"It is worth mentioning that the ruins under our feet may seem quite large, but in reality they are only a quarter of the total."
Looking around and observing the architectural structure of this ruins, Barong came to this conclusion.
"The largest area of the City of Water exposed on the surface does not exceed a hundred square meters, but the actual area should be around tens of millions of square meters. The material is ordinary and cannot withstand the wear and tear of time, and has experienced many years of water erosion, leaving behind Most of them are just ruins."
Artoris nodded after hearing this: "In other words, what we see is just the tip of the iceberg of the ruins, and more is buried under the water?"
"You need to know that the size and topography of the ruins are not the decisive factors. What we need to do now is to find the key to the ruins, and that is the entrance to the maze."
"You mean, we haven't really entered the maze yet?" Listening to Baron's words, Artolis was a little surprised.
"It looks like it's still on the periphery." Baron said with a faint smile on his lips. After taking off the Snow Mark Invitation from his chest, he jumped directly from the tower under the gaze of Atoris. Jumped down.
And in the next second, under Artoris's horrified gaze, a four-meter-large strange fish burst out of the water. In just the blink of an eye, it jumped out of the water several meters high, opening its mouth full of sharp teeth. The bloody mouth seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and it was about to swallow the fallen Barong into its belly!
"Be careful!" Seeing this, Artoris hurriedly warned, but she soon realized that her worries were completely unnecessary.
Barong manipulated the ice to form a trident in his hand, and then threw it out with all his strength without changing his expression. At the moment when the energy exploded, the halberd broke through the air, and like a thunderous explosion, it penetrated the scales on the head of the strange fish in an instant, and nailed it into the water.
Wherever the trident disappeared, the water waves stirred up condensed in an instant, and the extreme cold that spread there turned the entire kilometer-wide surface of water into ice in just the blink of an eye.
Stepping on the ice with his feet, feeling the thick feeling conveyed by the land, Baron nodded with satisfaction: "No problem for now, Artolis can come down too."
"Huh~" After a false alarm, Artolis couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Baron was fine. She watched the water below condense into ice, and Artolis chose to jump down without Balong's signal.
"It seems that there is enough depth here, otherwise how could a strange fish of this size be born." Seeing the huge black shadows gathering under the ice where she was standing, Artolis couldn't help but gasp. Shivered.
"It may also be a water quality problem, but the presence of living creatures at least proves that the organic matter content is still within the range we can understand. We can go into the water, but there are more monsters." As if he didn't care about the vicious creatures gathering at his feet, Balong stood up Tan Shou immediately explained.
It seemed that this layer of ice was strong enough. No matter how the fierce things below hit it, the ice showed no signs of cracking, so Artolis felt relieved.
Nearly five years have passed since she entered this continent. Although her level has not improved by half due to the restrictions of the rules, Artolis has not given up on herself. Over the years of swordsmanship training and refinement of the role of Thunder Sword Rider, Artolis has never slacked off. Although it is not obvious, it is undeniable that her strength is still in a stage of continuous and steady improvement.
In comparison, Baron's growth has been more significant. The bonus brought by the level improvement is combined with his own superb martial arts. Now, even if he faces Gallius alone, he is not unable to fight against him.
"But it's not enough." This is the answer given by Barong.
"The demon king's strength is far above the saint level, let alone the king level. With our strength alone, we may not even be qualified to assist the brave." So he will not let go of any opportunity to improve his strength.
Watching Barong walking to the shore, slashing the sword with thunder and lightning towards the ice, Artolis turned her head aside indifferently, regardless of the sudden thunder behind her, and turned her attention to this. In front of the palace.
Just from a distance, I feel that there is something unusual here. The surrounding stone walls have long been decayed, and the water stains in the corners are also shriveled. The steaming water droplets in the fountain pool drip onto the stone slabs, making a snapping sound.
This environment shows that this place is indeed an abandoned place with no signs of active civilization. However, it is precisely because the fine water from the fountain mouth rolls down instead of going straight up through the clouds. This phenomenon seemed normal in the past. It's the most abnormal thing right now.
"There is a difference between the magnetic field underneath and the outside. This difference is the key. The bottom of the fountain is the real entrance to the maze!"
As soon as Baron finished speaking, Artolis' expression changed.
The next second, the spiritual sword appeared after her summons. The sword followed her, flashing with rays of light, and slashing out four sword energy at lightning speed.
The sword energy spread out in the shape of a "well" in all four directions of the fountain. The next moment, the ground trembled, and the fountain also sank in. It trembled and fell into the hollow below with a "boom" sound.
"Do you want to go down?" Staring at the dark hole, Artolis asked when she saw Baron coming to her side.
"It's definitely going down, but before that I think it's necessary to test...wait...!" Before Balong could finish his words, his expression suddenly changed.
"Something's wrong, get out now!"
"!!!"
However, it was too late. Just as Baron's scream fell, a huge tentacle with a suction cup suddenly stretched out from the hole, and before Atoris could react, it wrapped around her body. After shattering the surrounding flat ground, Artolis was directly dragged into the dark hole.
What's happening here! ? The powerful tentacles wrapped around Atoris's limbs. With it difficult to move, she could only hear Baron's screams getting farther and farther away from her. Finally, accompanied by a "buzzing" sound in her brain, she smashed Into the water.
The incident happened suddenly, from the moment the tentacle appeared to when he was dragged into the abyss, it only took a few breaths. At this moment, the rays of light shone under the water, and the protector's spiritual sword burst out with extreme sword light, cutting off the surrounding stagnant water in just an instant, exposing Atoris and the tentacle to the stripped air. between.
But despite this, the wrist touch showed no tendency to relax at all. The huge flesh plate was firmly attached to Atoris's armor. Even if Atoris struggled with all her strength, it was of no avail.
The tentacles are connected to the depths of the water, and the dead water is about to close again. If you fall into the water and enter the opponent's territory again, it will be extremely difficult to break free!
Fortunately, Barong's support was quite fast.
As the extreme cold broke out, the divided water flow condensed into frost. Barong jumped between the two layers of ice that quickly closed under the squeeze of the stagnant water. He grabbed the whirling spiritual sword, and immediately turned around and threw out three With a sword light, after cutting off the tentacles that bound Atoris, he closed the middle and index fingers of his left hand tightly, quickly wiped them along the handle of the spirit sword to the tip of the sword, and pinched out the sword secret.
Living under the deep water, the sword intention is actually awe-inspiring.
This sword is the integration of thousands of martial arts. With the power of thunder, only this sword can break the army and cut off the wall!
