Just when Xilan stood out from the crowd, Du Yuqi was busy in the mausoleum. At this time, he was busy saving people.
When the Zero Organization activated the mechanism in the mausoleum, the Alliance alone sent nearly seven or eight hundred people in, and then added to the two or three hundred people who had already entered the mausoleum to explore, there were almost a thousand people in total.
The purpose of Zero Organization setting up traps in the mausoleum was very simple, which was to delay time. The focus was on trapping people rather than killing them - if they killed everyone inside directly, it would instead trigger grief and anger among the others.
On the contrary, if no one is killed in the mausoleum, the Allied forces will have to allocate a large number of manpower to dig and rescue people. An ambitious woman like Misha is of course well aware of the pros and cons of this.
However, even so, after the mechanism in the mausoleum was activated, hundreds of people were killed or injured, and a large number of people were buried in the stone chamber and trapped. Du Yuqi and the other two were in the tunnel dug by Sir Lan Zao, so there were naturally no mechanisms, so they were safe and sound.
However, when they followed the map to leave, they saw rocks rolling along the way, and the situation was horrible. Du Yuqi knew some of the trapped and injured people, such as the ascetic monk Luo Meng, so they naturally couldn't stand by and watch, so they took the initiative to rescue them. It was also thanks to Du Yuqi's amazing strength, which could be called a human excavator, that his efficiency was amazing.
After Du Yuqi rescued a group of people, they also called on their fellow disciples to rescue people, which led to a snowball reaction. More and more people were rescued. Du Yuqi noticed that Bai, who had previously blasted Skeleton Kahn with a spear, was also among them and played a big role.
For example, he was in charge of identifying the wounded who were rescued, giving priority to the seriously injured, and gathering the lightly injured together, giving them water and food, and also arranging guards around the wounded. Not only that, the rescued people were also classified according to their functions:
Some sharpshooters temporarily joined the demolition team, the powerful berserkers and physical exorcists joined the transporting team, the paladins and priests joined the medical team... These people who were originally like a pile of scattered sand and fighting each other were sorted out by him in a short time, and soon played a huge role.
Of course, Bai was able to easily achieve his goal because everyone was in danger and knew that if they didn't stick together, they would die faster. But even so, Bai was not only strong, but also very low-key. Unexpectedly, he was also very talented in scheduling and management. Du Yuqi felt that he might be trained as the future successor to the Pope.
At this time, there was a shout from a distance, and then the shouts became more and more urgent. Du Yuqi hurried over to take a look and found that when they were rescuing people more than a hundred meters away, they had actually caused a big problem! That was because they were a little impatient when moving the stones, which resulted in a second collapse. As a result, this collapse caused a huge stone weighing hundreds of tons to fall from the top of the mausoleum, and it directly smashed through the bottom, and there was a different world below.
When Du Yuqi arrived, many people had already gone down to investigate. With these little white mice paving the way ahead, Du Yuqi naturally walked down along the gap in the landslide, and found that this place looked like a side hall.
However, in the side hall, there were strange and complicated spells everywhere, even on the ceiling and the floor. The core of the spell was a group of chains of different styles and sizes bounding an eye, which looked very weird. Moreover, the walls, decorations, tables and chairs in the side hall were all blood red without exception, making people feel extremely uncomfortable when they were in it!
After walking out of the side hall, I found that there was a long corridor in front of me. There were similar rooms on both sides of the corridor, and the decoration style was also the same. Above the corridor, there were skulls hanging one by one, as if these things were lamps that could illuminate. The ground was marked with flowing water-like patterns.
At this moment, a scream was heard from the front! A person who was exploring the way ahead suddenly flew into the air strangely, struggling desperately, but his hands were clenched in front of his chest. Du Yuqi felt that this scene seemed familiar, and then he saw a burst of blood, and a dark purple light shot through the air.
Du Yuqi hurried over and found that the pathfinder was already skin and bones when he fell down, as if he had been starved to death for several years. He was so old that he no longer looked like a human. At this time, he could see that at the end of the corridor, there was a strange pentagonal hall.
In the center of the hall, there is a high platform. Around the platform, there is a layer of flowing black, which seems to be visible but not substantial. Moreover, this flowing black is like a crack in time and space, and it looks very dangerous.
In the center of the platform, there was a skeleton wearing a golden crown and heavy silver armor kneeling on one knee, with his hands tightly holding down a long object. It looked like the object was stabbed into the center of the platform, but was trying hard to break free. The skeleton was holding the handle tightly with both hands, as if he was suppressing it with his life!
Seeing this scene, Du Yuqi immediately thought of the anecdote about the magic sword Apophis that Lin had told him before. His heart suddenly moved, and he thought to himself, could it be that by some accident, he really came to the secret room in the ancient kingdom where the magic sword Apophis was suppressed?
However, when Du Yuqi looked carefully, he always felt that the long object in the skeleton's hand was not real and blurry. There seemed to be a cloud of blood mist around it, condensing into mysterious and strange runes, but then slowly dissipated. It should be caused by the seal.
But if this sealed thing is the magic sword Apophis, then what is the one that Skeleton Kahn was holding before? This naturally made Du Yuqi feel a little confused.
While Du Yuqi was pondering, many people had gathered and rushed over. These people saw the strangeness of the underground palace below and knew that no one had ever set foot inside, so of course they were greedy for treasure. One person accidentally approached the platform, and although he was still five or six meters away from the strange black flow, he suddenly felt a huge suction force coming! It was as if a terrifying vortex was formed in the air, pulling him over.
The man was terrified and screamed miserably. He lay on the ground, scratching blood on the floor with his fingers, but was still dragged over bit by bit. The others wanted to go to the rescue but were afraid of being dragged in, so they could only "besiege Wei to save Zhao" and fire at the high platform. As a result, the bullets and skills they fired disappeared as soon as they came into contact with the strange black color, which looked extremely strange. In the end, the man was completely involved, his flesh and blood stiffened, and turned into powder and dissipated.
At this time, Du Yuqi keenly noticed that when this person died, a little light flashed in the deep eye sockets of the half-kneeling skeleton! Although he didn't know if it was an illusion, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.
At this time, Duize whispered in Du Yuqi's ear:
"This is exactly where the Demon Sword Apophis is sealed. What appeared outside before was only the weapon soul of the Demon Sword Apophis. What appears in front of us now is its true body! After obtaining its true body, if you are strong enough, you can suppress the weapon soul of Apophis and let the two merge into one, becoming the extremely powerful true Demon Sword Apophis."
After hearing this, Du Yuqi suddenly understood and couldn't help but say:
"How do you know that?"
Duize said:
"I just turned around to see if there was any danger, and there was something engraved on the wall above."
Du Yuqi:
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
After obtaining this key information, when Du Yuqi approached within 50 meters of the platform, he found that all the weapons he was carrying began to vibrate violently, expressing strong hostility, whether it was the Shadowless Sword - Eleno, the Bones of Hess, or the other epic weapons won from the Temple.
In response to this situation, Du Yuqi fell into deep thought. Before, the Shadowless Sword had sensed the appearance of the Demon Sword Apophis, and after coming here, all the weapons on his body clearly showed hostility towards it.
Du Yuqi had also heard of this situation. For example, the Avengers mostly used dark skills. They would be subtly repelled when using light-attribute weapons, but would be able to thrive when using dark-attribute weapons.
In other words, if he could get the real Demon Sword Apophis, the weapons he had prepared might reject him and even become unusable. This didn't matter to other people, but for Du Yuqi, who had already started planning, it was unacceptable.
More importantly, there are already hundreds of people eyeing the magic sword Apophis, and the chance of getting this weapon and keeping it for himself is very low! And for some reason, Du Yuqi always felt that the story Lin told at that time seemed a little inappropriate, as if something key was missing...
Therefore, Du Yuqi weighed the pros and cons. If he wanted to get the real magic sword Apophis, his chances were very small, and he would have to take a big risk. Even if he got it, he would have to pay the price of his weapon being rejected. Why would he do something that was not worth the loss? He should get away from it as soon as possible.
With this in mind, Du Yuqi called Xi and Duize over and told them his judgment. They naturally agreed with Du Yuqi and stayed away from the platform. At this time, Du Yuqi suddenly noticed a detail, that is, there were a few black things under the feet of the half-kneeling armored skeleton, but it was not clear because the distance was too far.
Du Yuqi thought about it, asked for Duize's sniper rifle, and then used the sniper rifle's scope to observe carefully. He frowned immediately. It turned out that those black things were actually several broken chains. Because of the long time, they were eroded and decayed by wind and finally stuck together!
From this, we can infer that this armored skeleton should have been bound by many chains, but it is estimated that they fell off because of the long time. Then the question is, the original body of this skeleton should be the prince of the ancient kingdom, who suppressed Apophis with his life, so why was he bound with many chains? This question can be said to be extremely terrifying when you think about it carefully. After Du Yuqi discovered this, he subconsciously took a few steps back.
Since he no longer had the intention of coveting the Demon Sword Apophis, Du Yuqi put his current focus back on escaping. He once again opened the map made of the Yaksha King's skin and used it to detect the surroundings. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, because on this map, it was clearly shown that there was a secret passage nearby!
Du Yuqi carefully compared the map with the surrounding scenery, and suddenly felt speechless. It turned out that the entrance to this secret passage was on the high platform! To be precise, it was right next to the half-kneeling skeleton!
At this time, several key factors quickly emerged in Du Yuqi's mind:
"The magic sword Apophis possesses great power and can also control people's minds."
"After this prince was sent here, he was still wrapped in heavy chains."
"And a few meters away from the altar where this prince is standing, there is a secret escape passage..."
When these key factors are combined together, the truth hidden in the dust gradually emerges.
It was obvious that the prince also had his own selfish motives. He believed that he could actually defeat the control of the magic sword Apophis, successfully obtain this powerful force, and even become the ruler of this kingdom. However, the mainstream opinion at the time should be that he was not optimistic about him, so he had to be chained and tied up.
However, the prince also left himself a backup plan, which is the secret passage on the altar. If he can conquer the magic sword Apophis, then this will be the glorious passage for him to return with the magic sword held high and successfully ascend the throne.
Apparently, the prince overestimated himself in the end and became part of the seal...
As Du Yuqi was pondering, more and more people entered the underground palace! As the saying goes, many hands make light work, and those who can come to this ghost place are all selected elites. Someone immediately recognized that the strange black hovering around the high platform is called black hole fragments. It is said that when the great magician performs the awakening skill: Meteor Disillusionment, he occasionally summons powerful dark element crystals, which then explode and shatter to form, and have extremely powerful lethality.
This ancient kingdom must have used some very powerful secret technique to collect the instantly annihilated black hole fragments and use them to create the powerful sealing maze before us.
However, knowing the principle of this sealing maze, it is naturally not difficult to crack it. What's more, this formation is mainly aimed at the inside, suppressing the body of the magic sword Apophis. In this way, the difficulty can be said to be even easier. In addition, there are many people present, so they simply use a simple and direct method, which is to use light skills to attack hard.
There were already about 100 to 200 people present, including Asuras, Qigong masters, Paladins, and the like, who had several light attribute skills, so it was not too difficult to use them. In addition, Bai Ye came upon hearing the news and immediately began to organize the dispatch.
Under his command, various light skills were thrown over quickly. At first, these skills seemed to be ineffective, but ten minutes later, the entire sealed maze trembled, and the flowing strange black color suddenly lost a piece, which was very abrupt, as if a piece of wall paint had fallen off the white wall on the screen.
At this moment, everyone cheered and began to use their skills! But at this moment, someone suddenly sneered:
"Are you still foolishly trying to do your work for nothing? The temple is already well organized, and they are just waiting for the formation to be opened to immediately seize the treasure. Do you think that the people in the temple are all philanthropists who will offer the magic sword Apophis with both hands, or are the treasures inside common goods that can reach the same level as one person?"
This person's words were so sharp that it was clear he was trying to sow discord. But his words were so straightforward that it was impossible to refute them.
Suddenly, more than half of the people who followed Bai's command to attack were gone, and the remaining ones were all related to the Holy Church. The offensive stopped immediately. But Bai was not an ordinary person? As the future Pope, he had perfect plans for dealing with various complex affairs. He ignored these people and said calmly:
"Are the people from the Xuzu Anti-Demon Group here? Are the people from the West Coast Alliance here? Come out and talk."
Those who were called out were all organizations closely related to the Holy Temple. This was obviously a classic tactic of pulling one group to fight another - first divide the interests and win over allies, then form an alliance to focus on attacking one group, and then scare away another group - this method is very old-fashioned, but it is undeniable that it is very effective.
However, Du Yuqi felt a little uneasy at this time, as if something big was going to happen, so he simply took Xi and Duize away from this ghost place, and directly made his attitude clear and retreated to the end of the corridor more than a hundred meters away. Since he had no intention of getting the magic sword Apophis, there was no need to put himself in danger. Anyway, the entrance to the secret passage would not run away. After they successfully got the magic sword Apophis, he could run over leisurely.
About ten minutes later, there were several explosions inside, but they soon died down. It should be that Bai had already completed the alliance and cleared the area. The people present dared not speak out and could only succumb to the power.
Ten minutes later, there was a piercing sound of tearing cloth in the air, as if cloth or silk was being torn apart, and then the sound was played at the highest volume through the loudspeaker. It hurt people's ears and made them feel worse.
Hearing this voice, Du Yuqi, who was studying the map nearby, suddenly looked up and asked in confusion:
"What happened?"
Duize, who had been observing from above, threw down a sentence:
"The sealing array has been broken."