The doors finally opened all the way, and everything inside the inner hall came fully into view... The air was filled with a faint blood-red mist, along with the smell of fresh blood.
The place where the deity lived was not bright at all. It even seemed eerie. On the walls, floor, and pillars of the inner hall, tangled roots could be seen everywhere.
They pulsed rhythmically, like blood vessels carrying a supply of blood... Looking a little closer, one would discover that the roots all originated from the blindfolded woman sitting there.
Her feet!
Her feet were like tree roots, firmly embedded in the floor.
The moment she saw the deity, Mayfair nearly collapsed to her knees—indeed, she had already fallen to her knees, her eyes filled with far too many emotions.
Awe, shock, confusion... fear.
"She doesn't seem to know you're here," Boss Luo said calmly.
Why you and not us... Mayfair did not even stop to consider whether the question was inappropriate. She merely opened her mouth and instinctively said, "I... I don't think I can sense the goddess's Life Aura."
Boss Luo thought for a moment before saying, "You mean the conversation you saw between Captain Malik and the monster in the inner hall?"
"I'm certain!" Mayfair nodded. "But it doesn't seem to be here now?"
Luo Qiu continued, "Miss Mayfair, you said that you saw the monster impersonating the deity and devouring the offerings you had brought up the mountain... Could you describe exactly what you saw? Logically speaking, you shouldn't have come to the Temple unless something happened, right?"
Mayfair looked fearfully at the motionless female deity sitting above them and hesitantly nodded. "Yes. Aside from important occasions, the tribespeople aren't allowed to enter the Temple... But I was actually an apprentice of the