Four thick black chains hung from the high stone ceiling of the hall. These four chains extended from the four corners of the walls and were cast together in the middle of the ceiling. At the place where the chains intersected was a metal structure that looked like a monster's claw. These claw-like twisted metal formed a cage, and firmly grasped a black crystal that looked more than a meter long.
As Vivian had described, it was half a meter to one meter long, slender and irregular in shape. At the same time, it had a black texture like smoked glass, and there was a faint red glow at one end of the crystal.
When the three of them rushed in, they did not have time to care about what was hanging on the roof of the hall. Lily looked up, but the werewolf maiden did not know what it was. She thought it was just an ordinary decoration. But now, she and Hao Ren knew what it was: the Demon Stone.
Hao Ren felt his MDT vibrate, and then a flat, emotionless voice rang in his mind. "I'm so sad …" "Hehe, shut up."
"I can't be that unlucky …" Lily suddenly sat on the ground. After thinking for a while, she still said the same thing. "I'm just a little wolf cub. I haven't even had a girlfriend yet …"
"Stop it." Hao Ren reached out and knocked Lily on the head. "It's just a stone now! It might not necessarily turn the demon … "
Vivian's voice came from the side. "Why do you think the defense in the crypt suddenly activated? Why did the armors all wake up? "
Hao Ren's forehead suddenly broke out in cold sweat. Do you even need to ask? Obviously, the Demon Stone had moved!
"Do you think this is a huge crisis that cannot be solved by human beings?" Hao Ren finally remembered that he had a backer. He called his MDT in his mind. "Is it okay if I ask for backup now?"
"It's not time yet. You haven't even seen the real enemy and you're asking for backup? Don't you feel ashamed? "
Hao Ren suddenly jumped up and down. "Do you really want me to only ask for backup when I'm about to be killed?"
"The staff of the Grand Space Administration basically only ask for backup when they are about to be killed."
Hao Ren almost fainted. But what happened next made him know that he must not faint because something more exciting had just begun. A low rumbling sound came from above, and then he felt the entire underground hall began to shake!
Countless dust and gravel fell like rain from the rock ceiling that had not been repaired for many years. Before the rumbling sound ended, a series of bone-chilling sounds of rocks cracking and rubbing rang in the hall. Everything in the surroundings began to shake, and the four huge iron chains above their heads also creaked and swayed. The seemingly sturdy black iron claws that held the Demon Stone in place loosened one by one under the pull of the four heavy chains. Can you believe it?!
When the underground hall began to shake, Hao Ren had the urge to run out of the hall. At least he could find a corner to stay alive. But when he saw the movement of the iron chains on the roof, he even forgot to run. The eyes of all three of them, including Vivian and Lily, were firmly fixed on the Demon Stone hanging above their heads. The small stone seemed to be directly tied to their hearts. Every time it shook, their hearts twitched. Even Vivian did not dare to fly directly to catch it. They could only watch the black iron claws holding the Demon Stone in place slowly loosen at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, the first iron chain finally could not withstand the accumulation of hundreds of years of weathering and broke at the intersection of the four iron chains.
The heavy iron chain slid in an arc in the air silently. In the eyes of the three of them, it seemed to be moving in slow motion as it slowly crashed into the stone wall in the corner of the hall. Finally, it made a deafening noise.
The black iron claws holding the Demon Stone in place also fell apart under the impact of this last straw. Along with the collapse of all the chains, the one-meter-long black crystal finally fell to the ground. It emitted a dazzling red light the moment it touched the ground.
There were thousands of words in Hao Ren's mind, but all of them could be summed up in one sentence. So, why bother with Gothic aesthetics when making such an important thing? They were all used to hold the Demon Stone in place. Would it kill them to make a stupid iron cage?! Which bastard designer made a bunch of black claws that looked like they were dangling?!
"Run!" The fluff on Lily's ears and tail all stood up the moment the Demon Stone fell to the ground. She then screamed and rushed to the nearest passage. However, just as she took a step, a red halo spread in all directions with the Demon Stone as the center, sweeping the entire hall in the blink of an eye. Hao Ren saw countless Letta runes suddenly emerged on the walls of the hall. However, after a moment, these ancient runes dimmed one by one, and there was a burst of sound like glass breaking from all directions.
The seal of the Demon Chamber itself only lasted for a few seconds before it was completely destroyed!
And when these Letta runes broke and dissipated one by one, Hao Ren heard the familiar sound again. Crash, crash …
Other than the passage that had completely collapsed, there were three other exits in the hall. Now, the sound of armor clashing was coming from those exits. Lily only had time to run a few meters before she stopped abruptly. Countless pairs of blood-red eyes emerged from the darkness, and more armored undead than before were staggering into the hall from three directions!
When the runes of the Demon Chamber lost their effect, these undead guards could also enter the chamber.
And this time, the undead armor was obviously different from the previous ones. They were surrounded by a layer of faint gray mist, and the red light behind the helmet, which served as the eyes, was brighter. Obviously, the power of the Demon Stone had affected the guards in the crypt. Just as Vivian said, these armored souls were called sacred guardians, but they were still resentful spirits driven by obsession. The technology used to create them was inextricably linked to the demons. Initially, when the crypt seal was intact, there would not be a problem. But now that the Demon Stone was completely out of control, these guards had become another disaster in the blink of an eye.
"Those damned demon hunters." Vivian cursed angrily. But before she could do anything, there was a louder rumble coming from above the hall!
More soil and gravel fell from the four corners of the hall. There was even a huge slate that broke off the ceiling and smashed towards Lily. The werewolf maiden heard the wind and did not even have time to look up. She pounced on the side like a hungry dog and narrowly avoided the fatal blow. But the slate still caught her tail slightly. Hao Ren only heard a dog squeal as its tail was stepped on.
"What the hell is going on up there?" Hao Ren felt that the successive rumbles did not sound like a normal collapse of the crypt at all. Instead, it sounded a bit like an explosion. "Why does it sound like a bomb to me?"
As soon as his voice trailed off, they heard a cracking sound coming from the roof in the middle of the hall. Then, a large pile of slate and soil came crashing down. After a cloud of dust, clear moonlight appeared in front of the three of them. There was a big hole in the middle of the hall.
The earth-shattering noise seemed to have frightened the surrounding tin cans. Perhaps the sudden moonlight had thrown the guards into confusion. In short, all the empty armors stopped moving for a short time. Hao Ren and the other two took the opportunity to look at the big hole in the middle of the hall. What was going on with this hole? And it led directly to the ground?
"Can we go up this time?" Lily bared her teeth and hopped to Hao Ren's side. Her tail twitched and trembled. She looked at the hole above the hall, her golden eyes full of curiosity.
"Wait a minute. Something is strange." Vivian blew away the dust in front of her with a gust of wind. She waved her hand to signal Lily not to act rashly. At the same time, Hao Ren saw a rope suddenly hanging down from the big hole.
What happened next made him want to curse.
The "demon hunter" Nangong slid down the rope...
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