Chapter 3540: Ending the Black Light

The group did not walk very high up the snowy mountain. Before they had even reached the halfway point after climbing, the old man turned toward the eastern snow slope. After climbing up the slope, an ancient temple, seemingly embedded within the rock wall and located in the mountain's shadow, appeared not far away.

It was a complete gray stone building. Eight stone pillars supported the porch in front of the main entrance, and the main door behind it was currently tightly shut.

"Is this the place?"

President Lenorman asked the old man Zarathustra, who was holding the child. The latter nodded with a solemn expression.

"Yes."

Compared to the reputation of an Ancient God's temple, the exterior of this temple did not look particularly magnificent. However, Xia De had seen the temple architecture of different Ancient Gods in various times and spaces. Apart from large cathedrals on the scale of the "Golden Music Hall," the temples of the Ancient Gods were actually all of this low-key, primitive type.

When the group crossed the snow slope and arrived near the temple, the giant snake patterns coiled around the eight stone pillars in the porch, and the complete Ouroboros emblem carved into the tightly shut stone door, came into view.

President Lenorman said softly:

"Something is wrong."

"What is wrong?"

Miss Eden asked. The diviner, wearing a monocle, frowned deeply.

"Although Mr. Ring's temple should indeed have snake decorations, having giant snakes coiled around the porch pillars at the entrance is still a bit too exaggerated. It is not as if we haven't found the remains of past temple ruins; this temple looks more like a temple of the Snake God than a temple of the God of Fate."

The platinum-haired witch was quite satisfied with her craftsmanship:

"The snowflakes tell me that the giant snakes coiled around the pillars were not originally part of this building."

"Is this the handiwork of that 'Mr. Snake'?"

Since the group had arrived here without encountering an attack and the temple had not vanished into thin air, it must mean that the other party was deliberately waiting for them. Therefore, everyone stopped to prepare for battle before approaching the entrance. Xia De looked at the nun, and his voice appeared in her heart:

"I do not sense any traces of the Primordial Fire. I originally thought the Primordial Fire would be in this vanished temple."

The nun shook her head slightly, evidently also not sensing any traces of fire. Sister Belen of the Fifth Era had taught them the ability to perceive the flames of the Primordial Fire over a large area. Although they could not pinpoint its exact location in the snowy mountains, if they had truly arrived in front of it, Xia De and Sister Daelin would certainly have had a special sensation.

Of course, there were many other things Xia De thought might be in this vanished temple. For example, the key to the Ice and Snow Castle. However, he did not know if the key was there since he hadn't entered yet. He was actually quite interested in Chloe's living area on the fifth floor of the castle.

After a moment of preparation, Xia De stepped forward and laboriously pushed open the two stone doors, which were two people tall. As the light from the snowy mountain illuminated the interior of the temple, a faint yellow candlelight also seeped out from within.

The space inside the temple was not large. Four pillars, similar in style to the porch pillars outside, supported the ceiling amidst rows of stone benches. On the high platform against the wall facing the entrance, a giant snake statue, seemingly made of obsidian, was "watching" the group that had come from outside.

The eyes of the giant snake statue were two yellow gemstones. The snake's body tilted slightly forward, and its head almost touched the ceiling.

On the surrounding walls, murals from the distant past seemed to depict the seven-day story of Mr. Ring's final divine descent. This temple was indeed the focus of this Chosen One ceremony. If it weren't for the fact that the candidates this time each had their own backgrounds, and Xia De had happened to hear from Winnie about the stone tablet Chloe discovered, the ceremony might not have proceeded so smoothly.

Not-so-intense miraculous elements surged within the temple, but even so, the people who entered instinctively remained quiet. The solemn and respectful feeling made no one doubt that this was once a place where mortal believers worshipped the God of Fate.

And Xia De only then realized that although he had come into contact with so many temples and shrines of the Ancient Gods—such as the Night Temple, the Golden Music Hall, and the Sun Temple in the 【Gravel Gold Sand Sea】—the building he was in at this moment was the most complete.

But when he touched the door just now, he did not trigger the 【Ancient Sound】. This showed that the temple had undergone many renovations in the era after the Mythological Era ended. Although the style might not have changed, most of the materials were likely not from the original era.

Below the black giant snake statue was an offering table, and the statue appeared out of place with the entire temple. It possessed the chaotic four elements, and its shape did not look like a statue of "Mr. Ring" no matter how one looked at it.

"Truly blasphemous."

President Lenorman said. This diviner, who had never shown any obvious emotions, had an angry expression on his face:

"A temple of fate would only enshrine a holy emblem or an Ouroboros relief. What is this?"

The statue was an inanimate object; no one present could feel any biological activity from it. So, while a small number of people remained outside the temple, as those who had entered continued to walk inward, the door behind them slammed shut. Then, the eyes of the giant snake statue lit up—

Hum!

Two thick black rays swept toward the entrance. Xia De originally wanted to summon the 【Night Seal】, but he felt a familiar power from those two rays:

"Similar to the 【Black Moon Mark】..."

He hurriedly warned:

"The power of destruction!"

Xia De was not the only one who could see the nature of the power contained in the black rays. Miss Eden pulled her colleagues aside with both hands, then stepped forward, stomped her right foot on the ground, and the 【Sun Emblem】 appeared. Then, a phantom angel halo flashed above her head and disappeared, and the golden 【Heaton Seal】 manifested in a way completely different from other Ring Warlocks.

The golden light flowing on the shield of the seal formed complete scriptures symbolizing the supreme power of the "Sun." The dense golden characters themselves formed the body of the shield, and those runes formed a pattern of an angel spreading its arms in front of the shield.

President Lenorman squinted his right eye, and the crystal monocle in front of his right eye immediately fell off. Then, a blur of crystal light blocked the front of the team.

"Elder, in the Star Fall Bay area, is there any fate that will not flow?"

Xia De, who had originally intended to stop casting spells and dodge, realized that the girls behind him might not be able to dodge completely. So, his left hand continued to form the Night Seal. While the ink color symbolizing the night appeared, his right hand pointed forward at his shield:

"【Black Moon Mark】!"

The power of destruction was almost unstoppable, but destruction itself could annihilate destruction. Moreover, the 【Night Seal】 and the 【Black Moon Mark】 both belonged to the power of the night and the moon, and they merged perfectly at this moment.

Thus, the sacred golden light, the illusory colorful light, and the deep light-swallowing night all met the impact of the destructive rays together. Dense cracks quickly spread on the surface of the miraculous golden light, and more and more black appeared in the colorful light. And although the deep light-swallowing night did not shatter or get stained, Xia De's body slid backward bit by bit, as if being pushed backward by a huge force.

Stella subconsciously wanted to support Xia De's back, but was stopped by Megan, who had followed them in:

"Don't touch him."

The power of destruction had already spread to Xia De's body. Although Xia De could withstand this kind of power, anyone else who dared to touch it would immediately turn into dust.

The three people who were casting spells were all struggling, but the 【Calamity Card: Shadow of the Deep Sea】 in Xia De's pocket was controlled by him and floated out. The giant black mermaid on the card glowed slightly, then took the initiative to fly in front of Sister Daelin.

The nun naturally understood Xia De's meaning, and her burning fingers pointed at the rotating card:

"Darkness Art."

Thick darkness spread forward from the card and then merged with the night curtain in front of the slowly retreating Xia De. The darkness power from the doomsday greatly strengthened the intensity of the night curtain, and the power of the doomsday evil object was not afraid of the "power of destruction" at all.

These evil objects from the doomsday era, sealed by the World Tree Staff, were themselves part of the "ending."

Xia De then stopped retreating, and the night curtain quickly expanded to the surroundings. The expansion of the seal also shared the pressure for the other two 13th-level Ring Warlocks on the side. After half a minute of bombardment, the rays in the snake's eyes finally disappeared.

The moment the night curtain in front of Xia De disappeared, Sister Daelin flew forward, and the dark golden scythe swung down, splitting the giant snake statue in two with one blow. The rubble didn't even fall to the ground before the statue turned into dust and scattered all over the floor.

And the disappearance of the statue finally revealed the Ouroboros holy emblem hanging on the wall behind the high platform. The golden Ouroboros, with its head and tail connected, symbolized the fickle fate. This was what this temple should truly enshrine.

Sister Daelin landed back on the ground, and the others were also preparing to face the second wave of attacks. But immediately after, no other attacks appeared, only applause echoed in the temple.

Just as Xia De thought that the "Stone Mirror Demon - Gothe," who appeared clapping every time, was about to show up, a middle-aged man wearing a black priest's robe walked out from behind the wall where the holy emblem was hanging, clapping his hands.

He came from the rear area of the temple, and while clapping, he was not afraid at all that so many people were aiming at him and preparing to cast spells.

Claire saw that this person's shadow was in the shape of a long, thin snake, and the eyes of this plain-looking man were also snake-like vertical pupils.

But whether it was Claire, Xivi, or Megan, they all knew that this was definitely not a human. Although the witch's curse was triggered, it was triggered quite lightly. This meant that this body might be real, but the body did not belong to the consciousness controlling it at the moment, and the body had long since rotted because it had been occupied. The witches' perception of corpses was indeed not very strong. ===== CHAPTER 3541 =====