Chapter 139: Pursuit, frozen blood eggs? !
Ronan walked step by step to the statue pillar and reached out to touch it.
Rough, cold, and no different from ordinary stone.
When tapped lightly, the stone pillar makes a slight dull sound, indicating that it is solid.
The mental power swept through, and there was no trace of runes inside or outside the entire stone pillar.
Everything was exactly as described in the notes.
Of course, further verification is needed to determine whether it is truly a shrine pillar.
Ronan gently placed his hand on the chest of the girl's statue on the stone pillar, and softly recited an ancient and obscure mantra: "@#￥%......"
He had received this research note on the "Holy Shrine" from Old Wells during his apprenticeship, and he was already familiar with the contents above.
The notes recorded many secrets and techniques related to the "Holy Shrine", but Ronan never knew what the "Holy Shrine" was, so that these techniques became "dragon-slaying skills."
But now, something suspected to be a "holy shrine" actually appeared in front of him, and this knowledge finally came into use.
Until the last syllable of the incantation was spoken, the black stone pillar still showed no reaction.
There was no disappointed expression on Ronan's face.
Because if this is a real "holy shrine", there should be no movement.
The "holy niche" is a container used to store the so-called "power of the holy niche". It is a well-preserved "holy niche" that has not yet been opened, so the hands of the woman statue on the stone pillar raised high should be closed inward. .
As for the stone pillar in front of him, the woman's hands in the statue spread out to both sides like two small wings on the top of the stone pillar, which proved that the holy niche had been opened.
A "holy niche" that has been opened will naturally not have any reaction to the "opening spell" recited by Ronan.
"Boom, boom, boom"
Ronan's fingers tapped rhythmically on the surface of the stone pillar. He was very patient. The absolute control over physical power brought by the master's [Basic Swordsmanship] spread the force transmitted from his fingertips evenly to the surface of the stone pillar. Every part.
Gradually, cracks began to appear on the surface of the stone pillars.
Cracks spread all over the stone pillars.
"Tuk-"
Accompanied by a crisp knocking sound, the girl in the middle of the stone pillar kept raising her hands upwards, with large cracks appearing on her face.
Several cracks spread out from around the girl's eyes, followed by drops of black liquid seeping out from the cracks.
The girl's expression then turned miserable, as if every blow from Ronan was actually falling on her body, making her cry.
Seeing this scene, Ronan's calm face finally showed fluctuations, and a light shone in his eyes.
The speed of his men tapping the stone pillar gradually increased, more and more black liquid seeped out from the surface of the stone pillar, and the girl on the stone pillar became more "painful" and even twisted her body.
The fireball technique that Ronan threw before had long been extinguished. At this time, the huge snake nest in the pit was already dim, and the strange knocking sounds, coupled with this strange scene, made the atmosphere become gloomy.
Seeing the black unknown liquid flowing everywhere on the lower part of the stone pillar, the girl struggling in pain on the stone pillar seemed to be completely alive.
Ronan's eyes flashed, and after a certain strike, his right hand suddenly raised and struck hard on the chest of the stone pillar girl statue!
"ah!--"
The expression of the girl on the stone pillar became as ferocious as a ghost for an instant, and she let out a sharp and piercing scream, but the next second her whole body exploded together with the black stone pillar.
Ronan's hand reached out like lightning, grabbed a black object with great precision among the shattered stones, and squeezed it tightly.
"ah!"
The screams continued for a while, then stopped.
Ronan lowered his head to examine the black object he had just grabbed - an approximately spherical object with a smooth surface and a gap in the middle that seemed to have been cut with a knife.
Holding it in your hand, it is cold and delicate, with a touch similar to a girl's real skin, and even a hint of softness.
Just after the scream disappeared, the cold and soft touch quickly faded away. The texture of the black ball became hard and the surface became rough. It soon turned into a material that was almost the same as those broken black stone pillars. .
"A true shrine indeed."
Ronan looked at the black ball in his hand and murmured softly.
Shake the ball gently, and there will be a sound of liquid sloshing inside the ball. You can smell it closely, but you can't smell any smell.
Everything he did was based on the step-by-step instructions given in the "Shrine Notes".
As for what exactly is the black ball? Why can it be hidden from the mental power detection of a third-level wizard? What is the black liquid seeping out of the ball and the stone pillar just now?
He didn't know anything.
I only know that this black ball hidden in the stone pillar statue is the core of the "Holy Shrine" and the key to sealing the "Power of the Holy Shrine".
As for the unknown liquid left inside, it also has a great effect.
“The case is almost solved”
After exploring so far, Ronan had collected enough information to sort out some clues in his mind.
“This was originally supposed to be an ancient place where the shrine was stored.
Perhaps because it was too long ago, the power in the holy niche leaked, and then it happened to be absorbed and devoured by several cold scale pythons, giving birth to a trace of the blood of the ancient ice crystal demon snake.
The cold-scaled python that had awakened its ancient bloodline attracted the attention of the three wizard families of Whitestone Castle and came to hunt it. At this time, Angele and his party, who had gotten clues about the shrine from nowhere, happened to find it."
"According to the notes, once the holy shrine is opened, the power of the holy shrine sealed inside will gradually pass over time, regardless of whether it is absorbed or not."
"Angelet obviously knew this very well, so after discovering something strange about the cold-scaled python, he left decisively..."
Ronan deduced the truth of the whole matter, but there was one point in the truth that he had not yet fully understood.
Why is it that the three-headed cold-scaled python that has swallowed and absorbed the power sealed in the holy niche is depleted of essence and blood, as if it has just experienced a battle and has not recovered from serious injuries?
It stands to reason that they, who have just awakened the bloodline of the ancient ice crystal demon snakes and completed their transformation, should be very powerful at this time and should be the overlords of this forest area.
The bones of monsters scattered all over the snake nest now also prove this point.
How could they be so seriously injured in this state? Is there something more powerful than them in this forest - the fourth-order dawn monster? !
If there is, it is impossible that people from the three major wizarding families don't know about it at all.
"Forget it." Ronan quickly put aside the confusion in his mind.
The holy niche has been opened, and the cold-scaled python that has absorbed the power sealed in the holy niche is also dead and has been caught.
It is pointless to think about the answer to this question now
However, the notes given by Old Wells also recorded ways to use the existing "shrine" to find the next "shrine". He could use the materials on hand to pave the way for his next exploration.
Judging from the information he currently has, the power sealed in the shrine seems to have the incredible effect of transforming the bloodline of Warcraft and producing evolution. He doesn't know what will happen if a person absorbs it, but no matter what, it is attractive to Ronan. Very big.
"Sa#%獺.."
Ronan followed the description in the notes and chanted a low ancient curse.
The mantra containing spiritual power was gently plucked like a string, and invisible ripples appeared in the air.
The unknown black liquid scattered along with the black stone pillars he shattered were all suspended under the influence of the spell. They were gathered in front of Ronan by an invisible force, and then turned into a slender translucent black line towards the snake nest. The top quickly extended.
Ronan scanned the surroundings and made sure that there was nothing he had missed in the snake nest. He soared into the air and quickly flew out of the snake nest following the guidance of the transparent black line.
This method can point out the location of the next "holy shrine" that contains the "power of the shrine" closest to him.
However, due to the long distance, the transparent black line he summoned was usually unable to completely reach the location of the next "holy shrine". It could only point out a general direction. Ronan needed to continue searching along this direction and constantly casting spells to confirm it. Exact location.
Ronan currently has no intention of immediately exploring the secret of the next "holy niche" by "following the diagram". Using this secret method is just a matter of convenience, using the unknown black liquid waste scattered on the ground.
Leaving the Snake Nest, Ronan watched as the translucent black guiding line rapidly extended toward the southwest sky.
He watched quietly, waiting for the moment when the black line completely disappeared.
However.
When the transparent black line flew an extremely long distance, Ronan confirmed the direction and almost looked back.
He saw that the extending transparent black line suddenly changed direction and fell rapidly towards the bottom.
Ronan's pupils shrank, and after taking a few breaths, he immediately moved and quickly caught up with him along the path of the black line.
Is the location of the latest "holy niche" near this snake's nest? !
No way, is there such a coincidence?
Ronan's heart was beating rapidly, and he quickly caught up with him with a feeling of disbelief and anticipation.
The strong wind blew past his ears, and his eyes were fixed on the trajectory extended by the transparent black line.
Pursuing all the way to a place dozens of kilometers away from the snake's nest, Ronan saw with his own eyes a transparent black line guided by an invisible force that quickly fell into a snow nest in the dense snow forest, and then Disappeared quickly.
Ronan stopped and looked at the snow nest swallowing the black line strangely.
As his mental power spread out, he quickly noticed something was wrong.
The free ice energy particles in the nearby area seemed to be converging towards the snow nest in front of him. Cold currents fell down and continued to extend downwards along the ground.
Ronan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly summoned a fireball in his hand. The fireball was brewing in his hand, continuously absorbing the thin free fire energy particles in the surrounding air, and slowly grew in size.
When the fireball expanded to several meters in diameter, "Go!" Ronan threw it toward the center where all ice energy particles and cold currents converged.
The fireball flew out with a roar, and the blazing high temperature it emitted collided fiercely with the surrounding cold air. The fireball continued to shrink, and exploded at the moment when it was about to be completely swallowed by the cold air!
The rolling heat wave instantly cleared away the thick layer of snow underneath, white steam steamed, and snow water flowed, revealing the ground close to the surface.
The layer of snow above was cleared away, and Ronan discovered that there was actually a long rock gap underneath.
The gap was only about seven or eight meters in size, and the space inside the gap had been completely filled by thick ice. The black guiding line he had been pursuing all the way sank into the ice, and it was unclear how far it extended downward.
"Another shrine and altar located underground?"
Ronan frowned, but didn't stop holding his hand.
He continued to summon fireballs and bombarded the ice underneath.
With his current level 2 wizard strength, the power of a fireball he summoned at random was quite powerful. The terrifying high temperature brought by the fireball quickly melted the ice in the gaps, and the melted ice water flowed out for a distance in all directions. Then, it was quickly frozen again by the cold air, forming a circle of "icebergs" that continued to grow.
In the middle of the iceberg, Ronan used magic to dig out a deep pit. White air billowed in the pit, and large amounts of ice and snowflakes spewed out at any time.
Ronan didn't know how long he had been "digging" downwards. As he dug downwards, he kept diving in.
The huge mental power was mobilized and turned into invisible force to push out all the escaped frost and cold air to prevent the dug hole from being frozen by the cold air again.
The bottom of the gap was bitingly cold, deep and lightless, and the fire energy particles in the air became rapidly thinner. The fireball technique summoned by Ronan became smaller and smaller, and its power became weaker and weaker.
The black guiding line had not yet reached its end, and Ronan hesitated.
"puff--"
At the bottom of the unfathomable ice abyss, Ronan once again used the fireball technique. However, the summoned fireball was only less than the size of two fists. Not to mention melting the ice, it looked like it might be extinguished at any time. , the further down you go, the colder air below becomes terrifying.
Ronan began to hesitate whether to continue.
Just when he was considering giving up the exploration, suddenly
"Click——"
A slight sound, like ice cracking, came from underneath him.
Ronan's expression changed, and he quickly threw the fireball in his hand downwards, then narrowed his eyes and looked at the weak light emitted by the fireball carefully.
The orange firelight barely illuminated a certain distance in the dark and dark ice. Ronan saw that just a few meters below him, a huge oval-shaped object was lying quietly in the endless ice. .
One end of the translucent black guiding line disappeared into the object. It turned out that he was already very close to the final goal.
"Not a shrine?!"
Ronan frowned slightly, the light in his eyes flashing rapidly.
The giant oval thing underneath obviously does not look like there is a shrine altar, but the black line guides it. Could it be that the "power of the shrine" exists in the thing? !
"Boom!"
Ronan quickly threw out a few fireballs, and the moment the fireballs exploded, he tried to see the full picture of the oval-shaped object.
Dark red, smooth, with textures like blood coagulation all over the surface. It looks like a strange...egg? !
(End of chapter)