When they reached the bottom of the tunnel, they were already hundreds of meters deep underground.
"Mr. Shelley, those murals seem incomplete." Ezreal reminded cautiously.
"oh?"
"The narrative content of the mural has been vacant for a long time, and it cannot correspond to the murals outside. And if you look at the murals on the passage, what is missing is very important content."
"Well, after all, he is a nobleman. It is understandable that he likes to pursue rituals and feelings when doing things. Of course, the grandest scene in his life should be presented at the end."
"what do you mean?"
"He might be waiting for us inside."
Ezreal: "..."
After leaving the passage, what appeared in front of the two people was a wide corridor with twelve tall stone pillars standing on both sides of the corridor.
There was a corpse tied with iron chains on each stone pillar, and on top of the corpse's head, there was a brazier burning with flames. Although with the arrival of Chai Anping and the others, the flames suddenly became colder.
"This is the ritual of praying to death!" Ezreal shouted to encourage himself.
Complex and strange lines are carved on the ground between the twelve pillars, and these lines extend to the back of the wall. It seems that there is a larger formation behind the solid wall.
"What you should confirm first is whether the scene here is different from the last time you came here." Chai Anping gave him a sideways glance.
"Indeed... it's different!" Ezreal said horrified.
"It seems that this space has the ability to confuse the consciousness of mortals. The murals we see are not necessarily the same."
Chai Anping would not doubt Ezreal's ability as an explorer, let alone such a low-level mistake.
"It turns out that we were helpless against that thunder marsh after destroying several mechanisms first..."
"You mean you were not the only one who came to this mausoleum, right?" Chai Anping asked suddenly.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"There are living people in the tombs."
The magic power emitted by Chai Anping has found traces of living people.
In this place, the ghosts driven by the twin shadows were not easy to use. The two ghosts were suppressed and did not dare to escape. This also shows that the Grand Duke Baka does have some skills.
"How is that possible?" Ezreal was shocked at first, but then he seemed to think of something.
Because he attached great importance to this tomb, the people he brought with him that time were all his cronies. However, after returning, some people seemed to have left the team and claimed to retire...
I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but I hadn't noticed news about them for a long time.
"Maybe I have some clues!" he said hesitantly.
"It's useless to have a clue." Chai Anping corrected his statement: "To be precise, that person is no longer alive. His soul has been swallowed up and controlled by this mausoleum."
Chai Anping casually carved a divine pattern on the corridor, and quickly led Ezreal towards the depths.
The moment they stepped onto the formation, both of them felt a cold gaze.
The flames on the twelve stone pillars suddenly burned more intensely. A kind of majestic and eerie low hum sounded from every corner of the mausoleum. There seemed to be black threads squirming in the thick and fuzzy air.
.
Ezreal took a heavy breath and followed Chai Anping closely.
Behind the corridor, there was another long, dark corridor. Vaguely, Xiao Huangmao seemed to hear the rapid footsteps coming from the front.
"Be careful of traps and curses!" he warned.
"……good."
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, dark purple poisonous mist was sprayed from the top of the passage, and slender poisonous needles were hidden in it and shot out.
"We didn't trigger the mechanism. This must be controlled by humans!"
Ezreal quickly crushed a talisman in his hand and rolled his body subconsciously, trying to use the slightly raised wall in the passage to block it.
Chai Anping didn't even have time to shout, this guy's movements were really fast!
He raised his right hand, and the entire palm turned red instantly, mysterious divine patterns spread, and then terrifying flames swept out.
"boom!"
The flames carried air waves and burned along the top of the passage to the end in the blink of an eye. Under Chai Anping's control, the flames transformed into a big hand at the end, and the burning palm grabbed the living corpse hiding at the end of the passage.
The divine flame carried the power to annihilate evil, causing the living corpse with a strong body and strange lines on its skin to let out a shrill scream.
At this time, Ezreal had just pressed his back against the wall and tried to stand up.
"Eh?"
Seeing Chai Anping's hesitant expression, he then looked at the broken and precious talisman in his hand.
Ezreal suppressed the curse words with force.
Brother, if you can handle it, you should have told me earlier!
"Don't be anxious." Chai Anping was helpless.
"Haha." Ezreal stood up: "Sir Shelley is very capable!"
"Just stay with me. I told you to watch the show but I didn't let you perform in person."
"oh."
This time they arrived at the end of the passage unimpeded, and all the traps that might have been activated along the way were completely burned by Chai Anping. He didn't like having to guard against such low-level sneak attacks while walking.
Of course, if the owner of the tomb is willing to go out and do the work in person for him who has come all the way... he will give it a try and appreciate it.
On the charred ground, the living corpse that was pinned to the ground by a big hand of flames had been burned to the point of "melting", and the lines full of death on his body turned into streaks of black gas lingering around the flames.
, and are constantly burned into nothingness by the flames.
The remaining muscles of the living corpse were still trembling, but the two of them lost interest after just looking at it for a few times because the scene was too disgusting.
Because the corpse gave off a disgusting smell, Chai Anping burned him to ashes with a wave of his hand.
"Acquaintance?" he asked.
"..."
Ezreal nodded with difficulty: "A senior explorer, it seems that during that exploration, he was affected by this tomb, and that's why he returned here."
"It's not just him."
Chai Anping pointed to the underground temple that appeared in front of the two of them: "At the main entrance of the hall, there is another person...who has committed suicide in a sunken stone basin, and his blood has solidified.
In the center of the hall, there are two coffins, one of which contains Baka, and the other one contains a living person."
But what puzzled Chai Anping was that he had even found Baka, but instead lost the sense of the thunder rune fragments...
And the power that is very similar to the power of the gods is gone...
"interesting."
Chai Anping walked towards the main hall.
"Hey! Mr. Shelley, are you going in like this?!"
"What if?"
Chai Anping smiled and said: "If we don't step directly into the meeting ceremony carefully prepared by the tomb owner, is this still the way to treat guests?"
"The spirit of Demacia is really admirable." Ezreal praised through gritted teeth.
When they entered the main hall, the solidified blood in the stone basin suddenly dissolved, and the originally dull blood clots turned into a strangely vivid color.
A groove appeared under the stone basin, allowing blood to flow along the groove to the nodes set by the ceremony.
Immediately afterwards, pieces of dark red light quietly lit up the entire hall.
The main hall buried underground was filled with a penetrating dark wind. As the light appeared, murals appeared on the walls of the palace one after another.
All the pictures contain a strong color of blood, and even the smell of blood directly spreads into the air.
"this……"
Ezreal looked at the aftermath of those murals in shock. When he saw the most incredible scene, he felt his heart suddenly shrink.
"Baka killed a god!"
"He wants to seize the power of the gods!"
Chai Anping looked at the sound, his eyes also condensed, because he saw the mark of the devil in the picture.
And when they looked at the history recorded on the murals, the blood flowing in the stone basin finally spread to all the nodes, and the strange red light made the entire hall seem to be soaked in blood.
In the center of the hall, between the two coffins, a circular magic circle slowly appeared. The magic circle was slowly rotating on the ground, and its speed was increasing.
This kind of rotation actually continuously transforms the energy of life in the two coffins!
Alchemical magic cannot detect more detailed energy changes, but this is surprising enough!
"I didn't expect that the so-called recovery... really has some tricks."
When he saw the devil's mark, Chai Anping became truly serious, and the black flame sword quietly appeared on his waist, allowing him to draw the sword as quickly and comfortably as possible.
When the tomb was first opened, those two forces reappeared in his perception - the coffin containing Baka's bones!
The two coffins were now shrouded in blood, and they began to emit a captivating light.
A shrill scream suddenly sounded.
"The third person also died."
Chai Anping told Ezreal at the right time: "From now on, I suggest you follow me every step of the way. This tomb seems to be not only a conspiracy of the Shurima nobles, but also the arrangements of some old monsters behind it."
Upon hearing this, Ezreal quickly took out a few more talismans and put them in his hand.
The coffin where the sacrifices were placed gradually broke into pieces, and the fragments slowly dissipated in the air.
Another coffin with an increasingly terrifying aura gradually oozed blood, and strange inscriptions appeared on the coffin one after another. The dark wind poured into the hall, and the stone walls were shattered piece by piece, leaving only the murals.
Floating in the void with light, it looks like some kind of projection technology.
"Mr. Shelley, maybe there is still a chance to escape now?" Ezreal asked tentatively.
"Huh? What are you running away from?"
Just when Chai Anping was about to continue to impress Xiao Huangmao, a cold roar suddenly sounded from the coffin that had accumulated a pool of blood on the ground:
"I, Baka! I'm back, Azir!"
"Boom!"
The coffin made of precious wood exploded directly, terrifying energy surged everywhere, and the entire Baka ruins shook violently at this moment!
"Baka is really resurrected?" Ezreal asked in shock.
"Resurrected, but not fully resurrected."
Chai Anping's eyes glowed with fiery red light, and he could see through the energy fog at a glance.
This Baka's state is very strange. He did rob the life force that did not belong to him through rituals, but this life force failed to form a good circulation on his bones, so he only repaired his body. Once the life force is exhausted,
He will immediately return to his state of decay.
What attracted Chai Anping's attention even more was the scepter in Baka's hand!
The holy weapon that obviously did not exist in his perception before was so dazzling now!
The entire body of the scepter is polished from a bright yellow jade, and the jade is surging with power similar to the power of the gods.
At the top of the scepter, a broken rune fragment was embedded in it. As the former owner recovered, it began to shine with terrifying light.
"Good guy, you actually conquered the world's runes?"
Chai Anping couldn't understand the status of the runes. After all, he had one complete one and many broken ones...
Chai Anping held the handle of the knife, eager to try it.
"ha--"
The owner of the tomb is already so enthusiastic, he can't remain indifferent, right?
Although the disappearing and reappearing state of the scepter worried him, but now that the thing had appeared, he no longer needed to keep it!
I decided to give Baka a knife when he is happiest and most proud!