With the Golden Armored Corpse clearing the way, the tight security on the Ice and Snow God Temple's main peak was rendered useless. A narrow passage opened through the hard rock walls, and Han Shuo and the Water Armored Corpse followed the Golden Armored Corpse, swiftly retreating outside.
The Ice and Snow Goddess Statue was the key to the God-Making Plan. Developed by numerous masters of alchemy, pharmacology, and forging, it was the foundation on which Ice God Corey had pinned all his hopes. Its collapse was like a sharp sword driven savagely into Keli's heart, inflicting unbearable pain.
The information the Golden Armored Corpse relayed to Han Shuo told him that it had killed every master involved in creating the Ice and Snow Goddess Statue. Without those masters, who had spent years researching this field, Ice God Corey's God-Making Plan could never be restored.
Although Han Shuo had been severely wounded by Ice Explosion, he had successfully intimidated Ice God Corey and the others by using Heavenly Demon Sound to exploit their fear of him. But when he saw Ice God Corey descend into madness again over the Ice and Snow Goddess Statue, Han Shuo knew that Corey, driven into a corner, would not be easy to handle. He had no choice but to leave for the time being.
Only after traveling some distance through the passage away from the mountain's interior did Han Shuo turn to look at the Water Armored Corpse, who had absorbed an enormous amount of power. At that glance, Han Shuo was suddenly startled, then delighted by his transformation.
After absorbing the Ice and Snow Goddess Statue's ice and water energy, the Water Armored Corpse's formerly ordinary appearance had undergone an astonishing change. His thick eyebrows had become slender and curved, his nose was