The Truth of Magic

Chapter 656 The Strange Sea

With three blood-colored moon disks hanging high in the sky, Zhao Xu had already been waiting for Antinoya's arrival in the tower with the strange "Seraphim Oil Painting".

After experiencing the scene of surviving in the cave, Zhao Xu still did not dare to be reckless even though Zhao Xu held the power of iron heart and the silver fire that could create miracles.

The abyss, for him at this time, is still a taboo place.

Although Zhao Xu did not detect any residual breath of the six-armed snake demon from the mysterious oil painting, the mysterious door to another world glowing with blue light still made him vigilant like the call of the abyss.

Zhao Xu added an "identification technique" later, but it turned out that it was an extremely ordinary oil painting.

At first glance, the "Gate to Another World" clearly suspended in the frame seems to be a deceptive cover-up.

"Boom..."

As the bell rang in the early morning, when the "curfew" that prohibited loitering was announced to the entire capital, the capital, which was still a little bustling, slowly returned to its former tranquility.

A familiar footstep sounded behind Zhao Xu, and he turned his head, and saw Antinoya's reappearance immediately.

"It seems that you have gained something?" Antinoya asked with a strange look.

"I just want to ask the instructor to appraise it."

As he spoke, Zhao Xu handed over the painting in his hand.

"interesting."

At this time, Antinoya was wrapped in a milky white and pink wool coat, and there was still a little rain dripping from the hem of the coat.

"It has a deeper secret?"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but ask, could it be that his luck was really so good that he could find an extraordinary painting just by fishing?

Antinoya showed her bright eyes and looked straight at him.

"Actually, I'm also very surprised. I just mentioned the Abyss Scroll to you. I didn't expect you to get involved with it so quickly."

"This makes me a little suspicious, is it a coincidence of fate or an arrangement."

This sentence almost sent a chill down Zhao Xu's back, and he even had to react instinctively to trigger a "quick burst" and then discard the oil painting.

It seems that the mysterious engravings on the wooden picture frame all carry an evil curse, exuding a ferocious roar from the abyss.

"The Scroll of the Abyss?"

Zhao Xu was surprised, but he regained consciousness in an instant.

"No, or is it a copy of the tome of the abyss you mentioned, the teacher, Aham's tome of darkness?"

As he spoke, he looked at the painting in his hand from several angles, but he couldn't see the slightest aura of a divine weapon.

"It seems that you really remember everything I said to you in your heart. Unfortunately, time is tight after we parted, so you haven't had time to go back to the library of legends to browse the materials in this regard."

Speaking of which, Antinoya placed the oil painting on the stone table in the center of the top floor of the tower, stared at it for a while, and then explained.

"Aham is indeed the most outstanding candidate for studying the abyss in Arthur's history, and he is also one of the few lucky ones who have read the 'Book of the Abyss' without being polluted and corrupted."

"In the end, after he rewrote his memory about the contents of the Abyss Tome, it became the 'Ahamu's Tome of Darkness'."

"And after thousands of years, although Aham, the sage who explored the abyss, has disappeared, the 'Black Order' that upholds his will has been passed down. And in the hundreds of years when the leader of this organization disappeared, the disciples Continue to expand and write the 'volume' that records the knowledge of demons."

"So, in the end, these mysterious tomes rely on their own and even the power of the abyss to become artifacts or sub-artifacts. Therefore, 'Aham's Tome of Darkness' now refers to this series of extensions based on the 'Abyss Tome' Abyss artifact."

Speaking of Antinoya, he showed a puzzled look, "Generally speaking, most of these artifacts are hidden in the branch bases of the religious order or are in the hands of well-known members of the organization, and few of them are leaked out. It really makes me happy that you can get one." Accident."

It was only then that Zhao Xu realized that the imitation that Antinoya and I mentioned casually at that time actually had such a deep secret.

"So the painting in my hand is at least an artifact in itself." Zhao Xu said with emotion. Neither the wanderer nor Aunt Liu would have thought that they would pass by artifacts one after another.

"That's right." Antinoya agreed, "You are indeed destined to have artifacts, and you can meet them again and again, but in the end, few of them can really fall into your hands."

After complaining, Antinoya continued to speak seriously.

"midsummer."

"Although Aham's scrolls of darkness are diverse, with hundreds of chapters, some are just a scroll, and some can be bound into a booklet, looking chaotic, but don't underestimate them."

"As far as the current recognized research is concerned, the 'Aham's Tome of Darkness', which records the knowledge of the abyss, demons, and other related subjects, is the only way to point to the 'Abyss Tome'."

Zhao Xu also nodded at this, while carefully remembering the style of the oil painting at this time.

"Mentor, besides knowledge records, do these dark scrolls have any special effects or costs?"

"Naturally."

Antinoya confirmed, "These artifacts can provide skill bonuses to the owners, and even have different special powers, divided into secondary and advanced."

"However, every time the power of the Scroll of Darkness is used, there will be a cumulative probability of summoning the purgatory creatures associated with it. The secondary is 1%, and the high-level is about 5%. Once the purgatory creatures are summoned, they will attack the user frantically until they are destroyed. The opponent then gets the scroll."

"Only by destroying the purgatory creature can the summoning probability of the scroll be reset."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but look carefully at the oil painting on the stone table - "Scroll of Darkness".

Could it be that the "Gate to Another World" in that frame is a kind of secondary or high-level power? Once he uses it, maybe he will face to face with a purgatory creature?

You know, every time you use it is a re-roll of the dice to fight the probability.

Especially when this probability is bound to reach 100% one day, not to mention that as long as it exceeds 50%, every use is equivalent to stepping on a tightrope.

However, Zhao Xu also had doubts about this, especially when there were a lot of scrolls of darkness.

"Teacher, I'm not too worried, but can other owners really successfully avoid these purgatory creatures? And once they die, what will happen if the purgatory creatures take the Dark Scroll?"

"This is it."

At this moment, Antinoya was staring at the three blood moons in the night sky of Yanan. It was rumored that these were one of the incarnations of the gods.

"When making the Scroll of Darkness, that sect took this into consideration, so magic was attached to each scroll to expel demons. As long as there are any demons born in the abyss within 10 meters, it will automatically accumulate 10% probability every round Invoke teleport or plane shift to leave your current location."

"And if this escape ability takes effect, the probability of summoning purgatory creatures will also be reset to 0%."

"What if it is obtained by a purgatory creature?" Zhao Xu asked back.

"As long as the creature in the abyss gains ownership of the Tome of Darkness, it will lose some teleportation and other powers. Any demon that obtains Aham's Tome of Darkness will immediately return to the abyss with it."

Zhao Xu's heart was mixed with worry and joy.

This means that the six-armed snake demon is not possessed in this painting, otherwise the other party probably has already seen the secret.

Even the other party did not activate the teleportation effect of the oil painting as the scroll of darkness because of the incorporeal possession.

The six-armed snake demon actually intersected with the scroll of darkness they were also looking for.

Antinoya also said with a smile at this moment, "Any demon who regains the Tome of Darkness and brings it back to the abyss will honestly present it to his immediate superior, the six-armed snake demon or the Balor demon. If the presenter If the level is high enough, it may even be a certain demon prince."

"The Tome of Darkness has always been a thorn in the eyes of demons because it has recorded too many secrets of the abyss. They will unremittingly destroy this artifact whenever they have the opportunity."

"But no matter how fragile Aham's Scroll of Darkness is, it will be almost indestructible because of the artifact." Zhao Xu said, "Is there another way?"

"Naturally, there is a well-known method in the abyss that will not fail. Just throw it into the dark well of the abyss. The chaotic evil juice inside will completely destroy the dark scroll after an hour."

Speaking of which, Antinoya's eyes fell on the painting in front of her again.

"I have a book of darkness in my hand right now, called 'Book of Darkness: Geography of the Abyss'. Back then, Turkot Noel Aham, relying on the records of 'Book of the Abyss', was unprecedented explored the abyss, and then he created the guidebook for dealing with ever-changing dimensions."

"That guide records geographic information on many levels of the abyss, including dangerous places and relatively safe places."

Speaking of which, Antinoya took it out of the dimension bag in her arms, "Because of the automatic teleportation feature when meeting a devil, I usually have to seal it up."

I saw that this abyssal geography is completely a large and bulky book, and its appearance looks like a navigator's rudder.

As Antinoya spread it out, Zhao Xu noticed that the page alone was 2 meters long and 1 meter wide, and it also exuded a very strong musty smell.

"Just reading this abyssal geography is also a difficult task. The reading process will be urgently suppressed. If the will can't survive, it is likely to become delusional and paranoid, and no longer want to touch this dark scroll , and even touching it will cause you to be in a state of panic.”

"But if you make it through, then you'll gain a detailed understanding of the abyss."

"Knowledge (plane) checks about the abyss and demons and survival checks in the abyss will have a +10 environment bonus. This effect can last for a full year after reading."

Zhao Xu understood that this was the typical skill bonus of the Scroll of Darkness, and continued to ask, "What about the secondary and high-level power?"

"One kind of secondary power can carry out limited alien teleportation, and will return at a specified time. The other is a high-level teleportation once a day. The last advanced power is to summon demons once a week through the gate of another world."

After listening to Zhao Xu, he shook his head directly, "I feel that the effect is average."

Antinoya couldn't help laughing, "This is an exaggeration of your standards. But I really don't recommend using it, because every time you use power, you will always attract 2-5 spirit demons. Once the probability is reached, then It will also make the summoned demons rebel, and it will also summon one more six-armed snake demon and 1-4 berserker demons to take back the artifact."

"At the same time, these demons are all summoned and have entities, so they can continue to summon and let you face a demonic reinforcements."

Hearing this, Zhao Xu shook his head secretly, "My head hurts just listening to it."

"I feel that these so-called artifacts are not worthy of their names. They just want the indestructible characteristics of artifacts."

At this time, his evaluation of "oil painting" has been lowered a lot in his heart.

Immediately, Antinoya withdrew her "Abyss Geography". From the point of view she casually mentioned, the power contained in Antinoya's seemingly weak body was also astonishingly terrifying.

"As for your oil painting, I really can't figure out which Aham Dark Scroll it is. After all, I only joined that sect for a few years, and I didn't have much contact with it."

Speaking of which, Antinoya frowned and thought deeply.

"But from my point of view, this oil painting is more like a transmission key."

"key?"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but recall that when he was going to the demiplane of death, the "scythe" in his hand was the key, and what he was looking for was the hidden "portal gate".

"Generally speaking, if mages don't pay attention to the demiplane they operate, they will easily lose their specific coordinates in the astral world due to the storm of the plane."

"So most mages who can use the legendary spell 'Creation' to create a 'half-plane' will fix the coordinates of the entrance of the half-plane in the frame, and then apply the power of 'transportation' spells to the oil painting. Can."

"So, the painting in my hand is likely to point to a certain level of the abyss?" Zhao Xu said to himself.

"That's right. Generally, when we reach the abyss, we choose the Myriad Abyss Plain on the fourth floor. It is widely known because there are many portals leading to the abyss. Therefore, it has become one of the most frequent passages to the bottomless abyss. A popular destination for most travelers looking to travel to unlimited dimensions."

"If I were you, then I would also suggest that you choose this level for teleportation. At least when it lands, it is safer than other levels."

Speaking of which, Antinoya raised the frame in his hand, "But since we have this frame now, let's use it to enter it. By the way, let you experience the aura of the 'Scroll of Darkness', so that you can recognize it in the future."

In an instant, Antinoya activated the power of this oil painting.

The door to another world that was vivid in the frame directly stimulated a strong light, involving her in it.

When the light fell on Zhao Xu, the blue light suddenly turned dark.

Zhao Xu also disappeared immediately.

After experiencing a period of unspeakable bumps and vomiting.

Zhao Xu was surprised to find that he appeared on a rough sea level, and he used the "flying technique" to control his body in an instant.

Antinoya was no longer around him.

At the same time, a mysterious call suddenly came from behind him——

"Raliyah."