"The arrow wasn't poisoned, but it was still quite powerful. If we force our way through, they definitely won't make it!" Taishan said, looking at his wound.
"We can't force our way in. The arrow wasn't poisoned, but it carried a dark aura!" said the Moon-Embracing Rabbit, glancing at the wound. Moonlight swept over it, purifying the dark aura.
"Let me take a look!" Ye Ying said. She is now a fifth-tier Moon Goddess. Although she is not as powerful as Ye Xi and Ye Chang, she has been trained with the Silver Osmanthus Moon Elf scouts since childhood and is also quite skilled in this area.
She leaped forward with a light and graceful movement, and a large number of mechanical crossbows and arrows were activated. A dense rain of arrows flew towards her, but she dodged them all at incredible angles, like a beautiful waltz.
"Tsk tsk! Look at them? And look at you?" Taishan couldn't help but admire them, while also looking down on the fat rabbit next to him. Of course, he got a good scolding for it.
"So strong!" Not only Taishan and his group, but also Harold and the others behind them had their eyes shining. To be able to be so relaxed and comfortable in such a dense rain of arrows, Ye Ying's strength was truly beyond their imagination.
Harold even looked down at his own muscular physique. If he really had to go up there and twist like that, he'd probably break his back.
Two full minutes passed before the dense rain of arrows finally subsided. The ground was covered with scattered arrows, and Ye Ying finally stopped. Her shirt was soaked, and large beads of sweat were dripping from her hair.
"That should be enough," Ye Ying said breathlessly. Such intense dodging had clearly put a considerable strain on her body.
After receiving a positive reply, the group filed through the area and stopped to survey the surroundings, allowing Ye Ying to rest briefly.
The rest of the journey was spent killing monsters and clearing traps along the way. Although the road seemed extremely dangerous, with Taishan and the others by their side, they were often able to turn danger into safety.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the group finally arrived at a spacious hall.
The hall, the size of a football field, was densely packed with dark creatures, and countless dark vengeful spirits were flying overhead as well.
The sudden appearance of Taishan and his group was like throwing a piece of delicious meat into a wolf's den, immediately attracting all the dark creatures to come and look, and the originally peaceful hall was plunged into a violent riot.
"These dark creatures are truly insane!" Taishan couldn't help but exclaim, wielding the Trident of Poseidon and sweeping it out. Violent lightning flashed, and countless dark creatures turned to ashes under the lightning.
The others weren't idle either; they followed suit, quickly killing the dark creatures in front of them.
Fortunately, the entrance to the hall was not large, so most of the dark creatures could not rush through. Only the dark vengeful spirits were all blasted to death by various spells.
Although the dark vengeful spirits are eerie, they are not very powerful. Once hit by magic, they have virtually no chance of escape and fall in droves under such a massive and dense bombardment of magic.
On the contrary, the regular dark creatures gradually blocked the entrance and exit, requiring Taishan and the others to clean up the piled-up corpses from time to time.
There were quite a few dark creatures, and they came in many different kinds, but none of them were particularly strong. After spending some time, Taishan and his group successfully wiped out the group of dark creatures.
The corpses were swept away, and a throne was placed in the very center of the empty hall, surrounded by exquisitely carved railings and painted beams.
"What is this? It seems to tell a story about a god?" Harold and the others walked past the surrounding murals, their eyes drawn to the patterns on them.
“Yes, look here. A revered god gradually strengthens his people, resists foreign enemies, and develops civilization!” Sarah’s gaze swept across a row of murals, where simple patterns told a complete story.
“It looks like the sky has broken here. Have the dark creatures come looking for us?” Catherine said, pointing to another mural. The sky in the mural had broken, and a large number of strange creatures rushed in, devouring the world.
The gods in the murals are wielding flames and fighting against these dark creatures, repelling wave after wave of darkness. Seeing that the entire land behind them is ravaged, the gods' expressions are also filled with exhaustion.
The mural ends here, but there are still many blank spaces afterward, clearly indicating that the chaotic war had rendered people incapable of recording the gods' great achievements.
“Look at this painting, there should be at least thirteen gods in this world!” a mercenary said. The mural depicted thirteen gods joining forces to fight against darkness.
"It's a pity they all perished in the end!" another person said with a shrug.
"Don't talk nonsense. Although the god is dead, his will remains. Don't forget where you are." The man immediately fell silent, looking around with lingering fear, afraid that someone would come to cause him trouble.
“This throne still possesses a slight divine quality, but it has been corrupted by darkness!” On the other side, Taishan and the others strolled around the throne in the center of the large point, saying thoughtfully.
"With so many dark creatures, it's inevitable that they'll be corrupted!" Ye Ying said, but the Moon-Embracing Rabbit next to her shook its head.
"Contamination is inevitable, but such a faint divine essence within it cannot possibly be preserved within such a vast dark power. Something's wrong here!"
Upon hearing the words of the Moon-Holding Rabbit, Ye Ying and the others were all taken aback and looked at the throne again. Indeed, with such a dense concentration of dark energy, it was inevitable that it would be contaminated. There was no reason why such a small amount of divinity could be preserved.
“Move it over and you’ll see!” Taishan said, grabbing the throne’s wide handle and pulling it up by force.
Large amounts of the black, decaying outer layer have peeled off, revealing a pure gold chair body underneath, which looks incredibly luxurious.
"Sure enough, even the throne wasn't completely corrupted. There's something fishy about this thing!" Ye Ying said, looking to the other side. She was immediately stunned to see that a downward passage had appeared where the chair had been lifted, from which an even denser dark aura emanated.
"It's the next level of the underground palace. This throne seems to be just a smokescreen. Its faint divinity has no real value, but it's enough to attract everyone's attention. After discovering that it can't be moved, they had no choice but to leave, thinking that this was the whole underground palace!" The Radish Spirit said from the side. It hadn't been very noticeable along the way, just observing the surroundings. Now that it saw this tunnel, many things could finally be confirmed.
"Let the mercenaries provide support up there, we'll go down and take a look!" Taishan said, setting the throne aside, and went down first.
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