#2434 - Witness

The crowd present seemed to be witnessing a miracle, staring intently at the Extreme Ice Bone Dragon about to be awakened in the center of the hall.

"Mentor, is that the soul form of the Extreme Ice Bone Dragon?"

"Mm..."

Elder Timo of the Central Council looked at the Extreme Ice Bone Dragon, "Don't rush, let's observe further."

Before he finished speaking, a gray aura appeared in front of the priest.

Swish!

The Extreme Ice Bone Dragon, whose soul was gradually solidifying, was drawn by a gray force, rapidly drifting towards a bone shrine that appeared in front of the tomb guardian priest.

Swish!

That is…

Whether it was the Sacred Greatsword he had seen before or the Bone Shrine, they both had an inseparable connection with Brother Fang.

Could it be that the controller behind this tomb guardian is Brother Fang!?

"Whoosh!"

Almost instantly, before anyone could react, the Extreme Ice Bone Dragon was absorbed into the Bone Shrine in the hands of the tomb guardian priest.

Only now did several elders of the Central Council finally realize something was wrong, and they all attacked Fang Heng, who was controlling the Bone Shrine.

"Who exactly are you!"

"Shoo! Shoo shoo!"

Instantly, several condensed soul chains shot towards Fang Heng, attempting to trap him.

Huh?

To everyone's surprise, the tomb guardian priest didn't dodge or block, allowing his hands and feet to be firmly bound and locked by the soul chains.

Lines of game prompts appeared on Fang Heng's retina.

[Hint: The player has used the Bone Shrine to seal the Extreme Ice Bone Dragon's soul form, fulfilling the mission requirements. The player can choose to exit the current environment].

[Hint: The player's default identity is team leader. Do you want to exit?].

Mission complete!

Bone Shrine retrieved!

Fang Heng muttered silently in his heart: "Exit!"

In the next moment, the three elders who had trapped Fang Heng immediately realized that something was wrong.

The bodies of the three tomb guardian priests, who had been firmly entangled and locked by their soul chains, gradually became stiff, until they reverted to stone statues in place.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

The three stone statues of the tomb guardian priests shattered one after another before everyone's eyes, leaving only a pile of stone rubble.

This…

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

What exactly is going on?

Ji Xiaobo's heart pounded wildly, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lord Danny.

Lord Danny also frowned deeply.

"Bone Shrine… could it be him?"

For a time, everyone present was somewhat silent.

What had just happened was too strange.

"Not good!"

Suddenly, an undead scholar thought of something and said, "Elders, Punoze was just attacked by the Holy Court. Is it possible that someone accidentally triggered the Death Knight's seal and came here through the Death Knight space?"

The Central Council Elder frowned upon hearing this.

Indeed, it was very possible!

So, those people they had just encountered were very likely to be those chosen by the Death Knight.

In that case, it would make sense that they could use modern undead language and writing.

For thousands of years, the undead camp had been concealing information about the Death Knight space, to prevent more undead scholars from being attracted by Empress Persephone's power and going astray.

But there were always people who would inadvertently come into contact with the Death Knight space.

They often didn't live for more than half a year.

Everyone fell silent again for a moment.

Another Central Council Elder said in a deep voice, "Well, let's leave it at that for now. The matter of Punoze can be clarified by asking about it after we return. Although the Extreme Ice Bone Dragon has been taken away, the written records left on the tomb are still there, which is enough for us to conduct research for a period of time. Let's continue."

Listening to the conversation of the others, Ji Xiaobo felt even more alarmed.

Punoze?!

Isn't Brother Fang in Punoze right now?

That's right!

Ji Xiaobo felt that he could be 100% certain that the tomb guardian priest just now must have been controlled by Fang Heng behind the scenes!

Absolutely right!

Ji Xiaobo's heart began to pound wildly, and he quickly ran to Elder Timo, who was resting with serious injuries, and asked, "Elder, what did you mean just now? What is the Death Knight's seal?"

"It's a long story. Since tens of thousands of years ago, Death Knight spaces have begun to appear in various worlds. Undead scholars of the ancient era believed that the Death Knight space was summoned by Empress Persephone to choose her servants."

"At first, we didn't know the details of the Death Knight space. At that time, many people tried to enter the Death Knight space and underwent the trials of the Death Knight."

"In the end, only a very small number of people were able to obtain the power granted by Empress Persephone and advance to become Death Gods."

Death God!

Ji Xiaobo's heart skipped a beat, and he continued to ask, "Elder Timo, are you saying that the tomb guardian priest we just saw was controlled by someone behind the scenes, and he has already advanced to become a Death God?"

"Mm, very likely."

Elder Timo nodded, recalling what had just happened, and continued to think, "But… how he appeared in the Death Realm and how he appeared before us is still unknown. I guess it might be some kind of remote willpower possession, somewhat similar to the way we entered the Death Realm…"

Ji Xiaobo scratched his head, thinking that this was not important, what was important was the Death God. He interrupted Elder Timo's soliloquy and continued, "The Death God's main body we just saw wasn't very strong, was it? Why do we have to seal the Death Knight? Isn't it good to get the power of Empress Persephone?"

Timo looked at Ji Xiaobo with a solemn expression and warned, "Never enter the Death Knight space. As far as I know, all the Death Gods who have ever entered the Death Knight space and passed the Death Knight assessment have died."

Listening, Ji Xiaobo's heart jumped to his throat.

"Are there any negative effects?"

"First of all, as I said before, the duty of the Death God is to obey the orders of Empress Persephone and maintain the operation of the Death Realm, but with the disappearance of Empress Persephone…"

Timo sighed lightly in his heart and continued, "You are also aware of the current situation in the Death Realm. Various camps have more or less methods of resurrection. Relying solely on the power of a few Death Gods, it is simply as difficult as ascending to heaven to snatch souls from various large camps."

"In addition, various camps will also try their best to hunt down Death Gods in order to achieve resurrection."