Once Chen Cheng had learned where that damned thing was hiding, he swung his fist at the Great Sage in the memory.
He was leaving anyway. If he did not throw that punch, he would never be able to swallow his resentment.
His fist smashed through the Great Sage's figure, blowing it apart. At the same time, the memory began to shake violently.
Just as Chen Cheng thought he was about to wake, the statue in the memory moved. A sinister aura rose from it, and a cold, bewitching voice sounded:
"Ant. You dare spy on this god?"
This is bad, Chen Cheng thought. That damned thing clearly had some way of sensing the Great Sage's memories.
The statue reached out to seize him, but the memory cut off abruptly. In the next instant, Chen Cheng's consciousness returned to his body.
Chen Cheng staggered back several steps, panting as he tried to calm the terror of his brush with death.
Kui Niu saw him and asked with concern:
"Your Majesty, how are you? Are you all right?"
Chen Cheng waved a hand to show he was fine. Song Dragon, meanwhile, wore an expression that said she had expected exactly this.
"Looks like you were discovered."
Chen Cheng looked up at Song Dragon and said:
"You knew all along."
By then, She Li's Butcher Knife was pressed against Song Dragon's long, pale neck.
Feeling the Saber Intent emanating from the Butcher Knife, Song Dragon did not panic. She merely looked at Chen Cheng, her eyes flickering, and said:
"You completed Sequence Apotheosis, didn't you? Can you tell me everything you went through to ascend?"
This time, Song Dragon did not call herself "this god." She said "me." Clearly, she truly wanted the Godhood Ascension Method.
But Chen Cheng was not having