The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

The mural was a crystal relief, originally transparent and translucent. However, when crystal powder was poured into the crystal bowl, the mural began to turn black, starting from the feet, where the black light gradually condensed and rose.

This is Mahakala.

If the ritual is not completed before the crystal bowl is filled with crystal powder, then Mahakala will use the power of crystal tremors to kill the intruder on the altar.

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, Partridge Whistle steadied himself and nodded vigorously.

"Brother Fang is absolutely right. This is not a place to stay for long. We should leave immediately after we finish the ritual!"

"But...this ritual seems to require a living sacrifice...if someone has to die..."

After Partridge Whistle finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appeared on his face, and he glanced at the old foreigner and the flower.

Upon seeing Partridge Whistle's gaze, Old Foreigner and Flower's expressions changed drastically, and they both shouted coldly:

"no!"

Fang Yun chuckled and waved to Partridge Whistle, saying, "Brother Dao, what are you thinking? The sacrificial scene depicted on the mural is correct, but it's not the only way."

“Look down into the abyss, besides the skeletons there are also mummies. Those mummies haven’t been skinned or bled, only their eyes have been gouged out.”

"This shows that using human eyes as sacrifices is also feasible. Didn't I say before that the eyes of the demon mother are the sacrifices we need to use?"

The crystal mural was rather blurry. Partridge Whistle only saw the scene of the demon priest peeling the skin off the offerings, but he did not see the scene of eyes being used as sacrifices.

The people of the Demon Kingdom have an unquestionable devotion to the Serpent God, and their sacrificial rituals are always flawless. However, the corpses in the abyss are mostly eyeless mummies.

This shows that using the eyes as a sacrifice is the correct method of sacrifice, and the method of skinning and bleeding may just be the original, clumsy method that was later modified by the people of the Demon Kingdom.

"Don't say too much, come here. We'll leave as soon as the sacrificial ceremony is over!"

After saying that, Fang Yun reached into his robe and took out a pair of demonic eyes and the Muchen Pearl from the system space.

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, the three brothers, Partridge Whistle and his companion, all became solemn and gathered around Fang Yun.

"Ok?"

Fang Yun was stunned when he saw the Demon Eye and the Muchen Pearl in his hand.

These three beads changed their appearance after being taken out of the system space.

Previously, there were many jade fragments left on the Muchen Pearl, but now those fragments began to melt rapidly, turning into black mist and dissipating.

After all the jade dust dissipated, the true form of the Muchen Pearl was revealed.

Apart from its overall yellowish jade color, it is not much different from the human eye, except that the pupils are vertical pupils, composed of countless patterns, and are currently glowing with a dim yellow fluorescence.

The Demon Eye is the same; apart from its jade-green color, all its patterns are identical to the Muchen Pearl. It consists of two vertical pupils that are emitting black energy.

The three brothers, Partridge Whistle and his companions, also noticed the unusual appearance of the three beads, but time was of the essence, so they all tacitly remained silent.

Fang Yun didn't hesitate for long and quickly reacted, throwing the Muchen Pearl and the Demon Eye into the two pools of water respectively.

Anyway, after the ritual is completed, these things will still belong to him!

next moment.

The once calm pool of water suddenly changed.

The clear water in the pool surged and flowed continuously, like a fountain, but not a single drop spilled out.

Seeing this, Partridge Whistle pulled Flower and the old foreigner back two steps.

"It's alright, this is just a sacrificial ceremony."

"The Muchen Pearl and the Demon Eye represent two kinds of energy in the Ghost Cave, one real and one illusory, belonging to Yin and Yang. These two pools represent the place where Yin and Yang, life and death, meet in the unity of heaven and man."

Upon hearing this, the three brothers, Partridge Whistle and his fellow disciples, all subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

They weren't afraid there was something wrong with the pool (1.3); they were afraid the sacrificial ritual would be done incorrectly.

The sacrificial ceremony is currently underway; the ceremony has officially begun and is now closed...

Once the ceremony is over, the shackles that have bound us for over three thousand years will be completely broken!

"Click...click click click."

But before the four of them could wait for the sacrificial ceremony to end, a huge explosion rang out from the top of the crystal mine.

The four looked up at the sound and saw a huge hole opened up in the cave ceiling.

Countless drops of lake water poured down from the cave entrance, surging into the crystal mine like giant waves and crashing onto the stone bridge that the group had crossed earlier.

Countless white-bearded fish were also carried down into the crystal mine by the lake water, including even two spotted dragons.

boom!

The sound of slapping echoed, and the stone bridge trembled, on the verge of collapsing.

Chapter 141 The Strange Fish That Extinguished the Lamp, the Sacrifice Completed!

Click, click, click....

After the water hole above the crystal cave was broken open, it seemed as if an ant nest had been disturbed.

The entire crystal mine began to tremble slightly, and cracks in the rock walls rapidly spread outwards, as if the entire mine was about to collapse.

The crystal spikes growing on the cave ceiling also began to fall downwards as the cave ceiling trembled, like a heavy crossbow bolt used in siege warfare.

However, all four were quite skilled and easily avoided the crystal spikes.

"Oh shit..."

Seeing this, Fang Yun cursed inwardly.

The crystal tremor power in this crystal vein has accumulated far too much, to the point that Daheitian can no longer control it.

Judging from the crystal bowl, it was still early, and the ritual should have taken about an hour to complete.

The Great Black Heaven will not attack them for at least an hour. The entire crystal mine is shaking, which means that the crystal tremor power on the Great Black Heaven is too great, so great that even a slight leak can shatter the cave ceiling.

"Fang Yun, what should we do?"

At this moment, Hua looked anxiously at Fang Yun.

Fang Yun shook his head helplessly and pointed to the two pools of water that were still churning.

"There's no way we can leave until the water in the pool stops flowing."

"The Muchen Pearl is the key to the ritual and can be reused. Therefore, after the ritual is completed, the Muchen Pearl will definitely be spat out by the pool. We must wait until the Muchen Pearl floats up to prevent any problems from occurring during the ritual."

"Wait!"

Partridge Whistle said in a deep voice, his face serious.

The sacrificial ceremony must not go wrong, otherwise all the previous efforts will be in vain.

The next moment, Partridge Whistle's expression changed again, and he hurriedly said, "Not good!"

"The cascading lake water is blocking the way back. If the water continues to recede after the ritual is completed, we will be trapped inside this altar!"

"road?"

Upon hearing Partridge Whistle's words, Fang Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly recalled a small plot point.

After the trio of Lao Hu closed the sacrificial ceremony, they didn't return the way they came...

After thinking for about five or six seconds, Fang Yun's eyes lit up, and he said to the three brothers, Partridge Whistle:

"Crystal Mountain!"

"I noticed something strange about that crystal mountain earlier; it was too transparent, as if there were hollows inside. You guys should go and look for it!"

Upon hearing this, Partridge Whistle perked up. Without asking any questions, he headed straight for the Crystal Mountain behind the altar, with Old Man Yang and Flower quickly following behind.

Fang Yun breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the three of them quickly climb up Crystal Mountain.

I almost forgot about that exit. If it weren't for that exit, we would have really capsized in the gutter today.

.............................

One minute later.

"Too slow..."

Fang Yun let out a breath, feeling somewhat impatient.

In just one minute, a small portion of the cave ceiling was washed away by the lake water.

Countless lake waters crashed down into the crystal mine like water dragons, collapsing the stone bridge they had crossed.

There is an underground water vein overhead, and with the continuous support of the Kunlun water vein, the lake water could not possibly have dried up so quickly.

Therefore, in just a few minutes, the lake water will be able to collapse the entire cave ceiling, and if there are no water veins below the abyss, the lake water will also submerge this crystal mine.

"Fang Yun!"

Just then, a surprised sound rang out from Hua.

Fang Yun looked up and saw that Hua and her two senior brothers had jumped down from Crystal Mountain, all three of them with joy on their faces.

"There really is a cave entrance behind Crystal Mountain, and it's quite large; it must have been dug out by someone!"

Hearing this, Fang Yun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile, saying, "That's good..."

"Brother Fang, why is the sacrificial ceremony taking so long?"

"This crystal cave could collapse at any moment, and we don't have much time left."