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Chapter 169: Inside the Temple (12)

Mordor, the Northern Mountains, Barad-dur.

At this moment, there was no trace of human habitation in Barad-dur. An evil wind howled in the sky, flocks of crows flew by, and dark clouds gathered low over the mountains.

The dark and smelly ground was bare with no plants growing on it, and the whole world exuded an eerie calm.

"What a rude guy."

Looking at Huck who didn't even say goodbye and just rode away on his horse, whipping the horse with all his might, as if he was avoiding the plague, Zhuang Boshi smiled and joked.

But when he turned around, he saw Chu Xuan concentrating and frowning as he observed Mount Doomsday. He walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Why, Colonel Chu, have you figured out something?"

Chu Xuan pointed to the strange temple built on the top of the mountain on the east side of Mount Doom and said doubtfully, "It shouldn't be like that. I passed by here with the cavalry before, but I didn't see this temple."

"But why did it suddenly appear now?"

Zhuang Boshi also restrained his smile. He said, "Our previous guess was correct. It is the magic of cognitive interference."

"You can only see the temple if you know its existence and approximate location in advance."

"Sauron's magical attainments are not inferior to the white-robed wizard Saruman, and with those things..."

Playing with souls, modifying cognition, and creating illusions are Chaos' specialties.

Chu Xuan nodded and said, "This is Barad-dur, the heart of Mordor. No elves or dwarves would come here."

"So, whose cognition is he interfering with?"

Zhuang Boshi was silent and looked at the strange temple again.

This place is sparsely populated, so who is Sauron guarding against?
This matter is full of weirdness.

Although they really didn't want to go in, there was no other way. The Lord God had issued an annihilation mission and they would not be allowed to refuse.

But fortunately, Chu Xuan is by my side.

Chu Xuan, however, has a will as strong as iron, is as wise as a demon, and is the number one bug in the reincarnation world.

The only one in the original timeline who is immune to Freddy's nightmare meme contamination. Anyone could be infected, but he would not.

Zhuang Boshi and Chu Xuan did not fly rashly. To be cautious, they decided to walk along the rugged mountain road and approach Barad-dur.

As they got closer, the outline of a temple gradually became apparent.

The temple towers into the clouds, as if it is about to pierce the sky.

Its shape is twisted and irregular, and the walls are engraved with strange and bizarre runes, which flicker faintly and strangely in the dim light.

The main body of the temple is made of huge black stones. The stones seem to have life and emit an unsettling atmosphere.

Zhuang Boshi and Chu Xuan's attention was attracted by the spire on top of the temple, which pointed straight to the sky like the fangs of a devil.

The tower was shrouded in black smoke, with faint blue flames occasionally jumping in it, as if they were flames from hell.

Along the way, there were still a lot of black construction materials piled up beside the rugged path, indicating that the temple had not yet been built.

As the two approached the temple, they saw that the gate was closed and inlaid with four huge evil god patterns.

There were only eyes carved on the pattern, but no faces. However, the four pairs of empty eye sockets seemed to contain extremely evil eyes staring at them.

As they gazed at the temple, the scene before them began to distort.

It seemed as if I saw countless ghosts floating around the temple, wailing miserably.

The faces of those ghosts were distorted, filled with pain and resentment.

In a trance, blood was flowing on the walls of the temple, and the runes seemed to come alive, twisting and crawling.

In the shadow of the temple, there seemed to be a huge figure moving, vague and unclear.

Zhuang Boshi seemed to see a pair of huge wings spread out, covering the sky and the sun.

A low incantation sounded faintly in his ears, as if countless voices were whispering, making his head dizzy.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, bringing with it a foul smell.

Zhuang Boshi suddenly found himself standing at the door without knowing when, with his hands on the door, ready to push it open.

His heart beat faster involuntarily and his palms began to sweat.

After a pause, he withdrew his hand, turned around and looked at Chu Xuan and said, "Ahem, how about you go in first?"

This place is so evil!

Chu Xuan didn't say anything in reply, but walked straight past Zhuang Boshi, pushed open the heavy stone door, and walked straight in.

"Don't be so fast, wait!" Zhuang Boshi cursed inwardly and hurriedly followed.

The structure of the temple is very strange. Behind the gate is not a square or a hall, but a long dark passage.

Walking in it, Zhuang Boshi felt that countless pairs of eyes were watching them in the darkness, with cold malice.

Zhuang Boshi shook his head vigorously, trying to get rid of these illusions. He opened the first-level gene lock and immersed his mind in the spiritual platform, hoping to use the instinct of a cultivator to suppress himself and calm himself down.

Although the physical strength is weakened during the foundation-building period, the mind is highly concentrated and has strong resistance to ghosts and monsters.

The flow of true energy and the clear spirit made him much more awake, but that strange feeling still continued to hit his mind like a tide.

The maggots on the tarsal bone are extremely difficult to deal with.

Walking out of the long passage, they came to a stone hall inside.

The inner walls are made of unknown black stone, with a faint blue light flowing on the surface of the stone, like the eyes of a ghost lurking in the dark night.

There seemed to be some ancient and powerful magical force hidden among the stones, causing the entire building to sway gently in the cold wind, as if it were a living thing breathing.

The "air" exhaled was unimaginably foul and disgusting, filled with the smell of fear, despair and death.

The ghosts of some of the construction workers appear from time to time, wandering in the shadows of the temple.

The faces of these souls were distorted, their eyes were full of fear and hatred, their bodies were translucent, and they were either whimpering softly or waving their invisible arms frantically at the two of them.

Zhuang Boshi had only seen this scene in the subspace of Death of Hope.

Then in the next moment, these ghosts completely disappeared into the darkness, as if they had never appeared.

The atmosphere around them was deathly silent and empty, as if they were the only two living people in the world.

An eerie silence permeated the air, as if the entire world had been drained of life and sound.

"Wait." Zhuang Boshi stopped Chu Xuan, and his three eyes looked at the darkness ahead at the same time.

A tall black shadow stood there like a ghost, as if it had been waiting for an unknown amount of time.

It was a huge, suffocating black shadow, its body shrouded in thick, indissoluble darkness, and the shadow seemed to have merged with it.

But in Zhuang Boshi's vision, he saw the existence under the shadow.

The iconic and ferocious iron armor, like the armor of a devil, undoubtedly revealed his identity.

"Sauron!"

The moment he saw the tall figure, Zhuang Boshi launched his slashing attack.

But Soran did not dodge or evade, allowing the powerful slash to pass through his body, but it was as if it passed through an illusion of nothingness, without causing even the slightest damage.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Xuan's hand-rubbed electromagnetic cannon with electric current also shot towards Sauron like a meteor.

Yet, it passed through their bodies, drowning in the boundless darkness without making even the slightest sound. "Intruder, what brings you here?" the elegant Elvish voice echoed quietly in the hearts of the two men.

The voice was neither sad nor happy, but it seemed to carry a malice that could freeze the soul, making people's hair stand on end in an instant.

Only then did Zhuang Boshi notice that Soran was wearing a ring on his finger, a pure gold ring.

The superb eyesight of his six eyes allowed him to clearly see even the flowing inscription letters outlined in flame-like lines on the outer circle.

Those letters seemed to originate from an endless abyss, emitting a magical power that made people sink.

The moment he saw those letters, a line of poetry popped up in Zhuang Boshi's mind:
The Three Rings return to the Elf King under the sky,
The Seven Rings belong to the Dwarf King in the Stone Palace.
The Nine Commandments will return to the mortal world and die as a mortal.
The One Ring belongs to the Dark Lord on the Dark Throne.

Mordor points to the earth, and shadows lurk.

The Lord of the Rings, ruler of all the rings,
Lord of the Rings, seek the Rings,
The Lord of the Rings, bound all the rings in the land of Mordor where the shadow lurks.

[Complete the side quest: Explore the Temple of the Four Gods. Reward: a B-level side story, 5000 points]

The Lord God's cold voice sounded in his mind.

But Zhuang Boshi could no longer care about so many things.

Why Lord of the Rings?

Shouldn't the Ring be in Gollum's hands in the Misty Mountains at this time?
Did Sauron get the ring back in advance?
Zhuang Boshi's mind raced like lightning, but his body instinctively responded in the most appropriate way.

He pushed the ground with his toes and flipped backward like a flying swallow.

Because Sauron's huge hammer had already smashed towards him with the momentum to destroy everything.

Amidst a loud bang, the giant hammer failed to hit the target and Zhuang Boshi's figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Soran turned around, but Zhuang Boshi appeared on the other side like a ghost, and kicked Soran's head with a flying kick carrying extremely high temperature flames.

However, it still missed.

Zhuang Boshi felt a chill in his heart. His two most proficient attack techniques were unable to attack Sauron at this moment.

Sauron seemed to be in another distant dimension, untouchable.

Soran turned around and grabbed Zhuang Boshi. His huge claws were like the sharp claws of a devil, ruthlessly piercing through Zhuang Boshi's body, just like penetrating an illusory shadow.

Zhuang Boshi quickly retreated again, but the moment he released his virtual form, he was hit by a sudden powerful electric current from behind him.

The sudden high pressure paralyzed his ability to move, forcing him to kneel on the ground in pain.

"Chu, Chu Xuan?" Zhuang Boshi looked back.

His eyes were full of disbelief as he stared at the man with an indifferent expression.

"when?!"

What answered him was an even more violent and violent electric current.

Countless highly penetrating electrons, like sharp needles, mercilessly pierced Zhuang Bosina's body.

In just a short moment, his body turned black and smoked, a horrible sight.

The timing of this attack was extremely precise, as it was the critical time when Zhuang Boshi's Void and Teleport were both on cooldown, leaving him with no way to dodge and he could only rely on his body to withstand it.

While Zhuang Boshi was being controlled by the electric current, Sauron's dark hammer once again smashed towards his head with a roar of death.

The situation is extremely critical and there is no time left!

But Zhuang Boshi is definitely not the civilized employee who was not good at fighting. Having experienced countless battles of all sizes, he naturally will not sit and wait for death.

The clothes on his body exploded instantly, turning into sparks that blocked the lightning in the sky.

He took advantage of the extremely short 0.1 second gap and narrowly avoided Soran's fatal attack.

With a swift step back, he came in front of "Chu Xuan" and with just a simple punch, he pierced the opponent's chest with unstoppable force.

Amidst the splattering blood, Zhuang Boshi crushed the beating heart without hesitation.

Zhuang Boshi casually threw Chu Xuan's body in front of Soran and retreated.

Chu Xuan didn't know when he was replaced!
Sure enough, if I can’t control Chu Xuan mentally, I’ll just change someone else, right?
The body of "Chu Xuan" instantly turned into a wisp of black smoke and quickly returned to Soran.

The Dark Lord took heavy and terrifying steps. With just one step, he seemed to have crossed the space and walked in front of Zhuang Boshi.

That strange face that was spinning madly like a whirlpool in the abyss, now had countless pale eyes.

Those densely packed eyes seemed to be the carrier of some kind of power, trying to peer into the depths of his soul.

".Pathetic traveler, scum, stowaway, survivor, rebel. Why did you enter my palace? The palace world, death, annihilation, torture, and eternal extinction."

An extremely evil and chaotic whisper suddenly sounded in Zhuang Boshi's mind. It felt like countless people were screaming hysterically at the same time.

His brain felt like it was being pierced back and forth by an extremely sharp steel needle. The pain made Zhuang Boshi's face turn pale instantly and his body staggered two steps.

If any other creature were to face such a strange face full of eyes, it would definitely have a mental breakdown on the spot and undergo some unimaginable and horrific changes in its body.

But Zhuang Boshi is a cultivator after all. Although he is not physically strong, his mind is clear, and he has the Eye of Horus to protect his soul.

He didn't lose his mind all of a sudden and was able to fight back.

Feeling as if his head was about to explode, he finally unleashed an ability he hadn't used for a long time—the [Curse] from the strongest Curse Queen.

"Fuck, die, die, die, die!"

The accumulated malice from the tragic deaths of countless innocent souls, accidental deaths, and conspiratorial murders surged towards Sauron like a surging tide.

With Zhuang Boshi's current curse power, the horror of this curse is more than ten times greater than that of Kayako.

As the dark king, Sauron, even with the blessing of the evil gods from outside the realm, could not completely escape the fate of death.

The deep malice that touched upon the concept of death caused him to let out an inhumanly sharp and shrill howl, and his body became illusory and uncertain, as if it would dissipate at any time.

However, as wisps of black mist slowly dissipated from his hideous armor, the Dark Lord swung the heavy hammer again.

".. vile bastard, forsaken of the gods."

Soran seemed to be completely enraged by Zhuang Boshi's curse, and his even larger and more corrupted mutterings pierced Zhuang Boshi's soul like sharp arrows.

Boundless coldness suddenly came over him, as if to freeze his soul and drain all his vitality.

Sure enough, the curse has limited damage to this dark giant!
Zhuang Boshi was really in a desperate situation at this moment. The Sauron in front of him was not afraid of his physical and energy attacks at all, and was even immune to most of the curses.

This left him completely at a loss as to where to start.

Moreover, although Sauron has not yet found a way to directly injure him, the whispers that reach deep into his soul are disturbing him all the time.

If the fight continues like this, how can he, a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, withstand the continuous mental attacks from the evil god's followers?

Zhuang Boshi used teleportation again and appeared behind Sauron in an instant, scattering sparks all over the sky, blocking Sauron's vision.

Then the whole person retreated rapidly, running back the way he came as fast as the wind.

Zhuang Boshi shuttled through the darkness, gritting his teeth and launching a reversal spell, and the wounds on his body left by the concentrated electric current quickly healed as before.

However, although physical injuries can be easily repaired, the coldness that penetrates deep into the soul is difficult to dispel.

The low whispers still lingered in his ears, unable to be shaken off.

But at this moment he was very glad.

——Damn, luckily I exchanged it for the Foundation Establishment Pill!
Without the clear spiritual platform of the foundation-building period, I’m really going to fail this time!
(End of this chapter)