The "bone prison" spell was the most powerful one among all the control spells the priests had. It also consumed the most death qi.
The reason why Priest Big Horn didn't keep attacking was that the 2 bone spears did not do much damage to the transparent monster. At least, he didn't see any damage.
Therefore, after casting the "bone prison," he sped up towards the entrance of the ruin. He was no longer as excited as he was when he saw the "aging" curse on the transparent monster.
The sturdy "bone prison" was like a cage around the transparent monster. Priest Big Horn did not look back as he ran, but he heard a loud noise followed by the familiar sound of bones breaking.
He knew that it was the sound of the 'bone prison' breaking. How long had it been? It hadn't even lasted for a second before the 'bone prison' spell was broken.
Half-elf Leon had already reached the center of the lake. He did not hesitate and directly jumped in. It didn't look like anything special, but when he jumped in, a whirlpool appeared and sucked him in.
"Wizard Abel, pay attention to the point you jump in. Don't make a mistake!" Barbarian Ruin yelled. He also roared and jumped into the whirlpool.
Abel was a little hesitant, but he soon decided to jump in as well. Half-elf Leon and Barbarian Ruin both jumped in, which meant the entrance was not dangerous.
Also, he couldn't wait for Priest Big Horn to go in first. He didn't trust Priest Big Horn completely.
In a flash of white light, he flashed to the center of the lake. A whirlpool appeared under his feet, and he felt a strong suction force. His body couldn't help but be sucked in.
As he was sucked in, he couldn't help but sigh. It was hard to imagine how the owner of this ancient ruin could use magic circles. He could even set up such a strange teleportation circle on the surface of the water.
When he reappeared, he was already in a giant space.
It was like a giant colosseum. Half-elf Leon and Barbarian Ruin were right next to him. The 3 of them were standing in the center of a giant oval space.
Abel didn't know if it was a magic circle or some other method, but he saw a star map above him. Countless little stars filled up the entire space.
Although the light of a single star was not strong, when these stars gathered together, they illuminated the entire space.
Inside the colosseum, the ground around Abel was flat, and he couldn't see anything. The ground was very hard, and he felt that it should be made of the hardest stone.
Around the oval square were seats. In his opinion, this place was used for performances, and those seats were the spectator stands.
However, there were no signs of life on the spectator stands. He stood in the performance area, not knowing what would happen next.
However, Abel noticed a flight of stairs in the middle of the grandstand. It was the only flight of stairs in the entire oval grandstand, and it led to a building above the grandstand.
This building was not as crude as the surrounding stands. It was also made of stone, but the surface of the stone was engraved with various patterns.
Half-elf Leon pointed at the stone under his feet, "Wizard Abel, the training beast will appear in a minute. We need to defeat it to get the reward. If we can't, you must pay attention to this!"
Abel saw a small magic circle on the ground. It was small, but the structure was very complicated. Since he didn't know much about magic circles, he wouldn't be able to figure it out.
Half-elf Leon continued to explain, "This is an evacuation circle. If you can't defeat the training beast, you just need to activate it with your power of the will, and you will be thrown out of the ruins!"
"According to our guess, this place should be a colosseum. The passage we entered was a passage for the colosseum. Maybe someone sent the colosseum in from the outside and built a magic circle that leads to the passage," Barbarian Ruin added.
Abel asked in confusion, "Why isn't Priest Big Horn here yet?"
When they came in, Priest Big Horn was already not far from the entrance.
Just when Abel was about to ask, Priest Big Horn appeared in front of them. He was not in a good mood.
Priest Big Horn didn't seem to be in a good mood. Just as he was about to enter, the transparent monster suddenly sped up and almost hit him. If he didn't have an iron monster in front of him, he wouldn't have been able to enter at all.
Even so, the fragments of the metallic stone monster still managed to deal some damage to him. His priest robe was also damaged.
If the clay golem and skeletons were consumable summons, then the steel golem was a very precious summon.
Because each deity could only summon one 'iron stone monster', in order to ensure that the monster was strong enough, each deity would buy the strongest steel weapon as a summoning material.
On the other hand, Priest Big Horn's iron monster was summoned using the best weapon he could find, which cost him 1000 intermediate gems.
However, such an expensive iron monster was destroyed by the transparent monster in one hit. While he was sad about the 1000 intermediate gemstones, he also had a better understanding of the attack power of the transparent monster.
If he had known that the transparent monster had such a strong attack power, it would be hard to say if he would still have dared to explore this ruin.
Barbarian Ruin lowered his voice, "Wizard Abel, 7 of us came last time, and only 3 of us left. You must be careful."
He wanted to say this for a long time, but Priest Big Horn didn't allow him to. Before this, he had signed a confidentiality contract with Priest Big Horn. Unless he entered the ruin, he couldn't say anything about the entrance or the ruin.
This was why Priest Giant Horn was the one who answered all the questions he asked along the way.
Abel's face darkened. Only 3 of his 7 companions made it out alive. That meant this place was very dangerous.
When Priest Big Horn invited him, he didn't say it was going to be this dangerous. Priest Big Horn lied to him, and he could tell that both Barbarian Ruin and half-elf Leon didn't tell him about this place in advance for some reason.
Abel didn't know. He was a newbie adventurer. He didn't know that every adventurer team in the Central Continent had to sign an adventure contract. This kind of contract dictated what both parties would do during the adventure.
Abel was afraid of hurting each other during the adventure. If he had signed the contract, this wouldn't have happened.
Half-elf Leon saw Abel's expression and quickly explained, "Wizard Abel, the danger doesn't come from here. We didn't beat the trial beast last time, so we chose to leave. When we left, an unknown creature attacked us, and that's why we lost 4 of our companions. Now that I think about it, it must be that transparent monster outside!"
They learned their lesson from last time, so they brought enough 'move in a flash' scrolls this time. As long as they used them to speed up their escape, they wouldn't be attacked again.
Abel lowered his voice, "Are you sure that transparent monster didn't enter the ruin?"
Abel's words shocked everyone. They immediately looked around, but they didn't find anything. However, the atmosphere became tense at that moment.
Abel asked again, "Can we go to the stands around here?"
Half-elf Leon lowered his voice, "No, we tried. There is a layer of protection between here and the stands. It's very strong. Last time, all of us attacked together, but it didn't affect it at all."
"Commander spirit, is there a spirit similar to you here?" Instead, he connected his power of the Will to his headmaster identity card and asked the battle command spirit.
The commander spirit replied, "Headmaster, this is the colosseum. The spirits here are not very intelligent. They are just normal spirits!"
"You know about this colosseum? What danger is there?" Abel's eyes began to sparkle. He didn't expect the commander spirit to know about this place.
The commander spirit explained, "Headmaster, the colosseum is a place to settle disputes. When 2 powerful beings have a conflict, a battle between them could destroy a large area. Therefore, they would choose to fight here with their fighting beasts and decide the winner. There will be a large number of spectators during the fight, and the colosseum will profit from the spectators betting on who wins!"
Abel couldn't help but shake his head. No matter what era it was, gambling would always exist.
The commander spirit continued, "The danger here mainly comes from the guardian creatures here. They are the ones protecting this place from being invaded!"
Abel asked again, "Commander spirit, if there is no fighting beast, what will happen if we appear in the middle of the colosseum?"
The commander spirit replied, "Only by defeating the trial beast can you get the reward you deserve and leave safely. If you don't, you will be hunted down by the guardian creatures!"
Abel finally understood why Priest Big Horn and the others were hunted down by the guardian creatures last time. It was because they failed the trial.
He felt relieved. After knowing everything about this place, he no longer had any fear of the unknown.
He also guessed that something must have happened to the guardian creatures here. Maybe their power had decreased after a long time. Otherwise, there was no way they would let Priest Big Horn and the others escape.
As Abel was thinking, an ear-piercing grinding sound emerged.
The priest yelled, "It's about to start, Wizard Abel. You should summon Johnson!"
The reason he brought Abel here was because Abel had Johnson, which was very powerful in both defense and attack.
Abel nodded and slapped his chest. A giant black hole emerged, and Johnson walked out. As soon as it came out, Johnson bowed to him.
"Johnson, get ready to fight!" Abel lowered his voice.
Johnson immediately changed its body and got into a fighting stance.
The noise under the ground got louder and louder. Afterward, the stone ground began to move, and 4 holes appeared in the 4 corners of the colosseum.
Then, one by one, huge puppet beasts appeared from the cave. Perhaps only puppet beasts could still fight after such a long time.
Finally, Abel counted. There were 20 puppets that were 6 meters tall. They were all made of steel. No wonder they couldn't beat them last time.
According to his estimation, these puppets were much stronger than the puppets of the Dwarf Race. He also saw a large number of runes on the puppets. These runes weren't just decorative runes, they were runes of various arrays.
"Let's fight!" Priest Big Horn yelled and took out a pile of beast corpses. He then summoned 8 skeletons and a mud monster from the ground.
Half-elf Leon summoned the Oak Sage as well. He then summoned a mad wolf, but it wasn't meant to fight. It was just his mount.
Barbarian Ruin saw that his companions were ready, so he let out a roar and added a "roar" and a "battle mode" to everyone.
"Wizard Abel, our spells can only support attacks. We can't do any direct damage to these trial beasts. We'll have to rely on Johnson!" Priest Big Horn lowered his voice.
Abel was starting to feel disgusted with Priest Big Horn. He was the only one who made it here safely, but Priest Big Horn never told him anything important until now.
Maybe it was a mistake to go on an adventure with Priest Big Horn. Abel thought about the deal he made with Priest Big Horn. They would get the spoils according to their contribution, so he decided that he would not give any leeway when it came to distributing the spoils.
However, he knew from the commander spirit that this was just a colosseum. Other than the puppet beasts, there was nothing good left.
The 20 puppets began to move towards Abel and the others. At first, they were a little slow, but soon, they were even faster than normal spiritual beasts.
"You guys take care of yourselves!" Abel's voice was a little cold. His body disappeared from the spot and reappeared on Johnson's shoulder.
"Big Horn, you should've told Wizard Abel about the situation here. We'll lose him if you do that!" Half-elf Leon lowered his voice.
Barbarian Ruin, on the other hand, was silent. He had decided that he would leave Priest Big Horn and his team as soon as this adventure was over. What Priest Big Horn did was against his nature.
"If we tell him the truth, do you think he'll help us?" Priest Big Horn laughed coldly.
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