The cemetery of death was the legendary holy land of necromancers, and also the extravagant hope of everyone on this trip to the Dark Forest. Han Shuo surveyed his surroundings and connected the dots to Fanny's description from before. He was already certain that this place was the cemetery of death that had been transported.
No wonder Han Shuo had felt a vague sense of familiarity when he was here just now. This was all because Han Shuo had also trained in necromancy magic. There were strong magical pulses of the air of death in this area, as well as the scent of bones that had been transformed. These were all things that Han Shuo was extremely familiar with.
Han Shuo furrowed his brow as he stared closely at the entire area. He thought to himself that those who had seen the cemetery of death in the legends would all die in the end. Now that he was standing here, should he go in or not?
The cemetery of death had been a place where powerful necromancers had researched necromancy magic during their golden age. Afterwards, these mages had all died, and the cemetery of death had also disappeared without a trace.
However, since this cemetery of death had once been a place where necromancers had researched, there must be some secrets of necromancy magic here. This was an enormous temptation for a rookie like Han Shuo who had just entered the halls of magic. Han Shuo had no choice but to seriously consider whether or not he needed to take the risk.
After a while, Han Shuo's expression was resolute as he started to walk over the eerie white bones towards the cemetery of death. After Han Shuo had walked a few steps and entered the depths of the area, the dark green ball that had been suspended high in the air suddenly fell back into the jade box. The green light in the entire area instantly disappeared without a trace.
Han Shuo started and looked around in shock. He discovered that the scene in the surrounding area that Han Shuo's eyes were looking at had once again changed, returning to the scene that he had seen when he had first arrived. However, the surrounding area of the cemetery of death, all the way to the soles of Han Shuo's feet, was still a gloomy scene of death.
Looking at the round ball in his hand, Han Shuo understood that this ball was definitely a crucial item in the cemetery of death. It seemed to have the ability to open the cemetery of death. The entire Cemetery of Death seemed to be shrouded in a concealment barrier. If one looked at this area from the outside, they wouldn't be able to detect anything strange or peculiar. It wouldn't be able to attract anyone's attention.
However, with this sphere, the true side of the Cemetery of Death could be revealed, and the entire Cemetery of Death would be shrouded in the desolate silence of reality.
The eerie white bones beneath his feet creaked as he walked. The sudden appearance of this kind of sound in the deathly stillness of the surroundings made Han Shuo's hair stand on end. It was a good thing that Han Shuo's magical arts had just broken through to the "solid" realm. Only then did he have the courage to walk towards the cemetery of death without any hesitation.
After a while, Han Shuo finally stood in front of the Cemetery of Death. He saw that there was a ring-shaped ravine in front of the door, with ink-black water flowing in it. A small bridge made of black threads and white bones stood alone on top of the ravine.
Without hesitation, Han Shuo clutched the jade box with the round ball in his hand and treaded on the bone bridge, slowly walking towards the entrance of the Cemetery of Death. The bone bridge was swaying, causing Han Shuo's body to become a bit unsteady. He didn't know what was in the ravine below, but Han Shuo felt his hair stand on end when he saw it. He kept feeling that the ink-black water in the ravine was very dangerous.
When Han Shuo walked onto the bone bridge, the round ball in the jade box started to emit a strange green light again. This seemed to be some kind of miraculous medicine that could calm the swaying. After the green light emitted from the round ball, the originally swaying bone bridge strangely stopped swaying. The connection between the black threads and the bones seemed to instantly become incomparably sturdy.
Finally, Han Shuo arrived at the entrance. In front of the two large grayish-brown doors made of an unknown material, there were two tall evil knights and the skeletal remains of a warhorse on each side.
Evil knights were extremely powerful existences among dark creatures. Without an archmage level necromancer, one shouldn't even think of summoning evil knights. From the skeletal remains of the two evil knights in front of the door and the shape of the warhorses, Han Shuo could already faintly tell that these two evil knights were the cream of the crop.
The two grayish-brown doors had some complicated magical patterns on them. There was a circular groove at the intersection of the two doors. Judging from the shape of the groove, it seemed to be the key to open the door.
At this moment, the dark green round ball in Han Shuo's hand suddenly shot out a beam of green light that went straight to the circular groove in the middle of the two doors. Han Shuo's heart moved and he immediately understood what was going on. He took the jade box without hesitation and placed the round ball against the groove, slowly embedding it.
During this process, Han Shuo didn't touch the round ball with his hands. This was because Han Shuo knew that this round ball wasn't something simple. Even Han Shuo didn't know if there would be any negative changes if his skin or flesh came into contact with it. Therefore, he avoided touching it as much as possible.
After the round ball had embedded itself into the groove, a rumbling sound rang out and the door suddenly split open with a creak. The groove automatically split apart as the door opened. The round ball that had originally been inserted remained in the jade box without any changes.
It was a patch of dusky darkness. Dust flew out from the inside as the door opened, causing Han Shuo to cough a few times before he calmed his mind and began to size up everything within.
There was a large hall within the cemetery of death, and there were six rooms with closed doors around it. The entire hall was incomparably vast, with an oddly high ceiling that was the size of a basketball court. There was an enormous hexagram magic matrix in the middle that was about eighty to ninety percent similar to the one that Han Shuo had ridden in Zajoski City and the Academy of Magic and Force. There were a few simple and unadorned magical patterns drawn in the center of the hexagram magic matrix.
Apart from the hexagram magic matrix, the surroundings of the hall were empty. There were only a few magic stone pillars that supported the enormous building, as well as some broken bones in the corners.
There was a thick smell of decay in the air. Han Shuo stood in the doorway for a while and only slowly walked in after he felt the smell of decay slowly spread out with the opening of the door.
Apart from the hexagram magic matrix, there was a tall ceiling and the six rooms with closed doors corresponding to the six corners of the hexagram. He walked in and searched the hall, but didn't find anything of value. Han Shuo immediately focused his attention on the six rooms with half-closed doors.
One, two, three …
After searching all six rooms, Han Shuo still didn't find anything. From the shape of the six rooms, he could tell that they were only six warehouses, but there was nothing in the warehouses.
Han Shuo's mind started to recall after he returned to the hall. From Fanny's words from last time to his observations of the outside, Han Shuo gradually recalled that only a small part of the cemetery of death was exposed to the surface. The majority of it was buried deep underground. The true secret must be hidden beneath the cemetery of death.
However, after Han Shuo searched the entire hall and the six rooms, he didn't find any passageways or stairs that led underground. This greatly puzzled Han Shuo, and he sank into deep thought for a moment.
After thinking for a long time, Han Shuo still felt that the ball in his hand was the key. He immediately stood up and circled the entire hall, including the six rooms.
Finally, in the corner of one of the rooms, Han Shuo found another notch. After Han Shuo was overjoyed, he put the ball in. There was a rumbling sound, and the wall of the room suddenly tore open to reveal a dark passageway. On the first step of the passageway, there were six shiny silver rods made of a strange material that was neither stone nor wood. The two corners of each rod seemed to have joints, as if the six rods could be pieced together.
Apart from the six rods, there was only a thin piece of paper with some scribbled words written in ancient magical characters. Han Shuo held the thin piece of paper.
After reading the magical characters carefully, Han Shuo understood that the six magical rods could be pieced together to form a hexagram, and could be used to teleport directly to the magical formation in the hall. He also understood that there was a boundary at the entrance of the passageway, and that one wouldn't be able to enter without sufficient mental strength.
Apart from this, Han Shuo didn't obtain any other useful information from the thin piece of paper.
After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo put away the six magical rods, and started to walk down the passageway with a frown. A layer of invisible boundary suddenly appeared, and a green ripple flashed, abruptly sending Han Shuo flying. Han Shuo felt an abnormal headache during this process, and thought to himself that the words on the thin piece of paper were true. It must be because his mental strength was too weak that he couldn't enter the passageway to reach the underground building.
Cursing under his breath, Han Shuo connected the six magical rods according to the records on the thin piece of paper, and then formed a hexagram on the ground. Afterwards, Han Shuo stood in the middle of the miniature magical formation, and infused his mental strength to activate it. Soon after, a white light flashed, and Han Shuo appeared in the middle of the spacious magical formation in the hall.
Using the same method, Han Shuo infused his mental strength into the teleportation formation in the hall, and after activating it, he returned to the previous room, where he set up the miniature hexagram magical formation.
Frowning and thinking for a moment, Han Shuo understood that he wouldn't be able to enter the passageway to investigate the situation within the cemetery of death for the time being. It was a good thing that he had obtained the six magical rods and the round ball, which allowed Han Shuo to enter this place from anywhere with great ease. This made Han Shuo extremely happy, and he was already treating this place as his secret base.
Since he was temporarily unable to uncover the secrets of this place, Han Shuo didn't plan on staying any longer. After thinking for a while, he rolled up the six magical rods and carried them on his back. He also put the thin piece of paper into his pocket, and walked out of the cemetery of death with the jade box in his hand.
When Han Shuo walked out safely and looked back, he discovered that the scene was exactly the same as when he'd first arrived. The towering weeds and shrubs, the lush trees that reached the sky, were still the same, and the surroundings were still deathly silent.
With a satisfied smile on his face, Han Shuo understood that this trip to the Dark Forest could be considered to have come to an end for now.
He had also discovered the legendary cemetery of death by sheer luck. The secrets of the cemetery of death would belong to him, and no one else, including the necromancy students and teachers.
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