Chapter 71

Yewei stood at the very edge of the open space, with only two stone statues beside him, both of which were grayish-brown. The two stone statues simultaneously raised their massive fists and fiercely smashed towards Yewei.

Fortunately, Yewei had sensed the danger in advance. In the split second before the impact, he dodged one of the fists, but he could not avoid the other.

"Roar!" Yewei's left hand held the divine scroll, and his right hand suddenly clenched into a fist. His bones crackled, and several green threads appeared under his skin, significantly enhancing his defense, strength, and speed.

Although Yewei had not yet reached the Fifth Star Apprentice realm, due to his cultivation of a high-level mystic technique, the absorption of the Heavenly Dao power, and the consumption of the Fiery Sun Body Tempering Pill, his strength was even stronger than that of an ordinary Fifth Star Apprentice realm expert, and he could even match a Sixth Star Apprentice realm expert.

Boom!

Yewei's fist, which contained the power of a Sixth Star Apprentice realm, collided fiercely with the grayish-brown fist of the stone statue. Yewei felt a sudden numbness in his fist and used the rebound force to retreat rapidly, narrowly avoiding the other fist from the other stone statue.

The brief confrontation made Yewei break out in a cold sweat!

It was too dangerous. If his reaction had been just a bit slower, he might have been crushed into a pulp by the stone statue's fist, and he wouldn't have had time to tear the divine scroll.

Fortunately, Yewei had dodged the crisis and stabilized his stance. Now, even if the stone statues attacked again, he would have the chance to tear the divine scroll!

"The strength of these grayish-brown stone statues is not too strong, roughly equivalent to the Sixth Star Apprentice realm..." Yewei observed the two stone statues in front of him.

The speed of the stone statues' punches was very fast, but their body movement speed was not. With Yewei prepared, it was difficult for the two stone statues to attack him.

At this moment, many people were also engaging with the stone statues. Various martial experts hurriedly unleashed their techniques, with sword shadows, blade shadows, beast shadows, flames, ice, and wind blades spreading out and fiercely striking the human-shaped statues.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

When the techniques hit the human-shaped stone statues, the panicked crowd was momentarily stunned. The strength of the human-shaped stone statues was much weaker than they had imagined!

Martial experts easily pushed back the grayish-brown human-shaped stone statues with their techniques.

"These stone statues are not strong!"

"Damn, I was scared to death just now!"

The panicked crowd, seeing that the human-shaped stone statues were not as strong as they had imagined, wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and cursed softly.

There were nearly a thousand stone statues in this open space, most of which were grayish-brown human-shaped stone statues. The strength of these grayish-brown human-shaped stone statues varied, with the strongest being equivalent to the Tenth Star Apprentice realm, and the weakest not even reaching the Third Star Apprentice realm.

Seeing that the human-shaped stone statues were not as terrifying as they had imagined, the crowd relaxed. Some, in anger, even took the initiative to attack the grayish-brown stone statues beside them, delivering punches like a storm, and forcefully shattered a grayish-brown human-shaped stone statue into rubble.

"Keep being arrogant, damn it, you even dared to scare me!" The martial expert who shattered the human-shaped stone statue looked at the pile of rubble and spat out a mouthful of saliva, cursing loudly.

"Hmph!" The martial expert's anger seemed not to have been fully vented. He ignored the pile of rubble and turned to another grayish-brown human-shaped stone statue.

Whoosh!

Just as the martial expert turned, a crimson crystal stone suddenly shot out from the pile of rubble, moving at an extremely fast speed, like an arrow, accurately aiming at the martial expert's back.

"What?!"

The martial expert sensed the rushing wind and his face changed abruptly. Before he could react, the crimson crystal stone had already hit his back.

Peng!

The moment the crimson crystal stone hit the martial expert's back, it shattered with a "peng" and turned into a dense blood mist that enveloped the martial expert's entire body.

The blood mist, like a leech, entered the martial expert's body through his pores. This sudden change made everyone freeze, and they looked at the human-shaped stone statues with caution, no longer daring to easily shatter them, only pushing them back.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

When the blood mist completely entered the martial expert's body, a bloodthirsty urge flooded his mind. His eyes instantly turned blood red, and the veins on his forehead and neck bulged, making him look extremely ferocious. He mumbled the word "kill" incoherently.

Hong Xun, Lu Zhao, and Xue Yao, who were briefly hovering in the air with their qi wings, looked down at the ferocious and insane martial expert from above.

"Did you see clearly?" Hong Xun's thick, black eyebrows slightly raised, and a serious expression appeared on his rugged face. He glanced at Lu Zhao and Xue Yao and asked coldly.

"If I'm not mistaken, that crimson crystal stone should be the legendary Blood Luo Crystal!" Lu Zhao, looking down at the ferocious and insane martial expert, pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"Blood Luo Crystal is an extremely peculiar crystal. The qi it contains is purer than ordinary spirit stones, and its effect on body tempering is even more astonishing than those legendary pills."

"However, Blood Luo Crystal has a fatal flaw. It contains an extremely terrifying bloodthirsty intent. If one cannot control the inner bloodlust, they will turn into a bloodthirsty monster!"

Xue Yao stared straight at the martial expert, whose mind was gradually losing control, and the information about Blood Luo Crystal flashed through her mind.

"I naturally know that the crimson crystal stone is Blood Luo Crystal, but that's not what I meant... The stone statues and Blood Luo Crystal, don't these two things make you think of something?" Hong Xun took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly becoming intense, his chest heaving, and his heart rate accelerating.

"Stone statues? Blood Luo Crystal?" Lu Zhao and Xue Yao frowned, deep in thought. After a moment, a flash of insight crossed their minds, and they suddenly opened their eyes wide, looking at Hong Xun in shock.

"Ice Emperor? You mean this Blood Mist Valley is the tomb of the Ice Emperor?!" Lu Zhao and Xue Yao looked at Hong Xun in disbelief.

"It's very likely. Apart from the Ice Emperor, who else in the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty could refine Blood Luo Crystal into stone statues?" Hong Xun nodded solemnly.

"Jinyan from Ningcheng, Moye, and that family have all come here, along with these stone statues driven by Blood Luo Crystal... This place is almost certainly the tomb of the Ice Emperor!"

"Did you see those dozens of silver stone statues and those five golden stone statues? If this is really the tomb of the Ice Emperor, then the grayish-brown stone statues should be low-level stone puppets, the silver stone statues should be mid-level stone puppets, and the golden stone statues should be high-level stone puppets!" Hong Xun glanced at the motionless silver and golden stone statues with some apprehension and said in a low voice.

"The strength of low-level stone puppets does not exceed the Martial Expert realm. Although there are many, they do not pose a significant threat. Mid-level stone puppets have the strength of a Fifth Star Martial Expert, but there are only dozens of them, so they are not to be feared."

"The only thing to be cautious about is those five high-level golden stone puppets!"

"The strength of high-level stone puppets is above the Fifth Star Martial Expert realm. If none of these five high-level stone puppets are Eighth Star Martial Experts or higher, it would be easier to deal with. If there are Eighth Star Martial Experts or higher among them, it would be troublesome!"

Hong Xun, Lu Zhao, and Xue Yao were the strongest among the crowd. They thought more than ordinary people, especially after guessing that the Blood Mist Valley was the tomb of the Ice Emperor. The three of them were even more eager to reach the depths of the Blood Mist Valley.

"Stay away!"

"Keep away from that person, he's gone mad!" The people dealing with the stone statues, seeing the martial expert with bloodshot eyes and a bloodthirsty, insane expression, all kept their distance.

The grayish-brown stone statues were low-level stone puppets, not very strong. Martial experts could easily avoid them, but for someone like Yewei, who was only at the Apprentice realm, it was a different story.

He could barely avoid one or two, but three, four, or even seven or eight low-level stone puppets were beyond his capabilities. Moreover, the martial experts in the crowd did not dare to shatter the stone statues, and the open space was not large. There were about eight or nine hundred grayish-brown stone statues. As time passed, three more low-level stone puppets surrounded Yewei.

With Yewei's Fourth Star Apprentice realm strength, avoiding two low-level stone puppets was already very difficult. Suddenly, three more low-level stone puppets surrounded him, putting him in a dangerous situation.

"Go all out!"

Yewei gritted his teeth, his left hand tightly gripping a divine scroll. He did not want to use the divine scroll unless absolutely necessary, but five low-level stone puppets were far beyond his current capabilities.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

In a desperate situation, just as Yewei was about to tear the divine scroll to destroy the grayish-brown stone statues, the bloodthirsty, insane martial expert suddenly rushed towards him.

The martial expert was only three zhang away from Yewei. His mind was already unclear, and driven by the bloodthirsty intent in his mind, he attacked everything he saw, whether it was a stone statue or a person...

The five grayish-brown stone statues had almost cut off all of Yewei's escape routes. With the addition of a bloodthirsty, insane martial expert, Yewei had no way out.

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