Inquiry about immortality

Chapter 2718 The True Holy Image

"Beware of danger!"

The sudden change revealed a hint of panic in Elder Mu's voice, showcasing his superb acting skills.

If Qin Sang didn't know the truth, she might actually be fooled into thinking it was an accident.

The power of the fog tide was exceptionally strong, even more so than the turbulent currents of the deep blue sea. It immediately swept Qin Sang and Elder Mu into it. Although the two resisted with all their might, they could not avoid sliding into the depths of the fog tide.

"not good!"

The three people following behind them, including Youyan, were not spared either. Youyan realized the danger, but it was too late.

They were tracking Qin Sang and Elder Mu through the thick fog, which was already quite difficult as they had to conceal their movements and evade the Green Serpent's encirclement. Fortunately, the Nine Nether Demon Clan had a special inheritance; otherwise, they would have been exposed soon after setting foot on land and would not have been able to follow them here at all.

The sudden arrival of the fog was undoubtedly adding insult to injury for them. Their lives were threatened, and they didn't care at all whether they would be exposed.

The three were swept away by the fog on the spot, following in the footsteps of Qin Sang and Elder Mu.

"Old Mu, save me!"

Qin Sang's face was full of panic, and her acting skills were no less impressive than those of Elder Mu.

At this moment, Qin Sang, You Yan, and the other two all felt a strong threat from the mist tide. When they were swept into the mist tide, they subconsciously activated their Dharma Domain power to protect themselves, but unexpectedly, there was a mysterious power in the mist tide that could directly erode their Dharma Domain.

The surroundings seemed not to be mist, but a sea of ​​fire, and their magical power was rapidly depleted under the scorching flames.

Even more terrifying, the fog seemed to have taken them to another world. They lost all sense of the outside world, and the green snakes vanished in an instant, disappearing into an unknown place.

Soon, they all thought of the same thing—a formation!

There must be a formation here, and they've all fallen into some kind of grand formation, which explains their strange sensations. The odd thing is, there was absolutely no warning beforehand; before being drawn in, apart from the Vermilion Bird, none of them could detect any trace of the formation.

Qin Sang asked Elder Mu for help, but as expected, Elder Mu had no intention of helping her at all. He turned to look at Qin Sang, revealed a strange smile, and his body was suddenly swept away by the mist like a rag, and then torn to shreds by the chaotic force.

Qin Sang was stunned when she saw this.

Of course he was faking it, because the three people behind him, Youyan, were also forced to show themselves and happened to see this scene. They should know who the real mastermind is.

'boom!'

The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking.

The fog surged violently, catching Qin Sang off guard. She was swept away by a fierce force on the spot.

Fortunately, Youyan and the other two had used their combined attack in advance and were not scattered. After struggling to swim through the fog and avoid the waves of impact, they found that Qin Sang had completely disappeared.

"How cunning! No wonder our senior sister warned us to be wary of that old man!" A female cultivator from the Nine Nether Demon Clan on Youyan's left spoke up, her voice clear and crisp, her tone somewhat exasperated.

"My junior sister and I both underestimated that guy surnamed Mu! That poor wretch clung to the old man like a lifeline, but he was sold off in the blink of an eye. I'm afraid he won't live much longer."

The third member of the Nine Nether Demon Clan also spoke. She was also a female cultivator, but her voice was much gentler.

The three of them were originally fellow disciples, with Youyan being the eldest.

Youyan sighed softly, "Three thousand years ago, I clashed with that Mu fellow once and suffered a hidden loss. That old bastard dared to steal a golden eye from the True Radiance Saint Clan and refine it into his own body, yet he wasn't hunted down by the True Radiance Saint Clan. This shows how cunning he is, which is why I suspected he was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes and decided to secretly follow him. The fact that he was able to set a trap here and lure us in... proves I was right!"

They came here specifically to find Lei Jun's cave, but after entering, they encountered a series of strange events and couldn't find Lei Jun. Anyone would become suspicious. Mu Lao's behavior led You Yan and the other two to misunderstand that he was the mastermind behind it all.

"Senior Sister, should we try to rescue that Qingfeng Demon Lord? He was with that old man for so long, maybe he knows something?"

The second senior sister looked around and saw that the power of the great formation was everywhere. They were already deeply trapped in it and could not see through the key to the formation for a while, so they dared not make any rash moves.

At this moment, the three sisters joined forces to resist the impact of the great formation's power, but they could not stop themselves from sliding deeper into the formation.

Or perhaps it wasn't that they were 'slipping', but rather that the operation of the grand formation caused them to have an illusion, making them even more wary of this place.

"It's too late!"

Youyan shook her head slightly, her expression solemn. "Look over there. This great formation is far more complex and dangerous than we imagined. Although Qingfeng Demon Lord was swept away not long ago, we don't know where he has been taken!"

Guided by Youyan's divine sense, the two women also used their divine sense to investigate, and sure enough, they made a discovery. The two women couldn't help but gasp.

What was revealed to them was not the full extent of the formation, but it already made their hearts pound with fear.

Without the senior sister and their combined attack, their fate wouldn't have been much better than that of Qingfeng Demon Lord; they would have certainly met with dire consequences.

The third junior sister sneered, "Even if he could be saved, there's no need to. That guy is being played by that old man. Why would he tell him the secret? He only has himself to blame for being blind!"

Upon hearing this, the two senior sisters remained silent. They had failed to see through Elder Mu's scheme; wasn't cursing Qingfeng Demon Lord a form of cursing themselves?

"Senior Sister, what should we do now? I'm afraid that old man is cunning and vicious, and there might be other evil schemes waiting for us," the Second Senior Sister said worriedly.

Youyan gazed into the depths, his eyes gleaming, and said in a deep voice, "Junior sisters, you will protect me. Now we can only try to break this formation!"

Meanwhile, Qin Sang, whom they had sentenced to death, had not actually gone very far.

Being swept away was just an illusion. After escaping the sight of Youyan and the others, Zhuque jumped out of the small cave and opened a fire barrier. Under the protection of the fire barrier, Qin Sang's pressure was greatly reduced.

When it came to resisting the impact of the great formation, Zhuque seemed to be more relaxed than the three Youyan sisters. This was not necessarily because its strength alone far surpassed the combined attack of the three, but because its knowledge was far superior to that of the three Youyan sisters. In a short time, it had already seen through some of the mysteries of the great formation.

"Something's not right! The guy surnamed Mu hasn't come in, wait..."

Zhuque paused, then suddenly looked up, gazing into the depths of the great formation.

Just then, Youyan and the other two also sensed something, and then saw a beam of light appear deep within the great formation. The white light quickly spread across the mist and swept across the entire formation, reaching a blinding level in an instant.

Staring at the white light, everyone involuntarily squinted, feeling a sense of unease as if a crisis was approaching, yet they had no idea what the source of the white light was.

Just then, a silhouette suddenly appeared in the white light. It was somewhat blurry, and it could only be barely made out that it looked like a human shape.

As time passed, the white light grew increasingly dazzling, and the outline became clearer and clearer. It was indeed a person, but not a living person. The person held out their arms, hands clasped in front of their chest, maintaining this posture unchanged—a statue!

Gradually, they finally saw it clearly and were drawn to the statue's face and features.

Qin Sang stared in surprise at the center of the statue's brow, where there was a vertical slit, seemingly closed yet open, which was a vertical pupil.

In the Demon Realm, there is more than one race with vertical pupils, but apart from those with vertical pupils, the only race whose facial features and limbs are exactly the same as those of humans is the True Radiance Holy Race!

There is a statue of the True Radiance Saint Clan here. This suggests that this grotto-heaven was likely created by a powerful member of the True Radiance Saint Clan.

However, the Typhon Giant and the Cipeng, among other ancient ferocious beasts, all have a deep-seated hatred for the True Emperor Sacred Clan. Why did the True Emperor Sacred Clan keep them in the cave?

Youyan and the other two also saw the statue.

Youyan stared at the statue, as if she had thought of something, and exclaimed in surprise, "The True Holy Statue!"

"The True Radiance Holy Statue? Senior Sister said that this is a holy statue built by the True Radiance Holy Clan in ancient times?" Third Junior Sister was full of surprise.

The True Holy Statue has become a legend in the Demon Realm.

Legend has it that in ancient times, the Zhenhuang Holy Clan conquered all directions. Every time they conquered a territory, they would build a holy statue to represent the submission of that territory and the alien races living there to the Zhenhuang Holy Clan.

The holy statue is not only a symbol of the True Radiance Holy Clan's dominance over the Demon Realm, but also possesses various incredible powers that can subdue other races and prevent them from rebelling.

For some unknown reason, the True Radiance Holy Clan stopped building holy statues. The existing statues gradually decayed, and as the True Radiance Holy Clan declined, losing its former dominance as the overlord of the Demon Realm, it was left with only the True Radiance Continent, which was being devoured by humans and other races. Perhaps some True Radiance Holy Statues still remain on the True Radiance Continent today. The True Radiance Holy Statues outside the True Radiance Continent have long been demolished. It is unexpected that there is a True Radiance Holy Statue here, and it looks quite intact.

"Junior sister, be careful!"

Youyan's expression was solemn.

Legend has it that the True Radiance Holy Clan used the True Radiance Holy Statue to intimidate other races. It sounds like a fantasy, but it also shows that the True Radiance Holy Statue is not simple. Even if the True Radiance Holy Statue itself does not have power, this great formation can still threaten them. And this True Radiance Holy Statue seems to be integrated with the great formation.

Before the words were even finished, the three of them changed their expressions at the same time, and were shocked to see that the vertical pupils of the True Radiance Statue were slowly opening!

"The True Holy Image..."

Zhuque whispered these four words in Qin Sang's ear.

Qin Sang noticed that after the Vermilion Bird appeared, it had been listening intently to something. It was able to eavesdrop on the conversation between You Yan and the other two from a distance within the great formation, which was truly miraculous.

"What is the True Radiant Image?" Qin Sang pressed.

This grotto-heaven is actually related to the True Radiance Holy Clan; who knows what great secrets it may hold.

"Those three women didn't explain clearly," Zhuque snorted in dissatisfaction. Seeing the True Radiance Saint Statue open its vertical pupils, she paused and said in surprise, "Hmm, there's something to it!"

As he spoke, the Vermilion Bird's chest swelled, and he opened his mouth to spit out a ball of crimson fire. The crimson fire rolled and churned, its color gradually fading, as if being refined by the Vermilion Bird, until it became a transparent flame invisible to the naked eye and merged into the flame barrier.

The flame barrier then turned transparent and colorless, and Qin Sang and Zhu Que inside also became transparent, as if they had disappeared into thin air.

They did not disappear, of course; they remained in the same place, drifting with the tides of mist under the control of the Vermilion Bird.

Just as Zhuque finished doing these things, Qin Sang saw the True Radiance Saint Statue's vertical pupils widen, instantly bursting forth with dazzling light.

As Qin Sang met the vertical pupils of the True Radiance Statue from afar, her mind felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer. She felt intense pressure, as if she were facing an unparalleled powerhouse, and dared not even entertain the thought of resistance.

The eyes of the True Radiance Saint Statue shone with a tangible light, like a sharp sword piercing through the void.

As the beam of light swept over them, the flame barrier around them rippled and was on the verge of shattering.

The Vermilion Bird snorted angrily, its head lowered, flames burning in its demonic eyes, turning its eyes into fiery eyes. The flames converged towards its pupils, instantly condensing into two demonic runes. The demonic runes were complex and mysterious, flying out of the demonic eyes and shooting towards the fire barrier.

The moment the demonic script merged into the flame barrier, the flame barrier stabilized, and the True Radiance Statue's 'gaze' swept over their location, seemingly without detecting their presence.

The three on the other side, Youyan, did not possess the same supernatural power as Zhuque. As soon as the gaze of the True Emperor Saint Statue swept over them, they realized that they had been discovered by the True Emperor Saint Statue, and their hearts tightened.

Even though the True Radiance Statue was an inanimate object, they had a feeling that it was being watched.

Looking closely, the radiant statue seemed to be watching them from afar!

"not good!"

A strong sense of unease arose from the resentment.

'Whoosh!'

Darkness surged around the three women, like a black veil enveloping them, attempting to block the True Radiance Statue's gaze. But to no avail, the gaze pierced through the darkness, staring intently at them.

The next moment, the formation suddenly changed, and the True Radiance Statue was once again shrouded in mist. However, they dared not relax at all. The brilliant light did not seem to have disappeared, but rather dispersed into the void and was omnipresent!

'Whoosh! '

A whooshing sound echoed through the fog.

The three women looked over and were immediately horrified. A figure broke through the mist and rushed towards them; it was none other than the True Radiance Saint Image!

Can the True Radiant Statue come back to life?

Unexpectedly, another whooshing sound came from the other side, and then the three women saw a second, a third...

More and more True Holy Statues flew towards them, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen appeared. The bizarre scene shocked the three women.

Are these magnificent holy images illusions?

However, their half-closed, vertical pupils and unpredictable gaze kept them on their toes.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, one of the True Radiance Saint statues let out a low roar, which sounded less like a human voice and more like a ferocious beast!

Immediately afterwards, the True Radiance Saint Statue leaped up from its stone seat, its body suddenly swelled, and it actually transformed into a huge ferocious beast.

This ferocious beast resembles an ox, with two horns on its head, six legs, a bulge on its back like a knife, and treads on purple-red clouds. Its every move can cause the earth to shake.

The ferocious beast roared and charged wildly towards Youyan and the other two.

"The ancient ferocious beast, the Sun Moon Azure Ox!"

The third junior sister cried out in alarm.

At this very moment, outside the great formation.

Thick fog enveloped the great formation. On a stone wall within the fog, a shadow suddenly twisted between the cracks in the stone, walked down the stone wall, and gradually transformed into a human shape. It was none other than Elder Mu.

This was his true form, who led Qin Sang and the others inside, but he himself remained outside.

He escaped this calamity not because his eyesight was superior to Youyan's or because he had sensed the danger beforehand, but because of the eye in his palm. As he approached the True Radiance Saint Statue, this eye from the True Radiance Saint Clan developed a special connection. (End of Chapter)