The entire tomb was like a huge palace. The five Rock Puppets that had increased their speed searched the surroundings of the tomb for ten minutes, but they had only explored a small area. Just as Lin Yun had expected, there was no reward, nor was there any danger. In the surroundings of the tomb, other than the buildings of the 3rd Dynasty, there was nothing else worth paying attention to.
After drinking another bottle of Magic Spring Potion, Lin Yun estimated the time it would take to summon the Rock Puppets. They could probably last for another two to three minutes. Lin Yun thought for a moment, and decided to stop the Magus Vision and personally enter the tomb to take a look. After the exploration of the Rock Puppets, he could already confirm that there shouldn't be any danger at the other end of the passage …
However, at this moment, the field of view of one of the Rock Puppets suddenly changed.
"What's going on!" The Rock Puppet's field of view changed very suddenly. A moment ago, it was a spacious and lonely building, but a moment later, it had turned into a garden. At a glance, it was a scene of lush greenery, birdsong, and fragrant flowers.
Lin Yun immediately furrowed his brows …
Lin Yun had never relaxed his focus on the vision of the five Rock Puppets, but even Lin Yun could not see what had happened in that instant. Why did the scene in front of him suddenly change in the blink of an eye?
Could it be that he had triggered some sort of spatial trap?
That didn't seem very likely. If it really was a spatial trap, then the moment it was triggered, the surrounding space would definitely distort. No matter how slight the distortion was, Lin Yun was confident that it would not be able to escape his eyes.
But if it wasn't a spatial trap, then what was it? Such a huge Rock Puppet had changed its location right under his nose, and it had even changed to such a strange place …
It had to be known that the entire underground tomb was enveloped by the power of the Prince's Bloodline Curse. Just a trace of it that had leaked out from the passage had almost caused a Great Wizard like Lin Yun to hallucinate. Now that the Rock Puppets were in the underground tomb, the power of the Bloodline Curse was more than ten times stronger than the trace that had leaked out …
Under the influence of such a large amount of death energy, how could there be a lush garden?
Wait, death energy …
An era suddenly flashed through Lin Yun's mind. Could this place be the legendary Death Garden?
The name Death Garden was something that Lin Yun had seen in the notes of a necromancer. This necromancer's name was Sandro, and he was one of the three terrifying existences that had conquered the Death Plane during the peak of the magic civilization. During that era, very few people dared to call him by his name. Almost everyone would refer to him as the Undead Monarch.
In the notes of this Undead Monarch, he had mentioned that when he was young, he had accidentally entered a Death Garden, and from then on, embarked on the path of a Necromancer. Unfortunately, this Undead Monarch did not describe the Death Garden in detail. He only mentioned in his notes that the Death Garden was a treasury left for the living by the dead, and that it was filled with endless opportunities and dangers …
It couldn't be helped. The notes left behind by the Undead Monarch were mostly about his own research on necromancy. There were only a few sentences about the Death Garden.
But later on, the notes fell into the hands of other wizards. After changing hands a few times, it was finally placed in the spacious and decaying library before its mana was exhausted. When Lin Yun saw it, the notes were already filled with the insights and comments left behind by many wizards.
Among them were speculations about the Death Garden.
There were a few wizards from different eras who thought that the Death Garden should have been created by a large amount of death energy, and was in between reality and illusion. It could be said to be a real existence, but it could also be said to be an illusion. Not only were there all kinds of dangers, there were also all kinds of precious resources.
When Lin Yun had first read the notes, he had actually been curious. After reading it, he didn't really take it to heart.
But now, the sudden change in the Rock Puppet's field of view made Lin Yun recall the notes.
If that place really was the Death Garden …
Thinking of this, Lin Yun hurriedly looked at the Rock Puppet's field of view. But just as his eyes moved, his expression suddenly froze, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Because Lin Yun discovered that he had lost contact with all the Rock Puppets.
Not just the one that entered the Death Garden, but all the Rock Puppets.
After thinking for a bit, Lin Yun knew that it was because the summoning time had already passed.
It seemed that if he wanted to investigate the Death Garden, he would have to go down and take a look himself.
Fortunately, after the five Rock Puppets split up to explore, Lin Yun was almost certain that there shouldn't be any dangers in the surroundings of the tomb. The only thing he needed to pay attention to was the Death Garden. But that kind of evil place that was in between reality and illusion couldn't be measured with common sense. As for what was going on, he would have to personally go down and take a look.
After making up his mind, Lin Yun chanted a few incantations in a low voice, and the light of Haste and Levitation flashed. But this time, Lin Yun didn't directly jump into the passage, and instead used a small amount of mana to cast a Vine spell at the entrance of the passage. A low tier spell like the Vine spell actually didn't have much fighting power. It could only be used in a few situations, like when the 9th Rank Mage of the Viper Nest had used it to pull Fario out of the swamp.
This Vine spell that Lin Yun had set up had more or less the same goal, but the person he wanted to pull out was Lin Yun himself.
If he met any danger down there, Lin Yun would only need to give an order, and the Vine at the entrance of the passage would extend into the tomb and easily pull Lin Yun out of danger.
After doing all this, Lin Yun lightly jumped and used the levitation effect of Levitation to lightly land on the ground outside the tomb.
Just as his feet touched the ground, Lin Yun felt that the power of the Bloodline Curse far surpassed the wisp of power that had leaked out earlier. Just as Lin Yun landed, the power of the Bloodline Curse attacked him, and a strange scene appeared before his eyes. Several dozen women wearing white clothes were laughing strangely beside Lin Yun.
The ground under his feet seemed to have become soft, as if he was stepping on a swamp. But when he looked down, he saw blood and severed limbs everywhere, as if he was standing in a hell of flesh and blood. Lin Yun wanted to struggle, but those several dozen women wearing white clothes were laughing strangely in Lin Yun's ears while extending their hands to drag Lin Yun into the depths of that hell of flesh and blood.
"Get lost!" Lin Yun coldly snorted. His right hand changed, and he released a Mind Defense that he had prepared for a long time. In an instant, silver ripples spread out, and wherever the silver ripples passed, whether it was the white-clothed women or the hell of flesh and blood, everything disappeared without a trace.
"The power of the Bloodline Curse really is strange …" Lin Yun wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. Although he knew that it was all an illusion, that frightening and eerie scene still made Lin Yun feel some lingering fear.
This kind of illusion that directly targeted the mind was the most dangerous in itself. If there was even the slightest mistake, the mind would sink into the illusion and become a walking corpse, forever unable to escape the power of the Bloodline Curse.
Although he had a Mind Defense, Lin Yun still didn't dare to stay in this kind of evil place for long. Relying on the astonishing speed brought by Haste, Lin Yun only took a few minutes to pass through a large area of 3rd Dynasty style buildings and quickly found the place where the Rock Puppet's vision changed.
"That's right, it's here."
From Lin Yun's current position, he could clearly see that there was a long corridor in front of him. On both sides of the corridor were thick stone walls, and on the stone walls were dim oil lamps. There was no cold wind blowing through the corridor, and even the air seemed to be frozen. However, the dim oil lamps were constantly flickering, as if something was constantly stirring them …
Under the oil lamps, Lin Yun's shadow was very long. As the oil lamps flickered, his long shadow kept swaying. Lin Yun took a deep breath and slowly walked forward. Lin Yun clearly remembered that the place where the Rock Puppet's vision changed was at the end of this corridor.
There was an oil painting at the end of the corridor, and on the painting was a woman wearing gorgeous clothes.
For some unknown reason, Lin Yun felt that the woman's eyes were always staring at him, and there was a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, as if she wanted to say something to him.
This feeling made Lin Yun inwardly raise his vigilance.
Although Lin Yun didn't stop walking, the Magic Array within his body was already revolving. Five incantations and four metamagics were all ready to be used at any time.
Fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters …
Lin Yun was getting closer and closer to the end of the corridor.
Just as Lin Yun entered the ten meter range, the oil lamps suddenly extinguished, and in a flash, the entire corridor became pitch-black. At the same time, a burst of shrill and ear-piercing laughter came from the front. Lin Yun didn't have time to think as an Ice Wall appeared with a rumble.
At the same time, the Magic Array within his body burst out and a huge mana fluctuation instantly covered the entire corridor.
A Firestorm was cast. This was the only Great Mage spell Lin Yun had fused with his Magic Array, and it could be said to be the strongest spell Lin Yun could use at the moment.
Under the extreme heat, even the air seemed to be burning.
With the help of the dazzling flames, Lin Yun could clearly see that the one attacking him was a lock of long red hair that had pierced deep into the Ice Wall. As for the woman in the oil painting, she was actually walking down from the painting.
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