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Nicol Bolas was like a sharp arrow in mid-air, shooting straight at Fang Plover. But at the critical moment, the latter suddenly turned around, raised his right hand, and faced Nicol Bolas with the back of his hand. Before the dark dragon lady's claws could reach it, a golden ray of light radiated from there.
The dark dragon lady seemed to have hit a shock wave head-on, and the light seemed to contain something that frightened her. She screamed and was pushed away, landing heavily in the middle of the square.
Fang Plover was not immune either. He was knocked away by the aftermath of the former's impact and crashed into a group of stalls at the edge of the square. He tore down a large piece of awning before finally coming to a stop.
He felt as if he had been hit head-on by a train, and his back seemed to be broken. When he lowered his head, he saw that there were many broken pieces of wood inserted into his arm, which was painful to the bone. But Fang Yu still gritted his teeth and immediately grabbed the debris around him and climbed up. Instead of panicking, he was filled with joy: "It really worked -"
He glanced at his right hand - it seemed that he could see the half of the crown mark there through the glove.
He still remembered that when he was at Traveler's Rest, this mark had helped him resist an attack by a dark dragon. In fact, Fang Plover had doubts at that time. This mark - or rather it had appeared in Nicol Bolas's mouth. The 'Cang Zhihui' has some potential connection with the dark dragon.
He vaguely felt that this mark seemed to have the power to fight against them, but he never had the chance to test it since then. After all, there were not as many 'dark dragons' in the world as people imagined.
And it wasn't until today that Fang Plover truly confirmed this idea.
It has to be said that he must be grateful to the other 'Nicol Bolas'. Unfortunately, this is the benefit of information advantage. What Nicol Bolas saw and heard thirty years later cannot affect her thirty years later. Projections from years ago.
This is where his opportunity lies.
He looked at the mark again——
Although it is still unclear what the origin of this mark is, the ability of this mark has obviously gradually shown some clues. It only seemed to manifest its presence at critical moments, so when Nicol Bolas attacked him several times before, it remained silent as there was no danger to his life.
At this time, an extremely angry roar came from the direction of the square: "The Glory of Cang!" The voice was so shrill that it seemed as if it came from under the netherworld. Even Fang Pliong, a bystander, could clearly hear the hatred in it. .
He glanced back subconsciously, and the sight in front of him almost scared him out of his wits.
Because he saw from a distance in the square, Nicol Bolas was lying on the ground in pain. The dense black smoke seeped out from under her skin, causing her to swell up like a balloon, getting bigger and bigger. Her snow-white skin Black jade-like scales also grew below, covering the beautiful body in layers.
Her body shape kept changing, and she soon lost her human form and turned into a real giant dragon. The spread wings pointed to the sky, extending from the sharp claws to the wingtips to six or seven stories high. This huge body was far beyond what he had seen in Traveler's Swamp. The giant dragon covered the sky and almost blocked the square. night sky.
Nicol Bolas then raised his head and let out a long, clear roar. The sound stirred up a strong wind and even swept up the dust on the ground, causing Fang Plover to lose his footing and almost fall to the ground. He quickly held on to the wall before he could stand firm.
At this time, Nicol Bolas had lowered his head. His three slender horns looked particularly ferocious in the night sky, and his golden eyes flickered. Between the black mist, there was a vague feeling that made Fang Plover return to Traveler's Rest. .
It's just too big, too huge to be imagined by mortals. This dark dragon almost occupies the entire gray oak square.
What surprised Fang Yu was that the Nicol Bolas in front of him was not blind in one eye as rumored. Although one of her horns was indeed broken, her two eyes were still intact, completely different from the form he had seen at Traveler's Rest.
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted.
He finally realized what was hidden under the ruins of Dolifen - the Dragon's Golden Eye, which was Nicol Bolas's lost Eye of Venus. Everyone guessed wrong. The eye that Shujod blinded did not fall into the hands of his descendants, nor was it forged into a ring of golden flames.
As Nicol Bolas himself said, it was simply a fake and a deception.
Although Fang Yu still didn't understand the reason for Mazak's claim, the eye that Nicol Bolas really lost turned out to be here, under this city. There was a sudden and cheerful feeling in his heart. No wonder, no wonder this city will always be lingering in such a huge illusion. It is one of the sources of power of the dark dragon, which is enough to turn Dolifen's tens of thousands of resentful souls away. Trapped within this small area, there will never be peace.
This also explains why followers of the Dragon Worship Cult always linger here.
They are looking for the same thing.
But the question is - who is it that used illusions to bury the truth, hide it from the followers of the Dragon Cult, and bind Nicol Bolas's power here?
Three scenes, three pieces of equipment that once existed in this ruins, with the help of adventurers, repeatedly defeated Nicol Bolas's Dragon's Golden Eye. Fang Yu vaguely saw the truth of this arrangement. It was like a huge chess game. Anyone who entered the city would unconsciously step onto the chess board the moment they entered the scene.
And every adventurer who wants to obtain Dolifen's Three Things will faithfully carry out this process, recreate history, and defeat Nicol Bolas on this square.
But is that all?
He frowned, but it was too late to think more. Because the dark dragon had already taken action, it lowered its head and saw the square plover at the entrance of the alley with its cold eyes.
The dragon roared in a low voice, and its voice was completely different from the human woman before. It seemed more hoarse and vicious, more similar to the time during Traveler's Rest.
She immediately rushed towards Fang Plover, but the latter showed no fear and only took a step back, raised his head and watched the huge beast rushing to the edge of the square, and then collided with a light net that suddenly appeared.
It was a golden grid——
Fang Plover had to raise his head to see the entire network. It started to flash from the point of impact, and then the curved surface extended backwards to form a huge hemisphere. The upper half of the hemisphere almost disappeared into the black clouds, and then hung down from the other end a few blocks away in the distance.
If Fang Plover was not mistaken, this golden net covered several blocks centered on the city hall - although he did not know where the city hall was yet - it was just as he expected.
Like a giant dragon, they continuously hit the light net, with no result other than making the golden net even more dazzling. And this scene also deepened Fang Yu's understanding of this illusion. Sure enough, there was more than just the power of the Dragon's Golden Eyes in this illusion.
Only the creator of the illusion himself can limit the power of a dark dragon in this way.
But who is that?
Is it a collection of the common obsessions of the tens of thousands of souls killed by Nicol Bolas in this city? Or there is someone else, such as the rumored lady who does not exist.
Fang Yu flashed through several possibilities, and he knew in his heart that this answer must be closely related to everything that happened here thirty years ago, so it must have some connection with the three scenes in this huge chess game.
In other words, the person behind all this is likely to have been an eyewitness to the disaster that Dolifen experienced thirty years ago. And perhaps, she was someone in the scene. Fang Yu couldn't help but think of the lady who was escorted away from Ms. Fujiye's hotel.
Could it be her?
Taking one last look at the incompetent and furious Nicol Bolas, who was roaring again and again, Fang Plover took a few steps back, and then observed his surroundings for the first time.
This is a deep alley, located on the edge of the celebration in the square. People have piled up wooden boxes and empty barrels used to carry materials for the celebration. These things were messed up by his previous collision.
This direction should be the direction leading to the city hall. He also deliberately fled in this direction, used a package to lure Nicol Bolas to change direction, and then attacked him before pushing himself into this place.
Now it seems that the effect is very good.
He didn't dare to stay long, so he turned around and walked deeper into the alley. As he expected, Nicol Bolas was indeed unable to enter the area of the city hall, but unfortunately it was different from what he imagined. He was expecting a bolt of thunder to fall from the sky and kill the hateful dark dragon. That would be interesting.
But things are a little interesting now -
There seems to be some kind of power guarding this neighborhood, preventing others from entering. If it is in reality, this may be a powerful barrier, but if it is in a fantasy, it represents some kind of 'rule'.
Although it appears as a wall, it is actually a manifestation of the will to refuse.
In other words, the will of the being who created the illusion refused Nicol Bolas in the illusion to enter this area. why? Fang Yu had a vague feeling that this might be the key to this illusion.
Therefore, the city hall will become the last link in this mission, and he asked others to gather here, which is not just an empty promise. To be honest, this neighborhood is not safe, or rather - no place in this city can be said to be safe.
Layers of mist gathered in the alley, and the Eastern and Western Plover looked very familiar, because those shadowy figures were emerging in the alley, just like the grand scene of the past.
The former residents of this city were covered with all kinds of scars, and their flesh and blood were falling off, turning into skeletons and ghosts, like the living dead from hell, returning to the world.
It is a corrupting force.
Fang Yu found that he had found the source of the undead tide. Except for the Gray Oak Square, everywhere else in this city was already filled with such negative energy and desperate obsession. Behind it was the corruption of the Dragon's Golden Eyes.
In other words, the existence that binds the power of the Dragon's Golden Eyes is most unlikely to be the collection of obsessions of thousands of dead people in Dolifen.
Fang Yu ran forward while thinking about this problem.
The surroundings seemed to become brighter, because the illusion changed again as he ran.
Fire was rising on the building, and suddenly it began to burn, turning the entire night sky into a dazzling red. Amidst the billowing smoke, everything seemed to be returning to the disaster thirty years ago.
The sudden rise in temperature burned Fang Plover's lungs, giving him a burning tingling sensation every time he breathed. Everything around him was not like a fantasy at all, but more like a step back in time, reflecting him back to the moment when all the disasters in Dolifen happened.
The buildings on both sides were groaning and collapsing in the sea of flames.
The flaming wreckage almost hit him several times, and the dangers were everywhere. But Fang Yu didn't dare to stop. Compared with the dangers around him, the gathering undead were a greater hidden danger. He could be said to be powerless now. Several clockwork goblins could not restrain themselves in such an environment. Can't do anything to help him.
There were several stairs ahead, and he was panting and almost using his hands and feet to climb them. Looking back, we saw that this place was several hundred meters away from the square. From a high place, we could overlook the entire burning street. Under the sea of fire, countless fluorescent undead residents were gathering, forming a line of light. The flow is rushing in this direction in a mighty way.
This scene made his scalp tingle, and when he raised his head again, he realized that Nicol Bolas had already flown into the sky at some point, flying around these blocks. It spread its wings and swept across the earth like a shadow. Wherever it passed, flames rose.
Is this what it was like thirty years ago?
Fang Plover couldn't imagine that he only rested for a moment, but when he saw that the undead below were getting closer and closer, he gritted his teeth and continued walking up, ignoring that his calves were as heavy as lead.
But before he took a few steps, he suddenly heard the sound of something falling to the ground from the side.
Fang Yu reacted quickly, and immediately looked over there, and saw a girl wearing a long linen skirt holding a basin. She seemed to be startled when she saw him, and the basin in her hand fell to the ground.
And that sound was made when the basin fell to the ground.
Fang Yu and the girl were obviously startled when they saw each other.
Fang Yu was surprised that there were still residents in this city? The girl's attire was clearly that of an ordinary person, and she did not look like the adventurers seen in this area at all.
His first reaction was that the other party was a ghost in the city, but upon closer inspection, she seemed to be very different from the ghosts outside. At least the other party has a physical existence and is not in the form of a translucent spirit. Moreover, she is wearing a long skirt and standing beside a pottery workshop in a panic. The firelight in the distance reflects her figure. It is clearly visible. to the shadow at her feet.
If there is no entity, there will naturally be no shadow.
The girl was almost equally surprised when she saw Fang Plover, and opened her mouth slightly. She had long flaxen shawl hair and furry pointed ears on her head. She seemed to stand up in fear—a non-pure-blood Lotao hybrid.
The girl stayed for a moment and seemed to see clearly that Fang Plover had no ill intentions before relaxing. She carefully looked at the army of ghosts coming up below, hurriedly picked up the basin, and said to him nervously: "First, sir, please come over here!"
"Wait, who are you?" Fang Yu finally realized.
"It's too late to explain. My name is Xizu, and I am the daughter of the owner of the workshop here. It will be very troublesome to be discovered by those ghosts. Let's hide for a while." The girl said as she opened the door of the pottery workshop.
Then she turned around and waved to Fang Plover.
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