Chapter 258

The three people who stayed behind in the ruins each had very few personal items representing memories. That ring was related to Caris's love in his youth.

"These three people are indeed people worthy of admiration."

Xia De said softly, and then suddenly froze, turning to look at the corner behind him. The silver moonlight in his hand illuminated that place, but it was empty.

"I just felt, how could someone be watching me there?"

【I felt it too, but it was very vague, I don't know what it is.】

"Is anyone there?"

Xia De shouted softly, but didn't get any response. After confirming that the thing watching him just now disappeared, he continued to check the things in the coffin.

He didn't move the ashes box, let alone move that ring, but carefully studied the map in the letter in his hand. The map was drawn in great detail, and he easily found the room where the gargoyle and the mirror were stored that the group had walked through, and according to the direction, found the room where the 【Maze Candle】 was located.

That room originally had traps. Once someone broke in rashly, the ruins would release deadly alchemical poison fog. But it seems it was modified by 【Mercury Blood】, using a safer Relic as a guard.

Xia De couldn't return to that room, otherwise he would fall into the maze again, but this time there would probably be no butterfly to help him.

Fortunately, although the tomb room currently only had one door, there was also a secret passage. The secret passage led to the room where the 【Corpse Tree】 was suppressed. At the same time, there were not only dangerous big trees in the room, but also the holy emblems of the Old Gods, statues, and the 【Divine Gift Box】.

Xia De twitched the corner of his mouth:

"Sure enough, the most dangerous things will be put together. However, now is not the time to hesitate, find the 【Divine Gift Box】 quickly, and then I can go to help them."

According to the map's hint, Xia De found the inconspicuous stone brick engraved with the holy emblem on the wall of the tomb room. Pushing inward with force, then the stone wall beside him suddenly turned, revealing a dark passage.

Moving forward along the passage, this was not a straight road, it kept turning. Even if the footsteps were fast, it took a full five minutes to reach the end. The silver moon light illuminated the stone wall in front, Xia De hesitated for a moment, first dripped the diluent of the wind vane blue grass extract on the tip of his tongue, then lit the candle that was running out, and only then went to find the stone engraved with the holy emblem mentioned in the map.

After pressing it with force, the stone wall in front opened again, and outside the stone wall, there were strange blue light spots.

Climbing out of the secret passage and looking around, the new ruins room was more than three times larger than the room where the gargoyle was placed, like a huge underground hollow. The ground was not flat, countless tree roots were crawling under the floor, and the giant tree stood in the center of the room. The tree canopy covered the entire ceiling of the room, and because the rock wall on the top of the head was not high enough, it was forced to bend its branches.

Tree vines hung down from the tree canopy. These tree vines themselves were flashing with blue ghostly light, which was exactly what illuminated this place, but also made this place look incomparably strange.

【You have touched "Whisper".】

"Is this tree that Relic?"

The tree itself didn't have any reaction to Xia De's appearance. It stood quietly in this underground space that was relatively narrow for the tree itself, as if it had been like this from ancient times to the present.

Probably because of the existence of this tree, the moldy smell in the ruins finally disappeared. But this meant that this tree was still "alive", and the thousand years of time didn't starve it to death.

Looking toward the depths of the room, a high platform with three steps stood in the corner. On the wall above the high platform hung a metal holy emblem, and on the high platform under the holy emblem was a statue of a god wearing a robe without facial features. The statue was holding a box in its hands.

The statue and the holy emblem didn't seem to have any power, illuminated by the blue light of the tree vines. And even from a long distance, Xia De still saw the exquisite straight lines on that cubic bronze-colored box, spreading on the six sides, like a circuit diagram with a different kind of order in the chaos.

Flashing seven-colored gemstones were inlaid at the nodes of those straight lines. An inexplicable impulse made Xia De want to cross the tree canopy and touch that box, but he still held back.

【There is a Ringed Shushi nearby.】

"Where?"

【Ahead, in the shadow on the left hand side.】

Xia De narrowed his eyes and looked at the direction she pointed, and sure enough, he saw a figure standing in the shadow under the tree in the dimness, looking up at the tree canopy without moving.

Judging from the body shape, it was a man, so it couldn't be Miss Beiya and Miss Annette. Xia De calculated the time until the 47 seconds ended and walked quickly to the man's side. He didn't dare to get very close, worried that the unreasonable "sixth sense" would let the other party detect him.

Holding his breath, silver moon light lit up in his palm, and with the extinguishing of the candle, he slashed toward the man who had his back to Xia De.

That moonlight didn't make any sound in the air, appeared silently, and when it hit the stranger's back, it made a sound like hitting a metal plate.

The cautious Xia De had already hidden himself with the candle in his hand again, ready to perform spatial jumping at any time. He saw liquid mercury flowing out of the wound on the stranger's back, but he still didn't move.

The strange situation made Xia De retreat a few steps, turned to look at the exit of the room, but didn't expect the person under the tree to turn around stiffly at this moment. That pile of silver eyes made Xia De very surprised:

"You are the guy who broke in here?"

His voice was very hoarse and weak, and his face was as pale as a ghost.

The candle was still burning, but he actually looked directly into Xia De's eyes. Xia De knew he couldn't hide anymore, so he took the initiative to pinch out the candle:

"Who are you?"

Reminding the other me to be ready to burn divinity at any time, while his left hand gripped the spell provided by Miss Beiya that could resist the Magic Eye 【Greedy Silver】 in his pocket.

"Silver-Eyed One, Diake."

With his voice, a rustling sound came from the tree canopy overhead. Some vines slowly hung down, and the ghostly blue light illuminated the two people standing opposite each other under the tree.

Only then did Xia De finally see that seven or eight thick vines that didn't glow hung down from the tree canopy and were deeply pierced into the Silver-Eyed One's back. Under those ghostly blue light lines, the Silver-Eyed One, this ninth-ring Shushi regarded by the three as a great enemy, was now actually like a hunched, decadent middle-aged man.

He looked in quite bad condition, with vines piercing into his back, connecting him to the big tree behind him. This tree seemed to be "absorbing" him, absorbing him in the literal sense.

He looked at Xia De, and there seemed to be no soul left in his dim pupils:

"Who are you? Zhengshen Sect Society? Or a Ringed Shushi who came simply for that Sage-level Relic?"

The hoarse voice asked, and Xia De shook his head:

"Neither."

"It doesn't matter who you are, it's better to stay and accompany me."

His mouth opened, and mercury shot out from his mouth like an arrow, heading straight for Xia De's face. But Xia De, who was prepared, dodged easily with a side step. At the same time, silver mist rose, shrouding him in it.

The Silver-Eyed One didn't continue to attack, his throat continued to make a hoarse sound:

"It's useless, no one can run away."

The ghostly blue light shone on his face, making the whole person look as terrible as a ghost. Xia De in the silver mist noticed that the other party was actually only touching the ground with his toes, and was actually lifted up by the tree vines.

Xia De didn't continue to talk to the other party. He held the golden necklace on his neck and controlled the area of the illusion to expand continuously. To touch the box held by the statue, he had to pass under the tree canopy. It was difficult to judge what the situation of the Silver-Eyed One was now, but this tree definitely had a problem.

He wanted to expand the illusion range to be large enough, and then cooperate with 【Lagrange's Jump】 to reach the high platform where the statue was placed without alarming the 【Corpse Tree】.

"Do you know the Blood Spirit School? You all think I'm a lunatic, they are the lunatics. That guy who was sent, in order to get the corpse of the ancient Ringed Shushi swallowed by the tree, activated this tree. Haha, no one can run away... even if you run away, what can you do? The Evil God is about to descend, even if you go out, you won't live."

"Do you think the Zhengshen Sect Society has no preparations?"

Xia De in the silver mist retorted, but didn't expect the other party to laugh, and the silver eyes scanned the mist group:

"Lawrence, the Church discovered that Lawrence is the container for the god's descent. But that was a container we prepared for the Evil God believers of the 【Blood Feast Lord】. Do you think those Evil God believers didn't have a second hand prepared?"

Xia De, who was controlling the illusion, frowned:

"There is another mortal body for the god's descent... wait."

His eyes widened slightly, and countless clues were connected together at this moment. The back of the doctor leaving the banquet seemed to appear before his eyes:

"Could it be those two bulimia patients of the doctor?"

He shut his mouth and stopped paying attention to the Silver-Eyed One. He finally understood the source of his unease tonight. His unease was not because of the ruins trip, but because of the Evil God.

But having an extra container for the god's descent didn't mean an accident would definitely occur. After all, the Church also controlled that banquet. Without the "Blood Feast" as the basis for the god-summoning ritual, no matter what, the 【Blood Feast Lord】 could not possibly appear.

"Must finish the underground matter as soon as possible, let Miss Beiya inform the Church of this news, to prevent long nights and many dreams."

Xia De thought in his heart, holding the golden necklace and controlling that silver mist to expand continuously toward the surroundings.

Under the ghostly blue light, neither of them spoke again, and the Silver-Eyed One even took the initiative to close his eyes. Only the tree vines behind him were squirming constantly, as if absorbing something from his body.

A few minutes later, the Silver-Eyed One opened his eyes again and looked at the mist group that had become larger:

"I figured it out."

The luster of mercury floated on his body, finally gathering on his back. In the silver pupils, the crazy look finally appeared:

"The people of the Blood Spirit School, in order to get the remains of the ancient Ringed Shushi, threw me to this tree. I am going to die, so everyone here, don't even think about living."

The mercury-formed human figure appeared on his back, faintly overlapping with his body. The Silver-Eyed One had summoned a huge mercury giant in the Lake View Manor to confront the Church's Ringed Shushi team. Now his power had declined further, so he could only summon a life-sized mercury human figure:

"Stay and accompany me."

The mercury human figure with exactly the same appearance as the Silver-Eyed One separated from his body, and the ghostly blue light of the tree vines made the mercury floating on its surface flash with light.

The mercury human figure looked at the silver mist.

Dong~

A metal ball approximately circular was thrown from the silver mist, and after landing on the ground, it emitted steam and spun around.

The Silver-Eyed One looked down at his feet.

Boom~

The steam bomb exploded at the feet of the Silver-Eyed One and the mercury human figure.