Chapter 1373 1359: Ceasefire

The group of people sighed and beat their chests in frustration.

The portraits hanging in the main hall suddenly ignited without fire, turning into pieces of black ash and disappearing before everyone's eyes.

Previously torn to pieces by Zhou Yi.

It was a portrait in the Spiritual World.

And after the portrait in the Spiritual World shattered, the real portrait did not escape disaster either. There was clearly an extremely deep connection between the two.

In fact, the moving Buddha statues in the Spiritual World were the real entities.

While those outside.

Were merely decoys to deceive onlookers.

Ning Ying also realized something was amiss and looked at Zhou Yi, who confirmed her suspicions with a glance.

Clearly, there was a problem here.

But the specific issue was hard to pinpoint at the moment.

Ning Ying tacitly refrained from asking further questions.

Even Jei Letian noticed something was wrong, but she didn't panic, as none of her life-saving measures had been triggered, indicating there wasn't any real danger yet.

Only Zhang Qing.

Was still in a daze, seemingly regretting that his enlightenment had been interrupted.

"Back away, there's something deep going on here."

Zhou Yi said in a deep voice.

The person who created these Buddha paintings should be Li Ziqiang. His strength was undoubtedly formidable, and we must be cautious. Dealing with these seemingly monstrous things could result in inexplicable death with just one mistake.

At this moment.

The ashes of the burned portraits suddenly gathered together and adhered to the wall, corroding it to create a large hole as if with strong acid.

The group's expressions changed slightly.

Behind the large hole was a passage lit by candles on both sides, and at the end of the passage, a man dressed in black sat motionlessly, his life or death unknown.

On both sides of the passage.

One oil lamp after another lit up, with flames flickering continuously.

Above the passage's ceiling.

Was not dirt or a ceiling, but a magnificent black nebula dotted with sparkles, resembling a dazzling starry sky.

The group was uncertain and suspicious in the face of this situation.

"Charge!"

At this moment.

Someone shouted from within the crowd, "If not now, then when? Li Ziqiang is just ahead, and whoever kills him can get all the treasures here!"

In an instant,

the crowd's hearts were moved.

But in such a situation, those who first took action were backed by force. Several Awakened who had acted together before suddenly surged forward in unison, as if they had rehearsed countless times.

These few stepped onto a path resembling the road to the stars.

But when they stepped on it,

the dangers everyone had anticipated did not occur, and nothing abnormal happened to them. After reaching a certain point, they stopped walking.

At the end of the passage,

the body there, presumably Li Ziqiang's, showed no change.

"What's going on? Why aren't you moving forward?"

Outside the hole,

the apparent leader or perhaps the employer,

after all, being the boss means leisurely staying at the rear while sending subordinates to risk their lives.

"We can't go any further, we can't move our feet. With our strength, this is as far as we can go. This is the furthest distance we can manage."

One man said.

The leader apparently didn't understand what they meant, but he knew that this seemingly unremarkable road could hold many dangers.

"Just attack from here, there's no need to go over there."

Someone suddenly pulled out a handgun from his arms.

Facing this dangerous hot fire device, those around him became vigilant, except for some whose abilities restrained firearms or were confident in handling them. The rest of the Awakened had no advantage against hot fire devices.

Although they were Awakened,

their flesh was as fragile as ordinary people's, and a bullet could easily take their lives.

At the Meteor stage,

small hot fire devices can still pose a threat to the Awakened.

But once someone reaches the Moon Devouring Realm, handguns and rifles are unlikely to cause a threat, at least requiring RPGs or rocket missiles to effectively harm them, which are also easy to dodge.

Among those present,

there couldn't possibly be any experts at the Moon Devouring Realm.

So a handgun still held a certain level of intimidation.

"Don't shoot carelessly. I think it can't be that simple. Li Ziqiang has survived here for so many years, and there's no way he could die from such a simple trick."

Someone cautioned.

But the person disregarded this warning, pulling the trigger, the gun barrel spitting out a blinding flame, and a bullet shot out with a swoosh toward the man's body at the end, unknown whether it was a corpse or alive.

When the bullet flew halfway,

it suddenly slowed down and eventually halted completely. Then, the bullet rebounded in an instant, returning at more than twice its initial speed.

The speed of this bullet,

not even an Awakened could dodge.

Bang!

A bloody hole appeared in the head of the man who fired the shot, his body collapsing powerlessly, blood gushing out like a fountain.

Everyone was shocked.

No one expected the man would repay his reckless actions in such a manner.

An attack that rebounds!

The bullet's power was already formidable, yet it was still rebounded at double the speed, proving that even if its power doubled, it could not shatter the invisible barrier here.

At this time.

One person standing on the road suddenly said, "I know how to break this strange restriction. The more people step on the road, the greater the load and pressure on it.

The more energy it requires.

Nothing can operate perpetually; the more energy consumed, the weaker the restriction on this road will become!"

It must be said.

The man's reasoning was quite credible.

Soon people began stepping onto the road, progressing continually, but could go no further at a certain point.

More and more people stood on the road.

When most had stepped on it, Zhou Yi kept his eyes fixed on the back of the still man at the front.

Apart from Zhou Yi and his group,

many others were observing.

Yet this also indicated they couldn't be the first to access the secret treasure here, assuming one existed.

Generally speaking.

For onlookers like Zhou Yi, it would be lucky to even get a taste.

"That's it, the restriction's strength is indeed loosening."

At this moment.

The people at the front of the road smiled with delight and started moving forward again, soon reaching the end and stepping onto the raised platform.

The man sat cross-legged on a cushion.

In his left hand was a fist-sized Luminous Bead, and in his right hand was a delicate and exquisite Seven-story Buddha Tower.

He looked extremely mysterious.

The people found the man had no life signal and shifted their gaze to the Luminous Bead and the small golden Seven-story Buddha Tower.