Qin Ranran stared blankly at Shirō Makino and asked in astonishment, "What do you mean?"
"Someone purposely spread the news that there's a statue here to lure people like us here." Shirō Makino stared at the darkness in front of him, where dozens of Violent Lightning Talismans were suspended in mid-air at the end of the square.
Qin Ranran still didn't understand, but the situation before her didn't allow her to ask any more questions.
The humanoid puppets had already rushed out of the darkness, their eyes cold and their running movements a little jerky, but their speed was extremely fast!
Suddenly, a large patch of lightning flashed in the sky, followed by the sound of thunder.
The dozens of Violent Lightning Talismans were all activated by Shirō Makino, blasting towards the humanoid puppets below.
Almost all of them were hit, but only a small portion of them shattered after being hit. More than half of them were still charging towards them.
A distance of more than a hundred meters was covered in the blink of an eye. At least a dozen puppets were already in front of them.
Expressionlessly, Shirō Makino slapped two Defense Talismans on his body. Qin Ranran didn't need to remind him, she already knew how to use Mental Energy Replenishment Talismans on his body.
At least a dozen Sword Talismans turned into glowing swords, slashing towards the humanoid puppets.
But at this moment, the group of humanoid puppets also used Talismans!
They even knew how to slap Defense Talismans on themselves!
Shirō Makino and Qin Ranran guarded under the statue, the speed at which they attacked and defended was so fast that Qin Ranran couldn't see it clearly.
She could only rely on her instincts to continuously use Mental Energy Replenishment Talismans on Shirō Makino.
Shirō Makino's speed of casting talismans became faster and faster.
Wind blades, ice arrows, fireballs, tornadoes …
All sorts of offensive Talismans were thrown out continuously.
These puppets were very troublesome, curse-type Talismans that were very effective against living beings were almost useless against them.
At the same time, although the puppets' movements of casting talismans were very stiff, and they couldn't really control talismans, the talismans themselves were all Master Level!
Very fierce!
If this was a group of Master-level Talisman Artist instead of puppets, Shirō Makino would have been killed by now.
Qin Ranran suddenly thought of something and asked, "Xiao Bai, why aren't you using the control talisman?"
Shirō Makino struck a few more Berserk Thunder Talismans on the puppets' defense, and said: "It's useless …" These puppets are all mechanical bodies, not living beings. My control talisman is not at the master level, so I can't control this kind of metal shell! "
Qin Ranran blushed a little. Although she did not know how to control the Fu Seal Technique, it was still a little too much for her not to know this.
However, he was a little surprised. A master-grade control amulet … could it control metals?
She had never heard of this either.
Bang! Bang!
Bang! A series of heavy crashing sounds rang out from where Shirō Makino and the others were. These puppets were shooting too many talismans. Even though Shirō Makino was doing his best to deal with them, there were still some attack talismans that hit their defense.
Shirō Makino controlled the Armor-Piercing Talismans, and together with the attack talismans, he attacked quickly and patiently.
The number of puppets in front of him was decreasing. Although the talismans they released had the power of a Master Level, they were a group of puppets that had lost the control of a master.
Ten minutes later, these puppets were completely turned into a pile of spare parts.
At this time, Shirō Makino's hair was completely wet, and he was sweating profusely. He looked like he had been fished out of the water.
At this time, in the darkness in the other three directions, cracking sounds came again.
Qin Ranran was breaking down a little. "Is there no end to this?"
Shirō Makino said in a low voice: "Calm down, this is just an appetizer."
Qin Ranran looked at Shirō Makino. "You said we were tricked. What do you mean?"
Shirō Makino looked at the darkness in the other three directions and said calmly: "The existence here deliberately released the news, threw out a statue as bait. Why did the adventurer team enter the underground palace? That's because the existence here did not allow them to see the real scene. "
"You mean the underground palace that the adventurer team saw was deliberately shown to them by the existence here? And the map was also deliberately given to those people? "Qin Ranran frowned slightly, looking at Shirō Makino.
Shirō Makino shook his head. "Yes, why didn't we see the underground palace? That's because the ancient map in your hand, except for the correct location of the doors, the rest is all fake. This is a trap set by the existence here. "
Qin Ranran murmured: "The existence here... You mean, there are living beings here?"
"Living beings? No, it's more accurate to call them ghosts. "Shirō Makino said.
Qin Ranran instinctively revealed a trace of fear. "Are you saying... that the thing here wants to take over?"
Shirō Makino nodded. "This is a sealed place. Besides the adventurer team that first came here, those who can enter this place are all Talisman Artist with high spiritual power. These … are the most perfect fleshly bodies. "
"Don't, don't scare me. Is it really as bad as you say? Don't things like taking over bodies only exist in ancient legends? "Qin Ranran's eyes were filled with fear.
"Legends? You haven't read enough books. " Shirō Makino sighed. "If I'm not wrong, the map in your hand should have been bought from the adventurer team, right?"
Qin Ranran was silent for a moment, then finally nodded lightly. "Yes..."
"They paid a high price?" Shirō Makino asked.
Qin Ranran looked at Shirō Makino guiltily and said weakly, "500 billion..."
Bai Muye was a little speechless as he rubbed his head and looked at her. "That adventurer team might have sold a dozen or even dozens of copies of the exact same map …"
"That's impossible! They promised that it would be exclusive! "Qin Ranran couldn't help but defend herself.
"Come, let me have a look at the original map." Bai Muye sighed, and as he spoke, he took out 70 to 80 formation talismans.
It was best to use the talismans to kill these puppets.
Qin Ranran rummaged through her space ring and finally found a particularly old and tattered map.
She carefully took it out and handed it to Shirō Makino.
Bai Muye glanced at it and couldn't help but sigh. "If you hadn't guided it into the device and showed me this map instead, I reckon we wouldn't have come here."
"What's wrong?" Qin Ranran's eyes widened.
"This map is fake." Shirō Makino sighed. "They used ancient paper and brush to make old maps, specially made to deceive people. These maps must have fooled the adventurer team first, because they would definitely be able to find the location of the doors on the map. "
"As long as they found the entrance, they would definitely believe it. But they couldn't open it... After trying for a few years, they could only helplessly return to the Zulong Empire with a statue of a god and sell these maps privately. They must have obtained more than one copy of the map. They should have obtained several copies. "
"Otherwise, why do you think your teacher and the others who came here never came to take a look during the long time we've been drilling here? That's because all of them thought that the map in their hands was real! "
Qin Ranran furrowed her brows and looked at Shirō Makino. "I still don't understand. Why would they think that their map is real?"
"Stupid!" Shirō Makino glanced at her. "According to the location of the door on the map, as long as they could decipher the talisman technique, they could easily enter this small world. Once they entered, who would care that they didn't enter the underground palace? They would even mock the adventurer team in their hearts for being too weak! Even us, didn't we think that we had entered the core area of the Talisman Sect? "
"So this place?" Qin Ranran looked at Shirō Makino.
"So, we don't know if this place is the core area, but it is definitely a Talisman Sect. Someone deliberately led us here! That's why we found the well-preserved library and the map that marked the treasure room. That's why we haven't seen anyone else since we entered. "
Shirō Makino looked at Qin Ranran. "Because every map points to a different location. That's because the person who set this trap wants to destroy us one by one. He doesn't want us to join forces. Even if someone manages to escape, they won't be able to know if the others have been possessed! "
Qin Ranran murmured, "This is too scary. This place is real, everything is real, but it's a trap... those who enter will definitely not give up until they find the statue of God. I even have the urge to skip the concert and take the statue back with me … "
At this time, the puppets from the other three directions finally attacked. However, after Shirō Makino's talisman was activated, all of them were trapped in the formation.
Shirō Makino used an explosive talisman. It was close to a top-grade explosive talisman. Once it was activated, its destructive power was terrifying. A large number of puppets melted in the instant the formation exploded. Some were even blasted into smithereens by the explosion.
Just as Shirō Makino had predicted, the things in this small world seemed to have not changed after so many years. However, in reality, they had changed.
Apart from places like the library which were protected by a special domain, the other places... even if these puppets were of a high grade, they had been eroded by time to the point where they no longer had even a tenth of their original strength.
Therefore, it was not a problem for Shirō Makino to get rid of the puppets here.
The problem was how to leave this place!
When he released the Violent Thunder Talisman just now, he took the opportunity to observe. In the end, he discovered that the formation was about two thousand meters above their heads.
In other words, the spell formation that had suppressed them all the way here had completely sealed this space!
That formation was much more terrifying than the explosive formation he was using now.
After the explosive formation's energy dissipated, the formation naturally disappeared. However, the suppressive formation had affected the terrain here. Just like the protective formation outside... if it could not be destroyed, they would be trapped here forever!
The puppets were still surging towards the central plaza from all directions. However, under the bombardment of Shirō Makino's explosive formation, the number of puppets decreased.
In the end, Shirō Makino did not know how many puppets he had killed.
In any case, he had been fighting non-stop for more than ten hours. His entire body was about to collapse from exhaustion. Being a Talisman Artist was also a strenuous task.
Even though Qin Ranran had used the Spiritual Energy Replenishment Talisman, it could only alleviate some of his fatigue.
When the last puppet was gone, Shirō Makino lay on the ground, panting heavily.
"I'm sorry..." Qin Ranran looked at Shirō Makino with a guilty expression. "It was my fault!"
Shirō Makino forced his eyelids open and looked at Qin Ranran. "The bastards here want to play dirty, but there is one thing... as long as we don't die, we will definitely have a chance to get rid of these things. Then... we can take everything here!"
"Is that even possible?" Qin Ranran sighed. "We are trapped here... there is no way to escape."
Shirō Makino closed his eyes and muttered, "This formation talisman is no big deal. Just break it. I'm going to sleep first. Don't disturb me."
"Sigh..." Qin Ranran watched helplessly as Shirō Makino fell asleep. She could not help but sigh.
This time, she was too impulsive!
She wanted to become stronger so much that... she did not care about anything else.
After coming to this place, she suddenly realized that exploring was not a holiday. It was completely different from what she had imagined.
When all kinds of unknown dangers came one after another, she suddenly realized how weak she was.
She was practically useless.
Lin Zijin trusted her so much, but she failed to live up to that trust. If a super genius like Shirō Makino were to fall here, she would not be able to rest in peace.
Go to sleep, go to sleep, I'll watch!
Qin Ranran looked at the sleeping Shirō Makino. Her eyes were filled with guilt as she hummed a song.
Along with the song, even the expression of the statue in the plaza seemed to soften.
Shirō Makino slept very soundly. In his dreams, he seemed to hear someone singing. The song was very melodious, and his spiritual power recovered at a much faster rate.
When he woke up, he found Qin Ranran still curled up beside him, hugging her knees as she stared at the darkness in the distance.
"How long has it been?" He asked Qin Ranran.
"Less than five hours." Qin Ranran looked at him with concern. "Are you alright?"
Shirō Makino smiled. "I'm fine. Don't worry."
"How can you be sure that there are still living beings here? Why can't it be that these puppets were originally here, and it was our intrusion that activated the formation above, causing the puppets to awaken? "This question had been bothering Qin Ranran for a long time.
"First of all, the formation talisman that forced us down was very precise. It pointed directly to this place. Have you forgotten? On the map, this well... is a treasury. " Shirō Makino said calmly, "But this is definitely not a treasury. It is a place used to trap people. This is a cage."
"Whether it is the map in your hand or the one we found together, we can now confirm that it was made in recent times. We can only say that we did not expect this from the start."
Shirō Makino looked at Qin Ranran. "So, this is a conspiracy. Don't worry about it. We just have to think of a way out. "
As he spoke, Shirō Makino stood up and rubbed his stomach. He looked at Qin Ranran. "Are you hungry?"
Qin Ranran shook her head. "No appetite."
"How can that be? You have to eat. "Shirō Makino said as he took out the barbecue grill.
Qin Ranran was speechless. She looked at Shirō Makino. This guy who was younger than her had a big heart!
But she couldn't help but admire Shirō Makino's intelligence. With just a few clues, he was able to deduce so many things.
As she watched Shirō Makino busily grill the meat, Qin Ranran hugged her knees and said in a low voice, "If this is a trap, why aren't there any powerful beings trying to take over our bodies?"
At this time, the tiger king meat skewers on the grill were giving off an alluring aroma. As Shirō Makino sprinkled seasonings on them, he said, "They are waiting. They have been waiting for so long, why would they need this little bit of time? Those bastards hiding in the dark are strong, but they are too afraid of death. They will not make a move on us until the perfect opportunity arises. "
"How do you know everything?" Qin Ranran took a skewer from Shirō Makino and took a careful bite. It smells so good!
She seemed to have regained her appetite.
She began to eat in big mouthfuls.
Shirō Makino said, "My old man told me stories when I was young, and I did listen to them as stories. But after experiencing it myself, I realized that it wasn't a story."
Qin Ranran nodded, "Yes, it was an accident."
Shirō Makino smiled and looked at her, "Don't worry, we will definitely make it out!"
After the two of them were full, Shirō Makino stood up and used a flight talisman on himself. As he flew up, he said, "I'll go up and take a look. You wait here."
Qin Ranran watched as Shirō Makino slowly disappeared from her sight into the darkness. She pursed her lips. Actually, she was still a little afraid.
But she knew that she had to work hard to become stronger!
When she left King Qi, she thought that she was already strong enough.
She could live on her own, and live a good life.
But after this experience, she finally understood that her strength in the past was not true strength.
Because she was still in the civilized human society, still enjoying the protection of King Qi and the royal family.
Although she was especially unwilling to admit her identity as a member of the royal family, now that she had calmed down and thought about it, when had she ever truly escaped the protection of those people?
Without the protection of King Qi and the royal family, how many people would treat a famous rising star like her as a plaything?
What was so great about having high spiritual power?
Didn't they see that even some Great Grandmasters were willing to be the lackeys of the big shots?
After taking benefits from them, they had to work for them!
This was the rule.
Not every Grandmaster was as tough as Sun Heng or Sun Rui, who could rely on themselves to break through.
Most Grandmasters had to rely on resources to get to where they were!
Where did the resources come from?
Naturally, it was the rich and powerful families.
Just like the good-for-nothing grandson of the former Imperial Prime Minister Zhao Wei. Under normal circumstances, how could he have the qualifications to have two Grandmasters as his bodyguards?
Wasn't it because his grandfather was a powerful figure in the Imperial Empire?
Otherwise, why would he have two Grandmasters follow him around like servants?
Although this experience had not been long, it had allowed Qin Ranran to grow tremendously.
She sat there quietly, waiting for Shirō Makino. Then she turned on the screen and began to watch the videos of Shirō Makino's previous battles.
When Shirō Makino returned, Qin Ranran was still quietly watching the videos. But around her, there were dozens of talismans flying up and down.
This scene was exactly the same as in Shirō Makino's previous battles!
Shirō Makino did not disturb her, and only watched quietly.
Seeing Qin Ranran working hard to control these talismans, he suddenly thought of Si Yin.
They were both geniuses, and both lacked experience.
Perhaps, this experience in the Land of Sealed Spirits was really a good thing for Qin Ranran.
Only through hardship could she break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly.
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