The light of the fireball was fleeting, and only the dim candlelight shone nearby, the only glimmer of light in the darkness.
But even if they couldn't see it, the heavy breathing still reminded everyone that there was a group of living corpses approaching behind them.
Lu Xidong pulled off Silva's leather armor, threw it on the ground behind him, and then dripped flames with wax oil on it, instantly igniting the leather armor, and the flames spread, forming a line A curtain of light made of burning fire.
The leader of the living corpses had already arrived here. When they saw the burning leather armor, they were stunned for a moment and temporarily stopped moving forward. The living corpses behind them were pushed and rolled to a place. Some of them were stained with flames, and the living corpses around them were all covered in flames. It's lit.
For a moment, the team of living corpses was in a mess. Their shriveled torsos had long been dehydrated, and the fat on their bodies was the best fuel. Unfortunately, the living corpses were dead after all. The flames did not make them feel any pain. There were still a few. The living corpse struggled forward.
"run!"
At this juncture, there was no room for hesitation. Taking advantage of the chaos among the living corpses, Lu Xidong shouted and led everyone to move forward quickly. The weapon in his hand to detect the trap kept tapping on the ground. There was an empty rushing sound, and the group of people ran forward hard.
I don’t know how long I’ve been gone.
The burning corpse was still falling behind them, illuminating the corridor. Lu Xidong and others had already put away their weak candles, looking for the "end" of the endless maze with the light behind them.
Finally, two sealed stone doors appeared in front of the corridor. According to Yundi, this was probably the key to escaping from the maze.
As if seeing hope, everyone quickened their pace, and even a little less cautious. A heartless guy like Tagore took a step rashly.
A crisp sound of "Crack" was heard, and two rows of sharp arrows suddenly burst out from the stone wall, piercing through from both sides. Seeing that Tagore, the big lizard man, was about to be shot into a sieve.
Lu Xidong stretched out his hand and caught him back. After all, he was also an S-level agile demon. Although Tagore was annoying, he at least regarded him as his elder brother.
Instead of being moved with tears in his eyes, the lizard man looked confused, as if he had not discovered the arrow trap, and asked Lu Xidong: "What are you doing?"
"Are you a Pig?" Lu Xidong regretted that he was short-handed for a moment, so he might as well let this guy die.
The sharp arrows on the wall passed through each other, and since they didn't hit anything, they were now firmly embedded in the grooves on the opposite stone wall, as if nothing had happened.
The cautious Carter poked the ground with his sword to confirm that all the mechanisms had been triggered. Yundi even summoned a water elf and crossed over.
Sure enough, there were no other mechanisms on the road until Shimen.
"With such a convenient magic, why didn't we use it earlier? It makes us dot the ground like beggars." Lu Xidong was complaining about Yundi. Little did he know that the magic of water elf can only be used for short-distance detection. , there is no way to maintain it for a long time and long distance.
Yundi rolled her eyes at him, but said nothing more.
Signaling others to stay away, Lu Xidong raised his foot and kicked the stone door hard. The moment the light burst out, it was like a flood.
Lu Xidong narrowed his eyes subconsciously, rolled out to one side, and then protected the long sword on his chest to guard against more traps and traps behind the stone door.
It was a bit surprising that nothing happened, only a faint scent of oil permeated the surroundings. Behind the stone door was a huge space that suddenly opened up. If this was the tomb chamber, then the accommodation environment of the tomb owner could be called luxurious.
It was almost the size of a square in the middle of the street, with flat square bricks paving the ground and extending hundreds of steps in all directions.
In the center of the square is a magnificent Hades Palace. It is majestic and silent, but it is not decorated at all. Only the thick nanmu columns and beams and the exquisitely handmade doors and windows show the solemnity with the original color of the wood.
A huge banner dozens of feet long and wide was hung on the front of the hall. It was lifted by the wind that came in when the stone door was opened, and it was shaking like ocean waves. It was originally supposed to be white, but after many years, it became pale with the passage of time. It is yellow, and it is full of dark brown marks, scattered in a messy manner, and it is difficult to see what the pattern is.
The light source was the oil lamps around the square. Lu Xidong didn't know how many years these lamps had been burning, quietly illuminating this palace of the dead.
Each lamp only has a flame as big as a bean, and what holds the lamp oil is a huge porcelain jar that can only be embraced by two people. Dozens of such porcelain jars are scattered around, and the little bits of light are so bright that there is no light in the stone room. blind spot.
Although they didn't know what was hidden inside, it was safer than a tunnel full of living corpses. Both human adventurers and monsters under Lu Xidong entered the stone gate and were stunned by the surrounding environment.
"Are these lamps... still burning?" Carter pointed at the flickering oil lamps tremblingly. He believed deeply in the gods and was a little at a loss at this moment. Everything was too solemn and weird.
Yundi nodded: "The book said that this is a ten-thousand-year lamp. A jar of clear oil is mixed with a liter of shark oil refined from the deep sea shark. The special wick is said to be able to be lit for thousands of years without going out."
Just when they were shocked by what they saw in front of them, the living corpses with fire in the corridor had already followed. Lu Xidong turned around and could see clearly that their dry eyes were embedded in the same shriveled eye sockets, as if they were dehydrated. Like black dates, he stared at himself viciously.
However, all the living corpses stopped outside the stone chamber. Although they screamed reluctantly, no one dared to step through the stone door. It seemed that there was a huge danger here, and even the dead guys were afraid.
This strange scene gave Lu Xidong and the others a chill in their hearts, and they all turned around to look into the Yin Palace. The huge Yin flag blocked his sight, but it was obvious that the living corpses were only afraid of someone inside. Plant something.
Everyone was at a loss at this time and didn't know whether to provoke the thing inside. Even Tagore, the most proud and arrogant man, didn't even dare to take a breath.
In the end, Yundi suggested that everyone look for a way out on the wall of the stone room. At this moment...
Perhaps it was blown by the wind coming from the corridor, or due to aging due to years of disrepair, a huge sound of wind came from above everyone's heads. They all looked up in unison and saw the huge banner suddenly falling down. , the true face of the entire underworld was exposed before their eyes.
There is no door to the Hades Palace, so they can look directly in and see everything inside, a horrific scene that they would never imagine in a nightmare.
The ground in the Hades Hall is blood red, like a hell slaughterhouse. Some of the thirteen corpses are crawling and some are curled up. They should still retain the scene of their death. People can clearly imagine how they died. pain of.
The blood in the corpse had long since dried up, leaving a splash of red on the ground, like ink dripping on paper, depicting a strange picture, much like some kind of command spell.
In the center of the hall, a strangely vacant area of ground was free of blood. It seemed like someone had set a limit of about ten feet in diameter with a compass, and no blood was allowed to enter.
In the center of the circle, a withered corpse sat proudly on a back chair made of black iron in an imperial manner. His torso was supported by a green armor. On his withered head, there were dark holes in the eye sockets. Bottomless, as if watching the people outside the Hades Palace.
Silva's legs were trembling unconsciously. Even Rolf, who was walking around, was full of terror at this moment. Even Tier didn't dare to take another step forward. Everyone and the monsters were frightened by this terrible thing. The horrific scene frightened me.
"What are you doing?" Lu Xidong suddenly yelled.
The fire splashed everywhere, the two long swords intersected, and the huge metal vibration made people feel like gritting sand in their teeth.
Lu Xidong was pushed back by the huge force. The opponent's sword blade was almost touching his nose. He fell on his knees and withstood the opponent's terrifying power with difficulty.
It was Carter. The knight of Border Town suddenly seemed to be a different person. He suddenly attacked Lu Xidong without any warning at all, and he was so powerful that even an S-level demon was forced back by his blow. .
Lu Xidong raised his head, and when he saw his opponent's face clearly, his heart felt cold. The sudden fear caused his arms to almost completely lose their strength in an instant.
He wasn't sure if it was Carter. It was indeed the familiar and honest face, but he couldn't see the difference between black and white in the other person's eyes. The pupils seemed to have melted into the whites of the eyes, and they were gray.
Carter's face was deformed somehow, as if he had completely lost control of his face, and his stern white teeth were exposed from his lips, becoming more terrifying than a monster.
"Heh...heh...heh..." Carter's breathing was heavy and long, as if he was extremely tired, but the power from the sword increased wave by wave, and Lu Xidong was suppressed.
On the other side, young Silica waved her staff and attacked Silva clumsily. Tagore's spear and Tyr's mace were in contact.
"It's an illusion, everyone, wake up!" Yundi, who was still awake, shouted loudly, but the girl's childish voice had no effect.
In Lu Xidong's eyes, the hateful Carter was a human adventurer who wanted to kill himself. Such a disgusting thought came to his mind for no reason. The long sword in his hand was gradually gaining strength. It was a lose-lose situation for both sides. .
At this moment, with a "bang" sound, a jar-shaped object exploded among the crowd...