A green glow flashed through the palace for a split second.
Several people appeared.
Gu Qing Shan, Ye Ru Xi, Jang Young-ho, Ye Fei Li, the Soul Shrieker, and the Raging Flame Traveler.
Ye Ru Xi crossed her arms and said: "Now, you may attempt to communicate with the Awaitings"
Everyone looked around.
The entire palace was forged from bronze, empty and desolate, so deep that they couldn't see the end of it.
Inside the bronze palace, numerous statues silently stood without moving.
These statues all had different appearances, some were humanoid, some were monsters that no one had ever seen before, some were neither monsters nor humans, so it was unknown what they were.
Gu Qing Shan saw a sphere covered in spikes that was surrounded by a triangular frame forged from bronze.
These are Awaitings as well?
Everyone was silently surprised, but quickly regained their composure.
— — -unimaginable, these Awaitings created [Chaos].
As long as they thought of this matter, it wasn't so hard for them to accept these strange statues again.
The Soul Shrieker asked: 「 Is there anything that we need to pay attention to?
」 Ye Ru Xi replied: "There isn't, it will depend on whether or not you can gain their favor when you touch the statues"
The Soul Shrieker and Raging Flame Traveler were a bit doubtful.
Ye Ru Xi went silent and didn't say another word.
She silently used her telepathy to whisper to Gu Qing Shan's trio: "Be respectful and tell the statues in your minds that you desire power and desire to contribute more to the Era of [Chaos]"
The three of them understood her meaning.
At this point, no one moved.
Everyone seemed to be observing the statues. After all, whether or not they could ascend to the Deity throne of [Chaos] would depend on this opportunity.
— — -this was an extremely subtle moment.
A second later.
Someone finally moved!
Gu Qing Shan circulated his spirit energy and abruptly flew towards a certain direction.
Before everyone could react, he was already standing in front of a ruined statue.
"Ye Ru Xi, is this the statue you were talking about?" Gu Qing Shan loudly asked.
As he asked, he had already reached his hand out to touch the ruined statue.
In a split second — —
Boom!!!
A scorching wave of air assaulted them, pushing Gu Qing Shan a few dozen feet away.
The Raging Flame Traveler replaced Gu Qing Shan and stood in front of the broken statue.
Its power had been unsealed. Although it could not kill Gu Qing Shan due to its chaotic command, it could easily push Gu Qing Shan away.
Facing the shockwave, Gu Qing Shan struggled to stand up.
He said angrily, "There are so many statues, why did you snatch the one I picked!"
"You picked it?"
The Raging Flame Traveler looked at him, then at Ye Ru Xi, then coldly scoffed: 「 I knew you would've held back 」
It revealed a victorious smile and placed its hand on the broken statue.
A faint light of decay appeared on the statue.
In an instant, the Raging Flame Traveler was wrapped in this faint light and disappeared from the bronze hall.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and muttered to herself, "It got ahead of me."
Everyone fell silent.
Ye Ru Xi silently sent her voice: "I never said anything about that statue — —"
"I know" Gu Qing Shan cut her off, "But you did say that it would be very difficult for a broken statue to obtain a complete seed of [Chaos], didn't you?"
Ye Ru Xi froze, then sent her voice: "That's right"
"So I let it go" Gu Qing Shan replied.
It was now that Ye Ru Xi understood what happened just now.
— – Gu Qing Shan had tricked the other party.
"… What a cunning fellow."
Ye Ru Xi silently muttered in her mind.
All of a sudden, a clap resounded.
Everyone turned to see that it was the Soul Shrieker.
While clapping, it spoke in both male and female voices:
「『What a good acting, Gu Qing Shan 」』
Gu Qing Shan didn't mind and smiled: "How did you notice?"
「『Your companions. Their expressions 」』
The Soul Shrieker replied: 「『Your companions all had blank expressions on their faces. And this Deity of [Chaos], when you mentioned the broken statue, she appeared confused 」』
「『Which means, she didn't tell you anything about that statue 」』
「『You're trying to deceive us 」』
It shrugged and continued: 「『To be frank, if you were playing this game by yourself, I might have fallen for it, but now that you have these companions with you, I can tell from their expressions that you're trying to trick me again 」』
"Impressive" Gu Qing Shan praised.
Jang Young-ho and Ye Fei Li also realized what was going on.
"Who would've thought that we wouldn't be able to catch up to you"
Jang Young-ho sighed and took out a few sunglasses from his chest.
"This is a standard for those in the martial world, capable of concealing any changes in expression"
He put one on himself, then gave a pair of sunglasses to Ye Fei Li.
Ye Fei Li said: "But we've already been exposed"
"Mend the pen after the sheep is lost" Jang Young-ho replied.
Ye Fei Li took the sunglasses and put them on.
Jang Young-ho then gave Ye Ru Xi another pair.
Ye Ru Xi replied: "I have an eye mask and a mask"
"But you also exposed your emotions earlier" Jang Young-ho said.
Ye Ru Xi had no choice but to accept and put it on.
Jang Young-ho turned to Gu Qing Shan, put the other pair of sunglasses away, and said: "You don't need it, you're the Best Actor"
"…" Gu Qing Shan.
He turned to the Soul Shrieker and said: "If you've noticed, but you didn't tell the Raging Flame Traveler the truth, I'm a bit confused"
The Soul Shrieker turned into a male voice and spoke in a low voice: 「『I am the leader of the Era of [Chaos], the strongest True Deity. Other than that useless God of Life, I don't need any other trash to take away my authority 」』
It abruptly sat down on the spot and closed its eyes.
「『Before you've chosen your statues, I will not move 」』 it finally said.
When they heard that, they couldn't help but look at each other.
How should I say this — — -
In a situation where they don't know anything, only observing the choices of Gu Qing Shan's group would provide them with accurate information.
This was the only way, but it was also a bit shameless.
— — -who would've thought that the Soul Shrieker would choose such a shameless method?
"Alright, ignore it, we'll choose our own statues"
Gu Qing Shan sent her voice.
Ye Ru Xi also said: "That's right, everyone has to see, feel, and explore for themselves in order to find an Awaiting that suits them"
"An Awaiting that suits you might not necessarily suit that monster — — so go, you'll have to try and choose for yourselves!"
This made sense, so the three of them nodded.
"I'm going to take a look around" Jang Young-ho headed in a certain direction.
"Then I'll go this way — — something seems to be attracting me here" Ye Fei Li said.
He changed his direction and walked forward, observing the statues of the Awaitings.
Gu Qing Shan stood still.
He had also sensed some sort of indistinct calling out to him.
This is a very familiar sensation.
Who exactly would be in such a place …
The Soul Shrieker opened its eyes a bit and silently observed everyone's movements.
At this point, Ye Ru Xi turned to Gu Qing Shan and asked in confusion: "Gu Qing Shan, why aren't you going?"
Gu Qing Shan regained his senses and glanced at the Soul Shrieker who was sitting on the ground.
Their gazes met.
At this point, although everything was stable and there were no signs of danger, both of them understood a certain fact.
— — -this was the final battle of life and death.
Gu Qing Shan smiled: "Of course I'm going"
He no longer paid any attention to the Soul Shrieker, found his direction, and headed deeper into the palace.
…
The palace was filled with statues.
Gu Qing Shan's footsteps didn't stop as he walked past each statue.
"This calling sensation … where exactly is it coming from?"
He silently thought to himself.
It was like countless whispers, each time he walked in the right direction, the voice would become louder and louder, but if he walked in the wrong direction, the voice would weaken.
Gu Qing Shan slowly tried to find the right direction and reached a corner of the palace.
There was also a unique statue here.
— — -the statue depicted a human figure made of sand and gravel.
However, this statue was so damaged that even the face of the person couldn't be recognized.
That faintly discernible call came from this statue.
Gu Qing Shan observed it for a while, but could only recognize that it was a female figure.
But who exactly is this?
His gaze fell onto the gravel.
"Sha …"
Gu Qing Shan pondered, then suddenly recalled a certain person.
The [Everlasting Sand], the controller of time, the Queen of the Elemental Fairies, the legendary Lady.
Fusi.
She was also my secret protector.
As long as she was here, no one would know that I was the Earth God of the four Pillar Gods of the void.
But why would her statue appear here?
Could she be an Awaiting as well?
Countless mysteries appeared in Gu Qing Shan's mind, making it impossible for him to find the truth for now.
"Regardless …"
Gu Qing Shan muttered, reached his hand out, and lightly touched the damaged statue.
The gravel that made up the female statue scattered.
An invisible gust of wind slowly drifted.
The gravel quickly spun in the wind and completely enveloped Gu Qing Shan.
At the very next moment, Gu Qing Shan disappeared from the bronze palace.
On the other side of the bronze palace.
The Soul Shrieker abruptly stood up.
It was originally silently observing the three of them, with its gaze focused on Gu Qing Shan.
Who would've thought, Gu Qing Shan chose a broken statue and disappeared.
Could it be …
He has awakened an Awaiting and is currently undergoing that Awaiting's trial?
The Soul Shrieker clenched its fists tightly.
Once Gu Qing Shan passes the trial, what awaits me would be …
I can't wait any longer!
The Soul Shrieker quickly strode forward and began to choose a statue in the palace.
While choosing, it was silently analyzing all of Gu Qing Shan's actions since entering the bronze palace.
Gu Qing Shan.
The first time, he chose a damaged statue to trick the Raging Flame Traveler away.
The second time, he chose a damaged statue for himself.
— — -a damaged statue!
The Soul Shrieker slowly understood.
Perhaps this was a subconscious action of humans. Even if they were trying to deceive others, they would instinctively make the correct choice.
The Soul Shrieker's gaze scanned through the bronze palace.
There weren't many damaged statues, but there were still a few.
『Very well, I'll choose from these damaged statues …』
The Soul Shrieker made its final decision.
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