Chapter 95: Struggle

A massive star river pattern hung high in the sky, identical to the one drawn with the blood of the Celestial Serpent in the Absolute Yin Valley!

In the star river, each star was as vast as a mountain, and the distance between the starry sky and the earth seemed to have been reduced by tens of millions of times.

Below the star river, there were clusters of cloud formations. Some were condensed from flames, some from yin energy, and others from poisonous miasma.

The sky was gray, and so was the earth.

On the ground, a mountain-like stone statue lay on its back, wearing only a stone loincloth around its waist. Its muscles were bulging, and its appearance was vividly lifelike.

A faint starlight flickered at the heart of the stone statue.

The starlight continuously gathered the power of the stars in the star river. The stars in the sky emitted starlight like raindrops, all converging on the heart of the stone statue.

The stone statue, intricately carved, had clearly visible veins and hairs. If magnified hundreds of times, one could see black dots on the statue, which seemed like tiny ants slowly crawling on the statue's body.

One of these tiny ants on the stone statue's right palm looked up at the sky, its expression filled with surprise.

This was Shi Yan.

After arriving here, he found himself on the right palm of the stone statue, surrounded by swaying strange plants.

The plants moved with the wind, reaching ten meters in height and as thick as a person's waist, resembling human hair.

—He did not know that from the sky, these strange plants looked like the hairs on the stone statue.

To Shi Yan, the right palm of the stone statue was incredibly vast, much larger than the Divine Stone Square in Tianyin City.

Standing on the right palm of the stone statue, Shi Yan gazed at the mysterious star river pattern in the sky, his heart filled with astonishment.

He did not realize he was on the palm of the stone statue or how enormous the statue was. He thought he was on a small hill and did not know where to go next.

"Thump thump!"

The Yin Pearl in his chest, at the Heavenly Gate, Spirit Gate, and Yin Capital, suddenly started to beat, and a mysterious attraction came from the heart of the stone statue.

Shi Yan's body suddenly trembled.

The magical place in the heart of the stone statue, which gathered the starlight from the sky, seemed to be calling to the Yin Pearl in his body. The Yin Pearl beat as if urging him to hurry to the heart of the stone statue.

Standing on the palm of the stone statue, Shi Yan's expression was solemn. After a moment of hesitation, he decisively rushed toward the heart of the stone statue.

At the same time, many small black dots on the stone statue, after careful observation, also realized that the place where the starlight gathered in the heart of the stone statue was the most magical.

Therefore, after a moment of contemplation, they all moved toward the heart of the stone statue.

These people included Dark Abyss martial artists, Mu Hui, Mu Yudie, Di Yalan, and Beimeng Ce. As long as they were below the Status Realm, they all moved toward the heart of the stone statue.

At the heels of the stone statue's feet, Beimeng Shang, Chixiao, Zhaqi, Mingzhu, Yin Kui, and Jiushan were being pressed down by a terrifying force.

Martial artists above the Status Realm who entered the Heavenly Gate were all suppressed under the heels of the stone statue, unable to move.

At this moment, Beimeng Shang, Chixiao, and their group were using their power in the Status Realm to repeatedly try to break free from the terrifying force binding their bodies.

However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not escape the suppression of that terrifying force and could not move an inch from under the heels of the stone statue!

"Thump thump!"

The Yin Pearl in Shi Yan's body continued to beat. With a serious expression, he held his breath and quickly rushed toward the heart of the stone statue.

The hairs on the stone statue, like towering trees, swayed, blocking his view. He felt as if he were in a forest, unaware that he was actually on the palm of the stone statue.

After an unknown amount of time, Shi Yan raced from the palm of the stone statue, which was like a hill, to its right arm.

Shi Yan's flying body suddenly stopped, his face alert as he looked ahead.

In a huge pit ahead, stone figures covered in flames suddenly emerged!

These stone figures were three meters tall, spewing fire, and had a faint aura of the Nine-Headed Celestial Serpent.

If someone could look down from the sky, they would realize that the huge pit was actually the Yangchi acupoint on the right arm of the stone statue!

Twelve stone figures, covered in raging flames, seemed to detest the presence of life. As soon as Shi Yan approached, the twelve stone figures suddenly charged at him.

Taking a deep breath, Shi Yan's expression remained unchanged. He activated his Petrification Martial Soul, and his skin turned dark brown in a short time.

After forming the Petrification Martial Soul, Shi Yan used his essence to circulate throughout his body and summoned the Black Light Shield.

With the Black Light Shield formed, Shi Yan suddenly shot forward like a cannonball.

"Clang clang clang!"

In the center of the flaming stone figures, Shi Yan's ten fingers acted like spears, piercing the bodies of the stone figures.

The Finger Spear Technique, which could pierce through the bodies of innate martial artists, produced the sound of metal clashing when it hit the stone figures.

The scorching flame power entered Shi Yan's ten fingers when they touched the stone figures, causing his fingers to burn painfully.

No good!

Shi Yan's expression changed, and he immediately realized that the Finger Spear Technique was ineffective against the stone figures, which were not made of flesh.

"Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!"

Six stone figures, using their strength, punched Shi Yan with fists the size of millstones.

The Black Light Shield on Shi Yan's body could not withstand the impact and suddenly shattered.

Under the flaming fists of the stone figures, Shi Yan was directly blasted backward, his body covered in pain, his clothes on fire, and he looked extremely disheveled.

Fortunately, Shi Yan's Petrification Martial Soul was strong enough. Although his body was in pain, he was not injured.

With a grim expression, Shi Yan judged that each of these six stone figures was more troublesome than a martial artist in the Human Realm.

The Finger Spear Technique was ineffective; he needed to find another method!

With a thought, a wisp of white mist emanated from Shi Yan's left hand, and the negative force was activated, mixing with his essence to form a massive "Magnetic Extinction Field."

Controlling his mind, the "field" quickly moved and suddenly landed in the center of the charging stone figures.

A strange suction force suddenly emerged in the "field," and all the stone figures were restrained, struggling within the field.

Effective!

Shi Yan's heart rejoiced, and he strengthened the field's crushing power, focusing on twisting the field.

"Snap snap snap!"

Under the terrifying crushing power of the field, a stone figure was shattered, its flaming arms and body separated, and it was thrown out of the field.

Shi Yan let out a sigh of relief, but his expression changed again.

After being separated, the stone figure, once outside the field, its body reassembled. In just three seconds, it recovered and charged at Shi Yan again.

It couldn't be killed!

Shi Yan's heart tightened, and his expression became even grimmer. He activated the field again, changing its position.

The stone figure that was about to charge was once again pulled into the field, entangled by the powerful force within.

This time, Shi Yan did not insist on killing the flaming stone figure. Seeing that all the stone figures were restrained, he did not hesitate and quickly crossed the field, continuing to rush forward.

Half an hour later, in the deep pit at the Zhigou acupoint on the right arm of the stone statue, ghostly spirits suddenly emerged.

Ghostly spirits were formed from the undispersed souls of martial artists, absorbing the yin energy of heaven and earth. They were lifeless but could use some of their martial techniques from their lifetimes, had a natural instinct for battle, and enjoyed consuming more souls to grow stronger.

The ghostly spirits flew out of the deep pit, their fangs bared, and charged at Shi Yan.

Shi Yan just glanced at the ghostly spirits, and his expression turned cold.

A wisp of pure yin energy emanated from the Yin Pearl, forming three yin vortices. As the vortices spun, a powerful suction force suddenly erupted!

The ghostly spirits, as they charged, suddenly showed fear and desperately tried to escape back into the deep pit.

"Can you escape?"

Shi Yan sneered, and the spinning speed of the yin vortices increased!

The ghostly spirits, struggling in their ethereal forms, were still slowly pulled toward Shi Yan.

The closer they got to Shi Yan, the more they were affected by the yin vortices.

Suddenly, one ghostly spirit could no longer struggle and turned into a dense yin energy, which was suddenly absorbed into Shi Yan's chest.

Inside the yin vortices, the ghostly spirit was quickly decomposed by the yin vortex force, turning into a pure gravitational force and attaching to the center of the yin vortices.

The other ghostly spirits struggled in fear but could not escape the suction of the yin vortices in Shi Yan's chest. One after another, they were pulled into the yin vortices and soon became points of yin energy at the center of the vortices.

Soon, all the ghostly spirits were absorbed, and Shi Yan did not stop, continuing to move forward.

At the same time, similar events were happening in various parts of the stone statue.

Beimeng Ce, Mu Yudie, Di Yalan, Mu Hui, and the Dark Abyss martial artists all encountered different dangers on their way to the heart of the stone statue. They were all preoccupied, struggling with the flaming stone figures, ghostly spirits, poison demons, and mud dragons that emerged from the deep pits of the stone statue's acupoints.

Shi Yan continued to charge forward without hesitation.

On the way, he encountered more flaming stone figures and ghostly spirits, which he dealt with using the same method, gradually reaching the elbow of the stone statue's right arm.

Shi Yan stopped again.

Ahead, five Dark Abyss martial artists, all at the First or Second Heaven of the Human Realm, seemed to have been deliberately placed in this area by the Heavenly Gate. At this moment, they were covered in soot, looking extremely disheveled, and were rushing toward the heart of the stone statue.

The five Dark Abyss martial artists also noticed the rapidly approaching Shi Yan.

Turning around, they just glanced at Shi Yan and reached a tacit agreement. Their eyes turned icy and sinister as they slowly approached Shi Yan.

"From the Dark Abyss?"

Shi Yan's eyes flashed like lightning. He noticed the special mark of the Dark Abyss on the exposed shoulder of one of them, and his expression turned cold.

"Kill!"

The man growled, and the other four suddenly scattered, forming a half-circle around Shi Yan.

"Looking for death!"

Shi Yan's face was cold, and there was a hint of bloodlust in his eyes. With a roar, his body shot forward like a sword.