Chapter 1443

The Outsider let out a long sigh. He felt that the biggest feeling of his adventure in the first three months of 1854 was not knowing the power of the earth, but understanding love and marriage.

When the Outsider was in his hometown, let alone marriage, he didn't even understand what love was. After coming to this world, he understood love under Luvia's guidance. And seeing so many stories in the Linder Valley, at the very end, he saw his first friend again. He had many things he wanted to say to Luvia, to Dorothy, and to Rextia. After tonight was over, he wanted to watch the sunset with them and talk about the meaning of life.

Of course, the feelings about the meaning of life and love still had to wait until he had nothing to do to think about them. There was no extra time for Xia De to waste at this moment.

Except for the surprisingly large coffin and stone tablet in the center, the only thing left in the entire main tomb that could be moved was the key placed at the very center of the top of the coffin.

Since Sister Saint-Pery said that Mr. Lehman left a gift for Xia De, it must be this key.

And after picking up the stone key that looked plain, Xia De's perception perceived almost immediately that there was a keyhole on the wall at the position opposite to the entrance of the tomb.

It was very strange. With the perception ability of Xia De and Iluna, in such a relatively small space, it was impossible not to perceive that keyhole that looked very abnormal at a glance. But it happened that Xia De picked up the key before he could feel the existence of the keyhole.

Not only that, while Xia De touched the key itself, he also felt that this plain stone key was also confirming him.

【If it wasn't you who touched the key, the key wouldn't have any power. This is a special item manufactured relying on the magic of that Butterfly God.】

"She" reminded him gently, and Xia De immediately thought that only the power of the Old God who was proficient in illusion could perfectly hide that keyhole.

So Xia De and Iluna came to the deepest part of the tomb and inserted the key into the keyhole. After a click, the wall popped open a door.

The space behind the door was not very large. It looked like a naturally formed underground karst cave. The only thing existing in the cave was a spring eye filled with black mud.

"This is..."

The brown-haired girl was startled and hurriedly pulled Xia De back a step:

"Crazy Earth? No, the power is stronger than any Crazy Earth we have encountered... Is this the entrance to the Heart of the Earth?"

Iluna keenly perceived the most original power belonging to the earth, and even when she took the initiative to listen, she heard the irregular huge heartbeat that could only be heard in a deep meditation state again.

"It seems that as I thought, Mr. Lehman and his wife before they died made their cemetery the only normal entrance to the Heart of the Earth in the material world."

He felt the attraction of divinity, and looked back at that stone coffin:

"Is this the gift? If I hadn't come here personally, I'm afraid the intruder would have to face more than just illusions."

Iluna immediately thought of the scene of the coffin exploding and then undead creatures jumping out of it. She frowned slightly:

"From your description of the stone mirror demon Gede at the end, its combat power is not weaker than the Guardian. I'm afraid that for so many years, it has never faced the Guardian directly, not only because it prefers to play with conspiracies, but also because the only entrance is something even it cannot enter safely.

Yeah, for so many years, the legend of the Heart of the Earth in the Linder Valley has been circulating, and the location of the Night Temple is not very hidden. It is not completely impossible to find the way to enter here as long as you reach the top of the mountain, but I have never heard of anyone entering... even those Guardians might not be able to pass through here safely."

If explained this way, it makes sense that the Crazy Earth in the cave when Miss Bernice and I first arrived was not solved by the Guardians. They don't rely on this passage to enter and exit the Heart of the Earth at all."

Xia De said.

Iluna also looked at the coffin with great admiration:

"Although it borrowed the power of the Old God, this matter was ultimately led by an ordinary man in the Fifth Era. It's really amazing. If his deeds could be known by people, our church would at least give him the honor of being canonized after death." "Butterfly God: Thousand-Eyed Phantom Butterfly..."

Xia De thought more. Obviously, the power of that Old God had inextricable connections with the Ancient God 【Earth Mother】. And it happened that her dependents returned to the material world with the man, and it happened that her dependents became the guardians of the Heart of the Earth after death.

It is hard to say whether there was a possibility that the god deliberately arranged it. But if you think so, a series of things in the 【Worm Cave】 in the Fifth Era had a different meaning from the beginning, so Xia De didn't intend to consider this possibility, because even if the guess was verified, it wouldn't cause any impact.

"Luvia's news didn't make it clear, but just relying on the two of us, can we really enter here?" Iluna asked worriedly. Worry was naturally because of what those black mud represented:

"If it's not enough for the two of us to enter, then you go yourself. I'll wait for you here, you don't have to worry about me." "Luvia didn't tell you about my harvest in the Fifth Era."

As he spoke, Xia De took out the stone box he carried with him. After opening it, the black stone was trembling slightly.

"It felt the main body of the Heart of the Earth. This stone is much more useful than the stones we each hold."

"This is... oh, you actually got this! Not long ago, Mr. Granger also told me that fragments of the Heart of the Earth are hard to collect. Look, the church also gave me a small fragment, but the small fragment didn't detect the Heart of the Earth."

Iluna said, taking out the bottle containing the stone. Xia De also had a smaller fragment in his hand, which was given to him by the Guardian.

"The degree of pollution is very slight, but it is indeed not pure enough. In fact, including the two small stones we each hold, these stones are not pure. After all, the distortion of the earth is not a matter of the last two years, so the closer the age of these stones to modern times, the more serious the degree of pollution... The stone you just gave me is the purest."

"She" seemed to laugh in Xia De's ear.

"However, the power of the Heart of the Earth fragment can cure the symptoms of petrification due to contamination by the source of the earth. Like the spirit potion made with your Holy Grail, it is a perfect treatment, but it will permanently consume the power of the fragment."

Iluna carefully put away her fragment:

"So the church gave me the fragment, also meaning to give me a chance." "Since the small fragment cannot trigger the power of the earth, what about the big fragment?"

Xia De asked again, signaling Iluna to touch the black stone in the stone box. Iluna then reached out and touched it. At the moment of contact, golden light erupted from her fingertips and the surface of the stone, but Iluna still couldn't break through herself:

"It feels like it's still a bit short, but the power contained in this fragment is indeed not comparable to small stones." "That's why I asked Luvia to notify you to come here."

Saying that, he reached out his hand to her:

"Let's go together. The power contained in this stone is beyond my imagination. It can protect more than just me."

"Alright then."

The two held hands and jumped into the pitch-black spring eye together.

Xia De had the experience of jumping into black mud, but this time he didn't encounter the feeling of darkness and suffocation like last time. He and Iluna grabbed the black stone at the same time, and the stone began to emit dazzling golden light after the two were stained with black mud.

Not only that, when the two completely entered the black mud, the stone became heavier and heavier, so that the two holding the stone gradually became like being dragged downward by the stone.

The golden transparent shield repelled the black mud around, protecting the two who were sinking. And in the process of sinking, Xia De's spatial perception told him that they were not moving downward in the spatial sense, but passing through a special environment that he couldn't explain with his current knowledge, moving toward the deeper part of the earth's core, similar to spatial movement.

The whole process was not long, not even a minute. Keeping their heads down, feet up, and both hands grabbing the heavy stone, both saw

the fire-red light appearing deeper down.

And the desire for divinity in Xia De's heart had reached the point where he couldn't control it at this moment. He knew that what he wanted was ahead.

The fire-red light became larger and larger, and after breaking through that layer of light, the two who fell from the sky fell onto the scorching hard ground together.

"Oh!"

Iluna covered her head and supported the ground, wanting to stand up, and then immediately felt her hands almost scalded. After standing up while supporting each other with Xia De, they looked at the scene in front of them in surprise together.

Simply put, this is the magma lake at the earth's core.

Above his head was a pitch-black rock layer with hanging stalactites, and in front of him was a completely enclosed magma lake at the earth's core. Around the magma lake was a circle of stones that could stand, about ten meters higher than the magma liquid level, which was also the position where Xia De and Iluna appeared.

The fire-red magma, or substances similar to magma, surged in the earth's core lake, and the high heat brought by it constantly impacted the two wearing winter clothes.

The loud noise impacted the soul one after another, and that strange fire-red light made the eyes and brain feel uncomfortable at the same time.

And besides vision and hearing, what had a more serious impact on Xia De and Iluna was the power of the magma lake itself. That kind of ancient and stable power, just by feeling it with the heart, the whole body felt like it was about to turn into stone. The scenery created by ancient power and natural greatness made the mortal body instinctively want to crawl and worship.