Click, click, click, click.
As the rattling of mechanisms echoed through the Great Hall, the enormous Metal Gate swung open, and Ye Han walked out of the vast Palace of the Buddha-Heart Trial.
The sight before him left him visibly startled.
At the same time...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Amid the ruins, Hei Lin, Buddha-Seal Daoist, Fairy Fire Spirit, and Fairy Water Dew all turned to look at him in unison.
What was going on?
The enormous Buddha Statues that had lined both sides of the passage they had entered earlier had all been destroyed. Heaps of shattered stone from the collapsed Buddha Statues surrounded them...
Countless Buddha Murals and Buddha Statues on the floor and walls had also crumbled and shattered, as though the entire enormous plaza had been destroyed. It seemed that while Ye Han had been resisting the power of the Buddhist Dao Conversion Laws, the others outside in the Buddha-Heart Trial Grounds had run into considerable trouble as well. Had these Buddha Statues attacked them?
Taking in the situation, Ye Han was quite astonished. No wonder he had sensed that something was wrong with everyone outside. None of them seemed to be in good shape.
Although all four were still alive, they had suffered serious injuries, and their cultivation and spell power were far below what they had been before he entered the Buddha-Heart Trial Grounds.
Fairy Water Dew in particular had a feeble aura. She had clearly suffered a grievous injury. Her cultivation barely remained at the half-step True Immortal realm, but her aura and spell power were extremely weak.
Clearly, everyone had fought a terrifying battle in this passage and won a bitter, costly victory.
Ye Han looked at them, and they looked back at him.
Strange expressions appeared on their faces, for none