Hall of Valor, southern side hall.
Xu Nan and Ben tiptoed across the crystal floor, inching closer to the central area.
They did not dare move too quickly. Every so often, they had to use their own bodies to test whether the petrification curse still lingered nearby.
Both Ben and Xu Nan possessed extremely strong resistance to curses.
But their opponent had been a Star Beast powerful enough to drag the Fairy Nymph Queen down with it.
That Star Beast's curse had even completely weakened the mighty race of Fairy Nymphs.
So even after all these years, neither of them dared let down their guard.
As a result, they moved rather slowly.
But everything had its advantages and disadvantages.
Because of the curse, there were no guards in the Hall of Valor.
For a great ancient monarch, that was an extremely rare thing.
As Xu Nan made his way through the hall, he saw many exquisitely featured stone statues.
Every one of them was beautiful. Some even wore smiles, though a trace of sorrow lingered in their eyes.
Some sat upright and proper, some bowed their heads in prayer, while others still held weapons aloft, as though fighting some unknown monster.
These were all nymphs affected by the petrification curse.
Xu Nan felt somewhat heavy-hearted.
These nymphs had once followed the Ancient Gods in slaying foreign enemies and Star Beasts, only to willingly be buried alongside their queen in the end. Yet the world might not even know their names or origins, much less their joys and sorrows.
He sensed utter stillness of death from these nymphs.
That evil power made the bloodline within him boil uncontrollably. If not for the Authority of Entropy suppressing it, Xu Nan even suspected that the constantly surging alarm in his heart would drive