Zong Shen stood at the end of the mural corridor, where the final mural depicting the completion of the seal emitted a faint white glow before him.
Golden light and purple-black mist intertwined within the mural, preserving that tragic moment from an ancient age.
He extended a finger and gently touched the mural's surface.
The stone wall was quite cold, yet he could feel a faint pulse of energy beneath his fingertips.
It was the lingering protective will of the orc chieftain.
Even after the passage of countless years, that will had not fully dissipated.
"So, the core seal is at the end of this corridor, or deeper within."
Zong Shen withdrew his hand and looked ahead down the corridor.
The stone steps flattened into a straight passage here, stretching into deeper darkness.
The glowing stones embedded in the walls on either side were spaced farther apart, leaving the passage dimly lit, though still bright enough to see the way.
The air was filled with the scent of ancient stone and dry dust, utterly different from the cloying, rotten nightmare aura in the courtyard above.
This truly was an unpolluted sanctuary.
He stepped forward.
His footsteps echoed through the silent corridor, carrying far, far into the distance.
After walking roughly a hundred meters, he finally came upon a tightly shut stone door.
The door was thick and heavy, its surface devoid of decoration save for a recessed groove at its center.
It was shaped like the outline of a battleaxe blade.
Zong Shen walked up to the door and pushed against it, but it did not budge in the slightest.
He tried channeling the Power of Chaos into it. Faint golden patterns surfaced across the stone door, resisting the intrusion of external force.
[Discovered: Royal Sacrifice Core Seal Entrance]
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