After Bamond and Dino got rid of the blood owl, they continued to move towards the center of the ruins of the city.
Along the way, Bamond said nothing. The scenery in front of him had many intersections with what he saw in his dream, as if the things he saw in the black and white world were being repeated around him in the form of phantoms.
Dino was much more awake than Bamond, and he could still be distracted and observe the ruins around him. On some of the relatively complete stone walls, Dino could vaguely see text-like messages or geometric figures, and even some stone carvings that were not completely damaged, resembling mysterious objects in various religious legends. Of course, these were all What is carved on the wall or stone product can only be said to be some kind of fake or record.
"This is it." Bamond raised his head and looked up at the temple in front of him.
The architectural structure of this temple uses a centralized dome, which looks like a raised round hat. Viewed from the air, the temple has a circular theme, with the highest point of the building reaching a height of fifty meters and a diameter of fifty meters at the top. There are seven giant pillars standing in front of the door. The giant pillars support a wide eave. This building is entirely made of stone, but strangely, it has not been destroyed by time like other buildings in the city.
Walking closer, you can see that the front porch is tall and majestic, and the surrounding reliefs are gorgeous. However, it's hard to say whether the sculptures are angels or devils. Dino took a quick glance and saw that the sculptures seemed to be a kind of creature with wings and many eyes. monster.
Two huge stone doors merged together and stood in front of them, blocking the way into the temple.
But with the power of Cesare Balmond. It is more than enough to push open a stone door of this size.
Moving the first inch requires the greatest amount of effort. Once the stone door is pushed up from a static state, it takes relatively less effort. Balmond didn't open the door completely, he just pushed the door on the left about five meters. This width is enough to pass several people.
A ray of light shone into the dark temple, and a strong smell of rust came from the door. The interior of the circular building was empty, except for something in the middle.
A giant iron coffin.
The metal on the surface of the coffin had turned black and gave off a strong smell. The light coming from the gate happened to shine on the coffin. Balmond walked straight towards it. When he came to the coffin, he didn't know whether he was talking to himself or saying to Dino: "The Sky Code records that the door to the divine realm is in the center of the temple. Could it be that he is referring to this coffin..." At this moment . The huge iron coffin suddenly made a noise.
A huge object moved without warning in this poor lighting environment, and anyone would instinctively stay away from it. Dino subconsciously took a few steps back. But Balmond stood there without moving. This reaction could only show that this man was so powerful that he had overcome human instinct. He was not afraid of the potential threat caused by an unknown thing.
for example. You see a box with "Dangerous Goods" written on it. But it doesn’t explain what it is, so you will have an idea in your mind. There may be explosives, poisons, man-eating monsters, good guy cards, etc.... When you stand in front of the box and the box suddenly moves a few times, your first reaction must be that you are about to encounter some kind of harm, and then you will. React to protect yourself.
But Bamond would not react like this, because even if a bomb exploded in front of him, it would not matter to him.
In the iron coffin, a voice sounded, using human language, "Are you the one who opened the portal?"
Balmond looked calm: "It's me."
"Send your name, human."
"Cesare, Balmond." The tone of his answer undoubtedly showed that he was a big shot, as if every creature in this world should have heard his name.
"Bamond..." the voice replied: "Are you the monarch of the human world?"
"No," replied Balmond, "but before long I will rule the world."
"I see..." The voice paused: "My name is Cherub, and I have been waiting for you here for a long time."
"Can you open the gates of Eden?" asked Balmond.
"Yes," the cherubim replied.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Balmond asked.
"I am the guardian of the gate of the Garden of Eden, blocking all 'sinful' creatures from the door." Cherubim replied: "You can use the key to come to the Hanging Garden, proving that you have what it takes to win the entire fifth world." The might of the kingdom. But you are still a human being, a slave to sin."
"Let me in." Bamond said: "I am God!"
"Obtaining the fruit of the tree of life can indeed enable human beings to transcend the weak body, but that does not mean that you will become the same existence as us." Cherubim replied: "Sin will not disappear just yet. "
"None of this matters. How can you open the door for me?" Balmond asked urgently.
"Never." Cherub said: "Human beings and our uncivilized compatriots are aggressive creatures, cruel by nature, advocating force, and sin has made you cunning. If it weren't for your short life and fragile life, , you have long become the most terrifying group in each kingdom.
It is precisely because of this understanding that I gave the key to humans for safekeeping, and set a curse seal that only humans closest to the gods can open the door to the Sky Garden. The knowledge about entering the divine realm in the Sky Code is just a trap. I originally wanted the strongest among you to fight each other for this thing, and the one who finally seizes the key and comes to me...
I will give him death with my own hands. "
When he said this, not only was there no trace of fear on Balmond's face, but there was a sneer on his lips: "Watchdog... If you don't bite, maybe I won't attack you..." He was about to step forward to fight you. The iron coffin was torn into eight pieces, but suddenly he found that he could not move.
An invisible pressure actually nailed Bamond's feet to the ground.
"Sir!" Dino exclaimed. He could no longer move, but he naively believed that the leader would not be attacked.
Balmond had no time to think about his pastor. He just silently began to use energy to explore how the other party did it, and tried to find a way to resolve it.
The huge iron coffin opened a gap at this moment, and a large amount of red blood rushed out from the gap. It was like a river of blood. Bamond's ankles were instantly immersed in blood.
A ray of light outside the stone door shone on the iron coffin, allowing Bamond to watch this breathtaking scene.
In the gap that gradually widened, a baby-like face appeared. The cherubim were like babies still in the mother's body, curled up. Put your hands on your knees. He is not squatting at the bottom of the coffin, but in a middle and upper position.
Balmond originally thought that the other party relied on blood to float at that height, and that as the blood flowed out, he would slowly fall. But as the coffin opens. The contents inside were completely exposed to the eyes, and even Bamond looked horrified. I saw that the inside of the iron coffin was covered with long and narrow iron needles, as densely packed as a mountain of needles, with almost no gaps. The body of the cherubim was impaled in the coffin by those long nails.
"Strong man in the human world, the only reason why you dare to challenge me is because of your ignorance..." After the iron coffin was opened. Only then did Balmond realize that the cherubim's speaking voice did not come from the mouth. That baby face. His eyes were closed peacefully, and his lips did not move.
"Even if you can temporarily block my actions." Bamond said: "With your virtue, what can you do?"
The cherubim opened his eyes suddenly: "You will know soon." He stretched out his arms, straightened his legs, used both hands to pick up the two edges of the iron coffin, and lifted his body from the long needle. Pull out.
Another burst of blood gushes out, and now the Cherub's body can be seen clearly. When standing, he probably looks like a five or six-year-old child, but his size should be considered a child among giants. To humans, Cherubim is Bo is still a giant.
The skin all over his body was white and textured like jade. The wounds caused by the iron needles healed quickly after he walked out of the iron coffin.
His body looked no different from that of a human child, but after stepping out of the iron coffin, his body began to glow. Four wings quickly extended from his back, and four more faces appeared around his head.
A coercion spread, and everyone in the sky garden felt the awakening of a power, but it was stronger or weaker depending on the distance. People knew in their hearts that this was not something that a person with abilities could do. This was some kind of power that they had never been exposed to before.
Among the four wings of the cherubim, the inner two wings wrapped his body, making him look like he was wearing a robe made of white feathers, while the outer wings were still open. Look closely at his three extra faces, the left is a lion, the right is an eagle, and the back of his head is the face of an adult human.
"Stop your actions, relying on this eye." When the cherubim spoke, he slightly opened the palm of his right hand, and there was actually an open human eye in the palm, looking at Balmond.
"I can't stop my thoughts, so I don't let myself see more." When the cherubim said this, countless eyes appeared one after another on the skin of his body. Except for his four faces, his body Almost full of human eyes, each one almond-shaped with black pupils and no eyelashes or eyelids.
"Hmph... It's just an ugly monster. How could a god be like you?" Bamond snorted coldly. He gradually adapted to the power of the other party's gaze, and his body regained some ability to move.
"Ugly?" Cherub responded: "Cesare Balmond, your point of view just proves that you are a disgusting creature. Human aesthetics originates from the desire for carnal desire within the race. On the basis of being extremely dirty. What you define as ugly is aging, obesity, disproportionate figure or facial features, and skin blemishes. Your standards themselves declare some kind of underlying rules, don’t they?” Cherub opened the eyes on his face, looked at Bamond and said: "When this standard is combined with your hopeless arrogance, the resulting view is that everything is different from you or makes you feel All creatures that are unwell are ugly.”
Balmond remained calm. He hoped that Cherubim would continue to speak, which would buy him more time to resume action.
"Your gaze is as one-sided as the ray of light shining from the door." When Cherubim spoke, the two giant stone doors of the temple actually began to move on their own until they were fully opened. After the light from the outside entered, It completely illuminates the interior space of the entire temple.
Dino's expression became extremely surprised, because he saw countless scenes from the human world on the four walls of the temple. Those totems and murals depicted various human periods and different civilizations in various regions.
"The ancient Roman Empire built roads to conquer neighboring countries, the British Empire relied on shipbuilding to rule the world, and the Third Reich swept across Europe with a powerful army." Cherubim compared the huge murals on the wall and said one by one: "Master technology People who have mastered the world have mastered the world, or in other words, in order to master the world, you humans have mastered technology. Invasion and destruction are synonymous with you. Do you think being a member of this race is something to be proud of
Your arrogance is illogical self-deception. From the perspective of other creatures, you are invaders. From the perspective of the universe, you are destroyers. You unscrupulously plunder all resources and interests that are useful to you, and even They keep lower species in captivity for their own consumption, engage in sexual activities without restraint, and continue to breed more dirty species of the same kind. He is clearly doing the most cold-blooded deeds in the world, and he claims to be the spirit of all things. "
The cherubim paused, bent down, and faced Balmond at close range: "And the most powerful among you, come here, at the feet of my god, and judge a god based on his appearance, calling him just a monster. "The eyes on his face became brighter.
A kind of light appeared in the pupils of Tiantong Cherub. This was light that Cesare Balmond had never seen before in his life. The color of that light did not exist in this world, and there was no word to describe it.
Bamond's pupils also turned into the same color as the other party at that moment. In his mind, the black and white dream world and the colorful reality world completely overlapped at this moment.
"This is... what..." Balmond looked down at his palm: "I... I am... what..."
"I see, human beings, this is my vision. Now... what is ugliness?" The cherubim asked here and suddenly stopped.
He felt something and pondered in his heart, "Yang Jian... was killed... the narrator?" The eyes on the lion face of the cherubim suddenly opened, and the figure of Dark Water appeared in his vision.
"It's actually a creature from the fourth kingdom..." Cherub thought, and then fell into thinking.
During this time, Dino couldn't move at all. He called Bamond in a low voice several times, but Bamond just turned his back to him, completely motionless, and even the energy response in his body disappeared, as if he had lost consciousness. The dolls are average.