Level 3 Sacred Relic

Led by Luna, Gu Xi and his companions arrived near a manor located in the northern part of the Upper District.

As Gu Xi approached the manor, he saw something standing in the manor.

As they got closer, Gu Xi's eyes widened. "Could this be the sacred object?"

"Yes, in my memory, they went to great lengths to find an identical relic. They were really impressive, weren't they?"

"Really, that's amazing."

Looking at the style of the item in front of him, Gu Xi was truly impressed, and he couldn't help but ask Luna a question.

"Luna, I'm curious, when the people of Victoria City saw this sacred relic, did they have any other reaction?"

"I don't know, maybe they've never seen this sacred object before?"

Luna was also a little unsure, after all, the sacred object in front of her was too conspicuous. It was a 30-meter-high clock tower, covered with ivy.

However, when the wind blows, you'll find that what's climbing on the clock tower isn't a proper ivy, but rather a group of snakes of various colors.

This style of thing, standing in front of an old English manor, actually looks quite harmonious.

This left Gu Xi speechless.

But the scene before him forced Gu Xi to admit that even if someone knew it was a sacred object, they couldn't move such a large thing.

Gu Xi shook his head, picked up the Cold Wind Staff, and headed towards the bell tower in front of him. He wanted to go up and take a look at the situation of this sacred object.

Before he even got close, Gu Xi suddenly had a feeling that his bones were rusty, making a cracking sound as he moved forward.

Before Gu Xi could react, Luna dragged Gu Xi out of the clock tower area.

"Be careful, sir. Anyone who gets close to this sacred object will be inexplicably petrified, so please do not go near it."

"How can I check the properties of this sacred object?"

Gu Xi asked, somewhat speechless.

He can't have the sacred object but be unable to do anything about it.

Luna shook her head. "I don't know either. Even Ghost can't get through here."

Gu Xi felt somewhat unwilling after hearing this. He pointed his Cold Wind Staff at the clock tower and shouted, "Death Avatar!"

Upon hearing this, the Death Avatar flew over, and the black mist directly broke through the serpentine ivy on the clock tower.

But just as the Death Avatar was about to reach the top of the clock tower, his movements suddenly froze, his entire body dissipated the black mist, and he crashed heavily to the ground.

Seeing the state of the Death Avatar, Gu Xi quickly pointed in that direction.

"Disperse!"

The disbanded Death Avatar disappeared from Gu Xi's sight and returned to the Dragonbone Laboratory, and Gu Xi also learned about the situation of the sacred object in front of him.

He glanced back at Luna.

"Was the petrifying effect present from the beginning, or did it appear later?"

Luna shook her head. She had no memory of this situation. After all, there were hardly any living people in Aryadovi City. As for the Ghoul Shadow, who would care whether they were petrified or not?

But now it's clear that Gu Xi wants to go and check on things himself, and Luna can't guarantee Gu Xi's safety.

"Forget it, I'll do it myself. I'll ride the Evil Coffin and charge over there. I'll have the Heavy Armor Zombie hold Evil Coffin back. If anything goes wrong, just give the order to drag me out."

After saying that, Gu Xi began to prepare. He first made the Evil Coffin circle the bell tower continuously to find the most suitable position to attack.

After the Heavy Armor Zombie arrived, Gu Xi grabbed the iron chain, jumped onto the Evil Coffin, and rushed towards the clock tower in the direction he had chosen earlier.

As the Evil Coffin charged forward, Gu Xi didn't hear any unusual changes in his own body, except that his movements became noticeably slower.

But Gu Xi kept his eyes fixed on the clock tower and showed no intention of stopping.

Just as Gu Xi was about to reach the bell tower, the Evil Coffin stopped.

Gu Xi had already anticipated this possibility. He jumped forward, flicked his hand, and the Skeleton Warhorse that had been unsold appeared.

An iron chain dragged the Evil Coffin outwards, while Gu Xi rode his Skeleton Warhorse into the bell tower.

As soon as Gu Xi entered the clock tower, he heard a voice.

[You have come into contact with a sacred relic, which is now located in your city. Would you like to dismantle the relic or occupy the relic-themed building?]

Hearing this voice, Gu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief and said decisively.

"Occupy!"

With Gu Xi's command, Gu Xi finally understood what was going on.

Luna's memory is correct, but she didn't see some details.

When they were Victoria City Aryadovi City, they did use another sacred object, but they actually took a shortcut.

The relic in Victoria City was a gear from a large clock, so they built a clock tower around it.

In order to build the Aryadovi City, they couldn't find another identical gear.

So they built a clock tower on the spot and put a sacred object inside, but it wasn't a gear; it was the clock hand.

Although both relics represent clocks, their characteristics are completely different.

Therefore, there will be some discrepancies.

Thus, the sacred structure gradually lost control, and the pointer-like sacred object played by itself there.

Gu Xi had just felt as if his body was rusting and he felt petrified, unable to rush in. In fact, it wasn't petrification, but rather that time had been prolonged.

Now that Gu Xi has occupied this place, he has severed the connection with Victoria City, and this sacred object is now under Gu Xi's control.

[Relic - Time Pointer (Level 3): Can be placed in a city, providing corresponding effects based on the building level where the relic is stored.]

[Relic Effect (Level 1): Activating the relic pointer allows a building in the city to quickly produce a week's worth of resources (can be Training Camp or resource building, can be used once a week, and cannot be stacked).]

[Relic Effect (Level 2): Reverses the relic pointer, reverting all soldiers in the city to their combat state one hour prior (can be used once per week, cannot be stacked).]

[Relic Effect (Level 3): Activates the relic pointer, immobilizing those afflicted with certain death or unsolvable effects until the lock is released (can only target one person at a time, cannot be used simultaneously).]

[Clock Tower (Level 3): Auxiliary Building constructed specifically to counter the Relic - Time Pointer. It allows the Relic - Time Pointer function at its full potential and prevents outsiders from entering the Clock Tower and controlling the Relic - Time Pointer.]

[Note 1: The Clock Tower can store two relics. Please place relics of the same or similar attributes.]

[Note 2: Defensive lines may be set up outside the Clock Tower, but please do not damage the Clock Tower's architectural structure.]