YM778.TV Chapter 248: Stone Gate
The desert scorpion creatures behind them closely guarded the base of the Great Pyramid. The three of them walked along the stone passageway into the interior of the pyramid and went a distance of more than a hundred meters. A stone door appeared in front of them.
“Phew, we’ve made it. Just wait a moment; once the door opens, we can enter.” Canaan relaxed when he saw the stone door and sat on the stone passage floor to rest.
Jierna leaned her battle-axe and rested on it as well, and the two Red-tailed Beasts closely followed her.
Song Jian glanced at the two and assumed that the stone door would automatically open in due time, allowing them to enter the place where the prayer altar was.
After looking around, Song Jian was attracted by the stone door and walked up to it to carefully examine it from top to bottom.
The stone door was pitch black and looked different from the other stones in Stone City. Its surface had a faint glow, and it was filled with a strong aura of deathly silence, clearly having been refined by the Kantulu Clan’s secret method.
The door was engraved with strange characters and patterns, and some parts were even inlaid with gold threads and jewels. Song Jian reached out to touch the jewels, but as soon as his finger touched the stone door, a strong current appeared with a “snap” sound, bouncing Song Jian’s finger away and floating a damage of over a hundred points above his head.
“The damage is so high?” Song Jian was somewhat surprised. Generally, even if a player reached level 10, their Vitality Points wouldn’t be this high. If they came here and casually touched the stone door, they would be killed in an instant.
“Be careful, there’s a curse from the Kantulu Clan on this stone door. If you touch it carelessly, you will be injured.” Canaan glanced at Song Jian and said. Now that their employment relationship had come to an end, Canaan became somewhat cold-hearted. If this had happened before, Canaan would have warned Song Jian before he tried to touch it.
“So, it cannot be touched? What about this?” Song Jian pointed to a sword mark over three feet long on the stone door and asked.
The door was intact except for the sword mark, which stood out. Song Jian raised his left hand, and a silver sword glow erupted out of thin air.
Shoo-
The sword glow fiercely chopped at the stone door, causing sparks to fly. However, the stone door remained unharmed.
“Have you gone mad?” Canaan jumped up, taking several steps back in retreat.
As the stone door was attacked, its surface emitted currents that made crackling sounds.
Boom-
A beam of current shot out like the whip of a thunder god and struck Song Jian.
A light curtain appeared on Song Jian’s body, the current slammed fiercely onto the light curtain, and in one blow, it shattered the light curtain with a defense power of 500 points.
“Quick, get back! As long as you get out of its attack range, you’ll be safe!” Canaan screamed from behind Song Jian.
Rather than retreating, Song Jian advanced forward and held up the Guardian’s Sword. The Invisible Sword Qi on the sword blade was stained silver;
“Shoo-“. The long sword fiercely slashed at the stone door, and immediately, thunder-like noises resounded through the stone passageway. The currents on the stone door grew in number, eventually forming a wall of lightning.
Just then, that sword mark on the stone door suddenly shone with a bright light, accompanied by a faint hum in everyone’s ears.
Boom-
An illusory figure appeared in front of the stone door out of thin air. This figure wore a green robe and had long hair draped over their shoulders. Song Jian could only see their back. The figure raised their right hand, and a sword as thick as a finger appeared out of nowhere, transforming into a gigantic heavy sword that chopped fiercely at the stone door.
Boom-
With a loud noise, the lightning wall before Song Jian disintegrated. On the stone door, along the sword mark, another crack appeared, bursting more than a foot to the left.
The illusory figure turned around, nodded at Song Jian, and slowly dissipated in the air.
A look of bewilderment appeared in Song Jian’s eyes. He squinted, trying to get a closer look at the face of the illusory figure but couldn’t see it clearly.
The lightning, the figure, the sword glow, and the giant sword all disappeared, returning to how it had been when the three just arrived. The only difference was that there was now an additional crack more than a foot long on the stone door.
“What just happened?” Canaan was dumbfounded. He had been to the Kantelu Ruins countless times and had never seen anything like this before.
System: You have personally experienced the Epic profession “Sword Master” demonstrating sword moves to you. All your sword-related skill levels have increased by one.
Song Jian was dumbfounded. He didn’t expect that merely witnessing the illusory figure’s sword strike would increase all his sword-related skill levels by one. This was like receiving a pie from the sky.
“Sword Master? Epic profession? Does that mean that if I continue to improve as a Sword Controller, the next time I change jobs, 1 can become a Sword Master?” Song Jian secretly thought, “Just don’t know when I’ll be able to change jobs to the Swordsman Immortal profession.”
He checked his skill column and found that indeed, all sword-related skills, including the[Cold Weaponry (Sword) (Basic)], had been increased by one level. What’s more, the proficiency from practicing for so long had been maintained, further enhancing his strength.
Boom-
The stone door began to tremble slightly, and moved to both sides, seemingly opening on its own.
“Huh, it’s not time yet. Why is the stone door opening automatically? Could it be because of just now…” Canaan murmured softly and slowly stepped forward.
As the stone door opened, an extreme aura of destruction accompanied by countless screams and wails surged out. Song Jian stood at the forefront and instantly felt a sharp sensation rushing towards him, as if countless evil spirits were surrounding him and gnawing at his body. A series of damage numbers floated above his head.
Canaan yelled and rushed backward as a milky white light surged under his feet. Jierna roared, her body shining with golden light as she entered Tyrant Body State.
System: You have been injured by the ancient curse of the Kantulu Clan, losing 100 Vitality Points per second for ten seconds.
System: The Kantulu Clan’s ancient curse triggered your talent skill “Thick Skin”, weakening the curse’s effect and causing you to lose 60 Vitality Points per second for five seconds.
Song Jian was startled and couldn’t help but take two steps back. However, with the bonus of his talent skill “Thick Skin” and the 300% Vitality Points recovery speed, the ancient curse of the Kantulu Clan was unable to deal fatal damage to him.
After enduring for ten seconds, Song Jian’s Vitality Points started to gradually increase. Jierna’s face showed a trace of exhaustion. The continuous activation of Tyrant Body State consumed a lot of her energy. However, the state of Tyrant Body made her immune to any negative effects, so the ancient curse didn’t cause her any harm.
Behind them, Canaan held a handful of pills in his hands, a distressed look on his face as he shoved the pills into his mouth, whispering, “I’m at a loss, a big loss. I’m afraid I won’t even be able to break even this time. How could this happen? I haven’t encountered such a situation before…”