He stepped forward and immediately entered through the ruined gate.
The others hesitated for a moment before entering as well.
Suddenly, screams rang out without end.
The gate that had just been opened had already closed!
Yet Sect Master Tongtian could not detect anything happening inside from outside the gate.
From his perspective, all nine people were perfectly normal. Nothing unexpected had happened!
But then, where had those screams come from?
Sect Master Tongtian did not understand, so he climbed over the wall and entered as well.
Yet the desolate and eerie scene before him was still the same as what he had seen earlier. The nine people had already reached the depths of the ancient temple. They stood there blankly inside a temple hall, staring motionlessly at a strange Buddha statue.
Half of the statue was a ferocious demon, while the other half was a benevolent and solemn Buddha!
It was Sect Master Tongtian's first time seeing such an eerie statue. Even more unexpectedly, when he looked closely, he discovered that the statue looked exactly like him!
Could this statue have something to do with him?
The nine people stood before the statue as if their acupoints had suddenly been sealed.
Sect Master Tongtian walked over, but they showed no reaction at all.
On closer inspection, their primordial spirits were already gone. Only remnants of their souls remained inside their bodies, barely supporting them. Otherwise, they would not even have been able to stand.
Sect Master Tongtian furrowed his brows slightly as he recalled the screams he had heard earlier.
The sound had clearly come from inside the ancient temple, yet he had not seen anything happen. What exactly was going on?
After pondering for a while, he left through the place where he had entered.
Then he arrived