The temple was enormous. Even with half of it collapsed, there was still plenty of room for Lu Mian to enter.
Lu Mian remained cautious, circulating his Divine Radiance Qi Engine as crimson flames wreathed his body.
If anything attacked him, he would be able to retaliate immediately.
Thick black mist filled the temple. Even the bright flames surging around Lu Mian could not penetrate it.
Lu Mian carried the Black Dragon Halberd, the Ghost Eye between his brows already open.
Judging by the state of these tribal ruins, Lu Mian was certain an Evil Spirit or Weird Being lurked here.
It might even have deliberately released the fluctuations of an origin seed to lure cultivators here and devour them.
As he headed deeper into the collapsed temple, Lu Mian heard faint, elusive chanting.
The chanting sounded ancient and grating, and he could not understand a word of it.
He could sense those strange tones influencing him, attempting to alter his emotions.
"Enough of these cheap tricks!"
Lu Mian remained unmoved.
He was not even afraid of the Great Void Snake Mother. Why would he fear an Evil Spirit?
After walking a dozen meters or so, his Ghost Eye finally picked out a humanoid outline.
The figure seemed to sense his gaze as well. It dispersed the black mist surrounding it, revealing its true form.
It was an enormous, crudely fashioned stone statue.
In truth, it looked more like a boulder over five meters tall. Only its outline resembled a person, with its hands crossed before its chest as though forming some kind of hand seal.
Its facial features were barely discernible.
They were not entirely absent, merely extremely indistinct.
Yet the statue possessed a peculiar air.
It seemed to look down upon all living beings like a god.
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