The dark and desolate Canyon of the Dead is surrounded by steep mountain peaks. There is only one entrance and exit, which is also blocked by a checkpoint built by the forces of the Great Temple.
From the outside, the Canyon of the Dead does not seem very big, at most equivalent to the area of a small city. But once you walk inside, you will find that this strange canyon is surprisingly large, as if you have entered another space.
The Holy Order had previously sent an expedition team to roughly understand the situation in the canyon, but due to the great resistance, no detailed investigation was conducted.
It is currently known that in the center of the canyon, there are three towers separated in Zigzag shape. There is a stone tablet in front of each tower. Some instructions are inscribed in the Arad continent script, and the name of the builder of these three towers is named - Dreyfus, the God of Death. !
In addition, at the southern end of the three towers, there is an altar similar to a flat-topped pyramid. There is also a stone inscription in front of the altar, and the inscription is the builder of this altar - Agares, the God of Death.
Just from these buildings, you can guess that there are at least two Death Gods entrenched in the Canyon of the Dead. Of course, it is impossible for the Death Gods to come in their true form. At most, their clones are here.
In other parts of the canyon, as long as there is a gray underworld death atmosphere, you can see some bones that can move freely. They are the skeleton soldiers that are at the bottom but the most numerous among the undead creatures.
Different from the various skeletons in the Dark City dungeon in the DNF game, the skeleton soldiers here are all white and resemble ordinary people. They wear tattered iron helmets and leather armor and hold tattered swords. They are the most orthodox undead in Western legends. biology.
There were originally many skeleton soldiers scattered at the entrance of the canyon, but now they have been cleared by the Holy Order in advance and a road has been opened to the middle.
Therefore, the large army led by the three sword masters did not encounter skeleton soldiers at first. After traveling smoothly for a day, they saw these white skeletons with green soul fire dancing in their eyes.
Due to the large area of the Canyon of the Dead, Archbishop Magello was afraid that the adventurers who entered it would be in danger if they separated and acted separately, so he specifically told them to move forward in a group first, and then slowly spread out, but remember not to spread too thin, in case of danger You must seek help immediately.
It's a pity that old man Magello is very shrewd, but he still ignores the greedy nature of human beings.
On the land inside the Canyon of the Dead, orange gold coins can be seen scattered in twos and threes everywhere. This is a trick played by the gods of death, and the purpose is to tease these greedy adventurers.
Needless to say, the result was that this small method was extremely effective. The large team only advanced for one day, and many people automatically broke away and spread out to look for gold coins.
Among the three swordsmen who lead the team, Agan Zuo is taciturn, a warrior who charges into battle, and has zero commanding ability; Xi Lan is a talkative, the most unreliable personality, good at making jokes, and is blind when leading the team; only Baan is the commander of the Imperial Knights. Even though he doesn't usually take care of things, his commanding ability is definitely not weak.
It's a pity that Baan is not a good person, so he doesn't bother to care about the life and death of those adventurers. He pretends to persuade them a few times, but when he sees that it has no effect, he shakes his head helplessly and expresses that there is nothing he can do.
The little bald Xinzang and the other paladin uncle who were in a group with the three sword masters were not leadership talents. Seeing that the large team was becoming more and more scattered, it was useless for them to be anxious. In the end, they could only send a message back and hope that they would immediately Archbishop Jello assigned some people to come in and take care of these adventurers who wanted money rather than their lives.
Although they have only encountered a few skeleton soldiers now, the strength of these white-skeleton soldiers is not weak. The average strength is higher than that of adventurers who have just changed jobs, that is, they are uniformly above level 15.
Facing Aganzuo and others, these skeletons can't make any trouble at all, but once other weak adventurers are surrounded by a few skeleton soldiers, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Hey!" The little bald Xinzang looked at the increasingly dispersed team, sighed helplessly, and said: "These people are too careless. They don't even care about their own safety for a few gold coins. If this continues, sooner or later there will be problems!
"
"Human nature is like this. It's useless to be anxious. Haven't you heard of the principles of businessmen? If they have half the profit, they dare to take risks; if they have double the profit, they dare to trample on all legal and moral constraints; if
The benefits are several times higher, and they don’t even want to take their own lives.”
Xi Lan smiled and played with the few gold coins he had just picked up, and said nonchalantly: "This person needs to be taught a lesson before he knows the pain. Let's just leave it alone. When they suffer, they will naturally unite. But then,
This Canyon of the Dead is really good, and those gods of death are also very rich, and gold coins are actually thrown around, so now we have money for drinks!"
Agan Zuo casually slashed away a charging skeleton soldier, frowned at the gray sky in front of him, thought for a moment, and couldn't help but turned to Barn and said: "From here on, the number of skeleton soldiers gradually increased.
It is estimated that there will be a hard battle before we rush to those high towers. We have agreed on this, but I am a little worried about Nuo Yu and Tian Yi. Although they are exploring the terrain along the mountain wall, if they encounter more than a hundred people,
The skeleton soldiers are still very dangerous."
The Order of the Holy Order also wanted to send people to explore the terrain in the Canyon of the Dead before, but the manpower was limited. If a large force was not divided to attract the firepower of the skeleton soldiers, the exploration team would definitely suffer.
Fortunately, over a thousand adventurers have been gathered this time, and more adventurers will join in the future, effectively dividing the strength of the skeleton soldiers, so Archbishop Magello dared to appoint Ying Tianyi and others to investigate, and even
His only granddaughter was also included in the team.
However, when Aganzuo and others actually entered the canyon and walked a certain distance, they realized the trouble of these skeleton soldiers.
These skeletons are indeed not strong, but they can't stand their numbers! The Canyon of the Dead has been silent for two hundred years, and it is unknown how many skeleton soldiers have been born. Now the early stage of the opening of the canyon is definitely the most dangerous period. If anyone is lucky enough to encounter the legendary
The "Sea of Skeletons" was so exciting that it cost me my life.
This is not the scariest thing, because no one knows whether there are undead creatures higher than skeleton soldiers in the canyon. That's why Aganzuo, who values emotions, is worried about Ying Tianyi's team, for fear that they will go deep into the canyon.
There will be danger.
However, Baan waved his hand indifferently and said with a smile: "Don't worry, even if we are in danger, nothing will happen to Tianyi. In fact, you don't know that boy Tianyi at all, or even me.
We don’t even know his trump card, so we can only analyze it from some superficial situations. But even these superficial situations are much better than ours!"
Barn has already learned from Cyrus's report that Ying Tianyi is followed by a terrifying ghost and god—Saya!
He didn't know how Ying Tianyi got involved with Saya, but he didn't want to go into details. After all, everyone has some little secrets of their own.
With Saya following Ying Tianyi, let alone those little skeleton soldiers, even if he encounters a clone of the God of Death, Baan won't worry much about him.
The actual situation was similar to what Barn expected, but there were some discrepancies.
It is true that Ying Tianyi encountered no danger, not even a little bit of danger, but this was not due to Saya, but to Ying Tianyi's own ability.
The death energy from the underworld filled the entire Canyon of the Dead. The moment Ying Tian came into contact with it, he discovered the nature of this death energy.
To put it bluntly, except for the demons who crawl out from the abyss of the earth, everything else in the underworld is basically composed of soul essence. The status of soul essence in the underworld is equivalent to the basic elements that make up all things in the human world.
Therefore, the death energy of the underworld is essentially a thin mist of soul essence. Not only is this thing harmless to Ying Tianyi, it is actually a great tonic!
After integrating with the game system, Ying Tianyi's strongest ability is to absorb soul essence and improve his own strength. Moreover, this ability is passive and equivalent to the body's instinct.
After the death of a creature, the soul will carry some resentments of the deceased. Even if it is decomposed into soul essence, these resentments cannot be erased. Therefore, after living people come into contact with the dead air of the underworld, they will be easily corroded by these resentments, and the consequences will be disastrous. Only Ying can win.
Tianyi, a special being, devours soul essence as experience points, is simply the nemesis of all soul bodies, and is not afraid of the so-called resentment at all.
Therefore, when he stepped into the Canyon of the Dead, his body immediately began to automatically absorb the death energy from the underworld that permeated the surroundings, instantly stimulating him to the point of almost jumping.
Half of it is joy and half is surprise!
The good news is that as long as he stands in the Canyon of the Dead, he can absorb the soul essence all the time. Although the amount is small, the cumulative effect is very beneficial to his upgrade career.
What is shocking is that this ghost place is the territory of the God of Death. If the God of Death discovers him "stealing food" here, the consequences... are terrifying just thinking about it!
However, he had already entered, and wanted to leave again. Firstly, he was reluctant to leave, and secondly, he had no excuse. This stumped him.
Bite the bullet and move forward, but the result becomes weirder and weirder as you go.
Why do you say weird?
Because Ying Tianyi discovered through the super long-range vision of "Eagle Eye", those white and "cute" skeleton soldiers, maybe they were instinctively seeking good luck and avoiding harm, but as soon as they came within a hundred meters of him, they all immediately
He ran away, not daring to approach him.
He also guessed the reason. These undead creatures rely on the condensed soul fire in their heads to maintain their second life. And these soul fires are actually the essence of souls clumped together. Once they get close to his body,
There is a possibility of being absorbed.
In this way, even if the skeleton soldiers no longer have wisdom, they still have the instinct to survive. Only ghosts dare to approach the evil star Ying Tianyi.
Perhaps higher-level undead creatures with stronger soul fire would dare to come into contact with Ying Tianyi.
Upon discovering this situation, Ying Tianyi smiled bitterly. He bet that if he continued to stay in the canyon, he would be discovered by the death bosses soon. This was not his original intention!
Therefore, Ying Tianyi, who was in a depressed mood, just picked up the gold coins on the ground to make a small fortune, and turned a blind eye to the doubts of Nuo Yu and Oubeis.
Nuoyu didn't know much about the situation in the Canyon of the Dead, but Obes, the paladin, knew very well. She also discovered the strange behavior of the skeleton soldiers, but she just couldn't figure out why the skeleton soldiers did not dare to attack them.
Could it be that the Holy Light Amulets they wear are so effective?
Aisha, who was following Ying Tianyi, secretly observed Ying Tianyi while picking up gold coins. She was the first person to notice something strange about Ying Tianyi.
As for Lotit, she knows more than Aisha, but she will never tell it. Because part of the soul essence absorbed by Ying Tianyi was given to her, she is now considered a semi-systematic special existence.
…
While Aganzuo and the others were fighting, and Ying Tian was nervously picking up gold coins, in a high tower in the center of the Canyon of the Dead, several special beings were gathered around a round table for a meeting.
There were five people present, all wearing hooded cloaks, making it difficult to see their appearance.
In the center of the round table they were surrounding, a huge crystal ball floated out of thin air, showing the situation in the canyon from an aerial perspective.
At this time, the crystal ball screen was a close-up shot, and the character shown in it was none other than Ying Tianyi, who was lowering his head to pick up gold coins.
The man in gray cloak sitting at the top of the center, two dots of forest blue light looming under the hood, seemed to be staring at the crystal ball, and said in a strange, metallic voice, "Everyone has seen it, right?"
, this one wearing white clothes
Human being is the character I have been paying attention to for a long time. His ability is very special, and he is most likely the 'soul devourer' who has been absent among us so far. Next, we need to take action personally and test him to see if he is what we expect.
Long time little brother!”
A man in a red cloak on the left suddenly raised his head, revealing an ugly face under the hood that was pale and bloodless, with only a layer of skin covering the bones. He chuckled and said: "If he is really our little brother,
Then using my altar to test him should be the most appropriate choice. The ability of the soul devourer is very special. Facing the army of undead creatures, he will only become braver as he fights. I just happened to have summoned a group of more special undead, so let
Let them serve as Lao Qi’s appetizer!”
"That's a good suggestion! I'll leave it to you, Agares." The man in the gray cloak in the center nodded and said, "Others and I will continue to observe here, and also pay attention to the stronger toys.
.By the way, that guy Lao Liu has been having fun in the world for a thousand years, and it’s time for her to come back and do some serious business. Astros, go out and call Lao Liu back!"
"Yes, sir!" A slim figure wrapped in shadow appeared quietly at the round table. After respectfully accepting the order, he disappeared silently...
