Although there was no reason, Wang Xuan still thought of the King of Fear for the first time.
When Xiao Bichen saw this hundred-meter-long giant scorpion statue, he thought of something, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes.
"No wonder this place is called the Temple of Fear. This should be the statue of the King of Fear." Wang Xuan said as he picked up the parchment again and found that the task content on it had changed again.
"Deep in the Scorpion City, the sealed King of Fear and his family members sleep. Unlock the seal and release the King of Fear. You will gain the power of fear, become a disciple of the King of Fear, command the resurrected Scorpion Army, and destroy mankind.
Become the king who rules this world."
Seeing the content of this mission, Wang Xuan was shocked and looked up in horror at the countless scorpion statues in front of him.
He understood that these were not statues, but the sealed King of Fear and his scorpion army.
The last step of this secret mission in Scorpion City is to open the seal of the Dread King, resurrect the Scorpion Legion, destroy mankind, and rule the world?
Wang Xuan only felt his scalp numb when he saw this. He understood that the so-called gaining the power of fear and becoming a disciple of the King of Fear actually meant becoming a scorpion monster like the King of Fear. This was something he did not want to do anyway and could only continue.
Look down.
"The way to unlock the seal is to pull out the stone sword inserted in the seal."
When Wang Xuan saw this, he raised his head and looked forward, and immediately saw a circular relief not far in front of them. It was somewhat similar to the relief they saw before, but it was ten times larger and more delicately carved.
, the previous relief couldn't tell what was carved on it, but this relief can clearly see what is carved on it is a scorpion head with chains engraved on it, which seems to represent that the scorpion is imprisoned and sealed, with a scorpion inserted in the center.
A stone sword is inserted deep into the relief, leaving only the hilt outside.
According to what is written on this parchment, you only need to pull out this stone sword to break the seal of the Terror King.
"Didn't I say that if you complete the mission, you can get a mysterious treasure? How could it become like this..."
Wang Xuan's face became increasingly ugly, and he could only continue to look behind the parchment record.
"If you choose to give up and unlock the seal of the Dread King, you can get the mysterious treasure and leave here."
Then there are ways to get out of here and get the mysterious treasure.
After reading it, Wang Xuan let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it turns out that there are two options for this task. Unlocking the seal and awakening the King of Fear is not the only option.
Xiao Bichen stood beside him, looking at the records on it, with an equally surprised look on his face.
This was the first time she had seen such a task with two choices of answers.
"Finally we can leave." Wang Xuan put away the parchment and walked forward. Xiao Bichen followed closely. The two of them soon came to the giant statue of the Dread King and stood in front of the hundred-meter-long statue.
, the two of them felt their own insignificance more and more.
Wang Xuan raised his head and glanced at the statue of the Fearful King again, then stretched out his left hand and cut the palm of his hand, and blood flowed out.
There is a giant scorpion relief on the ground in front of the statue. The stone sword that sealed the Dread King and the Scorpion Legion is inserted in the center of the giant relief.
Pulling out the stone sword can unlock the seal. On the other hand, the second option is to smear the closed mouthparts of the scorpion relief with blood, which can activate the scorpion relief. The open mouthparts are the entrance to the mysterious treasure.
And if you get the mysterious treasure, you can leave here.
Wang Xuan followed the parchment prompts and began to smear the mouthparts of the scorpion relief with the blood from the wound on his left hand.
When Wang Xuan was about to completely cover the mouthpart with blood, he suddenly felt the relief shaking slightly. He raised his head and found that Xiao Bichen was holding the stone sword inserted into the relief with both hands, with a labored look on his face, looking out.
Pull it out.
The stone sword was pulled and the relief immediately began to vibrate.
"Xiao Bichen, are you crazy?"
Suddenly seeing this scene, Wang Xuan was shocked. He didn't bother to smear the mouthparts on the scorpion relief, and immediately jumped up and rushed towards Xiao Bichen in the center of the relief, trying to stop her from pulling out the stone sword.
Once she pulls out the stone sword, it's all over.
Xiao Bichen had a struggling look on her face, and her eyes were sometimes fearful, sometimes angry, sometimes frightened and desperate. It was obvious that various thoughts were intertwined and struggling in her mind.
Wang Xuan burst out with all his strength and rushed forward like a bolt of lightning, trying to stop her from pulling out the stone sword.
With a "boom", he felt as if he had hit an iron plate. The stone sword held by Xiao Bichen's hands and the scorpion relief below erupted with terrifying power, forming a barrier to protect her. Wang Xuan's mouth spurted blood.
, flew into the air and flipped upside down due to the huge impact force, and fell solidly out of the sky more than ten meters away.
After hitting the ground, Wang Xuan's eyes were full of horror. At this moment, he understood everything. He seemed to have awakened Xiao Bichen before, but the fearful power that invaded her body did not disappear, but converged in her body.
Wait for the opportunity.
Now entering the Temple of Fear, the restrained power of fear exploded, immediately taking over and controlling Xiao Bichen's mind, causing her to pull out the stone sword.
The ground of the entire Temple of Fear began to shake violently, and in all directions, countless statues began to make crackling sounds. This terrifying scorpion army was being resurrected.
Xiao Bichen's face was ferocious. Fear and her original consciousness were fighting fiercely. Her eyes were full of despair. This was her original consciousness, but the power of fear made the skin on her face continue to harden and began to mutate into the black hardness of a scorpion.
Shell, the changes this time are very astonishing, not only her face, but also her hands, feet, and body are undergoing drastic changes.
Once her mind is completely dominated by the power of fear, she will completely become a disciple of the King of Fear and turn into a real scorpion monster, commanding the scorpion army that will be resurrected and destroying the world.
Wang Xuan spit out the blood in his mouth, immediately activated the blue crystal scale energy in his body, let out a violent roar, pushed his hands to the ground, and almost rose into the air, his arms instantly turned into giant arms of a monster, and rushed forward again
.
"Xiao Bichen——"
He roared, rushed to the relief, waved the giant arm of the monster in his right hand, and the blue lights on it lit up, and was about to hit Xiao Bichen, trying to blast her away.
Suddenly there was a "boom", and an even more terrifying force surged out. Xiao Bichen clenched the stone sword with both hands and pulled it out completely.
The Temple of Fear suddenly shook violently, and cracks began to appear on the surface of countless scorpion statues. The crackling sounds became louder and louder. The surface of the giant scorpion statue that was 100 meters long also began to have spider web-like cracks on its surface.
.
The Dread King begins to awaken.
Wang Xuan saw all this, his whole body was cold, but he still rushed forward without hesitation, spreading his fingers to snatch the stone sword that Xiao Bichen had pulled out.
As long as he grabs the stone sword and inserts it into the center of the relief again, he may still be saved.
Xiao Bichen held the stone sword in both hands and was retreating. Her entire face turned into a terrifying and ugly scorpion shape, her legs had deformed into scorpion legs, but her eyes showed a look of fear and despair.
"kill me……"
Suddenly, Xiao Bichen's mouth turned into a scorpion's mouthparts and opened and closed, and Xiao Bichen's voice came faintly.
Wang Xuan was shocked, and almost at the same moment he grabbed the stone sword in Xiao Bichen's hands. He looked up and saw tears flowing from her eyes.
She still has the last bit of sanity.
Wang Xuan tried his best to snatch the stone sword from her hand.
"Xiao Bichen, don't give up, we will definitely leave alive -"
Wang Xuan was roaring, desperately grabbing the sword, and suddenly found that Xiao Bichen's hands had been fused with the stone sword. The stone sword seemed to have melted and was continuously seeping into her body.
Her body seemed to be rooted in the relief. Her body not only merged with the stone sword, but also merged with the relief under her feet. He felt that there were two terrifying forces fighting in Xiao Bichen's body.
And she is the battlefield where these two forces confront each other.
At this moment, he understood everything.
This scorpion relief is the magic circle that seals the King of Fear. This stone sword is equivalent to the eye of the formation and is the core of the sealing power.
Only by inserting the stone sword into the scorpion relief can the King of Fear be completely sealed.
Now that the stone sword is pulled out, the seal is broken, and the power of the King of Fear is awakening, surging into Xiao Bichen's body through the scorpion relief. The reason why the stone sword merges with Xiao Bichen is to use her body
, wanting to suppress the power of fear surging out of the scorpion relief.
Without the suppression of the stone sword, Xiao Bichen would become a monster in an instant, and the King of Fear and the Scorpion Legion would be resurrected in an instant.
Now the success or failure of both parties suddenly depends entirely on Xiao Bichen.
If Xiao Bichen can wake up and insert the stone sword into the scorpion relief, she can re-seal the King of Fear. On the contrary, if her consciousness is swallowed by the power of fear and turns into a monster, the power of fear can use her body to bite back the stone sword and completely destroy it.
Seal and free the Dread King.
In the confrontation between these two forces, Wang Xuan's power became extremely weak. The stone sword and the power of fear were glued together in Xiao Bichen's body. He could not shake it at all, let alone pull the stone sword out of Xiao Bichen's body.
Reinserted into the scorpion relief on the ground.
"The only... way... to kill... me..."
From Xiao Bichen's open and closed mouth, a vague voice came again, because Shi Jian was suppressing the power of fear, and she still retained the last bit of human consciousness.
"Wang Xuan...I'm...in pain...please...help me..."
Tears were constantly flowing out of her eyes.
Wang Xuan grabbed the stone sword that was fused with her body, his whole body trembling. Seeing her turning into a monster, he understood that Xiao Bichen was about to lose his last bit of sanity.
Without the help of the sealing power of the scorpion relief, the stone sword could no longer suppress the increasingly terrifying power of fear.
Countless small cracks appeared on the surface of the statue of the King of Fear, and rock fragments collapsed one after another. There was a faint black light inside, and a vague consciousness was awakening.
This consciousness is filled with endless ferocity and cruelty, only killing, without any emotions that living beings should have. Its existence is to bring fear to all living beings.
It is fear personified.
This is the King of Fear.
Wang Xuan felt this terrifying consciousness, and felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He felt a force of fear rising from his back and soon invading his brain.
The power of fear is strong. Not only Xiao Bichen, but also he is being invaded by the power of fear. This fear king wants to devour him too.
Xiao Bichen, who was already unable to hold on, suddenly trembled all over as the power of fear suddenly grew, and her eyes showed the last trace of despair.
"Please...help me...relieve...take off..."
This was the last human voice she made. A pair of eyes filled with despair and extreme pain suddenly shrank inward, and then the pupils dilated, becoming ferocious and terrifying, turning into a pair of scorpion eyes.
Shi Jian was finally unable to suppress the power of fear. Even her last bit of sanity was swallowed up by the power of the King of Fear, and she completely became a monster.
Wang Xuan's eyes widened and his whole body trembled. He saw all this and felt a pain in his heart. He only felt the blue crystal scales in his body vibrating. It seemed that it also felt the master's thoughts. The terrifying energy surged like a tide.
A heavy explosion exploded from his body, and his giant arms of monsters were almost completely dyed blue. This terrifying power seemed to be about to burst his arms and explode.
"Bichen——"
He let out a hoarse roar, his eyes turned red, and he stepped forward suddenly, opened the five fingers of his right hand, and with a sneer, broke through Xiao Bichen's hard-shelled chest in front of him, and grabbed her heart, and the five faint fingers
The blue fingers inserted into her heart.
These five fingers pierced her heart, which was a fatal blow.
Following this blow, Xiao Bichen's whole body shook violently, and he suddenly raised his head. His pair of scorpion eyes shrank violently, restoring his original human eyes.
Because of this fatal blow, her life potential was stimulated, a flashback occurred, and she suddenly regained her sanity.
As she woke up, the power of fear in her body was immediately suppressed, and the stone sword that was originally fused with her hands began to peel off.
Wang Xuan couldn't bear to be sad, knowing that this was his last chance. With the help of Xiao Bichen's ability to suppress the fear in his body, he snatched the stone sword that was separated from her hands and thrust it into the hole in the center of the relief at his feet.
As the stone sword was inserted, the Temple of Fear, which was shaking violently, suddenly returned to normal. The shaking scorpion statues became quiet, and the terrifying and evil consciousness filled in the air retreated like a tide.
The power of fear was suppressed by the seal and was exiting Xiao Bichen's body. Her body began to transform into a human again.
She quickly returned to her original appearance, with a slight flush on her face. She looked at Wang Xuan and tried to show a smile, but her eyes were fading and the breath of life was leaving her.
The heart was pierced, which was a real fatal blow.
"Xiao Bichen! Hold on, you won't die!"
Wang Xuan almost roared from his throat. The moment he inserted the stone sword into the center of the scorpion relief, he opened the Sumeru belt with his left hand and took out a handful of primary healing water.
He now had a total of twelve bottles of primary healing water, and he took them out together, and was busy pouring one bottle after another into Xiao Bichen's mouth.
The healing effect of this healing water is very powerful. As long as you don't die on the spot, you can heal even the most serious injuries.
But pouring it into Xiao Bichen's mouth at this moment had no effect at all. Her eyes were still dimming. She saw Wang Xuan's anxiety and wanted to reach out and touch his face gently.
comfort him.
Who can achieve immortality? From birth, everyone’s final destination is death.
She has just gone to that world ahead of time.
She thought of the words Wang Xuan had comforted her when she was sad when Li Hao and Brother Zhang died.
A smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth, but the strength in her body was dissipating little by little, and she was no longer able to raise her hand.
She didn't expect that death felt like this, and even wanting to touch his face became the ultimate luxury.
His consciousness gradually blurred, circles of blackness appeared in front of his eyes, and countless white halos were swaying in the darkness.
Suddenly, she heard a roar again, which seemed to be Wang Xuan's voice. Then, she felt her lips move slightly, as if some sweet liquid was flowing in, and then she didn't know anything else.
Wang Xuan hugged her, holding a bottle of light golden reagent in his hand, and poured the light golden liquid into Xiao Bichen's mouth.
This pale golden reagent is the "incorruptible medicine", a treasure he once obtained from opening a treasure box. This medicine is very special. Although it cannot save people, it can keep the dying person in a state of neither life nor death, making him neither dead nor decayed.
, so it is called "incorruptible medicine".
In his opinion, this kind of medicine is very useless and has almost no use, so he has always kept it in Xumi's belt and never paid much attention to it.
Until today, all methods have been ineffective, including healing water. In despair, Wang Xuan finally thought of this incorruptible medicine.
He took out the incorruptible medicine and finally poured it into Xiao Bichen's mouth at the last moment when she was about to die.
Xiao Bichen was no longer conscious, but her breathing, which was about to be completely cut off, continued to linger.
The incorruptible medicine really took effect, continuing the little bit of vitality that Xiao Bichen was about to cut off in the end.
However, she will never wake up again. She will remain in this state of immortality, without aging or decay, and will seem to fall into an eternal sleep until the end of this world.
Wang Xuan hugged her and fell down, feeling that all the strength in his body was drained.
Xiao Bichen lay quietly on his chest, as if she was asleep, motionless.
"Xiao Bichen... I promise you, I will take you away alive..."
"I will definitely do what I promised you..."
Panting heavily, Wang Xuan sat up from the ground, then carefully hugged Xiao Bichen, put her in a comfortable position, and placed her on the ground.
"The incorruptible medicine will maintain your last bit of vitality. You will not die. Believe me, I will definitely think of a way to save you... There will definitely be a way..."
Wang Xuan murmured, reaching out and gently touching her cheek, with a hint of sadness on his face.