He snorted. "It must have been those fiends!"
Chu Zhiyuan nodded.
No matter how this news had spread, its root cause had to be those fiends.
They were working in concert with the Undying Evil Venerable.
Huang Zhengyang frowned. "Those fiends want so many people to go there. Are they trying to help the divine statue control more experts?"
He turned to Chu Zhiyuan. "Brother Chu, what do you think?"
"I'm afraid it's worse than that."
"Worse? Do they want to kill those experts?"
"The Undying Evil Venerable statues we've encountered usually have only two methods. One is using illusions to control people; the other is using illusions to kill them."
"Yes, exactly!" Huang Zhengyang agreed. "Could it be the second?"
"Most likely the second. Even if it's the first, its ultimate goal is probably still the second. Whenever the Undying Evil Venerable descends, it is always accompanied by death and slaughter. Nothing else."
"Damn it! They deserve to die ten thousand deaths!" Huang Zhengyang said bitterly. "How many innocent commoners have died at their hands!"
"We still have to eliminate the problem at its root. Unfortunately..." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.
Huang Zhengyang sighed.
Unfortunately, the Imperial Court was withholding the secret art. They did not trust Chu Zhiyuan, making it impossible to truly threaten the Undying Evil Venerable.
If this continued, the Undying Evil Venerable would not only refuse to stop, but would instead grow ever more vicious.
"The Imperial Court must have noticed this trend, right?" Chu Zhiyuan said. "More and more Undying Evil Venerables are descending, and they're getting stronger and stronger."
"Yes."
"...To stop these experts from heading over there now, the Imperial Court will have to mobilize a great many experts. Even then, I'm afraid it may not be enough."
Chu Zhiyuan could not