222: Chapter 222 The Jade Guardian! The Exquisite Spirit Corpse That Clashed with the Stone Statue!

"Click, click, click..."

A heavy, jarring sound of stone grinding echoed across the vast white jade plaza.

The twelve white jade statues, over ten meters tall, had stood like inanimate objects on both sides of the steps.

But at this moment, the dark red light in their eyes grew increasingly intense, as if some ancient Soul was awakening.

"Boom!"

The foremost martial general statue, holding a giant white jade axe, suddenly took a step forward.

This single step felt heavy as a thousand jun.

The hard Top-Grade Spirit Stone ground was actually cracked into a spiderweb pattern, and a terrifying Aura equivalent to a human at the Early Stage of the Nascent Soul Stage swept out like a gale.

"Ah!"

Qin Xueji gasped in fright. She was just a Mortal; how could she withstand pressure of this level?

If Su Yang hadn't used Pure Yang True Qi to protect her beforehand, this pressure would have crushed her into a mist of blood in an instant.

Even so, her legs went weak, and she instinctively hugged Su Yang's arm tightly.

Due to her extreme nervousness, her white shirt, which had already popped a button, was pulled even wider.

The black lace lingerie inside and the stunning, full curves were pressed almost completely against Su Yang's arm, transmitting an astonishingly soft elasticity.

"Boss... these stones have come to life..." Qin Xueji's voice trembled, and cold sweat slid down her fair cheeks.

"They're just a few broken stones, what are you panicking about?"

Feeling the wonderful sensation from his arm, Su Yang didn't push her away; instead, he took the opportunity to wrap his arm around her slender, willow-like waist.

"This is a Puppet Formation. The great beings of the ancient era loved to carve Puppets out of top-grade Materials and then stuff them with Top-Grade Spirit Stones as the core, using them as guard dogs."

Su Yang explained nonchalantly, his gaze sweeping over the twelve statues as if he were inspecting goods on a supermarket shelf.

"Twelve Early Stage Nascent Soul thugs; the owner of this Kunlun Immortal Palace is indeed quite wealthy."

"Early Stage Nascent Soul?!"

Hearing this, Mary, who was standing nearby, immediately lost her composure.

Although she was a Vampire countess, she was used to running wild in the secular world, and at most, she was equivalent to a human at the Peak Golden Core Stage. Any random stone figure pulled out here had a higher Realm than her!

"Boss, these stone figures don't have blood, I'm not fighting them!"

Mary timidly flapped the black bat wings on her back and flew a bit higher.

She was wearing that extremely provocative black deep-V jumpsuit, hovering in mid-air, her magnificent chest trembling with every breath, and her two glowing white long legs dangling in the air.

"With you as a delicate little Vampire, going up there would just be like scratching them."

Su Yang gave her a disdainful look.

At this moment, the twelve white jade statues had completely awakened.

They turned their heads in unison, their twelve pairs of dark red eyes locked tightly onto Su Yang and the others.

"Those who trespass into the Immortal Palace, die!"

A heartless, mechanical roaring sound, as if coming from ancient times, emanated from within the statues.

Immediately after, the twelve statues moved simultaneously.

Despite their massive size, their movements were exceptionally agile.

The two foremost statues, one wielding a giant axe and the other raising a long spear, brought with them a terrifying sonic boom that tore through the air, slashing directly toward Su Yang's face!

"A bunch of brainless broken stones, daring to brandish weapons in front of my boss?"

An icy blue silhouette instantly blocked Su Yang's path.

It was Chu Ling.

She was wearing an icy blue slip dress today, with her two slender, snow-white arms exposed.

Facing the white jade giant axe that could split a mountain Peak, not only was there no fear on Chu Ling's stunning face, but a light of excitement flickered instead.

She was an "Unmelting Bone" that had just reshaped her Physical Body!

In the zombie ranking System, the strength of an Unmelting Bone's Physical Body was simply a hundred times more perverted than these top-grade white jade statues!

"Get lost!"

Chu Ling shouted coldly. Without using any Spell, she simply lifted her seemingly weak and boneless fist and smashed it head-on against the ten-meter-long white jade giant axe!

One big, one small.

One hard, one soft.

This visually shocking scene made Qin Xueji close her eyes in fear.

"Boom—!!!"

A deafening roar exploded on the plaza, and the violent air waves kicked up a Spiritual Qi storm, lifting Chu Ling's skirt high, revealing her straight, slender, and jade-white beautiful legs.

An unbelievable scene occurred.

Chu Ling's slender fist didn't even break a layer of skin, while that giant axe, forged from top-grade white jade and imbued with the power of the Nascent Soul Stage, actually began to crack inch by inch from the blade!

"Crack! Crack!"

Dense cracking sounds rang out like frying beans.

The massive white jade axe turned into a sky full of gravel, falling down on them.

"Too weak, not even enough to scratch an itch for me."

Chu Ling licked her red lips, a trace of violent Evil Qi flashing in her icy blue eyes.

She tapped her toes lightly on the ground, and her whole body shot up like a cannonball, leaping directly onto the chest of that statue.

"Shatter for me!"

Chu Ling raised her right leg fiercely, tracing a perfect crescent arc in the air, and with a bone-chilling cold Yin Qi, she delivered a powerful downward kick, smashing it heavily onto the chest of the white jade statue.

"Bang!"

The chest of the ten-meter-tall white jade statue was actually kicked into a terrifying hole.

Its massive body lost balance and collapsed with a crash, kicking up a sky full of dust on the plaza.

"Beautiful."

Su Yang couldn't help but praise.

The Physical Body of this Unmelting Bone, combined with Chu Ling's clean and violent aesthetics, was indeed a feast for the eyes. Especially when she performed that flying kick, the glimpses of spring scenery under her skirt were even more of a treat.

"Form a Formation!"

Seeing their companion being instantly killed, the remaining eleven statues seemed to have realized the enemy's strength. Mechanical roaring sounds came from within them again.

The eleven statues quickly changed positions, arranging themselves according to the trajectory of some ancient Formation.

Hum!

The dark red light on their bodies connected into one, condensing into a huge blood-colored rune in mid-air. The power of eleven Early Stage Nascent Soul cultivators, through the enhancement of the Formation, actually merged instantly, forming a terrifying Aura comparable to the Peak of the Nascent Soul Stage!

"A combined attack Formation?"

Bai Li, who had been standing quietly to the side, slightly knitted her beautiful eyebrows.

She was dressed in a fluttering white dress, and nine fluffy fox tails stretched out behind her.

"Sister Chu Ling, step back. The Formation formed by these eleven statues has already surpassed simple physical defense. Although your Physical Body is formidable, you will be injured if you forcefully resist the backlash of the Formation."

Bai Li, as she spoke, walked forward with elegant steps.

She stretched out her slender jade hand, purple light flickering in her palm, preparing to use the innate Divine Ability of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox to break the Formation.

"That's enough, don't dirty your hands."

Su Yang released Qin Xueji's slender waist and walked up slowly from behind, blocking the two stunning beauties.

He had his hands in the pockets of his casual trousers, looking up at the huge blood-colored rune pressing down from above, a trace of an extremely arrogant sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Playing with Formations in front of me? It's simply showing off one's incompetence."

Su Yang didn't even take his hands out of his pockets; he just stomped his right foot heavily on the white jade plaza.

"Boom!"

A Pure Yang True Fire, ten times more terrifying than the combined power of those eleven statues, surged frantically into the ground from under Su Yang's feet like a volcanic eruption.

The golden flames raged underground, accurately cutting off all the Spiritual Qi circuits of the Formation beneath the feet of these eleven statues.

"Break for me!"

Su Yang snorted coldly.

The massive blood-colored rune, which had been aggressive, flickered twice like a light bulb that had run out of power, and with a "pop" sound, it dissipated into nothingness in mid-air.

The eleven charging white jade statues also had their Spiritual Qi circulation lose control instantly because the core of the Formation was forcibly burned out.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Successive dull sounds came.

The knees of these eleven statues exploded in unison, and like a golden mountain collapsing and a jade pillar toppling, they all knelt down in front of Su Yang.

"A bunch of dead things, daring to block my path."

Su Yang stepped forward and reached out to grab at the air.

"Crack!"

The head of the first fallen statue was directly crushed. A Top-Grade Spirit Stone, the size of a fist and emitting extremely pure Spiritual Qi fluctuations, flew out from the statue's brain and landed in Su Yang's hand.

"As expected, Top-Grade Spirit Stones were used as the core."

Su Yang weighed the Spirit Stone in his hand with satisfaction. This thing had long been extinct in the current Cultivation World; taking any one out would make those Hidden Sects fight over it until they broke their heads.

He followed the same method.

Su Yang blew up the heads of the remaining eleven statues and confiscated a total of twelve Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

"I'm rich, I'm rich! Boss, these stones are so pretty, can you embed them on my shoes?" Mary, seeing that the crisis was resolved, immediately flew down, looking longingly at the Top-Grade Spirit Stones in Su Yang's hand.

"Embed them on your head, these are hard currency used to upgrade the Spirit Gathering Formation in our courtyard."

Su Yang threw the Spirit Stones into the System space and clapped the dust off his hands.

He turned his head to look at Qin Xueji, who was still in shock, reached out and pinched her fair, smooth cheek, and teased, "Chief Steward Qin, holding on so tightly earlier, haven't you taken enough advantage of this young master?"

Qin Xueji only then realized that she had been pressed against Su Yang the whole time, and she immediately turned bright red with shame, quickly taking a small step back, her hands tightly covering the exposed scenery on her chest.

"Boss... I'm sorry... I... I was too scared..."

"If you're scared, stay close."

Su Yang smiled and turned to look at the white jade stairs leading to the depths of the Immortal Palace ahead.

These stairs had a full nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, extending all the way to the high place shrouded in clouds and mist. At the end of the stairs, a magnificent main hall was vaguely visible.

"Let's go, the guard dogs have been cleared, let's see what good things the owner actually left behind."

The group stepped onto the white jade stairs and climbed up.

The surrounding clouds and mist gradually became thicker as they climbed. The Spiritual Qi in the air not only did not decrease but instead had an extra, faint, and strange fragrance.

When they walked to the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step and finally stood in front of the plaza of the main hall.

Everyone stopped in their tracks.

They saw that from the gap of the half-closed purple-gold door of the main hall, a wisp of eerie pink mist was actually seeping out.