Chapter 397 Searching for the Temple Ruins
According to ancient records, the earth god Hedface Loverne is the god worshipped by both dwarves and goblins.
In order to worship the great earth god, the two tribes joined forces to build the temple of the earth god - the Temple of Ersid.
After the War of the Gods broke out, the Earth God launched the Earth Rumbling. Although it destroyed the huge dark forces, it turned the fertile land into a terrible swamp - the Unibal Swamp.
The Temple of Erst was destroyed in the war and its whereabouts remain unknown to this day.
Shu Li consulted many ancient books and materials and roughly determined the location of the temple, which was between the present-day Enkak area and the Unibal Swamp.
He had the roots of the mother tree search underground and found several suspected ruins. He wanted to confirm which one was the real Temple of Erst, but the only way to know was to go and check it out in person.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, without a trace of sunshine, and the air was filled with a disgusting stench of decay. The ground was muddy and if you were not careful, you would fall into the unfathomable mud and become food for monsters.
A brown root sprouted from among the sparse trees, flexibly wrapping around the nearby trunks and blending in skillfully.
Immediately afterwards, five little heads emerged from the tree root, arranged neatly like little mushrooms.
"Hiss, such a strong dark aura."
Shu Li crawled out of the root system of the mother tree and was dizzy and dazzled by the dark air and the stench of corpses that rushed towards him.
"This place is polluted by darkness." Kumandi said coldly.
"Will we encounter the undead?" asked Budno.
"I hope not." Angel pinched his nose. "Should we go out?"
"You want it?" Discio asked uncertainly.
The Elf Kingdom was sunny and fresh one moment, and the next moment it was a dark swamp covered with dark clouds, gloomy and depressing.
The difference is so great that it is almost unbearable.
Shu Li completely emerged from the tree roots, rubbed his arms covered with goose bumps, and frowned, "Come out!"
There is an ancient temple ruin nearby, and no matter how harsh the environment is, they have to go and check it out.
The other four goblins crawled out one after another, enduring the disgusting dark atmosphere.
"I'll purify a piece of ground first." Shu Li took out his magic wand and cast a purification spell instantly. In the blink of an eye, a circle of light with a diameter of one meter appeared on the grass in front.
Within the circle of light, the dark energy disappeared without a trace, and pure light energy condensed.
After successfully purifying a small piece of land, Shu Li took out a metal badge from the storage bag and threw it accurately into the aperture.
The metal badge fell to the ground, emitting a brilliant light and shooting a thin beam of light into the sky.
This is the magic locator.
There are many excellent magic mechanics in the tenth level of the Snow Mountain Maze. Shu Li learned from them for a period of time and developed many interesting gadgets, and the magic locator is one of them.
Don't be fooled by the small size of this metal badge, as it holds a secret inside. It uses the speed of light to send its location to a receiver at the other end.
With precise positioning, the Elf King can activate the teleportation array and meet up with them.
Soon, a teleportation array emerged in the aperture, and as the teleportation array started to operate, a figure flashed.
Success!
Shu Li looked at the Elf King disguised as a human in the teleportation array with surprise.
"……king!"
He spread his wings and flew over.
The Elf King caught the little elf who rushed over, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and gently rubbed his cheek with his fingers.
Shu Li tilted his head back and squinted his eyes, like a petted kitten.
At the roots of the tree, four little elves sat in a row, blinking their bright eyes as they watched them interact.
Angel held his chin, thinking.
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that there was a strange atmosphere when Sperian and Wang were together.
Like now, Wang looked at Sperien gently, and Sperien hugged Wang's fingers and rubbed them obediently.
The picture is very warm and pleasing to the eye.
After Shu Li and the Elf King finished their flirting, he released his original power, enlarged his body, and landed lightly, concealing his wings. He then took out a disguise potion from his storage ring and drank it all in one gulp. His appearance instantly changed, transforming into a human boy with black hair and gray-green eyes.
Seeing this, the other four goblins followed suit.
Five minutes later, the six members of Team Light set off towards their destination.
Shu Li held a map copied from an ancient book in his hand, compared it with the surrounding scenery, and headed southeast.
Although the mother tree's roots are spread all over the continent, they are not densely arranged, and there are always some missing places.
Especially in the swamps polluted by darkness, there are restrictions everywhere and it is impossible to grow freely like in the desert.
She could only send the fairies to the vicinity of the ruins, and they had to complete the rest of the journey by themselves.
This place is only 500 meters away from the ruins, so it's not a big problem.
Shu Li released his perception, remained alert at all times, and carefully avoided the "traps".
There are potholes everywhere, and dangerous monsters are hiding in them, waiting for their prey to fall into their trap.
Shu Li did not hide his strength.
The purpose of this time is to find the Temple of the Earth God. Not wanting to be robbed on the way, he uses the pressure of the Mage Saint to directly intimidate the monsters.
Monsters that are not as powerful as a Mage Saint should consider whether they have the ability to defeat a Mage Saint.
If there is, then see if you can defeat the God of Magic.
If neither of them works, then just stay put and hide away, and don't come out to die.
The clever monsters hid themselves obediently and did not dare to act rashly, so Shu Li reached the first ruins unhindered.
"Are there really temple ruins here?" Discio put his hands on his hips, leaned forward, and looked at the huge pond.
"Be careful, don't lean forward." Shu Li reminded.
Kumandi quickly reached out, grabbed Disio's collar, and dragged him backwards.
“Crash—”
Just as Discio was retreating, a half-meter-long fish jumped out from the bottom of the water, its open mouth full of dense fangs.
"It's a demon fish." Angel said, "At least level five."
Although this magic fish is only half a meter long, the row of sharp teeth in its mouth should not be underestimated.
If Disio had been slower in dodging just now, he would have been headless by now.
"Hiss~~~" Disio touched his head in fear and looked at Kumandi with gratitude.
This magic fish can hide its breath and deceive his perception.
The swamp is indeed dangerous.
"There are magic fish in the water. How do we check?" asked Budno.
"Drain it?" Shu Li asked the Elf King for his opinion.
Anyway, he can cast water magic instantly, so draining a pond is easy.
The Elf King nodded: "You can give it a try."
Shu Li immediately assigned work to everyone.
"King, please help stabilize the soil. Budno will assist with water magic. Kumandi, Angel, and Desio will prepare for defense and prevent the monsters from interfering with our work."
"receive!"
Everyone was on high alert.
Shu Li waved his magic wand and instantly cast water magic.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen water dragons jumped out of the pond, rushed in all directions, and fell into the nearby puddle.
To prevent the water from flowing back into the pond, the Elf King reinforced the surrounding soil and cut off the backflow route.
Budno controlled a large water dragon and drew as much water as possible.
The Warcraft was indeed in turmoil.
When their nest was destroyed, they were furious and jumped out of the pond to attack the foreign adventurers.
Normally they are hunters and adventurers are prey, but today the situation is reversed. The adventurers took the initiative to provoke them and drained the water from the pond, making them appear.
"Hey, just in time!" Discio excitedly waved his magic wand, and a meteor-like fireball hit the charging monster.
Kumandi and Angel attacked at the same time, and the wind blades and light swords intertwined to form a huge net that covered the monster.
The leading monster was killed instantly without even a scream, and turned into countless pieces of flesh and blood.
The death was so tragic that the monsters behind were frightened.
These adventurers are not to be trifled with!
Run!
The monsters scrambled to move their positions.
Anyway, the pond is not their permanent residence, so there is no need to defend it. For the sake of their lives, they should escape quickly.
After a commotion, all the monsters in the pond fled. Even the magic fish jumped out desperately, slid in the mud, found a new puddle, and hid in it temporarily.
Without the interference of Warcraft, the pumping speed was twice as fast.
Ten minutes later, the pond turned into a basin with a thick layer of silt at the bottom.
To know if the temple is here, the silt must be cleared.
Only Shu Li and the Elf King knew earth magic, so the task of moving the silt fell on them.
Of course, the other four goblins were not idle either, using magic to assist as much as possible.
Half an hour later, the bottom of the pool was clean, revealing a semicircular roof.
"It's the temple!" Desio exclaimed in surprise.
Hard work pays off. With everyone's efforts, we successfully found the first relic.
Shu Li rubbed his hands together excitedly. "I hope it's the Temple of Erst."
In this way, they don't have to go to other ruins and save a lot of time.
Unfortunately, the god of luck did not favor them.
"This is an ordinary temple." said the Elf King.
Shu Li asked persistently, "How can you be sure it's not?"
The Elf King smiled: "The Temple of Erstde has a spire."
"Okay..." Shu Li sighed in disappointment, "Let's go to the next ruins."
The next relic is several thousand meters away from here, and the journey is a bit far. They first return to the place where the roots of the mother tree are located. The five little goblins teleport there through the roots, and then do the same thing, purify a small piece of land, throw down the locator, and let the Elf King activate the teleportation array according to the positioning position.
Twenty minutes later, the six members of Team Light met up in a small forest.
The ruins of the second temple are in the grove, and they need to search carefully.
However, the ground in the grove was soft and one would sink into the mud as soon as one stepped on it, making it impossible to move forward.
Fortunately, there are three wind magicians in the team who can fly close to the ground.
Just as they were conducting a carpet search, they heard shrill wails and the sharp sound of whips cracking from not far away.
"Snap! Snap! Snap—"
"Go! Stop playing dead!"
"You ugly little things."
"...Sir, please... stop beating him... He's stuck in the mud and can't get out..."
"Don't beg these lackeys of the Dark God! We are the most courageous dwarves! We will never bow to the forces of darkness!"
“Snap—”
"What a bunch of ignorant slaves!"
Shu Li and the guys looked at each other.
The Elf King gazed calmly ahead, his powerful perception having already "seen" the scene in the distance clearly.
More than twenty dwarves and goblins were chained with special iron chains and walked in the swamp in a panic. Four dark elves waved whips and drove them away mercilessly.
To save or not to save?
This question only took a moment to go through Shu Li's mind before he got the answer.
"save!"
He said it firmly.
The four dark elves were all at the level of great wizards and were no match for them at all.
Most importantly, Shu Li found an acquaintance among these dwarves.
If he remembered correctly, the dwarf stuck in the mud was Uncle Sam they met on the second level of the Snow Mountain Maze.
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