Xiao Yu had barely made her move when the stone statue that had been blasted away earlier began to stir.
All of a sudden, the female stone statue started trembling slightly.
At the same time, a powerful surge of energy instantly erupted from within it.
The energy fluctuations roared, transforming into visible astral energy that rippled outward in all directions.
We sensed that aura and energy at once and turned to look.
What we saw was that the female statue was not only trembling and releasing powerful energy fluctuations, but pale violet arcs of electricity were also beginning to dance across its surface.
"Crack, crack crack..."
"Electric arcs?"
I narrowed my eyes as I spoke.
"Ou Doudou! Is there an evil spirit inside that stone statue too?"
Zhang Yuchen exclaimed in surprise as he cut down a Japanese onmyoji.
"Most likely. Its energy is even stronger than that Nine Chrysanthemum Magatsuhi Lord!"
Pan Ling's eyes widened as she observed the situation.
Xiao Yu, who had rushed forward, naturally noticed the abnormality as well.
Her movements suddenly slowed. She raised the Black Umbrella in her hand and swung it directly.
In an instant, a violent blast of frigid Yin energy slammed toward the female stone statue.
But just as Xiao Yu's attack was about to strike the statue—
Violet light flashed from it, followed by a deafening BOOM as it exploded. Shattered stones flew everywhere, striking many of the surrounding onmyoji.
Several unlucky ones were hit in the head and died on the spot.
And at the instant the statue shattered, an electric arc burst apart with a crack. Violet arcs crackled continuously, forming a ball of lightning that appeared where the statue had stood.
The lightning sphere was terrifyingly huge, about the size of a person. Violet-white electric arcs crackled