"It's about time!"
Around an hour later, while the six blowers were still working, Wang Chong leaped into the pit. Behind him, Bahram, Gao Xianzhi, and the others followed.
"As expected!"
Not far from the ground, Wang Chong's ten fingers were thrust into the wall like pincers as he stared at it. Although the pit was pitch-black, Imperial Great Generals of Wang Chong's level all possessed the ability to see in the dark. On the walls of the cavern, Wang Chong could clearly see a mural.
Unlike the other murals, this mural had been poured out of molten metal, and it was deeply embedded into the wall. Strangely, this molten metal was the same dark red as blood.
Wang Chong only needed a few glances to immediately recognize it. This was the result of a large amount of human blood being poured into the molten metal. As a veteran commander of the Asura Army, Wang Chong would never make a mistake.
The murals were heavily influenced by the Sassanid Dynasty, and Wang Chong could only make out the images of demons with horns on their heads and the human corpses behind them.
"Demon God!"
In an instant, a strong smell mixed with a strong aura of death assaulted his senses.
Unlike what the guard outside had said, the mural in this pit was the true reason Wang Chong, Gao Xianzhi, and Bahram had appeared here.
The Central Plains did not have many legends of demon gods, but here, everyone firmly believed that demon gods truly existed.
"This is an ancient ruin. From the words on the wall, they should be from the era of the Elam Dynasty."
A familiar voice came from Bahram's side. His hands were thrust into the wall, and just like Wang Chong, he was also examining this bizarre mural.
"What are the words on the wall?"
Gao Xianzhi curiously asked from the other side of the pit, above Wang Chong and Bahram.
"I don't know!"
Bahram shook his head, his expression grave.
"But I can recognize what the murals are trying to convey. This is a forbidden area, and entry is strictly forbidden!"
Bahram's words caused the pit to fall silent, an indescribable feeling in everyone's hearts.
Every empire and every region had their own ancient legends and civilizations. These powerful civilizations had long disappeared in history, but they had left their traces and wreckage in the dust of history. Evidently, the Elam Dynasty was one of them.
"Let's go!"
Bahram circulated his Stellar Energy and began to investigate. Behind him, Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi glanced at each other before swiftly climbing down the walls. The deeper one went into the pit, the darker it became. Waves of turbid air assaulted one's face, almost suffocating. It was also at this time that everyone understood why Wang Chong used a blower to blow air into the building.
No one spoke as they climbed down. After some time, Wang Chong's body loosened, and he swiftly descended into the pit.
"So high!"
Wang Chong looked up. From this angle, the hole was only the size of a sesame seed. Wang Chong estimated that the bottom of the pit was at least several hundred meters from the ground.
As these thoughts flitted through his mind, Wang Chong quickly looked forward. The bottom of the pit was different from what they had imagined. Not only was it not narrow or cramped, it was actually a massive natural cavern.
The cavern was twenty meters high and extremely spacious. The surface of the cavern was uneven and mottled, and a dark green light was seeping out of the cracks.
At first glance, Wang Chong noticed an enormous black silhouette within the cavern.
It was actually a huge palace.
"This … how is this possible?"
Gao Xianzhi's voice came from behind Wang Chong. When he saw this well-preserved ancient palace, he was also stunned speechless. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have never believed that there were palaces of an ancient dynasty here that had been lost for so long.
Unlike the Khorasan that Wang Chong and the others had seen above, these palaces were simple and majestic. The first thing they saw were twelve massive pillars, and unlike those of the Tang Dynasty, Khorasan, and Arabia, these palaces were all forged from pure bronze. The dark green light they had seen underground was mostly exuded by these bronze palaces.
"Impossible!"
Wang Chong was also examining these palaces. Everything here exuded a completely different style, and the heavy aura of history in the air seemed to pull him back through time and space to the Elam Era of the Sassanid Dynasty, several thousand years ago.
"It really is a ruin from the Elam Dynasty!"
The surroundings were filled with praises. The other leaders of the Revolutionary Army also descended into the pit. Looking at the well-preserved ancient ruins, they were all shocked.
Crack!
Just as everyone was sizing up the underground palace complex, a crisp sound suddenly rang out. It was extremely ear-piercing in this underground world. In an instant, everyone looked over and saw a general of the Revolutionary Army standing in front of a corpse not too far away. Judging from his expression, he seemed to have been shocked by the corpse he had stepped on.
"It's the fallen rebel soldiers!"
Wang Chong's brow rose as he quickly recognized this corpse. Besides this corpse, there were seven or eight other corpses nearby. From the armor on their bodies, he could tell that these were the people who had fallen earlier. Moreover, some of these corpses were very far from where they had fallen. It seemed like they had discovered these ancient ruins before their deaths and wanted to continue onward to investigate.
But their heavy injuries prevented them from doing so.
"Let's go! Let's go and take a look! "
A rebel leader was the first to react, stepping over the corpses and walking forward. The dead were gone, but the living still existed. The lives of these lost soldiers could no longer be salvaged. For everyone, the most important thing was to understand these underground ancient ruins.
After this rebel leader took the lead and walked forward, Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi followed suit.
"What a strange place!"
As Wang Chong walked, he carefully observed his surroundings. Everything here gave him a very novel feeling. Personally witnessing an ancient ruin was something that even Wang Chong had never experienced before.
As he carefully walked forward, with the help of the weak green light, Wang Chong saw more and more bronze murals on the walls of the underground cave. Every single one of them was different. But what was similar was that almost every single one of them had the image of a demon god. At the same time, it was accompanied by human bones and corpses. The thick stench of blood and death in the murals was so strong that it was suffocating.
"Wang Chong, don't you think these murals are very strange?"
A voice rang out. Wang Chong turned his head and saw Gao Xianzhi stopping in front of a large bronze mural with a frown.
"What's wrong?"
Wang Chong was surprised as he walked over.
"At first glance, these murals seem to be scenes of demon gods slaughtering humans. But if you look closely, do you realize that almost all the demon gods have their backs to the humans?"
Gao Xianzhi said with a slight frown.
"Oh?"
Wang Chong's heart skipped a beat. He followed Gao Xianzhi's gaze and saw that the demon god on this mural was much taller than the other demon gods. Behind him were also endless bones and corpses. But unlike the other murals, behind the demon god on this mural were a few surviving humans. They were all looking at the demon god's back without any expression on their faces. After hearing Gao Xianzhi's words, Wang Chong quickly noticed the difference. If the demon god was slaughtering humans, it should be facing the humans.
"Lord Gao, what do you mean? The humans on these murals may not be killed by the demon god as we imagined. These demon gods are facing a stronger threat. "
Wang Chong frowned and said thoughtfully.
For a moment, both of them were silent. In everyone's imagination, the demon god slaughtering humans was a matter of course. But if the humans on the murals were not killed by the demon god, then … They seemed to have thought of something and their brows furrowed even deeper.
"Look over here!"
At that moment, a loud cry rang out. Not far away, a rebel leader stared at a mark on the wall with a shocked look on his face.
"This is the symbol of the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars!"
"Buzz!"
The crowd was stunned by these words and began to gather around the symbol. Bahram was the first to reach the mural, and Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi glanced at each other before rushing over.
In the crack between one of the murals, Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi could clearly see the symbol of a golden goat. But unlike ordinary goats, this golden goat had three horns on its head, each of them extremely sharp and pointed straight at the sky.
And if one looked carefully, one would also realize that this goat had a pair of golden vertical pupils that gave it an extremely callous appearance.
Wang Chong pensively stared at the golden symbol on the wall. To the west of the Cong Mountains, the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars were extremely famous. Abu Muslim's martial arts had come from the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars, and the martial arts that Governor Osman had used to escape his pursuit had also come from the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars. In this world, the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars had an extremely long history.
"Unbelievable! The Elam Dynasty and the legend of the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars don't even exist in the same era. Why would they have a legend of the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars? "
A Revolutionary Army leader stared at the Demon God mark on the wall, his eyes filled with shock.
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