If the stone statue can protect the village, it can also protect someone in the dark.
However, carrying a stone statue on one's back is not something an ordinary person can do.
Cao Ya waved his hand, saying that it wasn't necessarily necessary to carry the stone statue to go out. If they really encountered a monster in the darkness, they could touch it now.
The village chief said in a deep voice:
"Since we're going out anyway, let's go together, so we can look out for each other."
Then, the villagers took their things and went out. The butcher, who had lost his lower body, was put in a bamboo basket and carried by the pharmacist. The mute and the lame carried the village chief, who had lost both his arms and legs. Grandpa Ma and the deaf man carried a stone statue on their backs. The blind man carried a bamboo cane and made his way forward. Granny Si and Cao Ya accompanied them.
After stepping out of the dilapidated village, all I saw was pitch black darkness, and something terrifying seemed to be moving through it.
The two stone statues carried out by Master Ma and the deaf man emitted a faint light, enveloping the villagers and protecting them from the darkness. However, the villagers remained vigilant and solemn.
No one knows what kind of monster lurks in the darkness.
Cao Ya's eyes gleamed with golden light. Standing at the edge of the dim light of the stone statue, he could vaguely see the monsters outside the light eyeing him menacingly, waiting for him to step out of the circle of light so they could swallow him whole.
Cao Ya suddenly thought for a moment, and his right hand, glowing with an immortal golden light, stretched out.
Granny Si, who was always on high alert, witnessed this scene and was immediately horrified:
"Cao Ya, what are you doing? Have you gone mad?"
He was about to pull Cao Ya away when Cao Ya raised his hand to signal him. He did this intentionally, wanting to test the power of the monster in the darkness.
The others also looked over in astonishment.
The right hand, which extended into a halo, seemed to be being gnawed at by something, which was encroaching on the golden light, trying to devour his flesh and destroy the arm.
However, the power of the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" is completely different from that of the "Shepherd's Tale" universe. The monsters tried to gnaw at it for a while, but they couldn't make a dent. The teeth that were once invincible and the darkness that devoured everything seemed helpless against the faint golden light.
The monsters in the darkness seemed to pause for a moment.
The villagers were also surprised.
Cao Ya smiled and withdrew his hand, confirming his guess that the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" allowed him to initially ignore the darkness of this Great Ruins.
If I were to condense my Dharma Body, or even surpass the Human Immortal realm, reaching the Earth Immortal realm, or even the Celestial Immortal realm... then the darkness of this Great Ruins would truly be powerless against me... Even the one who created this boundless darkness would be helpless against me...
Cao Ya chuckled inwardly. Achieving the status of a Dharma Body Immortal was not easy, becoming an Earth Immortal was even more difficult, and becoming a Celestial Immortal was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
The Celestial Immortal of the Universe, who is the supreme being, is already capable of using external forces against them, and even destroying a universe.
That kind of strength would make him a super strong individual even in the Heavenly Court of the [Shepherd of the Gods] universe.
After all, that's already a four-star level of power.
It seems that the monsters here are not strong or numerous enough; they can only watch from the sidelines, unable to break through the halo around the stone statue.
Along the way, the villagers of Canlao Village escaped danger but managed to cross mountains and rivers in search of Qin Mu's whereabouts.
Finally, they saw an ancient ruin.
It was a canyon, and surprisingly, many ancient buildings were still preserved in the canyon, with palaces scattered about, as well as a wide square and towering buildings.
In front of those ruins stood a towering gate, connecting the two ends of the canyon, with thick ornamental pillars coiled around it.
At this moment, all sorts of creatures are sitting quietly in the square.
Cao Ya and his group saw many strange beasts, as well as Qin Mu and several humans.
Granny Si gritted her teeth:
"It must have been those guys chasing us, otherwise Mu'er would have already returned to the village."
Suddenly, the lame man frowned and said:
"This is bad; darkness is about to invade those ruins."
Cao Ya looked closely and, sure enough, the earth shook, and darkness surged like a tide, frantically attacking the ruins. But the portal seemed to be protected by an invisible barrier, blocking the darkness.
The two sides struggled, and the gate barrier was twisted and deformed by the darkness, but it never broke.
Suddenly the darkness stopped its assault, and the invisible barrier of the portal fell silent. After a moment, the barrier slowly bulged out, constantly being pressed back.
The darkness stretched the barrier of the portal into the shape of a face, a gigantic face with its forehead touching the sky above the canyon and its chin resting on the ground.
All the strange beasts in the ruins lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to move or even look up at that face.
The face had three pure black eyes. Upon seeing those three eyes, one would immediately feel a chill run through their body and their soul would be scattered.
The villagers of the dilapidated village, all within the halo of the stone statue outside the ruins, were extremely solemn. That face must belong to a dark monster, and a powerful one at that.
Cao Ya narrowed his eyes, feeling an urge to try his hand at it.
He restrained himself; after all, that face looked anything but simple.
"Wait a little longer, Mu'er seems to have gained some insight," the village chief said in a low voice.
Cao Ya and the others looked over and saw that the face was chanting demonic incantations, while in the square of the ancient ruins, the skeletons came to life and transformed into beautiful young girls, singing obscure and difficult-to-understand divine chants to resist the demonic chants.
Qin Mu was stunned, then seemed to understand.
Granny Si laughed and said:
"Mu'er's comprehension is indeed very strong; he is the most outstanding in our Remnant Village."
The cripple also laughed:
"That's because I taught her well, not because of me..."
The butcher chuckled:
"Without you, Mu'er's understanding will be even better."
The cripple glared angrily, while the butcher glared back coldly. The cripple shrank back, pursed his lips as if to say he wouldn't stoop to the butcher's level, and then stared at the ancient ruins.
Cao Ya rubbed his forehead and said:
"Stop arguing, or that thing will come over... Okay, it's already over."
The face was blocked at the ancient ruins, and seemingly sensing the people of the Remnant Village, it changed direction and attacked.
The group looked at each other in bewilderment. The pharmacist asked:
What should we do?
The village chief was also a little nervous and said:
"Don't be nervous, there's a stone statue here, nothing should happen."
Because they stood far from the canyon and were shielded by darkness, their strength allowed them to see through the darkness and into the ancient ruins, but the creatures within the ruins could not see them.
As soon as the dense darkness receded and the outside returned to normal, all the strange beasts breathed a sigh of relief and stayed quietly. None of them dared to make a move, for fear of provoking the dense darkness again.
Those human martial artists wanted to take the opportunity to kill Qin Mu, but they were met with murderous stares from the alien beasts, and they broke out in a cold sweat and quickly stopped.
Qin Mu's insights were not interrupted.
Meanwhile, Cao Ya and the others' expressions changed.
The pharmacist angrily said:
"Crippled man, butcher, old woman, it's all your fault, you three!"
The three of them pursed their lips, not daring to refute.
The face, shrouded in dense darkness, came toward them and enveloped them. The statue's faint halo, in this pitch-black darkness, was like a sailboat on the sea, seemingly on the verge of capsizing at any moment.
The group of people were on tenterhooks, holding their breath, and dared not make any more jokes or talk nonsense.
The face tried to break through, but was blocked by the faint light of the stone statue. The light circle was distorted, but it still couldn't break through.
Suddenly, Cao Ya's eyes flickered slightly, and he said:
"I'll go out and test the quality of this dark monster."
Everyone was shocked.
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