Extraordinary Mechanical City

Chapter 263 The Balance of the Soul

[Poison Hand] Jizera looked at the ancient bronze gate in front of him, with a hint of suspicion in his expression, and stopped his pursuit.

Although the gate was still open with a gap as wide as one person, she didn't dare to rush in.

Taking a closer look inside, it was dark inside, as thick as ink, as if the eyes were sucked in. But at this moment, the visual perception did not feed back any useful information to the brain, as if seeing a piece of "nothingness".

Jizera took out a flare and lit it, and threw it into the crack of the door, only to find that the flare that was burning with strong light seemed to have passed through a black barrier, and suddenly disappeared from sight.

"Is there a magic restriction?"

Seeing this scene, Jizela frowned, and even hesitated to move forward, faintly feeling palpitations.

Her intuition told her that if she rashly broke into the bronze door, her life would definitely be in danger!

All indications indicated that the "mysterious person" who just took the Holy Grail just now acted premeditatedly. She guessed that there was probably an ambush behind this door!

And the moment Jizela stopped, those members of the Rosas family also carefully avoided the poisonous fog and rushed over around the hall.

Those who can catch up to the bronze gate in the first time are mostly masters of the second and third ranks. But they looked at the dark door in front of them, and no one dared to rush in.

They have already experienced the danger of this underground palace, whether it is the kobolds or these poisonous substances.

Not to mention any new monsters that will appear behind the bronze door, even if they encounter the mazes on the previous floor, they will be trapped to death.

But right now, there are obviously more important things.

And at this moment, the second wave of help-seekers also arrived.

A few guards carried the black-faced Young Master George and ran over in a panic.

"Master Gizela, it's bad! Master George has been poisoned. We injected him with a powerful antidote, but it didn't help much. Please save him quickly!"

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Gizera frowned as he looked at Young Master George who was so angry.

Young Master George was seriously injured, and she couldn't allow her to be distracted from thinking about the things behind the bronze door, so she turned her thoughts back.

She didn't dare to delay, she walked over by herself and checked it carefully.

There is no need to guess the reason for George's poisoning. He was brought to the rainbow poisonous fog area by the "mysterious man" before and inhaled the toxin.

"Rainbow toxin" is not a single biological toxin, but many kinds. Nervousness, sepsis, frost, corrosion, paralysis... All kinds of poisons have spewed out countless years of mixed toxins, which are very complicated.

This kind of complex toxin, the general antidote is useless at all.

There are also many kinds of antidotes, and generally one kind of medicine only targets a single toxin.

Even the most advanced detoxification medicine on the market can detoxify at most three to five kinds of mixed toxins. Jizera took a sip of this rainbow poisonous mist, and at least identified more than twenty types of various toxins.

With this complex poisonous injury, another doctor might really be helpless. The world of toxic episodes is too short to save lives.

If it weren't for those two third-tier priesthood spellcasters to renew his life, this guy would probably have died just now.

But for Jizela, an expert in poison use, the problem is not that big.

Instinctively, she wanted to find some antidote from the storage ring. But when I touched it, I found that there was nothing above my finger, and I was even more angry.

That guy even tricked himself into taking away his storage ring!

Thinking of this, Jizela's face turned livid, but he didn't dare to hesitate too much. She cut George's wrist directly, released some pus and blood, and then cast a spell to channel the toxin out

In a quarter of an hour.

George's dark face finally returned to normal flesh color.

Gizera stopped, and said expressionlessly: "Master George's poison is no longer a serious problem."

Hearing this, the senior members of the Rosas family breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Master Jizera."

The guards didn't dare to keep George in the underground palace, carried him on a stretcher, and planned to go to the ground camp to recuperate.

But at this time, the man was saved, and everyone also turned their attention to the bronze door.

Just now they have sent two centurions into the gate, but until now, there has been no news.

No one came out alive, and the "Magic Mark" couldn't sense it at all.

It's like it's completely gone.

This made the Rosas family even more panicked.

Think about it, but don't know what danger is hidden in the darkness.

"What shall we do now?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the third floor of the ruins is probably the real treasure place. I must find a way to go down there. Besides, the assassin is also inside, and he must be caught."

"But... in case there are monsters on the third floor like the previous labyrinth, no matter how many people there are in our knight order, it won't be enough."

"Yes, even if slaves and civilian hunters are to be recruited now, it will take seven or eight days at the latest to arrive."

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Gizera frowned upon hearing this.

Her intuition told her that the two "centuries" that went down before must have been wiped out. But the "mysterious man" who stole the Holy Grail must still be alive.

With such deep scheming, he planned to save the young owner of the "Sequoia Chamber of Commerce" and also took away the Holy Grail. He would never rush into a dangerous place to die.

It must not be a fatal situation inside.

But she didn't dare to gamble, and she didn't dare to risk herself.

But if you don't go in now, you really have to wait seven or eight days, it will be too late.

The current situation gave this Gizera the feeling that a few mice had escaped into his own rice jar. The treasures of the entire ruins originally belonged to them, but now they were "stolen". Moreover, there is no guarantee that those "rats" will escape after eating and drinking enough.

Waiting like this is definitely not a good choice.

And just when the "Black Wind Leader" group was at a loss, another exploration team came.

That was obviously the head of the Rosas family, the hunting team led by the "Prince Harper".

Although they belong to the Rosas family, after all, wild hunting involves the distribution of benefits. As agreed before, the two groups of people will do their own thing.

Originally, the "Black Wind Leader" group thought that they would make a lot of money because Gannix was the first to break the maze and get the opportunity to explore the second floor, but they didn't expect such a "big accident".

Nearly a thousand people were lost in the battle just now, and it was with great difficulty that the second poison was flattened.

Unexpectedly, no treasures have been found yet, and the young master George was almost killed. The only treasure I saw, [Maracath's Holy Grail of All Poisons] was snatched away right under my nose.

Prince Harper was not only not worried, but happy when he saw his cousin's team suffer a setback.

This young man with the same shiny green hair came down to the bronze door surrounded by a group of people, and asked, "Oh, I saw my brother George being carried out just now. What's going on?"

Although there is a conflict of interest, this Harper is also a descendant of his own, but after all, he is from the same family, and he is still a prince. The old mage named Pickle had to tell the truth, saying: "Just now there was a little accident, an assassin attacked George"

He slowly told the story of Rennes' sneak attack before.

"Assassins? Only one?"

Hearing this, "Prince Harper" and his party were also very surprised.

However, they didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, his team has the extraordinary fifth-level [Curse Master] Magister Borg, and several elite knights led by fourth-level top powerhouses.

With this lineup, even the "Ten Legends" couldn't please a single assassin.

But after listening to what happened before, Prince Harper and his party also faced the same problem.

That is how to explore the "third layer of the ruins" behind the bronze door?

In the end, the group tried various methods, and after losing two third-tier regiment leaders and an elite hunting group of hundreds of people, they finally gave up the stupid idea of ​​using their own people to test.

It was dark behind the bronze door, like a giant beast with a bloody mouth. People entered, never returned, and no useful news could be detected.

Without intelligence feedback, they don't even know what's going on inside.

It's a trap, a palace, a monster, or something else.

In the end, His Royal Highness's fiancée [Moon Beauty] Maritith made a feasible suggestion.

Then, Prince Harper made the decision.

"Lack of people? Aren't there still more than 2,000 people alive in the maze above? Drive them all down and let them go to test it first!"

"But... Your Royal Highness, will doing this not be good for the reputation of our Rosas family? After all, they already know that this is dangerous, and they are definitely not willing to take any more risks."

"Hehe, it's just a group of civilians. If they die, they will die. We still need to ask for their consent? The most important thing we need in the Kingdom of Glory now is the population. Besides, as long as there are no survivors, who will know what happened here?"

"Yes, Your Royal Highness!"

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Now it seems that this ruin must have a treasure.

The Rosas royal family can't wait for time, and they won't be willing to watch someone steal their treasures and run away!

On the other hand, in the third layer of ruins.

After the bronze door came down, there was a long corridor.

After entering the thick magic barrier, it is not as dark as it looks outside.

There is a light source here.

The floor height is nearly 100 meters, and the suspended ceiling is a beautiful "starry sky ceiling". Looking up, there is a deep dark blue dotted with bright "stars", like the ultimate starry sky in summer night.

Although the light source is weak, it is enough for people to see everything on the third floor clearly.

What came into view was a row of exquisitely carved stone pillars, and on the stone pillars, squatting some flesh-winged monsters that looked like stone carvings, they were all alchemy creatures [Hell Gargoyles], with a total of thirty-six heads.

But at this moment, corpses and blood were everywhere on the passage and stone pillars.

The nearly 1,000-member exploration team sent by the Rosas family was wiped out here.

Even the third-order high-level extraordinary, did not escape the grasp of this gargoyle that was immune to both monsters and monsters.

After Ren squatted here to hide a few waves of intruders, he also found that those from the Rosas family had no intention of coming in.

He didn't catch any big fish, and he completely lost interest in squatting.

He simply manipulated the bronze door with demonic language and closed it completely.

The layout of the third floor of the underground palace is very simple, and the end can be seen almost at a glance.

Along the walls, there are a total of sixteen huge stone statues of gods. They wear crowns and sit on stone thrones. Sixteen extraordinarily gorgeous golden coffins were placed at the feet of the stone carvings.

This is the resting place of sixteen kings of the ancient kingdom of Monkel.

No, to be precise, there should only be fifteen corpses.

The body of Pallas XV, one of the "Seventy-two Generals" [Thunder Nightmare] Aluret Pallas, is not here.

At the foot of the sculpture was an empty coffin without a lid.

Although Ren guessed that there might also be buried treasures in the dozen or so coffins, he didn't open them.

Because there are warning words in the temple at all times: 【Disturb King Pallas' rest, you will be cursed and die. 】

And he didn't come to rob the tomb. What he was really interested in was things related to extraordinary power, for example, the magic light gate in the hall marked with [Land of Inheritance].

Catherine's mother and son were reunited safely. Although the process was thrilling, everyone was happy.

Before, they were a little worried that there were so many Rosas family outside, and their situation would be very bad if they rushed in.

Unexpectedly, the monster statues on those stone pillars could actually "come back to life"!

Moreover, what is even more surprising is that Ren can actually control them!

Then, it was because there was this kind of [Gargoyle] guarding the gate who could kill even a third-order superhuman. Breaking into several groups of hundreds of people, they were easily killed.

With no survival crisis, the mother and son were completely relieved and stayed in the underground palace with peace of mind.

Catherine's injuries were not healed, so she lay down on the open space to rest and recover; but Ganix couldn't bear the loneliness, and went around researching everything in the underground palace.

At this time, the bronze door slowly closed, and there was a lot of movement.

Catherine watched Ren approaching, and then asked curiously: "Mr. Ren, have you been here before? I heard you just said a spell, and let the bronze door close by itself?"

Since encountering the assassin's night attack, she has become accustomed to Ren's various magical operations.

Several times were fatal situations, because of the appearance of this man, the danger was saved.

Now seeing that Ren can overtake the gargoyle and also control the bronze door, Catherine is not as surprised as she was at first.

In her heart, she already had another impression of Ren: a guy who can always bring miracles.

"Um."

Ren walked over, checked Catherine's injuries, and responded: "I have encountered this kind of bronze door in another temple before, and I happen to know how to manipulate these things."

"oh?"

Catherine graciously asked him to check her body, and suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Is it the time you and Kanossa were in danger?"

Ren nodded: "Yeah."

After a pause, he said again: "The injury is recovering well."

"I see."

Hearing this, Catherine suddenly thought of something.

She turned her eyes and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, the corners of her brows were curved, revealing a meaningful chuckle.

At this time, Gannix, who was observing the stone carving with a magic lamp not far away, saw Ren freed his hand, and greeted enthusiastically: "Hey, Mr. Ren! Come here quickly, I have a big discovery!"

Ren turned his head and said, "Is that so?"

The young adventurer studied the Monkel civilization deeply, and he urgently needed someone to share his discovery, so he said excitedly: "Mr. Wren, I have just carefully studied the contents of the stone carvings and found that the carvings on it are Content seems to be the way to get in!"

Ren turned his gaze, "Oh?"

Ganix frowned: "That's right. The method on the stone carving is a bit weird. It says that if you want to enter this magic light gate, you need to put your heart on the balance."

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Hearing this, Ren raised his eyebrows and did not speak.

He could understand Monkel's ancient language, so he naturally knew what was written on it.

Near the pale golden "Magic Gate", there is also the weirdest sculpture on the third floor.

It was a solid gold kobold statue more than three meters high, dressed in the same ornate clothes as the king statues beside it.

The weird thing is the golden balance it holds in its hand.

There is a pure white feather on one side of the balance, while the other side is empty, so the whole balance is slightly tilted towards the feather.

The stone wall next to the sculpture is engraved with words: [Hero of the trial, your 'wisdom' and 'bravery' have successfully passed the test, and the last test is 'soul'. Put your heart on the balance, and the heart of an upright person will be as light as this 'angel's feather'; a person with evil hearts will be cursed and die if he enters the gate of light. Entering the gate of the void, you will get an extraordinary inheritance]

To put it simply, this large paragraph of text needs to meet a condition before the door of light can enter normally.

And the stone carving behind the kobold statue is equipped with "entry instructions", which can be guessed without reading the text.

There are two patterns.

In one of them, a person used a knife to cut open his own chest, and then put his heart on the balance, and the balance was balanced, and then the person walked into the door of light;

And in the second picture, the balance was tilted towards the heart, and then the person who cut out the heart fell to the ground, and the kobold swallowed his soul.

The content on this stone carving is also the biggest reason why Ren had discovered the location of the Might and Magic Gate long ago, but did not dare to rush in.

Since it is a "place of trials", it must be carried out according to certain specific rules.

He can choose to ignore this rule and just break in.

But the result is almost predictable. People who violate the rules will definitely trigger some bad things.

This is a world where there are or used to be gods, and everything must be done with enough awe.

Judging from the previous moments on the first and second floors of the underground palace, the people of this ancient civilization are not imaginary "myths and legends", but "facts".

Both kobolds and two-headed pythons are real.

This level, 80% is not made to bluff people.

But if Ren was asked to cut out his heart and weigh it on a balance according to the method on the stone carving. He felt that this method was very unreliable.

Although his current medical ability is already very strong, even if the heart is separated for a short period of time, the problem is not big.

However, no matter how you look at it, a heart is heavier than a feather.

How to keep the scales in balance?

This is also his scruples.

Maybe it's the wrong way?

Ren didn't know if there were other metaphors for this way of entering the door, or what, after all, he didn't dare to cut out his heart rashly and put it on it.

In the end, Renn looked around the entire hall for a week, but after not finding any other method other than "cutting the heart and weighing", he temporarily gave up searching.

It would be more appropriate to leave it to an energetic professional adventurer like Ganix to find some mechanism and secret passage.

At this time, Ren took out the storage ring of [Poisonous Hand] Gizera and looked at it carefully.

Almost everything inside is highly poisonous.

However, because of the real-time monitoring of the "intelligent brain", Ren does not need to worry about being fatally poisoned.

In addition to various poisons in bottles and cans, I also found many classics related to poison use.

Moreover, he also found a dark gold copper plate, engraved with a poisonous magician's exclusive training secret method - [Void Myriad Venomous Hands]!

"It's actually still a body training skill that ignores the body-protecting battle qi to a certain extent? No wonder her poisonous python spell easily penetrated my body-protecting battle qi before. It turns out that there is this secret technique!"

When Ren saw the cultivation method of this poisonous hand, his eyes suddenly lit up.

In his impression, Transcendents of the [Venomancer] lineage, like assassins, paid more attention to sneak attacks when killing enemies.

The frontal combat capability should be greatly reduced.

Especially for the fourth and fifth level of high-level extraordinary, as long as there is precaution, the use of poison is not great.

The high-level and extraordinary body-protecting vindictive energy envelops the whole body, unless it is crushed by the rank, or poisoned when it is unprepared, it is impossible for the toxin to enter the body.

And the power of this poisonous hand is that its attack can ignore the fighting spirit of the body to a certain extent, that is, it has a super high "damage penetration"!

Temper the palms with poison, and then gather the poisonous gas in the palms.

With one blow, the toxin can easily penetrate the body-protecting vindictiveness of the same level of transcendence, even for a transcendent of one level higher, it has a miraculous effect.

After reading the introduction to the practice of this secret technique, Ren suddenly thought of a thought: "If this thing is combined with [Sky God Strike], isn't it able to directly force the toxin into the target's body?"

[Empty God Strike] also uses energy to transform energy into the target's body, and has the special effect of "ignoring the target's defense". But in the end, how much strength can penetrate is also restricted by the fighting spirit of the body.

If there is such a poisonous hand martial skill that enhances "damage penetration", and at the same time as the punch is injected with a toxin, wouldn't the damage immediately explode?

And the most powerful thing about this [Void Ten Thousand Poisonous Hands] is not how to practice the secret technique, but the "toxin"!

This is a secret method with an infinite growth limit.

As long as the toxin used to refine the hand is stronger, the "penetration" ability that ignores the fighting spirit of the body will be stronger, and the damage will be greater!

The more Ren thought about it, the more astonished he became: "It's no wonder that [Poisonous Hand] Jizela has a record of killing fifth-level powerhouses. I thought it was a sneak attack and poisoned, but it turned out that there was such a move. Fortunately, I didn't fight her hard before." Touch it, or I’m afraid I’ll suffer a lot.”

Toxins in the skin and internal organs are completely different.

On the surface of the skin or the respiratory tract, Ren can completely ignore the toxin. Because his [God Healing Technique] can heal the poison in an instant before the toxin has time to damage the body.

But if it is at the moment when some internal organs are critical and may be poisoned, there is no time to detoxify, and they will die suddenly on the spot!

Seeing this, Ren immediately had the idea of ​​learning this secret technique.

Now he happens to have "Seven Colored Poisonous Crystals" in his hand, can anything more poisonous than this be found today?

Originally, he only wanted to improve his poison resistance, but because of this secret method, he felt that he would be able to master a new ultimate move in the near future!

Anyway, no one around the bronze door could open it. Originally, Ren planned to stay on the third floor of the temple for a while.

Then, after finding no other way to enter the Might and Magic Gate, send Catherine, mother and son, to leave through the secret passage first.

He will stay on his own and cheat the people of the Borosas family.

Unexpectedly, the plan was disrupted.

Just two hours later, the bronze door slowly opened.

This door can only be opened with demonic language.

Hearing that movement, Ren thought that besides himself and Mafa Dashaji, there was another person who could speak Devil's language.

That's the girl from the Curse Clan, Naleta!

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