Chapter 383: Runes on 2 Stone Pillars
Su Han squatted down and carefully looked at the groove on the ground with the faint light emitted by the rusty sword in Bi Yao's hand.
These grooves vary in depth, and the edges are engraved with gear-like patterns, vaguely echoing the structure of the central mechanical device.
He took out a piece of gravel from his waist and traced along the outline of the groove.
"Biyao, do you think these grooves could be the trigger points of some kind of mechanism?"
Biyao put her ear against the stone pillar, trying to find clues through the frequency of the rune vibrations.
Her hair fell down, emitting a silver-blue luster in the dim light. "The resonance of the runes sounds like some kind of ancient language. I have seen similar sound wave records in ancient books. Perhaps a specific rhythm is required to activate it."
Before he finished speaking, the King of Monsters roared again, and this time its tail swept across, causing the rock wall on the right to collapse, revealing the densely packed murals behind it.
The patterns on the murals are mysterious and bizarre, depicting scenes of armored giants fighting winged monsters.
Su Han's attention was attracted by one of the paintings - the weapon held in the giant's hand had the same dark gold pattern as Bi Yao's rusty sword.
“There are clues hidden in these murals!”
He reached out to touch it, but found that the surface of the mural was covered with a layer of cold mucus, emitting a disgusting fishy smell.
The footsteps of the King of Monsters were getting closer and closer, and the ground was shaking more and more violently.
Bi Yao suddenly grabbed Su Han's wrist and dragged him behind a stone pillar.
The huge body of the King of Monsters was seen brushing against the stone pillars. The dim light from its scales cast distorted shadows on the stone wall, as if countless hideous faces were wriggling.
Su Han smelled a pungent stench, which was the breath exhaled by the monster. Wherever it went, the air was filled with strange purple ripples.
“It seemed to be preventing us from getting closer to the mural.”
Bi Yao lowered her voice, and the rusty sword in her hand suddenly hummed, with the tip of the sword pointing to a glowing symbol on the mural.
The symbol seemed to be made up of countless chains, and was now slowly rotating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Su Han noticed that the King of Monsters would glance at the symbol from time to time, and every time they looked at each other, it would let out an angry roar.
The two of them moved forward between the stone pillars, carefully avoiding the monster's attack range. Su Han discovered that whenever they approached a certain rune, the monster's attack would become more frantic.
He suddenly had an idea, "Biyao, try to touch those runes with your sword, I will lead the monster away!"
Without waiting for Biyao to respond, he rushed out with a dagger in hand, deliberately waving it in front of the monster to attract its attention.
The King of Monsters was indeed enraged, and slapped Su Han with its huge claws.
Su Han rolled and dodged flexibly, and every time he narrowly avoided an attack, he was closing the distance between him and the other stone pillar.
Bi Yao took the opportunity to rush to the rune, took a deep breath, and gently pressed the rusty sword on the rune.
In an instant, the rune burst into dazzling light, and the twelve stone pillars lit up at the same time, forming a golden beam of light that shot straight into the sky.
The king of monsters howled in pain, the scales on its body began to peel off, and dark purple blood gushed out.
However, the mechanical device made a shrill roar at this moment, countless gears began to spin frantically, and the grooves on the ground lit up red.
Su Han and Bi Yao were blinded by the sudden bright light. After they adjusted to the light, they found that the mechanical device in the center was slowly rising, revealing a deep pit covered with spikes underneath.
"This is impossible……"
Bi Yao muttered to herself, the rusty sword in her hand glowed brightly, and the dark gold patterns on the sword seemed to come alive, spreading upwards along her arm.
Su Han felt a powerful force surging in the deep pit. The force brought with it a heart-pounding sense of oppression, as if it was a call from another world.
Although the King of Monsters was seriously injured, he still blocked the deep pit. There was no hesitation in his eyes anymore, but instead a crazy murderous intent.
Su Han gripped the dagger tightly and stood in front of Bi Yao.
He could feel his heart pounding in his chest, sweat dripping down his forehead and blurring his vision.
There were deep vibrations coming from the pit, the sound of the gears of the mechanical device meshing faster and faster, and the runes on the twelve stone pillars began to flash rapidly. (End of this chapter)