“Should we continue? The things inside might be even harder to deal with than we imagine…” Han Ye said, but seeing Qin Xuan’s expression, he nodded in understanding.
“I understand. Retreat is impossible. We can only move forward!”
What a joke! Having come this far, how could he retreat?
Qin Xuan took a deep breath and continued forward.
Having reached this point, he naturally couldn't leave; he could only press on.
Passing through the square and looking at the broken black chains, Qin Xuan’s expression was somewhat solemn.
Regardless, it seemed that whatever they encountered this time was truly a formidable opponent.
However, for him, no matter the situation, since he had come here, he had to obtain these things.
After crossing the square and the stone pillars, a door appeared ahead.
Looking at the stone door, Qin Xuan took a deep breath, pushed it open, and walked in.
An extremely strong smell of blood assailed him from all directions, and Qin Xuan immediately frowned at the scent.
Beyond the stone door was an even larger square.
In the center of the square was a massive pit, and in the middle of the pit stood a colossal statue.
The statue was incredibly grotesque, it was precisely the statue of the Corpse God.
“Indeed, this Corpse God is being worshipped by the people of the Heavenly Fiend Sect and other nearby Holy Lands and Sects!” Han Ye said to Qin Xuan, who didn’t reply, only staring intently ahead.
In the deep pit of the square, beneath the statue, was a sea of blood, with bloody waves churning and continuously surging towards the central statue.
Human corpses occasionally tumbled within the blood.
“Is this statue absorbing human blood?” Han Ye was incredibly shocked. He hadn't expected that this statue was truly absorbing human blood.
Amidst the blood waves, besides human corpses, soul cores were constantly tumbling, and Mental Energy continuously surged from all directions into the statue.
“Absorbing human blood Qi, plus this Mental Energy, and all these things are just for one statue?”
“What use could this statue possibly have?” Qin Xuan said with some hesitation.
However, Han Ye completely disagreed.
“Things aren’t that simple. Look, this statue is absorbing the blood and the Mental Energy from these soul cores. As for this statue…” Han Ye’s spirit body flew out from Qin Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness, and then he seemed to be uncontrollably drawn towards the statue.
“Danger!” At the critical moment, Qin Xuan used his Mental Energy to pull him back, returning him to the Sea of Consciousness.
“There’s a strange power on that stone statue that can absorb spirit bodies,” Han Ye said, still shaken.
The recent encounter had truly startled him. If Qin Xuan hadn't pulled him back in time, he would have been devoured by the statue.
“Any special discoveries?” Qin Xuan frowned, staring intently at the statue in front of him.
At this moment, he grew even more curious about this stone statue.
“This statue, it’s alive!” Han Ye said to Qin Xuan, still with lingering fear.
“This statue is alive? How is that possible!”
The statue being able to absorb blood and Mental Energy had already exceeded his imagination.
But now Han Ye was telling him that this statue was alive, which Qin Xuan naturally found difficult to comprehend.
“It’s definitely alive. I clearly sensed the life force on the statue just now. I can confirm, this statue is absolutely alive!” Han Ye said with certainty.
If it were someone else speaking, Qin Xuan might have disregarded it.
But since it was Han Ye, he naturally believed it without a doubt.
“A living statue?” Qin Xuan pondered, his gaze towards the statue sharpening.
Although he didn’t know what the Heavenly Fiend Sect was up to with all this pretense, since it was the Heavenly Fiend Sect’s doing, Qin Xuan had no intention of being polite.
“Alive, huh? I’d like to see what’s so formidable about this thing!” Qin Xuan said, his wings extending from his back. He gripped the Wu Feng Sword and slashed down towards the stone statue.
“Buzz!” Just as the Wu Feng Sword was about to strike the stone statue, the statue suddenly opened its eyes!
A powerful Mental Energy attack surged towards Qin Xuan. The strength of the Mental Energy was so immense that even Qin Xuan couldn't help but change his expression.
“Not good, this Mental Energy is too strong, retreat quickly!” Han Ye urgently shouted, but Qin Xuan sneered, his left eye opening and instantly spinning rapidly.
“Boom!” An equally powerful Mental Energy struck the stone statue, and instantly, the two Mental Energies vanished into thin air.
However, having already blocked the first attack, Qin Xuan pressed his advantage, instantly accelerating, circling behind the stone statue, and slashing down towards its head!
Suddenly, the statue’s head spun rapidly, reappearing in front of Qin Xuan.
“Damn it!” Qin Xuan coldly shouted, the Wu Feng Sword slashing down relentlessly.
This Corpse God statue indeed had some tricks.
Even from a distance, Qin Xuan could feel the powerful pressure emanating from the statue.
But for some reason, from beginning to end, the statue had only been fighting him with Mental Energy, showing no intention of using its Physical Body.
“Qin Xuan, the Corpse God’s Physical Body is inside the statue; this outer statue is a shell used to bind him!”
“While he hasn’t broken free from this statue, act quickly!” Han Ye also urged, having mostly guessed the situation by now.
At this point, Qin Xuan also understood that dragging it out would not be a good thing.
“With this statue binding you, you can’t attack, right?!”
“I want to see how capable you truly are!” With that, Qin Xuan raised his hand, and the Refining God Cauldron immediately flew out, directly positioning itself above the statue.
“Refine all of this for me!” Qin Xuan roared, and instantly, a massive suction force emanated from the Refining God Cauldron.
Under this powerful suction, both the statue and the soul cores and blood water below were sucked into the Refining God Cauldron!
“With the Refining God Cauldron here, no matter what you are, you’ll all be refined!”
