The dead silence in Skeleton Corridor was broken, but was quickly replaced by a deeper solemnity. The awakening of War God O'Brien and High Priestess Catherine meant that the long rest period was officially over.
The eyes of the three people finally fell on the Bone Gate door that was blocked by countless huge, curved ribs. Behind the door was Fourteenth Floor, where the central Godhead, artifacts or treasures were stored. It was also the most dangerous area that Lowgod strong people could reach.
"Let's go." Dylan spoke first, his voice was cold and hard, but the flame known as ambition burned in his narrow eyes. The middle position Godhead, for a mythical beast like him, the attraction is self-evident.
Cesar rubbed his hands, the usual laughter on his face subsided a little, and his eyes were sharp. "Find wealth in danger, do it!"
Lin Qin didn't speak, but just took a step forward. The aura around his body was condensed, like roots taking root under his feet, vaguely connected to this land of bones. After nearly nine years of sitting and polishing, the fused power was flowing endlessly in the body, and it was in urgent need of a real battle to verify its edge.
The three of them no longer hesitated and walked side by side towards Bone Gate.
As you get closer, you can feel the weirdness of this Bone Gate even more. The ribs that form the portal are not dead objects. The surface is flowing with a grey-white, grease-like luster, squirming slightly, exuding an icy chill that absorbs the soul. Where the ribs intersect, countless small gaps are formed, which are black and bottomless.
"How to open it?" Cesar frowned.
Lin Qin stretched out his hand, his fingertips lingering around the fused khaki divine power, and gently touched a rib.
Buzz-
The moment the fingertips touched, the ribs glowed with gray light, and a cold, dead, and strongly repulsive energy suddenly came back. The divine power of Lin Qin's fingertips vibrated slightly, easily dispelling the counterattack force, but he could feel that Bone Gate itself contained a strange power of law, which could not be broken by brute force.
"Need a specific energy to activate, or a key?" Dylan also tried it, and his Destruction Divine Power aroused a more violent reaction, but Bone Gate still failed to Immovable.
Lin Qin glanced at the small gaps on Bone Gate, and tried to penetrate with his spiritual consciousness, but was swallowed up by a sticky darkness like a mud cow entering the sea. He pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered several special items he had found from the remains of the mythical beast skeletons when he was cleaning up the Thirteenth Floor skeleton.
With a thought in his mind, the Crystal Bone Spike containing Wind Elemental Profound Mysteries and the piece of Black Iron Lizard Skull Fragment eroded by death appeared in his hands. Both of these two things were stained with the unique aura of Thirteenth Floor Guardian.
He tried to bring Crystal Bone Spike close to a large gap on Bone Gate.
"Ka--Ka Ka--"
There was a tooth-aching sound of bone friction, and several ribs around the gap slowly shrank inward, revealing a slightly larger hole. There was a faint smell of breeze flowing inside the hole.
"It really works!" Cesar's eyes lit up.
Dylan immediately took out the pair of Ghostly Bone Claws he had obtained and approached another gap, which also caused local bone displacement.
Seeing this, Lin Qin pressed the Black Iron skull fragment in his hand against a gap. The three "tokens" from Thirteenth Floor's guard core acted at the same time, and the entire huge rib Bone Gate shook violently. The gray-white light flickered on and off. The huge ribs began to slowly and difficultly shrink to the sides and slide open, revealing a deep passage that could only allow two people to pass side by side.
A stream of Gale Wind, which was far older and more vast than Thirteenth Floor, and mixed with the aura of various violent and chaotic laws, blew out from the passage. Wherever Gale Wind passed, a layer of the hard bones on the ground was scraped off, making a harsh sound.
"What a chaotic energy!" Cesar's face changed slightly, and a layer of Shadow Shield appeared on the surface of his body, deflecting Gale Wind away.
The gray air flowed around Dylan, isolating Gale Wind from the outside. Lin Qin's body surface glowed with an earthy yellow halo, and the chaotic Gale Wind blew on it, but was smoothed and absorbed by an invisible and heavy force, unable to shake him in the slightest.
The three of them looked at each other, no longer hesitated, and entered the passage one after another.
The moment I walked through the passage, the dizzy feeling of spatial transformation hit me again, but this time it was also mixed with a strong sense of weightlessness and disorientation.
After they were able to stand firm and see the scene in front of them clearly, even with the ambition of the three of them, their pupils could not help but shrink.
This is no longer a closed tomb or corridor, but a piece of broken void!
They seemed to be standing on the edge of a huge "Island" floating in the endless dark void. The "ground" of "Island" under their feet was a dark, mottled, strange material that seemed to be a mixture of metal and rock, with uneven pits. Extending to the end of the line of sight, it is estimated to be at least hundreds of miles in radius. And beyond "Island" is the pure darkness that swallows all light, as well as the chaotic energy flow that occasionally flashes in the darkness and drags a long trail - those are broken space cracks and violent void energy!
There is no sky above the head, only deeper darkness, and a few extremely distant and eternal weak starlights (perhaps projections of other broken planes). The entire space is extremely dim, relying entirely on the faint fluorescent light emitted from certain areas of "Island" itself, and the instantaneous illumination brought by the energy flows across the void.
The air was filled with extremely chaotic elemental fluctuations. Earth, fire, water, wind, light, darkness, thunder and lightning - energy of various attributes intertwined, collided and annihilated like boiling water, forming an invisible energy swamp, which greatly interfered with the operation of divine power and the exploration of divine consciousness. Lin Qin felt that his divine consciousness was compressed to less than a hundred meters here, and the feedback information was full of distortion and noise.
What is even more frightening is that the laws of this space seem to be broken and chaotic. The direction of gravity is not constant, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and even weird anti-gravity or multiple gravity sources will appear in some areas. The space structure is fragile, and large objects can be seen in the distance from time to time. Pieces of "ground" collapsed and were swallowed by the dark void, or there were huge metal or rock debris that came from nowhere, falling from the void like meteorites, creating huge potholes and smoke and dust in the sky on "Island".
"This is----Fourteenth Floor?" Cesar clicked his tongue, "This damn place looks like a smashed plane fragment!"
Dylan glanced around with solemn eyes. "Be careful, the environment here itself is the biggest danger. Those space cracks and void energy flow will cause trouble at all."
Lin Qin silently felt the weak Pulsation coming from "Island" under his feet. This "Island" itself seemed to contain some kind of law, which was relatively stable and was their only foothold. He tried to induce Earth Divine Power and found that although he was greatly disturbed, the connection with the "ground" under his feet was not completely severed, but became much more difficult and slow.
"Explore this land first." Lin Qin spoke, his voice appearing particularly calm against the chaotic energy background, "The treasure or entrance should be in this area."
The three of them did not disperse, maintained a triangular formation, and began to carefully explore the broken "Island". Every step must be done with caution, because the ground is not always solid, and some seemingly normal places may collapse in the next moment, revealing the dark void below that swallows everything.
After traveling for about ten miles, apart from the broken landscape and the occasional "meteorite" debris falling from the sky, no living creatures or obvious traces of buildings were found.
"Is this Fourteenth Floor just an empty ruin?" Cesar frowned.
Before he finished speaking, a few hundred meters ahead, a relatively flat, dark "ground" suddenly began to fluctuate like water.
"Retreat!" Lin Qin shouted.
The three of them immediately flew back.
I saw that the undulating ground rose rapidly, and the soil and rocks mixed with strange metallic substances surged upwards and condensed. In the blink of an eye, a huge thing with a height of more than thirty meters was formed, with the whole body shining with a dull metallic luster.
The thing had an outline similar to that of a human, but its head was in the shape of an inverted triangular cone. It had no facial features and only had three crimson light spots arranged in a triangle shape, like eyes. Its body was made up of countless sharp-edged metal blocks and dark rocks, with red liquid like lava flowing in the gaps. Like energy veins. The arms are extremely long, hanging down to the knees. The ends are not palms, but two giant metal drills that are constantly rotating and covered with sharp teeth. The lower body is connected to the earth, as if it grew out of "Island" itself.
A heavy, hot, terrifying pressure with Destruction and the breath of the earth emanates from this Metal Rock Giant. Its energy level has reached the peak of Lowgod, and it is extremely solid!
"Guardian!" Dylan looked sharply.
The three dark red light spots on the "head" of Metal Rock Giant locked onto the three of them. It didn't make any sound, but just raised its right arm. The high-speed rotating metal drill suddenly lit up with a dazzling red light, and with a scream that sounded like Sky Splitter was torn apart, it was a blow from the air!
An extremely condensed crimson drill-shaped energy impact instantly spanned a distance of hundreds of meters and blasted towards the leader Dylan! Wherever it passed, the chaotic air was stirred up into a vacuum channel, and the ground below was dug into deep ravines by the escaped energy.
Dylan snorted angrily, not daring to neglect, and thrust out both claws, Destruction's fierce gray air flow entangled it, grabbing hard at the red drill energy.
"Boom!!"
A violent explosion sounded, and the gray gas and red energy were wildly offset and annihilated. Dylan's body swayed and he actually slid back half a step, leaving a shallow white mark on the gray scales at the tip of his claws!
"What a strong penetrating power!" Dylan was secretly shocked.
Before he could take a breath, the drill on Metal Rock Giant's left arm also lit up. This time, it did not attack from a distance. Instead, its entire huge body suddenly leaned forward, and its lower body connected to the earth suddenly lengthened, ejecting its huge body like a spring. The speed was astonishingly fast, and the drill on its left arm tore apart Sky Splitter was so angry that it pierced Cesar on the flank! At the same time, the three crimson light spots on its "head" suddenly shot out three red rays as thin as hair, but with terrifyingly high temperatures, and shot towards Lin Qin in a glyph shape, sealing off the space for him to dodge.
This Guardian actually knows how to cooperate and use tactics to attack three people at the same time!
Cesar cursed secretly, and his figure instantly split into seven or eight. His true body narrowly avoided the fatal drill thorn like a swimming fish, but the terrifying wind pressure and fiery energy brought by the drill still made his blood boil.
Facing the three red rays, Lin Qin's eyes narrowed slightly. He could feel that the rays were not only extremely hot, but also contained a terrifyingly condensed power of "Point-Break", which was similar to his Mysteries of Power, but more extreme and had fiery properties.
He did not dodge - under the opponent's calculated attack, forcefully dodge would be passive. He simply raised his right hand, with his fingers spread out and his palm facing forward.
A layer of extremely solid earth-yellow light shield instantly formed in front of the palm. The surface of the light shield was not as smooth as a mirror, but was covered with countless high-frequency oscillating ripples that were extremely fine and seemed to follow some mysterious law.
"Tsk tsk tsk!"
Three red rays accurately hit the same point in the center of the light shield!
The expected violent explosion or penetration did not happen. The red ray that was enough to penetrate the defense of ordinary Lowgod, at the moment it came into contact with Vibrating Light Shield, its highly condensed energy structure was quickly disintegrated and dispersed by the ubiquitous, layered high-frequency vibration! The blazing high temperature was also absorbed and calmed by the thick and steady power of the earth.
The light shield flickered violently and ripples spread, but it finally caught the blow steadily! Lin Qin's figure did not move at all.
"What?" Dylan and Cesar, who had been distractedly paying attention to the battle situation, were shocked. They asked themselves, facing these three rays, they would never be able to make such an understatement and hard-on approach!
The Metal Rock Giant seemed to be "stupefied" for a moment, with three dark red light spots flashing rapidly. But it kept attacking, and the drill on its right arm lit up again. This time, the rotation speed of the drill suddenly increased sharply, and the scream almost tore the eardrums. The red light was condensed to the point of turning black, and an even more terrifying artistic conception, as if it could penetrate the world's barrier, locked onto Lin Qin!
Obviously, it regards Lin Qin as the most threatening target.
"Well done!" A sharp light flashed in Lin Qin's eyes. After nearly nine years of hard work and fusion, we just need a hard enough whetstone!
He no longer defended passively, and stepped hard! There was a dull echo from the strange earth under his feet, and a majestic and heavy force rushed up, resonating with Fused Divine Power inside his body.
His whole body was like a cannonball, not retreating but advancing, facing the terrifying drill that was ready to go! As he charged forward, his right fist slowly closed at his waist, and above the fist edge, the khaki light was restrained to the extreme, as if all the heaviness, all the vibrations, and all the power were compressed to that point, and the air around the fist made a crackling sound because it could not withstand the invisible pressure.
Metal Rock Giant finished accumulating his momentum, and his right arm carried the almost black drill energy, like a giant spear piercing the sky, and blasted out!
Lin Qin's fist also shot out straight and without any fancy at the same time!
The edge of the fist versus the tip of the drill!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
The next moment-
"Buzz!!!!!"
An indescribable deep roar, as if the underlying structure of the world was being shaken! There was no dazzling explosion flame, only twisted, black and white space ripples that suddenly spread out with the intersection point of the fist and diamond as the center! Wherever the ripples passed, the ground silently turned into powder, forming a huge hemispherical pit!
"Crack--Crack--"
A heart-wrenching sound of shattering metal and stone resounded. A tiny crack appeared from the very tip of the indestructible metal drill bit, which contained terrifying penetration and fiery power. The crack spread rapidly and expanded, covering the entire drill bit in an instant, and then collapsed! The trend of collapse spread upward along the giant's right arm, and the metal rock blocks on the arm exploded one after another, and the red energy veins were extinguished and broken!
The three dark red light spots on the giant's "head" flashed crazily, emitting a sharp, silent Soul Scream. The huge body trembled violently, trying to retreat, and the lower body connected to the earth squirmed crazily, trying to draw strength to repair.
But how could Lin Qin give it a chance?
With one punch, he is unstoppable!
After his fist smashed the drill bit, it did not lose any strength at all. It carried that terrifying power that combined shock and extreme penetration, and it was stamped hard on the center of Metal Rock Giant's inverted triangular cone-shaped head!
"Boom!!!"
Like a giant hammer beating a divine drum!
The giant's entire head, together with the three crimson light spots within it, was directly shaken into the tiniest particles from the inside by the internal and external Destruction sexual power contained in this punch! The aftermath of the terrifying power penetrated through the body, causing its huge body to be covered with cracks, and the red energy was completely extinguished.
"Boom!"
Metal Rock Giant, which was more than thirty meters high, was completely stiff and then collapsed, turning into a pile of metal and rock fragments that had lost all their luster and were scattered in the deep pit.
The dust fell slowly.
Dylan and Cesar stood not far away, looking at the pile of ruins, and then at Lin Qin who slowly retracted his fists and the aura around him quickly returned to calm. They were speechless for a moment.
Especially Dylan. He had just fought against Guardian, and he was well aware of the terrifying penetrating power of its drill attack. Although he could resist it, he would never dare to challenge it. But Lin Qin not only attacked it head-on, but also completely defeated it with one punch! This kind of power----
Cesar's throat moved, and he laughed dryly, "Lin Qin Brother----your fist can kill a mythical beast directly now, right?"
Lin Qin did not respond. His gaze fell on the center of the pile of ruins. There was a dark golden light there, which was particularly eye-catching in the dim environment.
He stepped forward, pushed aside the broken pieces, and picked up the light.
It was a dark golden crystal about the size of a fist, with an irregular shape. The crystal was warm to the touch and unusually heavy. There seemed to be liquid flames flowing slowly inside, containing the pure and violent dual energy of the earth and Fire Element. There was also a strong "penetrating" and "crushing" law concept lingering in it.
"Is this----Godhead? No, it has no soul." Dylan came over and felt it carefully, "Is this a kind of puppet?"
"The energy intensity far exceeds that of ordinary Lowgod Artifact." Lin Qin felt the fluctuations in the crystal and made a judgment. This may not be a complete Midgod Artifact, but it is definitely an extremely precious treasure that contains powerful laws. Its value may not be lower than that of ordinary Midgod Artifact.
He put away the crystal and looked deeper into "Island". Defeating a Guardian was such a reward, and this Fourteenth Floor was indeed not in vain.
"Continue." Lin Qin spoke concisely and to the point.
Dylan and Cesar looked at each other and saw the heat in each other's eyes.