1074 Area of Doom Part 2 (1/2)

When Saleen turned and looked behind him, his heart sank. He saw that the ground within ten miles of the cemetery was packed with statues.

These statues were not like the parasite puppets, as they consisted of many types of beings, all of which had been shackled there with the Fossilization spell. They all had awful expressions on their faces, which had been frozen at their moments of death.

Many parasite puppets crashed onto the statues when they fell to the ground. None of these parasite puppets were capable of self-restoration, so it seemed as if they too were going to be fossilized.

Saleen scanned the place with his Elemental Eye, analyzing the identities of the statues. He was only able to figure out the identities of a few of them, and he discovered that one of them was a heavenly angel!

Those tall figures, which had holy prose coursing through their bodies, were true oracles. Saleen also saw that some of the statues were high level beings, which seemed to be pseudogods. In short, all of the fossilized beings around the cemetery had something to do with the gods.

As magic arrays lined up at the top of the eggshell, Saleen roughly counted and saw that the the place was filled with statues in the hundreds of thousands as well, maybe even more. If they were to be counted together with the statues that were surrounding the cemetery, they would have easily numbered over a million!

These million of godly beings all seemed to have been hit by a Fossilization spell at the same time, thus explaining their current states at the moment. Fossilization was not a spell that would truly turn real people into stones. Under most circumstances, those that were hit by the Fossilization spell actually died of asphyxiation, as they were unable to breathe.

Fossilization spells usually lasted for three to five days, but the high level spells were capable of keeping a person fossilized for over a year, which was enough to asphyxiate even a pan turtle!

At that moment, the magic lights shone down and the parasite puppets that were caught between the statues moved their claws, putting their bodies back together. What was even more terrifying was that the statues began to move!

”He who defiles the dead shall repent in the Area of Doom!” The voice in the air sounded solemn and heavy as it reverberated throughout the eggshell.

”Run!” Saleen yelled.

He was able to see the passage at the very top of the eggshell, which was over 30 meters in diameter. However, countless statues around the passage seemed to come alive at that moment, flapping their wings and hovering in mid-air as they peered down at the scene below them. The expressions of the statues still remained pained, while the weapons in their arms broke off the stone-like shell and revealed their metallic colors beneath.

Upon seeing this, Sika was unable to sit still. So, she summoned a huge beast and leapt onto it before calling Saleen. When Saleen heard her, he unleashed 12 Tempest Dragonmights and had them follow the 12 sorcerers. He then called Gusion and his men, who all leapt onto the back of the huge beast.

The huge beast took flight, while the 12 sorcerers cast Wind Travel with great haste. They brought their people and followed right behind the huge beast, charging at the exit at the top of the eggshell.

There was more than one exit. In truth, there were about 1,000 caves where the eyes could see at the top of the eggshell. But, Saleen was able to see the edge of the cave that he left a magic mark on when he fell.

Regardless of what the Area of Doom actually was, it had not been activated for tens of thousands of years. This meant that its energy would have been greatly diminished.

With the power across the entire Myers Mainland weakened, Saleen was able to tell, according to the Principle of Crystal Coffin, that he would be able to keep himself alive, at least as long as he was able to leave before the Area of Doom was completely activated. However, if anyone was greedy enough to still think of taking something from the cemetery, then no one would be able to leave the place alive.

Saleen dared not overextend himself, so he had Sika take the lead with her weapon in hand instead. Meanwhile, he and Gusion protected th e onesat the rear. The sorcerers flew hastily together with the huge beast, and none of them needed to charge at the forefront.

Suddenly, an oracle pounced on them from above and headed straight for Sika. The huge beast kept its head low as it flew, while ramming untold numbers of fossilized gods along the way. The longsword in the oracle's hand was over ten meters long, which looked rather incongruent with its body size.

Sika did not even bother looking around before she started swinging her staff at whatever came at her. The sorcerers behind her all heard something like metals exploding at this moment. As they looked up, they saw that the oracle had been thrown back, then toppled over two dozens of its brethren.

Skills and attributes were all meaningless in the face of Sika, as any enemy that dared to appear before her had to contend with her staff, and said enemy always paid dearly for it. This oracle was no different.

The oracle had only been awakened moments ago, so its power was far below the pinnacle when it was being fossilized. Even if it was actually at its pinnacle, the oracle would have been inferior to Sika in terms of sheer strength.

Most importantly, Sika's power was almost completely unrestrained in this space. Also, her weapon was on par with the Lance of Order in terms of material quality.

If the staff had not been crafted using her priestess' skills, the weapon would have been so heavy that no one would have been able to lift it. In fact, Sika might as well have been flinging a small mountain about, as no gods were able to withstand any of her swings.

At that moment, the scales at the huge beast's back raised up and wrapped themselves around the legs of everyone on it, stabilizing them. The scales on its neck raised up as well. As the beast flew, sharp noises of air being cut were heard coming from between the scales.

More and more gods awakened, their forms still being fossilized ones. However, their maneuverability was no different from that of a figure's.

The fossilized gods at the top of the eggshell all had twisted, terrifying expressions in their faces as they leapt from the eggshell and headed straight for the beast that Saleen was riding. The huge beast was about a hundred meters long, and most of its length consisted of its tail and neck. Its pair of wings were wide open and it was flapping hard, swiping the fossilized gods down to the ground.