Yang Cheng, Luo Fei, and Xuanwei Zhenren headed straight for the Black Tower. When it was far away, it looked incredibly majestic, but now that they were closer, it felt even more enormous and magnificent.
The entire black tower has only one entrance, and inside it is pitch black, without any light.
At the entrance to the Black Tower stands a simple stone tablet made from a stone block, on which are written a few words in the script of the Golden Horde, which should mean something like "No Entry".
Yang Cheng took the lead and stepped directly into the black tower.
Although he was confident, he was also cautious, so he raised his mental strength to the limit to prevent anything from opening the door and killing him.
However, this black tower is very strange. The power here seems to be impossible to detect with mental energy. As soon as Yang Cheng released his mental energy, it was blocked by a force.
Moreover, it was pitch black inside, and as far as the eye could see, there was less than a step's width of space.
Master Xuanwei formed a hand seal, and a ball of light just began to bloom in his hand, but then suddenly went out.
"Huh?"
Xuanwei Zhenren, defiant of evil, used various secret techniques to try and create some light, but it was instantly swallowed up, as if this space did not allow any light.
At this moment, Yang Cheng unleashed the power of the City Emperor, and the golden light gradually spread out, illuminating an area of about ten steps around him, but the outside world remained pitch black.
The power in this place is extremely strong and domineering; the darkness can almost devour any light, except for the golden light emanating from the divine power, which it cannot absorb.
In other words, if the power here could even devour the light of divine power, then Yang Cheng would definitely leave immediately; he wouldn't come here to seek death.
With the help of the faint golden light emanating from the City God's divine authority, Yang Cheng and the others were able to see their surroundings clearly.
The first floor of the tower was covered with murals about Buddhism, which looked magnificent, solemn and awe-inspiring.
Many of the scenes depict Buddhist monks sealing away ghosts and monsters, some of which are quite bizarre and ferocious, and the portraits are incredibly lifelike.
Yang Cheng even saw some demons that looked very much like the Ten Hells Great Black Heavens created by the Vajra Bright Wheel Temple.
"Master, when did the secret techniques of the Ten Hells of Mahakala at Vajra Bright Wheel Temple first come into existence? They couldn't have always been there, could they?"
Master Xuanwei pondered for a moment, then said with some uncertainty, "It seems that it really only appeared in the middle and later stages. The Vajra Bright Wheel Temple's techniques were initially based on mantras and body tempering, much like the Shaolin Temple's."
Only after their sphere of influence was completely driven out of the Central Plains and they took control of the northern grasslands did the Vajra Bright Wheel Temple's cultivation methods undergo significant changes, acquiring many strange and mysterious techniques.
Yang Cheng nodded knowingly, seemingly having some guesses.
The three walked along the dark passage ahead, where huge, terrifying black shadows appeared under the golden light.
Xuanwei Zhenren and Luo Fei, their bodies shrouded in aura, cautiously walked forward.
When they reached nearly a thousand, they discovered that they were actually huge stone Buddha statues, each ten feet in size.
To be precise, these are not Buddha statues, but rather statues of Vajra Arhats and attendants, etc.
Moreover, these Buddha statues are all jet black, somewhat similar to the black exterior of the Black Pagoda.
Buddhism has never revered black; instead, it uses golden light as its base color.
However, the pagoda and Buddha statues were completely black, which looked rather eerie.
Master Xuanwei said in surprise, "The postures of these Buddha statues are very strange. I have never seen Buddha statues with such strange postures before."
Yang Cheng and Luo Fei also noticed that the Buddha statue was in all sorts of poses.
Some are walking, some are swinging their fists, and some are squatting down; none of them are the normal poses a Buddha statue should have.
"This place is a bit eerie, be careful."
Yang Cheng gave a reminder and continued walking, but then suddenly stopped.
Master Xuanwei asked, "Grand Commander, what's wrong?"
Yang Cheng frowned and said, "These Buddha statues seem to have moved."
Master Xuanwei was taken aback: "It moved? They're all lifeless, inanimate objects. We've already examined them. Why are they moving?"
Luo Fei also drew his sword and said in a deep voice, "It did move."
The Buddha statue at the very back, which I could normally reach with 40% of my sword energy, I can now do with 30%.
Luo Fei's calculation method was strange, while Yang Cheng felt something was off because he sensed a slight change in the posture of the shadows under the golden light of the City Emperor.
But regardless of which one it was, they didn't detect any sound or even any fluctuation of power, which was the strangest thing.
"Keep going."
Yang Cheng and his two companions continued on their way, but this time they paid close attention to their surroundings and finally discovered what was wrong.
The black Buddha statues remained motionless under the light of the city emperor's golden body, but as soon as they were out of the light, they began to move and surround Yang Cheng and his group.
The three of them had traveled less than a mile when they found themselves surrounded by a dense array of Buddha statues, which completely blocked their path.
Even the golden light emanating from Yang Cheng's City Emperor Golden Body was suppressed to about three steps around it due to the surrounding Buddha statues.
But strangely, Yang Cheng did not sense any power coming from him.
"Let's get started. We can't get up there without dealing with these freaks."
As Yang Cheng finished speaking, Luo Fei thrust out his longsword.
Amidst the flashing sword light, a Buddha statue was completely cleaved in two.
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