Spiritual energy continuously gathered between the two corners of the Qilin stone statue, summoning an ice ball whose surface was covered with ice spikes, emitting wisps of cold air.

But after it slammed the ice ball hard at Chen Sangruo, the seemingly hard ice ball melted a thick layer in the blink of an eye.

It shrank to only half its original size, and the melted water droplets fell all over the ground, leaving a water trail.

Even the strength of the ice hockey itself was greatly reduced, and it was easily neutralized by Shen Sangruo's flames.

A look of surprise flashed across the stone statue's eyes. Before it knew it, a faint black mist had enveloped its limbs.

"The demonic energy is working!" Su Xiyu exclaimed excitedly.

Far from the central, well-lit area, most of the room was quite dark, with the black mist blending perfectly into the environment, making it completely unnoticed if one wasn't paying attention.

Furthermore, with Shen Sangruo's precise strikes using arrows fueled by demonic energy, the black aura surrounding the stone statue became even more pronounced.

Its abilities are being gradually affected. The first to be affected is its ability to control various elements, and the last is its ability to judge.

Just like Qi Yan, he stayed in the Misty Abyss for a long time, and in the end, he only had a portion of his judgment ability left.

This also explains why Judgment is the Qilin's most powerful ability, which is why it is more resistant to the influence of demonic energy than other abilities.

The stone statue realized that its power seemed to be affected by something, but it didn't know exactly why.

Enraged, it paid no heed to these things and continued to summon other elements to attack.

However, after being affected by the demonic energy, the intensity of its various elemental attacks was weakened, making it much easier for everyone to dodge.

Of course, they are no longer satisfied with simply dodging attacks.

The snake woman understood everyone's thoughts and immediately unleashed another full-force attack.

An attack that would normally only cause damage the size of a palm has now created a crater nearly half a meter wide on the Qilin statue.

The snake woman immediately relayed the message to the others: "The essence of the sun and moon in the stone statue has been largely consumed, and the special properties of the Heavenly Origin Stone are also disappearing."

"So that means we can take action against it now, right?" Song Weiyan rubbed his hands together, his eyes shining as he looked at the Qilin statue.

He was so frustrated by constantly dodging the attacks of the stone statues that he was almost driven to despair.

Everyone else's eyes were also fixed on the stone statue.

"Attack!" Shen Sangruo decisively ordered, and everyone charged towards the stone statue!

The stone statue's surface has been dented in various sizes and depths by various attacks, and many cracks have appeared on the stone.

However, the stone statues showed no reaction and continued to try to annihilate them all. With their ability to control the elements restricted, they kept summoning the Judgment Array.

No matter how spiritual a stone statue may be, it is still just an inanimate object and cannot truly think like Qiyan.

It's more like being programmed by evil practitioners, following a predetermined path.

The battle raged on for an unknown period of time until the exterior of the stone statue was no longer discernible, and shattered Tianyuan stones littered the ground.

However, based on its general shape, it can still be barely identified as a Qilin.

At this point, only about one-tenth of the total size of the statue had been destroyed.

Chen Sanruo finally relaxed a little and was able to communicate with Qiyan, informing him of the situation here.

Outside the barrier, Immortal Lord Changli and the others waited anxiously, only putting their minds at ease after hearing Qiyan's message.

If Shen Sang calculated in his mind that at this rate, the Qilin statue would be completely destroyed in about ten days.

However, just as this thought crossed her mind, the stone statues that had been attacking them suddenly stopped their attack, moved their limbs, and walked towards the light source in the center.

They ignored their attacks, as if all they could see was that light.

The essence of the sun and moon has been completely exhausted, and the only thought in the stone statue's mind is to replenish it immediately.

"Can this thing go back and replenish its energy on its own?" Fang Yu scratched his head, looking at it with a puzzled expression.

If the stone statue replenishes the essence of the sun and moon, the properties of the Heavenly Origin Stone will be restored, and it will become indestructible again.

This is not a good thing for them.

The group immediately tried to find a way to prevent the statue from returning to the light source.

The dodder flower demon's vines tightly wrapped around the limbs of the Qilin stone statue, and the stone statue actually pulled it along with it, moving forward.

It's just like a stubborn donkey that no one can pull back.

Seeing that they couldn't stop the statue from walking over, the group decided to block out the light source.

A talisman shot out from Bai Ruoan's hand, growing larger in the air as it tried to obscure the light.

But the evil cultivators seemed to have anticipated their thoughts. As the talisman flew under the light, a strange power appeared and instantly burned the talisman to ashes.

Covering it with other magical artifacts or treasures yields the same result.

Even when Shen Sanruo tried to block it with demonic energy, it was dispelled by that power.

"Damn it, what the hell is this?" Shi Zhili couldn't help but curse.

It was impossible to stop the statue from "charging," so the group immediately adjusted their strategy and used this time to attack the statue as much as possible.

Fortunately, the statue cannot launch an attack while absorbing the essence of the sun and moon.

An hour later, the stone statue, as if fully revived, emerged from the light with a powerful aura.

Chen Sangruo felt a sense of relief; thankfully, this thing had legs and could run around everywhere.

Otherwise, if we stay under the light and fight them, charging and attacking at the same time, wouldn't we become a perpetual motion machine?

The statues' abilities have been affected by demonic energy, posing little threat to their lives. Now, only the Judgment Formation requires their extra attention.

However, it will take some time to completely destroy the statue.

The group repeated their previous actions, waiting for the stone statue to consume the essence of the sun and moon before launching a full-scale attack.

In the end, only the pair of dragon horns on the head of the Qilin statue remained, still gathering spiritual power, trying to attack them.

Shen Sanruo drew back the bowstring, aimed at the dragon horn, and fired two arrows simultaneously.

This time, she used her original spiritual power, the power of which was incomparable to that driven by demonic energy.

Two arrows struck the two horns respectively, and the Heavenly Origin Stone shattered, eventually turning into a pile of dull rubble, completely destroyed.

After the stone statue was completely destroyed, the enlarged space immediately shrank back to its normal size, and the door that had disappeared on the wall reappeared.

After nearly a month, they finally destroyed the key point of the formation.

They barely rested during that time, constantly fighting, and they didn't even know how many pills they had consumed.

At this moment, the lingering effects surged up, and Fang Yu and the other two felt extremely sore all over.

Ye Huai and his three companions, along with Shi Zhili, had already experienced a battle of this intensity ten thousand years ago, so their situation was slightly better.

Needless to say, Chen Sangri was someone who had been immersed in lava before, and she could endure such pain.

However, the array that was drawing spiritual energy remained unchanged, and everyone remained calm, as if they had known this outcome all along.

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