"Enough with your smoke and mirrors! We are successors who passed the trials of the Soul-Birth Gate and the Soul Death Gate, here to receive Hou Yi's gifts," Tian Sanqi shouted after steadying himself.
But the moment his words fell, the eyelids of the seven guardian statues suddenly lifted, and all of them opened their eyes.
Even with their eyes open, however, their sockets remained stone, without pupils, making them look utterly eerie.
"Insolent fools!"
The lips of the female statue in the very center moved, and an angry rebuke rang out.
"What the hell? There's another trial after the Soul-Birth Gate and the Soul Death Gate? Why didn't the clan chief mention it?" Yan Lie said.
"Who cares... Why don't we just smash all these statues?" Li Biao said with a grin.
Everyone flexed their fists and rubbed their palms, ready to fight, but Shen Luo felt that something was amiss.
Just as they prepared for another battle, the entire hall suddenly shook violently. Rather than simply swaying from side to side, the floor rose and slowly fell, as though an earth dragon were turning over beneath it, heaving like surging waves.
"Who exactly are you? Why did you destroy the Soul-Suppressing Pillars? Were you sent by Wu Luo?" the female statue in the center demanded again.
At these words, a bad premonition flashed through Shen Luo's mind.
"Wu Luo? Soul-Suppressing Pillars? What does any of that mean?" Taoxiang asked with a frown.
"Wasn't this a trial in Hou Yi's Tomb? What Soul-Suppressing Pillars?" Myriad Waters True Immortal was equally bewildered.
Before anyone could work it out, the hall began shaking even more violently. Muffled booms mingled with the heaving of the floor, deepening their unease.
"Those things escaped after all..." the female statue sighed forlornly.
The moment her