I have an Apocalypse City - Chapter 1381

Chapter 1381: Chapter 1383: Murals Chapter 1381: Chapter 1383: Murals Thirteen Examinees from the Alien Clan had all entered the tomb, descending the stone steps slowly under the faint light.

A few with dark vision glanced around, observing everything to find some useful clues, but after a long look, they found nothing.

As soon as Su La Mo stepped onto the stone stairs, he checked his own condition and indeed, he noticed his body was starting to heat up slightly, about two to three degrees warmer than usual.

Such abnormalities wouldn’t be noticed by his companions whose minds were filled with thoughts of the golden blood, and their Second-tier Peak Combat Power made them overlook such small details!

“The power of the curse, as expected, just by stepping into this tomb, one would be affected by the curse…” Su La Mo’s expression turned serious as he pulled out a potion bottle from his chest and sneakily poured it into his mouth while no one was paying attention.

In addition to possessing a wealth of knowledge, Su La Mo was also a master potion maker. Although he hadn’t prepared many potions to resist abnormal states and couldn’t supply to three people, it was no problem for just himself.

After drinking the potion, Su La Mo immediately felt a cool sensation spread from his stomach to his whole body, and in a matter of moments, he felt all over lighter.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Su La Mo continued to silently follow behind the others, further down the stairs.

Xilin, who was walking at the front, was extremely cautious. He knew very well that obtaining the blood of gold wasn’t going to be easy, and the traps in the previous relics had given him a heads-up. With traps outside, it was impossible for the path through the tomb to be safe the entire way.

As Xilin continued forward, he stepped on a stone step and suddenly felt a slight sink under his feet, as if the stone step was a trigger. Right beside his ear, he immediately heard the sound of bowstrings going “thump thump thump”.

“Watch out for traps!” Xilin shouted as he quickly crouched down and pulled out a blue-quality shield to block in front of him.

Clang, clang, clang~
A series of impacts sounded, and Xilin noticed that the durability of his blue-quality shield was dropping at an alarming rate. Instantly he was startled, realizing that these bolts weren’t ordinary ones. Otherwise, after tens of thousands of years, these ordinary bolts would have already decayed to ash. How could they still have such force?

“Ah~”
A scream came from behind as an Examinee was hit in the shoulder by a bolt. It should have been only a minor injury, but he yelled as if he’d taken a fatal blow and fell to one side, slumping weakly against the wall.

After enduring a sudden onslaught of bolts, and with the durability of his shield down to only eleven points, the surroundings finally quieted down, and Xilin let out a breath of relief.

The danger had temporarily passed, and the others quickly went over to the injured companion to examine him.

“It’s Xi Rita, he’s been hit by a bolt. His whole body has stiffened up, it seems like the bolts are poisoned!”

When Xilin got a closer look, the body of his Alien Clan companion was stiff as a stone, leaning rigidly against the wall next to the stone stairs. Apart from his eyes which could still move slightly, he couldn’t twitch a single part of his body.

“Su La Mo, come over and have a look, do you still have any potions to remove abnormal states?” Xilin called out loudly.

Su La Mo walked over and carefully examined Xi Rita’s condition, then said with a grave face, “I still have three mid-grade potions to remove abnormal states, but looking at his condition, the chances of him making it are not great!”

Xilin’s brow furrowed, hesitated for a moment and then still nodded in agreement to Su La Mo, “Give him a potion. If it doesn’t work, then so be it!”

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The number of potions was limited; it was impossible to use all three on just one person. Su La Mo looked at Xilin in surprise, as she had thought that Xilin would give up on Xi Rita right away. Contrary to her expectation, he was still willing to try and save him.

Su La Mo didn’t say anything but immediately took out a bottle of pale green potion and poured it into the slightly open mouth of Xi Rita.

“It’s impossible to recover…” Su La Mo thought to herself.

This condition was far more severe than petrification, being a result of both toxins and the power of curses. A bottle of intermediate anti-status potion could hardly have any effect.

As expected, after the intermediate anti-status potion was administered, Xi Rita’s complexion regained a trace of color only to turn ashen at an even faster rate.

The others looked at Xi Rita with grim expressions, feeling a sense of shared misery, yet not a single one was willing to give up.

“Let’s keep going,” said Xilin, as he noticed no signs of improvement in Xi Rita, sighed, and stood up.

The group continued to walk down the stone steps, while Xi Rita lay still, like a statue, beside them.

After walking a few steps, Su La Mo suddenly had an idea, took out a piece of deerskin, picked up a crossbow bolt through the skin, and carefully placed it in her bag before hurrying to catch up.

More traps were set off along the way, but this time everyone was prepared, with some even using the skills they had registered with. Although subsequent traps were more malignant, no one was ensnared by them again.

Finally, the group arrived at the end of the stone stairs and were greeted by an even wider corridor.

“Look quickly, there’s something on the walls!” someone suddenly shouted, pointing at the corridor walls.

All of them moved their lights towards the walls, and soon, expansive murals came into view.

The content of these murals depicted various characters and events in scenes that connected together, almost like an epic tale, telling a piece of history unknown to man.

“Su La Mo, come here and see what this is!” Xilin, holding a torch, had scrutinized the murals and hurriedly called Su La Mo over, pointing at one of them excitedly, “Look, look at this one. Does it describe, could it be…”

Su La Mo squinted her eyes and stared intently at the mural Xilin was pointing at. A look of excitement finally broke through her normally impassive face: “This… this is the divine gift of sacred blood, the scene where the Golden Tribe was bestowed with divine blood by the deities!”

All members of the Alien Clan gathered around, staring intently at the mural. It depicted a vast plain, seemingly just after a great battle, with bodies strewn across the field, surrounded by broken weapons and tattered banners. There were also numerous beast corpses, and in the distance, the body of a Giant Dragon lay across the battlefield.

A youth wearing simple leather armor, holding a long sword, knelt on one knee in the blood-soaked ground. In front of him floated a deity with twelve pairs of wings, one hand holding a Battle Halberd and the other clutching a bottle that shone with golden light. It was clear to see that inside the bottle, a droplet-shaped golden liquid floated.

At that moment, the deity with the twelve wings had a gentle and kind smile on his face, handing over the two items to the youth kneeling before him, who wore an expression of profound reverence.

Both the deity and the youth radiated a shimmering light, but this scene, set against the backdrop of a battlefield littered with bodies, gave off a strangely eerie vibe!

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