Regardless of whether this canyon is the location of the Heavenly Secret Lock, its creation by nature alone is already a miracle.
Yang Zhen looked at the two statues with amazement, a hint of doubt gradually appearing in his eyes.
Judging from the attire of these two statues, they do not belong to any race or continent that Yang Zhen is familiar with, and at least they do not belong to any place that Yang Zhen has been to.
Seemingly noticing the doubt in Yang Zhen's eyes, Gong Sanhe smiled and explained, "This is Ancient War God, a powerful being that only exists in legends. It was already extinct in High Antiquity times, let alone the prehistoric era. To this day, the legends of such Ancient War God have been lost."
" Ancient War God?"
Yang Zhen's eyes lit up as he listened, and he looked at Gong Sanhe with curiosity, asking, "What are the strengths of these War God? The weapons they're holding look very strange."
It looked exactly like the legendary halberd. At this time, most cultivators used swords, and knives and other unusual weapons were rarely used, so Yang Zhen was quite surprised.
Ding Chun, recovering from his shock, chuckled upon hearing Yang Zhen's words and said, " Ancient War God were beings capable of fighting dragons and phoenixes. That level of power is beyond human comprehension. It is said that in the vastness of heaven and earth, only the legendary sacred Qilin can rival the War God, being evenly matched in combat strength."
Yang Zhen's eyes widened instantly, completely ignoring Ding Chun's veiled mockery, and he muttered to himself, "Damn, so the Qilin is this awesome?"
"What did you say?" Ding Chun asked, frowning.
"Nothing!" Yang Zhen said with a sneer, "Since it's such a powerful being, why would it become the gatekeeper of the Heavenly Secret Lock? It seems that even this so-called Ancient War God must survive under the will of heaven and earth!"
Ding Chun and Wen Yuning's expressions changed simultaneously, and they stared at Yang Zhen in horror.
Gong Sanhe looked at Yang Zhen with a strange expression, took a deep breath, hesitated, and finally gave Yang Zhen a meaningful look before saying thoughtfully, " The Will of Heaven and Earth and earth is the foundation of the existence of heaven and earth. No living being can transcend the power of heaven and earth. This is the ancient rule of heaven and earth. Young friend Li, do not ponder this matter any further."
Yang Zhen smiled indifferently.
Gong Sanhe spoke lightly, and Yang Zhen didn't take it seriously either. He was still a long way from dealing with such issues, and thinking about it now was pointless.
Ding Chun and Wen Yuning a glance, both looking at Yang Zhen with some strangeness. Ding Chun, in particular, had a look of absurdity flash in her eyes, and her gaze towards Yang Zhen carried a hint of looking at a madman and disdain.
"Let's go down!"
Gong Sanhe didn't delve into this matter, and said to the two of them with a smile.
Having come this far, there was no reason not to go down. The three of them slowly walked into the canyon, but suddenly turned back. The four of them looked up at the giant toes of the Ancient War God, completely dumbfounded.
Yang Zhen shrugged and said, "Now look what happened. This godforsaken place is obviously protected by some kind of restriction. It's like a maze. We were walking in a straight line, going straight into the canyon, but we ended up coming back out."
Ding Chun frowned and said, "Could it be that we've already crossed the canyon, and these two Ancient War God statues are actually two different ones?"
"That's easy to do!"
Yang Zhen took out the Great Deficiency Sword and smashed it towards the toes of the Ancient War God with a loud bang, but Ding Chun held him back tightly.
"What are you doing!" Ding Chun looked at Yang Zhen with a bewildered expression and hurriedly stopped him, "Don't do anything reckless! Offending the Ancient War God is no joke!"
Yang Zhen was taken aback. "This thing is just a statue. Do you think I would offend a statue?"
That's pretty impressive. Could a mere statue possibly possess the will of War God?
"Able!"
Wen Yuning suddenly spoke up, saying, "Legend has it that the Ancient War God manifested the Dharma Idol of Heaven and Earth, possessing countless incarnations. These two lifelike statues might just be one of the Ancient War God's incarnations!"
Yang Zhen exclaimed in surprise, carrying the Great Deficiency Sword and looking at the statue with astonishment.
So there really is such a thing as the Dharma Idol of Heaven and Earth, but Yang Zhen was a little skeptical that the statue was the embodiment of two War God.
What kind of War God would leave their physical body here for so long, especially with two people guarding a Heavenly Secret Lock? Don't Ancient War God have any dignity? Which War God isn't high and mighty? If it were just one person, Yang Zhen might actually believe it. But two people? Haha. Maybe someone deliberately put two so-called War God without any official title to scare people.
Seeing Ding Chun and Wen Yuning staring at Yang Zhen with tense expressions, Yang Zhen hurriedly assured them, "Alright, we won't smash anything!"
Ding Chun and Wen Yuning had just breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged a glance when they heard a loud bang, which startled them so much that their faces changed drastically and they cried out in alarm.
Yang Zhen sheathed the Great Deficiency Sword, staring warily at the two War God. After a moment, seeing that the two War God statues remained motionless, he shrugged and said, "See? Nothing's wrong!"
"You!"
Ding Chun's face turned ashen, and his eyes widened in horror as he stared at Yang Zhen with a bewildered expression. "Are you out of your mind? You dare to try something like this so easily?"
Wen Yuning also shook her head, clearly somewhat dissatisfied with Yang Zhen's actions.
Yang Zhen couldn't explain the concept of "two tigers cannot share one mountain" to the three of them. Since he had already done it, he said to Gong Sanhe, "Senior, I've left the mark. Shall we go again?"
Gong Sanhe looked at Yang Zhen with a wry smile and nodded, saying, "That's the only way. Let's figure out what's going on here first."
As he spoke, Gong Sanhe gave Ding Chun and Wen Yuning a wink, and Yang Zhen also frowned.
Deadpool?
Yang Zhen asked in surprise.
Sure enough, there were some ripples not far away; these guys really had caught up, and they were catching up so fast.
Ding Chun and Wen Yuning's expressions were not very good, but they nodded without showing any emotion upon hearing this.
Gong Sanhe snorted coldly, turned around and walked inside, saying, "Ignore them. The Mara Palace has four gates. Judging from the aura just now, they should be from the Mara Sect. As long as we don't provoke them, they won't make a move easily."
Yang Zhen was stunned, almost confused by Gong Sanhe's words.
The Mara Palace has four gates, one of which is the Mara Sect. What gate did the one who Curse Yang Zhen enter?
As they walked, Yang Zhen asked Gong Sanhe, "Senior, I've heard that there's a sect within the Mara Palace that possesses an extremely vicious method, seemingly capable of casting Curse on people?"
Upon hearing Yang Zhen's words, Gong Sanhe was taken aback and turned around to look at Yang Zhen with a strange expression.
Yang Zhen looked at Gong Sanhe in surprise and asked, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Gong Sanhe pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "What you're describing should be a sinister technique of the Mara Sect called the Soul Chain Technique!"
What the heck?
Yang Zhen was stunned; the Soul Chain Technique sounded terrifying.
At this moment, Wen Yuning explained, "Although the Soul Chain Technique is an extremely insidious method, not many disciples of the Mara Sect are willing to use it. This is because once used, one must refine their own flesh and blood into Technique Talisman in a very short time and inject it into the enemy's body. The success rate is very low, and the caster will undoubtedly die, so..."
"So..." Yang Zhen stared in disbelief, then continued, "So, apart from deep-seated hatred, like killing one's father or stealing one's wife, no one would use this kind of Soul Chain Technique?"
"Hmm!" Wen Yuning looked puzzled.
Yang Zhen had an urge to find that bastard's skin and bones and whip him a hundred times.
What kind of deep-seated hatred could there be? Are all the people of the Mara Sect a bunch of lunatics?