"Even if we die, we'll die together!"
A blush rose to Xiao Yu's cheeks, and she stamped her foot. "What are you looking at?"
"Haha, nothing!" Nie Li laughed heartily. Under everyone's watchful eyes, he walked straight toward one of the sculptures.
Just as Nie Li approached the sculpture, an angry snort rang out.
"These thirty-six sculptures form the secret formation of my Shadow Illusion Divine Palace. Anyone who touches them without permission shall be killed without mercy!"
The will of the Shadow Illusion Divine Palace snorted coldly, and an invisible force swept toward Nie Li.
Lihuo Holy Son's eyebrows twitched slightly. With a wave of his hand, a crimson fire shield materialized out of thin air dozens of meters in front of Nie Li.
Boom!
The invisible force struck the fire shield and exploded, sending sparks flying in all directions.
The attack had no effect on Nie Li whatsoever. He began deciphering the runic pattern formation. Nie Li understood that before the runic formation was broken, Lihuo Holy Son would protect him at all costs.
Though the will of the Shadow Illusion Divine Palace claimed dominion over the entire divine palace, it was powerless against these powerhouses — otherwise it wouldn't have deliberately scattered the Crystals of the Ganges River to provoke them into fighting each other.
Nie Li continued writing one runic pattern after another, each one seeping into the sculpture. The runic patterns on the sculpture began circulating rapidly.
Lihuo Holy Son watched quietly from the side. A glimmer of surprise flickered through his eyes. Many of the techniques Nie Li used to decipher the runic formation were ones he couldn't comprehend at all.
This spoke volumes about Nie Li's understanding of runic patterns — far superior to his own!
Lihuo Holy Son's heart stirred slightly. He hadn't expected that someone at the Destiny-level would possess such ability! Was Nie Li Wu Yazi's clansman, or his servant? If he could recruit Nie Li under his banner, that would be excellent!
What Nie Li didn't know was that Lihuo Holy Son was already plotting to claim him behind the scenes.
He focused on deciphering the runic formation, driving one runic pattern after another into it.
The will of the Shadow Illusion Divine Palace seemed to grow anxious, launching attack after attack at Nie Li, but each one was blocked by Lihuo Holy Son and the other powerhouses.
Boom!
The final runic pattern slammed into the sculpture. Dozens of sculptures in the runic formation rumbled to life, shifting and rearranging their positions ceaselessly until a deep, dark passage opened before them at the center.
A flight of stairs descended into the unknown, leading who knew where.
At the sight of this, everyone's eyes lit up.
They had already searched over eighty percent of the Shadow Illusion Divine Palace. While they had found some treasures, nothing had been truly remarkable. But this tunnel — it very likely held the real treasure!
Yanyang and the Divine Thunder Exalted One brought their people down as well.
The three glanced at one another. The Divine Thunder Exalted One smiled faintly, a crafty gleam flashing through his eyes. "Who knows whether there are hidden traps in this underground tunnel. Neither of you Holy Sons can swallow all the treasures alone. Why don't we join forces and split everything we find three ways? What do you say?"