Moon Witch, embark on the journey!

After a brief test to confirm the power of the staff, Luna looked up at the sky covered by thick fog:

"There are two options now."

One is to go to the city gate as planned and help Elvina break the magic array. Once the magic array is broken, they can escape directly. The only question is whether she can really open the third-level magic array.

The second is to do as Flivera said, go to the temple in the center of the city to destroy the witch formation that gathers the water of the Styx, and help Flivera defeat the high-level lich. This is naturally a one-time solution to the problem. As long as the lich is dead, everything will be much easier afterwards.

The only problem is that it involves taking considerable risks.

"As for Elvina, I have done what I promised before. I led away a second-level undead and even dealt with it."

If he escaped now, it would be equivalent to selling Flivila out directly, although she might not be in any danger in the end.

Holding the heavy staff in her hand, Luna sighed:

"Hope everything goes well..."

She was wrapped in a strong airflow and turned to fly towards the temple in the center of the city.

......

Using the flying technique to fly directly in the sky is fast, but it can easily attract the attention of the undead.

However, Luna, holding the Lich Staff in her hand, was not afraid at all. With a simple wave of her hand, she froze the approaching undead in place one by one.

Most of the undead in the ancient city are still first-level, and Luna's staff is almost invincible. According to the city map I saw before, I quickly moved towards my destination.

"The City Lord's Mansion and the Central Temple are both in the core area of ​​the city, so they are quite close."

Although the location was a little off, Luna naturally approached the City Lord's Mansion as she approached the temple.

She looked a little strange:

"Didn't they say they were fighting? Why is there no movement at all?"

In the thick black fog, the whole scene of the City Lord's Mansion could not be seen clearly. But if it was a fight between high-level beings, it should have made quite a noise.

Although she had seen a massive battle between high-level wizards and the Earl's blood clan, both sides relied on the power of high-level wizard towers and giant wizard formations, and even legendary power seemed to have appeared later.

But no matter what, the aftermath of the fight between high-level beings could easily destroy half a city.

And now there seems to be no movement in that direction.

"Forget it, don't think too much, just do your own thing."

There must be a powerful undead guarding the core of the formation. As long as the lich doesn't do anything stupid, the guardian will be very strong, and most likely stronger than the three skeleton generals sent to hunt them down just now.

Even with the Lich Staff in her hand, Luna was not absolutely sure.

Soon she flew all the way and approached the temple.

"It's so complete..."

Unlike the ruins in the city which were filled with decay and only ruins were left, the huge and majestic temple in front of it looked very intact, and it must be maintained by someone.

As she got closer, Luna could indeed feel the huge elemental fluctuations contained in the temple. The core of the formation was indeed here, stirring up the black fog that attracted the entire ruins city.

The black fog above the temple kept spinning and gathering, forming a huge vortex. The surrounding black rain became more dense, and bean-sized black raindrops kept falling. The dark water flowed down the eaves and stone pillars of the temple and flowed across the stone floor.

"It has to be as soon as possible."

Exposed to black fog of this concentration, the energy of the special potion that Luna had drunk was consumed at a very fast rate. The energy that was originally enough to support a day might be exhausted in about ten minutes.

Black water flowed down from the height, and Luna walked up the steps to the main entrance of the temple.

Two ghosts were floating at the gate, the human-shaped souls exuding a dark aura of death. They seemed to be constantly muttering something, filled with evil and blasphemous aura.

Luna raised her scepter.

194. Power of the Scepter

The humanoid ghost guarding the main entrance of the temple looked vague and illusory, but it had a very strong momentum and a sense of danger. Luna felt that it was far superior to those first-level undead.

"Second-level ghost..."

She raised the scepter directly, activated the power contained in it, and whispered:

"Do not move!"

In an instant, the two ghosts, who had been muttering some strange ancient words since the moment they saw her, stopped chanting and froze in place without moving.

"Huh...it really works."

Luna breathed a sigh of relief. If she couldn't even beat the guy at the door, she would just turn around and run.

According to the instructions attached to the staff, it can work on undead spirits below level 3. Undead spirits below level 1 can be directly controlled by force, and level 2 spirits can be shocked.

As for the exact extent of this deterrence, we will have to try it to know.

"It's probably not possible to just let them commit suicide. I have to do it myself."

The Moonlight Sword appeared in Luna's hand, and she approached carefully step by step.

The two humanoid ghosts were still unable to move, and as she approached, their eyes seemed to be fixed on the dark scepter in her hand.

"You can't move...but I have to move?"

Swish!

The long sword forged by moonlight in her hand drew a crescent-shaped mark and pierced into the body of a ghost that could not resist. The latter's figure immediately became much thinner.

"He's actually not dead."

She was well aware of the power of the Moonlight Sword, and was secretly shocked. But then she chopped the ghost into pieces with two sword strikes.

Following suit, she killed another one next to her with a few swords.

pat.

The sound on the floor at her feet made Luna stunned for a moment. It was two transparent crystals rolling on the ground, emitting a weak and lifeless mental fluctuation.

She didn't have time to look at it any further, so she put it in her pocket and continued on her way.

Enter the temple from the main gate.

It was dark inside, and Luna casually summoned a flame to float in front of her. She walked alone in the large and ancient hall, with only the sound of her footsteps echoing softly.

The flames above his head swayed slightly, and the firelight illuminated the surrounding walls.

From the walls to the ceiling, there are paintings that have accumulated the atmosphere of history. Most of them have decayed or been damaged, and only a few can be seen clearly, usually with a moon in the most eye-catching position.

Luna continued to move forward, passing through several empty halls and gradually going deeper inside.

Snap, snap, snap.

There were a large number of skeleton soldiers guarding the hall in front. Luna even saw the two in the front, who were somewhat similar to the skeleton general who had chased her before, exuding the aura of the second level.

All the skeletons looked over at her the moment she stepped into the hall. The evil aura she displayed was enough to scare ordinary wizards to death.

Luna simply raised the scepter again.

"Don't even move!"

This side immediately became much quieter, and dozens of skeleton guards gathered together and stood still.

Kara, Kara.

There was actually another sound. Luna looked over in surprise and found that the soul fire in the eyes of one of the second-level skeleton generals was shaking violently, and the whole skeleton body was shaking as if it was about to fall apart. It actually stretched out its skeleton hand and slowly placed it on the sharp blade at its waist.

"So, the second-level ones have a chance to break free from the influence..."

This skeleton general must have been a man of great willpower when he was alive. But——

"Go ahead and kill it."

In an instant, all the first-level skeletons moved, picked up the swords in their hands, and rushed towards their former superiors like crazy.

The skeleton general who barely broke free from the restraints moved extremely slowly. He barely swung a few times to chop the skeleton soldiers in front of him into pieces, and was soon overwhelmed by the following skeletons.

The skeleton general soon stopped moving.

Feeling that it was almost time, Luna gave another order:

"Get out!"

The crazy skeleton soldiers suddenly stopped and made way. Luna quickly walked to the almost unrecognizable second-level skeleton general and raised the Moonlight Sword in her hand:

"Why bother struggling? I'll help you get rid of it right now!"

She swung her sword and killed the second-level undead, and also killed the other one next to him.

Soon, two more transparent crystals appeared on the ground, but one of them was obviously larger.

Luna put it away and continued to move forward. This time, she was surrounded by dozens of first-level skeleton soldiers. With the Lich Staff, she had complete control over these low-level undead, which was simply the best pathfinder.

"You guys walk in front and help me open the door."

The speed immediately increased.

Whenever they entered a new hall or room, Luna would directly order the skeleton soldiers to explore the way. Along the way, the team not only did not decrease, but became stronger and stronger.

Soon, they arrived at the deepest and most central hall.

"arrive!"

Luna could recognize it at a glance; this was the core of the formation.

Because there was a huge black fog visible to the naked eye that kept pouring out, rushing out from this core temple. The dark fog vortex in the sky was right above, breathing out thick black fog.

"Go in and open the door!"

The skeleton soldiers trembled and became somewhat disobedient. Luna urged them twice before finally opening the door of the temple.

A ball of thick black fog rushed out, and as the fog dissipated a little, the scene inside was revealed.

On the ground at the very center of the temple was a dark magic circle with intricate patterns, and in the center was a corpse that was half rotten and half turned to bones.

Five mummies wearing sacrificial robes sat around the formation, chanting something non-stop. Suddenly, the high priest sitting in the center stopped chanting and slowly looked over here.

"Kill them all!"

Luna gave the order without hesitation.

The skeleton soldiers seemed to feel some kind of fear and were stunned for a moment. Then they entered the temple with great difficulty and their movements were very slow.

The high priest, who looked like a mummy, suddenly spoke in a hoarse and dry voice:

"How come the Lord City Lord's scepter is in your hand?"

"What do you think? Of course it can't protect itself...why not surrender now?"

This guy doesn't look like he's at level three, but Luna feels that he's a little different from all the previous level two undead, and the effect of the scepter may be limited.

Unexpectedly, the high priest suddenly became furious, with red light flashing in his eyes:

"The sacrifice to our Lord! Never interrupt! Blasphemer, your soul will be punished forever in the depths of the Styx!"

195. Ways to break the deadlock

"My Lord? Sacrifice?"

At this time, Luna, who had been suppressing her anger all the way, could no longer control her anger. She pointed her scepter at the high priest and the depths of the temple.

"Whose people are you? Whose temple was this originally?!"

Along the way, she had never seen a statue of the Silver Moon Goddess. But here, she saw one, but it was not complete.

At the deepest part of the temple, there was a pile of rubble. Some of the rubble vaguely looked like fingers, skirts, and hair - but they were all indistinguishable stones.

Originally, there should be the most exquisite and largest statue of the goddess in the whole city. It is worshipped by the residents day and night, and cleaned and maintained by devout priests.

Now, only a pile of unrecognizable fragments remain.

The high priest hesitated for a moment, the red light in his eyes flickered slightly, and then he slowly spoke:

"We were the people of the moon when we were alive... but after death, we are the people of the great Lord of the Styx! It is He who has granted us the power of eternal life!"

"Eternal life? Just living like this?"