76: The immortal idol that boosts intelligence

The Contract Array activated, and the divine statue sensed a power attempting to enslave it.

If it did not resist, it would immediately become a slave.

"How dare they?"

Boom!

The Aura belonging to a deity erupted!

High and mighty, looking down upon all living beings, everything else was nothing but ants.

Zhuang Xiaoyan felt as if the divine statue before her had come back to life. With a casual wave of its hand, the heavens would collapse and the earth would shatter, mountains would crumble and seas would dry up.

And she herself was like a speck of dust; if the other party blew a single breath, she would be utterly annihilated.

"Gods are unreachable, invincible under the heavens!"

"No, comparing oneself to a god is a form of blasphemy."

"Blasphemers must die!"

"But, on what grounds?"

Zhuang Xiaoyan gritted her teeth, took out her heavy shield and broadsword from her inventory, and the scene before her shifted.

Her three teammates were prostrate on the ground, kowtowing incessantly. She herself had almost knelt as well, but in the end, she gripped her sword and stood upright.

As for Xu Le, who was attempting to turn the divine statue into a slave, he looked at it with an expression of disdain.

Wait, was he looking down on a god?

Zhuang Xiaoyan felt her brain couldn't keep up.

Xu Le possessed the "Innate Holy" talent and felt nothing from the Divine Might exerted by the divine statue; instead, he felt a bit like laughing.

It was like someone standing three or five meters away, pretending to deliver a hand chop through the air, while acting cool and saying you were dead.

The divine statue was furious and crawled forward. As for its speed, well, you could tell it was moving.

Xu Le was even more amused.

He threw a "Mental Shock" at it.

Amidst the violent spirit, the divine statue discovered something different. It wanted to resist, but its Soul was almost shattered, and it froze in place.

Its eyes changed instantly.

"A True God in the human world!"

Hum!

The Formation roared, and the Formation on the ground descended onto the divine statue.

Contract successful!

"All Ascend to Heaven" trait activated.

The divine statue's panel appeared before his eyes.

【contracted beast】 divine statue (Renamed)

【Race】 Undying divine statue (SSS Rank)

【Rank】 2 (1/40)

【Strength】 1

【Agility】 1

【Physique】 6200

【spirit】 1

【Equipment】 None

【Talent】

1. Undying Starry Body

A body forged from Starry Stone, later strengthened by faith, it can immunize against physical and Spell damage below 100,000 points. (Can be strengthened)

2. Stone spirit

Intelligence born from Starry Stone; its body is undying, its Soul is undying, and its mana is determined by its Physique.

3. Serpent Mother Mark

It is marked by the Serpent Mother.

【Skill】

1. Divine Might

Consumes 1000 mana to emit Divine-Grade majesty. Creatures below Divine-Grade must make a Will check. If the check fails, they will completely lose combat capability. Duration: 180 seconds, Cooldown: None

2. Divine Armor (Passive)

A body strengthened by faith, it can reflect 100% of physical damage and 50% of Spell damage.

3. Divine Guidance

Consumes 2000 mana to attract attacks within a range of spirit × 2 meters to itself. Duration: 30 seconds. Cooldown: 120 seconds.

4. Soul Purification

Consumes 5000 mana to activate the Soul Purification Formation engraved on its body, which can purify distracting thoughts within faith. Cooldown: None

5. Divine Domain

Consumes 10000 mana to open a Divine Domain within a range of spirit × 100 meters. Duration: 60 minutes. Cooldown: None

After contracting the divine statue, Xu Le discovered it was a special creature.

The lifeless Starry Stone, nurtured by faith and watched by the Serpent Mother, had accidentally developed a wisp of consciousness.

Its talent was undeniably powerful; it was born with 6000 points of Physique.

The Stone spirit talent meant that even though its spirit attribute was extremely low, its mana could be determined by its Physique attribute, which was extremely terrifying.

However, because its spirit attribute was low, its intelligence was extremely low, and it could only act on instinct.

Furthermore, its growth attributes only included Physique, meaning the other three attributes would forever remain at one.

Additionally, it bore the Serpent Mother Mark, meaning that even though he was only Rank 63, he had already caught the attention of the Divine-Grade Serpent Mother.

However, Xu Le was not afraid.

As of now, the Serpent Mother could not come over; otherwise, she would have rushed over to kill him back when he killed the God Slave.

Why would she wait for him to contract the divine statue?

He scanned the divine statue's Skills again, and when he saw the "Soul Purification" Skill, his eyes immediately lit up.

Based on the description, it was used to purify distracting thoughts within faith, but since it was named Soul Purification, he wanted to try if it could purify the remnants of Souls within Soul fragments.

He was quite eager for the Undead Murloc's Skills, so he hurriedly took out the "Undead Murloc Soul Fragments" and handed them to the divine statue.

He communicated via Mind Link.

"Can you purify Soul remnants?"

"Yes."

"Purify all nine fragments."

"..."

Because he could only sense vague thoughts, in that instant, the divine statue's heart was a bit blank, and Xu Le only felt confusion.

"Can't you do it? Let's purify one first."

Xu Le handed over one fragment, and through the Mind Link, he still only sensed confusion.

Fortunately, confusion aside, the divine statue began to work.

He saw it swallow the Soul fragment in one gulp, its mana decreased by 5000 points, and the purification Formation began.

Time slowly passed.

Xu Le kept watching the divine statue, and the divine statue kept watching Xu Le.

Seeing Xu Le standing there in a daze after successfully contracting the divine statue, Zhuang Xiaoyan asked cautiously: "Xu Le, is something wrong?"

"No, the contract was successful."

With a thought from Xu Le, the divine statue closed its Divine Domain.

Xu Le put the divine statue into his Contract Space and led everyone out of the temple.

Walking out the gate, everyone found themselves on flat ground; it seemed as if floating in the air before had just been an illusion.

Zhuang Xiaoyan turned around, looking at the path they had come from, and finally confirmed that they had escaped the temple, so moved she almost shed tears.

Not only that, but the satellite phone signal had also been restored.

She immediately reported the situation here to the Guard Army.

Xu Le, thinking of the Undead Murloc's Skills, kept most of his attention focused on the divine statue. Seeing the mana fluctuations on it come to a halt, he communicated via thought.

"Did it succeed?"

"Mm."

"Let me see."

Xu Le reached out, and then what he sensed was again a feeling of confusion.

Damn it, the contracted beast wouldn't be embezzling my property, right?

Xu Le looked at the Little Peach Tree nearby. Sensing its master's thoughts, the Little Peach Tree stretched its branches, revealing two ripe immortal coils, and pulled out its roots; the four inferior Divine Stones were almost intact, as Xu Le had just given them to it, and the tiny bit of energy it had absorbed was barely noticeable.

After proving its innocence, seeing that Xu Le wasn't eyeing the immortal coils, the Little Peach Tree immediately moved its branches, covering the immortal coils tightly with peach leaves, before returning to the soil.

Don't ask, asking just means it's been poor for too long!

It wanted to keep the fruits.

Xu Le looked at the divine statue, the divine statue looked at Xu Le, both filled with confusion.

It must be said, the divine statue's head was now black, its body golden, and it looked exceptionally... ugly!

The Little Silly Crow flew over and asked via Mind Link.

"God, do you have any questions? I can communicate with it."

Xu Le's heart stirred; both were believers, or perhaps their languages really were mutually intelligible.

After he told the Little Silly Crow about his confusion, the Little Silly Crow chattered away with the divine statue for a long time.

The Little Silly Crow finally managed to translate: "God, it says the Soul fragments have been completely purified, so you can rest assured."

'！！！'

'My Skills are gone, what kind of rest assured is that!'

Xu Le was so angry his brain hurt. Fortunately, eight fragments remained; otherwise, he might have had thoughts of eating roasted divine statue today.

The Little Silly Crow sensed Xu Le's thoughts and communicated with the divine statue for a long time again.

"God, it says it can just clear the Soul remnants and keep the Skills."

Xu Le instantly perked up: "Really?"

The Little Silly Crow nodded: "Really!"

Xu Le handed the eight memory fragments to the Little Silly Crow and had it communicate with the divine statue to get the three Skills: Reapers Scythe, Death Displacement, and Qi Shield. If there were other Skills, that would be better; if not, so be it.