Chapter 301


    The elderly preacher halted before an imposing stone gate, standing still for a moment as his hand instinctively traced a protrusion to press gently.


    Then, a deep, pulsating glow erupted from the gate, its eerie light wrapping around his hand before extending towards his body.


    The light epassed his entire body as if confirming the elderly preachers identity before gradually fading.


    For a few seconds, nothing happened, but then a creaking noise began to reverberate as the stone gate began to swing open on its own.


    Behind him, several yers widened their eyes, their curiosity piqued by the unfolding scene beyond the stone gate.


    Meanwhile, Ev, who is positioned at the rear, became intensely vignt at the sight.


    As the groups field of view gradually widened, everyone finally saw the scene inside the stone gate more clearly.


    It was a vast hall with ancient stone pirs erected around it, and each pirs depicted a ferocious mural of dragons.


    Ev discretely scanned the hall, as a mixture of slight regret and relief washed over her as she failed to detect the aura of Nidhogg.


    Of course, this discovery also meant that perhaps the other party had already been revived and this so-called Land of Vitality had already fulfilled its intended purpose long ago.


    However, even though she couldnt sense Nidhoggs aura, at the moment the hall opened, Eve suddenly felt a rather familiar sensation.


    She suddenly looked up toward a certain direction in the hall, only to see a towering gray-ck pyramid at its deepest part.


    Specifically, it was a pyramid with a crescent-shaped orb floating atop it.


    The orb emitted a dark green light which is constantly flickering and vaguely revealing something rotating inside it.


    As Eves eyesnded on the orb, the initial familiar sensation she felt intensified with each passing moment sheid eyes upon it.


    <em>This is the aura of a divine artifact! Moreover simply looking at it fills me with a sense of familiarity and closeness! This divine artifact definitely belongs to my predecessor.</em>


    Eves eyes widened momentarily, whilst a surge of excitement coursed through her.


    However, this artifacts aura is somewhat strangeit feels somewhat chaotic and unstable.


    As Ev observed the orbs constant flickering and noted its distinct crescent shape, her initial agitation subsided swiftly.


    <em>Could it bea fragment of the Scepter of Life?</em>


    The followers of the Despair Church, established by the Ancient Dragon Nidhogg, can perform healing miracles thats even more powerful than those typically performed by the Orthodox Churches.


    As such, this rather miraculous ability of theirs can only mean one thing.


    That Nidhogg has somehow stolen a portion of the naturalws of life and somehow gained a certain degree of control over them.


    Before, Ev had spected as to whether this malevolent ancient dragon had gained a portion of Lifes Essence by devouring her predecessors roots, therebyprehending some of the World Trees governing naturalws.


    <em>Or perhaps He simply directly or indirectly obtained a divine artifact that belonged to the World Tree.</em>


    However, when Ev finally saw this crescent-shaped orb, the answer to her spections was already obvious


    <em>It is indeed the Scepter of Life! It was through this iplete artifact that Nidhogg gained the ability to grant his followers the ability to perform healing miracles. Howeverthis is not theplete Scepter of Life, but merely a fragment of it! </em>


    Ev came to this conclusion.


    <em>The Scepter of Life I didnt expect it to be here! Although it seems to be just a fragment, but if I could obtain it, then it would be enough to further elevate my mastery over the naturalws of life to another level!</em>


    However


    Eves gaze shifted slightly downward as her eyes narrowed gradually.


    Below the pyramid were rows upon rows of translucent grayish-ck cocoons, and within each cocoon, a human-shaped figure with closed eyes could be seen


    Wait, arent those elves?!


    Theres so many elves! There must be at least a few hundred, right?


    Within Little Salty Cats livestream, a flood of viewerments like these began to appear one after another


    Meanwhile, the yers who came alongside Ev also became increasingly serious after noticing the cocoons.


    Why are there so many elves here? (|||)


    Little Salty Cat typed in confusion.


    HootyBirds eyes narrowed slightly:


    Quick, look at the base of the pyramid!


    Upon seeing her message, the yers hurriedly nced down at the bottom of the pyramid, and noticed that each cocoon had a slender tube connecting to the pyramid.


    Moreover, upon closer inspection, they could also faintly see greenish energy flowing through the tubes into the pyramid, as it ultimately converged into the crescent-shaped Orb thats floating at the top


    What is that?


    What, What did you guys see? Cant really see anything since its so dark


    Curiosity flickered among several of the livestream viewers.


    Meanwhile, Ev, upon seeing the elves inside the cocoons down below, instantly understood what Nidhogg was doing


    <em>I seeSo hes relying upon the elves bloodline to repair the Scepter of Life!</em>


    Among the artifacts of the former World Tree, the Scepter of Life stands as one of the three great divine artifacts, wielding some authority over the naturalws of life itself.


    Moreover, while itscking in offensive capabilities, the Scepter of Life harbors terrifying healing abilities and the capacity to nurture life, fostering a creature to rapidly transform and evolve.


    For any race, this is an artifact capable of altering their fate.


    It was because of this that during the Thousand-Year Heavenly War, the gods fought over the Scepter of Life, leading to its fragmentation


    Its just that those fools never expected that the one who had been collecting fragments of the Scepter of Life in the aftermath to be the revived Nidhogg himself!


    Hmm although this old dragon seems to havepletely fallen into an evil god.


    And since the Scepter of Life was created by her predecessor from a condensed essence of its own, repairing it also requires the bloodline of the World Tree.


    Stunned silence fell among the few gathered individuals as they gazed at the pyramid, lost in their own contemtions, until the elderly preachers voice broke the quiet once more.


    You,e here.


    Without them even noticing it, the old man had already reached the bottom of the pyramid.


    Each of you now have be true followers of despair, and as servants of the Lord, every believer shoulde here to pray devoutly.


    The old man said.


    After speaking, he turned around and bowed slightly towards the crescent-shaped orb on the pyramid.


    Praise the Lord, the great God of Despair! He eximed fervently.


    And the other hooded believers also made the same gesture:


    Praise the Lord, the great God of Despair!


    Seeing this scene, Eves heart stirred.


    By now, she also finally understood why the old man had brought them here.


    Repairing the Scepter of Life not only required the bloodline of the World Tree but also the divinity of life.


    s, Nidhogg did not possess the divinity of life, so instead he used the power of faith that the artifact can epted more easily rtive to his own divine power as a substitute, having his believers continuously pray towards the Scepter of Life!


    This was both Nidhoggs way of repairing the Scepter of Life and leaving his mark upon it!


    And seeing the old mans actions, the five chosen yers looked at each other and also pretended to pray to the pyramid.


    Of course, their prayers have no effect whatsoever.


    Meanwhile, Eves mind gradually formed another bold idea


    <strong>301</strong>


    <strong></strong><strong>SCEPTER OF LIFE </strong><hr><hr>