Chapter 65 The Light of the Original Stone of Life
In the darkness, there seems to be a road leading underground, and I can vaguely feel a strange force. This force is completely different from the undercurrent in the Rock Mountain just now. It carries a trace of life and a trace of hope. It seems that we
The original stone of life is not far away.
A dazzling spark came out of Unika's hand again, illuminating the surroundings. We walked carefully and finally reached the bottom of the passage. The road ahead suddenly opened up. This sight surprised me.
I didn't know what terrible things were hidden on this seemingly flat and open ground. As soon as I took a step forward, I suddenly felt a chill.
"Be careful!" Yunika waved her hand and released an energy wave to knock me back. In an instant, three extremely long sharp blades stabbed me from above and from the left and right sides. Unfortunately, my left arm was scratched and the blood started to flow.
Seep out.
Looking at the place where I just stood, it was already occupied by those three sharp blades. If Unica hadn't bounced me away, I'm afraid I would have been in danger right now...
"Thanks." I wiped my sweat and fell to the ground.
"You were injured, are you okay?" He glanced at me and asked with a hint of concern.
"It's okay, it's okay..." I ignored the pain in my left arm and stood up quickly. This place was extremely dangerous and I had to find the Life Stone as soon as possible.
"How many mechanisms are there here?" I picked up a stone and threw it forward. I saw countless spikes instantly appearing where the stone rolled over, and the sharp blades from above were still shooting at them. They were densely packed and quickly filled with thorns.
If there was an elf there, he would have been shot into a hedgehog. Even if he could avoid the sharp thorns under his feet, he would definitely be pierced by random arrows. It is unavoidable, and there is no way to defend himself in such a short period of time.
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"The Demon Lord has set up so many mechanisms, it's really surprising." Unica sighed and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. I feel there are more terrifying things..."
I nodded my head, and just about to say something, my head began to feel dizzy, and everything in front of me became blurry. I tried hard to suppress this uncomfortable feeling, and I broke out in cold sweat all over my body.
"Boy, what's wrong with you?" Yunika quickly noticed something strange about me. When he noticed a trace of venom on the wound on my arm, he understood everything.
"I'm afraid the venom from the venomous snakes just touched your skin, and now it has entered your body along with the wound." Yunika patted my shoulder and motioned for me to sit down.
"It's okay... this level is not enough to kill me." I tried my best to stay awake and used the energy in my body to resist the toxins. Maybe my physique is special, and there is a mysterious power to protect the body, and the symptoms of poisoning are temporary.
Disappeared.
"Can't waste any time... hurry up." I quickly took a step forward, passed through the arrows on the ground, and reached the end. At the end was a stone door with dense symbols engraved on it.
Unica naturally followed closely behind, but just as he jumped to my side, the road behind us was also cut off by a stone door lowered from the cave roof.
"The escape route is also blocked..." I looked at the symbols on the stone door in front of me, but I didn't know how to interpret it. There was a groove as big as a palm on the stone door, which should be the key to opening it.
"There is the aura of the Demon Lord here." Yunika and I also had the same focus. He suddenly took a deep breath and his expression changed slightly.
I noticed a strange light flashing in Unika's eyes. Does he know the meaning of the symbol on the stone door?
"Cassius, do you want to feel the power of the Life Stone for yourself?" Unica smiled slightly, but it seemed very strange to me. Before I could answer, he grabbed my right hand and pressed it hard against the stone door.
of the groove.
"What do you want to do?" I wanted to take my hand back, but because my entire right arm was tightly strangled by Unica, I couldn't move.
The entire stone gate suddenly glowed with evil light, and the symbols on it also turned blood red. I only felt that the energy in my body was rapidly draining. At the same time, a new force was also pouring in, and two powerful energies were going crazy in my body.
The impact almost tore all my internal organs into pieces. Is this the power of the Life Stone? I think this is the Stone of Death...
I lowered my head, and at this moment I understood the meaning of those symbols. It turns out that only by sacrificing my own energy can I sense the life stone.
The huge stone door slowly opened, and I was extremely weak due to excessive loss of energy. I squinted and vaguely saw a high platform less than 20 meters away, with a green stone suspended directly above it.
It seems that the energy just now came from this stone, and now it resonates with me.
Unica had already rushed in first, but our arrival awakened the elves guarding here. I already felt a deliberately hidden murderous intention. The other party should be a mysterious elf who came and went without a trace. I straightened up,
Gradually he began to adjust his breath, and then stepped into the space behind the stone door.
"You are the two traitors wanted by Lord Demon Lord. How dare you come to the Prismatic Star?" came a very deep voice.
I tried to find the owner of the voice, but I found that a huge black shadow was reflected on the stone wall at some point. From the perspective of the shadow, it should be a disgusting guy with countless tentacles. Could it be the terrifying demon in the legend?
...Shadow Spirit Beast? A character that makes the elves talk about it. His unique skills are definitely not simple.
"Humph, wanted? I've long been used to this kind of thing, and now I'm still alive and well." Unica's face was full of disdain, but her eyes quickly locked on the Life Stone in the sky.
"This monster is not easy to deal with." I reminded him in a low voice.
"Are you okay? If you still have the energy, help me hold him down." Unica didn't care what I said. He jumped up and turned into a ray of fire and rushed upward.
"Shadow Spear!" The shadow spirit beast is not slow either, and in the blink of an eye it fires out countless sharp blades composed of shadow energy.
I opened my arms and used all my strength to create a protective shield to resist all attacks from the Shadow Spirit Beast. A faint green light surrounded me.
"That is... the energy of the Life Stone." Shadow Spirit Beast was a little shocked: "I didn't expect that there are elves that can be so compatible with the power of the Life Stone."
Shadow Spirit Beast's words stunned me for a moment. I had consumed a lot of energy just now to resist his attack, but the energy of the raw life stone injected into my body was stimulated. I wiped the sweat off my head and looked at my arms.
There is no obvious change in the golden halo. Is the Life Stone filling my energy?
Before the Shadow Spirit Beast found any flaws, I quickly tried to convert the energy into shock waves and gave him a fatal blow. I noticed that the monster was bleeding black blood.
Next, Unika and I took turns attacking to find the monster's weaknesses and cut off several of its tentacles.
"It seems you can't do it! Old monster, you'd better hand over the stone!" Unica took the opportunity to taunt.
"Even so, I won't let you get it." The shadow spirit beast showed its true form, stretched out six tentacles to wrap around Unika, and threw him back to the ground, while the remaining tentacles held the life stone.
He quickly rolled it into his own mouth.
"What to do now..." I stepped back, but Unica rushed forward again and used his most powerful trick - Holy Demon Judgment.
I was a little surprised. Unica's momentum was stronger than ever before. The power of this move should not be underestimated.
A flash of dazzling white light was seen, and the shadow spirit beast's body burned like a furnace fire. Unika's extremely fast attack was accompanied by blazing flames, and it tore the black monster in front of her into pieces.
But things were not that simple. Within 5 seconds, Shadow Spirit Beast's torn body quickly recovered, and its attack was more fierce than before. Unika and I could only restrain his tentacles with all our strength, and the battle gradually began to turn.
for consumption.
However, a prolonged war of attrition was very detrimental to us, and I felt that my physical strength was declining rapidly. Suddenly, the shadow spirit beast fiercely waved its tentacles, throwing us against the stone wall.
The huge impact made me almost embedded in the stone wall, and blood dripped from my back.
Unika's situation was similar. He was crouching on the ground, breathing heavily, and his head was covered with sweat and blood.
"You will be my food today, you should be honored for this!" The shadow spirit beast's obscene voice echoed throughout the secret room.
The next round of attacks was about to come, but I couldn't move yet. Seeing this, Unica quickly released a wall of light to continue to hinder the Shadow Spirit Beast.
"I'll hold it back, and you'll find a chance to defeat it." Unica shouted at me.
I jumped down from the stone wall with all my strength. At this moment, I felt that a special power was about to burst out from my body.
"Look at its heart and pierce it." Yunica reminded.
"Got it." I squatted down slightly, clenched my fists with both hands, and a faint green energy gathered around my fists. At the same time, the Shadow Spirit Beast broke through Unica's shield and flew towards me. My entire sight was
shrouded in darkness.
"Heart, heart..." I concentrated my energy, released my fiery eyes, penetrated the darkness, and saw the beating heart of this monster.
It was time. I jumped forward and punched the heart. The energy wave instantly penetrated the shadow spirit beast's black and purple body, and the bright light tore its body into pieces again. I saw the right moment.
, at the moment when the shadow spirit beast collapsed, I took out the life stone. This underground space was also dilapidated due to the fierce battle, and there was a danger of collapse at any time. I dug a passage upwards and sprinted with all my strength to escape from this place.
place.
When I stepped on solid ground again, I felt relieved, but I didn't know if Unica was coming up. However, just when I was about to look around, my shoulder was pulled down sharply.
"You kid, I'm taking advantage of you!" This was Yunika's voice.
I turned around and saw him squatting on the ground, panting. His vest was in tatters and full of burn marks. Even his hair was messed up. He looked quite embarrassed.
"Anyway, Prismatic Star was saved." I suppressed my laughter and said solemnly.
"This rough stone of life is so powerful, let me see it?" Yunika narrowed her eyes and stretched out a hand in front of me.
I was worried that Unika would play another trick, so I said, "Okay, but you can only look at it." I opened my hand slightly and saw that the green stone was emitting a faint light.
"I haven't seen it clearly yet." Yunika suddenly came over and grabbed the life stone in my hand with one claw, and increased the force in an instant.
"What do you want to do?" I also held the stone hard to prevent him from taking it away.
"My sister was seriously injured last time, and she is waiting for this stone to heal her." Unika grabbed my shoulders and tried to knock me down, but I didn't let him succeed. It seems that my hunch was right, he
The purpose is indeed not just to save Prismatic Star.
"Yumina? Where is she? Take me to see her." I held the stone firmly again and asked calmly.
"Follow me!" Unica stamped her feet angrily, then turned around and walked further into the desert.
"Don't worry, I will help your sister." I know that the guy in front of me will be extremely manic as long as it involves matters related to Yumina.
We walked one behind the other, both keeping silent. Soon after, Unika couldn't bear it anymore, and he chuckled: "I didn't expect that you would become so powerful after not seeing each other for a few days."
"It's not enough. In order to defeat the Demon King, I have to continue practicing." I said seriously.
"That bastard Demon King caused so much harm to my sister, I must kill him!" Yunika became manic in an instant, and my words seemed to arouse his anger.
"Well... you are such a good brother." Seeing that he was emotional, I quickly changed the subject.
The air seemed to be still for a few seconds.
"Whether it's good or not, you don't need to judge." Yunica shook her head, her eyes dimmed: "If I hadn't been so insistent on going my own way and involving her, things wouldn't be like this."
"It's my fault..." Unica raised her hand and slowly clenched her fist: "I was too eager to pursue power. I was too arrogant at that time and I didn't know how many wrong things I did."
I saw the trace of sadness hidden in his eyes, and suddenly I felt that he was not the arrogant and half-hearted Yunika I knew.
We came to a place full of weeds. The weeds here grew very tall and seemed to be an excellent hiding place.
"Brother, are you here?" This was Yumina's voice.
Yunika and I pushed through the weeds and saw Yumina sitting cross-legged to recuperate. She had many newly healed wounds on her body, and her scarred skin looked shocking.
"Well, brother is here." Unica glanced at me and said, "My sister is weak now and needs the life stone to replenish her vitality."
I nodded and walked to Yumina. Her big watery eyes kept staring at me, as if she had something to say to me.
I was about to say something, but she suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and countless undercurrents were flowing through her body, making her even weaker.
"Sister!" Unika hurriedly stepped forward to help her.
"This is... a restriction imposed by the Demon Lord... At that time, he locked me in the training tower. I had to fight countless elves every day... Every time I lost, I would be tortured by this magic circle..." Yumi
Na wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked at me with apologetic eyes: "I'm sorry, Cassius, I..."
"There is no need to talk about the past anymore. Sit tight." I gently placed the stone of life on her forehead and let the holy light drive away all these evil forces.
After about fifteen minutes, Yumina's frown relaxed, all her scars disappeared, and her complexion improved.
I thought that this planet was in dire straits and that the property must be returned to its original owner as soon as possible, so I put away the stone and prepared to say goodbye.
However, what I didn't expect was that Unika suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of me: "Cassius, thank you for saving my sister. I am deeply sorry for what I did before. From now on, I - Demon Saint Unika
The card is your friend.
"Don't be so exaggerated." I helped him up and said solemnly: "You can take your sister back first, and then I will go to fight the Demon King and support Black and the others."
"When I settle down with Mina, we will also go to the Demon Star!" Yunica's anger burned again.
I glanced at the two brothers and sisters, turned around and hurried towards where Aika and the others were.
Not long after, I returned to the place of departure, and the elves also came forward to witness the brilliance of the raw stone of life.
"Brother, have you defeated that terrifying shadow spirit beast?"
"Hey, where did that red-haired elf go?"
"You must have been fighting that demon for a long time, right? How are your injuries? Does it still hurt?"
They chattered around me and asked. Only then did I realize that there were no wounds on my body. All the blood stains had disappeared and were replaced by a faint white light. Did I gain this magical self-healing ability?
"Where should I put the rough stone next?" I asked.
"There is a platform over there. The place where it is is turned out to be a valley, and the Life Stone is there." Following the position pointed by Aika, I flew over gently and placed the Life Stone on it.
In an instant, a drizzle fell in the sky, and flowers and plants grew wherever the rain fell. The desert instantly turned into a green grassland, and the place where the original stone was located formed a wide river valley, with clear springs flowing from top to bottom.
It irrigates the flowers, plants and trees of the entire planet.
Prismatic Star, spring has finally returned to the earth, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant! The haze that shrouded the sky gradually dispersed, and the air filled with the smell of blood was purified and became sweet.
I stared at the group of cheering elves, but my heart was still awkward, because even so, I still couldn't make up for my mistakes. Those dead elves still couldn't be resurrected. They had already lost their souls and could only live in endless pain.
reincarnation.
At this moment, I thought of the nightmare imprinted deep in my soul again. It seemed that the blackened me appeared in front of me, with blood-red eyes open, roaring: "Keep killing! Never look back!" Under his claws,
Countless elves were slaughtered with flesh and blood, and eventually they were all wiped out...
It was me and not me, but seeing this scene still made my heart tremble. I almost shouted to ask him to stop killing. I realized that I might be on the verge of madness and I had to calm down as soon as possible.
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"We can't just get lost in repentance and guilt. We still have to face the cruel reality after all." I kept saying to myself.
Suddenly I came back to my senses, and all those terrible scenes disappeared. I squatted down, covering my heart, and touched the ground with my other hand. The depth of the earth gradually made my heart calm. The light of the raw stone of life in the distance seemed to
It inspires me to face everything next.
Now, I want to bring this new power to face the guy who cast a nightmare on me. I want to completely defeat him, not only for me, but also for the souls of countless dead elves... (To be continued)