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Chapter 856.13: In and Out

"These two bronze statues look incredibly fierce."Wang Shouyi walked up to the bronze statues, not knowing which divine beings they represented.

He saw that each held a long, decorative axe, with blue faces, bared fangs, and glaring eyes. Their ferocious visages didn't inspire terror, but rather an overwhelming sense of majesty.

However, in his mind, he had already accepted this place as the Upper Realm.

So, he respectfully stood before the two bronze statues and bowed deeply.

"Two Great Gods, this junior means no offense. May I ask where this place is? Should we proceed upwards along the iron chains?"

"If the two Great Gods can hear this junior's prayer, please grant us some guidance."

Wang Shouyi muttered to himself, while Chen Huaian, standing one step behind him, suddenly changed his expression.

"Watch out!"

Before his words fully landed, the two bronze statues, originally silent and motionless, suddenly shuddered.

The heavy decorative long axes, wrapped in a foul wind, swept down viciously towards the left and right sides.

The force was pure and tyrannical, as if intending to cleave this very space in two!

"Pfft—! Ugh!"

Wang Shouyi, the weakest among them, had no time to react. Even after summoning his protective treasure, he was still sent flying sideways by the terrifying axe wind. He spewed a large mouthful of blood mid-air, his chest bones emitting a sickening cracking sound.

"Fiends! Cease your arrogance!" Zhang Yibai roared in fury.

Facing the giant axe cleaving down towards his head, he did not choose to meet it head-on. Instead, he planted his feet apart and slowly traced a circular arc in the air before him with both hands.

In that instant, black and white energies swirled within his palms, forming a faintly discernible Tai Chi Yin-Yang Fish.

"Yin and Yang give rise to change, the two energies endure forever! Four ounces deflects a thousand pounds!"

Zhang Yibai's hands seemed to 'catch' the enormous axe blade from a distance, and the axe's descent speed abruptly slowed.

"Clang—!"

The giant axe struck the Tai Chi diagram, but there was no violent collision. It was more like sinking into a quagmire. However, the power of the bronze statue was truly too terrifying. Even though Zhang Yibai deflected seventy percent of the force, the remaining thirty percent still shattered his Protective Energy field.

He grunted, his body hurtling back dozens of steps.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Each step left a deep footprint on the white jade floor. He only barely managed to steady himself on the final step, a trace of crimson blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Gu Changsheng was equally disheveled. To evade the attack, he had scrambled and rolled on the ground, half of his sleeve shredded by the violent wind.

However, just as everyone thought the bronze statues would press their advantage and exterminate them—

"Crack… crack…"

After completing their first wave of attacks, the two bronze statues, with synchronized movements, actually retracted their long axes and retreated to their original positions with heavy steps.

The faint light in their eyes extinguished, and they reverted to inanimate objects, as if the previous outburst was merely an illusion.

"They… stopped?" Gu Changsheng wiped cold sweat from his brow, his heart still pounding. "What does this mean? Cat-playing-with-mouse?"

"No, it's a mechanism."

Chen Huaian now stood at the forefront, his gaze burning intently as he stared at the two bronze statues. He said gravely, "At that moment just now, This Venerable One noticed that when the axe swung towards Wang Shouyi, the other bronze statue's movement clearly hesitated for an instant, as if waiting for some kind of judgment."

He looked back at the others. "Although this formation grows stronger when facing strength, it seems it can only lock onto the energy signature of one primary target at a time."

"Our previous group charge inadvertently triggered their group attack mode, causing their power to stack."

"Brother Chen, you mean…" Zhang Yibai wiped the blood from his mouth, deep in thought.

"One at a time."

Chen Huaian's tone was resolute. "As long as we don't trigger the formation on a large scale, each person should face their own unique 'trial'."

Having said that, Chen Huaian didn't let others take the risk. He took the lead and stepped forward himself.

Just this single step seemed to tread upon some forbidden trigger mechanism.

*Crack—!* The bronze statues immediately moved.

Chen Huaian withdrew his foot.

The bronze statues returned.

Chen Huaian stepped forward again.

The bronze statues raised their giant axes once more.

Chen Huaian, deep in thought, then drew a line on the ground with his foot.

He began going in and out.

"Hey~ This Venerable One is coming in!"

"This Venerable One is going out~"

"Coming in again~"

"Going out again, hehehe!"

Chen Huaian was having fun.

Zhang Yibai and the others fell silent.

The two bronze statues became furious.

The moment Chen Huaian took one last step across the line—

*Boom—!* The previously dead-silent plaza suddenly erupted. The two bronze colossi, each towering thirty meters high, simultaneously went berserk without any warning.

Accompanied by the sound of mechanical operation, *crack crack*, and a sickening, sharp screech.

*Hum—!* Ghostly green flames instantly erupted from the gaps in their armor.

It was unclear what kind of flames they were, but anything appearing in this Underground Palace was certainly no ordinary fire.

The figures of the two giants blurred in the air distorted by high temperature. Only the two decorative long axes, capable of splitting heaven and earth, one left and one right, wrapped in blue flames that could incinerate all things, came scissoring down towards his head at a speed that defied physical laws!

Fast.

Unbelievably fast.

Zhang Yibai hadn't even had time to blink before the terrifying axe blades had already sliced through the air above Chen Huaian's head.

If it were anyone else, they would be mincemeat by now.

But Chen Huaian only made one move.

Draw his sword.

*Shing—!*

Where the Sword light arose, it was not a single point of cold gleam, but a silvery-white Sword Curtain that cascaded down like an avalanche.

— Sword technique: One Sword Guards the Pass.

Ten thousand men cannot breach it.

"CLANG—!!!"

The two giant axes, weighing tens of thousands of pounds and burning with raging flames, slammed fiercely onto that thin layer of silvery-white Sword Curtain, producing a deafening roar like a massive bell.

The Sword Curtain did not shatter. Not even a single ripple appeared on its surface.

Chen Huaian held his sword with one hand, his posture as steadfast as a pine tree. He forcefully carved out an absolute forbidden zone amidst the scissoring attacks of the two berserk giants.

Whoever crosses this line, dies.

In the next instant, Chen Huaian's wrist turned gently.

This single turn seemed to shift the very energy of heaven and earth.

Beneath the dim, chaotic sky, though there were no stars, a solitary, peerless full moon abruptly rose.

That was not a moon.

That was Sword Qi.

Clear, cold, aloof, and permeating everything.

— Sword technique: The Moon Rises Over Tianshan.

The bright moon rises over Tianshan, amidst vast seas of clouds.

At that moment, time seemed to freeze.

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