"Let's go up."
The clone scouted ahead all the way upward and soon vanished into the evil miasma.
Strangely enough, the evil miasma around the temple was thinner instead, and the view was much clearer, though the light remained dim.
Qin He leaped onto the steps and led the two beasts upward.
Each broad step was a zhang high. As they climbed step by step, everything below was quickly swallowed by the evil miasma again.
"Master, is there danger?" Lamborghini asked warily.
It had suddenly become quiet here—the deathly kind of silence. It was unlike the foot of the mountain, where the evil miasma still howled like ghosts.
Yet this silence was even more hair-raising than ghostly wails.
Boom!
Just then, the ground ahead suddenly shook violently, and something came clattering down.
Very soon, a huge round stone burst through the evil miasma above and came hurtling down, followed by even more rubble.
"Freeze!"
Ma Fei pointed a finger, sending a speck of golden light toward the round stone. In an instant, the stone seemed to have struck a swamp. Its momentum slowed, and it finally came to a steady stop two steps away.
Looking closely, they saw that a piece of the round stone was missing. Lightning flashed across its surface, and it had eyes, a nose, and a mouth—all its features intact.
It was actually the head of a "stone statue."
"Master, what is this?" Ma Fei asked. Qin He's clone that had gone ahead to clear the way had made its move.
"An Array-Born Stone probably developed spiritual intelligence and became one of the evil creatures in this area." Qin He clasped his hands behind his back and continued upward without slowing.
Ma Fei nodded after hearing this, inexplicably letting out a breath of relief.
At last,