Matt felt frustrated!
He was clearly the first to receive a gift, but now Jessica had caught up, and his power was still not awakened!
Most importantly!
Matt had just noticed a hint of dissatisfaction in Hasward's eyes towards him.
"No way!"
Matt secretly vowed in his heart: "I must awaken my power as soon as possible!"
Jessica's display of power, capable of instantly killing hundreds of ninjas, truly made him envious.
"Going down one floor at a time is too slow." Lode frowned, the dark energy underground was becoming increasingly intense, and it would be too late if they went down later.
Jessica was a little embarrassed and helpless, "But, Master... it's too far from the basement, my spirit bow can't penetrate it."
"It's okay, I'll do it myself."
Lode calmly took a few steps, took out the Quincy Cross transformed into 'Sinner', and then aimed it at the ground.
Since he couldn't directly see the 'target', he couldn't use All Things Penetrate, so Lode simply condensed his spiritual power and released it through the barrel.
Click!
His fingertip pulled the trigger, and Sinner, which had absorbed nearly two-thirds of Lode's spiritual power, released a huge arrow!
Sacred Destruction Arrow!
Sinner bloomed with dazzling light, and terrifying spiritual power condensed into a huge arrow, which then slammed into the ground!
Rumble!
Layer after layer, the huge Sacred Destruction Arrow destroyed everything in its path, piercing through dozens of layers of hard ground before its energy was exhausted and disappeared!
The entire Hand Association building was shaking, and countless reinforced concrete cracked, turning into huge falling rocks!
After the surrounding vibrations subsided, a pit about dozens of meters deep appeared in the ground in front of them, leading directly to the Hand Association's basement.
"Hiss..."
Matt gasped, unable to help but exclaim in shock: "What terrifying destructive power!"
It penetrated dozens of layers of ground with just one blow!
If Jessica's displayed strength was still within his imagination, then Hasward's displayed strength had completely exceeded his expectations.
The destructive power of this magnitude was no less than the most advanced hypervelocity kinetic energy weapon in the United States!
However, what they didn't know was that Lode's consumption from that attack was enormous, and the spiritual power in his body was almost completely drained!
Fortunately, Quincies can absorb spirit particles from the atmosphere, and with his current situation, it would only take a few minutes to recover.
"Let's go."
Lode calmed his breath, then put away Sinner, and said to them calmly.
Jessica took the lead and followed, and then Matt reacted and jumped down after her.
Whew~
A few seconds later, the three landed on the ground.
The first thing that caught Lode's eyes was a huge magic circle on the ground, covered with intricate and strange patterns.
Looking at those intricate patterns, Lode felt a dizziness in his brain.
"Come on..."
"Come in... come in..."
"I will grant you great power..."
A series of faint voices, like the whispers of a demon, echoed in Lode's mind!
"Not good!"
Lode bit the tip of his tongue, forcing himself to wake up, with a trace of vigilance in his eyes: "What a terrifying magic circle, it can actually tempt my soul!"
He is essentially a Soul Reaper, and the strength of his spirit body far exceeds that of ordinary people, but even so, he was almost tricked by this magic circle just now!
These patterns are too strange, just one look made him fall into it, almost unable to extricate himself!
But Jessica and Matt on the side,
obviously didn't have such good luck.
Their spiritual power was obviously not as good as Lode's, and they were instantly attracted by those patterns, their whole bodies dazed, as if they were possessed!
"Ah... Master Hasward..."
Jessica's cheeks flushed, her eyes blurred as she walked towards the magic circle, muttering: "You are mine alone... no one can take you away..."
Lode: "???"
How terrible...
I didn't expect Jessica to look so serious, but secretly she wanted to possess him?
Matt also staggered towards the magic circle, "Erica... don't leave me..."
It seems that anyone who has seen the patterns on the magic circle will be drawn out of their greatest desires and controlled by that voice.
"Binding Art Number Sixty-One: Six Rod Light Restraint!"
Lode pointed his index finger and fixed Matt and Jessica in place.
"Hehehe..."
A hoarse voice came from the darkness, "You are too late, our ritual has already succeeded!"
"Ritual?"
Lode raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are you referring to the ghost paintings on the ground?"
"Ignorant one!"
The hoarse voice seemed very angry, "This is the power of the God of Darkness, He will grant us true eternal life!"
"That's right!"
Several figures were reflected on the ground, enthusiastically shouting: "We will obtain eternal life beyond Kunlun, and you can only usher in death!"
Brainwashed people are really terrible!
Lode couldn't help but mourn for these people for three seconds. That so-called God of Darkness, just hearing the name, knew he was unreliable. Who knows which corner he crawled out of?
"Ignorant and foolish people!"
An old woman walked out with a fanatical expression, holding an ancient and old book.
Lode narrowed his eyes slightly and saw the words 'Dark Hold' engraved on the cover of the ancient book.
Damn it!
Isn't this the 'Darkhold'? Why is it here!
Must stop Him!
Cold sweat dripped from Lode's forehead. If he allowed Chthon to descend on Earth again, he would definitely be the first to die!
But it was too late!
Madame Gao, holding the Darkhold, had already walked into the magic circle, and in a series of fanatical calls, instantly exploded into a pile of minced meat!
Blood and pieces of meat seeped into the ground, and the strange patterns on the magic circle became brighter, brewing a terrifying wave!
"Not good!"
Lode cursed inwardly, it was too late!
Buzz!!!
Gurgle...
Black viscous liquid surged out, and a huge hole appeared in the ground, as if a abyss was connected to another dimension!
Immediately afterwards, a vague shadow crawled out of the hole and then stood up straight.
"Mmm..."
The shadow let out a comfortable moan, and said with satisfaction: "I haven't been back for tens of millions of years, I didn't expect Earth to become like this."
"Ding!"
"Emergency mission issued!"
"Mission: Expel the Underworld God - Chthon!
Content: Under the temptation of the Darkhold, the Five Fingers summoned a projection of Chthon. Please expel it from the Earth dimension before the Supreme Mage arrives!
Reward: Depends on the completion!"
Underworld God... Chthon!
It really is this great god, cold sweat dripped from Lode's forehead, and he thought to himself that this was really bad!