The underground passage is shrouded in darkness.

However, these insect robots all possess night vision.

Ten small windows appear directly on the screen inside the Gundam cockpit.

The ten insects split into two groups after entering, flying towards both sides of the passage.

"It's quite eerie, and the murals are somewhat terrifying."

The walls all around, including the ceiling and floor, are carved with murals.

The murals depict various monsters.

These bizarre and extremely ugly monsters evoke an overwhelming sense of evil.

"Boss, the Wolf King has matched the database; most of these murals are not recorded, but those that are depict Evil Gods from the Elemental Continent."

Grey Wolf scans the screen while using the database to match the fitting data.

"It makes your skin crawl; it's normal that they're Evil Gods."

With a nod indicating understanding, Mo Qingchen looks towards the Celestial Maiden Beast, who has already opened her eyes.

"Can you summon Edward to take a look at these? Ask him if he knows anything."

Before Edward died, he was in the church of this town, so he might have some understanding of these murals.

"I'll try and see if he knows anything."

The Celestial Maiden Beast nods and closes her eyes again, beginning to communicate with Edward, who sleeps within her wings.

The next moment, a palm-sized golden light appears inside the Gundam cockpit.

A palm-sized Edward, composed of Light Element, floats before them, watching the screen's images.

"Damn! These are Abyss murals! When the town was destroyed, some of the Abyssal Evil Gods from the murals appeared!"

Edward grits his teeth, recounting the scene of his death.

"Originally, we were only attacked by a military force from an opposing Empire. Even though they captured the town and burned it down, they did not slaughter all the civilians.

But after these hostile forces left, the town, now reduced to ruins, saw the emergence of Abyssal Evil Gods depicted by these murals!

They are incredibly powerful and bloodthirsty, never sparing any living creature!

Our church was destroyed by these Evil Gods.

The knights, warriors, mages, and priests within the church were all killed by these entities!"

Seeing these Evil God paintings, Edward finally understands how the Evil Gods appeared.

"Damn it! Someone must have established an Abyss passage beneath the town a long time ago!"

Feeling the excitement from the Light Element figure, Mo Qingchen and the Celestial Maiden Beast exchange glances but remain silent.

Meanwhile, all ten insect robots have dispersed, entering various branching passageways.

Each passage has different murals, and they've detected a dense presence of Dark Energy.

"Look, what's this?"

At this moment, one of the insects reaches the passage's end.

It's a semi-circular hall where the floor descends in tiers, resembling a pool.

The walls of the pool are lined with a layer of dark red material.

"A Blood Pool! It's a Blood Pool! These damn cultists use the blood of living creatures to perform summoning rituals for the Evil God!"

Edward's angry voice echoes in the cockpit.

Countless points of light vibrate out from him, floating around as his fury intensifies.

"Of course, it was these cultists who caused the destruction of the Empire!"

Golden flames erupt from Edward's eyes as he continues speaking, gritting his teeth.

"The two great Empires were initially engaged in battle on this ancient battlefield.

Both sides were evenly matched, neither able to overpower the other.

In such a stalemate, neither side would expend resources recklessly.

But the truth is, all living things on this battlefield perished in the battle!

Several million troops from both sides, along with four cities and dozens of towns in the vicinity, were all annihilated in this war.

It seems everything was orchestrated by these cultists!

They performed sacrificial offerings to summon the Evil Gods, Abyssal Evil Gods, which destroyed everything here!"

Edward speaks while looking at the ten small windows.

Eight of these windows have already reached dead ends, each containing a Blood Pool structure.

"Abyssal Evil Gods?"

"Yes, back then, several cults within the great Empires liked to use living beings for sacrificial offerings to summon Abyssal Evil Gods.

The summoned Evil Gods granted them Power, and could also prolong their lifespans.

For this purpose, these cults wreaked havoc across the Empires, pillaging amidst acts of inhumanity.

Every living being was their target, ultimately sacrificed for the Abyssal Evil Gods.

Each action by these cults left some places as abandoned wastelands.

Our Holy Light Church established the Holy Light Legion to counteract these cults.

Unfortunately, the Empires specifically suppressed the Holy Light Church, limiting our legion's numbers.

Thus, the eradication of cultists was not very successful.

After all, once the Abyssal Evil Gods were summoned through sacrifice, they'd grant Power to the followers.

Such Power, capable of Corrosion, was full of temptations.

Those who were weak naturally became absorbed into these cults when faced with the allure of great power.

Thus, eradicating these cults was not easy.

On the contrary, the number of cult followers kept increasing."

Edward shakes his head, an angry expression flashing in his eyes.

The Empires feared the Holy Light Church would grow too powerful and threaten their rule, so the Holy Light Legion's numbers were capped at ten thousand.

Even if each legion member was a Holy Knight with Tier Six combat strength, they still couldn't completely purge these cults.

Their numbers were too vast, with quick Energy sources stemming from wreaking havoc and seizing living beings for sacrifice.

As Edward narrates, another insect detector reaches a passage's end.

Here, instead of a Blood Pool structure, there is a prison outfitted with iron bars!

Ten cells, each capable of holding at least ten individuals.

Inside the cells, some gray-white skeletal remains lie scattered on the ground.

"These skeletal remains vary in size; the largest over three meters tall, the smallest barely one meter, and some bones differ from humans."

The Elemental Continent harbors various Alien Races, thus the imprisoned included more than just Humans, but a mix of Alien Races as well.

"It seems the cultists left in a hurry, otherwise they wouldn't waste the offerings in the cells."

These corpses were locked in the cells, apparently left to starve to death.

Notably, many of the bones still bear teeth marks.

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