Chapter 974

"Roar …"

"Ga …"

At night in the Tagore Forest, the faint cries of some monsters rose and fell, adding an eerie feeling to the darkness of the forest.

In such a world of night, apart from the nocturnal monsters, the only monsters that would move around in the forest were the Alchemy Devils that were neither human nor ghost, and the Undead that were indeed ghosts.

Their figures wandered through the forest from time to time. Although it felt like they could be seen everywhere, compared to the daytime, there was still a lot less bloody and killing.

As for the movements of the battles, now that night had arrived, it had suddenly weakened a lot.

Obviously, in the situation where the monsters needed to rest and the magical beings that commanded the Undead also needed to change shifts, the killings at night had greatly reduced.

Of course, occasionally, there would still be nocturnal monsters that encountered the Alchemy Devils and the wandering Undead, and it was foreseeable that both sides would fight.

Under such circumstances, the Tagore Forest at night seemed to have become a completely different world, gloomy and terrifying.

It was not until a certain moment when two figures constantly flashed across the air as if they were teleporting that some of the gloomy and terrifying atmosphere was somewhat dispelled.

It was a man and a woman.

The man was a young man dressed in a noble's attire.

The woman was a maid dressed in a servant's attire.

At this moment, the young man was hugging the maid and constantly teleporting in the air. Like a ghost that constantly appeared and disappeared, they disappeared on the other side of the forest in the blink of an eye and entered another area.

This man and woman duo was naturally Shien and La Xia.

Shien carried La Xia and stopped teleporting at a certain moment, hovering in the air.

"We're not there yet?"

Shien exhaled softly and looked at the monotonous sea of trees below, frowning tightly.

There was no doubt that Shien was heading to the ruins that Sophie had pointed out.

After La Xia expressed that she wanted to go with them, Shien brought her along and teleported in the direction Sophie had pointed out. However, they still hadn't found any ruins until now.

"Although I don't know the exact location, Caroline's group was able to make a round trip in such a short period of time. Even if we don't consider the possibility of monsters and monsters obstructing them on the way, they shouldn't have been able to travel that far, right?"

"Why aren't they there yet?"

"Did I miss it? Or did Sophie point us in the wrong direction? "

Shien scratched his head with his empty hand and mumbled to himself.

It was La Xia, who had been quietly in Shien's arms, who spoke calmly at this moment.

"Vice-captain Caroline said that the ruins were sunk underground by Goddess Nadura and hidden. So, it should be difficult to find them from the air, right?"

La Xia's words made a lot of sense.

Looking down from the sky, one's vision was greatly obstructed by the sea of trees. Add that to the fact that the ruins were sunk underground, and trying to find the entrance from the air was like looking for a needle in a haystack. It would most likely be a futile effort.

Moreover, Shien had been teleporting all this time and would jump a large distance each time. He couldn't be sure if he had missed anything along the way.

"Then what do we do?" Shien said helplessly. "We can't just go down and search slowly, can we?"

How long would that take?

"Why don't we go back to the elven homeland and ask Caroline or Genom for the location?"

This idea arose in Shien's mind.

What? Why don't we go back and ask Sophie?

Those who asked this question were either warriors who weren't afraid of death or old men who weren't afraid of embarrassment.

In any case, Shien planned to avoid the elven queen for the time being.

Since that was the case, it wouldn't be a bad idea to go back and ask Caroline or Genom.

But …

"I don't think there's a need."

La Xia said calmly.

"Why?"

Shien was slightly startled.

La Xia didn't answer. She just raised her head and looked at Shien's face.

"Master, please release the Demonic Roaring Chain."

This servant girl suddenly made such a request.

"Release the Demonic Roaring Chain?" Shien was startled again. Then, he came to a realization and said, "You want to let the Demonic Roaring Chain lead the way for us?"

"Yes." La Xia said expressionlessly, "You said that the Demonic Roaring Chain might have felt the presence of the precious jade on your body, which was why it betrayed you and took the initiative to recognize you as its master. When you touched those stone slabs, the Demonic Roaring Chain also reacted, so …"

Then, if the Demonic Roaring Chain was released, it might be able to lead Shien and Sophie to the location of the ruins.

After all …

"According to your interpretation, the Demon King not only exerted his power on the stone slabs, but also on the ruins. If the Demonic Roaring Chain can react to the stone slabs, there's a high chance that it can also react to the ruins and sense the location of the ruins."

This was La Xia's suggestion.

"Okay." Shien didn't object. He said directly, "Let's give it a try."

With that, Shien waved his hand. A chain appeared beside him like a stream of light and swam in the air.

Ring! Ring!

The chain clashed with each other, emitting a crisp sound. Its whole body was glowing with a faint light, which was pleasing to the eye.

After it came out, it seemed to be very happy and kept circling around Shien.

But after a while, the chain suddenly stopped in mid-air. As if it had sensed something, it darted into the distance.

"This is …?"

Shien was slightly startled, and then his eyes lit up.

"It seems to be a success."

La Xia stared in the direction where the chain disappeared without saying anything. She just glanced at Shien.

Shien immediately understood.

"Let's go. Let's keep up."

Shien tightened his arms around the maid's delicate body. He disappeared in mid-air and flashed in the direction where the Demonic Roaring Chain disappeared.

Just like that, the Demonic Roaring Chain kept flying in front while Shien and La Xia followed closely behind. They flew for a distance.

After about a few minutes, the Demonic Roaring Chain stopped flying forward.

It suddenly made a turn and darted into the sea of trees, disappearing from Shien's sight.

Before Shien could react, there was an explosion in the sea of trees below.

Shien quickly stopped teleporting and stopped with La Xia at the place where the Demonic Roaring Chain was darting down.

"Right here?"

Shien muttered in a low voice, but he was sure.

Not only Shien, but even La Xia was sure.

"It's the same feeling as when I saw the stone slab …"

La Xia looked down with flickering eyes.

"Let's go down and have a look."

Shien did not hesitate for long. He took La Xia and descended into the sea of trees below.

"Rustle …!"

Amidst the rustling of leaves and branches, Shien and La Xia passed through the lush trees and landed in a forest.

In a corner here, there was a rock that seemed to have been smashed. Its fragments were scattered around, and there was even smoke and dust that had yet to dissipate.

Shien saw at a glance that this was the doing of the Demonic Roaring Chain.

Because …

"That is the entrance to the ruins, right?"

The direction that Sean was pointing at was the place where a lot of rock fragments were scattered.

At the place where the rock fragments had fallen, a tunnel leading underground had appeared.

The tunnel was pitch-black and oppressive. The air that flowed out seemed to carry traces of mysterious magical undulations, causing Shien to stare fixedly at it.

La Xia did the same.

The mysterious mana fluctuations that the two of them felt now were exactly the same as the mana fluctuations of the stone slabs that they had seen today.

This was enough to explain a lot of things.

Shien said as he looked at the entrance to the ruins.

"I'm afraid that there's a boundary set up by Nadura here. Even if ordinary people come here, they won't be able to find the entrance or the ruins."

Only people like Caroline, Jenom, and the others, who clearly knew where the ruins were and had been entrusted by Naduna with a way to pass through the barrier, could come into contact with the entrance to the ruins.

Unfortunately, the Demonic Roaring Chain seemed to have destroyed the boundary along with the rock that had been pressing down on the entrance.

"… What a self-assertive chain. Whether it's betraying the original owner or acting recklessly without the permission of the current owner, it's just causing trouble for others."

Shien wanted to throw the chain away.

Even if the chain was quite powerful, if it acted on its own like this and left the user's control, he would have to think carefully about whether or not he should continue using it.

If it were anyone else, they might not be able to bear to part with it. Due to their great power, they would have to accommodate it.

But Shien didn't need that.

He already had the best and strongest weapon in the world. He didn't need this supreme treasure of the Demons at all.

Compared to the holy sword, all treasures paled in comparison.

At least, that was the case for Shien.

His holy sword was already more powerful than the holy swords of the past heroes. Even Mithra couldn't compare.

Perhaps many of the past heroes' holy swords couldn't compare to the Demonic Roaring Chain, but Shien's holy sword was definitely more valuable than the Demonic Roaring Chain.

Especially now that it was undergoing a transformation.

After the transformation, the only treasures that could compare to Shien's holy sword would probably be the Demon King's Jade and the Goddess' Jade.

Thus, Shien immediately made a decision.

"When I transcend, I'll throw this chain away."

As for now, he would temporarily use it to avoid interrupting the holy sword and his transformation.

While Shien made up his mind, La Xia just quietly looked at the entrance of the ruins.

"What's wrong?"

Shien noticed this and asked doubtfully.

"… Nothing." La Xia was silent for a while, then shook her head and said, "Let's go in."

Hearing this, Shien still looked at La Xia doubtfully.

For some reason, he felt that ever since she saw the stone slab, La Xia's reaction and behavior had become somewhat strange.

Especially after seeing the stone slab, the expression in La Xia's eyes would change from time to time.

The emotions and feelings that appeared in her eyes made Shien somewhat unable to understand them.

When she knew that he wanted to come to the ruins to take a look, La Xia immediately expressed her desire to accompany him, but she did not explain the reason.

Shien originally thought that this girl was very concerned about the matter of the Demon King that had a deep relationship with him, but now it seemed that this big sister seemed to have other thoughts …

"You …"

Shien wanted to ask something.

However, at this time, La Xia had already taken a step and walked toward the entrance of the ruins.

"Wait!" Shien was shocked and hurriedly chased after her while saying, "Aren't you afraid of encountering danger later? You actually dare to walk in front? "

Shien complained.

Who would have thought that Hua Xia would say something.

"No, there won't be any danger inside."

La Xia said calmly.

"How do you know?"

Shien blinked his eyes.

La Xia only replied with two words.

"Intuition."

After saying that, La Xia took the lead and entered the ruins.

Seeing this, although Shien felt somewhat helpless, he still followed.

The two of them entered the ruins together.

In the ruins, the mysterious magic was still fluctuating for a long time.