447: Heroic Spirit Reappears (Two in One)

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The deafening cries of battle echoed once more.

The warriors, seemingly shadowy soldiers with indistinct faces, lined up and charged towards the Stone Statue's massive palm.

But this wasn't what stunned Lin Yang.

What amazed Lin Yang was that these shadowy soldiers' attacks didn't pass through the Stone Statue's giant palm like they had previously passed through his own body.

Instead, they caused substantial, physical damage to the Stone Statue's palm!

Clang, clang, clang!

The grating sound of clashing metal rang out.

The sharp weapons in the warriors' hands struck the Stone Statue's palm, sending sparks flying.

"Holy crap!"

Lin Yang could no longer hold back his shock and blurted out a profanity.

These ethereal shadowy soldiers, which could pass through his body, could actually attack the Stone Statue physically!

This... this... "Is this thing dead or alive?"

Lin Yang was a bit bewildered.

He was starting to lose the distinction between illusion and reality.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

The Stone Statue's massive palm continued to press down.

Large numbers of shadowy soldiers instantly turned to dust and dissipated.

In just a few breaths, the countless shadowy soldiers, stretching as far as the eye could see, were all annihilated.

The Stone Statue's giant palm continued to descend steadily.

Those shadowy soldiers failed to obstruct the Stone Statue.

"System, prepare for the jump."

Seeing this, Lin Yang couldn't help but speak.

At the same time, he looked around, trying to find Que Tian.

If these shadowy soldiers couldn't stop the Stone Statue, then fleeing was the only option.

But.

The next moment.

To Lin Yang's utter astonishment, the shadowy soldiers who had just been annihilated began to coalesce one by one again, rushing straight towards the Stone Statue to attack.

Moreover, the newly formed shadowy soldiers were hundreds of times more numerous than the few teams just now.

They no longer appeared only within the visible range; the entire world was filled with continuously coalescing shadowy soldiers.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The battle cries were even more deafening than before!

Furthermore, the newly formed shadowy soldiers not only wielded sharp blades but also carried spears, heavy hammers, and various other weapons, some familiar to Lin Yang and some not.

Their numbers reached into the millions!

Yes.

The shadowy soldiers that reformed in an instant numbered at least a million.

A million shadowy soldiers charged simultaneously towards the Stone Statue.

Buzz!

The Stone Statue's colossal palm finally paused for a brief moment.

However, this pause was very short.

It lasted less than half a second before it pressed down at an even faster speed.

The Stone Statue's giant palm accelerated its sweep towards the million shadowy soldiers.

In an instant, the million shadowy soldiers were annihilated again, turning into wisps of smoke and dissipating into the world.

Yet.

This dissipation also lasted less than half a second.

After half a second, the million shadowy soldiers reformed again, spanning the heavens and earth, and without pause, continued to charge towards the Stone Statue.

And.

This time, the million shadowy soldiers no longer all rushed towards the Stone Statue's palm.

They split into three teams, charging separately towards the Stone Statue's palm and its eyes.

Yes, that's right.

Two teams of shadowy soldiers actually charged out of the planet, heading directly for the Stone Statue's eyes!

Moreover, they moved from inside the planet to outside the planet as if performing a jump.

In an instant, they crossed a vast distance and appeared at the Stone Statue's eyes!

Then.

They fiercely stabbed at the Stone Statue's eyes.

"What the, what kind of ability is this?"

Lin Yang watched, greatly shaken.

One must know, the Stone Statue was enormous!

Unimaginably huge!

The Stone Statue's entire massive body was currently in space.

From the Stone Statue's chest to its eyes, even a battleship would take a long time to fly.

But these shadowy soldiers crossed this vast distance in an instant, appearing as if teleported directly from inside the planet to the Stone Statue's eyes, attacking them.

It was as if distance didn't exist for these shadowy soldiers.

This left Lin Yang both astonished and envious.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, despite the dim and hazy conditions where visibility was less than half a meter, at this moment, he could clearly see the two teams of shadowy soldiers attacking the Stone Statue's eyes outside the planet.

Two teams of shadowy soldiers attacked the Stone Statue's left and right eyes respectively, aiming directly for the eyeballs.

The Stone Statue, as the two teams of shadowy soldiers attacked, closed its eyes, preventing their attacks from hitting its eyeballs and instead landing on its eyelids.

Then, the Stone Statue suddenly opened its eyes.

Just like its initial opening, two golden rays shot out from its eyes, sweeping over the two teams of shadowy soldiers.

In an instant, the two teams of shadowy soldiers once again turned into smoke and dissipated.

Then.

The dissipated two teams of shadowy soldiers reformed simultaneously inside the planet.

"Kill!"

Accompanied by a unified battle cry!

The newly formed two teams of shadowy soldiers instantly crossed a vast distance from inside the planet, appearing at the Stone Statue's eyes to attack.

The Stone Statue closed its eyes again.

The shadowy soldiers' attacks struck the Stone Statue's eyelids, sending out sparks.

The Stone Statue reopened its eyes.

Golden light swept across, and the shadowy soldiers dissipated into smoke.

Then reformed inside the planet.

And seamlessly re-attacked the Stone Statue's eyes.

Once, twice... soon, this attack cycle repeated over a hundred times.

And there was no sign of stopping.

These shadowy soldiers seemed unable to completely disappear, nor did they tire; as long as they were annihilated by the Stone Statue, they would reform and continue to attack the Stone Statue.

Although this had almost no effect on the Stone Statue, as the number of annihilations and reformations increased, the power of these shadowy soldiers seemed to strengthen.

From being instantly annihilated at first, they were later able to withstand several seconds before being annihilated.

After one or two hundred annihilations and reformations, the shadowy soldiers could already endure one or two minutes under the Stone Statue's attack before dissipating.

This enhancement effect was visibly obvious.

Moreover, not only did the duration of their persistence increase, but the impact they could have on the Stone Statue gradually became more pronounced.

The downward speed of the Stone Statue's massive palm had significantly slowed compared to the beginning.

The Stone Statue's eyes also remained closed for longer periods. Initially, they would open immediately after closing, with golden light annihilating the shadowy soldiers.

But later, they would remain closed for quite a while before opening again.

And this... "Now seems like the best time to escape."

Lin Yang's eyes flickered.

Although he didn't know why these million shadowy soldiers appeared or why they attacked the Stone Statue.

But from the current situation, under the persistent attacks of these shadowy soldiers, the Stone Statue was considerably stalled, allowing him to seize the opportunity to escape.

"System, can you detect Que Tian's current location?" Lin Yang silently asked.

The current situation meant he didn't necessarily have to jump directly out of the ruins.

So Lin Yang still wanted to explore this ruin space a bit more.

This was a rare opportunity.

In the top-secret files Song Qingfeng showed him at the Alien Management Bureau, there was no information recorded about the situation inside the ruins.

Although it was said that all who entered the ruins died, and no exploration team had ever transmitted information about the interior of the ruins.

But now, Lin Yang suspected there might be even higher-level classified data, recording some situations inside the ruins.

The Life from the High-Dimensional Universe could designate safe areas within the ruins for the Mingye Clan to establish bases, and also enable Mingye Clan members to enter and exit this ruin.

The true powerhouses in the Ten Thousand Universes might not be as strong as the Life from the High-Dimensional Universe.

But it couldn't be that absolutely no one had ever successfully entered or exited the ruins.

The reason for claiming no internal ruin data might simply be because those data involved more secrets.

Everything he saw here now was extraordinary.

If his guess was correct, and there indeed were higher-level classified files about the ruins inside the Alien Management Bureau, then the best way for him to view them would be through exchange.

To trade the information he discovered inside this ruin for the opportunity to view data from other ruins.

Therefore, exploring a bit more inside the ruins now would give him more bargaining chips later.

Of course, besides this, Lin Yang also had some curiosity of his own.

Curiosity killed the cat, it's true.

But he had the System's jump as a safety net, so when he couldn't die, he naturally wanted to explore this strange and mysterious ruin as much as possible.

Now that even things resembling shadowy soldiers had appeared, he was very curious what other more bizarre and mystical things would appear inside this ruin.

"Host, Que Tian is one meter to your right side."

The System quickly responded.

"Ah? That close?" Lin Yang was startled.

He had thought the two of them had been separated far apart by the strong winds, never expecting them to be so close.

"System, give me a precise directional guide." Lin Yang said again.

Currently inside the planet, visibility within half a meter was very blurry, and beyond one meter, he couldn't see anything at all.

"Okay, Host."

The System was inexplicably helpful, not mentioning any fees, and freely pointed out the specific path to Lin Yang.

Soon, Lin Yang found the unconscious Que Tian floating in mid-air about a meter away.

"He actually passed out?"

Lin Yang's heart skipped a beat.

"Host, no need to worry. He was merely impacted by the forces here and fell unconscious. He will awaken quickly after being removed from this place."

The System thoughtfully provided the reason for the unconsciousness.

"Oh, oh... good that he's fine."

Lin Yang relaxed, then prepared to drag Que Tian away from this planet first.

But the System suddenly said, "Host, the System suggests you wait a few more hours before leaving."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Lin Yang paused his movements.

"Host, these Heroic Soul Warriors are currently fighting the Stone Statue. As their annihilations and reformations increase, the power of the Heroic Soul Warriors will become stronger. In a few hours, the power of the Heroic Soul Warriors will undergo another qualitative improvement. At that time, each round of reformation will last longer, which will be more conducive for you to leave this planet, and even temporarily escape the Stone Statue's pursuit."

The System explained.

"Hmm? System, you refer to these shadowy soldiers as Heroic Soul Warriors?" Lin Yang raised an eyebrow, and said faintly, "Do you know something about the current situation?"

He noticed something unusual about the System.

After entering the ruins, when using some of the System's service functions, the System hadn't mentioned any fees.

Normally, unless it was a particularly insignificant function, this money-grubbing System would always charge some national treasure value.

But from entering the ruins until now, for every System service function he had used, the System hadn't charged a fee.

In fact, recalling it now, to reassure him about entering the ruins, the System had even proactively offered to spend a small amount of national treasure value for an absolutely safe jump as a safety net.

This was also abnormal!

System, could it be that you know something about the situation inside these ruins?

At this thought, before the System could answer, Lin Yang spoke again, "You'd better tell me the truth! Is it that you already know something without unlocking the corresponding information module?"

"Alright, Host, truly no abnormal clue can escape your wise and brilliant perception. The System did indeed obtain some basic information just now."

The System immediately flattered him.

..."Sys, System? You're flattering me?" Lin Yang felt a bit strange.

In this day and age, even the System had learned to flatter?

The System didn't respond to that, but instead said directly:

"Host, when these Heroic Soul Warriors first coalesced, the System automatically obtained some basic permission information."

"This planet is an Ancient Battlefield, and these warriors you call shadowy soldiers are the Heroic Souls who died on this Ancient Battlefield."

"These Heroic Souls fought powerful enemies in Life and were ultimately buried here, but for some unknown reason, after death, they became Heroic Souls, eternally trapped here."

"And now, they have been summoned and reformed again due to the appearance of the Stone Statue, to fight once more."

"This is all the basic information the System knows."

..."Is that all the information?" Lin Yang rubbed his temples.

That information was too little.

"Yes, Host, that's all the information the System automatically obtained just now. More detailed information might require upgrading and unlocking the information module."

"Alright." Lin Yang nodded, looking back at the million shadowy soldiers.

No.

Now he should call them: Heroic Souls.

"Heroic Souls, this is a respectful term for heroes after death. System, you refer to these as Heroic Souls; is that how they were referred to in the information you automatically obtained?"

Lin Yang's eyes flickered as he pondered.

"Yes, Host, the information the System obtained refers to these existences as Heroic Souls."

"Oh, if that's the case, it means they were all revered heroic warriors in Life, and it's highly likely they were all human warriors."

Lin Yang immediately made a judgment.

The System was undoubtedly on his side.

Therefore, the System's appellations for other things were given from his perspective.

If they were enemies, they certainly wouldn't be called Heroic Souls.

Since they are directly called Heroic Souls, it means these warriors currently fighting the Stone Statue are very likely human.

And, most likely, they sacrificed themselves in a war detrimental to humanity.

To put it bluntly, they sacrificed themselves for humanity!

Only then could they be called Heroic Souls.

Now they have reappeared due to the Stone Statue, and upon appearing, they immediately attacked the Stone Statue.

This indicates... "The Stone Statue is evil, and they are protecting me? It's very possible they sensed the Stone Statue's power and reappeared to fight the Stone Statue to protect me?"

Lin Yang looked up. Although he felt this idea might be a bit presumptuous, watching these Heroic Souls battle the Stone Statue, dissipating and reforming again and again.

A strange sense of emotion rose in his heart.

These Heroic Souls, long dormant here, whether they simply sensed the Stone Statue's presence or reappeared to protect him.

In any case, they were protecting him now!

"System, what about the Stone Statue? Is there any new information obtained? What exactly is this thing?"

Lin Yang quietly inquired.