Speeding along the ornately decorated castle corridor, Lei Xiao noticed.
Just like what the elders such as Keen and Ivan said, the interior of this castle is indeed extremely complicated, just like a maze that changes at any time.
The spacious corridor that I just walked through turned back and turned into a thick wall or a spiral staircase that suddenly broke off halfway, blocking the road ahead.
However, Lei Xiao and his party soon discovered the clues.
The reason for all this is not because this castle has the ability to transform, but because a rather subtle illusion has been cast here.
The illusion and the structure of the castle complement each other, and the two are both real and false, which creates the illusion of the castle being unpredictable.
"This well-designed castle illusion is enough to dazzle an ordinary fifth-level powerhouse. It can indeed easily confuse Keen and others with fourth-level strength, but it has no effect on me."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Xiao Huan, who was sitting on his shoulder with his legs dangling.
With the [Stone of God] opening the way, Lei Xiao and his party would naturally not be affected by the illusion. They soon cleared the clouds and saw the blue sky, revealing the true face of the Patriarch's castle.
The actual structure of the castle is not actually complicated, but on the contrary, it is extremely simple, even simpler and clearer than other city lord's mansions that Lei Xiao has seen.
In many places in the castle, except for long or short cloisters, there are mostly empty halls one after another.
"The castle itself is like a frame, and the illusion is the flesh and blood in it? In this way, the castle of the family master that seems to be ever-changing to others is formed."
"I have to say, this is really an imaginative design."
Lei Xiao thought this while continuing to explore the empty castle.
During this process, Han Shui's angry curses naturally never stopped, but Lei Xiao continued to ignore it and discovered another unexpected thing.
That is because the entire castle is covered with exquisite illusions, so Xiao Huan can only remove the influence of the illusion for the time being, but cannot also use illusions to scare the opponent.
At least not until Xiao Huan fully understands this illusion.
In addition, Lei Xiao and his team also discovered many other deadly traps, including not only powerful spells and puppet soldier summoning circles, but also well-designed hidden arrows and physical facilities such as sudden falling floors.
It is no exaggeration to say that these endless deadly traps are enough to easily destroy an elite army that rushes in blindly, without even leaving a trace.
But for Lei Xiao, it is not a problem.
Under the escort of three fifth-level powerhouses, Lei Xiao moved forward with almost no obstacles, and soon came to a thick metal door.
"Lord, this must be Han Shui's hiding place."
Jiang Li bowed to Lei Xiao, caressing her chest, and reported respectfully: "Although the other party designed the magic circuit to be quite hidden, after inspection by my subordinates, most of the magic arrays are connected here, so the answer is self-evident.
It’s a metaphor.”
"In other words, is this the control center of the entire castle? That's right."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, nodded to Jiang Li and Hong Ye, and ordered: "Open it."
Just as Lei Xiao finished speaking, before his two fifth-level magic experts could take action, the door suddenly opened in front of the group of people, as if they were welcoming Lei Xiao and his group.
As the thick metal double doors slowly opened to both sides, the scene inside the door came into Lei Xiao's eyes.
This is a magnificent and luxurious castle hall, illuminated by the dazzling crystal tassel chandeliers, and filled with noble golden tones and elegant white tones everywhere.
The main component of the golden tone comes from a large number of gorgeous textures such as hollow scroll patterns, acanthus leaf decorations, scallop decorations inlaid on the walls. These pure gold decorations are undoubtedly an absolute symbol of status and wealth.
The elegant white tone mainly comes from the two rows of towering giant stone pillars standing on the left and right sides of the hall.
The surfaces of these towering stone pillars are engraved with exquisite stone carvings, including luxurious scenes such as killing battlefields, high mountains, wine ponds and meat forests.
The lifelike scene seems to jump out of the sculpture in the next second, which undoubtedly proves that everything is made by famous craftsmen, and it perfectly demonstrates the taste and style of the owner.
In the middle part of the hall, a luxurious red carpet exuding magical fluorescence runs through it, extending from the main door to the golden throne on the high platform at the end.
"Such gorgeous decorations are comparable to those of the royal family."
Seeing this scene, Ariel beside Lei Xiao blinked her starry eyes and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"After all, we are one of the three wealthy families, the Shangluc family, so all this is reasonable."
Lei Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze began to slowly move upward toward the throne at the end of the hall.
On the left and right sides of the throne, stand two golden stags with their front legs raised. The antlers spread out like tree roots, looking full of power and intimidation.
And sitting on the throne was a middle-aged man with a ferocious face.
He wears a set of thick knight armor of pale gold and milky white, and a crimson velvet cloak that symbolizes his status. In the Kingdom of Cold Flame, this is a costume that only three grand dukes are qualified to wear in addition to members of the royal family.
On the chest of the middle-aged man's armor, in addition to the stag family crest engraved on the chest, there is also a golden strip and eight golden balls engraved on the top. This is the only noble symbol of the Cold Flame Kingdom, further proving that the Chinese
The identity of the young man is Han Shui, the current head of the Shanglu family!
Lei Xiao's eyes wandered and he noticed further.
Around the cold water, there is a row of small magic facilities that look like podiums. It seems that those are the magic consoles that control many castle mechanisms.
In addition, Lei Xiao can also vaguely detect it.
On the high platform where Han Shui is located, there are faint magical lights flashing around from time to time, which undoubtedly means that it is surrounded by a solid defensive barrier.
"Despicable aliens, Princess Ariel, I didn't expect you to really be able to come in front of my master."
The gloomy words sounded, Han Shui's murderous eyes stared at Lei Xiao and Ariel, and said solemnly: "But don't think that you have already won, the dead end has just begun, and the master of this family will welcome your arrival with death!
"
"Stop talking so shamelessly. Your nonsense along the way made my ears tingle."
Surrounded by his subordinates, Lei Xiao said calmly: "Hanshui, are you going to get off the throne by yourself and surrender? Or should I go up and pull you down?"
"He is really an extremely arrogant bastard from another world."
Han Shui's eyes became more gloomy, and he said coldly: "My family leader is here, and I want to pull my family leader off the throne. I'm afraid you don't have the ability yet!"
Just as Han Shui was speaking, Lei Xiao and his subordinates had already entered the hall of this magnificent castle.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that this hall was Han Shui's last fortress and must be full of murderous intent.
But having reached this point, there is no way back for him. Even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, he still has to lead his subordinates to take the plunge.
"Just like what I said at the beginning, only one of Han Shui and I can leave this Lion Heart City this time."
After entering the hall, Lei Xiao did not hesitate and immediately nodded to his subordinates.
If we can pre-emptively take down Han Shui with the force of thunder, that will naturally be the safest way.
After receiving Lei Xiao's order, Huzhang and Hongye, who were in the front row of the team, immediately turned into a phantom and attacked the throne where Han Shui was with the monstrous force of the sky.
Jiang Li also launched Space Tear at the same time, trying to break the defensive barrier around the cold water. As for Ariel and Lian, their faces were full of awe, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.
"Despicable alien, as my family leader just said, you want to pull my family leader off the throne, but I'm afraid you don't have the ability yet!"
Facing the combined efforts of our three fifth-level powerhouses to besiege us, Han Shui's solemn face did not show a trace of ripples, and he shouted coldly: "Don't forget, this is my family's territory!"
As soon as Han Shui finished speaking, the tiger stick holding the dragon-slaying sword and Hong Ye, who showed off the crimson claws, were already like two giant peaks, attacking Han Shui head-on from the left and the right.
The buzzing sound of the giant blade cutting through the air and the whistling sound of the sharp claws stirring up the air came one after another, and together they smashed hard against the absolute defensive barrier covering the cold water.
boom!
There was just a loud noise that shook the whole hall, and one after another the biting winds generated by the collision of energy made it difficult for Lei Xiao and others behind to open their eyes.
This was not over yet. After the attack of Polygonum Guinea and Hong Ye was completed, Gracilaria's violent space tearing followed, causing another violent wave of energy.
When the wind calmed down, Lei Xiao noticed.
Under the joint attack of our three fifth-level powerhouses, the absolute defensive barrier protecting Han Shui was unscathed, with not even a single crack appearing.
"What a tough guy."
Seeing that our attack had no effect, Lei Xiao frowned slightly.
"Hahaha, you are a scumbag from another world who overestimates your own capabilities!"
Han Shui sat leisurely on the throne, looked down at Lei Xiao and his party, and said with disdain: "Since this absolute defense barrier was deployed six hundred years ago, it has been reinforced and strengthened by a total of 8 fifth-level magic powerhouses.
Maintenance can be said to be a fusion of the strengths of hundreds of experts.”
"In other words, let alone three fifth-level strong men, even if five fifth-level strong men attack together, they can't do anything to my family leader!"
Han Shui's tone suddenly became a bit sharper and more sinister, and he said with boiling murderous intent: "Next, it's time for you intruders who don't know what you can do to see what the Shanglu family has done for more than six hundred years.
Real knowledge!"
"First feel the unstoppable confinement of this family master!"
As soon as Han Shui finished speaking, the originally open door suddenly closed.
Immediately afterwards, a powerful force fell from the sky and pressed hard on Lei Xiao's tall and straight body.
Caught off guard, Lei Xiao felt like a mountain was pressing down on his back, and he couldn't stand firm at all. He had to lean back and sit on the corner, and then he felt a lot more relaxed.
"Since it is not a fatal attack, the effect of "Star Protection" is not activated?"
Lei Xiao gritted his teeth and looked around, only to see Ariel and Lian beside him, who were also leaning against the corner, unable to stand upright under the overwhelming and inexplicable force.
As for Jiang Li, Hu Zhan and Hong Ye, the suppression they received was obviously more serious. They all squatted on the ground and could not lift their waists at all.
"Lord, this is the gravity confinement array!"
Jiang Li, who was closest to Lei Xiao, was panting heavily and tried his best to introduce: "Judging from the overwhelming strength, its original builder was probably at least a fifth-level peak person who had half a foot into the sixth level.
Only a gravity mage can do it!"
After finishing speaking, the solemnity on Jiang Li's fair face was beyond words.
A strong person in the gravity system is one of the few who can restrain the natural enemies of the space system.
This hall has been completely covered by the gravity circle, and the door that was closed just now has been covered by anti-teleportation magic restrictions, making it impossible to escape from the outside world.
This undoubtedly means that my space spell has completely lost its intended effect.
After all, no matter which house you are teleported to in the hall, you cannot escape the confinement of the gravity circle.
"Gravity Magister?"
After hearing Jiang Li's words, Lei Xiao's face also began to become more serious.
Strong magicians of the gravity system are extremely rare, comparable to those of the space system, so that I have never encountered one.
But what is certain is that there is no doubt about the strength of a strong man in the gravity system. As long as the spell is within the effective range, he is enough to crush all ordinary strong men of the same strength.
"Haha, this is indeed a gravity confinement formation called the "Invisible Prison"."
Seeing that Lei Xiao and his party lost the ability to resist in an instant, Han Shui looked extremely proud and said leisurely: "And the original builder was indeed a gravity system who had half a foot into the sixth level.
Strong."
"I might as well tell you that this strong man in the gravity system is not from the human race, but from the mysterious winged race."
"Back then, His Majesty the King of Heroes had some contact with a certain winged human race. The first head of our Shanglu family, after getting the king's permission, spent a lot of money to ask the powerful winged human race to build this gravity confinement array.
."
"This extremely powerful magic circle was enough to easily imprison five fifth-level experts at its peak. Although it has declined somewhat now, it is still more than enough to imprison the few of you!"
After hearing what Han Shui said, Lei Xiao curled his lips helplessly.
I remember that when I was communicating with Wang Xi, the other party did mention the Winged Human Race. Even the place where the ancestors slept underground under Luolong City was built with the help of the powerful Winged Human Race.
"Wang Xi, Wang Xi, you are in trouble now. If you had not agreed back then, would this confinement formation cease to exist?"
Lei Xiao just felt helpless in his heart.
Han Shui's murderous voice then rang out: "So, you despicable guest from another world, are you ready to die now?"
As Han Shui's words fell, hundreds of sharp ice spears exuding a cold aura condensed and formed, floating above Lei Xiao's head.
For a time, countless spear points were pointed directly at Lei Xiao, making the scene suddenly become deadly.
