"This Magic Barrier seems a bit off."
On the other side, Ray, with a grave expression, watched the ominously dark red spherical force field.
He waved his hand, and his Ninth Order Domain expanded, enveloping his subordinates behind him.
Before this, only the black Alien Power with life-draining effects had appeared in the ruins. This dark red special force on the barrier in front of him was something he encountered for the first time since entering the ruins.
The eerie characteristics of this power made even a Ninth Order like him foster some negative emotions just by observing it.
It’s hard to imagine the lethality it poses to those Professionals below the Ninth Order.
However, this situation also signified that they had found the real core of these ruins.
And that book next to the corpse, it looked somewhat familiar, almost identical in appearance to the target of his journey.
Could that be the corpse of Helros, one of the nine Councilmen of the Ancient Magic Empire? The Source of All Magic?
Did he really die here, perished together with that mysterious entity in their final battle? Then, was that barrier left by him before death, or some sort of fallback from that mysterious entity?
Filled with various doubts, Ray cautiously took a step forward, entering the hall.
But just as he made that step, a drastic change suddenly occurred!
On the previously pitch-black rocky floor of the hall, countless eerie Magic Patterns resembling flowing blood suddenly lit up!
They emitted a sinister and ominous dark red light, while fuzzy humming and whispering sounds rose in everyone’s mind, as if narrating the ultimate truths of the world.
Simultaneously, the dark red spherical barrier in front got infused with a massive enticing force, like a ripe enticing fruit.
Merely gazing at it, one could see the most desired thing in their heart, involuntarily making one want to step into it and merge with it.
Startled, Ray instinctively strengthened his Domain Power, trying to resist this bizarre influence.
Meanwhile, under this sudden change, several figures secretly following nearby could no longer continue hiding and exposed their whereabouts.
But at this moment, the people of Starfire Organization couldn’t care about them anymore.
The blood-colored Magic Array on the floor suddenly radiated brilliantly, and everyone felt a blur in front of their eyes as the world around them suddenly changed.
"Is it an illusion? Or a Subspace Secret Realm?"
Watching the eerie surroundings cautiously, Ray quickly analyzed the possible situations he could face.
At this moment, he stood alone in a desolate and silent wilderness, surrounded only by cold dark purple rocks, with nothing else around. The sky seemed to be at night, with numerous distant and faint starlights visible.
After trying to expand his Domain to the limit, Ray ultimately found that there were no obvious flaws here.
Even if it’s an illusion, then this illusion must definitely be of a rank above Ninth Order.
He tried calling his subordinates but got no response, prompting Ray to frown deeply.
Given the strangeness of this ruin, if they were separated for too long, they could suffer heavy losses.
Moreover, the others who had silently followed them also needed to be guarded against. He had noticed that among the people who were following them, there were also Ninth Order powerhouses present.
In such ruins, often the danger posed by other explorers can be even higher than all the other inherent dangers in the ruins themselves.
But at this moment, his expression suddenly changed.
In the infinite distant dark starry sky, a bizarre and absurd melody suddenly emerged, and under this sound, his Spiritual Power suddenly began to rapidly drain and disperse!
Without hesitation, Ray immediately released all his rule powers, resisting the devilish melody while attempting to escape from this space.
In another world, Landon was enjoying the peak of his life.
Here, by his own personal efforts and unyielding will, he successfully broke through the Ninth Rank, and thereafter overwhelmed all his enemies.
He thwarted the conspiracy of the Federation Council, overthrew the rule of the Nobles, and was ready to marry Frey, the daughter of his teacher Galo, as his wife.
Although it seemed like something was missing, he just couldn’t recall what it was.
Today was the eve of the wedding, and his sister Leia suddenly came to his room and confessed her feelings to him, which puzzled him.
"But, Leia, we are siblings..."
Looking at the beautiful girl with silver hair and green eyes in front of him, where the birthmark had faded, Landon could not help but feel embarrassed.
"Actually, brother, there’s something I need to tell you..."
As she said this, Leia’s voice suddenly lowered.
Seeing her somewhat mysterious appearance, Landon couldn’t help but lean in closer to listen.
"Stop sleeping, wake up..."
Suddenly hearing this, Landon was somewhat baffled.
"I said wake up, you muddle-headed fool!!"
The deafening raspy roar of Dark Crow Pavilion suddenly erupted in his ear, and at the same time, the entire world instantly darkened and collapsed.
"Uh, Lord Dark Crow, you woke up?"
Shaking his head, Landon finally remembered what he had forgotten. But the moment he opened his eyes, he was shocked by the scene before him and hurriedly retreated several steps.
In front of him, a huge dark red Barrier had taken up his entire field of vision, so close that he could touch it just by raising his hand. If he moved even slightly forward, he would directly touch the surface of the Barrier.
Moreover, unlike the first glance he saw it, the dark red radiance on the Barrier was now pulsating like a heartbeat, rhythmically beating.
Even the surface was climbing up with some blood-like structures, looking like an egg that was about to hatch, appearing very ominous.
Somewhat anxiously looking at the significantly reduced number of companions around him, Landon tried to pull back a few companions who were very close to the Barrier, but his hand passed directly through their bodies, just like a projection.
"Right, Lord Dark Crow, do you remember any information related to this place?"
Seeing this, Landon once again turned to Dark Crow for help.
"I do recall more memories, but give up the idea of saving them. With your current strength, it’s good enough to preserve your own life! Moreover, it’s not your turn to save them!"
Habitually roaring, Dark Crow changed the topic.
"Now go collect that corpse and the book, and then immediately return to your original position to play dead! I’ll handle the other issues."
Startled, Landon instinctively did as Dark Crow told him. During this process, he encountered no other obstacles, easily placing them in the Space Ring.
A moment after Landon returned to his original position, the expressions of the three Ninth Rank individuals present simultaneously paled, and as they opened their eyes, their aura briefly weakened, clearly having sustained severe injuries.
After scanning the situation in the hall, the three Ninth Rank individuals almost simultaneously launched their strongest attacks at the blood-colored Barrier in front of them.
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to take the opportunity to deal with a threatening opponent, but the greatest threat at present was still this eerie Barrier.
Meanwhile, Ray’s Domain Power spread out, enveloping all his subordinates within it, dispelling their abnormal states.
Mingled among them, Landon also pretended to have just woken up at the reminder of Dark Crow, fearfully retreating a few steps.
Assaulted by the three Ninth Rank’s attacks, the blood-colored Barrier immediately became unstably flickering.
At the same time, the entire pyramid relic began to shake violently, pieces of the hall’s walls started to peel off into chunks of rock, and countless black magic tendrils burst out from the walls, wildly attacking everyone.