Chapter 367: 342. A sparrow comes after
Having obtained the Dragon God's permission, Xia Feng's overflowing Spiritual Particles quickly took shape, and a towering godly avatar emerged directly to stand tall before them.
He wrapped his arm around Mu Qingtong's waist.
"Let's go, Miss Mu, it's our turn now."
As Xia Feng stepped out of the Evil Power Waterfall, his godly avatar became fully formed!
"Those two are out!"
At the same time, outside the cave, the dark-faced brawny man issued a grave order, "Activate the unique, combine forces to destroy the target's deity image..."
However, as he spoke, the dark-faced brawny man's voice gradually lowered to a murmur, and he stiffly tilted his head up, his brown pupils abruptly dilating then contracting, trembling incessantly.
Reflected in his shaking pupils was a terrifying divine shadow, towering straight to the heavens.
But when he tried to open his eyes wide once more, he suddenly realized he could not make out the specific outline of the divine shadow.
It was as though he clearly knew a superior will had descended into the world, standing before the heavens and earth, gazing down upon all beings.
Yet, he simply could not see where this superior will resided.
When his mind moved again to try and see clearly, his eyeballs were instantly filled with piercing pain as his vision was overwhelmed with white light.
An unspeakable deity—as if a heavenly edict had descended bringing punishment, his eyes streamed with two trails of fresh blood after which he groaned, covering his eyes and bending over, heart filled with fear and horror.
Not only he but also the white-haired elder sported a pale complexion, and his sharp eyes bled streams of fresh blood.
Simultaneously, the Black Moon Goddess Statue, based on his Spiritual Pressure overhead, was instantly annihilated!
Dissolving into fine Spiritual Light, it scattered into nothingness.
A Divine King Statue possesses exclusivity; when there are two or more different deity images present in the field, only the divine image of higher stature remains existent, while those of lower stature are instantly extinguished.
Logically speaking, even if an enemy deity were incredibly powerful, it shouldn't result in the instantaneous demise of the Black Moon Goddess Statue.
Yet, the reality was just so, following the dispersal of the first goddess statue, those above the dark-faced brawny man and the knights' formation shattered one after another!
Before the astounding godly avatar of the man in K, the Black Moon Goddess Statue stood no chance at all.
"How can it be... like this?" Someone from the knights' formation cried out in terror, covering their eyes as the orderly formation was disrupted by a tumult of low murmurs.
Without the protection of the Divine King Statue, their composure was completely thrown into disarray.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—" As expected, in less than an instant, the Crying Witches who were originally converging toward Shuilian Cave turned directions and flashed towards the knights' formation.
"Damn it!"
Master Yusi, reacting instinctively, took a terrified step back, drenched in a cold sweat, "Damn it!!"
"Stay calm!" The command of the Holy Daughter in a green dress, imbued with Spiritual Power, instantly stabilized everyone's spirits, "Form the Five Elements Array! Quick!"
Hearing the Holy Daughter's command, nearly a hundred knights recovered their wits and immediately sprang into action.
The Five Elements Array was specifically designed to counteract the Crying Witches, a defensive formation deployed when the Divine King Statue failed, as their ultimate fallback measure.
This formation could fix in place up to 160 Crying Witches.
Sadly... their response was too slow, the Crying Witches were simply too close. They had no time to change formation.
With the first knight's frightened screams coming to an abrupt end, more and more were touched by the Crying Witches and instantly petrified into statues with open mouths.
Within less than half a second, these statues completed the transformation into female features, becoming Witches.
"To hell with this!!" The white-haired elder and the dark-faced brawny man glared furiously at Xia Feng and his companion, stepping forward in an instant; the two True Martial Strong People arrived in front of the Evil Power Waterfall!
But Xia Feng had already anticipated their actions, retreating a step immediately after releasing the Divine King Statue, without lingering any longer.
Back into Shuilian Cave.
Seeing they had grasped at nothing, the two True Martial Strong People looked even uglier, but now was not the time for their anger.
Behind them, total chaos had erupted.
Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong stood inside the waterfall, calmly waiting.
If they normally encountered these True Martial Strong People and a large group of Black Moon Knights, they would truly have to turn around and run.
But now, with the help of outside forces, it would be easy to kill the opposition.
Just a moment ago, these Black Moon Knights were thinking of watching from the sidelines, quietly waiting for Xia Feng and his companion to be assimilated and killed by the Crying Witch, but they didn't expect, wow, how the tables have turned.
Just as Xia Feng was leisurely preparing to watch the show, an unexpected change occurred outside.
Suddenly, those Yao Stones hidden deep beneath the surface lit up with dazzling light, vibrated in unison, and pierced through the rock layer, charging towards the surface and breaking through the soil!
As the distance closed, Xia Feng finally saw the number of Yao Stones through his Eye of Decompilation, a total of 230!
All Five Elements Attributes were present! Even the rare Yao Stones with light and dark attributes!
Boom boom boom boom—
In the instant when the two hundred plus Yao Stones broke through the soil, thirty of them flickered with grey light, and within that light, human figures were outlined, materializing.
Thirty figures, each wearing a Blood Eye θ cloak, floated in the air; behind them, thirty Yao Stones shattered simultaneously.
Burning Heaven Temple was actually hidden beneath the surface? Xia Feng was somewhat surprised.
"Turtle Breath Petrification Skill, a type of C-class Spiritual Clothes."
Mu Qingtong's voice rose softly, "It's a Concealment Spiritual Clothes that uses one's lifespan as a price, with Yao Stones as an auxiliary method. It allows one to store their soul and body in the Yao Stones, creating a state of pseudo-death, and also set a timer for awakening. For example, if set to wake up after 3 days, the Yao Stone will automatically awaken the pseudo-deceased after 3 days."
Hearing Mu Qingtong's explanation, Xia Feng was a bit puzzled, "If it's set on a timer, then their awakening is too coincidental."
"Indeed, somewhat coincidental."
Mu Qingtong nodded thoughtfully, "So Burning Heaven Temple must have known the specific time when Purple Mist would cover Shuilian Cave. They arrived here much earlier than Black Moon Church, but couldn't enter Shuilian Cave. Therefore, they used a large number of Yao Stones in combination with 'Turtle Breath Petrification Skill' to hide underground, waiting for Black Moon Church to obtain the 'Witch's Key', and they would seize the opportunity."
"But now, with us two intervening, both the Church Court and Burning Heaven's plans have failed."
While Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong were chatting.
The suddenly appearing Burning Heaven Sect followers began a massacre, and they actually possessed the means to deal with the Crying Witch.
It was a petrifying eye, each of the thirty Burning Heaven Sect followers had one; when the Crying Witch approached, they aimed at its eye area, which could kill the Crying Witch and turn it into a Yao Stone.
More and more Yao Stones fell from the air,
10 stones, 20 stones... 50 stones, making Xia Feng's mouth water.
He quickly noticed that those Yao Stones were all being sucked into the pocket watch of a petite individual less than one and a half meters tall.
The small figure seemed to be the leader of this group of Evil Cultists of Burning Heaven, the only one not wearing a Blood Eye mask.
However, he had a Blood Eye θ carved on his forehead, his face slightly aged, his eye sockets pitch-black, without pupils.
"Blind Qing, you're courting death!!" The white-haired elder, watching more and more knights become Witches and then turn into Yao Stones, collected by the blind man, was beside himself with rage.
With a step, he charged directly towards Blind Qing.
Blind Qing let out a sinister laugh, didn't bother with him, and turned to run, occasionally slowing a knight's pace, causing them to become a Witch.
The Black Moon Knights immediately plunged into chaotic battle with the Burning Heaven followers, but with the Crying Witch present, the Black Moon Knights quickly fell short, their numbers rapidly dwindling.
Meanwhile, Jiang Qiue, unbeknownst to when, appeared at the center of the battlefield on a cluster of rocks. After breaking several rocks in succession, the Array domain hidden below suddenly burst open.
She seemed to have been prepared for Burning Heaven Temple; the moment her domain expanded, the Burning Heaven followers were fixed in place, dizzy and unable to move.
The remaining thirty Black Moon Knights, unaffected, began their counterattack.
Outside Shuilian Cave was a chaotic scene, filled with cries of terror, roars, cursing, the clash of weaponry, the continuous explosions of vibrant lights formed by powerful Spiritual Clothes shaking the earth...
The numbers of Black Moon, Witch, and Burning Heaven forces rapidly diminished, only the number of Yao Stones crazily increased.
Xia Feng excitedly watched from inside the cave.
Fight! Fight! Make it even fierier!
Best to end in a three-way defeat!