Chapter 217
Heavy Losses
Chapter 217 Heavy Losses
Upon hearing the words "stone platform" and "black stone," Kahn's face turned even paler. He struggled to sit up, shouting, "No—don't touch those—that's the curse of the sea god—the source of the disaster—ancestral teachings—absolutely must not disturb them—"
His voice was broken and intermittent due to weakness and fear, but the meaning was clear.
This cave is a forbidden place.
Just then—
Boom!
The entire cave suddenly shook violently! Gravel and dust rained down from the ceiling.
"What happened?" Aji asked in alarm, grabbing the rock face for support.
Kahn closed his eyes in despair: "They—they forcibly broke through—the outer space—and disturbed—the sleeping power—"
Outside the cliffs of Erbin Island, Zorge hovered in front of the rock ledge, his body surging with dark red light. He was using powerful sorcery to forcibly analyze and disturb the abnormal spatial structure.
The tremor just now was the aftershock of his power colliding with the protective mechanism of the hidden cave.
"Something's definitely fishy!"
Sorge's eyes gleamed with excitement.
"The spatial barrier here is incredibly ancient, but cracks have appeared! Dila, get ready, I feel like I'm about to rip this skin off!"
Dila was nervously directing the soldiers below to form a battle formation, both to protect against possible leakage of spatial energy and to rush in the moment the cave entrance appeared.
Sorge gathered even greater power, and a dark red energy beam pierced the rock wall behind the vines like a drill.
The space emitted a humming sound, like shattering glass, as if it were overwhelmed!
The tremors inside the cave intensified, and the falling rocks from the ceiling grew larger and larger.
Aji had no choice but to drag Kahn to the edge of the cave.
"Aji————"
With his last ounce of strength, Kahn grabbed Aji's hand, his eyes filled with final clarity and resolve.
"Remember—destroy those stones—or—take the secret—and jump into the sea—never let them—fall into the hands of the Eternal Night Dynasty—"
After saying that, his head lolled to the side, and he fell into a coma again, his breathing becoming even weaker.
Aji looked at the unconscious Kahn, then at the stone platform in the center of the cave that emitted an ominous light, and at the ancient carvings around it that seemed to come alive and began to glow faintly. His heart was filled with immense contradictions and fear.
Destroy it? He probably can't do that.
Take it away? How? Jump into the sea? That's almost certainly a dead end.
Just then—
Click!
A clear, deafening cracking sound came from the direction of the cave entrance!
The vines and rocks that concealed the cave entrance were finally breached by Sorge's powerful attacks, creating a gap!
The torchlight and the figures of the Eternal Night Dynasty soldiers could be vaguely seen outside!
"We've found the entrance! Charge in!"
Dila gave the order sternly.
Aji's escape route was completely blocked! He was in dire straits!
Meanwhile, in the distant seas, the mist of the "Ship of Sighs" has penetrated deep into the central region of the "Eye of the Vortex," surrounded by raging, chaotic energy currents that seem capable of tearing everything apart.
The ship's hull appeared and disappeared in the mist, resisting the immense forces of nature.
Suddenly, the ship shuddered violently! A whisper in the mist carried a hint of astonishment: "The seal—has been forcibly broken—"
"On Harbin Island—is it the resonance of the 'key'?"
"Speed up! We must reach the door before it goes out of control!"
The mist suddenly accelerated, rushing headlong into the deepest part of the vortex, towards the enormous, dark rift that seemed to connect to another dimension!
The exposure of the Erbin Island cave was like toppling the first domino, triggering a series of unpredictable chain reactions.
Aji's fate, the secrets Kahn guarded, Sorge's ambition, and the ancient plan of the "Ship of Sighs" were all pushed to the brink of no return at this moment.
On Erbin Island, at the moment the entrance to the cliff cave collapsed, the light of torches and the shouts of soldiers poured in like a flood breaking through a dam!
Aji could even see Dila's cold, sharp eyes fixed on him through the dust!
There was no way to retreat! Uncle Kahn's warning echoed in his ears, and the shadow of death loomed over him!
In extreme fear and despair, Aji’s self-light suddenly shone on the stone platform in the center of the cave that was emitting an ominous light, as well as the ancient carvings around it that were becoming brighter and brighter due to the impact of external forces!
An absolutely insane idea exploded in his mind!
He cannot destroy the stones, nor can he take them away, and he certainly cannot let them fall into the hands of the Eternal Night Dynasty!
Therefore, the only choice is————
"Don't come any closer!" Aji roared with all his might and lunged at the stone platform!
Under the astonished gazes of Dila and the soldiers who rushed in, Aji did not grab the black Bora Stones. Instead, he used his bloodied and mangled hands to press hard on the ancient runes that shone the brightest around the stone platform!
At the same time, the fragment of the Bora Stone, which had been given to him by Kahn and shattered in the mining accident, came into contact with the wound on his palm due to his violent movements and turbulent emotions. A tiny bit of energy was drawn into it and infused into the runes!
He didn't know what use it was; he just instinctively felt that these marks and runes were related to the "curse of the sea god" and to what the level three wizard outside was trying to crack!
He was going to take a gamble, gamble on disturbing this "sleeping power," gamble on mutual destruction!
"Stop him!" Dila didn't understand what Aji was doing, but an extremely ominous premonition made him scream!
But it was too late!
Buzz—! ! !
The stone platform and the carvings throughout the cave suddenly burst forth with a dazzling, deep purple light!
A chilling energy, far purer, older, and more vast than that of the mining disaster, was completely awakened like a slumbering beast, and it erupted with a roar centered on the stone platform!
The entire cave, no, the entire cliff section of Erbin Island, began to shake violently and collapse!
The space seemed to have turned into fragile glass, riddled with visible cracks!
Sorge's expression suddenly changed as he was about to step into the cave outside the cliff on Erbin Island!
He sensed an ancient energy, far beyond his comprehension and containing the power of rules, being forcibly detonated!
"Oh no! Retreat immediately!"
He roared, and a dark red light surged around him, forming a shield in an attempt to defend himself.
But the burst of energy wasn't a direct attack; instead, it was—distorted!
Snap! Splash!
Centered on the cave, the space within a radius of tens of meters is shattered like a broken mirror!
Rocks, vines, soldiers halfway into the cave, and even Sorge's hastily deployed shield were all swept into a vortex that suddenly appeared, filled with chaotic spatial turbulence!
Because Dila was standing a little further away and reacted extremely quickly by flying backward, she was only hit by the spatial ripples at the edge, coughing up blood and flying backward, crashing heavily into the distant rock wall, where she lost consciousness.
The cave at the epicenter of the explosion, along with Aji, Kahn, the stone platform, and the space itself, vanished completely in a dazzling, deep purple light!
All that remained was a distorted, eerie gap, as if space itself had been forcibly carved away, with unstable arcs of energy flickering at its edges!
Inside the cave, as Aji pressed the runes, he felt himself being torn apart and squeezed by an irresistible force, as if his entire body and soul were about to be ground to dust.
The last thing he saw was Uncle Kahn's body being enveloped in a suddenly appearing purple cocoon of light, while he himself fell into a bizarre, directionless turbulent flow of colors, completely losing consciousness.
Southeast of the Burs Islands, at the very depths of the "Eye of the Vortex," in the cave space of Erbin Island, at the same time as the spatial anomaly occurred, the enormous dark rift in front of the "Ship of Sighs"—the entity known as the "Door"—suddenly began to fluctuate violently!
A roar, seemingly from ancient times and filled with pain and rage, came from inside the door!
"The 'gate' is unstable! The seal is collapsing!"
"The key—the key was forcibly used—"
"It's too late! The goalkeeper needs to wake up early! Retreat! Retreat now!"
The gray mist retreated frantically, trying to escape the core of the "Eye of the Vortex" that had suddenly become incredibly violent.
A gigantic, tentacle-like phantom and a chilling mental shock emanated from the door, sweeping across all directions!
All the keen-sense beings on Nikon Island and in the surrounding waters, whether Elder Mog, Gregor, or other hidden forces, clearly sensed a brief but extremely terrifying spatial fluctuation coming from the direction of Erbin Island, followed by an even more terrifying energy burst from the direction of the "Eye of the Vortex"!
The sea has truly begun to "rage". The once relatively calm sea surface has become turbulent, dark clouds have gathered from all directions, and thunder rumbles.
Elder Mog stood on the reef, gazing at the rapidly changing sky and the restless sea, his face extremely grave: "It has begun—the ancient balance has been broken—"
Gregor immediately sent the highest level of alert to Hick, who was far away in Akar, via a communication rune.
The incident on Erbin Island has completely spiraled out of control, evolving into a massive crisis that could affect the entire archipelago and even more distant regions!
Aji's desperate and insane actions not only caused him and Kahn to disappear without a trace, but also prematurely detonated a huge powder keg that could overturn everything!
The Eternal Night Dynasty's plans, the survival of Nikon Island, and the ancient mission of the "Ship of Sighs" have all been swept into a super storm with an unpredictable ending brought about by an ancient curse and spatial collapse!