"Phew, that was close." Qin Hao let out a breath after dodging the shockwave from the skeletal humanoid Demonic Beast's roar.
But he did not retreat any farther.
The whole of Guangyin City was shrouded in Demonic Qi and crushed beneath the skeletal humanoid Demonic Beast's immense pressure. Only the area around the Stone Person Statue was somewhat shielded from it.
In other words...
If Qin Hao and Yun Chang retreated any farther, they would fall under that pressure again and be unable to move. If danger struck then, both of them would die.
"Big Brother, look at the Stone Person Statue's chest! That's... a Great Dao Origin Crystal Stone!" Yun Chang stared at the distant statue and drew a sharp breath. "It's enormous!"
Startled by Yun Chang's words, Qin Hao hurriedly looked over.
Sure enough.
Set in the giant Stone Person Statue's chest was a Great Dao Origin Crystal Stone roughly ten feet across.
It glowed with a faint milky-white light, extraordinary to behold!
"A Great Dao Origin Crystal Stone that big?" Qin Hao was taken aback. Most of the crystals they had found before were only fist-sized, and even the largest was no bigger than a head.
This Crystal Stone was larger than all the Great Dao Origin Crystal Stones they had found put together.
Even from where he stood, Qin Hao could sense the vast quantity of Xuanhuang Qi within the Crystal Stone.
"No less than the Celestial Pivot Daoist's Xuanhuang Qi."
Qin Hao's breathing quickened.
If he could obtain such a huge Great Dao Origin Crystal Stone, he would surely be able to disperse and dissolve the Great Dao Miasma faster.
But...
"How could there be such a huge Great Dao Origin Crystal Stone inside the Stone Person Statue? When we passed it earlier, I didn't