Chapter 770 The Underworld (April Monthly Pass First Update)
As Lumian's figure disappeared in front of the crystal skull, those human skulls, which had already had countless cracks, suddenly lost their support.
They shattered with a bang, falling with shadows from high altitudes, and the wilderness overgrown with wild grass cracked into pieces one after another.
Osetor's "beyond" collapsed towards the same cracked crystal skull, and everything that stood here was silently reduced to dust.
The undead dissipated, the light disappeared, and the darkness of nothingness engulfed everything.
I don't know how long it took, but a little soft light lit up in this absolute darkness, illuminating a barren, bleak, pale, almost solidified wilderness.
In the middle of the wilderness is the holy and quiet Dalsh Lake.
The headless lady wearing a gloomy black dress and holding four heads quickly outlined next to the lake, quietly staring at the transparent water without the slightest waves.
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As soon as he passively passed through the bronze gate, Lumian felt that he was being looked at by countless eyes, and his body became colder and colder because of this, and he became paralyzed.
At the same time, arms stretched out from nowhere, grabbing his head, neck, chest, abdomen, and legs.
Some of them had dull skin and white teeth, some of their flesh and blood rotted to the point of falling, and the same highly rotten insects slowly wriggled at the mouths, some had no skin, and some were left with only illusory spirits......
What they all have in common is that they both bring a cold that can freeze the soul.
The golden mask on Lumian's face, painted in white or black oil, had a faint and pure light, and those arms that tried to reach out first stopped, and then retracted.
The eyes that were watching him in the depths of darkness also retracted their gaze.
Lumian regained his thoughts and perception of his body.
He found a deep pit below that could not see the bottom and had no edges.
The edge of the pit is made up of layers of blurred worlds that surround it, going down until the end of the line.
These blurred worlds were stacked chaotically, and Lumian couldn't see exactly what was inside, only that each of them was vaster than the Star Plateau, and all the sight he had seen before came from the bottom of the pit, which seemed to have no end in darkness.
Lumian fell suddenly, and in the blink of an eye, he fell into one of the blurred worlds.
He magically stood on a wilderness exposed to gray and white rocks, surrounded by white skeletons stacked together, densely packed and extending into different distances.
At this moment, these bones were still, as if they were sleeping in time.
This is the underworld? I don't know where the "abscess and broken hand" part of the body is? Lumian looked around and muttered to himself silently.
It was when he discovered that this was an opportunity to enter the underworld, so he took the initiative to help and used the golden mask of the Aegus family and the seal of the "Underworld" to push open the bronze door inside the crystal skull.
The problem now was that the underworld was much more vast than he expected, and he didn't know where to start at all.
Similarly, the rotten babies sent in by Osetto don't know where they ran or what they wanted to do.
Perhaps it can be found by relying on the contract I signed with the "abscess severed hand", which is essentially one with the rest of its body, has a mystical connection, and the contract I signed with it is to some extent equivalent to the rest of its body...... Lumian quickly had an idea, and said in a cold and hoarse voice:
"'Knight of Swords', are you in too?"
"Yes." "Knight of Swords" Mariqi's voice became a little ethereal.
He paused for a moment and then said:
"One of my companions also came in."
Lumian nodded:
"Why don't you come out?
"You are now in a state of resentment, so you don't have to worry about dying instantly in the underworld."
They are all undead, so what special is the underworld afraid of?
The "Knight of Swords" responded:
"But we are essentially living creatures, and if we stay in the underworld for a long time in the state of resentful spirits, we will not be able to turn back into humans and will always exist in the form of vengeful spirits.
"And with the help of your body, we can temporarily avoid the influence of the underworld and come out again when it is critical."
"That's right......" Lumian looked up at the pale and dark sky, "I can't wear this Aegus family mask for too long, we only have about three hours."
As he spoke, Lumian tried to stimulate the black mark on his right shoulder without using it, which was a "spiritual shuttle" from the "abscess and broken hand".
With this mark, he vaguely felt that something was calling to him at the end of the wilderness on the right.
That is the part of the body in the underworld with "abscess and broken hands"? As soon as Lumian flashed such an idea, he saw a figure appear in front of him.
It was a young woman with a very delicate appearance but an unusually pale face, her eyes were blue and deep, without any emotional ups and downs, her long light gold hair was tied into a slightly serious bun, she was wearing a soft hat with a fine lattice black gauze, and she was wearing an intricate and exquisite black Gothic court dress.
Is this the temperance demigod that was attached to me before? Lumian recalled the two blurred figures he had seen with the help of crystal ice.
One of them is exactly the same as the lady in front of me!
The temperance demigod floated in mid-air, turned slowly, and then pointed in a direction and nodded at Lumian.
She was pointing to the end of the wilderness on the right.
"You mean where the rotten child born prematurely in Ossetto is probably there?" Lumian asked confirmingly.
The lady wearing a black floppy hat nodded gently in affirmation.
She immediately disappeared into mid-air, and Lumian felt another mass of coldness in his body.
It's all in that direction...... Coincidence? No, not a coincidence, but more likely something in that direction attracted them over...... Lumian turned his body sideways and immediately "teleported" to the edge of his vision.
As soon as his figure became transparent, he was suddenly pressed against the surface of his body by pale palms from nowhere and grabbed his arms.
Lumian experienced the feeling of paralysis all over his body again, and his soul seemed to be being torn apart by an invisible force.
This time, the faint light emitted by the golden mask did not work.
Lumian tried to ignite the blazing white flames to dispel the cold, stiffness and paralysis, but his whole body was suppressed by the invisible horror, trembling, and it was difficult to respond effectively.
When he regained his consciousness and sanity, he found that he was still standing in place, but all the white bones in the surrounding area stood up, surrounding him layer after layer, as if protecting him.
At the same time, Lumian heard the voice of "Knight of the Sword" Mariqi:
"When you put on the mask of the Aegus family and become a pure undead, you will also have all the characteristics of an undead, and one of the characteristics is that you will be suppressed by the high-ranking people of the 'Death' path, making it difficult to have the idea of resisting, and you are willing to accept enslavement both physically and mentally.
"In comparison, our 'resentful souls' who are not pure and can switch states freely will be much less affected."
This is why I couldn't resist just now? I don't know if the "Sword of Courage" can offset this effect, but theoretically it should be ...... Lumian suddenly realized:
"You saved me just now?"
"Knight of Swords" did not continue the topic, but reminded Lumian instead:
"At present, it seems that it is possible to 'teleport' but not 'teleport' in the underworld, which seems to be regarded as blasphemy against the 'god of death' and will provoke punishment from the underworld."
According to the occult knowledge mentioned by Ms. "Magician", the underworld is from the spirit world, and it is normal to be able to "teleport", but "teleportation" is too strict even if it blasphemes the "god of death", too strict, right? This is in line with the suppression of high-ranking people in the "Reaper" path against low-ranking people...... Lumian thought for a few seconds and bent his back slightly.
A fiery white and fiery flame spear suddenly flew out, illuminating the pale and dim mid-air, and was thrown towards the end of the wilderness.
As the blazing white and red trails disappeared inch by inch, Lumian's incarnated flame spear was thrown continuously, rushing on the road at the fastest speed that could be achieved at present.
During this process, he noticed that there was a downward angle in the wilderness, and his destination with the "Knight of Swords" and the temperance demigod was at the bottom of the "hillside".
After a while, the blazing white fire flew away, and Lumian's figure in a thick jacket fell to the ground.
In front of him was an illusory dark river so wide that he couldn't see the opposite side.
The river came from the edge of the sky and flowed to the end of the sky, silent and extremely quiet.
"This is the Styx River?" Lumian asked the temperance demigod in his body.
The answer to him was still "Knight of the Sword" Mariqi:
"It should be that it penetrates every layer of the underworld, and passing through it is equivalent to entering the depths of the underworld.
"If you don't stop just now and fly above it, you will fall directly into the river, and no one can save you."
Fortunately, the "teleportation" encounter just now reminded me to stop when encountering a potentially problematic environment...... Lumian glanced left and right, and saw that the wilderness was full of withered blood flowers, and there were many corpses, bones, and shadows hidden in the blood flowers.
"How should I cross the river?" Lumian felt an abscess and a broken hand, and a part of his body was on the other side of the Styx.
As soon as he finished speaking, before the "Knight of the Sword" could answer, a tattered and extremely gloomy dark boat suddenly appeared on the dark and illusory river.
On the boat stood a figure with many fragments hanging from it, rowing a long oar, allowing the boat to move to the front of Lumian's side and stop at the edge of the river.
Lumian stared and saw that the "boatman" was a highly decomposed male corpse, its body exposed in many places, and its eyes seemed to have been gouged out, leaving only a cavity entangled with thick blood vessels and flowing yellow pus.
"Take this boat over?" Lumian asked the temperance members in his body in a low voice.
"Knight of Swords" Marić replied in a ethereal but slightly solemn voice:
"This is the only way.
"But be careful of the 'boatman', there have been changes in the underworld, and there may be problems with it."
ps: The first additional update of the monthly pass in April~
(End of this chapter)