Chapter 139 Golden Light Shines

"Bang", when the door was slammed shut, Nick felt his left eyelid jump violently: "Something pushed the door hard, get out of the way."

He gripped the handle with both hands, swung the flail, and smashed it hard against the door.

A dull thumping sound was heard, and a layer of stone foam on the inconspicuous door fell off, revealing blood-colored lines and runes.

"It's the rune of the magic circle." Nick's hand touched the red rune and felt a strong burning sensation. It was not the feeling of being burned by flames, but more like the burning sensation after being corroded.

"Is this a trap? How can we save Lord Crown?" Del asked anxiously. He clenched the sledgehammer and smashed it against the wall near the door.

More stone foam fell off, the room was filled with dust, and an even more pungent smell of decay polluted the sense of smell of several people.

Bright red magic circle patterns were also revealed on the smashed wall, and the runes on the patterns seemed to be breathing, regularly changing from light to dark, and then from dark to light, over and over again.

A barely detectable ray of light circulated along the energy circuit, and the magic circle that had been severely hit continued to function intact, as if mocking the people whose efforts were in vain.

Jason took out his weapon and scraped away the stone foam paint on other parts of the wall, revealing the patterns of the magic circle inside.

"The entire wall is part of the magic circle. Stop, Del. It's useless. Our attacks seem to be concentrated at one point, but they are absorbed by the entire magic circle.

What we saw when we went down to investigate should only be a superficial appearance. There must be another mechanism in the secret room that leads to another space."

"But, sir, what should we do?" Del stopped attacking and asked helplessly.

Nick checked the table that activated the mechanism and found that the metal cylinder did not rebound.

Several people worked hard for a while, but still failed to open the mechanism and reopen the door.

"The search will be completed soon. Let's go find out if there is another control center. Now Clown can only rely on himself." Nick said solemnly, "Leave first. There is no point in staying here. If you can't find another way to control the entry, come back immediately and fight this magic circle to the death."

. . . .

Leah stretched out her hand, and her originally slender and green jade fingers became like cast iron hands, and the scorching temperature dispelled the coldness that penetrated deep into her bones.

"ah"

A suppressed cry of despair sounded in front of her, and a few wisps of green smoke dissipated, leaving pieces of spiritual energy.

"Captain, elemental spirit control is so useful that it makes killing evil spirits a piece of cake," Lucas said flatteringly.

"Excuse me, the soul-burning pain that the captain experienced when he became an elemental spirit master is difficult for you to bear."

"Mara, you look down on me," Lucas immediately flew into a rage, "I want to duel with you."

"Okay, what shall we bet on?"

"Don't tease him, Mara, we are on a mission," Leah stopped the quarrel between teammates, "Lucas, your ability to control your emotions needs to be improved. Such words can stimulate you. When you advance to the level of spirit control, it will definitely cause deeper corruption to you. Will you still be able to maintain your inner rationality at that time?"

“Isn’t a Spirit Tamer a transcendent who gets closer to death as he advances? How many of our comrades have we seen lose control in front of us?!” Lucas immediately became pessimistic. “It would be great if I were a knight.”

"There is always a way. Warlocks are actively researching better countermeasures. They have found that cultivating a quiet hobby can reduce the emotional corruption of the spirit control, and it is even stronger than drug control. Why don't you give it a try?"

"His patience won't be quiet for long," Mara whispered.

The flames in Leah's eyes were blazing, and she said with a look of regret: "The warlocks said that after the anomalous celestial phenomena more than a hundred years ago, corrosion was everywhere, and the knights would also be corrupted and lose control. Even the clergy of the church could not escape the risk of losing control."

"Let's go." Luo Lin looked around, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said with compassion, "Every room here has been filled with strong hatred. Helpless girls were tortured to death and their souls were extracted. Although they became twisted demons, they were still unable to resist the executioners who committed such evil deeds. I don't want to stay here any longer."

Leah hugged Luo Lin with some heartache. This girl was also a spirit master, but she still retained her kind nature.

"Captain, I want to be hugged too," Lucas said shyly.

"Go to hell," Leah let go of her arms and pretended to hit someone with her hands.

"Let's go," Luo Lin raised the oil lamp, glanced at her playful teammates with a faint smile, and walked forward to leave the room.

Suddenly, she felt her feet go empty and she fell before she could even utter a scream.

Lorraine fell into a circular passage and she reflexively reached out to grab the edge of the tunnel.

"Save me." She felt as if many hands were grabbing her legs and feet and pulling her down desperately. Her arms and fingers were unable to resist this amazing force and were immediately pulled down.

It all happened so quickly that when Leah came to her senses, there was no trace of Lorraine. Only an oil lamp overturned on the edge of the tunnel entrance was left.

"Lorraine," Leah and others exclaimed, and the entrance to the tunnel was completely closed.

When Nick and the other two found this place, they happened to see this scene.

The priest swung the flail and smashed the entrance of the tunnel. The floor shattered and revealed the lines of the magic circle.

"Help us quickly, we must rescue Lorraine as soon as possible, she can't hold on for too long," Leah said anxiously.

"We also have a team member trapped in an underground secret room. I wanted to ask you to help me find a way to rescue them." Nick shook his head slightly, "First, look for other entrances or control centers in the remaining rooms."

. . . .

After Luo Lin fell, the dragging force disappeared. In the silent darkness, only the sound of her rapid breathing remained.

Her spirit control didn't have much combat capability, but it gave her two special abilities.

The first is the ability to see a space that has left behind some past fragments with extremely negative emotions in the long river of time.

Sadness, fear and despair are the main themes of the 'special world' she saw.

The second ability is that she can see spirits directly. Unlike other extraordinary people who use telepathy to sense, these spirits can be captured directly by her eyes.

As her spirit-controlling abilities improved, she was now able to make out the vague expressions on the spirits' faces.

When facing evil spirits, she felt more pressure than anyone else, but she kept it all deep in her heart.

When this group of people stepped into the hall of the castle, she saw human-shaped spirits of various shapes emerging from the walls and the dome.

Most of these spirits have incomplete bodies and distorted expressions, as if they were retaining the appearance they had when they were in the most painful moments of their lives.

Later, some spirits were hit by their teammates' arrows, and she saw golden flames burning and disappearing.

Unlike the evil spirits killed by elemental forces, the strong negative emotions in the evil spirits that were burned to death by the golden flames condensed into gray-black bodies, which gradually became crystal clear. At the final moment of death, the resentment on the evil spirits' faces decreased a lot.

Lorraine fumbled in the dark to open her backpack and took out an emergency torch.

"Sizzle"

She struck a match and lit a small torch about arm's length.

The dark world was illuminated, and she saw blurry shadows disappearing into the walls around her.

The torch fuel contains holy water, and the bright light it emits can bring a little deterrent effect to evil spirits.

A woman with half of her face intact and the other half completely missing, was coming towards her in a black dress woven with strong resentment and despair, as if she was not afraid of the power of the torch.

Lorraine's breathing became more rapid, and she suddenly moved the torch in front of her.

"Sha!" The evil spirit in the long skirt showed a resentful sneer on its face and floated backwards.

There were whispers and more shadows poked out from the walls.

Lorraine kept turning around, and the torch could only illuminate the front of her, leaving a shadow behind her.

If she remained still for too long, the evil spirit would lurk behind her along the dark passage.

She turned her body again and suddenly saw the evil spirit with a bloody face and one eye gouged out standing in front of her.

"ha"

A foul-smelling cold air gushed out of the evil spirit's mouth and hit her face.

"ah"

Lorraine could no longer suppress her fear and screamed.

She took the torch in her mouth and drew her dagger from the scabbard at her waist.

Then he rushed towards the evil spirit with a torch in one hand and a dagger in the other. The dagger was coated with evil spirit oil, which could cause certain damage to the spirit.

Cold sweat broke out on Luo Lin's back and forehead. She was scared to death, but she knew that if these evil spirits could find out that she was just bluffing, they would definitely pounce on her.

The evil spirits have a unique way of eating. If they are not possessing a body, they will choose to lie on the body of their prey, bite the prey with their invisible sharp teeth, and suck the emotions and vitality of the living creature.

Only by attacking and actually hurting the evil spirits can the enemies be afraid to get too close. This way, she can buy enough time. She believes that the team will find a way to rescue her.

. . . .

Crown rolled down the stairs, but he quickly stopped rolling and stood up again.

The faint golden light emanating from his body provided a weak source of light, enabling him to see objects at a certain distance in the dark.

After a brief panic, he regained his composure.

He dispersed the short-acting golden light that protected his body, and then applied the long-acting golden light that protected his body again.

There was an inaudible vibration coming from the direction of the door, and the teammates outside must have taken some action.

He went up the steps again, raised his weapon and stabbed at the door.

The tip of the sword slid, a string of sparks flew, and the original gate seemed to be made of extremely hard metal.

He injected the source of life into the Star Steel Sword, held the sword with both hands and tried several more times with all his strength, but still could not cause any damage to the door.

He stopped wasting time and simply walked down the stairs.

Crown took out a match and lit the torch. At this moment, he heard a sudden laugh from behind him, so close that it seemed to be right behind his ear.

He remained unmoved. If the evil spirit wanted to attack him, it had to break through the defense of the golden light protecting his body.

Facing evil spirits that could break his defense in an instant, no matter how cautious he was in responding, it would be useless. If the evil spirits could not break his defense in an instant, he would not be very afraid no matter how many of them came.

He seldom drew talismans these days, so his reserves of Sunfire Fluid were very sufficient.

At this moment, he saw the broken chair being picked up by an invisible force and finally assembled into a rocking chair.

Through his spiritual perception, he knew that it was the work of an evil spirit.

After the rocking chair was assembled, it began to rock rhythmically, and a soft murmurous sound could be heard.

The voice was gentle, as if there was a mother sitting there, coaxing her child to sleep.

Tables and chairs were constantly being reassembled and moved to the edge of the wall.

The sound of footsteps continued around him.

At first, the sounds were subtle and disappeared after a few seconds.

After a while, all the 'evil actors' were fully engaged and kept walking around him.

If Luo Lin were here, she would definitely see evil spirits of various appearances holding hands and surrounding him in the center, and the room would also be filled with evil spirits.

Without exception, these evil spirits had resentment and greed on their faces.

Clown sniffed the increasingly strong stench and fanned his nose gently with his hand.

The temperature continued to drop, the air he exhaled became mist, and white frost began to form in the secret room.

In his spiritual perception, there were so many evil spirits gathered together that he couldn't help but feel troubled.

He was confident that he could kill some evil spirits, but what if the remaining evil spirits were scared away?

In his eyes, these evil spirits were equal to spirit coins.

An idea suddenly came to his mind, and Crown threw the torch to the ground and turned his back to it.

At this moment, he saw the rocking chair fly in front of him again and fall down, continuing to rock.

With a wicked smile on his face, Crown sat down cross-legged and put his weapon under his legs.

Then he closed his eyes.

At the same time, he cast bullet time and began to visualize the golden light spell.

The evil spirits' encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, and the greed and malice on their faces were growing stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, golden light that could not be observed with the naked eye shot out from Crown's body and filled the entire room.

Jinhua flashed by, and heavy snow fell in the secret room, with Clown as the center, forming a thick layer.

The outermost snowflakes are flawless white, and the further in you go, the more golden light flashes above the snowflakes.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

When Crown opened his eyes, he clearly saw white shadows bowing to him in the air and then disappearing.

"Haha, I really want more evil spirits like this."

Then, it was time to clean up. What made him uncomfortable was that there was a lot of dust in the secret room.

. . . .

Crown sat comfortably in the rocking chair, holding a torch in one hand and weighing the gray leather bag in the other.

The smile on his face could no longer be hidden, and his body was filled with high-quality spiritual essence.

Now he is not in a hurry to go out, waiting for the evil spirit to come again.

The amount of spiritual essence he harvested this time was only slightly less than the amount he obtained from killing the evil creature that was alchemizing flesh and blood. He estimated that he could earn at least fifty or sixty spiritual coins.

He summoned a golden wall and checked his skills. He had once contemplated the Golden Light Mantra outside the church and killed the evil thoughts. His proficiency in the Golden Light Mantra had increased significantly.

[Golden Light Mantra: 45678/50000; Level 1]

He had gained more than 2,400 proficiency points. How great! Even if he only practiced the Golden Light Curse all day, it would take him nearly a month to gain this much proficiency.

Clown crossed his legs in the rocking chair and thought to himself: "Could it be that there is also the concept of merit in this world? Otherwise, why would purifying evil spirits have such a response?"

He waited for more than ten minutes, but no more evil spirits came.

He had to stand up and look for another possible exit.

It would be difficult to gain anything else. The teammates outside must be very worried. Besides, he didn't have the courage to stay in this place at night.

He picked up his weapon and knocked on the wall, trying to find some mechanism.

After a while, Crown stopped. He seemed to hear some sound nearby, but he was sure it was not made by the evil spirits.

Because although the voice was distorted and full of panic, helplessness and fear, it did not contain any malice.

He listened carefully, and the sound was still intermittent and faint.

Finally he stopped at a wall and put his ear against it.

"ah"

Indeed, a woman's voice was heard.

"Bang"

He heard a clearer sound in his ears, and something hit the wall next to his ear.

. . . .

Luo Lin's eyes were blurred with tears. She could no longer hold on. The evil spirits had seen through her weakness and surrounded her.

There were evil spirits floating in the air with their tongues sticking out, they must have been hanged; on the ground, there were evil spirits crawling with their hands and feet broken and dead.

Evil spirits are not subject to the laws of physics. They can all float in the air, but some of them crawl on the ground.

She understood that the evil spirit wanted to cause her more psychological shock and ignite her emotions of fear and despair.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid"

Luo Lin kept muttering to herself to cheer herself up, but her body was shaking uncontrollably.

"I don't want to die here," she said in a tearful voice.

"Bang, bang, bang"

She felt the wall behind her vibrate, with rapid and regular knocking sounds.

Luo Lin, who had already given up hope, regained hope: "Captain, is that you?"

The evil spirit was getting closer to her.

"Bang", the rubble broke and flew towards the face of the evil spirit in the black dress, piercing through its skull, and the broad tip of the sword went through the wall.

. . . .

"Bah," Crown pulled his weapon out from the crack in the wall.

He never expected that his star steel sword would be used as a pickaxe one day.

It is too inefficient to use a sharp weapon to smash the wall. If he had taken a sledgehammer, he would have been able to punch through the wall long ago.

When he felt that he had pierced the wall, he also estimated the thickness of the wall.

Crown found a piece of animal skin to wrap his fist, then practiced the Giant Bear Breathing Technique to concentrate the source of life in his arm.

Feeling the abundant concentration of power, his arms and palms grew larger and thicker at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In a trance, a cartoon image of Popeye flashed through his mind.

"Haha," Crown laughed, then swung his fist and hammered hard on the edge of the pierced hole in the wall.

"Eighty, eighty," he muttered to himself.

In just a few hits, half of the wall was broken by his hammer and it collapsed with a loud crash.

In the smoke, Crown walked out covered in dust.

"Be careful, the evil spirit is coming!"

As the woman screamed, a red half-moon-shaped sword light flashed.

Horizontal slash, diagonal slash, horizontal slash.

Clown took one step forward and made three movements. Suddenly, green smoke billowed and pieces of gray-white spiritual energy fell.

When he took another step forward, all the evil spirits wailed and flew upwards, sinking into the ceiling.

Luo Lin was stunned when she saw the viciousness on the evil spirit's face turn into fear and flee in all directions.

Is that all? So easy? "Hmm," Clown coughed twice and asked from the side, "Ms. Lorraine, are you okay? Why are you down there?"

"Uh," Lorraine collected her messy thoughts and answered, "I fell into a trap and fell from above. Mr. Crown, how did you appear down there?"

"Hehe, I fell into a trap too." Clown walked forward and collected the scattered spiritual energy on the ground. "I took all these things away. Do you mind?"

Luo Lin saw that the other party had already put the spiritual essence into the skin and smiled bitterly: "Of course not, they are all your spoils of war, not to mention that you saved me."

Do you mind if I say so?! After Clown collected all the spiritual essence, he felt the time. It was three o'clock in the afternoon.

They didn't have much time left, so it would be best to leave before the sun set. He didn't want to stay here overnight.

He turned around and asked, "Ms. Lorraine, do you have any idea about how to get out?"

The woman shook her head. “I have been surrounded by evil spirits and have no time to think about these things.”

"I see. I think there should be a mechanism in the secret room that can open the door to the passage. Why don't we look for it?"

"Um."

The two men raised torches and searched together for possible mechanisms.

. . . .

After Nick and Leah's team separated, they returned to the door of the secret room.

They couldn't find another mechanism to open the portal, so they had to use the most stupid method to destroy the magic circle.

The three people took turns to continuously bombard the nodes of the magic circle.

On the other side, Leah and the other two were doing the same thing to the magic circle on the ground.

"Bang", Del smashed hard on the node of the magic circle. The red light on it flickered and lost its luster. Several runes nearby also dimmed and lost their luster.

"It seems to be almost done," Nick, who was resting nearby, was delighted. He put the pocket watch back into his underwear pocket and said, "Let me do it."

It was already half past four, and he was just thinking that if he couldn't break the mechanism by five o'clock, he might have to leave first.

But could the remaining teammates wait until they were rescued the next day? He had a vague answer in his mind. It was highly unlikely.

Now, the dawn of victory has appeared, and he no longer has to make the difficult decision to abandon his teammates.

Nick clenched the flail with both hands and smashed it hard on the nodes of the magic circle. In less than a minute, the magic circle on the secret door dimmed, and the magic circle on the entire wall also lost its color.

"Bang", another hit, and a big hole was made in the door.

"Bang, bang"

Nick quickly smashed all the secret doors, then he took the oil lamp from Jason and shouted at the top of his voice: "Crown! Crown!"

. . . .

Crown and his companion searched the underground carefully, not leaving out an inch of space.

He felt the time, it was 4:30 in the afternoon.

Although he remained calm on the outside, he was beginning to get anxious. In just over an hour, the sun would set.

Time waits for no one, but they are helpless now.

"Listen, that sound over there," Crown said, pointing to the big door on the steps. "That's where I fell."

"Yes, I heard it too. It sounded like someone was smashing the wall. Our teammates came to rescue us." Luo Lin cried while laughing.

There is one more photo, and it will probably be midnight.

(End of this chapter)