Free Web NovelThe white flower bud quickly bloomed.
But the flower remained white.
"Brocade."
Mingxi didn't need Emerald Green to explain; she already knew its perception this time was 'unknown'.
White represents the unknown.
Unknown was actually a pretty good result.
Better than the grey of misfortune or the black of death.
"It's decided then."
Mingxi, holding Black Pearl in one arm and the Feng He Umbrella in the other, stepped onto the sacrificial altar.
The altar looked as if it were made of water, but the feeling underfoot was the solid texture of stone.
Hard and unyielding.
Since she had decided to ascend the altar with Black Pearl alone, Mingxi would no longer hesitate or waver.
She quickly stepped onto the platform, standing at the edge of the altar, taking in the entire structure.
The outer ring of the altar was carved with intricate patterns, very similar to those of the Contract Array and the Shi Fan Transformation Array.
But the center of the altar featured a Mermaid bas-relief, curled into a circle with her fish tail.
The Mermaid bas-relief bore a striking resemblance to Black Pearl's mother beast; although a watery bas-relief couldn't determine hair or scale color, Mingxi clearly 'saw' a Mermaid with blue hair and a blue tail.
Additionally, she wore a crystal forehead band on her forehead.
However, that forehead band, or more precisely, the teardrop-shaped crystal in the very center, was extremely strange.
It looked as if it had been corroded by some foul substance, its interior murky and turbid, even more so than sewage in an underground drain.
This made the originally noble and beautiful Mermaid bas-relief appear as evil as a demon.
Mingxi sensed an ominous aura emanating from that crystal forehead band.
It felt very similar to the sensation the Shi Fan Transformation Array gave her.
Could it be...
"Master, this should be the Abyssal Mermaid's baptismal altar, constructed from Source Water Stone over ten thousand years old.
It should originally have had the ability to cleanse the talents of Mermaid newborns.
But now its core seems to have been corroded."
Mingxi had also thought of that.
"Was it by the Shi Fan Transformation Array?"
"Probably not. Although this corrosive force somewhat resembles that of the Shi Fan Transformation Array, it's also different; it should be a more overbearing power.
You might not know about ten-thousand-year-old Source Water Stone; it's actually a pure water-attribute energy crystal, a 100% pure energy crystal, containing vast and self-recycling water-attribute energy.
Theoretically, it can resist any energy erosion in the world.
After being carved into an altar, it can also absorb water energy from the environment on its own.
Given the nature of the Shi Fan Transformation Array, it would be unable to corrode its core, even over a very long period, it's basically impossible.
So I speculate that someone used a more overbearing power on this altar, possibly a rule-based item, similar to your Two-Worlds Rotation Platform, a special derivative item.
Or it could be a skill from a high-level Transcendent creature. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
But what exactly it is, I cannot determine."
So, would the person who intentionally damaged this altar and the person who created the Shi Fan Transformation Array be the same group?
Mingxi felt a strong sense of conspiracy.
She always felt that the group who annihilated the Abyssal Mermaid did more than just create kui bian zhu.
This question could only remain unanswered for now.
Mingxi: "Is there a way to repair it?"
Since this altar was the baptismal site for Mermaid newborns and had the function of cleansing talents, she naturally wanted Black Pearl to try it.
"Sorry, Master, its core has been completely corroded. Even if we could barely repair it, I'm afraid the altar's original function would not be restored."
Mingxi sighed and stroked Black Pearl's little head.
"No wonder Emerald Green perceived it as unknown."
This altar held no danger, but to say it wasn't an opportunity wouldn't be accurate.
Yet, to say it was an opportunity, it was utterly useless!
Mingxi walked up to the Mermaid bas-relief and began to observe the crystal forehead band with intense focus.
The aura was very mixed.
It was a presence somewhat close «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» to dark energy, yet more disgusting and chaotic than dark energy.
Dark energy and light energy are inverse to each other, but it never represents evil, just as light energy doesn't represent justice.
They are merely a pure manifestation of energy.
But the energy corroding the crystal forehead band was different; it gave Mingxi a sense of gloom, tyranny, cruelty, bloodlust, and other negative things.
"Buzz!"
Unconsciously, the scene in Mingxi's eyes changed.
The familiar mysterious characters reappeared!
Mingxi was startled by this.
Her brain began to ache like it was being pricked by needles again, but she didn't close her eyes.
She strained to focus on the characters that appeared.
Combining her past experiences, she had already come to a conclusion.
Observing and recording mysterious characters could increase brain region development!
Otherwise, there was no way she could have raised her brain region development to 50% in such a short time.
"Buzz..."
The mysterious characters trembled lightly, as if they could shatter at any moment.
Mingxi endured the sharp pain in her brain and recorded the character before her, sketching it in her sea of consciousness.
"Curse?"
Mingxi couldn't accurately identify many of the mysterious characters because they were even more profound than oracle bone script.
But all characters have patterns; as long as she could remember them, she could roughly deduce the rudimentary meaning of a single character.
This character before her should mean 'curse'.
"Buzz!"
The characters disappeared.
Only then did Mingxi close her eyes.
She needed to rest for a while.
Her head hurt so much, it felt like it was going to explode.
"You Yan?"
Golden Yuanbao called out anxiously from below the stage.
"You all come up."
Since she had confirmed the altar was not dangerous, Mingxi no longer stopped Golden Yuanbao and the others from coming up, and she also needed their help now.
Little Silver Flower immediately flew up and used Angel's Kiss on Mingxi.
Although Mingxi's head was still throbbing, it felt much better.
She opened her eyes and looked at Emerald Green.
"Emerald Green, put on your mask and switch to your Second Form."
Emerald Green was a little surprised and wanted to ask her purpose.
But the Little Human was now its Beast Tamers.
A Beast Tamers's combat command could not be disobeyed.
It ultimately did not voice its doubts.
It took out the mask and put it on its face.
The next second, its appearance changed, not into the form of a Thousand Spirit Envoy, but into its former Shi-level form—the Qian Ling Devil Envoy.
A textured profound-gold cloak completely enveloped its somewhat petite body, revealing only its masked face.
The magnificent Hellflower on the mask added three points of mystery to it.
Behind it, two green-gold ribbons fluttered without wind.
Its lower body was still tangled roots, but also with gold patterns.
At this moment, Emerald Green looked like a mysterious and magnificent dark magic user. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Emerald Green's Second Form could only be maintained for three minutes.
Time was limited.
They had to hurry!
Mingxi: "Emerald Green, try using Thousand Spirits on the core crystal of the Mermaid's forehead band."
