of Magic, as well as the private collections of those senior archmages, are all taken out and piled together, I am afraid that there will not be so much purple. Come on crystals! Don't say so much, I'm afraid I can't even make up one tenth! Magicians are richer than ordinary people, and even compared to many nobles, but magicians are absolutely impossible to be so rich. degree."
Xiaya nodded, and felt that Duodoro's words also made sense: "Then, do you think that there are so many amethysts here..."
"I don't know." Dodoro sighed: "When I was studying at the Magic Academy, when I was studying the theory of magic circles, the Magic Academy had a document that listed all the great, rare and legendary magic circles in history. It came out and recorded the most famous and representative formations. Which great magician used to write these formations, in what era did they appear, and what greatness did they cause in history? The influence of , what huge things have been affected, all this has been recorded. But in the knowledge of magic circles I learned, such a huge amethyst magic circle has never been recorded. Such a huge amethyst magic circle, even if It is impossible to devote the financial resources of a country.”
The two looked at each other in dismay.
Just as Xia Ya was about to ask, she suddenly heard a deep sigh from behind.
"Don't make it difficult for this little magician."
Darwin was behind him, he had opened his eyes, his voice was a little hoarse, and he looked at Xia coldly: "I know the origin of this formation... Hmph, so many amethysts, of course it can't be human magic. It was made by the teacher. The only person in the world who can make so many amethysts is the dragon family! Don't forget, the dragon family has a long lifespan, and their nature likes to collect all kinds of treasures! Only the dragon family can come up with so many amethysts. "
Saying that, Darwin has come over slowly, with his hands behind his back. As he walked step by step, something like sparks flashed in his eyes, and when he walked in front of the two, Darwin took a deep breath. : "Okay, do you have any questions?"
Xiaya frowned and looked at Darwin: "Are you awake? When did you wake up?"
Darwin seemed to smile: "It's been a long time since I woke up."
The smile on his face fell into Xia Ya's eyes, and suddenly it became so weird!
Xia Ya suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart, and was about to speak when Darwin suddenly took a step forward! At this moment, his figure is actually as fast as lightning, so fast!
Darwin suddenly posted it, and Xiaya immediately realized that it was not good, and immediately stepped back. At the same time, he had already grabbed Dodoro's arm with one hand and pulled Dodoro behind him.
But at this moment, Dodoro had already screamed! Blood light sprayed out from his chest, Darwin had a dagger in his hand, and it had stabbed in from behind Dodoro, and the sword edge came out through his chest!
Xia Ya shouted, and stabbed the fire fork in his hand, but when the fire fork passed, Darwin's body suddenly disappeared in front of his eyes, the shadow flickered, and he appeared more than ten meters away, and his body was suspended in the air , the whole body is surrounded by a black aura!
Xia Ya hurriedly hugged Dodo Luo, Dodo Luo was pierced by a sword, and he had already fainted from pain, and the blood flowed non-stop, and his robe was suddenly stained red with blood. Xia Ya was furious in her heart, and tore Dodoro's clothes with all her might. Seeing the poor magician, the sword sore on his chest was about half an inch wide, and the blood flowed continuously. Xia Ya's hand pressed hard on it, but how could he stop the bleeding? flow
Just in a hurry, Duoduo suddenly woke up a little, the magician's eyes barely opened a line, looked down at his wound, and took a deep breath, although the sound of pain was shaking, but he finally uttered intermittently. A little mantra.
Soon, a cloud of milky white light appeared on his body. Under the milky white light, although the wound did not heal immediately, the flow of blood finally stopped. Xia hurriedly tore off Dodoro's robe, and forcefully Cover the wound.
Duoduo took a breath and said in a trembling voice, "Old, sir, I..."
"Don't worry, I'm here, you can't die! I'll take you back alive!" Xia gritted his teeth, put Dodolo down gently, raised his head, and stared at Darwin in the distance.
At this moment, Darwin's body was still suspended in mid-air, and the black energy around his body became more and more intense, in contrast to the sharp contrast formed by the purple crystal light around him. What surprised Xia even more was that behind Darwin's body, in the black air, there was a pair of white bone wings that were slowly forming in the black air and slowly appearing.
"Darwin! You bastard, what are you trying to do!!" Xia Ya's eyes already showed murderous intent.
Darwin, who was in the dark, didn't answer, but raised his head. His blond hair suddenly turned black, and the hair was still growing frantically, and it soon dragged to his feet. The pair of bone wings behind him have been slowly opened, and they fluttered twice in mid-air, and the body rose even higher.
What surprised Xia was that Darwin's eyes seemed to become more and more strange, and the eyes seemed to be green! From a distance, it seems like two strange green fires are flashing!
Xia Ya's heart suddenly sank, and he lost his voice: "Ah! You, you are not Darwin! You! What are you?!"
Darwin finally opened his mouth slowly, his voice was harsh and hoarse, and Jie Jie laughed a few times. The sound was harsh, but it was immediately recognized by Xia Ya!
"Me? You woke me up, don't you know me now!"
I don't know why, the piercing laughter fell in my ears, making Xia Ya's heart uncontrollable for a while, and his mood became extremely impetuous, and he couldn't help but scolded: "I don't care if you are. What the hell! I'll stab you into a hole with one fork!"
After he finished speaking, he had already shouted loudly and flew up!
The man was in the air, and the fire fork in Xia Ya's hand had been stabbed out into the air, and the red crimson murderous aura appeared on him, and suddenly the red light flashed, and a red lightning struck Darwin head-on!
Darwin was suspended in mid-air, seeing the red light coming in front of him, but he didn't dodge, but the two bone wings behind him suddenly gathered, wrapping his body in them.
The red light immediately hit the bone wing directly, and immediately heard a loud bang, and Xiaya felt the strong airflow in front of him, and in the roar, it seemed that Darwin was blushing and murderous. It was smashed to pieces in the red light!
But after the red light faded, Xiaya looked forward and saw Darwin's body, still floating in mid-air intact! That pair of bone wings is open, let alone any damage, not even a small piece of bone is missing!
In Darwin's eyes, the green fire light became brighter and brighter, and he seemed to take a deep breath of relief: "What a powerful and pure power! Hahaha! After waiting for so long! I'm already hungry! Such pure power, to me, is the best meal!"
Xia Ya was shocked and angry in her heart. Instinctively, she stood up and prepared to raise her hand and attack again. But suddenly a lightning-like thought came into his heart. This strong thought forcibly suppressed the desire to attack. Xia Ya stood firm and pointed into the distance: "You, what are you?!"
"Hey, very smart guy, do you know that you can't take the initiative to attack me?" Darwin laughed sharply, as if some kind of beast was grinding his teeth: "Even if you don't attack me, can't I swallow you!"