Originally, it should have pounced straight on Ye Qingxuan, bit his throat, and started feasting. The plan should have been perfect, but the only flaw was that it ignored the monster hiding beside it.
Now, it smashed against the wall and rolled to the ground. A bone saw ripped open a tragic crack in its chest. The plate-like ribs collapsed layer by layer, and even the internal organs spilled out.
Before it could get up from the ground, a wailing melody sounded out of thin air, and a black river seemed to rush in from the void, pulling it into an endless nightmare.
It neighed, its body twitched, and soon its eyes turned white, but the white eyes were extremely ferocious and full of madness.
It has no human heart, so it has no fear of falling into madness.
But then there was a palm pressed on the ferocious face. Ye Qingxuan clamped the face and suddenly lifted it off the ground.
That thing wanted to struggle, reaching out with all its might to tear the boy's face apart.
But through the fingers, it could only see the boy's sneer.
boom!
It was like a hallucination, and the whole sewer seemed to be shaken suddenly. Invisible shock waves spread from the young man's hands, causing countless dust particles to dance wildly.
The thing instantly lost consciousness.
This was just the "sigh shock" that Ye Qingxuan deliberately suppressed. The shock was not exhausted and rushed into its body, echoing into its limbs and bones. Only a burst of thunder and a wild shock could be heard. ** actually caused all the bones in its body to be disconnected.
Shocked!
Only now did Ye Qingxuan have the energy to pay attention to its face...
"What the hell is this?"
He froze, his eyes widening.
Now, he finally understood what happened to the skeleton in the sewer.
In his hand was a humanoid body, as stooped and thin as a child, but its fingers were as sharp as blades.
On its completely skeletal face, there are actually two horns, one long and one short!
This is a monster.
In the darkness, neighing sounds came one after another. Ye Qingxuan dropped the demon in his hand, the cane unfolded in his hand, and the Nine Heavens Ring Pendant made a clear sound.
The butcher raised his head silently and looked toward the dark ceiling.
In the reflection of those bloodshot eyes, dozens of bone-faced monsters were wandering on the dome, their fingers dug deeply into the cracks in the stone, and their deformed bodies moved swiftly like wild beasts walking on the flat ground.
When they went deep into this deserted sewer, they were surrounded by such ghosts before they knew it. And in the darkness in the distance, echoing neighing sounds continued to sound from all directions.
The sharp sound of sharp teeth scratching the stone slab could be heard faintly.
The quantity is unknown.
Even a monster like the Butcher has never thought that such a large group of demons could be parasitic in the sewers of Avalon.
"Tsk, this feeling is really unpleasant."
Ye Qingxuan frowned unhappily: "I'm afraid we are being plotted by that professor."
There was no time to talk anymore. The bone-faced demons on the ceiling had already been aroused by the smell of the same kind of blood, and they seemed to be hungry.
They neighed at each other, urging their companions to go up and deal with the damn monster, eager for a gluttonous feast.
The butcher silently clenched the bone saw in his hand, the muscles all over his body bulged, and the muscles under the blood-stained apron lit up with faint musical notes, and he was about to transform into a monster.
But at this moment, the young man's cold voice came from beside him:
"—Stand still."
At that moment, the boy squatted on the ground and pressed his right hand on the floor.
boom!
In an instant, a violent shock spread downward from the iron bones of the palm and hit the ground of the sewer. The invisible earthquake spread like water waves, sweeping in all directions.
In an instant, the checkered stone slabs collided with each other, making a sharp sound, and a large amount of dust was ejected from the vague seams.
The stone slabs, walls, ceilings, the entire sewer, and even the burning buildings above the sewer are all being affected by this terrible earthquake.
boom!
On the burning shack, flames burst out into the night sky, brightening the color of the black clouds, and then collapsed suddenly.
As the shacks on the ground collapsed, the demons in the sewers were also swept off the ceiling by the earthquake. In an instant, they lost their footing and fell to the ground.
Even the butcher was stunned for a moment, but soon, those eyes lit up again - full of blood red!
The monster appears!
Facing all the falling monsters, the butcher roared, his already muscular arms suddenly swelled, and the bone saw in his hand suddenly fell off!
The sound of cracking sounded one after another, like a water bag breaking, like a mouse being crushed, like an insect being crushed into powder.
The bone saw slashed, swept, and spun wildly, setting off a piercing scream. Even the air was cut open wherever it passed, revealing a pale trajectory. What came out of that bone saw was the color of blood.
Blood flowed from the saw blade and splashed into the air, becoming more and more ferocious as the bones broke and flesh and blood separated.
Before more than a dozen monsters could land, they were turned into pieces by this frenzied slashing attack. Immediately afterwards, a wailing melody sounded out of thin air, sucking at their consciousness and causing them to temporarily fall into a trance.
Facing monsters, even a temporary trance is a special ticket to hell!
This time, Ye Qingxuan finally appreciated the terrifying posture of the butcher when he went crazy. Even without mobilizing the ether and music score in the body, the violence and ferocity that penetrated into the bone marrow were enough to chill people's hearts.
In the blink of an eye, those fallen bone-faced demons were sawed off, smashed, trampled into two pieces... and torn into pieces like tissue paper.
Ye Qingxuan was attracted by that violent gesture and couldn't help but lose consciousness for a moment. But at the moment when he lost consciousness, a monster that was cut into two pieces suddenly bounced up from the ground. With only the upper body left, the bone-faced demon crawled on the ground with its claws, dragging out a bloody trail, and suddenly rushed towards the boy!
In just an instant, he went from being a few meters away to being close at hand!
—So fast!
Ye Qingxuan's palm suddenly pushed forward, and the "iron bones" attached to his body brought an impact of hundreds of kilograms, just like an ax dropped by a galloping knight on his war horse!
boom!
The demon flew out upside down, and its bony face was smashed into two ends by Ye Qingxuan, forming a deep depression. After struggling twice, it could no longer move.
Even so, in the final counterattack, its sharp claws scratched Ye Qingxuan's face, cutting a fine and cold scar on his cheekbones.
It missed by just an inch and penetrated into the bone.
Just one second later, that claw would have pierced Ye Qingxuan's brain and turned it into a ball of mud.
In an instant, Ye Qingxuan's back was dripping with cold sweat, and he no longer dared to be careless in this life-and-death battle.
Even if they had the upper hand, they did not stand still and wait for the demons to rush over.
Following the pungent smell of disinfectant in the air, they rushed forward and rushed along the dilapidated sewers. Wherever he passed, the demons that blocked his way were turned into corpses by the butcher and him.
There was no intention of retreating at all, even if there was Professor Moriardi's trap ahead.
Ye Qingxuan's eyes became increasingly gloomy.
He wanted to understand what the familiar pungent smell and the scene that just flashed through his mind had to do with this damn place...
Until finally, the sounds coming from behind became more and more intensive, and the monster in the darkness chased after him following the smell of blood.
The young man's footsteps stopped abruptly.
In front of him, the road has come to an end.
The end
No, Avalon's sewers only have an exit. How can there be such a ridiculous statement as an end
But in front of him was a huge, dark iron door.
The black iron door, which is entirely made of metal, does not have any markings or patterns, nor does it have any keyholes or complicated operating mechanisms. It seems that there is no way to open it.
There was only a huge winch locked by layers of chains next to it, and the handle on the winch had been taken away.
Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized: In a place like a sewer where water vapor is heavy, any precise metal structure will be corroded by water vapor. Only this pure and simple structure can be maintained for a long time.
The method of opening the door is obvious. Only dozens of people using specialized machinery to turn the handle and drive the winch with mechanical power can open this huge iron door.
The pungent smell of disinfectant wafted out from the air above the iron door, less than a fingertip away...
But now, the heavy machinery originally placed here has been dismantled. There was no time for Ye Qingxuan to look for other methods.
He hesitated for a moment, with a trace of unwillingness flashing in his eyes. He was about to lead the butcher away from here, but he didn't expect the butcher to push him away directly, insert the bone saw into the ground, and then hold the heavy rope chain connected to the door with both hands. .
The iron rope, which was as thick as a normal person's waist, suddenly tightened in his hands. The heavy iron rings rubbed against each other, sparks shot out and made a harsh sound.
The iron gate doesn't move.
The butcher's body suddenly trembled, and his body suddenly swelled by half a meter, and his feet sank deeply into the stone slab.
Amidst the sharp neighing in the distance, he roared and pulled his arms back suddenly. The iron door made a harsh sound and actually trembled, and dust fell from the iron door.
Immediately afterwards, the one-meter-thick iron door was opened by his strange power? !
Ye Qingxuan was stunned. He quickly reacted, seized the moment, and rushed into the narrow gap between the iron doors.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a cold wind blowing against his face.
He could sense that there was a huge space behind the iron gate, and even a ten-meter-long thought thread could not reach the end. Then the butcher walked in from outside the door and suddenly pulled the iron door from the inside.
The iron door slammed shut, crushing the bone-faced demon that rushed forward into a pulp. Through the door, you can hear the group of demons patrolling around, but you dare not approach them.
But when the butcher turned around, his blood-red eyes also fell into shock.
In front of him, Ye Qingxuan's expression was gloomy.
He finally found the source of the pungent smell.
In the darkness, Ye Qingxuan flicked his fingers expressionlessly and uttered a brief syllable. "Note·Light" brewed from his fingertips and shined brightly.
The dazzling light illuminated this darkness, illuminated the huge underground square, and countless iron hooks hanging from the ceiling.
Just behind the gate, in the vast space, on the iron hook, there are men and women, old and young, beautiful, ugly, complete, incomplete...
Corpse, corpse, corpse, corpse, corpse!
In the huge underground square, hanging on countless iron hooks...all were corpses!
In the pervasive cold air, the pale corpses swayed slightly, exuding the pungent smell of disinfectant.
A forest of corpses!
…
Soon, the butcher reacted and looked down at Ye Qingxuan. The meaning in his eyes was self-explanatory:
What the hell is this place
Where is this
Where else could this be
Ye Qingxuan compared their current position with the map in his mind and the trajectory they had traveled along the way. At the end, he couldn't help but laugh coldly:
"—This is Arkham Asylum."
The soft words seemed to trigger the switch of doom.
The next moment, a piercing alarm roared.
…
…
Late at night, watch shop.
In the darkness, a candle was lit on the candlestick. The candlelight illuminated the darkness, but wherever the light passed, those silent and ancient clocks disappeared.
It was like the fire brought about an illusion. Where the fire radiated, what emerged were the chaotic streets of the lower city and the figures of thugs fighting.
There are also burned buildings and layers of corpses...
“The crows are increasing and need to be hunted, the monkeys are increasing and they need to be controlled, and the number of humans is increasing but they need to be increased.”
“No matter how much we pray to the gods, has anyone ever seen the gods at any time?”
The blond man who looks like a young man is sitting on a chair, surrounded by a turbulent fantasy, holding a lyre in his arms, playing and singing with great enthusiasm.
The sound of the piano is broken, ups and downs, as if it is not a chapter, but there is a kind of hysterical beauty. That kind of singing carries the innocence and hoarseness of a young man, echoing in the silence.
"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I have seen it from the paintings. Everyone looks like a human being. Is it an unexpected coincidence? Is it destiny? Or is it just a random guess based on my own imagination? This What is going on? What on earth is going on?"
"It's so noisy! Hermes, can you be quiet?"
Behind the counter, the white-haired girl raised her eyes and looked at him.
"People in the whole city are killing each other like mad dogs. It's so interesting, Bai Xi, look at it."
Hermes excitedly pointed at the crazy phantoms: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, where is the pride and dignity of human beings who claim to be the primates of all things? What if the first three kings saw that the group they desperately surrounded had degenerated to the point where they were worse than wild dogs? The way you look, you must be sad, right?"
"It's just fighting and killing. Do you need to be so excited?"
"Fighting and killing is boring, but watching jokes is different."
Hermes pointed at the pale dead faces with mocking eyes: "Look, these idiots don't even know what they are dying for. They are garbage when they are alive, and they will be there after they die. Value. Their employers want their lives, their blood and their bodies.”
Bai Xi was stunned, "Corpse?"
"Yes, corpse."
Hermes sneered: "From the beginning, the House of Representatives has never regarded them as subordinates. All they need is war and blood... Both Dwarf Dog and Sheloid are idiots. One only knows how to kill and set fire, and the other only knows how to kill and set fire." Interests come from both sides. Only Alberto is smarter. He received favor and exemption from the House of Representatives from the beginning and did not participate in this meaningless war."
"Aren't the House of Representatives and the Shaman fighting over the Lower City?"
Bai Xi was puzzled: "If we lose here, wouldn't it be meaningless?"
Hermes couldn't help laughing and asked:
"Why do you think the House of Representatives is going to war with the Shaman? Is it a desperate fight to defeat the enemy? Or is it to fight for the dominance of the Lower City? That's weird! They are all high-ranking big shots, why should they act like untouchables in the Lower City? Their lives are on the gambling table? How could they compete for a small lower city with the mad dogs in their eyes when they once ruled most of Angru?"
Bai Xi did not live up to Hermes' expectations, and he suddenly realized: "... They only want a bloody road?"
"That's right!"
Hermes snapped his fingers in appreciation: "All along, they have been deliberately operating in secret, hiding from all the royal spies and the fifth department, and seizing the opportunity that the royal curse has left them too busy to care about, just for this. Something.”
"For so many years, the royal family has been suppressing the nobles and supporting the common people, in order to eliminate this group of pretentious guys. If it were not for the curse of the current queen, which gave them a chance to breathe, I am afraid they would have lost everything. After being suppressed for so many years, the House of Representatives understands better than anyone else: only by mastering the blood path can they have the capital to negotiate with the royal family after the Shadow of Avalon awakens. What they want is the immortal power left by King Arthur, and what they want will be the decline of The royal family has replaced them! For this reason, they even dare to borrow the power of evil gods, and even have the courage to use the power of natural disasters... "
Hermes waved his hand, and the illusion in the candlelight changed, as if he were overlooking the entire city from the sky. The entire lower city was held in his hands, like a small toy.
"Bai Xi, if there is a key that you have been looking for for many years and you can't find it, but you really need it... what would you do?"
The sudden question made Bai Xi fall into deep thought. In the end, she seemed to have thought of something, and her expression suddenly turned pale.
"... Make a new one?"
Hermes smiled.
“Since it began four years ago, the House has turned downtown into a quagmire.
They let the group of guys fight each other and secretly collected the bones and blood. The purpose is to one day rely on this number of deaths to rival the past to recreate the road to the Shadow of Avalon.
Tonight's struggle is the climax of the blood sacrifice, and the blood of countless people was sacrificed on this night. By then, countless corpses will accumulate into a tower, opening a path of blood for them! "
He paused meaningfully and whispered softly:
"—provided that no one comes to cause trouble..."
In his arms, the lyre made a teasing and sharp sound.