105: Xingyao Divine Stone

Xu Le looked at Xing Manshan. "City Lord, I have a strong premonition that only you can lead us out of the Divine Domain."

"Is that so?" Xing Manshan had taken some serious blows over the past two days and was feeling vaguely unconfident.

The other contestants also remembered that this dungeon was created based on Blue Star's history, so it couldn't just be made up, right?

One by one, they nodded firmly. "Yes!"

Xing Manshan patted Xu Le's shoulder, moved. "Xiao Le, I really didn't misjudge you!"

Closing his eyes, he began to think about how he would destroy the divine statue if it weren't for Xu Le.

Xu Le, meanwhile, circled the eyed divine statue, attacking the pedestal beneath it. Unfortunately, those pedestals were also protected; not only could they not be damaged, but every attack resulted in being struck by black lightning.

Even with the Little Peach Tree helping him recover, the pain was very real.

The looks everyone gave Xu Le were complex—filled with pleading, worship, numbness, and even disdain and hatred...

They didn't understand why Xu Le refused to summon the scythe. Was the side effect really greater than the lives of so many people present? Didn't he know there were millions of demon corpses outside?

Xu Le saw everything but didn't care at all.

For those who could understand him, no explanation was needed; for those who couldn't, there was no need to explain.

Xu Le walked around the exhibition hall and suddenly noticed that the entire hall was exceptionally symmetrical.

Even the twelve fallen corpses were arranged in an exceptionally neat manner in death.

Wait...

They had been dead for so long, why hadn't they turned into demon corpses?

Thinking this, Xu Le blasted a Mental Shock at them, but the corpses on the ground didn't move.

"Am I overthinking it?"

"No, so many people have come in, yet no one thought to drag the corpses away. There must be a problem."

He hurriedly summoned Nine Phoenix and told it his thoughts.

"Don't worry, Master Brother, leave it to me!"

Nine Phoenix said, breathing fire onto one of the corpses. Under the intense heat, an ordinary corpse would have turned directly into ash.

But the corpse on the ground was scorched crimson, twisting and writhing, its mouth wide open as if silently cursing and wailing.

The flames continued to spew, and when the corpse finally closed its mouth, it was burned to ashes.

Just as Xu Le was about to praise Nine Phoenix, he saw it suddenly transform into a Phoenix egg.

"Life-Link Curse!"

Xing Manshan's expression turned ugly. "These evil cultists are truly disgusting, still pulling something like this even when on the verge of death."

"City Lord, look! The blood-colored eye on the stone seems to have dimmed a little." Yang Yin exclaimed.

Xu Le finally understood the sinister intentions of these evil cultists. To destroy the divine statue, one had to destroy the corpses first; to destroy the corpses, one had to be prepared to perish together with them.

That Life-Link Curse was too powerful; it could even instantly kill a full-health Nine Phoenix. Who else among them could withstand it?

Everyone began to discuss, but even though Xing Manshan was the City Lord, he had no face to directly order anyone to trade their life for a corpse.

Three minutes later.

Nine Phoenix resurrected and immediately released nine Clones, preparing to use them to burn the corpses.

Xu Le reached out to stop it. "Go back, let me do it."

Nine Phoenix said anxiously, "Master Brother, my Clones can be lost, but if you are gone, what will happen to Nine Phoenix?"

Xu Le shook his head. Previously, he had ordered the divine statue to attack the eyed divine statue, and both of them had ended up being struck by lightning.

If Nine Phoenix sent its Clones to destroy the corpses and they were cursed along with it, it wouldn't be able to resurrect.

Recalling all his contracted beasts back to the Contract Space, Xu Le picked up the heavenly halberd and walked to a corpse.

The Spirit of the Shaman hurriedly tried to stop him. "Your dog can create so many Clones; wouldn't it be much safer to send its Clones?"

Xu Le refused without hesitation.

Whether it was health points, defense, or damage reduction, he was the highest. There was no need to send his contracted beasts to their deaths.

"You, sigh..." The Spirit of the Shaman sighed, its gaze toward Xu Le becoming even more appreciative.

Completely unaware, Xu Le gripped the heavenly halberd and slammed it into a corpse.

"Awoo—wo—ee—yah—"

The corpse sat up directly, opening its mouth wide and emitting strange sounds.

Xu Le didn't stop, smashing the corpse's head with a full-force strike of the halberd.

The strange sounds stopped abruptly, and the corpse turned into a pile of flesh, motionless.

Xu Le felt a strong chill envelop his entire body and couldn't help but shiver.

When he checked his health bar again, a full 1/4 was gone.

"Nothing much."

Next, Xu Le summoned the Little Peach Tree to help him recover health, then continued to hack and slash at the corpses.

An hour later, all the corpses had been smashed to pieces, and the eye on the divine statue in the exhibition hall had completely faded away, leaving nothing behind.

Xu Le walked to the divine statue and smashed it with the halberd.

This time, no black lightning struck back.

"Everyone, attack together!" Everyone took out their weapons and bombarded it with various Skills.

As a result, they still couldn't harm it.

Xu Le had expected this. Previously, the divine statue he contracted couldn't even be scratched by damage below 100,000 points; this divine statue was even stronger, making it even harder to destroy.

After everyone tried for over ten minutes with no effect, Xu Le finally stepped forward.

When he explained the situation, everyone felt a sense of despair.

100,000 damage seemed to be a threshold.

Even the highest damage dealer, Nine Phoenix, couldn't break through to 100,000 attack power when it reached level 99.

The only one with a chance to reach 100,000 attack was the Little Demon Monkey, but with its fragile frame, it was impossible for it to withstand the damage reflection.

Even if everyone cast shields on it, it wouldn't work.

Everyone subconsciously cast their gaze toward Xu Le again. He had given them hope countless times, and they had become accustomed to pinning their hopes on him.

Even Xing Manshan was looking at Xu Le at this moment, as if he were the City Lord.

As for the previous chicken soup, haha, it tasted pretty good, but he wouldn't believe it again anyway.

Xu Le's gaze swept across the room.

Symmetry. Symmetry. Still symmetry.

If this end was a god, then the other end...

Xu Le looked at the position corresponding to the divine statue; it was also a black stone the size of a fist.

Yang Yin was looking over there along with him; clearly, this Great Master of Formations had also made a discovery.

Xu Le walked up to examine it but didn't find anything.

In theory, if one side was evil, the other should be righteous; if one side was Yin, the other should be Yang.

If one side was a god, the corresponding side should also be a god!

But the stone in front of him was ordinary and plain. The material looked somewhat special, but it had absolutely no Aura belonging to a god.

Thinking this, Xu Le grabbed the stone, only to find he could pick it up easily without any resistance.

However, the divine statue opposite erupted with a powerful Aura, as if it had been suppressed by this stone all along.

A blood-colored eye rose from the divine statue once again, staring straight at everyone, making their scalps tingle.

"Put it down, put it down quickly!" everyone exclaimed repeatedly.

Xu Le did not do as they said, but instead used "Divine Eye", and the stone's attributes appeared.

【Item】 Astral Divine Stone

【Grade】 mythic-grade

【Details】 A meticulously crafted body of a god, possessing the status of a god, capable of suppressing a region.