Chen Chuan opened the box and found a copper coin inside, a Saint Circulation Coin from the reign of the Old Imperial Household's Last Emperor.
He turned it over and over, examining it repeatedly, but found it was just an ordinary coin with nothing special about it. He had no idea why it had been deliberately placed here.
After a moment's thought, he put the coin back, deciding to take it outside first.
He rose a little higher, reaching the broken neck of the statue, then took out the small statue he had brought.
This was very likely something used to communicate with it. Just then, the statue in his hand began to tremble slightly, seemingly resonating with the Aspect of Gods and Demons below.
His eyes flickered as he sensed the changes in it, and he seemed to understand. This object had most likely been carved from part of the original head.
At that moment, he faintly heard something, but when he tried to listen, he could not make it out. Through the haze, he also saw the statue of gods and demons below seemingly shift.
He could not help raising an eyebrow.
But just then, he suddenly saw the chains binding the Aspect of Gods and Demons begin to move without any wind, shaking incessantly. As they moved, they gave off a chorus of sounds like golden bells, and faint golden patterns appeared on their surfaces.
Amid this commotion, the whispers that had begun to rise were forced back down, and the statue's body, which had seemed ready to move, was bound fast once again.
His gaze shifted, for in that brief instant, he had clearly seen human figures appearing within the chains, wavering between substance and illusion.
Or rather, the remnants of the Spirit Manifestations of Fighters