Deep within Qiong Ridge, amid a stone forest.
Tang Yuan and Lu Feng stood atop a massive boulder, panting heavily as they looked at the remaining six Humanoid Figures, their hearts trembling with fear.
The Nine Figurines Array before them was far stronger than they had imagined.
Tang Yuan had initially thought he could easily deal with the Great Strength Figurine, but it later unleashed an exquisite hammer technique that nearly forced him into defeat. In the end, it was only after Lu Feng called out for him to sever the array's momentum that he barely managed to knock the Great Strength Figurine down.
While Tang Yuan regulated his breathing and recovered, Lu Feng entered the array as well and chose an elderly male figurine holding a palm-leaf fan. Though he was not as bedraggled as Tang Yuan, he still expended considerable effort before ending the battle.
Having dealt with two Humanoid Figures in succession, neither man felt the slightest joy. Instead, the increasingly dense power of the array frightened them even more.
Lu Feng guessed that, with two Humanoid Figures gone, the array's power had contracted and concentrated, possibly strengthening the remaining eight Humanoid Figures. Not daring to be careless, he and Tang Yuan joined forces to select a third Humanoid Figure.
Fortunately, they had anticipated this.
The third Humanoid Figure they chose actually erupted with combat strength at the level of six breaths of the Heaven Soul Realm. It felt no pain and possessed astonishing defenses. Had they not worked together, they likely would not have been able to deal with it so easily.
"Old Lu, are we still fighting?" Tang Yuan asked uneasily after recovering a little strength.
"That should be enough," Lu Feng sighed softly. "Three Humanoid Figures have been destroyed in a row. Senior Artisan