novelraw Chapter 710 288: Spring of Evil
Chapter 710 288: Spring of Evil
The Steel Giant God stepped inside the fence, walking step by step towards the Prince Statue of Happiness.
The Steel Giant God was three to four meters tall, able to cover more than a meter in one stride, and the distance from the fence to the Prince Statue of Happiness was merely ten meters, just about seven or eight strides.
After taking two or three steps, the Steel Giant God's body showed no sign of turning into pig iron. Just as Wan Chaojue was feeling happy, he saw the Steel Giant God's foot gradually turn into pig iron, and as it continued to stride forward, its body rapidly underwent a bio-transformation from bottom to top. Before its step fully landed, its whole body turned into a statue, maintaining the posture of striding forward.
Wan Chaojue's expression instantly turned extremely grim. The Steel Giant God was already a rare magic entity, painstakingly raised to Level S, only needing a Super Spirit Gemstone to reach Super Spirit, and now it was all for naught.
"Since this path doesn't work, we'll have to try another," Wan Chaoxin said, looking at Wan Chaohua.
Wan Chaohua nodded and took out a peculiar weapon.
The front end of the weapon was a claw resembling a hand, with a handle about thirty centimeters long.
Wan Chaohua approached the fence, eyed the ruby on the hilt of the Happy Prince's sword, and forcefully flicked the ghost claw-like Parasitic Contract towards the ruby on the hilt.
The ghost claw flew like lightning, but halfway through, it suddenly fell, as if magnetically attracted to the ground, motionless and they turned like pig iron.
Wan Chaohua's expression also became unpleasant, having painstakingly upgraded the Parasitic Contract, no one would be happy about this.
"No speed is fast enough to penetrate it, seems we still need to find a way to unravel that mysterious power," Wan Chaoxin pondered.
Li Xiu, Chu Jun, and A Fei looked on, feeling a headache as well, wondering when they could figure out what could guard against that mysterious power. They weren't willing to risk the magic entities and contracts they had painstakingly cultivated.
"What do you feel?" Li Xiu looked at Chu Jun.
Chu Jun whispered to Li Xiu, "There's a magic entity on the Prince Statue of Happiness, but it should not be the statue itself."
"Can you determine the magic entity's level and name?" Li Xiu whispered back to Chu Jun.
"Spirit Forging Level…Spring of Evil…" Chu Jun whispered.
"Spring of Evil?" Li Xiu glanced towards the other side of the square, where indeed there was a fountain, but it was still dozens of meters away from the Prince Statue of Happiness. Trial Takers near the fountain didn't suffer any harm, and someone even washed their face with the fountain water without any abnormality.
"I've checked, there's no magic entity near the fountain; the magic entity should be on the statue, but I can't determine what it is, or perhaps the statue itself is called Spring of Evil?" Chu Jun couldn't confirm either.
Li Xiu scrutinized the statue; besides the crown, sword, and golden pieces on its body, there was nothing else on the statue.
Yet, he couldn't detect the aura of a magic entity on the statue, so for a moment, Li Xiu was unsure whether the Spring of Evil was the statue itself or something on it.
"Knowing there's a magic entity is enough, let's go check elsewhere first," Li Xiu wasn't anxious.
Being aware of a Spirit Forging Level magic entity means these Trial Takers can't possibly take the gemstone from under its eyes.
Typically, defeating a Spirit Forging Level magic entity requires a Spirit Forger Tester, but the trials at the Gladiatorial Trial Ground are unique, requiring Spirit Forger Testers to defeat a Divine Position Level magic entity to enter.
The gap between the Divine Position and Spirit Forging Level is massive, even greater than the third-form gap between Spirit Casting and Light Base, and without special measures, passing the trial is incredibly challenging.
So many factions are interested in the gemstone on the Prince Statue of Happiness, yet no commander has entered, surely because none are willing to take the risk.
Li Xiu and the others decided to wander around the city to see if they could find any clues.
Wan Chaoxin and his team refrained from further attempts and, hearing of Li Xiu's intention to explore the city, joined them in leaving the square.
Unlike in Black Death City, here the doors of buildings were open, allowing entry inside.
Several buildings had already been searched by Trial Takers, and according to the intel, besides the Prince Statue of Happiness location, nowhere else seemed dangerous for now.
Li Xiu and his team entered several rooms, finding them messy as if visited by thieves, with many items emptied out.
"Items from the Demon Kingdom hold some value; numerous Trial Takers have already carried things out from this city. Whether they are useful remains to be seen," Wan Chaohua explained.
After searching several houses, most of the items were taken, especially those with Demon Texts were thoroughly removed.
Even if the items aren't valuable, as long as they have Demon Texts, they can fetch some money.
Fortunately, the city isn't small, and there's not an excessive number of Trial Takers entering, so not everything would be cleared out.
Occasionally they saw pig iron statues on the streets, which initially seemed artistic but now felt eerie and terrifying.
Finally, the group found a house that appeared relatively intact and pushed the door, discovering it was a post office.