Chapter 460 Pale Moon
The sky was pitch black, and the Milky Way that seemed to float in the sky disappeared. The twinkling stars in the sky were also gone.
Even the shining stars that sometimes appear are still covered up. There is only a crescent moon hanging in the dark curtain of the sky tonight.
This was the night Alka and the others had been waiting for.
Seeing this night, Alka and the others quickly said goodbye, packed up their things, quickened their pace, and left the Demon Hunting Fortress.
Seems very hurried.
This time they did not leave through the city wall, but went directly from the rear of the fortress to the desolate wilderness.
Although this may require them to take a longer detour, it is not a problem for them.
They can also perform the Moon Power ritual in the fortress, but it is incomprehensible to perform this ritual in a place like the Demon Hunting Fortress that is more exclusive of various pagan beliefs and demons.
It is easy to be suspected and questioned, and although their reputation allows them to avoid these things, why bother?
And they themselves don't know how far-reaching the impact of this ritual will be.
So Alka and the others left quickly and were 50 kilometers away from the fortress. It was only the middle of the night.
It is the time when the moon in the sky is the brightest.
During the day the sun remains motionless and the sky is as still as the surface of the water; only at night can one feel the movement of the world's celestial bodies.
Urulius took out the treasure that could strengthen the ritual, which she no longer had a deep understanding of.
The puppet girls and Alka were busy around, preparing various materials and the statues that had already been carved.
The preparation was quick and took less than half an hour.
The entire ceremony has been prepared.
A magic circle with complex spells representing the moon, as well as prayers and spells written in the language of white crocodile, was placed on the ground.
The grass in this area had just been cleaned up when they were setting up the ceremony. Alka even used earth cards and fire cards to reshape the area and burn it into hard land.
There is a statue placed on the moon pattern above.
There are also various occult materials around.
Then Urulius controlled the treasure and came to the edge of the ceremony.
Seeing this situation, Xia Daiti took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then came to the center of the magic circle.
After making a gesture similar to praying to the moon, he closed his eyes.
Alka blinked and began to observe the whole ritual more deeply.
"Endless darkness, excruciating pain. Night should come!"
"White moon, light of salvation. Bearing reverence!"
"By the power of the moon, in the name of the moon..."
The spell, spoken in the language of the white crocodile, came out of Urulius's mouth.
As the ceremony progressed, Xiadaiti's body glowed with a light as bright as the moon.
This light flickered out, bringing a sense of tranquility to everyone around it.
The mind becomes quiet.
Even the senses become unusually sharp, as if everything around is within sight.
That feeling of clarity.
The flickering light began to gather and converge on Xia Daiti.
Then the light gathered and transferred to Xia Daiti's face.
A white crescent moon appeared at the corner of her eye and cheek.
Such a crescent-shaped mark adorns Xia Daiti's face, echoing her silver hair.
An inexplicable aura emanated from her, which made people feel calm.
Alka just watched the entire ceremony.
After the entire ceremony is over.
Alka's entire expression became as if he was constipated.
Jason, who had been standing next to Alka, did not look at Alka until the ceremony was over. He discovered that Alka's expression was extremely abnormal.
"What's going on? What went wrong with this ritual?" Alka's expression was so misleading.
Jason's words attracted everyone's attention.
Everyone looks at Alka.
"Nothing, I just feel that... we can't blindly worship religion."
Listening to Alka's sigh, everyone was a little confused.
Alka also explained: "We think the most important weather for the whole ceremony is a night like this." As he said this, he pointed to the sky.
Then he said solemnly: "This is not important at all, because the entire ceremony has nothing to do with the moon in the sky."
In his eyes that had just seen through the secret, the entire ceremony did not have anything to do with the moon or the weather.
In other words, the so-called need to perform rituals in such circumstances is nothing more than a cumbersome procedure required by some religious beliefs.
Simply put, this is a useless means for this religion to improve its status.
In fact, it has no substantial impact on the entire ceremony.
Although it still has the nature of moonlight, it has nothing to do with the moon in the sky.
Such a night sky will not bring any substantial improvement or effect, but more of awe from people.
In other words, they waited for so long in vain and it was meaningless.
In fact, after knowing this, he could have performed the ceremony directly and made Xia Daiti a Moon Power user.
After listening to Alka's explanation, everyone also felt a little uncomfortable.
It's really annoying to have your time wasted for no reason.
But the problem is that if the ceremony is not carried out, they really cannot guarantee that such a situation will not occur.
Because the whole ritual is indeed related to the moon.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this anymore. The ceremony has been successful, but the most important step hasn't started yet."
Looking at everyone's annoyed expressions, Xia Daiti said with a smile.
Alka waved his hand, and a large mirror appeared under everyone's feet. Everyone got on it.
Alka controlled the mirror, and a turquoise wind card appeared next to him.
Make the entire mirror fly quickly in the sky, like a magic carpet.
"Do you feel anything?"
Hearing Alka's question, Xiadaiti frowned and shook his head.
"I don't feel anything. Nothing has changed, except that there is an extra pattern here."
As he spoke, Xia Daiti pointed to the white crescent mark on his cheek below his left eye.
Hearing this, Alka looked at her and then touched the mark on her face without any touch.
"You can't say there haven't been any changes. Your temperament has changed a little. Hmm... more charming?"
Alka thought for a moment and said.
Lucilia, who was sitting on Alka's shoulder, nodded when she heard this, and everyone couldn't help but start chatting.
Just as Alka said, it seems that this is really the case.
But such a change is obviously incompatible with the conditions of the entire ceremony and the materials required.
This ceremony was obviously a preparation for the treasure.
…
After a few days of fast flying, even though they took a long detour, Alka and his team quickly arrived at their previous camp.
The crude camp they had built earlier had long since turned into ruins.
It looks like it was caused by some wild beast.
Didn't stay too long.
They came directly to the ruined temple they had left before.
“I feel it.”
As soon as she arrived here, Xia Daiti immediately had a different feeling, and the crescent mark on her face also flashed a very faint white light.
It was still night, but the night sky had returned to its normal state.
After saying that, Xia Daiti walked directly into the ruins.
Alka and his friends followed in a group, a few of them plus a large group of puppet girls including Wu Yaya.
They passed the ruins and went straight to the statue they had seen before.
Xia Daiti stood beside the statue, closed his eyes gently, and raised his hands slightly after falling asleep.
There were no special effects or anything special about it. The statue in front of him just slid slowly.
The entire statue moved backwards, and a staircase leading downwards appeared in front of everyone.
“Is there room down here?”
The person who raised the question was naturally Xia Daiti, who had explored this place before.
She had clearly explored here before, and there was solid soil below, and there was no so-called space. But now the reality appeared in front of her again, that is, there was a staircase leading down.
She hadn't even found this staircase before.
Silver ripples appeared in front of everyone, and moved very clearly towards the stairs.
As the fluctuations occurred, Xia Daiti's expression became somewhat surprised.
"That's amazing. It can't be scanned at all. It looks like mud."
They had never encountered anything like this before.
"Let's go down and take a look," said Alka.
As they spoke, everyone lined up and walked down the stairs.
I didn't walk for long, but I could feel that the stairs led to a depth of about seven or eight meters underground.
As I walked down, a large open area appeared in front of me.
The entire area was emitting a faint soft light, allowing them to clearly see the entire environment even without using dark vision.
This is a place roughly the size of a football field.
Apart from the pillars arranged in the center, the entire venue is unusually wide, yet unusually empty.
"It seems... it hasn't been completed yet?" Simon said after taking a quick look at the entire area.
Whether it is the half-carved statue or the various utensils placed here, all of them show that this place is still under construction.
Because they even saw a large pile of materials piled in a corner not far away, and various tools were also piled up.
But there is one completed area in the entire venue, which is at the innermost part of the venue.
On an altar.
A round ball emitting a faint and soft light is floating gently.
Everyone looked at each other and slowly walked towards the altar.
As they got closer, they realized that it was not a sphere, but a crescent-shaped ornament that was about the size of a palm.
The material of the jewelry is completely invisible. It looks a bit like crystal and a bit like jade.
The glowing sphere is the result of the concentration of the light emitted by it, which then diffuses out again.
In Alka's eyes, the crescent was surrounded by an orange border.
This is the treasure they need.
Simon reached out his hand, and out of curiosity, he wanted to touch it.
Alka stopped him immediately.
"Don't touch it, there are still protective measures here."
It's talking about the ball of light emitted by the crescent moon.
After saying that, he turned and looked at Xia Daiti.
The meaning is self-evident.
Xia Daiti took a deep breath, slowly reached out his hand, and gently touched the surface of the emitting light ball.
He was not attacked, so he reached in with confidence, took the crescent moon in his hand and took it out.
The ball of light still floats there.
Xia Daiti looked at the crescent moon in his hand. It looked like an ordinary ornament, with no difference at all.
The treasure's introverted nature was brought into play again.
But the crescent mark on her cheek kept flashing.
"Is the treasure suitable ?" Alka asked from the side.
After all, Xia Daiti is the protagonist of the entire ceremony.
Xia Daiti channeled his magic power into the treasure, and the crescent moon shone with light, echoing the mark on his face.
After doing all this, Xia Daiti said: "It's not just suitable, but also inexplicably suitable, but it shouldn't be so suitable."
It was a very strange feeling.
"It seems that this is the effect of the ceremony. After all, such a complicated ceremony and the materials used, it is impossible for it to just add a little bit of charm." Urulius said beside him.
It seems that there is nothing to argue about this treasure, it was proposed by the Xia Dynasty.
Then when this treasure is in Xia Daiti's hands, it means that Xia Daiti has collected all the treasures.
What follows is a long wait for the red treasure, which I don’t know if I will ever encounter in this lifetime.
"Master it."
Xia Daiti nodded, closed his eyes again, and input magic power into the crescent moon.
When the magic power was input into the crescent moon, the moon waves emitted actually pushed Alka and the others away. They were not allowed to come over, which forced them to slightly move away, and pushed Xia Daiti into a circular space of about five or six meters. In this space, the light of the crescent moon could be seen flickering here.
Then they saw the crescent moon merge into Xia Daiti's body, and they could even see where the crescent moon merged into. It moved to the crescent moon mark under Xia Daiti's eye.
It became the white crescent mark.
When Xia Daiti mastered the treasure and opened his eyes.
Those strange eyes emitted a faint white light, and her eyes seemed to have turned into the night sky.
The real night sky.
The twinkling stars and the dotted crescent moon.
Stared at with such a gaze, everyone just stayed where they were inexplicably.
Because their hearts are silenced.
The silence of their hearts suddenly made them peaceful and quiet and unwilling to move.
Xia Daiti immediately closed his eyes and slightly restrained the power. Everyone then suddenly realized what was going on and felt as if they had just woken up from a dream.
"That's amazing." Porro couldn't help but say.
Because such ability is still suitable for Xia Daiti.
And this is obviously not a main function, it's just a side feature.
"How is the feeling brought by this treasure?"
"Very suitable and interesting." Xia Daiti said with a smile.
As she spoke, she raised her right hand, clenched the air, and pulled it downwards.
It was like pulling a rope down from the sky.
Of course there is a ceiling above their heads.
However, a ray of moonlight was cast on the ceiling area.
The moonlight fell on everyone.
The feeling of having my soul cleansed that I had experienced before appeared.
"This kind of moonlight can calm the soul, cleanse the poison in the soul, relieve the pain in the soul, and resist any pain related to the soul." Xia Daiti talked about his ability.
After she finished speaking, a white light like the moon appeared on her body.
The white light adhered to her body, and when the moonlight passed by, equipment appeared on her body.
Pure white silver armor as bright as the moon was constructed on her body; it was a complete set of armor.
It looks very beautiful, like a work of art.
The moonlight gathered in her hands into various weapons and equipment, and was able to condense into a silver entity.
Like a real metal sword.
It's a pity that Xia Daiti likes to attack with his bare hands, fists and feet.
"This is the power that can be used temporarily. If you want to truly master it, you have to get familiar with it before you can fully know how to use it."
Xia Daiti said after using his ability for a while.
But what is basically certain is that this treasure brings Xia Daiti spiritual strength.
And it has strong plasticity.
Correspondingly, using such moonlight to attack can also cause shock and damage to the enemy's mind.
It can also provide a wide range of mental benefits to surrounding friendly forces.
I just don't know if fighting during the day and fighting at night can get different bonus effects.
After all, it seems to be related to the moon, so it may be able to exert more powerful power at night.
Of course, this is just Alka and the others' guess. The specific effect can only be known when Xia Daiti masters it himself.
