Chapter 1617

In fact, many things in Sumeru hide enormous secrets.

However... because of official orders,

those scholars are simply unable to conduct research.

The reason for this is:

This Sage does not want those people to touch upon ancient history.

Because that would touch upon taboos.

At the same time, it would also make his own position unstable.

Accompanied by the arrival of a storm,

the Grand Sage arrived before a pyramid.

There was no one guarding this place, because the air contained a seal left behind by the previous Dendro Archon.

Without the key in the Grand Sage's hand,

it was simply impossible to break.

Swish.

When the key was revealed,

the membrane in the air

suddenly revealed a gap.

A place that looked calm and tranquil was, in reality, another world inside the gap.

The pyramid had no entrance,

because it required a key!

Otherwise, one could only destroy it with force.

The Grand Sage had seen the blueprints and naturally knew the internal structure of the pyramid; he continuously advanced toward the top.

Finally, he arrived before a golden coffin.

He placed the leaf on top of the coffin.

A verdant light lit up,

and the coffin lid opened accordingly.

One could see that in the hands of the golden skeleton, a golden fragment was being gripped.

"So this is the Sage who followed the Dendro Archon back then... Heh, nothing special..."

The Grand Sage took the fragment

and turned to leave.

He did not see at all that within that golden skull,

two flames of soul fire had actually appeared.

Not until the Grand Sage left the pyramid

did a ghost fly out from the corpse.

This was an old man with a kind and benevolent face.

The other party's soul was condensed,

and his face was full of sorrow.

"Sigh... I never expected that the person who came to take the seal would actually be a contemporary Sage... Oh, Dendro Archon, you chose for us to guard the seals separately, yet you lifted a rock only to drop it on your own feet...

Did you never think

that a future generation of Sages... would rebel?"

He shook his head,

unable to help but sigh in his heart.

However, the reason he was here was to guard the pyramid,

and at the same time, guard the seal,

not letting evildoers destroy the Dendro Archon's power.

As it turned out, things were unexpected...

Five hundred years of peace,

and the person who came to take the seal

was actually his own descendant; how sorrowful this was.

The Grand Sage, however, ignored all that; after leaving this pyramid, he headed toward the next one.

But when he wanted to retrieve the seal,

he was blocked by flames that appeared out of thin air.

"Beast... you actually want to destroy the Dendro Archon's seal..."

"So you are all still alive?"

The Grand Sage's face revealed shock, and then his expression changed drastically.

This is bad.

If the Sage's soul had not perished,

then inside the first pyramid,

his actions must have been seen through.

"I never expected a Sage would actively come to destroy the seal; you are putting countless commoners to death... Let me eradicate you, you wicked beast..."

"The one who should die is you, undead..."

The key transformed into a long sword,

directly piercing the Sage's soul.

This key not only had the function of unlocking,

it could also seal.

This was to prevent the Sage's soul from causing chaos.

It was just a pity that the restriction had become a sharp weapon for the Grand Sage's betrayal.

In order to keep the secret,

the scorching flames

completely incinerated the soul.

The second fragment was obtained.

To verify his thoughts, the Grand Sage returned to the previous pyramid.

As a result, there was indeed no soul inside.

His expression was extremely ugly.

Now, hiding the news was already impossible.

He only had one path to continue down.

And so, he began to speed up,

rushing toward the other pyramids in the desert.

Meanwhile, in Vanarana,

because the power of the pyramids was declining,

the originally scarlet desert began to slowly expand.

The Fatui in the border area picked up their communicators and began to transmit the news.

The Harbinger in the transit station sneered: "It seems... that stupid guy has finally started to act..."

"Still, it depends on Dottore... I felt there was something wrong with Arlecchino during the previous mission, so... this time, don't summon her, and don't give her any information.

I want to see...

what the result will be."

"Heh... suspicion is always a good thing, and... what kind of waves can an injured person make? If there are no accidents this time, let's destroy her..."

The speaker was a Fatui captain.

Eating humble pie in the last battle

made him feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, the manpower used for this operation was even greater than the last. ===== CHAPTER 1619 =====