Chapter 517: The Sacrificial Altar and the Strange Shadow

Chapter 517: The Sacrificial Altar and the Strange Shadow

"The Xiyi tribe..."

Lin Shi muttered that Su Qimeng had mentioned this ethnic group to him. It should be the same as the Desert Kingdom and the Tern Kingdom. It is a human force that existed in the elven world and had long disappeared.

"Yes, from what we have seen so far, the Mojiang Ruins should be one of the main places where this ethnic group conducts activities. In the latest investigation, we have also made some new discoveries about it."

Su Qimeng nodded slightly, organizing her thoughts and speaking.

"At the beginning, we found that this group seemed to have a very close relationship with the ghost elves. At first, we thought that it might be a mutually beneficial relationship like other groups."

"But during this archaeological excavation, we made some new discoveries. Judging from some of the unearthed materials, their relationship was not friendly. On the contrary, it may have been very hostile."

"Hostile? Why? Aren't the Xiyi people human?"

Lin Shi was a little confused. He stretched out his hand and gently stroked the sword of the Shield Sword Monster. The sword hummed slightly in response. In the current world, the relationship between humans and elves is very normal, and he has never heard of such a statement.

"Well... on some murals, we found some records that appear to be of the Xiyi people capturing ghost-type elves. They seem to be... conducting some kind of experiment, or... performing a sacrifice."

"And some of the inscriptions that have been unearthed also record the history of this ethnic group seemingly searching for the door to 'heaven'."

"They believe that there is a boundless, unfettered, carefree, and beautiful world, and ghost-like elves are the only inhabitants there."

Hearing Su Qimeng's words, Lin Shi's expression became a little strange. Why did the world that the Xiyi tribe was looking for feel like the spiritual world?

Can……

Lin Shi recalled what he had seen in the spirit world.

Does it have anything to do with this description?

"So? They found it? They made this flower too? Can we get out?"

Lin Shi simply answered a series of questions. Su Qimeng frowned and then shook her head.

"I don't know. There is no record of this yet. But I saw this flower just now. It was on a stone slab."

Then Su Qimeng described to Lin Shi the pattern on the newly unearthed stone slab and added some of her own guesses.

"I understand."

Lin Shi nodded and said thoughtfully.

"You mean, we might be performing a weird ritual right now, and after the ritual is successful, our souls can ascend?"

"Yes, I think so."

Su Qimeng nodded and said, although most of this was her speculation, she felt that it was very likely.

Because when she fell asleep just now, it seemed that she was going through such a ritual process. If she really followed that road to the end, that would probably be the time when her soul completely left her body.

The consequences would be disastrous. If she hadn't heard the voice and reminded her in time, she would probably never be able to come back.

Thinking of this, Su Qimeng frowned.

She still doesn't know whether that voice was real or fake, whether someone was really reminding her at that time, or whether it was just a warning from the bottom of her heart.

She thought it should be the latter. After all, this was the spirit world. Apart from her and Lin Shi, there couldn't be any other living people...

"In that case, according to your introduction to the Xiyi tribe just now, it is very likely that this so-called "ascension" is the way to the spirit world."

"They use unknown methods to pull out their souls and become beings similar to ghost-type Pokémon, thus gaining the qualifications to go to and stay in the spirit world."

Lin Shi speculated to himself that the Xiyi tribe was very strange and different from the natives of other elven worlds he had come into contact with. He had a very strange and dangerous feeling.

"Huh... But now is not the time to think about these things. Although we know that this ghost thing might be the work of the Xiyi tribe, we still have no way to get out."

"Not only that, the oppressive feeling I've had these past four weeks has become more and more severe. We have to hurry up, or I'm worried that we'll be forced to 'ascend'."

Lin Shi took a deep breath and said, at this moment it was already pitch black inside the flower bud, and they could only rely on the light emitted by the Shield Sword Monster to see each other's faces clearly.

"But, can we really get out with only two Pokémons, Shieldblade and Infernape?"

Su Qimeng pursed her lips. Although she didn't want to undermine the morale of the troops, the fact was that she felt there was little hope. In fact, if Lin Shi hadn't been by her side, she would have collapsed long ago.

"Don't be impatient. Let's see if there is a way out inside the bud first."

Temporarily giving up the urge to cut off the petals, Lin Shi took Su Qimeng towards the center of the flower bud.

Generally speaking, the pistil part of a flower is more delicate. Although it is difficult to say whether the place they are in now is a real flower, if it also has the same structure as the pistil, then it is very likely that this is their chance to break through it.

Soon they noticed something strange in the center. Where the stamens were originally growing, what stood was not the part of the flower, but a strange building made of unknown materials.

"This pistil... looks like an altar?"

Lin Shi said while frowning as he looked at the shape of the building.

He didn't care about the use of this altar. He just wanted to know whether this altar was the key to destroying the flower bud.

"Shieldblade, Shadow Ball!"

Lin Shi let out a low shout and swung his sword. The sharp sword energy instantly burst out and rushed towards the altar.

"Snapped!"

Before the attack could hit the altar, it was blocked by the petal shield that rose on the spot. The petals used to protect the altar were extremely hard, and the powerful sword of the Shield Sword Monster did not even leave any scars!

But this made Lin Shi happy instead of surprised. The defense was so solid, so this must be the vital point of the giant dark flower. Perhaps as long as the altar was broken, the flower could wither on its own.

"Shieldblade, keep going, Shadow Ball!"

Lin Shi held the sword in his hand and slashed out several sword energies on the spot, venting them on the petals of the altar.

But unfortunately, although it was trembling slightly, there was no sign of being broken. The defense of this thing was probably not something that the current Shield Sword Monster could break through.

"Keep going, cannon blast!"

Lin Shi continued to swing his sword in disbelief. Metal blades flew out and chopped on the petals, but still failed to hurt them at all.

"Gu!"

"hiss……"

Lin Shi’s waving hand paused slightly.

"Oh no, I seem to have stayed here too long and I'm already hallucinating."

"Guni!"

At this moment, on the altar, a small human-shaped black shadow suddenly stood up, and then ran around without stopping, seeming very scared.

"Not only am I hearing hallucinations, but I also seem to be having visual hallucinations..."

Lin Shi looked at this scene and talked to himself.

"What are you looking at? That's an elf."

Su Qimeng also looked at the altar from afar and spoke speculatively.

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