Chapter 2286: Inherited Power

Seeing that the cat had no intention of continuing to use its power, the "Dancer" with light-brown skin breathed a sigh of relief, took another look at the burning demon corpse, and then walked toward Xia De.

As for those armor parts that had vaguely left the sand surface and floated into the air just now, they had already fallen back to the sand, but each piece was still emitting brilliant light.

"Oh, don't lick me!"

Xia De, whose entire upper body had struggled out from under the sand, tried to keep Little Mia away, but the cat was unwilling to leave. These sands were very strange; although one could move through space and transform at will above the sand surface, Xia De could no longer do so after sinking into the sand.

Fortunately, Miss Mester had also walked over, stood there, bent over slightly, and reached out a hand to him.

Xia De tried hard not to look where he shouldn't, and after grabbing Miss Mester's hand, he only felt a huge force appear suddenly, and then he was pulled out of the sand by the lady as if he were a radish.

"Meow!"

The cat was picked up by Xia De and stood on his shoulder, affectionately rubbing against his face. Xia De, covered in sweat, patted the sand off his body and then looked at the demon corpse that was still burning:

"If I remember correctly, evil spirit demons cannot be killed."

"Don't worry about it. It will be burned in this sunlight for a thousand years, and then it will probably be reborn in any corner of the material world."

Miss Mester said. Xia De nodded hesitantly. But this demon was ultimately released by him. If he hadn't opened the sarcophagus, it would have been sealed until another group of people broke in here.

"Can you seal it again?"

Xia De asked softly. Miss Mester's beautiful brown eyes blinked at him:

"Is this you asking me for help?"

Last time, this lady had said that if Xia De never asked for help, then in the end, Xia De could get a gift.

Xia De certainly wanted the gift, but at this moment he nodded:

"Yes, God of Mist. Please allow me to seek your help. Please seal this nameless ancient one so that it cannot harm the world."

"Then, I will grant you help."

Pure white mist drifted out from the lady's hand, drifted toward the pile of burning flames, and then wrapped around it.

When Xia De stepped on the scorching yellow sand and came to the side of the wet white mist, the mist dissipated, and a white glass bead lay on the sand. After picking it up, one could see mist swirling inside. And deep in the mist, the flames were still burning, and the demon's blurred figure seemed to be frozen at the moment of being burned.

This was not an ordinary item, but a powerful divine art item. Plus, there was a "living creature" inside, so Xia De certainly could not bring it back to his own time. He intended to hand it over to Granny Sianode; presumably, the witches of Saint Byron's had suitable means to deal with this thing.

On the other side, because of Miss Mester's protection, the female knight Miss Nite, who was buried under the ruins of the church, was also uninjured. She had fainted due to the phantom pain of digging out her own heart, but at the same time Xia De picked up the glass bead, she also crawled out from under the ruins on her own, and then quickly put on her helmet to shield herself from the sunlight:

"Mr. Hamilton, the sarcophagus is over here."

She did not mention the illusion just now, but pointed out the position of the sarcophagus while holding the petrified heart.

Xia De and Miss Mester then cast spells together, making the sarcophagus float in the air. Before the lid of the sarcophagus was closed again, Xia De took a look inside, and at a glance, he found the compass fragment they were looking for among the messy funerary items.

He did not check the remaining things, but decided to return to the Sun Temple to do other things. Without the mausoleum blocking the sunlight, Xia De just wanted to go back quickly.

Of course, there was one more thing to do before leaving here:

"Two ladies, please wait for me a little longer."

He said to the ladies, then with the cat on his shoulder, he walked quickly toward the knight statue that was still standing before the ruins.

Miss Nite and Miss Mester watched from afar as he looked up and examined the knight statue, then held the Sunlight Greatsword with both hands, seemingly wanting to slash the air with some trepidation. But he did not do so immediately; instead, he held the sword with one hand and summoned the greatsword with silver moonlight with the other.

Xia De took a deep breath. Although he didn't know if he could succeed, he had to try after all:

"Gate of Death!"

Both greatswords slashed forward at the same time, and at the same time, the spirit in his body flowed away rapidly. Usually, opening the Gate of Death was as easy as pushing open the door of his home, but this time Xia De felt as if he were pushing open the door downstairs at home in the "Past · Sixth Era" that had already been damaged.

But fortunately, as the two greatswords left a golden and a silver streak of light in the air, a pitch-black crack appeared between the two streaks of light.

The arcane "Gate of Death" opened a one-way passage, so the power on the other side of the crack would not affect the position where Xia De was. But when he saw the quiet mudflat through the crack, saw the pitch-black water surface, and saw the thousands of souls wandering toward the half-sunken dark moon, Xia De immediately felt a bone-chilling coldness.

This chill was definitely not a psychological illusion, but a real appearance, because even the cat on Xia De's shoulder meowed in dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, it's okay."

The dryness and sunlight of the desert were resisting this icy power, and the opened crack was continuously consuming Xia De's spirit. So he quickly picked up the stone statue, took two steps back, accelerated forward, and then used force to throw the statue into the crack.

Because the force was sufficient, the statue flew over the mudflat and smashed straight into the calm water surface. Xia De even saw a ripple appear on the water surface.

"So this water surface really exists below..."

Xia De had never seen anything sink to the bottom in the water area of death, and just as he was thinking this, in the middle of the ripple expansion, the figure of a man holding a long sword and wearing armor appeared flickeringly.

The knight turned around, stood at the edge of the water area, bowed slightly to Xia De outside the crack, and then waved goodbye. The armor on his body disintegrated, revealing the original appearance of his soul. The petrified body slept beneath the water area, and only the soul moved toward the "final destination."

"Goodbye! Leave that demon to the people of this era to deal with!"

Xia De also waved at the figure. Just as he was about to close the crack that was continuously consuming his spirit, he suddenly saw something fly straight over from the man's hand. It was clearly a one-way passage, but the flying object actually flew into Xia De's hand.

"What is this?"

Subconsciously catching it, Xia De then looked in surprise at the petrified long sword in his hand. When he looked up again, the ancient knight had already set off toward the distant dark moon with thousands of souls.

The pitch-black crack closed slowly, and the earthy-yellow spiritual light on the petrified long sword seeped into Xia De's body. "She" reminded him softly:

【Outsider, you have felt a "miracle."】

【Outsider, you have learned "Power of the Earth · Blessing All Things." At the cost of connecting to the earth and turning into a stone statue with your own flesh and soul, you can realize a certain "miracle" within a certain area to a limited extent. The power and effect of the miracle are related to the strength of your own soul. Requires belief in an Ancient God; requires casting materials, such as Philosopher's Stone/Blood of Mercury/Blood Essence of All Things, etc., which are high-level alchemical materials used to shape life.】

"I said so, this is simply a sacrificial ritual, but the effect is really... Wait, why do I master this kind of ability? Could it be that I will..."

"She" continued to smile and say in Xia De's ear:

【Outsider, because you possess extremely high petrification resistance and possess the blessing and part of the origin of the earth, you cannot use this arcane.】

【This arcane possesses a special characteristic; you can pass it on to only one person. After passing it on, you will lose this arcane.】

Xia De nodded, looked at the stone sword in his hand that had become an ordinary stone because it lost its power, sighed lightly, and then patted Little Mia's head.

The moonlight greatsword in his left hand dissipated. He waved his hand at the sand surface, and the glowing armor, for some reason, reassembled into the shape of a lion and stood on the sand surface. Xia De looked at those armor parts inquisitively, threw out the armor storage box to store them, and breathed a sigh of relief only after confirming that they could still turn into toys.

"Let's go back."

He walked quickly toward the ladies who were waiting for him, feeling fortunate in his heart that this investigation trip had finally ended.

Although the return journey was still unbearably hot, at least this time there were no other situations. Little Mia still looked very happy, and Xia De not only had to walk at the end of the team to ensure Miss Nite did not fall behind, but also had to maintain the coffin containing the spoils of war flying around them.

Fortunately, Miss Mester would help from time to time, otherwise Xia De felt that the return journey would consume more time.

The mermaid girl with blue hair who came to meet the three of them discovered them from above the sand dune, and at the first moment, she waved and shouted from afar. Not long after meeting up with her, the group finally successfully returned to the Sun Temple.

Entering the cool shade covered by the temple, Xia De sat on the long bench and felt that he never wanted to get up again. When Miss Nite struggled to take off her own set of armor, Xia De felt that the metal armor was already hot and smoking.

"It was really brought back."

Xia De looked again at the petrified heart that the female knight had temporarily placed aside. This was brought out from that illusion, just like the wreath Granny Sianode brought out from the Bone Illusion, which was still worn on the old elf's head, and the flowers were still as fresh as if they had just been picked.

The desert illusion was very special, and even Xia De sometimes could not tell whether it was true or false. But fortunately, he did not need to distinguish it very clearly.

"However, this can also be considered a Heart of Stone, right?"

He thought in his heart, but did not think of taking that thing as his own. ===== CHAPTER 2287 =====