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Chapter 801: Chapter 802: The Devil’s Throne_1

Just as Song Jian and the angel Kekaul entered the Central Temple, a faint golden line appeared on Song Jian’s task map.

Song Jian’s eyes brightened, it seemed that the task clue was indeed inside this Central Temple.

“Follow me,” Song Jian said, and he quickly dashed in the direction indicated by the golden line.

The Central Temple was even more severely damaged, many parts had already collapsed, and the interior was very complex, with numerous large and small rooms connected by countless maze-like corridors. On top of that, the debris from the collapsed structures made navigating the temple very difficult. Without the guidance of the task, searching the entire temple would take at least two or three days.

There were also monsters inside the temple, short figures emitting a faint black aura, Shadow Demons prowling everywhere within the temple.

These Shadow Demons appeared and vanished intermittently, blocking Song Jian’s path forward. If he were to eliminate them one by one, the Abyssal Demon Sacrifices would probably lead their armies and trap him here before he could finish.

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“Kekaul, I’ll leave this to you, draw them all out,” Song Jian whispered. After speaking, he used the Concealment Necklace to enter a stealth state.

Kekaul roared loudly and pointed his sword at the nearest Shadow Demon, shouting, “Intimidate, in the sacred name, mark it as my enemy!”

The targeted Shadow Demon was instantly furious, its eyes turned blood-red, and it screamed, brandishing its dagger, charging at Kekaul. The Shadow Demons beside it also rushed towards Kekaul.

Just as Kekaul was preparing to face the enemy, he suddenly felt something off and noticed a flash of cold light at the corner of his eye. Kekaul was shocked and quickly dodged to the side, only then realizing that a dagger was stabbing towards his temple.

Kekaul quickly raised his shield, and with a clang, the dagger collided with the shield, making his arm feel heavy. Taking advantage of the momentum, he retracted his shield and fiercely slashed at the enemy with his right hand.

“Clang~”

A figure slowly emerged, different from the other Shadow Demons, this one wore light grey scale armor. While other Shadow Demons only wielded a dagger, this one held daggers in both hands, the blades gleaming with a faint green light.

“Shadow Demon Leader?” Kekaul narrowed his eyes, focusing on the faint green glow on the enemy’s weapon: “Poisoned!”

A level 40 elite boss, the Shadow Demon Leader, was not much of a challenge for Kekaul. But combined with a dozen level 35 elite Shadow Demons, Kekaul immediately felt the pressure.

“Divine Blessing,” a golden light fell upon Kekaul’s head, he first bestowed a status spell on himself, and then, while fighting the group of Shadow Demons, he started to retreat.

Seizing the opportunity, Song Jian infiltrated further inside, the sounds of battle behind him growing fainter and fainter.

Following the path indicated by the task, Song Jian had to pass through many rooms. Some were empty and devoid of monsters, but others occasionally had one or two roaming Shadow Demons. Although these Shadow Demons were easy for Song Jian to deal with, they still delayed him considerably, making him increasingly anxious.

Having passed through a dozen rooms, Song Jian could feel that the Demon Ritualists were getting closer and closer; there wasn’t much time left for him.

Over half an hour later, Song Jian finally arrived at the end of the guided route shown on the map. It was a spacious hall, and at the end of the hall, there was a throne emitting a dark gold glow. The throne was carved entirely out of dark gold metal, and the guided route shown on the map ended right at this throne.

Song Jian quickly walked up to the throne, opened his task panel, but there were no prompts.

“Could it be that I need to sit down?” The throne was quite wide, able to accommodate three or four people side by side. Song Jian sat on it and after a moment, nothing out of the ordinary happened.

After some thought, Song Jian tried taking out a resurrection artifact of the Demon Lord and placed it on the throne; then he noticed that the glow of the throne seemed to grow slightly stronger. It was then that the long-awaited task prompt finally appeared in the task panel.

System: You have discovered the Abyssal Demon Throne. Place the seven Demon Lord resurrection artifacts on the throne to open the Teleportation Gate to the Fallen Space.

Song Jian quickly arranged the seven resurrection artifacts on the throne. The dark gold glow of the throne grew more intense, almost blinding. Just then, the apparitions of seven Demon Lords slowly materialized above the throne, roaring angrily and ceaselessly.

At that moment, in the midst of these Demon Lord apparitions, a fist-sized black lotus seed appeared out of nowhere. This lotus seed continuously extracted energy from the apparitions of the seven Demon Lords, as strands of black Abyssal Vitality flowed incessantly from the apparitions to the black lotus seed. @@novelbin@@

Before long, the apparitions of the seven Demon Lords began to fade increasingly, eventually disappearing completely as if they had never been there. Meanwhile, the black lotus seed rapidly grew, rooting itself in the emptiness, quickly blossoming into a lotus, and in no time, all its leaves and stems withered away, leaving only one lotus flower floating in mid-air.

At this time, the seven resurrection artifacts of the Demon Lords arranged on the throne were also slowly decaying, as if eroded by thousands of years, their energy being drawn out into the apparitions in mid-air, and from there, continuously extracted into the black lotus blooming in the sky.

The lotus unfolded layer by layer and quickly turned into a gate of light, leading to an unknown world.

Song Jian could hear the sounds of countless demons roaring angrily behind him, and also heard the angel Kekaul chanting spells resolutely. Knowing he didn’t have much time left, he immediately rushed towards the gate of light.

The moment his figure rushed through, the entire lotus platform began to wither slowly, with black lotus petals falling down, dissolving in the air, and soon after, the lotus Teleportation Gate vanished from within the throne.

At that time, the Quartet angel Kekaul, who was blocking the entrance of the Central Temple, faced countless swarming demons with a resolute expression on his face. The Demon Ritualists, seeing a Quartet angel guarding the temple gate, swarmed in without a second thought. They could feel that Song Jian was inside the temple, and if they killed him, they could retrieve the stolen Demon Lord resurrection artifacts.

Although Kekaul’s strength had significantly improved, facing six Demon Ritualists that were almost his equals, he was beaten without the power to fight back. As his Vitality Points continued to drop and more wounds appeared on his body, he sensed that his end was near. Suddenly, a powerful force whisked him away, flying towards the interior of the temple.

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PS: Thanks to “Martial God Zhao Yun” for the reward of 100 starting coins~