This question, young girl.
Li Ang sighed and caught up with her pace.
Now, the two of them had arrived in front of the ruins.
The ancient temple built with giant stones had numerous reliefs in many places, and some mysterious patterns might be lost script.
The large door was half open, and inside seemed to be a great hall. As they walked up the steps in front of the hall, they saw a room filled with walls covered in various symbols.
On the floor of the room were constructed six concentric circular grooves, with the center pierced by three straight-line grooves, dividing it into six segments. On the outermost circle, facing the straight-line grooves, stood six pillars—this should have been the original design of the room.
Due to some force dividing it in two, now the circles and mechanical pillars in the room were only half remaining, and Li Ang speculated this through a sense of symmetry.
These pillars were mechanical devices, and Li Ang's first impression was that they looked like some kind of water pump or hydraulic rod. And those symbols, the more he looked at them, the more they resembled…
"Dark Night Ancient City?"
The Dark Night Ancient City that The Soul Apex had recently conquered; if Li Ang hadn't activated some Rune Stones, victory would have been out of the question.
"What did you say?" Zoe asked.
"I think I've seen these runes before."
The runes on the Rune Stones in the Dark Night Ancient City were quite similar to those in front of them.
"Some ancient buildings in this world have certain similarities, and some scholars have specialized in classifying them. If we note the features here, it might help us find out about your parents' whereabouts."
After saying this, Li Ang was about to step into the doors of the ruins.
But Zoe did not lift her foot.
He turned his head in confusion, only to find the young girl looking not quite right.
Although she was looking ahead, it was as if she were staring into a place that wasn't here, her eyes flickering.
Wait, her eyes were indeed flickering.
It wasn't the light reflection caused by moisture in the eyes or emotional fluctuation. Li Ang saw, deep in her pupils, a light flickered, and then a multitude of tiny symbols seemed to start moving inside.
He looked again at the inside of the ruins, and the runes were lighting up one by one.
[Hint: Creation Formula discovered [Incomplete], collection progress 7%. Complete the formula to gain the Power of Creation]
What on earth, what kind of system description is this?
The Nebis World, being so ancient and long-standing, plus the isolation from the clouds, although there are creation myths in every country and race, they can mainly be considered as narratives created according to local environment after settling on the island, with no texting documenting the same Creator God or Divine Race.
The whereabouts of the Creator are simply untraceable.
Just as Li Ang was bewildered, Zoe frowned, returning from her state of stagnation.
She collapsed to the ground, gasping heavily, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Are you alright? What just happened?"
"I don't know, I suddenly saw so many things. I don't even recognize what they are, and there were many terrifying scenes. I thought I died, I thought a long time had passed..."
The young girl slowly hugged her head, as if she had suffered a strong impact.
"Ugh..." she groaned in pain.
"What's wrong?"
"The headache, it's the Star Soul..."
"The Star Soul" has come nearby.
Li Ang quickly drew a Curse Rune on Zoe's helmet to isolate the spirituality's influence on her.
"The enemy is here, let's retreat to a broad area first."
Ahead, the ground suddenly surged upward.
The land undulated in the direction of the two, something was digging underground towards them, and Li Ang had an Elemental Beast block its path.
The underground entity stopped moving straightforwardly, its elevated earth forming an arc, beginning to circle around the two.
The incoming enemy was rather cautious, reluctant to reveal itself for the time being.
Li Ang had the Elemental Beast strike. Its Jadestone Claws smashed onto the ground but didn't hit anything substantial.
It seemed the other party's digging speed was fast, quickly retreating underground.
He clicked his tongue, "Enemies underground are hard to deal with, it's quite troublesome if they attack from below."
Zoe worried, "What should we do then?"
It seemingly aligned with Li Ang's statement, the underground entity began to accelerate.
Li Ang controlled the Elemental Beast to walk a steady circle around the two, a common defensive posture, allowing them to respond in time regardless of the angle of attack.
The underground enemy suddenly charged forward, raising a cloud of dust as it quickly approached from underground.
The Elemental Beast stepped forward, standing on two legs to accumulate power, its front half exerting force downward, striking the advancing path with its own weight, causing seemingly even the ground to ripple, the surface dirt spouting out in a cone.
The underground entity's assault was halted by this attack, changing direction to prepare for another attack.
This standoff continued several times; the opponent gained no advantage, but the true body did not reveal itself, dragging things was not an option.
Li Ang looked at the coiled giant serpent's remains, extending like a rocky mountain nearby, and glanced at the Treasure Sword in the young girl's hand, pointing at the rock mountain and said, "Let's climb to a high place."
Guarded by the Elemental Beast, they rushed over the flat terrain, climbed up the rocky surface of the giant serpent's remains and reached a high spot.
It seemed to perceive that they left the surface, as the underground entity also stopped digging, its whereabouts unknown.
"What now? It's hiding."
Li Ang pinched his chin, pondering, "This thing should have some intelligence. Your father's notebook mentioned that the Star Soul rejuvenates, gathering strength after being defeated. I wonder if it retains previous memories?"
"What if it does?"
"Try fully activating the Wind Breath Sword's energy, see if it would get angry and show itself."
Putting it in gaming terms, let Zoe use taunt.
Zoe complied, standing straight with feet shoulder-width apart, holding the Treasure Sword in both hands in front of her, channeling magic power to call forth more energy from the Wind Element Crystal of the Wind Breath Sword.
A whirlwind immediately enveloped the young girl, the howling wind growing louder, sweeping past the jagged gemstones and solidified golden blood on the serpent's remains' surface, producing an even sharper screech.
The gale continued to blow for a while, indeed resulting in tremors on the ground.
The tremors got stronger, then, the ground cracked, a bright glow over twenty meters long materialized abruptly in front of them.
The entire body glowed, scales appearing bright golden, encrusted with deep red, dark green, and light blue colored glass-like bands, its body akin to a golden-colored inlaid stone artwork from ancient civilizations, even more divine.
Its front body raised from the ground, the very front was a serpent's head, with golden horns on the nose, and behind the skull were two more golden horns, left and right, forming a crown-like structure with glass-colored bands and protruding resplendent gold scales, with a perfect Emerald embedded at the center of the crown.
Seemingly responding to the dazzling Emerald, its eyes were similarly brilliant, with ruby and sapphire radiating star-shaped rays, each one glittering with six brilliant rays, truly exceptional twin star ruby and star sapphire.
Although not with a body as mountainous as the ancient giant serpent, the current serpent in front of them was certainly worthy of being called a giant serpent, and compared to the former, its brilliance stood out even more. Appearing before some ancient civilization might even earn it status as a Holy Snake, revered and worshipped.
It was Satus Island's "Star Soul," without a doubt.
"..."
Zoe stared blankly at the giant serpent, murmuring.
"What is it?"
Zoe snapped back, rubbing her forehead, frowning.
"What's wrong? Does your head still hurt?" Li Ang asked.
Could it be that the Curse Rune cannot ward off the nearby Star Soul's influence?
"No, I heard her talking."
Zoe murmured, "She said, rebirth, joy, revenge, possess!"
Possess? Referring to using the young girl with Star Soul Greenhouse physiology as a host, even though it's unclear how such a large serpent could inhabit a human body.
"Either way, we have to fight." Li Ang chuckled softly.
He opened up the panel for this magnificent serpent.