Because of these characteristics, they are usually made into storage boxes to store the most important items in the sect.
More importantly, prolonged exposure to sunlight and moonlight can imbue the Tianyuan Stone with spirituality, which is why the Wanling Palace chose it as the material for the statue.
That's why the Temple of All Souls specially built a transparent roof above the statues so that they could be illuminated by the sun and moon.
At this point, Shen Sangruo understood why the stone statue could move.
This very fact was exploited by evil cultivators, causing the stone statue to "come alive" and become the core and protective device of the formation.
Her mind raced.
This material is tricky, but not too tricky.
Because most of the room was still not illuminated by light.
If the Qilin statue wants to attack them, it will inevitably leave the range of light, which is good news for them.
If they can stall for enough time, until the essence of the sun and moon absorbed by the Heavenly Origin Stone is exhausted, those extra properties will disappear.
It's possible that even the "spirit" of the stone statue might be affected, causing it to stop functioning.
By then, it will be much easier for them to destroy it.
If demonic energy can also affect the statues' abilities, then with their own strength and the various magical artifacts they carry, they should be able to hold out for a while.
What she found challenging was that the durability and hardness of the Tianyuan Stone itself were unaffected by sunlight and moonlight.
The stone statue was already enormous, but now it has grown several times larger, resembling a small mountain in front of everyone.
It would probably take quite some time to completely destroy such a behemoth.
She was also worried that, given the statue's level of intelligence, it might return to the light to "recharge" when it sensed that its essence of the sun and moon was about to be exhausted.
Given the nature of those evil cultivators, she felt that this was very likely the case.
If that's the case, the time required to destroy the statue would probably be several times longer.
The movements of the stone statue in front became increasingly fluid, and the harsh sound of the stone rubbing together gradually decreased, indicating that it would soon be fully awakened.
The dragon horns on its head gleamed with a blue-gold light as it accumulated power, ready to unleash an attack.
Shen Sanruo immediately shared the information she had learned with the others.
"I will try to interfere with the stone statue with demonic energy. Before it completely exhausts its essence of the sun and moon, I don't need to attack it with all my might. Just testing its hardness will be enough."
"The rest of the time should be spent dodging and conserving spiritual energy."
“And the abilities of the Qilin.” She spoke quickly, “including judgment, strangulation, control of various elements, and other attack methods.”
As the demonic influence on Qiyan was cleared, Qiyan's other abilities gradually returned to normal.
During their time with Qi Yan, the others also gained some understanding of his abilities.
But the most powerful of these abilities are Judgment and Strangulation, which Shen Sanruo had already witnessed in the Misty Abyss.
So she specifically reminded them, "Be especially careful to avoid the judgment array summoned by the stone statue."
"Understood!"
As soon as the words were spoken, the stone statue let out a roar that sounded like both a dragon and a deer, and it was fully awakened!
The moment it roared, a powerful aura erupted from the stone statue.
The spiritual energy wave generated by that one strike was enough to make their internal organs ache.
If Shen Sang summons the Kui Niu and the dodder flower fairy together, the little koi carp, which doesn't yet have a physical form, can be used without leaving its sea of consciousness due to its special abilities.
Layers of black mist surged from her hands. Previously, she had used Xiao Hei's divine soul power or had Xiao Hei convert demonic energy into energy clusters.
This was the first time she had ever converted spiritual energy into demonic energy.
Xiao Hei was working hard to circulate energy in her dantian, almost to the point of sparks flying.
The demonic energy quickly spread throughout the room, but the room was too spacious, so the speed was still somewhat slow.
In order to deal with various situations that might occur within the barrier, everyone except her prepared magical artifacts to protect against demonic energy.
They had already taken it out and were carrying it with them to prevent the demonic energy released by Chen Sangruo from affecting them.
The Qilin statue stomped its foot suddenly, causing the ground to shake violently. The powerful force was transmitted through the ground, and Fang Yu and the others almost lost their footing.
As expected, even the stone statues of the five divine beasts still possess terrifying power.
The group immediately dispersed and stood near the surrounding walls.
This was done to draw the stone statue to areas without light, thus consuming its "electricity".
As they wished, the stone statues were moved out of the light.
Whether it was due to the subtle relationship between the stone statue, Qi Yan, and Shen Sangruo, or for some other reason, the stone statue's first target was her.
As the spiritual energy between the two corners was released, a judgment formation immediately appeared beneath Shen Sangruo's feet.
She reacted incredibly quickly, stopping the release of demonic energy, and the feather fan appeared out of thin air in her hand.
He switched his power to spiritual energy, waved his feather fan, and used the wind to take off, instantly escaping the range of the judgment array.
While suspended in mid-air, she switched powers once again, unleashing a demonic attack at the stone statue.
I want to try whether attacking directly with demonic energy is more effective than spreading demonic energy.
She closely observed the changes in the stone statue. Although the statue's movements did not seem to be affected, a very faint layer of black mist was faintly surrounding it, which she noticed with her sharp eyes.
It works!
When the others saw that she had become the target of an attack, they quickly took action as well.
She needs to release demonic energy to interfere with the stone statue; this is the most crucial part and cannot be disturbed.
"Find a way to divert the statue's attention to us, and create conditions for Junior Sister to release her demonic energy!" Ye Huai ordered coldly.
He held the Shadow Sword in his hand, the blade reflecting his cold, handsome face.
With a flick of the wrist, a sword flourish was created, and the tip of the sword thrust forward, sending a nine-lived spirit cat leaping towards the Qilin statue.
The others also brandished their magical weapons, chanted incantations, and attacked the stone statue.
Spells, talismans, poison pills, charms, spirit beasts, sound waves, and red-tasseled spears—all kinds of attacks were unleashed simultaneously, dazzling the eye.
They all crashed down on the stone statue, producing a loud thud, and various lights flashed continuously.
The Kui Niu summoned a small patch of thunderclouds, which unleashed a torrent of thunder; the dodder flower vines climbed all over the limbs of the Qilin stone statue.
A protective shield appeared around the stone statue, blocking all attacks. With a casual movement of the foot, all the dodder flower demon's vines were broken.
Despite such a fierce attack, the stone statue didn't even have a scratch.
The strength of the Heavenly Origin Stone is indeed terrifying!
The snake woman, who was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, had the highest cultivation level among them, so she was the one to unleash her full power in the attack to test the strength of the stone statue.
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