Chapter 710: Chapter 275: Spiritual Artifact, Hand It Over

Unexpectedly, despite there being poisoned Flying Needles hidden behind the side hall, there were no similar traps set up in advance within the main hall.

So, the Spirit Shield Xiao Chen had prepared went unused.

Pushing open the heavy hall doors, he was met with a wide, twenty-four-zhang-long avenue shimmering with golden light.

Twelve thick Purple Gold Pillars lined each side, carved with various auspicious patterns and Auspicious Beasts.

At the end of the avenue stood a square, elevated platform, accessible by a nine-step staircase. Upon it rested a large, Radiant Golden Seat.

Hisss... ’This whole layout looks strangely familiar.’

Xiao Chen’s gaze swept over the particularly eye-catching seat, and a thought suddenly popped into his head.

’I wonder what it feels like to sit up there and look down.’

No sooner said than done. He immediately strode forward, climbed the stairs, and sat down on the Golden Chair in the very center.

’Uh...’

To Xiao Chen’s disappointment, however, there was no special sensation.

In fact, the cold Golden Chair was even harder and less comfortable than an ordinary wooden chair.

He tried cultivating by absorbing Spiritual Qi, but unlike the Cold Jade Bed, it held no hidden secrets. It was just a simple seat.

’This is it? I am so disappointed.’

Xiao Chen shook his head and looked at the long table before him, which was clearly intentionally made lower than normal.

On the table, laid out from left to right, were three Inheritance Jade Scrolls and nothing else.

’Given this layout, these must be the most precious items in the main hall, right?’

Xiao Chen glanced to his left. In the vast space there stood fifty-four humanoid copper statues.

Each statue was dressed in a long robe with a sword at its waist, standing with its hands behind its back, gazing forward.

He then looked to his right, where there were another fifty-four copper statues.

These, however, were clad in Spirit Armor, held all manner of weaponry, and wore fierce, angry expressions.

Other than these statues, the spacious main hall contained no wardrobes or beds, only a few decorative pieces.

The whole place even looked a bit too empty.

This was highly unfavorable for Xiao Chen’s grand looting plan.

’Whatever. I’ll check the Jade Scrolls for any information first.’

Following the order, he picked up the leftmost Jade Scroll.

"Impudent brat, you are lawless!"

"Audacious fiend, how dare you act so presumptuously!"

"Shameless thief, you have offended the Venerable Lord! Surrender at once!"

The moment the Jade Scroll left the table, a series of loud rebukes rang out from the left.

The fifty-four humanoid copper statues had all begun to move.

Some pointed at Xiao Chen and cursed him.

Others drew their swords and berated him.

Still others moved their lips, chanting a Mantra. Spiritual Qi immediately surged—they were clearly about to capture the thief.

Waves of powerful Spiritual Power emanated from them.

The fifty-four copper statues were all emitting an aura equivalent to that of Late-stage Golden Core Cultivators.

’I knew there had to be some danger in the main hall. So this is what they had waiting.’

Seeing this, Xiao Chen was not alarmed. On the contrary, he felt a sense of relief.

After seeing the Coral Forest, he had understood that this new Relic was by no means a peaceful place.

The original designer of the Relic would never have built only a single trap.

Therefore, upon entering the main hall, Xiao Chen hadn’t completely let down his guard, lest he encounter some unusual tactic and suffer an unexpected defeat.

Now that he had confirmed the danger in the main hall came from these copper statues...

’...It’s fine. Just a minor problem.’

Xiao Chen immediately bounded down from the platform and lunged at the nearest statue.

"Flood Dragon’s Grasping Claw! Cloud Dragon Tail Swing! Yinglong Mountain Collapse!"

With a single punch—CRACK!—he pierced straight through the chest of the statue before him.

With a flying kick—CLANG!—he snapped the legs of a nearby statue.

"Insolent child, stop at once!"

A statue behind him had already formed a rope of condensed Spiritual Qi in its hands.

It immediately threw the rope, which coiled around Xiao Chen’s body in an attempt to bind and restrain him.

The rope possessed a natural Binding Spirit effect that could suppress a Cultivator’s True Essence circulation.

But against Xiao Chen, it lost its intended effect and was instantly snapped apart.

"Audacious scoundrel, wreaking havoc in the Central Palace."

The statue whose chest Xiao Chen had just pierced suddenly spoke again, "And now you dare to defy your superiors? This crime is punishable by death!"

As it spoke, a human-like expression of anger appeared on its face.

If not for its brass-colored cheeks, it looked almost like a real Daoist.

’Hm? It can still talk?’

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. ’Are they this tough to deal with?’

So, he followed up with another punch, directly smashing its copper head to pieces.

But in that brief delay, the legless copper statue next to him also spoke, issuing a command: "Where is the General of Pirate Suppression? Quickly, execute this fiend!"

As its command rang out,

a dull reply came from the right rear: "Acknowledged!"

From among the statues on the right, one positioned toward the back and holding a great saber charged forward in response.

It raised its great saber high and swung with all its might, unleashing several streams of immense blade qi.

’You talk too much!’

Xiao Chen kicked the head off the half-destroyed statue.

Then, layers upon layers of Fire Lotuses bloomed around his body, blocking the incoming blade qi.

But, perhaps because the General of Pirate Suppression was holding a weapon,

the four streams of blade qi it unleashed actually destroyed four layers of his Fire Lotuses.

At this rate, if the remaining fifty-three statues on the right attacked all at once...

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