Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1434: Zerka Temple (10)

The mountain path was difficult to travel.

Apart from the gravity exerted on his body, the howling gale was a huge obstacle. Upward, Lucy and Lucy had to resist both gravity and strong winds. Even though both of them had opened their anti-expansion shields and erected their origin barriers, they still found it difficult to move.

What was even harder was that every time he walked three laps, the gravity on his body would increase a little. The higher the wind went, the stronger the wind became. After the two of them walked through the nine-lap mountain path, each step consumed a lot of physical strength and Origin Energy. It was as if they were enemies of the entire planet. Gravity wanted to crush them, but the howling winds were looking for an opportunity to blow them into the void on the other side of the mountain path.

At this time, there was no sand in the wind, but there was an exceptionally hard hail. The smaller ones were the size of fists, while the larger ones were tens of centimeters long and wide. Some were irregular blocks, while others were as sharp as thorns. Walking on the mountain path, the two women had to pay attention to the hail. Although they could not die if they were hit with one, it would affect their movements. Occasionally, the two of them would use their fists or golden roses to shatter the hailstones that came crashing down on them.

On the tenth lap of the mountain path, the two of them found a leeward spot and temporarily hid in a mountain depression that was less than a meter away from the wind. Not only was it windy here, but the temperature was also low. The temperature had probably dropped below zero degrees Celsius. The energy consumption of the protective suit was very fast, and the shield was not as thick as before. The two of them took the opportunity to eat some high-energy food. Angeloni rubbed her hands and said, "This damn place is worse than anywhere I've been before. I won't come here even if I'm beaten to death."

Lucy forced a smile and said, "I'm afraid I won't have the chance to let you come a second time. Don't forget that the planet is going to be destroyed."

"Your Highness, it won't be finished in a day or two, right?" Angeloni was a little guilty. After all, the current environment was as harsh as a natural disaster caused by the destruction of a planet.

"That's not true. The information says that Evernight will only be destroyed after at least a year. Even if the process is shortened, it won't happen in a day or two." Lucy frowned and said, "As for the unreasonable gravity here, it looks like it was deliberately set up. With the will I sensed earlier, this holy mountain must have been intentionally sealed off by him, right?"

"Could it be that Grandmaster Gwa didn't have such an arrangement when he found the temple?" Angeloni said in a surprised voice, "In that case, the master must have alerted the will of the temple. That's why this situation is happening now."

"It should be like this. Anyway, we can't stop here." Lucy stood up and said, "How are you? Can you walk?"

Angeloni smiled and said, "Of course, I can't lose to His Highness. Otherwise, where can I put my guard's face in the future?"

They prepared to set off and took a few steps. Angeloni grabbed Lucy. They were close to the side of the cliff. The wind was too loud to talk. Angeloni could only write in Lucy's palm with her hand, "There's someone behind."

Lucy looked behind her. The winds blew and the Holy Mountain seemed to be squeezed into a storm. The visibility was so low that Lucy could not see anything. However, a moment later, there was indeed a blurry black shadow. It seemed that someone had indeed caught up to him.

"Marquis Mainne?" Lucy wrote on Angeloni's palm with her finger.

"It's hard to say. It could also be an interstellar mercenary. Your Highness, you go first. I'll stay. If it's an interstellar mercenary, it'll be better to hold him off. If it's Lord Mainne, then we'll meet up at the top of the mountain."

Without hesitation, Lucy nodded her head in agreement and wrote "Be careful" before continuing up the hill.

Angeloni stayed. She adjusted her breathing until her body reached its peak condition and finally saw the figure clearly. No matter what, her blonde hair and blue skin did not resemble Mainne's at all. Angeloni spat out a mouthful of saliva. Threads of light purple gaseous flames spread out, and countless golem wires danced around her like small purple snakes.

In the next moment, Angeloni's aura surged, and even the storm on the holy mountain could not conceal her aura.

Lucy, who could sense it, looked behind and knew that it was not Mainne. She could only grind her teeth and continue forward. The following journey was long and long. This was simply a test of will and physical strength. On the twelfth lap of the mountain path, the energy of the protective suit was exhausted and it was no longer able to support the shield. Lucy could only rely on the Origin Energy barrier to block the wind and bounce away the hail from the wind.

By the time she reached the fifteen laps of the mountain path, her forehead was covered with sweat, and her hair was wet with sweat, sticking close to her forehead. The Origin Energy Barrier was already thin, as if it would disappear at any moment. The gravity applied to her was nearly twenty times greater. Even with Lucy's current Level 27 Origin Energy, she couldn't withstand all kinds of exhaustion. For a moment she thought of giving up, but when she thought of Alan, she gritted her teeth and walked up.

She could no longer walk upright and could only bend her waist to support the mountain wall and slowly walk forward. At this point Lucy was almost numb, only repeating the same action mechanically. After walking for an unknown amount of time, her entire body suddenly lightened, and the gale and hail suddenly disappeared.

Without the pressure from the outside world, Lucy relaxed and fainted.

However, it didn't take long for her to wake up. After reluctantly sitting up, she did not rush on her way. Instead, she let herself eat some high-energy food first. He waited for his strength to recover a little before supporting the mountain wall to stand up. She found herself still on the mountain path and looked back. The mountain path dozens of meters away from her was still blocked by the storm, but the side she was on was calm, as if there was an invisible wall separating the storm.

Lucy took a deep breath and stepped forward. The rest of the mountain paths were quickly completed, and there was a platform at the end of the mountain paths. Here, the Sacred Mountain Fruit was as Gwana had said, the mountain peaks were flattened, the breeze blew gently on the platform, and this place was as quiet as if it was another world.

Lucy looked up, her head dimly lit, and from time to time a meter-long icicle came crashing down on her. However, it exploded in the sky. This phenomenon made her even more certain that there was an invisible barrier at the summit of the Sacred Mountain, isolating the vicious phenomena outside.

Looking ahead, Lucy's line of sight was immediately filled with huge sculptures. Two sculptures stood on the flat ground a hundred meters away, resembling the Imperial City Guard Sharif who had been seen outside Sulakah. However, these two sculptures were much larger than any of the Sharif statues, and their heights were about twenty meters tall. Both of their hands were leaning on giant swords, while the other hand stretched out horizontally and spread out its palms, as if it was refusing to allow outsiders to climb onto the platform.

After these two statues was another larger stone sculpture. It was a stone sculpture of a man sitting on a throne. Under the throne, a flaming scene was depicted with an open curve. As for the man on the throne, his facial features were extremely dignified. Even if it was a dead object, it gave off a feeling of worship.

What surprised Lucy even more was that the man was as beautiful as she had seen in the illusion.

Lucy finally looked away from the man on the throne and saw that there was an entrance to the throne, and there were some other reliefs on both sides of the entrance. The reliefs were carved by people kneeling in the direction of the entrance. It looked like this huge sculpture was installed on the temple of Zerka.

When Lucy walked into the entrance, the originally dark passageway suddenly lit up, but the oval-shaped crystals on the walls of the passageway lit up. At the same time, there were also beautiful curved lines that connected the crystals and led to the depths of the temple.

A hundred steps later, Lucy walked into a hall. The hall was round in shape, with thick stone pillars erected in all directions. The stone pillars supported the arched dome. It was a hundred meters from the ground to the dome, making the entire space seem exceptionally deep and wide.

There was a cylindrical stone platform in the middle of the hall. Something was slowly spinning on the stone platform. Lucy, hurry up and go. When you get close, she can see that it is a stone slab!

That was what she was looking for, and Lucy quickened her pace when she saw the stone slab in front of her. Seeing that she was only a dozen meters away from the stone platform, a pillar of fire suddenly shot up from the ground and blocked her path.