Chapter 460: [Vibration]

The ruins on the ground used to cover up the temple were built by the worm cult in the early days of this era. At that time, this was the residence of the cult's priests and believers who came to worship. Later, the cult declined, and the ruins were abandoned, becoming the ruins of a large manor that appeared before Xia De's eyes now.

Time destroyed most things, and only the blurred patterns on a few pillars could explain what kind of prosperity there was back then. The pillars were etched with ancient languages from the Third Era, and all the letters looked like curled worms. This was created by the races that lived with worms in the Third Era, and in the modern Sixth Era, probably not many people besides Xia De could understand it.

And the entrance to the underground temple was under the floor on one side of the ruins. Opening the passage downward required a mouthful of incantations and a key. After Xia De translated the meaning of the incantation, the meaning was roughly "Praise the great Earth-Shaking Worm, may your fluctuations be with us."

As for the key to open the entrance, it was not a dead object, but a worm living in the body of Mrs. Ilar, the last priest of the cult. The worm was pitch black, about one-fifth the length of Xia De's arm, with an exceptionally conspicuous mouthpart.

It crawled out of Mrs. Ilar's mouth, with hundreds of auxiliary feet wriggling. Not only Xia De, but even Miss Aurora couldn't stand this scene. And the cat on Xia De's shoulder was even more alert and wanted to rush up, looking like it wanted to protect Xia De from the worm... Mia felt that this kind of worm was smaller than her, so there was no danger at all.

In the chanted incantation, that pitch-black worm drilled into the ground. And with the trembling of the ground, stone steps connected to the underground appeared under the pitch-black entrance.

【Outlander, you have felt "Miracle" and "Blasphemy."】

Most miracles come from Orthodox Gods, and blasphemy only comes from evil Gods. This was the first time Xia De encountered a God who possessed both miracles and blasphemy.

Looking at the stone steps in front of him, Xia De handed Little Mia to the maids, because Mrs. Ilar only allowed Xia De and Miss Aurora to enter the temple.

After waiting for a while to let the inside ventilate, they walked down the steps. That black worm moved down along the wall, lighting up the kerosene lamps on both sides of the steps in advance, and also illuminating the murals on both sides of the steps involving terrible living sacrifices and religious punishments.

Xia De confirmed once again that although 【Earth-Shaking Worm】 had already gone far away, this Old God was a real evil God.

Probably because the cult was already declining when this place was built, the underground temple was not the large building Xia De imagined, and it was a bit shabby.

The stone steps were not long, and the end was a temple with holy emblems and statues. The light was dim, and the underground space felt a bit narrow and shabby. There was a small room on both sides of the temple, which were the library for storing cult classics and the small room for rest.

It seemed that all churches attached more importance to holy emblems than statues, so the statue representing the image of 【Earth-Shaking Worm】 in the material world was just simply placed on a high platform, while that holy emblem that made Xia De feel like dozens of worms were crawling on his back after just one look was hung in the most conspicuous position of the temple.

The holy emblem was made of stone material, and the overall shape was circular. The pattern of the holy emblem was a coiled worm. Besides filling some runes in the gaps, this simple holy emblem made one feel unstable under their feet after just one look.

Mrs. Ilar opened her mouth and swallowed that pitch-black worm, and then slowly went to light the candles here. Xia De and the witch scanned the surroundings. Before coming here, Xia De actually had some expectations, expecting that there would be divinity or something here, but unfortunately there was none.

But the material world must still exist with other divinity. And compared to facing an evil God directly, Xia De was more willing to look for traces of divinity from myths and legends. Although if there was no bigger trouble, his divinity was enough to use until the fourth ring, but he couldn't really wait until the fourth ring to start looking.

After lighting the candles, the old man knelt on one knee on the cushion under the holy emblem again, prayed for a long time, and then led Xia De to climb the high platform to the statue.

The ancient and simple statue that had witnessed the vicissitudes of years was not big, probably about the same as an ordinary half-length plaster statue. After Xia De approached, he immediately felt an increasingly intense blasphemy element, and at the same time, the illusion of the ground shaking became more and more obvious.

The reason why he thought this was an illusion was because if there was really an earthquake, the flames of those candles couldn't be so stable.

One of the common sense of Ring Warlocks is to absolutely not approach the statue of a strange God. Even to obtain knowledge, one must confirm the consequences and write a will before approaching.

But this time Miss Aurora was by his side, and Xia De had no hesitation. Seeing Mrs. Ilar kneeling on the cushion under the statue again, praying in a low voice, he took a step forward.

Eyes quickly scanned the statue, the bumps on the surface of the worm's body were actually not decorative runes, but faces twisted in pain. When Xia De saw them, those faces actually seemed to come alive, wriggling to express their pain, and even passed the pain they were experiencing to Xia De.

But blinking, this hallucination disappeared. The impact of this scene and the influence of the evil God statue itself made Xia De close his eyes and lower his head immediately.

This time it was different from the statue of 【Vampire Duke Lauel】. This statue was a holy object of the cult and was still receiving sacrifices to this day. The influence it had on mortals was far greater than the former.

He felt someone lean over behind him:

"I didn't expect your mental strength to be so strong. You've walked so close, and you can still lift your head to gaze at the statue."

It was Miss Aurora, and she also walked over.

"What is the representative meaning of those ferocious faces on the surface of the statue?"

Xia De wanted to slow down and restore his best mental state before looking directly at the statue to feel the blasphemy.

Miss Aurora didn't care about the old man's feelings at all, smiled, and explained:

"In ancient times, in order to appease the so-called anger of the earth, the believers of the Old God 【Earth-Shaking Worm】 would hold living sacrifices, using blood and souls to sacrifice to the God to obtain peace. It is said that the souls of those who were sacrificed would be swallowed by the Old God and permanently imprisoned in the God's shell, suffering oppression, wear, and torment day and night."

"This is their honor."

The old man who was praying with her head down suddenly said. Although she didn't lift her head, Xia De thought she should still have that kind of kind expression.

Miss Aurora smiled again, did not refute, but asked instead:

"Xia De, have you never been curious? Why do miracles and blasphemy need to be distinguished by human feelings of good and evil?"

"I have thought about it, but I can't figure it out. Perhaps, the distinction between evil Gods and good Gods just happens to be consistent with good and evil, but in fact, the division of miracles and blasphemy is due to other reasons."

"Yes, that's why there will be Gods who possess miracles and also possess blasphemy. The council has discussed this point, and we believe that miracles are what should exist, and blasphemy seems to be opposite, but it is actually a derivative of miracles."

Miss Aurora said. She reached out from behind Xia De and grabbed Xia De's right hand:

"I can't explain this point to you better either, this can only be discovered by yourself. Feel carefully, Xia De, I will help you feel the power of this Old God carefully. If the power you obtain is related to the earth rather than vibration, I think I have to find another way."

Her five fingers passed through Xia De's fingers, pushing Xia De's hand forward. Xia De certainly understood that this posture was very wrong, but the statue was right in front of him, and he had no time to refuse.

Strange brilliance spread from Miss Aurora, and that brilliance was transmitted to Xia De through her arm. Behind the two, the Life Rings of the second-ring warlock and the twelfth-ring warlock appeared in the steam fog, and the twelve-sided yellow brass ring seemed to be helping the flat ring rotate:

"Xia De, even a witch cannot do this often, please be sure to feel this power carefully."

So the two hands were pressed tightly against the surface of the statue together.

Palm touching the statue, Xia De didn't care about the cold feeling and the slight stinging pain as if bitten by a worm. He stared at the statue, and what he really cared about was that the stone worm in front of him seemed to have truly come alive at this moment, the worm's body wriggling, making the hand pressed against the statue feel the roughness of the stone material surface.

Xia De's eyes began to bleed, but the trembling power and the terrifying power left by the great one here were truly felt by him.

His body wanted to tremble, but the witch behind him fixed Xia De's hand. In the strange brilliance on the witch, the terrifying mouthpart of the stone worm bit directly toward Xia De's hand. While the unreal pain appeared, Xia De felt as if something had exploded in his head.

He felt as if he had seen the bloody sacrifice of primitive tribes in ancient times for a moment, as if he had seen the terrifying worm population wandering in the depths of the earth, as if he had crossed several eras and seen the worm swallow something in the trembling and crying earth in the most ancient era.

In these chaotic hallucinations, a voice finally appeared in his ears:

【You have contacted the statue of the Old God "Earth-Shaking Worm."】

【Wandering in the depths of the endless earth, shaking the land, absorbing the power of disaster and destruction. In the twilight of the old days, He left voluntarily in madness, returning that great power to the earth.】

【You listened to the story of the Old God "Earth-Shaking Worm," and you learned the blasphemy of the Old God "Earth-Shaking Worm."】

Behind Xia De... behind Xia De and Miss Aurora, the Life Ring of the twelfth-ring warlock disappeared, and the Life Ring belonging to the second-ring warlock rotated rapidly. Both the old man and the witch turned to look. The dazzling four-color spiritual light that had already lit up seemed as if Xia De was using a strange technique, but this was just the normal state of Xia De's spiritual rune.

The ground was shaking, and this time a small-scale earthquake really happened. Accompanied by this tremor, silver spiritual light gathered on the surface of the Life Ring. The bell rang, the steam whistle sounded, and the dazzling silver spiritual light directly illuminated the entire underground temple space.

This was the first time someone had witnessed Xia De inscribing a spiritual rune at close range. The old man, who was a low-ring warlock, thought this scene was very magical, but the witch frowned in surprise.

Even if a high-ring warlock inscribed a spiritual rune, there shouldn't be such a movement. After all, the acquisition of a spiritual rune is just a matter of the individual Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi, and it makes no sense to affect the environment so strongly.

【Outlander, you have inscribed the silver blasphemy spiritual rune - Vibration.】

The rapidly rotating Life Ring gradually slowed down, and all the spiritual light gathered on the surface of the Life Ring, finally forming a new rune. The flickering spiritual light gradually stabilized

"Miss Aurora, that is enough."

Xia De breathed heavily and moved his hand away from the statue. The statue remained in its original state; the scene of the insects devouring Xia De's arm just now was truly just an illusion.

It was just that there was still a stinging sensation on his arm. Because he had received a massive amount of information and felt the power of the god at close range, Xia De staggered back a step, feeling his back bump into something soft. His face flushed, and he felt too embarrassed to immediately turn around to observe his own destiny ring, but he had already felt that power.

The witch withdrew her surprised expression and chuckled, her slender fingers pulling back from between Xia De's fingers. Xia De slowly exhaled, his gaze completely shifting away from the statue in front of him that had given him such immense pressure, only then realizing that, without him noticing, his entire back was soaked through.

"Was there an earthquake just now?"

He asked softly, sounding somewhat weak—half of it was put on, and half was because his mental state was indeed not very good.

"A very slight earthquake."

The witch with long, brown wavy hair said, then looked suspiciously at Xia De's profile:

"Xia De, don't tell me the spiritual rune you obtained is 【Earthquake】."

"No, it is 【Vibration】. This trip has achieved its goal."

Xia De said, then sighed softly:

"Miss Aurora, you have really been a great help this time."

"No need to be so polite; I only helped you pay for the travel expenses."

The witch said lightly, looking at Xia De and then at the statue that still stood there quietly. The god had long since departed, but the statue remained terrifying:

"Alright then, let's go back."

She did not wish to comment too much on this place, nor did she wish to face the evil god's statue any longer. Even a witch is still a mortal.

Thus, this short journey ended smoothly just like that.