"Okay, I understand!"
Yuan Ling nodded. "Xiao Lu, Yalake, He Shang, the three of you stay here. Later, use my flames as a signal to create as much chaos as possible and prevent the goblins here from reaching the pyramid. Don't get bogged down in combat!"
Then, Yuan Ling turned to Ye Feng and asked, "Ye Feng, are you coming up with me?"
"Mm!"
Ye Feng turned to look at Xiao Xiao. "Xiao Xiao, you stay here to support Xiao Lu and the other two. Find an opportunity and prepare our means of escape!"
"Alright!"
Xiao Xiao nodded seriously, her mind quickly recalling the details Ye Feng had previously discussed with her.
Yuan Ling nodded at everyone and led the way up the pyramid.
"Mr. Ye!"
As Ye Feng was about to follow, Yalake stopped him.
"Mr. Ye, although your arcane energy fluctuations are only at the Silver High level, I have a premonition that in terms of combat power, you have likely surpassed us three who are at Golden Second Rank!"
"If possible, please... please protect the Saintess!"
After Yalake spoke, Xiao Lu and He Shang also looked at Ye Feng with hopeful eyes.
Ye Feng didn't speak. He nodded and quickly followed Yuan Ling.
...
Ye Feng and Yuan Ling moved quickly, and in a short while, they approached the summit of the pyramid.
"Whoosh~ Hu~"
Suddenly, Yuan Ling waved her hands, and a thin piece of leather instantly wrapped around her and Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng, this is the skin of a chameleon lizard. Similar to a chameleon, it can help us blend better with our surroundings and avoid being discovered by the goblins!"
Seeing Ye Feng's confused gaze, Yuan Ling whispered.
"Oh, okay!~"
Ye Feng nodded.
Moments later, Ye Feng and Yuan Ling had arrived at the stone platform at the top of the pyramid.
The smell of blood here was incredibly thick, causing Ye Feng to frown tightly, as if he were breathing in a mist of blood instead of air...
Most of the goblin shamans were engrossed in using their skeletal staffs to drive the black runes above the blood pool, or staring intently at the direction of the altar, their faces filled with fanaticism.
A few goblins swept their gazes over the location of Ye Feng and Yuan Ling. Due to the camouflage made of the chameleon lizard skin, the goblins' gazes merely flickered past.
Thus, the two of them took advantage of the night, the concealment provided by the densely packed human skulls, and the cover of the chameleon lizard skin, to stealthily approach the altar...
"Yuan Ling, how will we destroy the goblin altar later?"
As they got closer to the altar, Ye Feng, amidst the goblins' roars, leaned close to Yuan Ling's ear and asked a very important question.
Because of their close proximity, the hot breath Ye Feng exhaled inevitably tickled Yuan Ling's ear, causing her to blush instantly.
"With a magic formation called Annihilation!"
Yuan Ling also leaned close to Ye Feng's ear and replied.
"Annihilation formation?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was very surprised.
Because not long ago in Mech City, Shen Botian had also activated a formation called Annihilation, turning many monsters into ashes...
"Mm!"
As they moved, Yuan Ling nodded. "There is an Annihilation formation near the altar. The last time I came here, I wanted to activate it to destroy the altar, but my power was insufficient, and there were too many troublesome goblins, so I had to retreat first..."
"After you finish looking at what you need to see at the altar, we will go and activate the Annihilation formation!"
Speaking of this, Yuan Ling turned to face Ye Feng. "Ye Feng, activating the Annihilation formation will likely require that special power within you. Although I also have a part of it, based on my previous experience, it is clearly not enough!"
"Special power?"
Ye Feng blinked slightly, recalling the time he encountered Yuan Ling in the wilderness. She had indeed mentioned power.
"Yuan Ling, are you talking about True Energy?"
Ye Feng looked at Yuan Ling with suspicion.
"Yes, that's the one. A power that is similar to and compatible with arcane energy, yet even more potent!"
Yuan Ling nodded. "I accidentally mastered it after grasping the five main attributes of arcane energy: wood, metal, water, fire, and earth. Even my master, the Flame Ranger, was very surprised!"
"Good heavens..."
Ye Feng was astonished and became even more curious about the Flame Ranger.
Amidst Ye Feng and Yuan Ling's exchange, the two finally arrived at the base of the altar.
Calling it a base was no longer entirely accurate, as the entire platform was over 5 meters high, square-shaped, with long ramp-like steps on the east, south, west, and north sides for walking. Ye Feng and Yuan Ling hid in the shadows on the sides of the steps.
"Kwa-ka! Kwa-ka!~"
Amidst the guttural cries of the goblins, Ye Feng and Yuan Ling tiptoed, making not a single sound as they ascended to the platform where the altar stood.
At this moment, there were hundreds of goblins on the platform. These goblins were clearly different from the others.
The goblins on the platform either wore thick armor and wielded weapons like swords and sabers, or wore human skulls as decorations on their heads, with many blade-like protrusions on their bodies...
"Goblin Paladins and Goblin Priest Guards?"
Ye Feng mouthed to Yuan Ling.
Although there was no sound, Yuan Ling understood Ye Feng's meaning. She nodded, but her gaze was fixed on a position further within a group of Goblin Paladins and Goblin Priest Guards.
Ye Feng followed Yuan Ling's gaze, and his expression changed, as there were three even more unusual goblins there.
They were clad in blood-red cloaks, and the skeletal staffs they held not only had the main shaft but also the skull carved with bizarre black runes, precisely the Goblin Priests that Ye Feng and his group had encountered yesterday!
"This is quite troublesome!"
The experience of fighting the Goblin Priests yesterday caused Ye Feng to frown tightly, and Yuan Ling's expression was equally grim, with a hint of undisguised fear.
"Kwa-ka! Kwa-ka!~"
Amidst the cheers of a group of goblins, Ye Feng and Yuan Ling reached the very center of the platform, where a black object, also square, 4 meters high, and of an indeterminate material, stood – the altar.
The altar was covered in bizarre black runes, extremely similar to those on the Goblin Shamans' skeletal staffs!
Furthermore, the altar had many protrusions and indentations, seemingly forming a pattern, but due to the lighting, it was impossible to discern what it was.
At the four sharp corners at the top of the altar were four black ram's heads. The two eyes on the ram's heads were blood-red, and no matter how Ye Feng moved or changed his angle, those two blood-red eyes stared directly at him... making it extremely terrifying!
And at this moment, those hundreds of Goblin Paladins and Goblin Priest Guards were all staring fanatically at the empty space at the very top of the altar.
"That place... there's something invisible... an invisible goblin?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng frowned even tighter.
After carefully sensing for a while, he detected a faint, ethereal fluctuation.
"Kwa-ka! Kwa-ka!~"
"Keng keng!"
At this moment, there was another wave of goblin cheers. This time, the Goblin Paladins even clapped their armor, looking exceptionally excited, as if the event they had been anticipating was finally about to happen.
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