On the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke, the faintly shiny dark red roots surrounding the white city walls complemented the rising raging fire. There was a scorching and strange scene everywhere, as if the end of the world was coming.
The giant ice bridge filled with cold air had just been built on the top of the city. As a strong wind passed by, Lei Xiao and other main powerhouses were already standing on the city wall where shouts of killing were everywhere.
Just now, news came from Ariel, who had direct contact with Shirley and others.
That is, Shirley and others are currently in the inner city, and have successfully escaped from the opponent's confinement, and are ready to support our side from within the city at any time, which is why the scene just happened.
"Lord Lord (His Royal Highness)!"
Shirley and Sol, who were waiting here, came forward immediately, with excited expressions on their faces.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, but we accidentally fell into the other party's trap, which caused great trouble to His Highness."
Sol's resolute face was full of embarrassment, and he smiled awkwardly at Lei Xiao.
"Your Majesty King Yongwu is so polite. It was precisely because you went deep into the enemy camp that we got here smoothly."
Lei Xiao waved his hand to instruct the strong men to clear a way forward, while nodding to Sol and Shirley and said, "Thanks to you this time."
Hearing the sound, Sol and Shirley's faces were filled with excitement, and their faces were full of fighting spirit.
"By the way, Lord Lord, there is one more thing."
Shirley seemed to have remembered something, and immediately invited a skinny old man with white hair to come closer.
I saw that the other party was in ragged clothes and his old wrinkled face was full of vicissitudes of life. Judging from the pale and bloodless appearance of his whole body, it was obvious that he had been imprisoned for a long time.
But it can be clearly seen that the old man's face is also full of kindness and gentleness, which is completely different from those strong men of the Temple of Light who are full of violence.
"Lord, this is Archbishop Lorenz."
Shirley nodded to Lei Xiao and introduced, "It is precisely because of his help that my subordinates and others were able to successfully escape from the heavily imprisoned dungeon."
"I have met His Royal Highness the Holy Lion Prince, and I would like to thank His Highness for coming to stop the Temple of Light at this critical moment, otherwise the Temple of Light will surely become a sinner in the human world!"
Lorenz's old face showed a trace of uncontrollable gratitude, and he knelt down on one knee towards Lei Xiao and said: "I beg His Royal Highness the Holy Lion Prince to put an end to all this, so that the Temple of Light will no longer be shrouded in darkness!"
"There is no need to be polite, sir. Instead, I should thank him for his help."
Lei Xiao lowered his body to help the skinny old man up, and said with a smile: "This is exactly the purpose of bringing my army here, and it is also the common goal of everyone here."
"Lorentz?"
Hui Lao and Yoniel, who rushed to Lei Xiao's side one after another, saw this scene with surprised expressions on their faces, obviously they knew each other.
I saw Yoniel approaching the other party, and said with surprise on his face: "This aura and energy fluctuation is indeed correct. The Temple of Light announced that you have fallen a hundred years ago. I didn't expect that this old guy is still alive!"
"It's my honor to see you again."
Lorenz's old face was full of bitterness, and he shook his head helplessly and said: "A hundred years ago, the old man accidentally discovered that His Majesty Ganelon IX was behaving abnormally. After some detailed observation, he confirmed that the other party was not the real one.
His Majesty, but a mysterious substitute."
"The most important thing is that I also discovered that most of the cardinal members in the main hall have been bewitched by the mysterious substitute and have become his most loyal supporters."
"And the mysterious substitute also quickly noticed the anomaly of Lao Chan. After his persuasion failed, he threw Lao Chan into the dungeon, who was trying to make all this known to the public."
At this point, Lorenz clenched his old fists and gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect that when the old man returned to the ground again, Glow City would turn into this purgatory-like appearance!"
"It turns out that the mysterious existence did not rise to a high position completely silently, but wiped out all dissenters?"
Yoniel nodded thoughtfully and said thoughtfully: "It seems that the reason why the other party keeps you here today is because they want to turn you into nutrients. After all, you were said to be the closest to the sixth level in the human world.
A half-step sixth-level powerhouse in the palace."
After saying that, Yoniel swallowed another magic potion and frowned: "Old man, this matter is very important. Please let me check you first to see if there is anything abnormal about you."
While Yoniel was busy, Lei Xiao learned more about it through Hui Lao's introduction.
It turns out that this old man named Lorenz was once a member of the Cardinal Council of the Temple of Light. He not only held a high position, but also assumed the important task of guarding the temple.
"In this way, things are very clear. Shirley's illusion skills are superb. Coupled with Lorenz's help, it is not surprising that she left the opponent's dungeon."
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this in his mind, Yoniel had already come close to him again, nodded to Lei Xiao and said: "Your Highness, I have used a variety of methods to check. Lorenz did not carry any curse, and it is true that
There is no doubt that it is me."
"Thank you for your hard work, President Neil."
Lei Xiao nodded, and immediately focused his attention on the battlefield again, and ordered: "Shirley, His Majesty the King of Valor, the task of cleaning up and blocking these enemy troops will be left to you. I will lead my people to continue to move deeper into the city.
Move forward."
"As you command!"
After receiving Lei Xiao's order, both of them immediately took action.
"Your Highness, leave the task of leading the way to me."
Lorenz came to Lei Xiao and said firmly: "Now this place has fallen into the abyss. Even if the power is insignificant, I still want to ignite a little more light here."
"Then please leave it to the old gentleman."
Looking at the opponent's determined old face, Lei Xiao nodded slightly, casually took out a set of high-end equipment and several healing potions and handed them to the opponent.
With this unexpected helper who knows the terrain well to guide us, we will undoubtedly penetrate deeper into the mysterious existence's lair faster.
Having said that, Lei Xiao held up Rolandel and waved his hand: "The main powerhouse and the team of powerhouses are coming with me. It's time to tear apart the curtain of darkness and return light to this land!"
Hearing Lei Xiao's high-spirited shouts, all the strong men responded one after another, and their morale was extremely high.
Just when everyone on our side was getting ready to attack, a roar of murderous intent came overwhelmingly.
"Despicable alien scum, don't think that everything will be fine if you break through the absolute defense barrier. I will never let you pass!"
As the solemn voice fell, Gusta, whose momentum suddenly surged, stopped in front of everyone, and said gloomily: "You will all die here today!"
After saying that, gray mist surged from Gusta's skinny body.
As the thick dark gray mist spread, the originally solid scene around him began to become illusory, quickly transforming into a distorted and bizarre strange scene. This was exactly the scene when the illusion was about to take shape.
The most critical thing is that Gusta's illusion fog just blocked our way forward, causing the originally smooth road to plunge into darkness again.
"No, this guy is casting a sixth-level illusion!"
Feeling the overwhelming momentum sweeping over him, Hui Lao was startled and couldn't help but blurt out.
Hearing the sound, all the powerful men on our side took a step back involuntarily, with panic on their faces.
This undoubtedly means that no one on our side will be able to escape the other side's illusion.
"It's just that I used some forbidden secret method to temporarily increase my strength, and yet I brazenly claimed to stop everyone!"
Shirley stood in front of Lei Xiao and said solemnly on her fair face: "Lord, leave this to your subordinates. No one can successfully perform illusions in front of the Phantom Tribe!"
After saying that, a burst of gray mist also erupted from Shirley's body, quickly spreading to the surroundings.
Wherever Shirley's light mist went, those distorted spaces instantly returned to their original state, making the way forward reappear in front of our strong men.
However, the other party's reaction was also extremely quick and began to suppress Shirley's light fog.
For a time, two mists, one deep and one shallow, swallowed and squeezed each other, making it difficult to distinguish between high and low.
"Shirley, I'll leave it to you."
Lei Xiao nodded to the Phantom Tribe priest, and immediately ordered to the strong men: "Let's go!"
After that, while the two were in a stalemate, Lei Xiao and his group flew out one after another, heading straight towards the depths of the inner city.
Under the guidance of old Lorenz, the group passed by several magic towers and small fortresses, and soon came to a majestic group of pure white buildings.
Every building here is exceptionally tall and massive. The pure white stone pillars and pure white wall sculptures on the outside of the building complement each other, showing a sacred and elegant style.
Except for those ancient ruins of foreign races and places blessed by gods, Lei Xiao has never seen a building complex with such high artistic attainments in the human world.
However, with the black fog covering the sky and the sun, and countless dark red roots raging, these once sacred and elegant things are now only desolate and weird.
During this process, Lei Xiao further noticed,
The surroundings were still filled with the shouts of soldiers, and sometimes scenes of fierce fighting could be seen, which was deafening.
This undoubtedly means that the cold flame kings and strong men of the past dynasties are leading their respective legions to fight hard to block the enemy forces who attempt to interfere with their actions.
"Your Highness, this is the area where the main hall of the Temple of Light is located."
Looking at the devastated and mottled scene, Lorenz's old voice was full of pathos, and his old eyes were full of gloom as he said: "This place is much worse than I imagined."
"Don't worry, old man. No matter how deep the night is, dawn will eventually come."
Lei Xiao nodded to Lorenz and said, "Let's move on."
"Your Highness, please wait a moment."
Lorenz frowned for a moment and then said solemnly to Lei Xiao: "Since ancient times, this place has been filled with all kinds of deadly magic traps that are difficult to detect. Please be careful and follow the old man forward, and don't fall behind. At the same time,
, and please don’t be careless, as there is no telling how many new troubles may have arisen here in the past hundred years.”
"No wonder there are no enemy strong men guarding us here. Then I'll be in trouble, old gentleman."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, casually took out a bunch of manifestation scrolls given by Theresa, and began to distribute them.
The old man Hui and Yoniel, who had always been in the front row of the team, also showed their talents and cooperated with the old bishop to lead the way.
As expected, under the detection of the two sixth-level powerhouses and our manifestation scroll, although the old bishop took the smoothest route, there were sometimes hidden mysteries in it, which could be called murderous intent at every step.
Fortunately, there were no dangers along the way, and our group finally successfully arrived in front of a giant temple.
"So, is this the main hall of the Temple of Light?"
Lei Xiao looked up at the giant pure white building in front of him and frowned.
Judging from the appearance alone, this is even larger than the temple ruins of the Light Elves.
"That's right, Your Highness, the appearance is just the appearance. The interior of the main hall is much larger."
Old Lorenz did not hide anything, nodded to Lei Xiao and said: "Actually, there is an ancient underground city connected to the underground here, and that is the core of the main hall of the Temple of Light."
"I have long heard that Glow City was built on the ruins of an ancient human nation. It seems that it is not groundless."
Yoniel gently rubbed his chin and asked, "Old man, how many traps and obstacles are hidden in this?"
"It wasn't often when I was guarding the main hall. After all, no one dared to challenge the majesty here, but now it's unknown."
A look of helplessness appeared on Lorenz's old face, and he responded: "However, I know the way to the depths of the main hall, which must be the lair of that mysterious existence."
While Yoniel was talking to Lorenz, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
This situation is undoubtedly very similar to the dungeon of Huangyao City. In addition, there is already a part missing due to the "displaced object" effect. Maybe this is also part of the Silver Fire Kingdom.
"In short, please be vigilant. After all, the miraculous building of the Temple of Light is also located deep underground."
At this moment, Lorenz's old voice reached Lei Xiao's ears again: "If the other party completely controls the miracle building, our situation will become even more unfavorable."
As Lorenz said this, he took a step forward and came to the stone door of the giant temple.
I saw that the magic flow on the surface of the door lasted for a long time, and it was obviously sealed by multiple strong absolute defense barriers.
"Each of these barriers is of six levels, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to break it for a while."
Yoniel gently stroked his white beard and examined it for a moment, then frowned tightly.
After Lei Xiao looked at Xiaojie, the latter also shook his head helplessly.
The sixth-level barrier was obviously beyond her ability.
Seeing this scene, our strong men couldn't help but look at each other again.
I have to say that the road leading to the opponent's lair is really like thousands of mountains and valleys, with one block after another blocking our way.
This is obviously completely different from those brave men who can easily face their opponents in countless legends, stories and poems.
"Please don't worry, Your Highness, just leave everything to me."
Lorenz nodded to Lei Xiao and placed his old palm flat on the wall sculpture next to the door.
