The exploration began, and everyone followed Li Jianyi deep into the mine.
The enormous statue, resembling an Evil God, stood ahead. The faint ominous aura permeating the surroundings made the Young Emperors stop in their tracks.
"Is this a statue of Houtu?" The man from the Apricot Altar carrying numerous scrolls frowned. "I've entered several of Houtu's ruins, but I've never seen Houtu depicted like this... It's astonishing."
As he spoke, the man directly took out a blank scroll and unfurled it in the air. He raised a black brush, dabbed it with ink in midair, and prepared to paint the Evil God Statue.
Yet fine beads of sweat soon appeared on his forehead... Suddenly, the entire scroll exploded, and the man revealed a look of uncertainty.
"Gu Kai?" Yue Huaixian frowned.
The painter, Gu Kai, gently shook his head. "I'm fine. My skill simply isn't refined enough to capture the statue's divine essence."
As he spoke, the somewhat frail man looked up at the statue, appearing utterly dejected.
At that moment, a man in a bright-red military uniform and possessing an extraordinary bearing slowly approached from behind them. He was none other than Weijia, known throughout the martial world as the General.
Those who came with Weijia included Black Star, holding a communications screen, and Niu Daguan... more or less.
"Everyone, be careful. It's best not to stare directly into the statue's eyes. They can cause people to lose their minds." Weijia's voice slowly rang out. "Quite a few people have already been injured because of it."
"How much strange power could a statue surviving from the Previous Era still possess?" Huiye Bairen shook his head dismissively. Then he suddenly stretched out both hands, grabbed Second Xiao Wu's head, and turned it toward the statue's eyes while he himself