Hearing this, I couldn't help but get excited. I had heard some of what Zhang Yongnian was saying before.

These are all very profound methods.

Including the notes Yingniang left behind, and the one Auntie gave me, both of them have been mentioned.

"Alright, let's talk about this first! Take a look and see if there's anything special about these seven golems!"

Zhang Yongnian interrupted me and pointed to the sculpture in front of us.

I closed my eyes and began to see with my third eye.

Although I'm not familiar with it yet, I still discovered some different things.

"Senior, these are alive!"

I could sense that these seven demonic sculptures possessed a life force, meaning they were all living beings.

It's unbelievable, and no wonder the sculpture looks so lifelike—it's actually alive.

Kneel down!

Zhang Yongnian's words remained emotionless, but this time he spoke with obvious weakness.

I used my Heavenly Eye to take a look, and Zhang Yongnian's body was almost completely hollowed out by the puppet inside the box.

Zhang Yongnian's heart was covered with dense, thin blood vessels, and the puppets were constantly devouring it.

"Don't worry about me, it's all luck, just luck!"

Zhang Yongnian forced a smile, and I could tell it wasn't a forced smile, but rather a genuine expression of his appreciation for my good fortune.

After I knelt down, I could feel through my third eye that the life force of the sculpture was constantly being transmitted to me.

This scene left me a little scared.

It was a very pure power, and my body thoroughly enjoyed it when it entered me.

In about a breath, the energy I had previously depleted was replenished.

"Your power has returned, hasn't it? I told you, don't worry! Use this to construct the formation. Remember, you must break through alive!"

I'll bet my life that you'll live!

Zhang Yongnian took out seven bronze tokens.

Each bronze token has a ghost face painted on it.

That corresponds to those seven sculptures.

I dared not delay and quickly accepted the token.

The next second, the tokens scattered and formed a new formation.

Before me, several sculptures transformed into fully living beings, their sizes increasing to enormous sizes, enveloping me completely.

This must be the formation Zhang Yongnian was talking about.

The seven sculptures together have sealed off the space.

I have no way to communicate with the outside world.

Perhaps this is what Zhang Yongnian meant: he was betting his life on my survival.

If I successfully pass the test, Lao Dao will live, and Zhang Yongnian will also live.

If I die, then everyone else will probably die too.

I stood up and gripped the lightning sword in my hand.

With a movement of his other hand, the copper plates on the ground also began to move.

These ghost sculptures look like evil spirits. The one right in front of me has long teeth at the corners of its mouth and disgusting sticky liquid, which looks very creepy.

Besides this, the rest are also chilling and terrifying.

If Lao Dao were here, he would really be dead.

"Die, die, die!"

These seven sculptures are imposing, and the phrase "die, die, die" carries a terrifying aura.

However, if I stand in the middle and they are my puppets, the people on the other side will also feel a lot of pressure facing this formation.

I closed my eyes and pondered what Zhang Yongnian had just said.

In an instant, I think I understood.

He's made it very clear: to get through this, you have to gamble!

He's betting my life on it, and I'm betting he's right!

I simply tossed the lightning sword aside and placed the seven bronze pieces according to the positions of the seven sculptures.

Only by putting yourself in a desperate situation can you survive!

"You are not ghosts, but gods, aren't you!"

As the sculpture drew ever closer, I finally couldn't help but speak.

Despite Zhang Yongnian's repeated emphasis that they were golems, apart from their frightening appearance, there was absolutely no ghostly aura about them.

There was no evil aura, no demonic aura, and it even provided me with a certain amount of life force just now.

At this moment, even if they are demons, they are not demons to me!

Sure enough, when I said those words, the sculpture at the very front hesitated.

With a wave of my hand, the corresponding bronze piece entered my hand, which I then tossed into the center of the sculpture's forehead.

The moment I stepped inside, a connection was formed between the sculpture and me.

Through that connection, the life force within the sculpture flowed continuously into my body.

Through my third eye, I also discovered that after I ate the two pills, two different types of energy appeared in my body.

One color is red, and the other color is gold.

The connection now consumes red energy.

No wonder Zhang Yongnian said I was lucky; that's why.

It's conceivable that without this pill, my body wouldn't have this special energy.

Therefore, no connection will be formed.

Through the connection, I can now sense the puppet's body, as if the sculpture's body is my own.

I tried raising my hand, and the sculpture raised its hand too.

However, now is not the time to be happy, because only the first sculpture has stopped, and the rest are still getting closer to me.

I followed the same method as before, and soon I had all seven golems under my control.

At that moment, the last puppet's knife was only an inch away from me.

If I had been even a second slower, I would have been the one to die!

"That's amazing! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have believed you could succeed!"

Zhang Yongnian applauded me.

"Senior, we succeeded. Now, how do we save you?"

I quickly asked Zhang Yongnian, and I used my Heavenly Eye to take a look. Zhang Yongnian's body was still being eroded, and the puppet in the box might have already sensed my power.

Therefore, they are now absorbing nutrients even more diligently.

"Try absorbing the energy from the sculpture now! Absorbing from one is enough!"

There was a hint of excitement in Zhang Yongnian's tone.

Without thinking much, I followed his instructions and successfully absorbed the life force inside the sculpture.

The process was very simple, as if it were drawing energy from my body.

"Then what?"

After I finished, I looked at Zhang Yongnian.

Zhang Yongnian placed the box in front of me.

"Imagine that energy as a sword, and then pierce through the seven puppets!"

"good!"

Without hesitation, I began to condense the sword as instructed by Zhang Yongnian.

"Don't rush, take it one step at a time! It's understandable to fail the first time... Damn!"

Before Zhang Yongnian could finish speaking, a sword materialized in my palm. It was not very visible to the naked eye, but it could be seen through my Heavenly Eye.

I thrust my sword forcefully, and all seven puppets were pierced through with a single strike.

Zhang Yongnian also coughed up blood. I was about to go and help him when he refused.