Zhao Xun paused, then withdrew the fireball in his hand.
Tsk, tsk.
It seemed the Fire Needles had done too little damage to the Sculpture earlier to trigger the hidden mission.
That meant a Fireball should be able to inflict fairly serious damage on the Sculpture.
Unfortunately, the hidden mission wasn't to destroy the Sculptures.
Although he had figured out how to deal with the Sculptures, he could not attack them for now if he wanted to complete the hidden mission.
And the crucial question he faced now was-how was he supposed to fuse the Sculptures?
This time, the main quest, side quest, and hidden mission were all very brief.
The side quest at least had two sentences of hints. The hidden mission did not even have one.
Normally, the word "fuse" meant that the objects had to become part of one another. Simply sticking or tying them together probably would not count.
But... how could he fuse these Sculptures...
Zhao Xun tilted his head, suddenly struck by an idea.
Melting all the Sculptures down and fusing them into one big lump should work too, right?
The hidden mission did not explicitly require the Sculptures to retain their original appearance, nor did it say he could not destroy their forms.
With that thought, Zhao Xun took a dagger from his Storage Slot and flung it toward the roof.
Under Zhao Xun's control, the dagger cut through several ropes suspending the Sculptures.
The Sculptures fell to the floor one after another with heavy, muffled thuds.
Both burly men were startled, unsure what Zhao Xun intended to do.
Even the two elderly believers who had been tied up began showing signs of waking from the loud impacts.
Zhao Xun gave the two burly men one final order. "Leave this place. Once you