Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1497 1469. Chang An's Central Attack
“It’s very useful.”

After Aarondite pierced through the protective light film of the third lotus stone pillar, and Qilin smashed it head-on, even without Lan's fine perception, everyone clearly felt the lightness of body and mind.

The range of the [Eternal Darkness] that enveloped Jiulin Mountain did not decrease.

The sky was still blood red, covered by magical, thick and filthy clouds.

However, in the grayish-white environment around, the black smoke and foul smell were significantly reduced.

The blood-red red spider lilies on the ground, which grew, withered, and grew again as if at a thousand times faster speed, also became more sparse.

Although the scenery in the field of vision is still gray, it seems to be only a thin film away from the colorful real world.

With a little more effort, the color will reappear.

"You are really good at this. These are the magic spells that Changzai Temple has."

Bai Ze appeared from behind Lan En, marveling at the remains of the lotus pedestal stone pillar.

"The [Eternal Darkness] summoned by ordinary monsters is just [Eternal Darkness]. Kill the monster that is the core of [Eternal Darkness], and the [Eternal Darkness] in that area will naturally be broken."

"But this barrier can actually stack three layers of [Eternal Darkness] together!"

Lan En wrote down the new common sense.

According to Bai Ze, [Eternal Darkness] does not seem to be able to overlap regionally.

An area of ​​land is called out by a powerful monster as "Eternal Darkness", and that is the monster's territory.

However, on Jiulin Mountain, the magic of Changzai Temple used this lotus stone pillar as the base point, and used the accumulated [remnants] to summon three pieces of [Eternal Darkness] and put them together.

This is the only way to allow the area of ​​[Eternal Darkness] to cover the entire Jiulin Mountain.

Otherwise, according to Bai Ze, a monster who can draw an entire mountain as his territory can be considered a big shot even in the Heian period, under the command of Oesan Shuten-doji, one of the three most famous Japanese monsters.

When the Kyoto court still had prestige, it was normal to order Mino to use all its national strength to suppress such a monster when it appeared.

However, although the world is in chaos today, there has been no news of the appearance of such a big monster.

In general, the world is increasingly ruled by humans.

The barrier of Changzai Temple not only allows the three pieces of [Chang'an] to be seamlessly spliced ​​together, it actually amplifies, blends and superimposes each other!

Although the superposition does not allow the suppression power of [Chang'an] on living beings to be tripled without loss, it should be at least doubled.

"Eh?"

But after listening to Bai Ze's analysis, Wu Ming asked Japanese questions.

She tilted her bob hair, looked at herself, and then looked at others.

"I have also been to [Eternal Darkness] and hunted down the Lord of Eternal Darkness. But I feel that the suppression power of this place is similar to that of other places."

"You felt about the same amount of suppression." Bai Ze stroked his beard and said slowly, "But didn't you notice the speed at which the demonic powers of those demons you killed recovered?"

Human beings and ordinary creatures in the world will be suppressed in [Eternal Darkness] and [Eternal World], and may even die from loss of yang.

However, monsters and ghosts are like fish in water in this environment close to the underworld, and it is much easier for them to recover their demonic power than in the real world.

Wuming turned his head and looked at the ground behind him where two hungry ghost corpses, which had been chopped apart by sickles, were lying. Now the ground had turned into black smoke and disappeared.

"Indeed. Their power recovers very quickly."

But then, questions arose.

"But I still don't understand. How can an environment that can allow monsters to recover at super speed only have a normal level of suppression on humans?"

"Or is it just normal level for us?"

As we walked along, we could see corpses of creatures in the mountains that were unable to adapt to the [permanent darkness] and had not transformed into demons everywhere.

But when Wuming asked this question, Bai Ze, who had just been talking eloquently, seemed like an old gentleman teaching and answering questions.

But as if he was deaf and blind, he stroked his beard and floated back to the air behind Lan En, then disappeared.

Watching Bai Ze disappear with an expressionless face, Wuming complained just as calmly.

"This guy was deliberately avoiding me just now, right?"

"I noticed that too, meow!"

Lan En patted the shoulder that Bai Ze had just floated over.

Even the fluff ball could see it, it can be said that this old goat doesn't want to act anymore.

But turning around, Lan En looked at Qilin, who had a confused look on his face.

He pursed his lips.

Okay, it seems that some of the creatures present were portrayed.

Since three of the barrier centers have been dismantled, the only one left is naturally the last one that is always in the temple.

All the safeguards that can weaken the enemy are in place, and all that remains is a head-on confrontation.

The gate of Changzai Temple is not very big, but I heard that the hanging main hall is more famous.

That was achieved through the careful planning of the craftsmen, in which the entire temple's Buddhist hall was adapted to the local conditions and supported by beams and pillars on a hillside with a huge height difference.

The overall terrain of Jiulin Mountain is steep, and one has to rack one's brains to squeeze out an entire piece of land to build a Buddhist temple.

As Lan En and his companions made their way up, they saw corpses everywhere, people who had not been able to hold out in the constant darkness and whose energy and vitality had been completely drained away.

Or it could be a corpse with a miserable appearance, obviously having suffered a horrific blow.

Obviously, these people knew nothing when the Chang'an was unfolding. They might be monk soldiers serving the Changzai Temple, or monks who were practicing here.

But they didn't even have a chance to fight the intruders for the sake of Changzai Temple, as they were already used up by the temple as consumables.

"Squeak~"

The well-maintained wooden staircase looked old and dangerous in the constant darkness.

Lan En stepped on it carefully before finally making it completely firm.

The group walked up carefully but quickly.

There is no doubt that this is where the center of Chang'an is located.

The gray-white vision became increasingly intense, to the point where the color difference even made people feel their vision was blurred.

The temple on the mountain was dead silent, but from the path they had come from down the mountain, one could still hear waves of inhuman sobs and growls.

Thanks to Lan En's observation and action, they actually bypassed many monsters and headed straight for this temple.

The area of ​​the Buddhist hall is not small, and the Buddha statue inside, even though it is surrounded by darkness, still highlights the brilliance of its golden body.

Apparently, this world not only has the underworld, but also the great power of Buddhism.

I just don't know why, since this Buddha is so miraculous, he would watch the temple where he is enshrined fall into eternal darkness.

It may also be that it is just some unconscious power that resides in the Buddha statue after long-term worship.

The Buddha statues were majestic and the temples were solid. Lan En and his friends had originally thought that there would be some tricky monsters here.

But surprisingly, this suspended Buddhist temple was empty.

And it seemed that there were no monsters further up the mountain, on the road to the courtyard.

“Is this the final stand?”

Lan En frowned and spoke as he walked forward cautiously on the wooden floor.

"It's hard to say." The more experienced Wuming didn't seem surprised. "Maybe the thing that is the center of the darkness can't be moved? Just like the lotus stone pillar we dismantled before."

At this time, they had already passed the suspended wooden Buddhist temple and were continuing to walk up a mountain road from the side of the temple.

But at the moment when Wuming hadn't finished speaking!

"Wow~"

As Lan En's boots stepped from the wooden floor onto the stone steps in the mountain, a surging sound that ordinary people could not hear came from behind them!
——It’s the Buddhist temple that we walked over to!

A huge circle of ink suddenly appeared in the Buddhist temple which was originally empty with no monsters or filth!

[Eternal World]!
In the [Eternal Darkness] which is already close to the environment of the underworld, the monsters can still spread their power and form the [Eternal World] on the ground!
Moreover, the force with which this method can suppress living beings can be completely increased!

But now, Wuming, who was at the end of the team behind Lan En, was no longer concerned about how much suppression [Eternal Darkness] combined with [Eternal World] could have on them.

But
What on earth is going to pop out of that [Eternal World]? !

Monsters won't easily hide themselves in the [permanent darkness] that makes them feel comfortable!

This is deliberately controlled by someone!
Right now they are not in an ideal position.

"There is only a mountain road between the Buddhist temple and the upper courtyard! If you emerge from the courtyard at this time."

There is no need for Wuming to have any random thoughts at this moment.

Because just as she was thinking about this, when she looked up the stone steps on the mountain road, she saw that the magnificent and majestic gate of the courtyard had already opened!

A monk wearing luxurious robes and looking young and peaceful was standing just inside the door, looking down at them at the steps!

In the constant darkness, under the monk's feet, a large field of blood-red red spider lilies bloomed and withered following his footsteps!

【Always Dark Center】!
Wuming, who had once secretly fought against monsters, immediately recognized the monk's identity through the following characteristics of the red spider lily.

At the same time, just as Wuming turned his head.

"Boom, boom."

Two dull and heavy collision sounds first popped out from the ink circle of [Changshi].

The corner of Wuming's mouth, which had a beauty mole on it, opened slightly, as did her eyes, which gradually widened.

They were two huge iron balls, two meters in diameter!

Just standing there, it's taller than a person! The difference in size is shocking beyond words!

But these two iron balls seemed to be just some kind of torture instruments used for restraint.

Each of them is tied with an iron chain.

And the two iron chains extended to the things that appeared in the [Eternal World].

Two chains were wrapped around two hideous red arms.

It seemed to have been squeezed into the flesh, or it seemed to have been burned and stuck into the arm! In short, it was inseparable.

And those two arms, with their deformed palms, were even big enough to pick up the iron ball like an ordinary person picking up a basketball with one hand!

The fiery red skin looked like marks from a burn, with the growths and scars forming ferocious lines.

White hair, red face and fangs!

There was a pair of long horns on his head that sparkled with a hazy golden light, and the expression on his face was divided into two parts, one half was anger, and the other half was resentment!

——The vengeful ghost!
(End of this chapter)