A Top Scholar in Everything
Chapter 1010 - 996: Seven-Pan’s Remains
No one knew who shouted first, but in an instant, everyone within the Seven Coiling Ruins erupted in frenzy. The effect of that colorful glow was so terrifying that most people believed the Seven Coiling Treasures had appeared.
The scene quickly spiraled out of control.
Apart from the disciples of the Three Great Families, who had three Eclipse Moon Realm experts maintaining vigilance and not acting recklessly, all other martial artists swarmed toward the center where the Seven Coiled Relics were located.
Occasionally, a clear-headed person would merely stand at a distance, observing, without warning those around them that this was likely a trap.
When people are driven crazy by greed.
Any action to remind them to stay calm could incur hatred.
Moreover, the blood-colored mist in the air clearly further impacted people's ability to think, making them go mad.
This was not the first time inside the Seven Coiling Ruins.
But greed overcomes everything.
Furthermore, someone had previously retrieved treasures from the seventh layer of the underground ruins, which further stimulated the crowd.
"Let them go first."
At this moment.
Within the ranks of the Three Great Families.
Noela Lane, an Eclipse Moon Realm expert, stood at the front of the group, a hint of mockery in her eyes. These people who overestimated their own abilities wanted to take advantage without asking them first.
Even if one among these gathered people truly obtained some good item.
It could not escape the palms of the Three Great Families.
Aside from Noela Lane, both the War Frenzy of the Lawrence Clan and the Dark King of the Cres Clan were present. However, unlike Noela, these two Eclipse Moon Realm experts weren't as down-to-earth, both being in the sky.
One rode a Deep Sea Demon Whale, resized to many times smaller.
The other was surrounded by rotating black matter, much like Baiyu activating Black Moon Divine Power.
Seeing the Three Great Families remain motionless.
Some of the scattered martial artists also sobered from the frenzied atmosphere, adopting a watch-and-wait attitude.
They weren't fools either.
If the Three Great Families hadn't acted yet, could any good things really fall to this group of rogue warriors?
Although the combined power of the scattered martial artists wasn't weak, compared to the Three Great Families, it was still insufficient.
Of course.
The number of rational people is always the minority, most still followed blindly.
Under such a frenzy-inducing atmosphere, a large mass of martial artists charged toward the central Seven Coiled Relics.
Although each layer of the seven-layer underground palace had Gatekeepers.
Previously, the Eclipse Moon Realm experts of the Three Great Families had practically broken through with brute force, forcibly clearing the way.
The Gatekeepers of the seven-layer underground palace met tragic ends.
Perhaps they possessed great strength tens of thousands of years ago but had long decayed from being in the underground palace forever, being no match for the Eclipse Moon Realm.
After their demise.
The path to the underground palace was unobstructed, and a large number of martial artists, having scavenged the surface Seven Coiling Hall, descended to the seventh underground layer through the passages.
Additionally, there was a continuous flow of martial artists from the Free Federation entering the ruins from outside.
So now.
In the seven-layer underground palace, both openly and covertly, around five to six hundred martial artists had gathered.
Now, although some had calmed down, a substantial number still charged at the Seven Coiled Relics in a death rush.
This group numbered about three hundred.
Various prismatic lights burst forth from within the ranks, an immensely spectacular sight all at once.
"Baiyu, when should we step in?" Cai by the side cracked her knuckles, while the large contingent of Mechanical Undead behind her was also ready for battle.
"No rush, when Heruo really makes a move, it won't just be this little disturbance. We must wait, wait for the crucial moment to join, allowing the Seven Coils to die completely."
Baiyu said in a deep voice.
Clearly, Seven Coils was now identified as a deity standing in opposition to humankind.
If it hadn't died.
It would probably be classified as the primary Evil God by the Seven Gods Church today.
So preventing its resurrection became the top priority for Baiyu and Machima, because if Seven Coils resurrects, whether it be the East Prosperity Imperial or the Great City, both would suffer a massive shock.
As for what Heruo mentioned.
The matters about Holy Terra, Machima was also clueless.
Baiyu could only return to verify.
However.
Upon learning from Heruo's mouth that Canglan Star was Earth, Baiyu felt a greater sense of responsibility and belonging in his heart, for this was the planet he grew upon!
No matter from the past to the present, always!
"Then when should we wait until?" Cai, looking at the blood pillar in the sky, wore a slightly bored expression.
"No rush, it's close. When Heruo takes action, it will undoubtedly cause massive chaos, that will be our time to join."
Baiyu attentively watched the direction of the Seven Coiled Relics.
After about ten minutes.
The blood pillar in the sky abruptly expanded, followed by that colorful glow constantly blooming, while the blood-colored mist over the Seven Coiled Relics grew increasingly dense.
"You guys, look quickly, flesh is growing upon the relics!!"
"Oh, holy crap, it's true, that blood mist has the power of regenerating flesh on bones, could this monster be reviving?"
"Even if it revives, with so many of us here, are we supposed to be afraid of it? Such an Exotic Beast, at best, could reach the Grandmaster level, and as for the Deep Sea Demon Whale, with Eclipse Moon Realm experts here, it wouldn't stand a chance."
The crowd showed no sign of fear.
The martial artists who arrived here mostly only knew this was a ruin. As to what ruins precisely, they were in the dark.
They showed no reverence toward the terrifying thousand-year non-decaying corpse of the Seven Coils.
The rate at which flesh grew was neither slow nor fast.
Once the group of martial artists approached the Seven Coiled Relics, they were shocked by the life energy that emanated from it. Just one inhalation might enhance longevity with such effect.
However.
At this moment, a sudden mutation occurred.
While everyone was enjoying the irrigation of life energy, a massive chanting voice emerged in the middle of the Seven Coiled Relics.
This voice rumbled like thunder, resonating throughout the entire seventh underground layer.
One after another.
The specific content was unclear, but the sound inexplicably carried a kind of disquiet, with all sorts of negative emotions sprouting in everyone's heart.
Seven Coils.
The God of Seven Heads.
Legends said that it manipulated the emotions of all living beings—joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness—each head controlling a different emotion.
Besides that.
The entire body of the Seven Coils was shrouded in colorful glow, and it bore seven serpent heads, but any disrespectful beholder of its true form would be stripped of all emotions and turned into stone statues immediately.
Even the Scar God did not dare to gaze at Seven Coils directly.
He cut his eyes with a dagger infused with peculiar power, removing the magic of the Seven Coils, only then daring to face it directly.
And at this moment.
After this group of human martial artists observed the massive remains of Seven Coils at a close range, the emotions in their hearts exploded like a bomb.
A part of them began inch-by-inch turning into stone, losing all traces of life.
Another part used the weapons in their hands to instantly end their own lives.
Yet a larger portion shed all armor and clothing, shedding to nothingness, and leaped into the nearby boiling blood pools.