As day gave way to night, a glimmer of light fell upon Great Hua Mountain.
The mountain was riddled with wounds. After a night of fighting, the force of Divine Abilities and Spellcraft had swept across its slopes and beyond, withering trees and grass and sending birds and beasts fleeing in terror.
A vast section of the mountainside had collapsed, damaging the Spirit Vein beneath it.
Before Great Hua Mountain.
Qi-Observing True Person sat motionless, his body shriveled like a wooden carving. The air of death and decay hung about him, and he paid no heed to anything around him.
Wisps of Smoke Aura and Mist Aura seemed to be squeezed forcibly from his body.
The moment they burst from his flesh, they shot straight toward the Divine Statue before the Frost Gate!
The Smoke Aura wound around the Divine Statue, slowly obscuring its original appearance. Even its presence twisted and changed, taking on an eerie air.
Faint ripples of Smoke Aura spread outward!
But in the next instant, a wind cold enough to freeze all things swept in, threatening to scatter the Divine Statue and the Mist Aura around it!
Then a sudden pull erupted from the Frost Gate and swallowed the freezing wind whole!
Black threads followed close behind, each one writhing as they tried to bind the Divine Statue.
But wrapped in Mist Aura, the Divine Statue seemed both real and illusory. The black threads passed straight through, unable to hold it!
"There's something unusual about that Divine Statue."
Not far away, Hui Shuo Zi had reached Jiezhuzi and stood shoulder to shoulder with Junior Brother. Black threads then converged from every direction and formed the figure of Tu Nan Zi beside them.
"It moves between the real and the illusory. There's no catching it!"
No sooner