Lin Hui appeared before the statue of a goddess, raising his head to stare at the strange idol.
"Let's make a deal. Can you remove the Gaze on me?" He tried communicating with the statue, to see whether it could be reasoned with.
After all, this world was full of all manner of gods and monsters. Perhaps this statue could communicate? Otherwise, why would people this powerful worship a statue so obediently?
The statue gave no response.
"If you won't remove it, don't blame me for taking action." He spoke again.
The statue remained still, and the status on the Blood Seal did not change either.
Ssh!
The next instant, the entire statue was split in two, severed at the waist.
The heavy upper half slowly slid, tilted, and finally smashed viciously into the cave floor.
Ssh!
Lin Hui swung his sword again, chopping the statue—made from some unknown material—into countless small pieces.
Once he was done, he quickly searched the corpses, tossed them all out of the cave, and swiftly withdrew from within.
As for the purple crystals, there were more than ten full crates of them. He could not carry them all away in one trip. These purple crystals could greatly increase the speed of Body Tempering and internal-force cultivation; they were first-rate cultivation resources. He had to bring every last one back for his own use.
After secretly returning to Qingfeng Temple with two crates, Lin Hui made several quick trips to the Purple Crystal Ruins to transport the crystals.
He had not encountered opponents at the God Official or Great God Official level on this outing, which had been fortunate. But being afflicted by the gaze of that so-called Fog God and having his speed reduced by around half was somewhat more loss than gain.
Fortunately,