There is no doubt that this place has existed since ancient times, and it is also undoubtedly the destination of Xia De's trip.
The huge magma lake was about the size of more than ten Saint Teresa Squares. In the center of the magma lake, a giant stone pillar supported the magma lake island, which was only about the size of Shade's house.
At this time, a steady stream of black mud fell from the edge of the lake island into the magma. The red lava came into contact with the dripping black mud, causing the magma to "explode" and forming a small black solid layer on the magma surface below the lake island.
Without anyone explaining, Xia De and Yin Luna understood that this meant that the earth itself was undergoing a complete transformation.
It's not that there is no road connecting to the black "island in the middle of the lake". Starting from where Xia De and Yin Luna are, a series of slender stone pillars extend out from the magma, spanning half of the magma lake, supporting the slender stone road connecting to the island in the middle of the lake.
There was nothing else to worry about at this time, so Xia De and Yin Luna held hands and stepped onto the stone path. Crossing the boiling magma, under the increasing pressure of the four elements of miracle, blasphemy, enlightenment, and whisper, they came step by step to the edge of the island in the middle of the lake.
And the ancient power felt in this position is even like facing a god.
The island in the center of the lava lake had a surface made of obsidian. It was quite spacious and flat, with only an irregular stone pillar protruding from the center. The stone pillar was engraved with the holy emblem of the ancient goddess Mother Earth. Black mud was flowing out from the bottom of the stone pillar, and after reaching the edge of the island, it dripped into the lava below.
“Is this the heart of the earth?”
Yin Luna asked softly, but it was not Xia De who answered the question.
Kneeling on one knee under the black stone pillar, the guardian of Thomas Granger's image said with his back to them:
"To be precise, this island itself is the heart of the earth."
The voice was hoarse, but indeed rational.
"What?"
Xia De and Yin Luna were just standing at the end of the stone path, and had not really stepped onto the island. Xia De glanced at the black stone in his hand, and the fragment of the Heart of the Earth was trying to fall directly from his hand into the ground.
"Are you still sane now?"
Shade asked suspiciously, and the guardian stood up and turned around. The fiery red light around him illuminated his entire appearance at the moment.
Sweat dripped down their foreheads, and they took a step back at the same time. Compared with the guardians in spirit form that they had seen before, the soul of the unknown thing standing in front of them was more solid, and even under the illumination of the rolling magma, the soul was almost transparent.
Not only that, his body had a strange black luster, and his chest was almost completely solid black. Looking more closely, the surface of his soul, which had almost completely turned into a solid body, was densely packed with hundreds of faces, which together formed the texture of muscles. And each of those faces had their eyes closed at this time, as if they were enduring pain. This look was wrong no matter how you looked at it.
"Not crazy yet?"
Yin Luna was also very confused, but the next second they no longer had to be confused.
The guardian raised his right hand and pointed his index finger at them. The dark beam of light absorbed almost all the power of the lava lake in an instant, and then the energy that was released completely submerged Xia De and Yin Luna who were standing at the end of the stone road.
The energy penetrated the two people and finally hit the edge of the closed underground space. Amid the loud rumbling sound, smoke and hot mist produced by the agitated magma covered most of the underground space.
But in the dust, a golden light suddenly appeared. As the dust dispersed, the golden shield of the Hiton Seal appeared clearly at the end of the stone path.
Xia De stabbed his feet with his sword in both hands, but he alone could not stop the opponent's casual attack. The Hiton seal had not broken at this time, entirely because Yin Luna behind him held up the dark golden scale, weakening the attack with the power of "balance" while strengthening the strength of the seal shield.
"Yin Luna, grab him and let him touch the fragment."
As Shade pulled out the Night's Watcher, Yin Luna walked past Shade and grabbed the fragment of the Heart of the Earth in his hand, and officially stepped onto the island in the middle of the lava lake.
The filth of the Heart of the Earth itself represents a more horrible pollution than any twisted land on the surface world. If it weren't for this fragment that had been separated since ancient times, neither Xia De nor Yin Luna would be qualified to set foot on the surface of the Heart of the Earth.
Therefore, Xia De, knowing that Yin Luna's normal combat ability was higher, gave her the stone.
At this moment, the surging magma firelight illuminated the chosen ones of balance and the guardians who sacrificed themselves but eventually fell into madness. The twisted earth was trying to affect the balance, but the shining dark golden scale was playing its original role since its birth.
Even though the balance is weak at this moment, it still has the ability to cause harm to the other chosen one who has not yet performed the ceremony.
"Sunshine Gun!"
Golden thunder exploded from the center of the earth, and the dark golden spear that was shining represented Yin Luna's progress.
The black guardian stretched out his right hand, and black mud emerged from the palm of his hand and solidified into a mud shield in front of him. The filthy power of the earth collided with the power of the sun, which represented the supreme power. In the end, it was Yin Luna's all-out attack that completely penetrated the black mud shield and hit the guardian's head head-on.
But this did not cause fatal damage. Luvia said that as long as the guardian at this time stepped on the ground, he was almost immortal.
Even though the dark golden sunlight gun destroyed half of the guardian's head, the mud quickly repaired the damaged part.
And when the second ray of sunlight was thrown out again, the black mud shield actually blocked the attack this time.
It’s not that Yin Luna’s second attack became weaker, but that the black mud has adapted to the power of the sunlight gun.
These two attacks were not meaningless. At this time, Yin Luna had successfully moved forward ten steps from the edge of the island in the middle of the lake.
"balance!"
Looking directly into the eyes of the guardian, balancing the core talent effects of the chosen one, directly affects the collective soul of the thirteen-ring warlock. The power of the filthy soul weakened immediately, but then the entire soul melted into the hot black rock under its feet like snow.
A few seconds later, as Yin Luna moved closer to the central stone pillar, the guardian reappeared from the black mud on the ground, and his power had returned to its peak again.
"He reconstructed his body with the power of the filthy heart of the earth, which offset my talent as the chosen one... I can't beat him here."
Yin Luna made a judgment almost instantly, but she did not panic. After all, her goal was not to win, but just to let the other party touch the object in her hand.
"Law!"
With a gentle toss, he let the dark golden scale fly above his head. Then he held the stone in his left hand and crossed his right middle finger and index finger and pointed forward:
"still!"
Because of the guardian's advantage on the field at the moment, the secret technique Yin Luna learned from the witch only slowed down the guardian for a moment, but this was enough for Yin Luna to get closer to the center of the island in the lake.
A corner of the life ring appeared behind the guardian, and miracles eroded, whispers assimilated, and blasphemous fusion flashed by:
“Please be with me!”
He did not dodge Yin Luna who was rushing towards him, but opened his arms and took the initiative to meet her. Yin Luna had no intention of stopping at all. She knew that Xia De trusted her and gave her the opportunity to attack. She must not retreat at this time. Once the guardian took the opportunity to leave here, the situation on the ground would become worse.
In a flash, Yin Luna and the guardian were only one step away from touching each other, and at this moment Yin Luna had stretched out her arm holding the stone and aimed it at the guardian's chest. The polluted guardian would assimilate her body and soul, and she would also purify the guardian.
Now, it depends on which side is faster. Yin Luna is full of confidence in herself. There is no room for retreat at this time. She knows that she must not hesitate at this time.
But the imagined direct contact did not happen, and the dark chain sprang out from behind the guardian and wrapped around his right arm. In this lightning moment, before Yin Luna was hugged by the guardian, she took the lead and pressed the fragment of the Heart of the Earth in her left hand to his chest.
It was only at this moment that she saw Shad's figure appear behind the Guardian.
The chain of sin that sprang out from Shade's sleeves wrapped around the guardian's right arm. As the latter's body slowed down and he wanted to fight back, Shade bit the finger that was holding the night watchman, and then swung it forward viciously:
"Soul Whip!"
Blood flowed from the fingertips to the hilt, and then the entire sword turned into a scarlet whip, lashing the black soul. The most terrifying scream that Xia De and Yin Luna could imagine came out of the guardian's mouth the next moment. The sound was more miserable than the most timid girl being frightened by a fierce ghost in a haunted house, and sharper than when Mia found out that Xia De had not prepared lunch, and even scared Xia De himself:
"Is the magic so effective?"
Although the magic learned from Ms. Marilyn Handel has no lethality at all, the severe pain brings obstacles to the guardian's movements, which is better than the chains of sin.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yin Luna almost used both hands to press the fragments in her hands against the chest of the dark soul. She was originally curious about how Shade got here safely, but then she saw the Mithril Cube held up by his other hand without the sword, shining brightly in the firelight of the surrounding magma.
“Good opportunity!”
The Mithril Cube was grabbed by Shade and pressed against the back of the Dark Soul.
Two golden rays of light, one in front and one behind, representing the elements of miracle, illuminated the faces of Xia De and Yin Luna at the same time. The golden rays of light slowly removed the dark marks on the guardians, and this brief opportunity finally allowed the guardians to temporarily regain their sanity:
"It hurts... ... Someone must sacrifice..."
He uttered a sentence containing a hint of lake, and Xia De was shocked:
"What sacrifice? But..."
Before he could finish, the guardian spoke again:
"The flower of the four seasons has entered my soul... The ceremony must be held as soon as possible... Defeat me and do not let me pollute the earth... Run!"
Before he finished speaking, the eyes of the hundreds of hideous faces on the solid black body of the guardian opened at the same time:
“It hurts!”
Hundreds of mouths made sounds at the same time, and cracks appeared one after another on the surface of the spirit. In those cracks, dark light shone through the body. Although no one could tell what would happen next, this scene, which was quite déjà vu, had already made Xia De and Yin Luna feel the crisis to the highest point:
“Get out of the way!”
Immediately afterwards, the entire spirit exploded on the spot.
Xia De had just arrived here using the "Ragray Leap" and could not use magic again. He could only face the explosion of the spirit body and was submerged by the dark filthy energy and mud. Although Yin Luna retreated in time and summoned a small transparent hand shield, she was still submerged by the filth like Xia De in the face of the overwhelming self-explosion.