The black mud swallowed up the two people, and the guardian who had self-destructed on the spot was formed again in the black mud, and his reshaped body was covered in filth again.
Relying on this "self-destruction-rebirth" mechanism, he can not only clear the "balance" effect imposed by Yin Luna, but even eliminate the body that has just been purified.
However, the crazy guardian who had reshaped his body did not attack the two people lying in the black mud, nor did he even look at them. All the eyes on the guardian's body, including the two eyes on his head, were closed. He slowly left the ground with his feet and flew into the sky above the magma lake with his hands clasped together:
“It’s time.”
As he took off, the black silt that was originally flowing towards the magma also flew towards the top of this underground space in dots.
Finally, the body of the guardian, along with most of the black mud, entered the high rock layer and headed towards the ground. Xia De and Yin Luna, who had just faced the self-explosion of the spirit, struggled to climb out of the black mud.
"Ahem, in the Heart of the Earth, even if Yin Luna and I combined our strength to defeat him, we can't subdue him."
Xia De coughed while holding his chest and stood up. He was entangled with the guardian all over his body, so his reaction was half a beat slower than Yin Luna, and he almost faced the power of the spirit's self-explosion. But fortunately, the opponent's self-explosion was not very strong, it was just a means of escape, or the guardian did not want to kill them at all, so Xia De was not seriously injured.
As for the black mud on the ground, because of its effect in isolating the Night Watchman from evil and filth, not much of it actually stuck to his body.
Looking at Yin Luna again, the girl with long brown hair was also trying to get up from the mud, but her movements were extremely stiff. When Xia De stepped on the hot mud to help her up, she hadn't even finished getting up.
Looking closely, Xia De observed that there were large areas of petrification marks on Yin Luna's body, which almost covered her entire body.
"Oh, this is bad."
The seventeen-year-old girl said weakly. Even though she still held the fragment of the ancient Heart of the Earth in her hand, when the mad guardian blew himself up, she faced the filth that was almost the root of the earth. Her body was still inevitably contaminated by the distortion of the earth.
They did not lose to the Guardian, they lost to this twisted land.
"It's okay, I have the Holy Grail with me!"
Xia De frantically searched in his pockets for the holy grails that had been turned into toys by the huge amount of spiritual energy. Since he had given two holy grails to Miss Sylvia half an hour ago, he only had the last three in his hand. But fortunately, they were enough, and Xia De also carried the materials for making spiritual medicine with him.
He hurriedly wanted to make it, but was stopped by Yin Luna's trembling hands.
Xia De was sitting on the hot ground, holding Yin Luna, who was covered in black mud, in his arms. The 17-year-old girl said weakly:
"No need. I heard from the old priest in the church that the pollution near the Heart of the Earth is the root cause... and your Holy Grail is not the real Holy Grail used to worship the ancient gods in the ancient era."
Shade himself has a high resistance to petrification because he has absorbed the Weeping Angel, and he has been in contact with these filth many times, so he has the ability to resist, but Yin Luna is completely unable to do so:
"Don't worry about me. I have the talent of the Chosen One. I'll be fine for a while."
She looked at Xia De, her voice getting weaker and weaker:
"Go after the Guardian. He has now left the Heart of the Earth. According to the Church's estimation, he should be acting as an agent of the Mad Earth to pollute more land. Go and stop him. I'm fine."
"What nonsense."
Shade reached out and lifted the brown hair that covered her eyebrows, then took the ancient fragment of the Heart of the Earth from her hand:
"Even if the elixir doesn't work, we still have this."
"No. If you consume this stone now, how are you going to purify the guardian? Do you really want to watch Sirius Lathers sacrifice himself?"
Yin Luna's eyes gradually became tired, but she still looked at Xia De firmly:
"Shad Hamilton, you know what to do."
"I'm not used to you calling me by my real name."
Xia De frowned slightly, put down the sword, and showed her another item:
"How do you think I entered the heart of the earth?"
After Shad entered the Heart of the Earth, the silver cube reflecting the firelight finally revealed the sixth story, which was also the deepest secret of the Randall Valley:
Guardian of the Earth -
At the beginning of the Sixth Era, in order to cope with the impending crisis, the spirit of the Lander Valley selected noble souls to protect the earth. Since then, this responsibility has been passed down among mortals, and generations of sacrifices have inherited the great responsibility. Deep underground, near the heart of the earth, the guardians maintain the stability of the heart of the earth. But when the heart of the earth is completely twisted and filthy, the guardians will also go crazy. The two coexist and coexist, and the noble souls will also fall into despair. This is an irreversible tragedy.
The invisible church, St. Perry's cemetery, the secret room of the Stonemasons' Guild, the Randall Valley Gold Mine, the Randall Valley Earthquake of 1695, and the Guardian of the Earth. When Shad traveled through the land of the Randall Valley, learned about the stories and legends that had been passed down for a long time, and finally came to the heart of the earth, he finally completed the task that he had been involved in since he first came to this city.
The small mithril cube radiated light, and the six inscriptions of six ancient stories engraved on the six sides resonated with a golden miraculous aura. After a moment, a palm-sized stone floated out from the golden light. Yin Luna, who was already familiar with the power of the earth, knew what it was at a glance:
"A fragment of the heart of the earth?"
The size of this fragment is much larger than the two stones in Shade and Yin Luna's hands, but slightly smaller than the gift Fiona left for Shade in the Fifth Era.
Shade put away the Mithril Cube and reached out to hold the stone:
"So everything makes sense. Why the earthquake in 1695 was caused by this Mithril Cube, and why the Guardians seemed to have made no preparations for their own madness."
"Because, they already knew what was inside the cube?"
Yin Luna said weakly, and Xia De nodded:
"To be precise, it was only after Mr. Thomas Granger found it underground in the family's old cemetery that the guardians realized its existence and speculated that it might play a role after they went crazy. This cube was found in the family by the Granger who caused the earthquake. It was a preparation left by Granger in an unknown era for future generations."
He looked at the two stones in his hands, and finally pressed the larger one on Yin Luna's petrified chest:
"Feel the power of the earth, Yin Luna."
Shad said:
"Try to absorb this stone. Theoretically, anyone can absorb the power of the fragment of the Heart of the Earth, because we all live on this land and are nurtured and grown by it."
He hugged the 17-year-old girl and let her lean on his chest. Yin Luna was almost unable to speak at this time. She murmured "hmm" softly, and her tired eyes closed slightly, but she tried to open them and look at Xia De:
"You know how valuable this thing is, are you sure you want to..."
"Yin Luna, do you really want to say this now? After absorbing the power of this stone, you will no longer be afraid of the filth of the earth. We still have many battles to fight, and this power is very important to you."
So Yin Luna stopped talking, closed her eyes and leaned against Xia De's arms. But Xia De knew that she was not unconscious, because the black stone he held against Yin Luna's chest was slowly releasing golden light.
The miraculous aura floated towards the petrified skin, and then seemed to directly light up Yin Luna. While Xia De felt the stone in his hand turning into powder bit by bit, behind the sleeping Yin Luna, the dark golden scale that had originally dimmed glowed again, and then turned into a life ring floating behind the two of them.
The miracle element seemed to want to engrave a new spiritual rune, but in the end it did not achieve its goal. Yin Luna, who was in a semi-comatose state, gradually lost the petrification marks on her body, and Xia De was also happy to feel her heart beating strongly.
Think carefully about what you feel.
"She" suddenly reminded Xia De in his ear. Xia De was stunned, then his face turned red and he was about to take back his hand. Unexpectedly, Yin Luna opened her eyes and held his wrist, letting him hold the last remnant of the stone against her chest.
The fragments of the Heart of the Earth disappeared bit by bit until Yin Luna completely absorbed its power. Even the chosen one of balance could not fully digest this ancient and huge power in a short time. Although Xia De had never tried to absorb it, based on "her" description and his own perception, he knew what the stone represented.
Do you regret giving her the power
"She" whispered in Xia De's ear, and Xia De glanced at the position of his right hand and asked in his heart very "softly":
"Isn't Yin Luna's power my power?"
"She" smiled gently.
At this moment, Xia De could feel very clearly that Yin Luna's heart was beating unusually strongly, and "strongly" did not refer to the sound.
When an ordinary person's heart beats, it vibrates his or her body and then the air. However, Yin Luna's beating heart directly vibrates her soul, causing the soul and the earth to vibrate.
This means that Yin Luna has not completely digested these powers, and the power of the Heart of the Earth is temporarily entrenched in her heart. When Yin Luna can completely digest these powers, she will probably be able to obtain the miracle spirit rune.
Not only that, her heart was also strengthened.
she added softly.
"Heart of Stone..."
Yin Luna whispered softly, and this phrase really scared Shade. But then he realized that Yin Luna's heart of stone was not the same as Hela Osenfurt's heart of stone. The latter was a real heart of stone, while Yin Luna's heart only had the power of stone and earth.
"How do you feel now?"
He pulled his hand away calmly, and Yin Luna opened her eyes and stared at him blankly:
"Just now, I seemed to have become this land. I saw a lot of things, including the stories that happened on this land in the past and the stories that might happen in the future."