Chapter 135 - The God’s Treasure (2/2)

His heart thumped in shock, there was another Devil Soul Forbidden Land beneath the dome. It had the same layout as the one underneath Swords Gate — a huge thumping heart, with thick and sturdy blood vessels extending in all directions, amidst a graveyard of black coffins each towering thousands of feet high from underground!

The devil souls were slumbering in their coffins, from time to time, they would reveal their humongous white bones; while the bony white skeleton beast gods were crouching on the blood vessels, overwatching the corpse demons.

The corpse demons were toiling in their work, from afar, the scene resembled an ant colony shuttling back and forth.

This was an integrated, complete Devil Soul Forbidden Land, the one in Swords Gate underground had its seals loosened, but this one, it was operating stably and steadily. Its seals were still in their peak condition!

"Another tomb in the forbidden land!"

Xin Huo gazed at it and questioned in puzzlement, "This is a sacrificial tomb, the one underneath Swords Gate is also another sacrificial tomb. The main tomb chamber surely wouldn't be here, so where could it be located at? And who exactly is resting inside of it?"

Zhong Yue was also scrutinizing the surroundings carefully, he said, "But this is different from the one in Swords Gate. The one underneath Swords Gate has a huge sword piercing down to the heart through the mountain, and because of that, the seals were loosened. But there is no such sword in this one."

There were so many unresolved questions in his heart. Who were all these sacrificial tombs buried for? What kind of existence was it whose death would warrant the sacrifice of so many gods?

On this planet, how many more similar sacrificial tombs existed? Other than the Great Wilderness and the East Barren, were there any more of these?

What are these fragmented devil souls of the gods searching for? Where were their spirits kept? What treasure was it that the monster god Ming King was tasked to guard?

Where did that huge sword that resides underground in the Swords Gate come from? And why is it piercing into the heart?

Such questions were what caused his mind and also Xin Huo's to turn in confusion. The little flame was bewildered, he has no clue regarding the events that had happened during the period of time he was in the slumber.

What was the ball on top of the dome? The god-level totem carvings were connecting the dome with the ball, and it seemed like the ball was the core of the array formation that sustained the dome. And there was a transparent tube that connected the ball and the altar. It seemed like it was transporting something.

Behind Zhong Yue was the teleportation portal door that was facing right at the altar. He was supposed to be in the underground of the Black Mountain, but now as he looked around, there was not a single granule of soil or stone, nor were there any lava or magma — this did not look like the underground but more of an independent space of its own!

The altar was tall and high, obstructing his sight from reaching to what's on it.

I suppose there should also be an altar like this underground of Swords Gate? But how is it that until now, there is still no one who has discovered it? Oh yes … this should be a created space established independently of the rest of the world. I wa s only able to reach here through the teleportation portal. And as far as of now, no on e in Swords Gate has ever discovered the altar teleportation array formation in the underground. It'd be impossible to find this place just by scanning for it with psyche !

Zhong Yue looked carefully at the big round ball below, its surface was fully engraved with totem carvings, profound and abstruse, he could not understand a thing at all.

The totem carvings were dense and concentrated, sealing the whole ball, but his eyes could still vaguely perceived that there were something lurking in the ball.

Zhong Yue squinted his eyes and focus his sights at it. Suddenly, from the totem patterns on the ball surface, a very narrow and thin slit cracked open, giving him the chance to take a glimpse at the tip of the iceberg of secrets within the ball!

Zhong Yue exclaimed in shock, the hair all over his body bristled up, and he nearly lost his balance to almost fall onto the ground.

It was only a glimpse he had, but yet with it, he saw countless enormous gods and demons contained within the big round ball!

The gods and demons, their bodies were mutilated as if they were tormented through endless pain, their countenances ferocious but also contorted in that pain. Tiny streams of essence leaked out from their bodies, following the tracks of the transparent tube to ultimately flow into the altar!

"It's the spirits!"

Xin Huo saw it as well, despite his vast array of knowledge, the scene he had just witnessed before his eyes still sent a chill down his spine. He shouted out involuntarily, "That ball, it confines the gods' spirits! These gods that died as a sacrifice, their spirits were sealed in this big round ball!"

Zhong Yue's heart trembled, the gods he managed to glimpse were the spirits – countless god spirits that were gathered in the big round ball. The totem patterns on the big round ball were disintegrating their spirits, decomposing them into nutrients as sustenance for the altar!

Sacrificing countless gods as obeisance to gather their spirits together ... just what is it that they are nurturing?

Zhong Yue recollected his thoughts, inhaling a deep breath of air and striding forward onto the altar, It's time to know what's on the altar!

He walked onto the stairs and gradually, he could see figures of the god statues — they were different from those he had seen before. The godly statues he picked up previously were all carrying an indomitable spirit, majestic and dignified. They could instill fear and awe into the lower-class beings.

While the godly statues on the altar were in a position that grossly belied their divine status – kowtowing with their knees on the ground, and facing towards the center of the altar in worship!

The aloof and remote gods … now reduced to lesser beings kowtowing in abject obeisance. What exactly was going on?

Zhong Yue's eyes twitched for a few seconds, he then took in another long, deep breath of air before continuing his path up to the altar. Even Xin Huo was visibly growing increasingly anxious with every step he took.

And finally, he reached to the top and casting his gaze forwards. Their eyes were met with a scene that simply but utterly left them stunned.