It was not that Brando did not care about Fang Qi's life or death, but Brando knew better that if he did not understand Akentu's intentions and rushed into the trap set by the other party, it would only make the situation worse.
As for Fang Qi, he fell into the hands of the other party, but as the key and means to open the Stagnation Realm, he thought that Akentu would not kill Fang Qi so easily. Even if Fang Qi had to die, it would have to wait until the other party found the "secret" in the Stagnation Realm.
Therefore, at least for the time being, Fang Qi should be relatively safe.
And if they had not plunged into Akentu's trap, the man from the Phantom Chariot would only be safer.
Sure enough, it did not take long for Phoenix Flame to find the host of the ritual hiding in the valley.
This person was called Lando, a high-ranking temple priest in the Sheep-Head Cult. He had more than a dozen guards around him at the time, but these mortal guards were not worth mentioning in the eyes of Aloz. Because Brando did not let them live, in the end, only the priest survived.
When he saw Brando, he was obviously scared out of his wits.
The higher the status, the more you cherish your life. This sentence was vividly reflected in this cult priest. Compared to his' brothers and sisters' who 'generously' died for him, this priest clearly did not cherish his own life as much as his love for his master. Brendel only threatened him a little, and the priest spilled out everything he knew like beans pouring out of beans.
"The magic circle sealing Akentu is divided into three layers?"
"Its outer layer covers the entire Taqik area, and the inner layer is the Green Sea Triangle area, the so-called Sacred Land of Atuk?"
"The third layer of the magic circle is here?"
In order to confirm this last question, Brando repeatedly asked three times before finally confirming that the third layer of the magic circle sealing Akentu, which was also the core layer of this huge seal, was located in the last channel of the Lunar Channel.
It took the Sheep-Head Cult fifty years to finally find this place, and the reason why Flora and Akentu could travel freely in the Lunar Channel was also because they had entered and exited here many times in the early days, and already knew the terrain inside like the back of their hand.
Brando looked up and his face became serious.
"This living sacrifice ritual transmits power to the third layer of the seal?"
"Is it to strengthen the seal?"
"But why would it do that, is Akentu crazy?" Aloz asked, puzzled.
Brando shook his head. "Transmitting power to the third layer of the seal and strengthening the seal are two different things. The key is what the power does after it is transmitted in that direction. That is the core of the problem."
"It's a pity that this useless fellow can't explain anything."
The female dragon looked at Lando's corpse with pity. Of course, Brendel wasn't going to let this evil cultist leader live. After squeezing every last bit of value out of him, he had Mister Liu take action. Of course, at least he gave Lando a quick death. For this evil cultist leader, that was the greatest mercy he could give.
"They're just Akentu's servants, that's all." Brendel looked at the corpses that littered the valley and could not help but sigh at the ignorance and superstition of these people. "The Lord of Purgatory couldn't have told them too much. The fact that Lando knows so much is already a sign that he's being careful."
"Hmph." The little female dragon was obviously very dissatisfied with the guy's cowardice, because it wasted a lot of their time.
"Teacher, what do we do next?" At this time, Huang Huo also asked. The little princess of the Jade Phoenix bloodline was a little pale, and the scene in front of her had caused a great shock to her.
Princess Magadal, on the other hand, was a little calmer. After all, she had already seen the way the cultists did things in Rushta. But as a believer in God, her face was still a little ugly.
"I believe that Flora and the others discovered this valley," Brendel thought for a moment and replied: "But just like what we thought before, they probably did not investigate this place thoroughly. They probably thought that the Living Sacrifice ritual was just to create the Soul Fog in front of us. Akentu played a trick. He knew that his dragon 'allies' did not know much about the Sheephead cult, so he set up such a double-meaning trap. The Mind Fog was not only targeted at us, but also Flora and the rest … "
"But why?" Huang Huo was stunned. "Teacher, aren't they allies?"
"Allies can also have different demands." Brando frowned. He kept digging out his past understanding of the cultists and the demons from the depths of his memory, and had a faint answer in his heart. "Especially when this kind of purpose conflicts with each other, with the selfish and cruel character of the demons, they can do anything —"
"It's over." The little female dragon said in despair. "So, weren't we too late from the beginning?"
Brando frowned. It was indeed a little tricky now. The key was that even if they reacted at the beginning, as long as Flora did not detect the conspiracy, the result would still be the same.
The Lord of Purgatory, who was known as the most cunning demon, was indeed extraordinary in playing tricks.
"I hope it's not too late." He sighed. "Otherwise, we may have a tough battle."
…
The moment Flora entered the portal, she realized that they were still fooled.
In other words, although Akentu did not deceive them on this point, that cunning guy concealed the most crucial information — the portal did not lead directly to the Stagnation Realm.
That despicable guy obviously knew this early on, but did not remind them.
What appeared in front of these dragons was an extremely strange world.
This world was suspended in the void. The whole world was neither up nor down, nor left or right. It was as if it had no front or back, and there was no passage of time.
There was only a monotonous gray in the world, but the clouds in the distance were rolling, and purple lightning constantly flashed from them. This world seemed to be extremely narrow, but also extremely vast. Because the world they observed through their vision was vast and boundless, and there was no edge.
This kind of spiritual feeling and visual contradiction was enough to make them feel extremely uncomfortable, as if they existed in a completely fictitious and distorted time.
The dragons were the most sensitive to magic, including Flora. They only took a moment to confirm that this was the world under the huge magic formation in the valley.
"This is Akentu's sealed world!" Flora gritted her teeth and said word by word.
This sealed world existed between the Stagnation Realm and the present world. To be precise, the Bugas used this magic formation to seal Akentu in the gap between the two worlds — in this fictitious world.
The Silver Folk used this sealing magic formation as the last barrier outside the gate of the Stagnation Realm. Not only did they seal this terrible demon, but they also blocked all the covetous eyes on the Stagnation Realm.
Akentu obviously knew this long ago.
But he deliberately did not tell anyone.
"Akentu," Flora said in a dangerous voice. She was suspended in the middle of this world, and her low voice seemed to spread in all directions. "You're playing with fire."
"Haha," the voice of the Purgatory Lord came from the void. "Damn female lizard, do you remember what I said? Without me, you can forget about going to the Stagnation Realm."
He paused, then continued proudly, "Do you think this world is as simple as you think? If that's the case, we wouldn't have stopped here back then. The Bugas are not idiots, especially in that era, they were not as down and out as they are today. "
"I understand." Flora calmed down after hearing Akentu's long speech. "I was wondering why you stopped in front of the magic formation and did those useless things when you inherited the bloodline of the descendant of the Nine Phoenixes —"
She looked coldly at the void and said calmly, "I see. Once the Stagnation Realm is opened, the Moons Channel will be completely annihilated, and your third seal will be lost in the void."
"Do you understand now, stupid woman?" Akentu sneered. "My servant and I spent decades to find this place. Seeing the hope of seeing the light of day again, I naturally won't let your stupid actions make all these efforts go to waste."
"So the strange actions you did with the descendant of the Nine Phoenixes was not to open the gate to the Stagnation Realm, but to find a way to break the seal."
"That's right." Akentu was a little annoyed. "Originally, there was no conflict between the two. After my seal was undone, with the descendants of Ziana in hand, opening the Stagnation Realm was a very simple matter. But you people are too inflexible and insist on killing me. I can only regretfully say that I will absolutely not tolerate this."
"But from what you've done before, it's not as simple as you think," Flofer calmly replied, "Instead, you're risking master's plan, and you're even willing to harm master's interests to serve your own interests."
"Shut up!" Akentu roared. For a moment, the entire void changed color. It was as if it was only in this world that it finally regained the demeanor of a demon lord. "Don't always use my master's name to suppress me. I want you to understand, damned lizards, that I am the master's most outstanding and loyal servant. Even without you hindrances, I can still get things done —"
After a moment, the Lord of Purgatory seemed to be angered by the unchanging disdain on Flora's face. He furiously said, "What, you don't believe me? You think I just wanted to ruin master's plan on a whim? "
"Ha." Akentu sneered. "You will soon find out that my plan is foolproof. And your appearance in this place proves one point."
"You will soon see what kind of power a true Demon King has."
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