Chapter 4: The Crystal Skull

Hundreds of kilometers away, deep northeast of the Monster Forest, there was a dark swamp filled with the smell of decay and death. From time to time, disgusting green bubbles tumbled on the surface www.biquge.info of the swamp of the pen and the court. Each time the green bubble shattered, it made the dark gray death aura in the swamp even heavier.

The thick dead air formed a barrier that was so resilient that even a raging blizzard could not invade it.

On a flat ground in the middle of the swamp, there is a strange altar composed of countless dry bones, and a precious and unusual black crystal skeleton is enshrined on the altar. The dead air in the swamp swirls around the altar in a swirling shape, and the crystal skeleton in the center of the vortex is constantly inhaling it.

The dead qi seemed to replenish the energy of the crystal skeleton, and with each wisp of dead qi inhaled, the color of the crystal skeleton became more profound, and the color of the surface became more crystalline.

The energy fluctuations caused by Serent's Revenance Spell were like being attracted by a crystal skeleton, and most of the energy was attracted and quickly rushed towards the Dark Swamp.

At the moment when the energy of the Soul Restoration Spell arrived, the black crystal skeleton on the altar was affected by the energy and began to emit purple light, and the speed of absorption of dead qi quickly accelerated. In a matter of moments, the swirls of dead air around the altar were absorbed and emptied, and the light emitted by the crystal skeletons became more and more dazzling.

The crystal skeleton seemed to suddenly not be able to carry such a powerful energy, and at the moment when the light was at its peak, a huge explosion occurred, producing a pillar of light that reached into the sky, not only shattering the altar, but even the dark swamp was blown out of a bottomless pit with a radius of hundreds of meters.

An embarrassed figure appeared at the bottom of the pit, a black robe that had been torn apart by the explosion just now. The black shadow stretched out his wizened hands, drawing strange runes in the air, trying to collect what little dead air was left.

"What's going on?What has destroyed my Soul Gathering Circle so completely!All the death breath I've worked so hard to collect for hundreds of years is gone?How is this possible?Who is it?Don't let me find you, or I'll turn your soul fire into ashes!" After a futile effort, the black shadow let out a furious roar.

"What is this?" Standing at the bottom of the pit and carefully comprehending the remnants of the energy that caused the explosion of the crystal skeleton just now, the black shadow suddenly found a trace that surprised him, "This seems to be the same as the legend...... Is that thing still on the mainland? It's wonderful, compared to that thing, the breath of death for hundreds of years is nothing to mention, I must find a way to get it. ”

"The direction this energy is coming from...... To the southwest, it is already the Holy See's sphere of influence, and it seems that it will take some good planning. But before that, let's say hello to a few 'old friends'. The calculation was settled, and the dark shadow looked up, a pair of dark green eyes revealing a feverish gaze.

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"Did it work?" Celent wondered. He felt as if he hadn't lost any power as the spell said, but where did that energy fluctuation come from?

Celent stared nervously at the young man's corpse, after all, this was the first time he had used this spell, and this spell was actually incomplete, and there were a few words in the middle that he had added temporarily. He didn't know if it really worked.

After waiting for a while, Celent found that the young man's body didn't seem to have changed in the slightest, and couldn't help but be a little frustrated: "It seems that it has failed, and it is really not so simple to recover the soul." Or does the Soul Resurrection Spell need to be used in Soul Language?"

Celant's speculation is not unfounded, and the legendary powerful dragon magic must be chanted in dragon language in order to work.

It was the coldest time before dawn, and Celent felt like he was about to freeze, his perception and mobility had dropped to the extreme.

Celent believed that if he continued like this, it would not be long before he would return to the arms of the Lord like the young man in front of him. After a while, he decided not to stay any longer, and planned to go back to the town to find a few people to help bring the boy's body back to the town for burial. Otherwise, it won't be long before the boy's corpse will definitely turn into a delicacy in the mouth of the demonic beast.

The blizzard had stopped for some time, and from time to time the red and blue moons had a mysterious purple glow on the silver-white world through the thick clouds, which made Celent suddenly a little uneasy, according to previous experience, after the blizzard was the time when the hungry monsters came out to feed.

Just as Celent was about to evacuate quickly, he was suddenly surprised to find that in the purple of the red and blue moons, a dazzling pillar of light flashed in the farther northeast, and then the notes in the hands of the young man's corpse actually emitted a milky white divine light, slowly leaving the young man's hands and floating in the air.

Serent, who had already walked a few steps away, was shocked to find that the parchment scroll in his hand began to glow a dull yellow light, as if he was being pulled by something, and wanted to break free from his grasp.

Following the direction of the traction, Celent found that the parchment scroll had some kind of inexplicable connection with the notes floating above the boy's corpse, as if they were echoing each other, and then the parchment scrolls broke free from his hands as if they suddenly had life, and flew towards the notes with a dull yellow light.

At the moment when the two came into contact, the dazzling white light lit up, illuminating the radius of dozens of miles as bright as day, and the brilliance of the red and blue moons was also eclipsed. The townspeople in the distance were awakened from their sleep by the white light, mistakenly thinking that morning had come early.

At the moment when the white light lit up, Celent felt the power in his body be instantly drained, and his eyes went black and he lost consciousness. A wave of energy that was even more powerful than just now spread out with the white light.

Thousands of miles away in the imperial capital of Castaya, on the stargazing platform of the Imperial Capital Branch of the Holy See, Cardinal Esta looked at the north in amazement, not long ago, he had just felt the energy fluctuation full of the stench of the soul god coming from there, how long had it been, another energy fluctuation that made him tremble came from the same direction, what did this mean?

After the cataclysm, blocked by the Bavarian Mountains, the Holy See branch of the Eastern Empire and the Holy See headquarters on the Holy Mountain of the Western Kingdom have been unable to get in touch.

After losing the guidance and support of the Holy See Headquarters, Cardinal Ishtar of the Holy See Imperial Branch seemed to be a little alone, and seemed to be in a position to handle some things, giving some hidden opponents an excuse to attack, and the voices within the Empire against the Holy See began to gradually rise.

With the acquiescence of the current Emperor Rey III, the Empire has begun to cut the Holy See's expenses, which makes the Holy See's situation in the Empire even worse, and its position above the Emperor is in jeopardy. Control within the empire is also weakening.

The terrible situation kept the Holy See's top brass awake at night, fearing that one day the Empire would issue an order to abruptly ban the Holy See - judging from the current developments, the ambitious Rey III could do so at any time, and the divine power has suppressed the royal power for thousands of years, which has already made the emperors already resentful.

The nerves of the top brass of the Holy See were always tense and vigilant, and the pressure from all sides made Cardinal Ishtar feel a little powerless.

The sudden aura of the Soul God's energy and an even more powerful energy alarmed Cardinal Ishta, who was eager to know what these two energies meant to the Imperial Branch of the Holy See in the storm.