The white-haired old man in the canvas is dressed like a traveler, wearing a tan robe and a tall pointed hat, curled up motionlessly on the ground in the corner.
His face was still frozen with fear, as if he was stuck in the last moment of being trapped in the painting. He was still holding a backpack tightly in his arms, with some scrolls sticking out of the pockets on both sides.
"Master Carmen?"
Chen Lun stood in front of the easel and called out in a deep voice.
He wiped the blood off his face with a handkerchief and deliberately controlled his gaze so as not to look at the terrifying yellow-robed figure on the canvas.
However, there was silence all around, and the old man in the painting showed no reaction.
Chen Lun frowned. He had no idea whether Carmen could sense the movements of the outside world. The only thing he could be sure of was that she was not dead, otherwise the A-level mission he had received from Ms. Fredetri would have been considered a failure.
'How can I save Him from the painting...'
He suddenly felt the situation was difficult.
Chen Lun looked around and searched the room thoroughly, trying to find some clues, but unfortunately, there was nothing here, nothing worth noting.
He sighed and returned to the easel.
But at this moment, Chen Lun seemed to have noticed something, and his eyes turned to the old man in the corner of the canvas with a serious expression.
'There should be a scroll on the side of the backpack he was holding, why is it gone now?'
Soon, he found a corner of the scroll that was pressed down under the old man's body. When he unfolded the exposed part, there seemed to be some extremely tiny words written in blood.
'Carmen can sense the movements of the outside world. She just heard my call, so she is sending me a message...'
Chen Lun had some understanding.
He immediately looked closely at the words on the scroll, wanting to know what message the other party was conveying.
But maybe it was because Carmen was too weak or for some other reason, the words written on it were not complete sentences, but some crooked words such as "Clarenso", "power faded" and "supplement".
Chen Lun carefully read the bloody words several times and began to think secretly.
'Carmen's hint... maybe she wants to tell me that Clarenso's painting not only records and captures the scene at that time, but also freezes time and space, reproducing a world within a painting... But as time goes by, Clarenso's power is constantly fading, so that the space in the painting can no longer be preserved, and Carmen has lost the opportunity to come back... If you want to save Him, you must replenish the painting's power?'
He reasoned in his mind.
Then he frowned again.
"If that's the case... Clarenso is a god-level angel, how can I replenish his power?"
After letting out a long sigh, Chen Lun couldn't help but feel powerless.
He looked at the easel in front of him, not daring to act rashly... Perhaps when Carmen first came here, she touched the canvas and was dragged in forcibly, eventually trapped to death.
"Master Carmen, can you give me some more hints? How can I find Clarenso's power..."
Chen Lun asked, facing the easel, several meters away.
Time passed, and nearly ten minutes had passed, but the scene on the canvas remained unchanged. Chen Lun was a little disappointed, but in the blink of an eye, Carmen's expression changed from fear to pain.
On the scroll beneath him, another word appeared:
"Dream world."
"Are you going to the dream world to look for Clarenso?"
Chen Lun was suddenly shocked.
His face darkened and he immediately gave up the idea.
Let's not talk about the danger level of the dream world. Even if he wanted to go, he could not guarantee that he would not be caught by the Sigh Lady who guarded the "Door of Sleep". After what happened last time, Chen Lun no longer wanted to face this terrifying existence.
But soon, he thought of something.
'Although the mad Clarenso is in the Dream World, the Fairyland is a replica of the Dream World, and the Mad God is also a replica deep in the Crystal Mountains. The danger level of the Fairyland is much lower than that of the Dream World... Maybe I can try my luck there. Even if I encounter irresistible danger, I can leave at any time.'
Chen Lun pondered for a while and finally decided on this idea.
He slowly turned around, left the top floor room, retreated downstairs, found a corner to sit on the floor, leaned against the wall, took out "Philip's Adventures in Wonderland", and opened it.
Crash...
A white light flashed, and Chen Lun immediately entered the fairyland.
He closed his eyes and meditated, using his mind to connect to a wooden house deep in the Crystal Mountains and teleport. When he opened his eyes again, Chen Lun stood up from the chair with a calm expression, opened the door and walked out.
What came into view was the endless black mountains with no vegetation. The spiritual intuition sent a warning, pointing directly to a canyon on the right.
"I have thoroughly explored the Crystal Mountains before, and the only thing left is the crack deep in the canyon... Clarenso should be inside."
Chen Lun immediately took off into the air and flew towards the canyon.
After a moment.
He once again came to the bottom of the canyon and stood in front of the huge crack.
Even though he could feel a terrifying aura coming from the darkness, he did not hesitate. He took a deep breath and jumped directly in.
A feeling of weightlessness ensued, and Chen Lun used the air walk skill in time to control the speed of falling... After a period of darkness, his vision gradually began to see light.
'Is that... azurite?'
Chen Lun's pupils shrank slightly.
As his body continued to fall, he saw that the uneven rock walls around him were covered with blue lenses. They were densely packed and filled his field of vision. They were the power cores in the bodies of the statue monsters on the peaks of the Crystal Mountains!
This incalculable number of azurites flashed with dazzling light, illuminating the dark environment at the bottom of the abyss.
Chen Lun couldn't suppress his inner ecstasy. This was another treasure land he had discovered after the Longli Stone vein under the Haze Plain! Originally, he had given up on studying this kind of extraordinary material because of the rarity of the azurite and the difficulty of obtaining it. But now it seems that this path is completely feasible!
"But it's not possible yet... There's the Mad God Clarenso lurking down here. Only when I'm promoted to a higher position will I have enough confidence to slowly mine these ores."
Chen Lun suppressed his desire and calmed himself down.
At the same time, he did not forget the purpose of his trip, which was to find the object containing Clarenso's power... He should be careful in this process and it would be best not to be discovered. Otherwise, with the huge gap between the two sides, even if the god of the mural in the fairyland was just a replica, he would most likely be killed instantly.
After a moment.
Chen Lun reached the bottom of the abyss. To avoid making any noise, he continued to walk in the air, floating in the air.
It was extremely dead here, with no living creatures to be seen. Only the countless azurite crystals sparkled brightly on the mountain walls.
The warning from spiritual intuition became stronger and stronger, but Chen Lun used reverse thinking and flew in the direction where the warning was strongest, because this was the fastest way to find Clarenso.
After flying for an unknown amount of time at the bottom of the silent abyss, Chen Lun finally arrived at another more spacious area after many twists and turns.
He looked up and his breath stopped.
A humanoid blue crystal was standing in front of him, looking lifelike, just like a real person. Its appearance particularly attracted Chen Lun's attention, with delicate features, mature face, and even eyes full of melancholy, vicissitudes and wisdom, which were also very vivid...
'This statue is modeled after Lady Frederic...'
This thought flashed through Chen Lun’s mind.
At the same time, he was amazed that the entire statue was made of azurite.
Squeak—
Suddenly, the azure statue came to life, frowned slightly, raised its hand and extended its index finger, pointing it at Chen Lun. A deep beam of blue and green light burst out from its fingertips, containing terrifying power!
The beam of light arrived in an instant, and Chen Lun's face changed drastically. He didn't want to take this devastating blow, so he immediately used teleportation to dodge.
whoosh!
His figure appeared on the other side of the statue, but the statue seemed to have predicted it. It waved its hand without even turning its head, and an arc-shaped light blade like emerald attacked again.
Boom!
Chen Lun immediately entered the Pale Knight form and teleported away again. The emerald blade passed over him and sank into the rock wall with a hiss, shattering all the azurite on it and cutting out a bottomless mark.
The surroundings began to shake, and Chen Lun's heart sank.
'The destructive power of this statue is probably greater than that of an ordinary saint incarnation...'
If he were to be hit by that emerald light, his defense, which he was so proud of, would most likely be unable to withstand it, and he would be cut in half on the spot, seriously injured.
Even though his recovery ability is amazing, the statue will not give him time to breathe. In an instant, it will emit overwhelming light to attack and submerge him.
Chen Lun teleported again and appeared in front of the statue. He raised the huge sword burning with purple-red flames and chopped it down on the head.
Without seeing the statue move, a emerald light curtain rose from the ground and blocked one side of it.
Buzz!
The energy of the emerald light curtain was so strong that it offset all the slashing and flames, and Chen Lun returned empty-handed.
"It's too noisy... We must resolve this quickly!"
Chen Lun said inwardly, with a flash of determination in his eyes.
His left arm exploded instantly, transforming into a group of pale snakes that rolled forward, wrapping up the emerald light curtain and the statue, trapping the opponent in place.
Then Chen Lun split his left arm and teleported back a hundred meters. He thrust the giant sword into the ground with his right hand, and then a translucent "Boundary Annihilation Card" quietly appeared between his fingers, burning with a dark blue flame, and flew straight towards the statue entangled by the pale snake group.
Buzz—
A huge, dark and gloomy polyhedron suddenly appeared and instantly swallowed up the statue.
You killed "Clarenso's Masterpiece" and gained 50,000 experience points!
A prompt came from the panel, and Chen Lun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, in the next second, the ground shook violently.
The warning of his spiritual intuition instantly reached its peak. Chen Lun thought to himself that something was wrong. He looked up and saw that the black polyhedron had collapsed into a point and disappeared...
In the dim light that was originally blocked by it, hundreds of blue statues appeared at some point. All of them looked like Lady Fredetri. They looked at Chen Lun expressionlessly and walked towards him.
Further behind them, a huge crystal mask that shone with countless deep blue luster emerged from the shadows and hovered in the air.
Chen Lun felt his hair stand on end as he stared blankly at the huge crystal mask.
Because behind the mask, there was an irregular head that was several times larger than the mask! Countless mouths grew on the surface of the head, twisting, trembling, opening and closing constantly, chanting in unison, praising the great poem:
“You are the inscriber of epics, you are the gorgeous Scorpio, you are the king of seven colors… Praise the mural paradise that never ends and immerses those who stop by!”
Chen Lun's scalp suddenly felt numb.