The air in the statue square was eerily silent. Bai Xi stood stiffly to one side with five men, feeling extremely awkward.
But things weren't much better on the other side either. The moment Harun saw Baixi, he vaguely sensed something, but her appearance was different, and she was a ghost, so she really didn't resemble his Holy Maiden.
Of the people standing next to her, three were quite familiar.
This made Harlan somewhat uncertain again.
Nesser and the others shared similar thoughts, resulting in an unusually awkward atmosphere where everyone was cautious and dared not speak first.
This gave Bai Xi a brief moment of relief.
Actually, she didn't really want to acknowledge her. If her appearance was deceptive enough to prevent the other party from suspecting her identity, that would be quite good.
The main concern is... that once they regain their divine status and take back their divine positions, they might turn around and erase her dark past.
Although she has already recognized three people.
Everything is going badly, and all she can do now is prevent things from getting worse.
This isn't a gift package; it's a death sentence.
Bai Xi felt a sense of despair towards Eros.
But she couldn't grab Eros and shake her shoulders to tell her to get rid of these guys, so she had to swallow her anger for the time being.
Meanwhile, the magic circle on the central altar has already lit up six corners, with only the last one remaining to be fully activated.
The magic engraved on it seemed to possess a magical power, constantly drawing Bai Xi's attention.
So even though old acquaintances were gathered together, and one shouldn't act rashly, Bai Xi still moved her position first, moving closer to the central altar.
She didn't know for the time being why Harlan and the others had come here, but she could guess with her own feet what the purpose of people who came to the ruins was.
It must be for the treasure inside.
However, Bai Xi wasn't going to give in. She had contributed the most to this effort, and if anyone tried to take her treasure, she would turn on them.
Moreover, information about Eros is really important to her.
She still doesn't know Eros's purpose or identity, or what she plans to do in the future.
With no one daring to make a move, the situation eventually turned into everyone standing quietly in place, observing the opposing team. When Bai Xi moved, everyone's attention was focused on her again.
In an instant, Bai Xi received ten piercing gazes that felt like needles sticking out of her back, so intense they seemed to pierce through her.
Bai Xi's back stiffened slightly, but she pretended that nothing had happened and that she hadn't noticed anything, and carefully examined the altar.
Time ticked by, and the last mechanism showed no sign of being opened. Finally, Harun and the others could no longer contain themselves and began to walk toward the central altar—or rather, toward Baixi.
Bai Xi pretended not to notice or recognize them, letting them approach.
"This undead lady..."
Until a gentle, polite, humble, and tender voice came from behind her—a voice that was all too familiar, Harun's voice.
Bai Xi took a deep breath in her heart. What was bound to happen would happen eventually, after all, there were indeed quite a few suspicious points about her.
This is where acting skills come into play.
She turned around, first giving Perkin a look as he tried to rush over to protect her, pressing him to the spot, before nodding slightly to Harlan and speaking politely.
"Although I am a spirit, I have no intention of harming anyone, nor have I ever killed any living being. Today, in these ruins, we are all equal explorers. My strength is not weak, and I hope to coexist peacefully with the Temple of Light."
Bai Xi, with a serious expression, explained Harun's concerns.
As an undead, it's normal for her to be feared. However, she doesn't want to clash with people she used to know. Putting aside their protagonist status, they were at least friends once.
Especially Nesser, whom she had watched grow up, Bai Xi couldn't bear to harm them.
"No, I think Miss Undead has misunderstood. I went up to her because I felt that she resembled an old friend of mine."
Although Harun's attitude was very gentle and not aggressive, the light in his eyes was so bright that it almost burned Bai Xi, making her want to look away.
It was too dazzling, dealing an exponentially devastating blow to her, a dark and gloomy spirit from the underworld.
She felt as if he could see right through her, even stripping her naked so he could clearly see what she was thinking.
"Sorry, I don't know."
Bai Xi steadied himself before speaking in a seemingly calm manner.
"Yeah?"
Harun curled the corners of her lips, seemingly unconcerned about her answer, which made Bai Xi increasingly flustered until her wrist was grabbed.
"!"
Bai Xi was startled, not expecting Harun to make a move directly.
Just as she was about to use magic to escape, she realized that he simply wanted to grab her and had no intention of attacking her. It was precisely because she did not sense any murderous intent that she was caught off guard and Harlan succeeded in his attack.
[What the hell? Why did they suddenly arrest me?! How could a dignified Paladin Commander lay a hand on a woman?!]
Bai Xi was internally groaning in frustration, but she immediately pulled her hand back.
"what you do?"
Her expression was full of displeasure, as if she was very angry about this sudden offense. Even her tone was much higher, with the characteristic fluctuations of anger.
To everyone's surprise, Harun didn't care at all. Even if Baixi broke free from his hand, it didn't matter. He just stared at Baixi with a pair of smiling eyes, covered his mouth and chuckled softly.
His laughter was not loud, but his tone was very pleasant, and his laughter was equally melodious.
But in this empty plaza of statues, his suppressed, wildly joyful laughter, which sounded both restrained and somewhat morbid, sent chills down Bai Xi's spine.
She almost instinctively took two steps back, no longer caring about pretending not to know him; she felt that Harlan was acting very strangely.
He seemed to have gone mad; I couldn't talk to him anymore.
Bai Xi looked surprised and uncertain. The others seemed to realize something when they heard Harun's laughter, especially Nesser, whose surprise was no less than Harun's. But just as they lifted their legs to move closer to Bai Xi...
The last corner of the altar suddenly lit up.
Everyone instinctively stopped and looked in the direction of the altar.
In an instant, a blinding white light enveloped the entire statue plaza, and a terrifyingly powerful force swept across the ruins. The monsters that sensed this aura became even more agitated and restless, trying to break through all the walls of the ruins and rush towards the central statue plaza.
A beam of light shot straight through the ruins, reaching the sky. Almost everyone on the continent of Coral could see this thick beam of light.
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