It was not originally a statue, but a piece of pitch-black fragment that luckily fell into a mass grave and gradually developed its own consciousness.

Like all villains, it has a grand dream: to turn the whole world into darkness.

Light is an illusion; darkness is the truth.

To realize its dream, it wandered the human world for hundreds of years, and accidentally discovered a magnificent mountain, beneath which lay the corpse of a divine dragon.

Dragon! What a despicable creature.

Why do I hate it?

There's no reason, I just don't like it.

So it transformed into a deity, seized a human as its subordinate, and took over the dragon's territory.

When busy, it absorbs dragon energy; when idle, it kills small humans; and occasionally it comes out to eat children.

Those foolish humans believe whatever they are told.

Life was going very well, but one day everything changed.

Twenty years ago, the statue stood in the ancestral hall, observing the Jiang family's newborn child as usual.

One of the baby girls caught its attention.

With big, grape-like eyes and long, curled eyelashes, she was incredibly cute.

"Little human cub, slurp~"

"I'm so hungry, I really want to eat!"

"Hmm, it smells familiar."

The statue was brought closer for a look, and the expression on the statue immediately changed.

This is what it tastes like!

Human babies look just like it!!

It is...?

The statue used its clever mind, "How come this human baby has my aura? Could it be that I made a mistake one night and left behind this baby? When did I make that mistake?"

"I am a deity, I cannot have babies."

"There's only one truth: she gave birth to me."

"Pah! I am the only idol in the world, the only pig stick in the world."

"Why did she become human, while I can only hide in the shadows and secretly steal dragon energy?!"

The statue muttered to itself, growing increasingly resentful, and stretched out its sharp claws, trying to rip open her heart.

"If you're like me, then..."

The statue licked its lips. "I'll eat you."

The human cubs seemed unaware of the approaching danger, making soft, babyish noises.

“Eee-yah-yah…”

The statue froze, a blurry image flashing through its mind, and a strong thought rising in its heart.

Suicide! Commits suicide on the spot!!

Something's wrong with this human cub; she'll devour it.

The statue slunk away, leaving behind five words.

"This woman must not be allowed to live."

For some reason, the Jiang family never saw that strange child again.

Unexpectedly, she came back today.

The statue repeated twice, "You and I are of the same kind, we are of the same kind."

Lin Xi paused slightly.

similar?

Jiang Ji retorted, "She's my sister, and you're an ugly idol. You're completely different."

"Ugly statue, stop talking nonsense."

Jiang Chi raised the ghost-hunting gun, walked to Lin Xi's side, and said firmly, "Sister, you will always be my sister."

Jiang Ting remained standing in the corner, his gaze fixed on the statue, the smile on his lips widening.

No one noticed that he was smiling.

The four statues stood with their hands on their hips, saying, "I let you go back then, so let me go today. We're done fighting!"

Lin Xi remained completely unmoved.

The fragments came to life and not only deceived people, but also orchestrated everything for the Jiang family.

You can't believe a single word it says.

Lin Xi only trusts herself and Fu Jingyao.

She picked up the peach wood sword and swung it.

Bang--!

The idol is dead again.

Four became eight, but their size shrank a bit.

The statue opened its mouth wide and roared, "We are of the same kind, do you hear me?"

Lin Xi retorted sharply, "Who I am is none of your business!!"

The statue grunted twice, "Out of consideration for our kind, I didn't kill you when you were a child. If only I had known..."

This human is strange; it can't kill her.

She might even kill it.

It seems she killed it before.

No! She didn't kill it.

How could she kill it?

They are the same kind.

The statue is unclear, and the memories of the past are too blurry, with darkness, fragmentation, and rosy light vaguely visible.

If I don't understand it, I'll stop and continue pursuing my dreams.

It created a magnificent formation that not only manipulates humans but also grants them power.

How amazing!

Fortunately, the formation was completed today, otherwise I would have been dead after those few hits.

The eight statues stuck out their tongues, saying, "Come and kill me! If you can't kill me, why not join me instead..."

Lin Xi twirled her sword and paused to rest.

The current problem is how to eliminate the fragmented consciousness.

The sword energy severed the statue's body, one becoming two, two becoming four, and four becoming eight.

There's no point in just cutting it down; we need to find the idol's weakness.

Seeing that she didn't move, the statue thought it had successfully tricked her and laughed excitedly, "Haha, you've surrendered."

Lin Xi shook her arms, pretending to be very tired, "You have too many clones, I can't kill them all no matter how hard I try."

The eight statues simultaneously puffed out their chests, their faces beaming with pride, "My unique skill is of course powerful."

"Without my permission, you cannot leave the formation, nor can you defeat me."

Lin Xi had a sudden inspiration and looked up at the sky.

The sky was covered with countless names, and the earth was enveloped in red light.

She took away the souls of the Jiang family members; their names have not disappeared and are even more famous than before.

Lin Xi understood, "The formation is the source of your power."

The statue instinctively denied it, "No, no, you've got it wrong."

Oh no, we've been exposed.

Humans are indeed cunning, but she is the most cunning.

This woman would never guess where the key point of the formation is.

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