The monarch was floating in the water, his eyes staring straight at Ding Meng in the tunnel. It was as if he had long known that Ding Meng would track him down here. The scene in the dark and silent water was really creepy.
However, Ding Meng calmed down and slowly swam over. The monarch was still floating in the air, motionless. When they were less than three meters apart, Xiao Ai sighed and said, "No wonder it's an unknown unit. It turns out that he's completely dead."
Ding Meng also observed carefully. The monarch had obviously been dead for some time. His golden skin had already turned white from being soaked in the poisonous water. He was just maintaining this posture of death. His cat eyes were not closed. From his gaze before he died, there was a mixture of shock, anger, and annoyance in his eyes. It was as if he could not believe that he had been killed.
Xiao Ai said, "There aren't many people who can kill him. It might be the work of two priests."
"It's very possible!"
Ding Meng nodded. "He has no external injuries, and there are no signs of a fight on his body. Can you test his cause of death?"
Xiao Ai sighed and said, "My test results show that he was poisoned to death."
Ding Meng said in surprise, "The monarch of the Green Tree Tribe can be poisoned to death?"
Xiao Ai said, "An unknown harmful chemical was detected in his blood. Although there's no sample for comparison, I've seen the principle of the toxin before. It's the strange toxin that Xueyan and the others were inflicted with on Planet V4. The toxin wasn't suddenly injected into his body. Instead, it had been lurking in his blood for a very long time. After accumulating for a long time, it slowly mutated and completely corroded his organs. He might not have noticed it himself."
Ding Meng muttered, "In that case, it's very likely that he was murdered by his own people."
Xiao Ai said, "You should be able to tell if you pierce his skin."
Ding Meng summoned his Catoptric Deflection again. The tip of the sword gently slid across the monarch's bare arm. A stream of dark green blood immediately spurted out from the wound. The blood spread in the water and turned black after a while. It was highly toxic.
Moreover, the black poison seemed to be able to burn the water with a sizzling sound. The blood and water turned into a string of bubbles and rose up.
Looking at the corpse, Ding Meng fell silent. He still felt some sympathy for the monarch. Although the monarch had secretly ordered the guards to assassinate Ling Yun, and although this method was not desirable, the monarch's starting point was to make plans for the future of the Green Tree Tribe. Who would have thought that he would become a pawn in someone else's hands and die tragically in this dark underground?
If Ling Yun knew all of this, how would she feel?
Xiao Ai said, "Since the monarch's corpse is here, then we are not far from the treant."
Ding Meng nodded and continued to move forward. This time, he used his origin ability and sunk to the bottom of the pool, moving forward by running.
At such a deep pool, the water pressure was no less than a mountain pressing down on him. Ding Meng's running speed would definitely be greatly reduced. Just running like this took him more than 40 minutes before he reached the edge. He reckoned that he was probably at the edge of the pool. Only then did Ding Meng begin to struggle upward.
Xiao Ai said, "I did a rough calculation. The length of this pool is more than 10,000 meters, the width is more than 3,000 meters, and the height is more than 20,000 meters. We should be at least 35000 meters below the surface of Planet 36."
At this time, the surface of the water could finally be seen with the naked eye. Ding Meng dived out without hesitation. The moment he dived out, Ding Meng did not have time to see his surroundings clearly. He immediately felt a very strange fluctuation.
This was not a fluctuation of origin ability, but rather an aura similar to biological energy, just like the aura of a super life form. However, super life forms gave off a natural, gentle, and vigorous aura, while this aura gave off a unique, evil, and treacherous feeling. If one could describe it, it was as if all of one's evil thoughts had been aroused, creating endless curiosity, and even causing one's heartbeat to accelerate.
Xiao Ai decisively said, "Focus your mind and activate your telekinesis vision. Use the Assimilation Art to stabilize your emotions."
The psychological effects of the Assimilation Art could also be used on him. It could make his mind clearer, his thoughts clearer, and his willpower firmer. It was the best psychic technique to deal with all kinds of infectious telekinesis.
Sure enough, the telekinesis nourished him, and that strange feeling was suppressed. His heartbeat slowly returned to normal, and Ding Meng's emotions also calmed down.
As his vision expanded, the scene in front of him deeply shocked him. Ding Meng did not know how many strange things he had experienced, but none of them could be compared to this.
This was a completely sealed space. It was not accurate to describe it as a room or a cave because the walls of this space were all made of top-grade wood. It was a 360-degree cylinder. How big was it?
It could be said that it was about the same size as the Blue Moon branch building of the Starlight Corporation. It was estimated to be more than 1,000 meters tall.
At the very bottom was a super spacious plaza. There were seven Azure Wood Divine Trees standing in different directions on the four walls of the plaza. These seven trees were not real trees, and they were also made of bright yellow wood. It was just that they were too lifelike, as if they were real trees.
Logically speaking, these seven trees were a little out of place because this space was cylindrical, so eight trees should have formed a circle.
If this space could be compared to a clock, then only the 12 o 'clock position did not have any Divine Trees. Instead, there was a majestic door at the bottom. The door was definitely made of wood, but it was engraved with many complicated and profound patterns and symbols.
Ding Meng definitely did not recognize these symbols, but these symbols were all in the shape of various trees. There were branches, trunks, leaves, roots, fruits … They intertwined together to form an exquisite, complicated, and mysterious picture scroll on the door.
This was definitely the real temple of the Azure Wood Tribe, and that door was definitely the door of the temple. He did not expect the legend to be true.
Ding Meng was at the top of the Divine Tree at the 6 o 'clock position. He had just emerged from a pool of about 20 square meters, and this pool was only a leaf on the Divine Tree. One could imagine how big this temple was.
Ding Meng did not make a sound. He hid in the tree and quietly observed the movements below. Not only were the two high priests in the center of the plaza, but they were also accompanied by more than 300 Treants. They were all fully armed guards with fiery red skin. This was definitely the most elite force in the palace.
The Treant that Ding Meng was following was also among them. At this moment, the high priest was asking, "Did you find it?"
The Treant shook its head and said, "I can't find it. It should have escaped in the direction of the factory."
The high priest frowned and said, "If the Holy Spirit is not here, the door of the temple cannot be opened."
This was said to the short priest. The short priest did not look dispirited. He said calmly, "It's okay. Even if we can find it, we can't enter. We can try other methods."
Ding Meng immediately understood. The two high priests were definitely looking for the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was with Nicole. Now, Nicole could not enter this place. Even Jun Ling and the others could not touch this place, let alone Nicole. Putting aside the mining area, if they wanted to come up from the underwater world, they would either have the strength of a War Sovereign or a War Master, or they would have to rely on advanced armor. Otherwise, they would not be able to withstand the fierce water pressure and poison.
The high priest shouted again, "Loyal guards of the Azure Wood Tribe, you have followed us here. Now you should know that we have arrived at the real temple. Once the door of the temple is opened, we will be baptized by the Holy Spirit and gain the ability to live forever. We will become immortal. When we return to the surface, we will banish the War God Alliance and return our true home. Our tribe will become truly powerful and stand at the top of the Azure Wood Tribe and the War God Starfield …"
The guards seemed to be very excited. They all raised their arms and shouted.
Ding Meng secretly released his telekinesis. He went around the central square and tried to investigate the door. The evil aura was coming from inside the door.
Unfortunately, the telekinesis could not penetrate the door. The runes on the door surged with a strange blocking power. It was very gentle. It bounced off with a light touch.
Xiao Ai said, "There seems to be many strange energies mixed together inside the door. It is very difficult to detect what is inside."
Ding Meng said, "I have a feeling that it is not something good."
At this time, the two high priests walked to the door. They knelt on the ground and muttered something. It seemed like they were chanting some kind of ancient spell.
Ding Meng still did not move, because there was a new movement in his telekinesis vision. At three o 'clock, at the top of the Tree of God, a light spot was flickering. It was obvious that a technological device was coming toward the temple.
Not long after, the light spot finally became bright. It rushed out of the pool. Upon closer inspection, it was a humanoid armor. It looked like a combination of the Tyrael armor and the Hercules armor. It also held an alloy shield in its hand and an oversized black greatsword on its back. It was made of a mixture of a black alloy and a silver metal. Han Sen did not know what material it was made of, but it gave off a cold and mysterious aura.
However, Ding Meng didn't underestimate it. The armor's soles, ribs, and back were all equipped with multiple flight propulsion systems, making it extremely agile. It flew a few rounds in the air in a dazzling manner before landing.
The two high priests were not surprised. It was normal that this place could be hidden from most people, but it was impossible to hide it from the masters of the War of Gods League.
The person inside the armor spoke in a low voice through a loudspeaker, "High Priest, you are too mean. This is such a good place. Why didn't you inform us? Do you want to take it all by yourself?"
The high priest smiled awkwardly and said, "Captain Jiang Ning, we just arrived here. We were about to send someone to inform you when you came."
Ding Meng inwardly thought that since this Jiang Ning fellow could find his way here, Zhi Yan and the others would probably arrive soon as well.