Shang Liuyu was immediately conflicted. If that were the case, it would truly be a missed opportunity that would never come again.
Every generation of mermaids wants to meet the ancestor of mermaids, hear her teachings, and receive her legacy.
These days, my cultivation level is too weak, which makes it difficult to help when facing powerful enemies. Now that there is an opportunity to change all of this, why not take it?
However, when her gaze fell on Zuan, whose eyes were closed and whose life or death was unknown, her expression finally hardened: "No, I want to protect him."
“I’ve already told you that no monsters can get close to him here, and I’m his friend, so I’ll help take care of and protect him,” the colossus said, sounding somewhat exasperated. “From our brief interaction just now, I can deduce that he must have many beautiful and capable women around him. With your current strength, can you compete with those rivals for his affections?”
Shang Liuyu blushed slightly: "What rivalry? He and I are just ordinary friends. He can like whoever he wants."
"A mere friend would give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become stronger for him?" The colossus scoffed, instantly seeing through her lie.
Shang Liuyu: "..."
"Don't worry, it won't be long before you receive the inheritance. I'm here, nothing will happen," the giant statue earnestly reassured him again.
At this moment, Shang Liuyu's eyes suddenly sharpened: "From the very beginning, you have been trying to persuade me to leave here. Who exactly are you, and what are you up to?"
As she spoke, she secretly tightened the array plate, ready to use the power of the Human Emperor Seal at any moment.
Although the two sides are not on the same level at present, since the other party did not use force but instead used a trick to lure her away, there must be a reason why they could not take action.
Seeing her wary look, the giant snorted: "I only did this because you are his friend, and I couldn't bear to see you miss such a good opportunity. I didn't expect you to misunderstand me. Oh well, it's the heritage of the mermaid race anyway, and it has nothing to do with me. I won't try to persuade you anymore."
After he finished speaking, he sat up straight again, reverting to his previous majestic, sculpted appearance.
Shang Liuyu became somewhat uncertain, wondering if he had really missed the ancestor's inheritance.
She bit her lip, but ultimately said nothing more.
While the ancestral legacy is important, the safety of Zu'an is even more crucial. I cannot leave him when he is at his weakest.
Thinking of this, her previously restless heart gradually calmed down. She picked up the array plate and continued to focus on protecting Zuan's physical body.
Through the deathly clouds, the colossal statue could clearly see Shang Liuyu sitting upright amidst various formations. Suddenly, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
Now, Zu'an jumped into the pitch-black abyss and immediately felt himself enveloped in endless darkness. He could hardly distinguish his direction, and he didn't even know how long he had been in there. It was as if time and space had lost their meaning here.
Zuan felt a chill run down his spine. Could he have been tricked by that mysterious giant? How terrifying it would be to be trapped in this environment forever.
Just then, he suddenly sensed a faint force pulling him from the surrounding chaos. Although it was very slight, it was quite noticeable in such a chaotic place.
Zuan didn't know whether what lay ahead was a way out or a trap, but he still followed the pull, because staying in this environment where one lost all sense of space and time would probably drive a person crazy.
Following that pull, Zuan moved forward in the chaos—in fact, he didn't even know whether he was moving forward or backward, and sometimes he even felt like he was going up.
Suddenly, he felt a lightness all over his body, the boundless sense of oppression disappeared, and he stood firmly on the ground.
He looked back and saw that the space not far behind him seemed to have cracked open, with a dark and deep vortex inside. Just one look at it made one instinctively want to jump in.
Zuan quickly composed himself and ran forward for a distance, increasing the distance between himself and the dark vortex.
It was clear that this vortex was the same as the dark abyss below the cliff, and he didn't want to experience that feeling again.
At this moment, he also understood why the giant statue had remained silent when Shang Liuyu asked how to return if the trial failed. Although he came from here, he obviously could not return from here.
In that environment where time and space lost their meaning, even with his extraordinary cultivation, he couldn't find a way out.
He arrived here by a mysterious force, which must be guiding the dead; there certainly wouldn't be a force guiding in the opposite direction.
He looked up and surveyed his surroundings. Was this the legendary underworld?
There was an eerie atmosphere all around, with a thin layer of mist in the air. Sometimes the mist was white, sometimes it was blue, and sometimes it seemed to turn black upon closer inspection.
Enveloped in this mist, there is a chill that comes from the depths of the soul.
However, Zu'an is now very knowledgeable and experienced, so he is not afraid at all; on the contrary, he feels a sense of familiarity.
The first secret realm I encountered was the great tomb that sealed Mi Li, filled with many ghost soldiers. After that, I was either descending into great tombs or on my way to them, encountering countless ghosts and monsters along the way.
Moreover, because of the Primordial Chaos Scripture, he particularly enjoys encountering ghost-like enemies, as the Primordial Chaos Scripture is the natural counter to such enemies.
He subconsciously circulated his internal energy and found that, just as the giant statue had said, the Primordial Chaos Scripture could no longer be used.
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