The lower body of the statue, the woman's waist, thighs, and ankles, are entangled and bitten by all kinds of strange things that are difficult to describe in detail. Those things seem to be dragging the woman into the abyss, towards hell.
This woman seemed to bear all the evil and pain, but she never fell, so she could continue to smile and open her arms to embrace something.
Although the theme that Tianyang interpreted was relatively positive and active, the way the statue's creator expressed it made him feel uncomfortable.
He walked around the altar and continued to explore deeper into the hall, and soon found a staircase leading underground.
Standing at the entrance, Tianyang could feel the cold wind blowing from the underground area. It was obvious that there was a huge space below.
He extended his thoughts and probed downward, deep into the dark space below.
There was a faint sound of dripping water below, and a distant and empty echo, just as he had expected. When his thoughts followed the stairs to the ground, Tianyang found that the place was very flat and still well preserved.
In the underground area, there are pillars supporting the top. These pillars are shaped like human bodies. The people on these stone pillars are bent over, with their arms bent, using their backs and hands to support the hard rock above.
As his thoughts continued to extend forward, Tianyang felt that there was a door there.
This underground area is connected to other places!
Unfortunately, he could no longer extend his thoughts, but he was sure that there was no danger below, and no dark people were entrenched. And the dark aura he had sensed before seemed to be behind that door.
Tianyang withdrew his perception and continued to drive the black fog to wrap himself. He took two fluorescent sticks as lighting tools and began to walk down the stairs.
He heard his footsteps echoing between the stone steps and in the vast underground space. The sound was not disturbed by anything, but instead highlighted the absolute silence of the underground area.
Tianyang, who was no longer a rookie, kept his mind calm and breathed evenly. His nerves were slightly tense, not relaxed, but not extremely tense either.
After stepping onto the flat ground, Tianyang raised the glow stick high and suddenly felt that something was watching him.
He turned around immediately and found that it was just a mural.
The mural on the wall was covered with dust, making its colors no longer bright, but looking old, weathered and dull.
The mural is full of black sea water, which has submerged buildings, cities, and mountains. In this dark sea water, countless twisted, evil, and terrifying arms are stretched out.
You can tell at first glance that these things are not human. Their arms are holding all kinds of things, mostly humans. It looks like they want to drag the entire world, including all humans, into the black sea.
But above the Black Sea, there is a hazy city. The creator's clever use of color techniques shows that the city is radiating light, and various planets are vaguely appearing in the background of the city, as if it stands in the universe and is rooted among the stars.
In that city of stars, a holy pillar of light rose up, and within the pillar of light was a man with his hands spread out.
And at the bottom of this column of light, and around it, countless humans knelt down and prayed towards this column of light, towards the man who was like a savior.
Above this city, in the void, there are evil, strange, and indescribable figures, heading towards the stars.
The city rushed towards the savior in the holy column of light.
“Is this a real event, or is it the creator’s imagination, expressing his good intentions?”
Since there is no substantial evidence as a reference, Tianyang can only regard this mural as a work of art rather than as a basis for understanding this world.
After staying in the mural for a while, he walked towards the door deep in the hall. The door was not wide, but very tall.
The double doors are made of stone with star patterns on the surface, which looks heavy and gorgeous.
Tianyang tried to push the door, and a loud noise came from inside. After a while, he opened a crack in the door. Tianyang stood in front of the door to communicate with the black fog and extend his perception.
Then I saw that there was a corridor inside.
Tianyang frowned slightly. He couldn't tell that the underground space was so large. It seemed that the residents at that time had dug out the entire underground of the town. This must have been a huge amount of work.
Could it be that they lived down here for a while after the world slid into eternal night
Suddenly, in the black fog model, Tianyang saw figures standing in a hall. Those people were wearing the same clothes as the bodies found in the hall above. They stood in the darkness, motionless.
"It seems that this is the only way we can go. If we go any further, we will disturb the things in the depths. Let's leave it to the knights of the church."
Tianyang did not continue exploring inside. He directly opened the door of the crack, entered the drifting town, and met up with Xingluo.
After resting for a while, he came to the open space on the edge of the town, ready to try something.
When on the 'Poseidon', Tianyang, in addition to practicing the star skill 'Spin', was also considering how to develop his own secret skills.
The only secret skill he possessed now was 'A Flash of Eternity'. Although this secret skill was very practical, it was still lacking something.
When he was in Skyfort, Tianyang had been trying to develop secret skills, but ordinary secret skills that combined job-level abilities were not something that could be figured out in a short time.
On the contrary, the special secret skills based on the unique physique and combined with the job-level abilities would be much simpler.
When on the 'Poseidon', Tianyang had already made some ideas, but since he was on the ship at the time, there was no place for him to test them.
After arriving in the Western Continent, but before leaving the port, they were visited by the knights of the church.
It was not until now that Tianyang finally had time.
He stood in the open space, mobilizing the star energy, and first activated his special physique "Galaxy Flash". Then, silver light began to emerge on Tianyang's body surface. They quickly outlined a pattern and formed a pair of closed silver wings in the blink of an eye.
The silver wings flickered at a fixed frequency. Although Tianyang was standing still at this time, his figure was slightly blurred from time to time, leaving an afterimage.
"phantom!"
After activating the alien body, Tianyang tried to use the 'Phantom' for the first time. Immediately, two phantom clones 'walked' out from his body. These two phantoms also had silver wings flashing on their bodies, as if they had inherited the 'Galaxy Flashing' state of the alien body.
"Sure enough, the class ability can be combined with the alien body, so only the strong who possess the alien body can create their own secret skills."
Tianyang thought about it, put away the phantom, and then used "Crazy" to make the star energy burst and boil. In this state, he used "Phantom" again, and suddenly three shadows flashed out from his figure.
Three phantoms that inherited the alien state!
"Using Mania can add an illusion, but what about using 'Spin'?"
Try again, this time only an illusion appears, also inheriting the alien state, and the illusion's aura is much stronger than before.
"It seems that 'Frenzy' will increase the number of phantoms, while 'Spin' will improve the quality of phantoms." Tian Yang put away the phantom and thought, "Phantoms can use low-level abilities. The available abilities are 'Weakened Strike' and 'Death Coil'."
"Next, let's see what they can do in their alien state."
Tianyang used 'Spin', condensed the star essence, and released an illusion that had most of his power.
The phantom received his thoughts, and the silver wing pattern on its body flickered, transforming into a flashing and elusive light and shadow in the open space.
Tianyang then controlled the phantom to attack a rock. The phantom under the "shining galaxy" drew out intersecting rays of light, and in a blink of an eye, it chopped the rock into pieces.
"In the state of alien body, obviously 'Weakened Strike' will have a better compatibility. Well, after activating 'Galaxy Flash', the speed of Phantom has far exceeded that of Hunter. In this state, using 'Weakened Strike' can quickly weaken the opponent."
"Although the quality of the phantoms has been improved by using 'Spin', if we want to weaken the opponent, obviously quantity is more important. If we combine it with my own..."
"That way, even if I'm facing a Fortress class, I'll be able to break their defense in a short time!"
"Based on this point, if we continue to extend it..."
Tianyang dismissed the phantom, then switched to 'Crazy', using this Star Essence technique to release three phantom clones.
He looked around and finally locked onto a three-story building not far away.
A moment later, Tianyang and his three phantom clones were located in different positions of the small building. They then used "Flash" at the same time, and four rays of light crossed the small building.
boom!
A circle of air waves gushed out, and the small building was first cut into eight parts. Then, sword lights burst out all around the small building. The light and air crisscrossed, as if even the space was cut into countless pieces!
The three-story building was immediately chopped into pieces by the thousands of sword lights. Finally, the sword lights exploded, forming countless dense and flying energy jets, which completely annihilated the building and turned it into dust, forming a spreading and rising gray cloud...
When the wind blew away the gray clouds, Tianyang was shocked to see that the small building had almost disappeared. The remaining walls and the ground were covered with fine lines, as if they had been chopped thousands of times in an instant!
"Special physique, star-level skills, illusion plus 'flash of beauty'..."
Tian Yang was amazed and said, "I think I have developed something incredible. This trick should be quite useful whether it is used to clear soldiers or to target high-ranking warriors."
He frowned again: "It's just very consuming, draining almost half of my star essence in one go. Fortunately, I have the energy storage ball."
"Yes, and after using it, the illusion disappears immediately, which is also something to pay attention to."
"But, this way, I finally have another secret skill."
Tianyang sat down and thought carefully: "I have to give it a name..."
"How about we call it 'Phantom Killing Array'?"