Countless pale-white arms stretched out from the grayish-white stone floor. They were grabbing at the air with intense hatred and viciousness, as if they would not let go as long as they caught something. They would either tear it into pieces or drag it down to hell with them.
On the wall on the left and the bookshelf on the right, there were also pale arms with bulging muscles reaching out. It seemed that they formed the wall of limbs from the deepest part of hell.
The pale arms around Lucien, Charlotte, and Sandra sensed the presence of living people and tried to grab them. Some tried to grab their ankles, some tried to grab their arms, some tried to grab their clothes, and some tried to grab their arms.
As soon as they touched Lucien's body, the eleven light balls above Lucien's head lit up with dazzling brilliance. Under the light, the pale arms all turned into white smoke.
Sandra's remaining three energy balls also released rays of light around her and Susan, and all the pale arms around them were shattered into pieces. The arms that were grabbing Xia Lot's body left the floor and the wall and were sucked into the Absorbing Wall. The flowing magic runes on the wall started to expand, as if they were going to explode at any moment.
When they were waiting for Bill's explanation, Xia Lot, Sandra, and Lucien did not remove their own defensive spells.
However, the pale arms on the floor, the wall, and the bookshelf seemed to be endless. The more they were destroyed, the more they would reach out. It made them wonder if they were connected to the deepest part of hell.
At this time, three illusionary lines reached out from Sandra's head and shot to Lucien, Xia Lot, and Susan respectively.
Lucien and Xia Lot knew that it was the third-circle spell, Secondary Telepathic Bond. They did not reject it, and Susan did the same after seeing that the two sorcerers accepted it.
"The only way to solve the problem is to go to the binding room and destroy the summoning circle. If we run away now, it will only give the monster a chance to come back to life and toy with us." Sandra's thoughts were transmitted into the minds of the team through the telepathic bond that had merged with the void.
This spell could directly transmit the thoughts of a sorcerer, which was many times faster than speaking. This spell and its advanced versions were the best choice for sorcerers when they were fighting or adventuring. The only problem was that it was limited by distance and could be easily destroyed by spells that could affect one's mind.
Summer Lot agreed with Sandra without hesitation, "The fog is blocking us. I think that if we don't destroy the summoning circle and kill the monster, it will not disappear at all. When we run into the fog, the monster will have the chance to kill us one by one!"
The two Battle Mages both chose to attack. Since their connection to the outside world had been cut off, they could either defend and wait for reinforcements, or they could kill their way out and escape or attack. The first choice was only made when there was little hope, and it was the last hopeless choice. Since only the "Wall of Limbs" had appeared and the monster had yet to attack, it could be determined that it was still in the process of reviving. They had to firmly grasp this opportunity!
Also, when they were running away, it was easy for them to panic, and it was difficult for them to work together.
As the team leader, Lucien did not waste any time and directly made the decision, "Let's go to the Binding Room."
Seeing that Bill had closed the door again because of the appearance of the Wall of Limbs, Sandra did not waste any time to make sure that Bill was safe. Instead, she asked Susan to follow her closely.
Sandra would not have risked her life to save Susan if she had been left behind or out of her protection in such a dangerous situation.
As one of the two survivors who managed to escape from the castle, Susan was not weak at all. The more scared she was, the more she could exert her strength. She firmly followed Sandra, who had just cast the "Energy Magic Ball" again, and ran forward.
Lucien followed at the end of the group, and with the help of Haste, Lucien was running at full speed, leaving afterimages behind him. The starlight from Maskelyne's Star purified the pale arms on the ground and on the wall into white smoke. However, it was only a third-circle spell, and soon, only eight of the eleven "stars" were left. Occasionally, there were even some arms that did not have enough time to destroy them, and their clothes or bodies were caught by Lucien's Star.
Luckily, Lucien had Death Ward and Powerful Fire Shield on him. As soon as those pale arms touched them, they turned into nothingness.
The arms reached out one after another. When Lucien stepped on them, he felt as if he was stepping on slippery and disgusting moss or rotten meat. It was creepy even from the bottom of his feet.
This time, the sorcerers did not care about anything else. After knocking down more than ten bookshelves, they entered the corridor.
The corridor was even more disgusting and horrifying than the apprentice hall because there were walls on both sides of the corridor. Not only were there pale, translucent arms in the shape of souls, but there were also corpses with rotting flesh or bloody wounds. Even the ceiling had bloody tongues twisting downwards.
Sandra, who was running, pointed her magic wand forward, and the whole corridor was instantly lit up. All the light in the corridor was absorbed by the wand, and the transparent arms, bloody arms, and tongues were burned into smoke.
At the same time, Xia Lot also cast his own spell. Two burning walls of fire appeared on both sides of the corridor. Every arm that wanted to reach out of the corridor had to go through the fire. However, the fire was the bane of the arms, and it was also harmful to the transparent arms. Therefore, even if the transparent arms made it out of the fire wall, they would be easily purified by Sandra's Burning Sun.
The two sorcerers, who were good at fighting, opened up a path for Lucien, who was a few meters behind them, to move forward quickly without casting any spells. This allowed Lucien to focus on other things. Once the sorcerers were in danger, he would be able to help them immediately!
This was the cooperation between sorcerers in a battle!
Although the corridor was long, the sorcerers soon reached the end of the corridor. The hands of souls, dead bodies, and bloody tongues were getting more and more powerful. Some of them even broke through the fire wall and Burning Sun and almost scratched Xia Lot and the other sorcerers' defense. It seemed to be a sign that the monster was getting closer and closer to being fully resurrected!
The arms on the floor began to seriously impede their movement, especially around the corner where there were so many of them that they looked like a dense forest.
Seeing this, Lucien condensed a big red fireball in front of him and quickly flew past Xia Lot and the other sorcerers and landed on the floor.
Boom! In the nearly sealed corridor, the sound reverberated violently. The surging shockwaves sent many corpses flying, and the surrounding doors were blasted away. Sinister cracks appeared on the rippling walls and floor, and terrifying craters appeared one after another.
The forest of arms around the corner immediately became sparse, allowing Xia Lot, Sandra, and Susan to pass through easily. However, when it was Lucien's turn, a lot more of them popped up again.
Lucien carefully controlled the eight light balls above his head to change their orbits around the crystal ball. Two of the light balls rushed into the orbits of the other two as if they were trying to disrupt fate.
The four light balls crashed into each other in groups of two, and they quickly and silently disappeared.
Under the operation of Maskelyne's Star, Lucien stepped into the corner, and the arms agilely tried to grab him. However, they were all dozens of millimeters away from Lucien, and some of them even grabbed each other.
This kind of mistake had only happened a few times before, but now it had become abnormally frequent.
This was one of the functions of Maskelyne's Star. By disrupting fate, the target would be unlucky, and no matter what they did, they would not be able to succeed.
One second later, the arms returned to normal. However, Lucien also passed through the corner and saw that Xia Lot's force field palm was destroyed, the Magic Absorbing Wall expanded to the limit, and the new energy orbs above Sandra's head also expanded to four.
On the door and the wall in front of them, there were no more arms. Instead, there were many huge eyes. The eyes were black and the pupils were white. They were densely packed everywhere, and they carried a strong sense of evil, fear, and destruction.
Being stared at by them, Lucien felt that his soul was turning black, as if he had fallen into the abyss or hell. The Maskelyne's Star above his head was instantly extinguished, and the crystal orbs lost their brilliance and fell to the ground. The Powerful Fire Shield was half dimmed, and the Death Ward covered with divine runes also appeared.
At this time, a layer of pure and dazzling light appeared on Sandra's body, and then the light burst out like fireworks and hit the Wall of Evil Eyes quickly.
Fourth-circle light and darkness spell, Arcana Light. It was created based on the level four divine spell, Light of Mountain Paradise. Although it did not have the special waves of a divine spell, it could still effectively combat the power of evil.
At the same time, Lucien activated Sun's Corona, and the holy light burst out from the Wall of Evil Eyes, purifying the distorted eyes one after another.
Level three divine spell, Scorching Light.
Xia Lot created a very clear mirror in front of the Wall of Evil Eyes, and the eyes were staring at him directly.
It was a second-circle force field spell, Veil of Staring!
The mirror was shattered into countless small pieces under the great power, but the Evil Eyes also exploded one after another. The black liquid splashed on the ground, making a sizzling noise. The rest of the eyes quickly disappeared in the Arcana Light and Scorching Light.
High-level spells were not necessarily more useful than low-level spells, especially in special situations.
After that, the Wall of Evil Eyes collapsed silently, and the door of the binding room behind it was exposed.
A fireball flew out from Xia Lot's white glove, and it blew up the door and most of the wall. The scene inside the room was completely exposed to everyone.
Inside the binding room, there was a seemingly normal magic circle, but at the end of each line, there was a dead body. Blood was flowing out from the dead bodies and into the core of the magic circle through the lines.
At the core of the magic circle, there was a brazier that seemed to have been borrowed from the kitchen. Black flames were burning in it. Two pale hands were placed on both sides of the brazier, and they were struggling to pull out the body that was wrapped in a gorgeous black robe.
The skeletal face with a layer of rotten flesh was looking at Charlotte, who was the closest to the door, with red eyes. Its expression wasn't one of anger, intimidation, or panic. Instead, it was a strange smile with a hint of mockery.
PS: I've changed some of the spells to fit the setting. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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