Chapter 144: Ancient God - Primal Rift

"No need to remind me, my eyes are fine... I didn't expect that it would require space-related runes to open, which is why the church couldn't find it. If it weren't for your hint that elements were gathering nearby, I wouldn't have been able to find this place either."

Guessing in his heart, Xia De looked down at the passage in front of him again, but the blood-colored footprints did not extend inside:

"Of the two Ninth-Ring Mages from a hundred years ago, at least one of them knew about this and tried to open the passage with blood, which is why the bloodstains on the wall look like they were smeared. But they ultimately couldn't walk in because the opening method had nothing to do with the bloodstains. Did they fight over this secret? But why did they die together? Were they really crazy?"

【You have touched a "Miracle."】

"Are you sure there is only a miracle ahead, and no blasphemous elements related to an evil god? Or whispering elements related to relics?"

Xia De asked. The whispering sound of the woman in his ear was actually exceptionally useful.

【At least not for now.】

Pondering for a moment, he bent down, picked up the oil lamp, held the cat, and walked into the passage revealed on the basement wall. After passing through the hidden wall, the wall became solid again.

The passage was not long, and the other end was an open space.

The oil lamp illuminated this place, a standard circular space, the height of which was just slightly higher than the basement outside. A strange orange smell permeated the air, rather than the corruption of the basement that had been empty for a long time. Sundries and books were piled up beside the curved wall, and a white stone statue was placed in the center of the space.

The base was a circular platform, on which stood a statue of a man with two heads, both of which were faceless. He held a book in his left hand and pointed forward with his right. The direction he was pointing was the direction of Xia De and Mia.

The two-headed man wore a flowing robe that dragged on the floor and was barefoot, presenting an exceptionally sacred posture due to the style of the sculpture.

Under the dim light of the kerosene lamp, time seemed to have left no traces on the statue. After being watched by Xia De, the statue spontaneously radiated a soft, holy white light, gradually becoming brighter than the light of the oil lamp, illuminating everything here.

Xia De, surprised, took a step back, not because of this light, but because he had seen this two-headed statue before.

In the hall on the first floor of the Prophecy Association, among the thirteen oil paintings of the founding series of Tarot cards, there was this statue. But the card face was not the statue but a real man's image, with his back to the outside of the card face, holding a book in one hand and pointing to the "inside" of the card face with the other, while the card background was the bizarre bubbles in the infinite starry sky.

"I remember the name of that card is—Founding · Space... Is this the statue of an Ancient God? It's actually under my house?"

He thought in surprise. In his ears, there was still only the reminder of the 【Miracle】 element, so Xia De did not retreat. He put little Mia and the oil lamp together against the wall, instructing the cat not to run around. Mia also instinctively felt uncomfortable in this space, so she just looked at Xia De approaching the statue worriedly.

When standing at the edge, he couldn't feel anything, and there was no discomfort like when he touched the statue of the false god 【Blood Duke Lao Ai】 not long ago.

But the closer he got, the more his head swelled. Countless overlapping whispers echoed in his head, and at the same time, his skin could feel a tearing sensation, as if a dull knife was lightly scratching his skin.

In the end, it even made Xia De feel like he was seeing a Saint of an Old God again. Fortunately, the "Divine Radiance" state was enough to offset this discomfort.

Just a statue of an Ancient God actually had the oppressive feeling of a Saint of an Old God.

"The original Ancient Gods are indeed different from the later Old Gods."

He thought in his heart.

On the base under the white stone statue, a line of obvious inscriptions was carved. Xia De, who had experienced the 【Dark Box】 incident, should not have interpreted it. But as soon as his sight touched it, he understood this sentence completely involuntarily. This was not under his control; the statue of the Ancient God resonated with Xia De's power.

His hand involuntarily touched the somewhat warm base, and the holy white light spilled on his face. Xia De recited that sentence uncontrollably:

"Primal Rift, bless you in the infinite space."

After reciting it, that wonderful state disappeared. Xia De quickly took two steps back, and seeing that nothing happened, his panicked emotions calmed down. He frowned and looked at the statue in front of him:

"This sentence sounds familiar."

Muttering to himself, he thought of the sentence carved on the 【Time Key】, "World Tree bless you in time," and the spell to use the time key was "World Tree bless me in time."

"Could it be?"

Xia De suddenly had a bold idea.

He immediately moved away from the statue, then picked up the somewhat terrified cat by the wall, carried the oil lamp, and left here. After passing through the hidden wall, the wall automatically returned to its original state.

Xia De left the first floor, returned to Room 1 on the second floor, left the cat there, and took his weapons and relics. Taking a deep breath at the stairs, after preparing, he returned to the basement again.

Passing through the hidden wall, the moment he watched the statue, the two-headed statue lit up again. Xia De leaned against the wall and recited the spell, but nothing happened, so he approached the two-headed statue of the Ancient God nervously. Placing his hand on the base, he said in a low voice:

"May the Primal Rift bless me in the infinite space."

After waiting for less than a second, the white fog around him surged rapidly, wrapping Xia De in it.

Standing in this somewhat familiar thick fog, Xia De also heard the whispering sound in his ears as he wished:

【Outsider, you have stepped into the "Spatial Labyrinth."】

【Message from the Ancient God "Primal Rift":】

【Existing spatial waypoints: 1.】

"It really is like this!"

A blurry path appeared in the hazy white fog. Xia De saw a bare wooden signpost standing in the path. The wood was broken and crooked, as if it had experienced a hundred years of wind and sun in the wild. The style of the signpost was ordinary, except for the direction the arrow pointed, a few letters were crookedly carved on the wooden stick supporting the arrow.

This was an ancient language, and the meaning of the word composed of multiple letters was "1".

His mood was slightly excited, and his eyes looked at the path in front of him that was not very long:

"Is this teleportation? The key of the Ancient God of Time can enter the past time, and the statue of the Ancient God of Space can perform spatial movement?"

He didn't dare to step into the white fog around him easily, but he could lift his foot and walk into the blurry path. After thinking about it, he walked over and reached out to touch the wooden signpost at the end of the path.

The woman's voice whispered a reminder in his ear:

【Primal Rift will guide you.】

The white fog swept over the path and completely wrapped Xia De, who touched the signpost. He felt a burst of dizziness. When the dizziness ended, he found himself in the circular space where the white stone two-headed statue was placed.

An excited expression immediately appeared on his face:

"Is this a new statue? Was I really teleported? Where is this now? How long is the statue's cooldown?"

He asked in his heart, but heard the woman's laughter.

Only then did he think of a possibility, so he immediately observed the wall. The oil lamp he put down a few minutes ago and the sundries piled up here were all in their original positions:

"So, this is... St. Therese Square to St. Therese Square? One existing spatial waypoint is actually here?"

He didn't know what expression to make. ===== CHAPTER 145 =====