vrcanaries Chapter 426 Mysterious Crown
Chapter 426 Mysterious Crown
Hu Qing's chest heaved violently, and every breath felt like swallowing a handful of ice chips, stinging his lungs and causing pain.
His spiritual power has been completely exhausted.
The transfer of spiritual power from the twin flowers drained the last bit of energy from his dantian. At this moment, he was as weak as an ordinary person, and he didn't even have the strength to condense sword energy at his fingertips.
He raised his hand and wiped the dried blood from the corner of his eye, his vision a little blurry.
In the distance, the battle between Gu Yang and the Ice Armor Man continued.
Gu Yang was covered in blood, and the spiritual boxing gloves on his right arm had been mostly broken, revealing his bloody knuckles.
But the fighting spirit in his eyes did not diminish at all, but became more intense. Each punch was accompanied by a blast that broke through the air and hit the ice armor man's cracked breastplate hard.
The Ice Armor Man was also in a mess. His Crown of Thorns had already been shattered, and the blade of his Ice Crystal Sword had been blasted with a hole by Gu Yang's Sky-Splitting Fist.
But it still stands, and the power of ice is continuously drawn from all around to repair its body.
"Damn... why is this ice lump so hard..."
Gu Yang spat out a mouthful of blood foam and grinned, "Come again!"
Hu Qing wanted to help, but his body no longer allowed it.
He looked up at the other end of the passage and saw that the battle between Xiao Zi and the Ice Dragon was equally fierce.
The purple dragon shadow and the ice crystal beast fought in the broken ice cave. The dragon breath and the ice storm kept colliding, shaking the entire stone temple.
Xiao Zi's scales were scratched by the ice blade, leaving several scars, but its fighting spirit was not diminished at all. Every attack was carried with the force of thunder, trying to tear open the ice dragon's defense.
He looked up at the cracked ceiling, the cold light reflected by the ice crystals reflected on his tired face.
At this moment, he suddenly felt powerless - with their current state, it was indeed too difficult to find the remaining fragments of the holy weapon.
"Time is running out..." Hu Qing murmured in a low voice.
According to the calculations of Old Xia and others, the seal of the Demon King can only last for half a year at most.
Half a year later, once the alien demon king breaks the seal and comes out, the entire human race will face a catastrophe.
They must collect enough holy artifacts before then, otherwise...
Hu Qing closed his eyes and suppressed the anxiety in his heart.
Hu Qing gave a bitter smile and inexplicably wanted to smoke a cigarette: "What a mess..."
At this moment, he inexplicably longed for the spicy and choking taste, which might numb his tense nerves a little.
He subconsciously touched the collar of his clothes, but only felt cold fabric.
Suddenly, he frowned.
"Where's the Rat Man?"
"Damn..." he cursed under his breath.
The ratman is weak, so it would be a relief if he was crushed into a pulp by the aftermath of the battle.
But the problem was that he and Gu Yang had originally hoped to rely on its treasure-hunting talent to "borrow" something from the treasure house of the Orc Kingdom.
Enduring the severe pain caused by the exhaustion of his mental strength, Hu Qing gritted his teeth and released a wisp of spiritual consciousness, which spread around like a silk thread.
Finally, in the shadows at the end of the passage, he caught sight of a furtive figure—
The shifty rat took advantage of their fierce fight and sneaked deep into the passage!
"This bastard... is still harboring evil intentions!" A hint of coldness flashed in Hu Qing's eyes.
The ratman hunched his body and moved nimbly in the passage. Sharp ice spikes and violent spiritual power whizzed past his fur, but failed to hurt him at all.
Its green bean-sized eyes flashed with greed as it stared at the end of the passage, as if the treasure it had been pursuing all its life was hidden there.
Hu Qing watched it rushing into the depths and wanted to stand up to stop it.
But as soon as he moved, he felt a tearing pain in his meridians, which made him groan and he could only lean weakly against the ice wall.
"This is really bad..."
The rat man stepped into the dim ground at the end, and in an instant, the originally silent wall suddenly lit up.
Countless ancient runes swam like living things, and the faint blue light rippled like water, illuminating the entire space.
At the end of the passage, a crystal-clear throne stood quietly, emitting a chilling chill.
On the throne, a dull ice crystal crown lay quietly, its surface covered with cracks, as if it would completely shatter with the slightest touch.
Without any hesitation, the rat man stretched out his claws, grabbed the crown, and put it directly on his head, then turned around and sat on the throne.
Its head slowly lowered, as if suppressed by some invisible force, and its whole body trembled slightly.
"Kaka...kaka..."
A slight cracking sound was heard, and the cracks on the crown began to slowly heal, and a suffocating pressure gradually spread.
The Ice Armor Man and the Ice Dragon who were fighting fiercely stopped their movements at the same time, as if they had sensed something, and turned their heads to look towards the throne.
Gu Yang and Xiao Zi also noticed something was wrong and took a few steps back warily, their eyes filled with surprise and uncertainty.
"What's going on?" Gu Yang asked in a low voice, clenching his fists, ready to attack again at any time.
Hu Qing clenched his fists weakly, his brow furrowed. "Something's wrong... the rat's aura has changed!"
Xiao Zi stared at the rat man on the throne, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
The next moment——
The rat man slowly raised his head, a strange grin on his face.
"Haha...it's been a long time..."
Its voice changed. It was no longer the shrill and obscene tone as before, but a strange and cold female voice.
It has a bit of laziness, yet exudes a creepy majesty.
The ice-armored man shuddered all over, then knelt on one knee, and the ice crystal sword penetrated deeply into the ice.
He lowered his head, the icy flames in his eyes leaped with excitement, and his hoarse voice trembled, as if he was so excited that he almost cried:
"King... have you finally... returned?"
The ice dragon crawled on the side, its huge body trembling, its head lowered, and even its breathing became cautious, as if it was afraid of disturbing the existence on the throne.
The entire passage fell into deathly silence, with only the ice crystal crown repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The cracks gradually disappeared, replaced by a cold light as bright as stars.
Gu Yang and Xiao Zi looked at each other and saw seriousness in each other's eyes.
"Damn, this rat... is it possessed?"
Gu Yang lowered his voice, clenched his fists, and his knuckles turned white from the force.
Hu Qing did not answer, his eyes were fixed on the ice crystal crown on the rat man's head——
There were traces of faint blue light flowing through the cracks above, pulsating like blood vessels.
The Rat Man—no, perhaps I should call it "her" now—
He slowly stood up from the throne, his small body emitting a suffocating pressure.
She looked down at her skinny rat paws and chuckled, "What a... weak vessel."
"But it's been so long... my servants!"
She then glanced at Hu Qing and the others and said calmly, "Three destined people...good luck has finally favored me!"