Entrance to the Abyss Prison

Luo Qi stared blankly at Diana, then involuntarily swallowed the saliva stuck in his throat. "You mean... Visas is still alive?"

"I didn't say that."

"But that's exactly what you mean!" Luo Qi said. "Otherwise, why are you so afraid to break his seal? Isn't he just a soulless corpse?"

"That's true. Visas's soul has long since vanished. This is something the Gods have confirmed countless times. The lowest level of the Abyss Prison contains a soulless, ruleless corpse," Diana said. "But even so, it is still Visas's body. It's hard not to think about it, especially for people like you and me who have felt Visas's power."

"To be honest, I don't feel the power of Visas as deeply as the one outside does right now." After confirming that Visas couldn't be brought back to life, Luo Qi breathed a slight sigh of relief, then pointed to the sea of fire outside. "I really don't know if Visas will wake up, but what the one outside is going to do is already obvious. Don't you think he'll break the seal here from the outside?"

Of course.

"That solves it," Luo Qi said. "If you don't use those seals to deal with him, he'll have to break them himself, and then it'll all be for nothing!"

Diana's expression didn't change much, but she sighed deeply in her heart.

She was well aware of this principle. Isaiah had already pushed her to this point; if she couldn't stop him, then everything would be meaningless.

So she had no choice at all, and this was the Contractor's duty, it's just that no Contractor had ever actually used it in the past thousand years.

Just then, the Guardian's urgent report came from outside again, informing that Isaiah was still advancing steadily and that the Guardian Force they had sent to stop him were being defeated one after another. They requested that Diana make a quick decision.

In fact, Diana could see it herself without the Guardian's reports.

Under the starry night, her servants fell one after another, like moths drawn to a flame, unable to stop the Star Relic Warlock from turning into flames despite their best efforts.

She hadn't even seen Isaiah make a move yet.

We can't hesitate any longer.

Diana took a deep breath and then said to Luo Qi, "I need your help."

Luo Qi was immediately startled. "You don't want me to fight Isaiah, do you?"

"Now that things have come to this, do you think you can still remain uninvolved?"

Luo Qi knew perfectly well that things had escalated to this point, and he could no longer extricate himself. Even if he miraculously survived and the Contract Land dealt with Isaiah on its own, neither the Contract Land nor Rhine would let him off the hook afterward. And if the Contract Land failed to stop Isaiah, then there was no need to say anything more.

The only way he can save himself is to help the Contract Land deal with Isaiah. Then, Diana, as the person in charge, can help him cover up his mistakes, and no one will be able to find fault with him.

Luo Qi came to find Diana precisely because he understood this.

But that doesn't mean he'd be willing to die. If he were to fight Isaiah, he'd rather just run away; at least he'd have a chance to survive.

Diana clearly saw through Luo Qi's thoughts and immediately said, "It's not like you're going to fight Isaiah one-on-one. We'll assist you. Our Guardian Legion isn't weak; it's just a side effect of the destruction of the four divine tablets. As long as they have some time to recover, at least those Star Relic Warlock won't be a match for them."

"The Star Relic Warlock doesn't care at all; it's Isaiah who matters!"

"I didn't ask you to defeat him, just try to stall for time, and I'll cooperate with you."

"Your so-called cooperation is just staying in the room micromanaging?" Luo Qi, already aware of Diana's rules, couldn't help but sneer. "You want me to go up there and fight?"

"There's no point in hiding anywhere if we can't stop Isaiah." Diana was too lazy to argue with Luo Qi and said bluntly, "Besides, I need to break the deeper seal, which will also take some time. My servants and the Guardian Legion will buy me that time; they will risk their lives. As for you... just do your best."

Luo Qi saw that Diana had already put it this way, so he had no reason to refuse.

If Diana is willing to break the deep seal and give him hope of defeating Isaiah, he is willing to take the risk.

After all, he had no choice.

However, there is one more thing.

"What about Hand Eye?" Luo Qi looked at Diana. "That guy is very likely at the slumbering monument. Are you really not going to do anything about it?"

"Of course not, I've already sent people to check," Diana said. "Whatever he tries to do, I won't let him succeed. Of course, you can also tell Isaiah about what he's Hand Eye."

Do you think he'll stop because of this?

Diana shook her head and said slowly and deliberately, "It's just a possibility, but as long as he's willing to stop, I guarantee he won't be held accountable afterward."

"I think this is a meaningless statement, and he would never agree to it."

"Of course he wouldn't agree," Diana said calmly, "But at least it will make him watch his Hand Eye and not dare to go all out against us. That will be enough."

Luo Qi thought about it and felt that Diana's words made sense. Isaiah definitely didn't want his Hand Eye to survive until the end, which would naturally greatly reduce their pressure.

"Then I'm off," Luo Qi said. "You fucking have to come and help me out."

Luo Qi left, while Diana remained in her residence, watching the meteor shower outside that showed no signs of abating, and then slowly clenched her Ring Finger.

As she mentioned before, the Contractor of each generation also had a mission: to take charge of the things at the bottom of the prison.

Diana was their owner, a fact she already knew when Diana received the finger from her mother.

This was also Diana's true power, a power capable of overturning the world.

Diana never dared to use this power, because Contractor needs to be in sync with his servants to control them.

However, they have no "heart"; all they have is the most primal bloodlust and killing.

Now, Diana is going to channel her will into this ultimate madness.

Diana looked at the finger her mother had left her and whispered, "Will I go crazy, Mother?"

No one could answer her, after all, her mother had been dead for many years.

Before he died, he left her with only this one sentence.

"The prison must never be opened under any circumstances; this is the Contractor's mission."

Diana gently closed her eyes, and the true power of the [Contract] spread like threads into the deepest darkness.

And what it is about to pull up is the craziest puppet.

Swipe.

He Wei Ni Ya tapped her staff, and a melodious tune rang out. Two fully armed Guardian fell to the ground, revealing the gate behind them.

"Okay, okay, this is it! This is it!"

Seeing that He Wei Ni Ya had dealt with the guards, Ai De Wen, who was behind her, immediately jumped out, his face full of excitement.

He Wei Ni Ya put away her staff and asked, "Is Visas's corpse inside this door?"

"Of course not, you're being too optimistic," Ai De Wen said. "Only after crossing that door do you truly enter the Abyss Prison. We don't even know what's inside yet, so how could we possibly find Visas's body so quickly?"

"Then why are you so excited?"

"Because getting this far has already been quite an achievement," Ai De Wen, rubbing his hands together like a fly. "It's gone much more smoothly than I expected."

"Really? But I didn't feel any difficulties at all." He Wei Ni Ya spoke her true feelings, and said with a slight frown, "We didn't encounter any obstacles along the way. Even if someone was outside helping us distract them, this is too smooth. Could it be that you took the wrong route?"

"Of course not," Ai De Wen said. "Because the road we're on isn't the main road, but an internal maintenance access road."

"Inspection passage?" He Wei Ni Ya raised an eyebrow. "Inspect what?"

"Of course it's a seal," Ai De Wen said. "The Abyss Prison was built a thousand years ago. If it's not maintained, even the strongest seal will be damaged. If I remember correctly, the various seals of the Abyss Prison are maintained every hundred years. The most recent maintenance was about fifty years ago, and the maintenance personnel went in through this passage."

"You learned this from your student?" He Wei Ni Ya looked at Ai De Wen with considerable suspicion. "Your student must be younger than you. How could he have been involved in the maintenance fifty years ago?"

"I've already said it, the Lord of Eternal Nightmare's dream is a hodgepodge of knowledge," Ai De Wen smile. "I can even find that absolute taboo, so what is this little bit of information? It's just that I never considered entering the Abyss Prison before, otherwise I might have found even more information... Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity."

Ai De Wen walked forward, shaking his head.

After a brief moment of doubt, He Wei Ni Ya followed, and the two of them stepped through the door and truly entered the Abyss Prison.

Earlier, outside, He Wei Ni Ya had already seen what the Abyss Prison looked like.

In summary, it's an inverted triangle structure, with a large opening at the top that gradually narrows as you go down. They entered the prison from the side of this inverted triangle.

In theory, such a structure is so easy that as long as you keep going down it, you can't get lost and you'll eventually find your way—provided, of course, that you're not blocked.

The prison had no light source and the air was stagnant, creating a great sense of oppression.

Just as He Wei Ni Ya raised her staff to cast a light spell, Ai De Wen, sensing her movement, immediately hissed, "Don't move!"

He Wei Ni Ya immediately stopped what she was doing. "What's wrong?"

Ai De Wen did not answer. In the darkness, He Wei Ni Ya heard a crisp "crack" sound, and a faint light illuminated the view ahead.

Ai De Wen lit the torches that had been prepared beforehand.

"Come and take a look," Ai De Wen beckoned.

He Wei Ni Ya followed and then saw some strange stone statues embedded in the wall.

These stone statues look like mutated humans, with extremely thin bodies and narrow bone wings on their backs.

"What is this?" He Wei Ni Ya asked.

"Seal Magic Gargoyle," Ai De Wen said. "are very ancient creatures that live on Magic Power and can no longer be seen in the outside world."

"This thing is still alive?"

"Yes, it can remain in this stone statue form for a very long time as long as there is no Magic Power input," Ai De Wen said. "It will only awaken when it senses Magic Power."

What happens after you wake up?

"Devour the source of Magic Power." Ai De Wen looked at He Wei Ni Ya. "Yes, just like you think. As soon as you use Magic Power, they will instantly awaken from their slumber and attack you."

Are they difficult to deal with?

"Magic has no effect on them, don't you think?"

He Wei Ni Ya frowned slightly.

Magic Power ineffective? Does that mean all her Movement Spell are useless?

"Direct Magic Power is ineffective." Ai De Wen guessed what He Wei Ni Ya was thinking and explained, "For example, flames converted from Magic Power are ineffective against them. But if you strengthen your body with Magic Power and then punch them away, that kind of attack will be effective."

"I see." He Wei Ni Ya nodded slightly. "They are indeed very peculiar creatures. The Contract Land placed them here to deal with intruders like you and me?"

"What else could it be?" Ai De Wen shrugged. "For those who are unaware of their existence, no matter how powerful they are, it's an unavoidable trap. For example, if you had used magic to illuminate the area just now, all of these guys would have woken up."

As Ai De Wen spoke, he stepped back to let the flames illuminate a wider area.

Then He Wei Ni Ya saw that there were thousands of these gargoyles on the wall in front of them, densely packed like bees in a hive, enough to trigger trypophobia in anyone looking at them.

And just thinking about it gives He Wei Ni Ya a headache once all these magic-immune creatures awaken.

"Consider this a warning," Ai De Wen said. "At the level of Seal Magic Gargoyle, it can only guard places like this. The further down you go, the more trouble you'll encounter, and there might even be..."

He Wei Ni Ya glanced at Ai De Wen: "Stop keeping me in suspense."

"Heh, do you know about the Rhine Devourer?"

What is that?

"Something specifically designed to deal with those who possess body parts; they are very sensitive to the power of Visas," Ai De Wen said. "And those things were formed from the fragments of dead gods."

He Wei Ni Ya's eyelids twitched.

A dead god?

"Even Rhine knew to use something like that to deal with Visas's power," Ai De Wen said softly. "Let alone the Abyss Prison? And Visas's true form is down there. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if they put a true god down there."

He Wei Ni Ya didn't speak, she just stared silently at the abyss below.

What she didn't know was that in the deepest abyss, the giant serpent on the door slowly opened its scarlet eye.