"These commoners' deaths count as a failure of duty on the part of our Evil Extermination Department!" Huang Zhengyang's expression darkened.
With these innocent commoners dead, their friends, relatives, and even the people around them would blame the Evil Extermination Department.
The Evil Extermination Department had nothing to excuse itself with.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Was it the same Evil Venerable's statue?"
"I couldn't see it too clearly." Huang Zhengyang shook his head. "It was vague, but I could make out three faces as well. There should be no mistake."
Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly. "Last time, we harbored a fluke mentality. We should have kept digging deeper."
This three-faced Evil Venerable statue was far too sinister, and its power was formidable.
Moreover, it had appeared deep in the mountains and ancient forests, in a place rarely visited by people.
For the moment, it did not seem terribly harmful.
After barely destroying its statue and lacking the strength to continue tracking it down, they had entertained a lucky hope, believing it might have fallen here by chance from beyond the heavens.
Now, it seemed this Evil Venerable had not come here by coincidence, but deliberately.
Statues falling from the heavens were impossible to guard against. If they wanted to stop it, they could only start at the source.
The prerequisite was finding that source.
Huang Zhengyang shook his head. "It isn't that we don't want to dig deeper. It's that we're powerless to do so."
Chu Zhiyuan sighed. "Let's think of another way this time. Where is Chief Administrator Zhou?"
"Chief Administrator Zhou can't return anytime soon. We can only rely on ourselves." Huang Zhengyang said, "Those fellows in the department are no help either."
"There are quite a few extraordinary people and unusual talents. Last time there wasn't enough time—what about