Chapter 455: Deep in the Palace

"Let's capture him without mercy." The plump and tall lady said.

Long Bingheng didn't say a word, but the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, frost condensed in the air, ice crystal snowflakes fell, and a twelve-pointed blue-purple snowflake formation appeared from the soles of his feet.

"Alas." Chen Nian sighed deeply:

"It would be a dishonorable thing to do something to such a beautiful lady... Wouldn't it be nice if you could just come with us?"

"Moo!"

In the midst of a long roar, the ice soul cold dragon, which was tens of meters high, stood out from behind, emitting boundless extremely cold air. Long Bingheng said coldly:

"I have a question. If you really think that I am the one favored by the evil god, aren't you afraid of the revenge of that being?"

"You admitted it so quickly?" Chen Nian was stunned for a moment, "Then we really have to take action now..."

The Harvest Priest shook his head, made a hand seal, took a step forward and said:

"It's not that we are not afraid of the evil god's revenge, but we have to do this."

"Human beings must first eliminate their own internal diseases before they can unite and fight against the evil god..."

…

Far north, the remains of "S-05".

Bai Zhi came to the underground palace with the "Brilliant Spell", and the discomfort and disgust in his heart became more intense; the dangerous trembling from the "Spider Sense" became more rapid.

Looking around, among the palace complex, only the core main palace in the center has an ancient mottled door that can accommodate Bai Zhi to enter.

Moreover, this door is half open. Through the crack in the door, nothing could be seen, only darkness.

At this point, Bai Zhi's mental power could not penetrate the inner darkness very far, and he could only perceive the situation within about five meters.

After confirming that her mental power found nothing, including the source of danger, she passed through the door and walked in.

Nothing happened.

Strictly speaking, she was already inside this underground palace.

But this is not in line with the description in the ceremony of "enough dangerous and weird depths of the palace".

Therefore, she had to continue to delve deeper.

The structure inside the palace is very simple and empty. There are rows of stone pillars on each side, so wide that the walls are not visible. There is a monster relief on the top. Generally speaking, it is not as complicated and weird as it looks from the outside.

There were hard stone slabs under his feet, and there was no sound of footsteps or breathing. Bai Zhi unconsciously restrained all his breath.

This process of convergence was surprisingly smooth, as if an 'eternal night' had been imposed on myself, thus entering a state that was almost like 'fetal breath' or 'suspended death'.

But at the same time, his spiritual perception ability has been magnified several times. Not only can he perceive various information about objects, but he can also enter the "spiritual" level and even discover some lines of fate.

——These are things that can only be perceived in the spiritual world.

There is no doubt that this is a mysterious and wonderful experience, one that Bai Zhi has never had before.

This world indeed has the special characteristics left by the evil god, which can amplify Bai Zhi's inspiration several times.

But not long after, a strange sound suddenly sounded from the palace:

"Woo, woo, woo——"

It sounded far and near, like the whine of the wind penetrating the wall, or the cry of women and children.

There was also a low growl of "hiss, hiss".

The mental power enhanced in the wonderful state explored in a certain direction under the spiritual guidance, and "saw" a scene that made Bai Zhi's heart tighten.

Under a dark stone pillar, there is a spider monster with the head of a human woman.

Its face is pale and transparent, probably because it has not seen sunlight for many years. It is covered with a thick layer of dirt and something similar to blood scabs. There are six more blood-red eyes on its forehead, and two pedipalps are moving into its mouth. Pulling and pulling out the dirty spider silk.

Under the female spider monster, there was a spider the same size as a human baby. It also had a human head, eight blood-red eyes, and a face that was a little childish but still dirty.

They were the source of that strange sound.

In the darkness, they didn't seem to notice Bai Zhi, they just stayed there and let out frightening yet sympathetic sobs.

The latter withdrew his mental power and continued walking deeper into the palace.

Because I don’t want to cause unnecessary problems.

They can do whatever they want, as long as it doesn't affect her ability to perform the ceremony.

"Woo woo, woo woo——"

"Hiss, hiss..."

More and more whimpers mixed with low neighs echoed in the latter's ears.

Without looking, she knew that every corner of the palace was filled with spider monsters like the one just now.

I just don’t know if they are the original products of this ruins, or are they mutated creatures formed after being contaminated and transformed by humans during later explorations?

After about five minutes, those sounds gradually disappeared, and Bai Zhi also felt that he had arrived in a certain sense "deep" in the palace.

"You are here...my child..."

From a certain direction in the palace, a hoarse sound from an ancient mantra came, and Bai Zhi's consciousness blurred for a moment, involuntarily.

child? What child?

"Hahahaha, hahahaha..."

The creepy, inexplicable weird laughter suddenly pierced the eerie silence and kept echoing;

Under the guidance of the strange smile, Bai Zhi quickened his pace like a demon and walked towards the source of the sound.

She walked faster and faster, but she didn't realize that her body was gradually dissolving like a candle, and her consciousness continued to sink into the quagmire, making it difficult to extricate herself;

Puff, puff, spider limbs involuntarily emerged from her back;

In addition, red short hairs and cunning blood-red tiny eyes also grew on her skin...

But at this moment, the insect-shaped pendant on her right ear and the "Glorious Charm" floating beside her suddenly flashed, and Bai Zhi's eyes regained clarity, and she instantly realized the dangerous situation she was in.

Curse, pollution, evil god...

With the faint light of the "Glorious Charm", Bai Zhi also saw the shadow embedded in the darkness, which made a creepy laugh...

The hunched figure in the darkness was the size of a squatting person, with spider-like limbs...

And hidden under the dark and short body, in the twisted and multi-sectioned limbs, there was an ugly human face, facing her in a distorted posture;

Fear spread in her body, like thousands of ants wandering, because those hairy, cunning little eyes were staring at her (Note 1), as if staring at a rare treasure.

Ding!

[Talent ‘Mysterious Forbidden Zone’ awakening progress increased to 67%]

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Note 1: Adapted from Clark Ashton Smith’s “Seven Curses”.