Stepping out of the dark cave, you are greeted by a piece of orange light, which is very soft and feels like you have entered the inside of amber. Everything here is rendered by this orange-yellow color, and everything seems to be separated by a piece of amber. The light is distorted and the shapes of objects become blurred.
This is a man-made underground palace.
The four walls are made of natural rock. After being chiseled, four huge murals were carved, with a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right, with a red bird on top and a black basalt on the bottom. Each mural is dozens of meters high, lifelike and divine.
A trapezoidal altar was built in the center of the underground palace, and the altar was dozens of meters high.
The source of the orange light that shrouded the underground palace was on the altar.
Ning Tao's eyes moved to the top of the altar, where a mummy sat, holding a bronze mirror in its hands.
It's that bronze mirror that emits orange light.
A figure suddenly fell from the vaulted ceiling of the underground palace and landed next to Ning Tao and Ruan Tianyin.
Lin Qingyu came over just now. She had the ability of earth escape, but she couldn't move faster than Ning Tao who opened the door.
"This is it." Lin Qingyu said: "When I first saw that bronze mirror, I was stunned."
"What kind of mirror is that?" Ruan Tianyin asked, and she couldn't take her eyes away from the bronze mirror.
Ning Tao thought of a magic weapon on the list of the top ten evil magic weapons: "I think... it seems to be... a demon mirror."
The ranking of the top ten evil magic weapons, from tenth to first, is the soul-devouring urn, the demon mirror, the time-suppressing tower, the "Six Paths of Reincarnation", the ghost ship, the ghost coffin, the fairy rope, the heavenly sword, and the sky-opening ax. , Three Realms Scepter.
Of these ten magical weapons, he has already seen the Soul-Eating Urn, the Time-Suppressing Tower, the "Six Paths of Reincarnation", the Ghost Ship and the Soul Coffin, and the Time-Suppressing Tower is the magical weapon under his control. The "Six Paths of Reincarnation" is in the hands of Fox Lady, the ghost coffin is on Lin Qinghua's back, the soul-devouring urn and the ghost ship were destroyed by him using the Tianwai Clinic, and now only the demon mirror, the fairy binding rope, and the heavenly sword are left. , the Sky-Opening Ax and the Three Realm Scepter have never been seen before. As for the bronze mirror in front of me, its characteristics are most consistent with that of the demon mirror that ranks ninth on the list of the top ten evil magic weapons!
"The Demon Mirror, wouldn't that..." Ruan Tianyin paused for a moment before speaking out, "Wouldn't that allow us to reveal our true colors?"
Lin Qingyu said thoughtfully: "Maybe it is really a demon mirror. I got close to it before and I felt a mysterious energy field. I..."
"What's wrong with you?" Ruan Tianyin looked anxious.
Lin Qingyu smiled bitterly: "I can't tell, it's a very strange feeling."
"Let's go up and have a look." Ning Tao said.
Lin Qingyu and Ruan Tianyin responded and followed Ning Tao towards the altar in the middle of the underground palace. Arriving at the foot of the altar, the three of them climbed up the stone steps.
There are a total of 365 stone steps. I don’t know if this number corresponds to the 365 days of the year, or if it has some other meaning.
After passing the last stone steps, Ning Tao led the two women to the top of the altar. At the foot is a square platform with an area of about twelve or thirteen square meters. The mummy was suspended above the platform with its legs crossed, seven or eight meters above the ground. This is also the reason why Ning Tao and the others can see it under the altar. If it is sitting on the altar, it cannot be seen from the perspective of looking up. The orange light emitted by the bronze mirror it holds in both hands cannot cover the entire underground palace. .
The clothes on the mummy are well preserved, and the wrinkles on the clothes are clearly visible. It is an old male with a thin face and eyebrows flying into his temples. Although he is dead and his eyes are closed, he still gives people the feeling of being immortal.
who is he
No way of knowing.
But what is certain is that he is not Xiang Sang, because Xiang Sang's body is at the bottom of Okinawa, on the sunken ship of the Yinyue Man.
Ning Tao clasped his palms together and bowed deeply: "Senior, I'm sorry to bother you. I came here at the request of Senior Xiang Sang. I want to take the bronze mirror in your hand. I'm sorry."
He jumped up, there was a ladder under his feet, took two steps in the air, and reached a height parallel to the mummy by pulling onions on dry land. How the mummy was suspended in the void, he didn't have any clues yet. But he wasn't ready to study it anymore, so he reached out and grabbed the bronze mirror.
The orange light that shrouded the entire underground palace suddenly ebbed and returned to the bronze mirror. The originally brighter bronze mirror suddenly became dazzling. It felt like the sun at noon, making it impossible to look directly at it.
Ning Tao's sight was not affected by the strong light. He saw himself in the bronze mirror. His body was shrouded in a black and white innate aura. His face was bounded by the center of his eyebrows. The black half was a scowl, and the white half was a smile. It looked very strange.
The middleman between good and evil, this is his true face!
But including himself, it was the first time that he saw both his good and evil sides appear on one face at the same time, and he clearly didn't trigger either side at the moment.
"Is it really a demon mirror?" Ning Tao was filled with excitement.
If so, he is equivalent to possessing two of the top ten evil magic weapons. Although I still don’t know how powerful the ninth-ranked demon mirror is, I expect it won’t be much worse.
But just when he was about to take the bronze mirror away from the mummy's hand, the mummy suddenly opened its eyes. In an instant, two pale green rays of light came out from the dry eye sockets, shining on Ning Tao's face. face.
Ning Tao's mind went blank, he was stunned, and he fell downwards.
The mummy had no intention of letting Ning Tao go. It spread its limbs and wrapped itself around Ning Tao like a spider.
"Brother Ning!" Ruan Tianyin exclaimed, leaping high into the air and reaching out to catch Ning Tao.
But before Ning Tao could fall into her open arms, Lin Qingyu suddenly rushed over, hugged her waist, and knocked her away.
Bang!
Ning Tao's back hit the altar heavily, and a thick cloud of dust suddenly rolled up from under his back.
After falling from a height of tens of meters, the mummy did not fall to pieces and was still clinging to Ning Tao like a spider. Its limbs are close to Ning Tao's limbs, its torso is close to Ning Tao's torso, and its head is also close to Ning Tao's head. The bronze mirror was just above it and Ning Tao's chest, emitting a scorching light.
Runes were faintly visible in the light!
Under the power of the bronze mirror, Ning Tao felt that his vitality was rapidly passing away. His skin lost its luster and elasticity in an instant and was slightly dehydrated! Contrary to him, the mummy's skin actually had a little luster and moisture—it was devouring him and filling itself up!
Bang!
Ruan Tianyin and Lin Qingyu fell to the edge of the altar, and almost rolled off the altar due to the inertia.
"What are you doing?" Ruan Tianyin pushed Lin Qingyu on the shoulder.
She didn't know how to fight, but she had strength. Lin Qingyu was immediately pushed away by her. She jumped up like a carp and charged at Ning Tao desperately.
Lin Qingyu suddenly rushed up from behind and hugged Ruan Tianyin's waist: "Don't go there! It's dangerous!"
Ruan Tianyin was anxious and angry, and raised her hand to grab Lin Qingyu's hair.
This is the difference between goblins who can fight and goblins who can't.
But before Ruan Tianyin could pull Lin Qingyu's hair down, Ning Tao suddenly shouted: "Don't come over! Go away!"
Ruan Tianyin's hand suddenly froze.
The voice of reciting mantras suddenly came out of the mummy's mouth. The voice was inaudible and as dry as itself, but it gave people an eerie feeling. What's even weirder is that its voice was refracted by the bronze mirror and echoed throughout the underground palace. The entire underground palace is filled with dry spell sounds that sound like flying mosquitoes, buzzing and buzzing, thousands and thousands of them, layer after layer!
Part of the vitality and moisture in Ning Tao's body disappeared, while the mummy adsorbed on his body became fuller again.
It wants to eat Ning Tao and be born from the corpse!
In fact, it didn't just want to eat Ning Tao. As the sound of spells filled the entire underground palace, the water and vitality in Ruan Tianyin and Lin Qingyu were also rapidly draining away. The two women watched in horror as their skin turned from moist to dry, and their bodies were rapidly weakening!
"Brother Ning, open the door and go back!" Lin Qingyu shouted.
Ning Tao wanted to, but he couldn't move his hands at all. All he could move was his mouth: "Take Tianyin and leave, hurry up!"
"I won't leave!" Ruan Tianyin cried anxiously.
Lin Qingyu kicked off her feet, and while her body still had some strength, she jumped off the altar with Ruan Tianyin in her arms.
At that moment, the bronze mirror suddenly released a ball of orange light, and the entire top of the altar was enveloped.
Runes flashed in the orange light.
The bronze mirror and mummy floated up with Ning Tao, returning to their previous height. At this time, Ning Tao already seemed to be seriously ill. He had lost a lot of weight, but the mummy was much fuller.
His situation is very dangerous!
"You don't help him, and you come to stop me, what are you thinking about!" Under the altar, Ruan Tianyin, who had just gotten up, was so angry that he kicked Lin Qingyu in the abdomen.
Lin Qingyu was kicked to the ground again by her, but she didn't attack Ruan Tianyin, she just yelled at her: "Calm down! That's a demon mirror! You and I are both demons. When you go up, you will reveal your true form. If you are caught by it, Devoured! Brother Ning is not a monster. If he can't deal with it, then we..."
She couldn't speak anymore and tears burst into her eyes.
Ruan Tianyin was completely stunned, but for only a second or two, she suddenly released a pair of butterfly wings, fluttered her wings and flew towards the altar.
This time Lin Qingyu didn't stop her. If Ning Tao died, she didn't want to live anymore. Just now, she tried her best to prevent Ruan Tianyin from approaching Ning Tao. That was because she recognized the magical weapon and knew its nature and power. Ruan Tianyin only wanted to die. She and Ruan Tianyin could not help Ning Tao at all. At that time, she still believed that Ning Tao could resolve the crisis and find a way to deal with the mummy and the demon mirror, but the fairy also lost her fighting spirit.
"Since you are going to die, then... let's die together." Lin Qingyu also rushed towards the top of the altar.
Suddenly, a scripture came out from Ning Tao's mouth: "To refine the Vajra with heavenly fire, one needs to cut off a whole body of tendons."
boom!
The black and white sky fire was suddenly released from Ning Tao's body, and the flames surged!