"You're... Chen Fangqing too!?"
The black-robed elder's Mist Aura body was seized by the Divine Statue as though bound by chains. His form, which had nearly dissolved into pure mist, condensed once more, revealing the black-robed elder again.
He turned to look. His illusory eyes widened slightly, and stormy waves surged through his heart!
Shock, confusion, doubt...
Thoughts churned within him. An ancient being like him had seen much, yet he still found this inconceivable!
But he quickly recovered and stirred the billowing Mist Aura, sending ripples spreading through the surroundings.
In an instant, helplessness rose in Chen Cuo's heart—the helplessness of facing a bottleneck, of confronting his own limits. No matter how he struggled, before that surging tide he was an ant trying to shake a tree, unable to change a thing!
Filled with that thought, the Divine Statue swayed, and the black-robed elder began to break free.
But the moment he flew out, a Golden Man reached out and seized him.
Black Chains shot from the Golden Man and wrapped around the black-robed elder, making him shudder!
"The God-Binding Lock? No, the Demon-Binding Cord. Its power is incomplete, but this isn't my true body, and it actually restrains me! Was this part of your scheme too, Chen Fangqing? I fell into your trap after all!"
Feeling the torrents of watery light bursting from the Divine Statue, the black-robed elder grew deeply wary!
*Chen Fangqing is too cunning! No wonder the others have suffered defeat after defeat! Who could withstand this? Even I never imagined that a Divine Statue in the River Domain, tucked away at the edge of Beyond the Mundane, was part of his plan! He foresaw today's events! What unfathomable calculation! What exquisite scheming! Did this man truly descend from the Thirty-Six Heavens, intending to invade