Chapter 523
The ruins were larger than they had imagined, and more dangerous than they had imagined.
"I had thought that after a thousand years, most of the mechanisms here would have decayed" Parley pulled out a rusty arrow. Parley pulled out a rusty arrow. A trace of gray blood flowed out of the wound before it recovered to its original state.
During this period of time, they had explored quite a few ruins. Relatively speaking, the most difficult part of exploring the ruins right now was to find the correct location and clear out the passage.
Because of the passage of time, most of the ruins had already collapsed, so exploring could easily lead to further destruction.
There weren't many ruins like this that were still mostly intact after a thousand years.
"Be careful, there are a lot of dangerous things here, especially the plague germs that came from the King of Evil Spirits" Saying so, Haarlem scowled. This was another point of conflict. During the Flame era, Negri was famous for his Evil Spirits and plagues, but now, plagues seemed to be nothing more than a small trick of the King of Evil Spirits.
"But why is Negri's contributions still considered to be the King of Evil Spirits? Was it because the King of Evil Spirits usurped Negri's place in history? " Haarlem wasn't sure why everyone else's memories had been tampered with, but he was the only one who remembered Negri's existence.
Sometimes, he even purposely mentioned the name 'Negri' to others, but they only treated it as a normal Cauchy word, nothing else. This was something Haarlem didn't believe.
"This place is the most likely place to find the true meaning of Negri" With that in mind, Haarlem reminded the others: "This ruin isn't the same as before, not to mention the threat of Evil Spirits, we're not truly immortal"
Parley and Lamy explored the path ahead, together with Haarlem's help, they slowly dismantled the mechanisms bit by bit. Perhaps it was because of their old habits, the two of them seemed a bit careless.
"Got it!" On the other side, Lamy also pulled out a few thin needles from his hand. Unsurprisingly, he also managed to bleed a bit before his wound healed.
The Ghostkin bodies they created using the Spring of Life weren't as powerful as the real Ghostkin bodies, so if they were too heavily injured, they would need to slowly recover their bodies before they could move.
Unlike the original Ghostmen, they could still use the Source of Impurity to control their bodies even if they were reduced to mush.
"Didn't you say that your father brought out a treasure from inside?" Grandmaster was still unconscious and carried by Haarlem. He only needed to control the dust anyways, so he asked Frye.
"Yes. Back then, when we were digging the foundation, we discovered quite a number of passageways. Some of the passageways were immediately silenced when people entered them. Only this passageway was slightly safer. My father and a group of people entered it back then to find the treasure you were talking about."
"But at that time, it was more dangerous here. They hadn't gone as far as we are now, but most of them were already dead or injured. Just as they were about to run back, they saw two corpses and some things scattered around them. At that time, he risked his life and picked them up."
"Most of them are useless, but one of the pearls is still useful." As Frye spoke, he lifted the sleeve on his right hand. There was a black bead embedded on his right wrist.
Seemingly sensing Haarlem's gaze, the bead turned and turned into an eyeball. A large amount of black liquid flowed out from the eyeball and enveloped Frye's right hand, then black tentacles extended from his fingers.
"The bead was originally in a dormant state, only when it came into contact with a living person's flesh did it slowly awaken" Frye looked at the bead and slowly explained: "At first, the hand that transplanted the bead would be paralyzed for about half a month. After that, not only would the hand recover, but the user would also be able to control the black mucus that the bead gave birth to"
"Is that so?" Haarlem stared closely at the slowly wriggling black tentacles. According to the information he had gathered over the past few years, the only people who had a similar ability were the Crowmen, one of the three great armies of the past.
However, there were still some minor differences between the two. The [Black Crow] germs of the Crowmen had spread all over their bodies, fused tightly with the Crowmen and even replaced part of their limbs.
Most likely, the [Black Crow] germs had gone dormant in order to survive without nourishment, and had mutated over the past thousand years.
At that time, to prevent the Cauchy people from leaking the method to enter the underground palace, other than a small number of their tribesmen who managed to escape, the rest were all taken to the underground palace and committed suicide together.
Since they couldn't expect everyone to commit suicide, some of them ended up committing suicide.
This was most likely the case with the two corpses, one wanted to run away, the other pursued with the determination to die, only to die in the tunnel.
After a long search, the group of five finally reached the inner part of the ruins. Within the pitch-black underground ruins, some parts had already collapsed.
At this point, the Great Master had also woken up. His complexion was pale, even though he had retracted his Steel Qi this time, his face didn't return to the appearance of a 20-year-old, instead, he appeared to be in his thirties or forties.
This meant that the injuries he suffered were irreversible, and his Everlasting Vitality Style had a flaw due to this, a flaw in his life that was created from Steel Qi.
In the past, every time the Great Master used Steel Qi, this balance would be broken further, causing his body to deteriorate. Unlike before, when retracting Steel Qi was enough to create a complete Everlasting Vitality Style.
It could be said that the current Everlasting Vitality Style had fallen to the Everlasting Vitality Style. He could feel that even if he didn't use Steel Qi and merely maintained his own life, he would age twice as fast as a normal person.
After being stunned for a moment, the Great Master smiled in relief. He had witnessed the growth of a Grandmaster of Combat in Bone Forging, so dying slowly now was a good thing.
"It's a pity that I couldn't witness the emergence of a higher level Grandmaster of Combat." The Great Master still felt regretful, then thanked Haarlem and the others, and quickly asked about the current situation.
During their conversation, the Great Master understood their plan. Ramy didn't hide their goal either, the Great Master could see through it.
"I agree with your plan, but it's impossible to accomplish it with just the few of you" After some thought, the Great Master said, "Tainted with the presence of Darkspirit, I'm the best bait. Use me as bait to attract the Darkspirit's attention, while you search for that batch of military supplies and think of a way to get rid of the Source of Mist."
"As for your goal, it's not difficult." Saying this, Grandmaster looked at Allam, and once again opened his mouth to say, "I only have two regrets now. One is that I can't witness a higher level of Grandmaster of Combat, and the other is my body style."
"Most of the 127 Styles I've learned and created have been passed down to others. Only my Fundamental Style, the Everlasting Vitality Style, and because it allows me to live forever, I've never passed it down in fear of passing it down to someone with ulterior motives."
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