Could it be that I am the cruel villain?-Chapter 796 - 457: Miss Cen Has Fallen

Crack! Crack!

Dust continuously shook loose, and the Xu Huoyao originally spread across the passageway for lighting seemed startled, scattering in all directions, swiftly retracting into their mother body.

The wind howled, the tide surged, and the ancient riverbed, dry for countless years, began to dampen at this moment. Clear water seeped from the ground and the sidewalls of the rock, even transforming the ceiling of the cavern into a Shuilian Cave as if someone had flipped a switch.

Mist filled the air, rejuvenating the once-dry riverbed. The sight left the four of them dumbfounded, their eyes all focused on Cen Yueyue.

"I, I, I..."

Her lips trembled.

The words "eternal damnation" were swallowed back down by her, while the monkey sculpture still maintained its semi-sitting, semi-squatting pose in the corner, its eyes slightly lowered. From that monkey face, one could discern a hint of pity and compassion, then the expression on the stone sculpture visibly changed.

Ferocious, menacing, like a lion patrolling its territory. Its eyes opened, and rocks continuously fell from its body as it stood up directly from its crouch.

A strong burst of fire light sliced past its ear, mercilessly striking the stone sculpture's head!

Boom—

The sound of gunpowder and impact rang out almost simultaneously.

The stone sculpture raised a hand, catching the steel ball exuding heat and thunder light in its palm, motionless, its expression blank with a trace of confusion and curiosity, as if perplexed about its own identity or the sphere tightly grasped in its hand.

A blurred phantom and the statue gradually merged into one. Although the faces were different, the aura they emitted was identical: outwardly gentle and elegant, yet inwardly like a restless beast. With a forceful grip!

The fist-sized steel ball was crushed into powder.

Pupils contracted sharply; no one understood better than Jiang Feng the power of those firearms in his hands. To react and catch the explosion of gunpowder, what kind of monster was this?

"What are you waiting for, my dear ancestor, run!"

Another went straight ahead, grabbing Cen Yueyue's wrist and running back without hesitation. Even Jiang Feng dared not hold back in such a perilous situation, unable to employ the Thunder Technique here.

The other two finally reacted, rapidly retreating, but the stone statue seemed to have remembered its identity, letting out a muffled voice.

"Intruders… Water Gate Pass, death…without mercy…"

The four of them dashed forward simultaneously, the divine aura contained within the residual soul erupting, causing a momentary blankness in their minds. The intense impact forced them to flee immediately, the next second.

The lifeless statue appeared before Jiang Feng.

"Is it you... who brought the Southern Border... beasts in..."

The expression remained unchanged, but one could vaguely discern the image of a rugged middle-aged man. When one harbors certain obsessions, the soul lingers persistently, and as Qingluan once said, he died tragically, besieged and betrayed in an exceedingly sorrowful manner.

Filled with intense resentment, even with such cultivation, the residual souls were exceedingly savage under the influence of Blood Evil Qi over the years. With a raised fist and no chance to react, the Ancient Form Intent Six Harmonies True Body possessed instantly.

"Senior, listen to me... damn you!"

Bam—

His entire body shot out like a cannonball, forcibly breaking five or six stalactite columns before coming to a halt.

"Cough, cough..."

Coughing up clotted blood, his mouth twitched uncontrollably. He wanted to argue, but how could one communicate with residual souls? They acted purely on instinct, and this sight drove Cen Yueyue to desperation.

"You're courting death! Li Fire, appear!"

With a crisp, delicate shout, accompanied by endless waves of fire, the monkey stone sculpture merely turned its body, its eyes filled with bewilderment and confusion. But upon detecting the familiar insect stench on the girl, it immediately turned frenzied.

"Die!"

Even they couldn't have anticipated running into such a disaster in an underground waterway, and seeing this, Jiang Feng immediately adjusted focus, sending a sword qi slashing mercilessly towards the Water Ape!

Left hand deflecting the sword qi, right hand blocking the Li Fire, soon the statue's arms turned red at a visible pace in the raging flames, Qingluan's reaction was odd, and upon seeing Jiang Feng sent flying by a punch, instinctively rushed to assist him up.

No immediate action to assist, concern reflected in her brow, standing there quietly biting her finger.

The Sword Qi pierced through, targeting the vital point, but in the hands of the Water Ape, it was casually deflected, leaving a deep slash on its arm. After all, this body was just a statue; even the residual souls of senior predecessors from the Cultivation World could exert only limited power.

Of course.

Enough to give these Core Formation Stage juniors a run for their money.

"Mighty waves, embracing all rivers, the highest virtue is akin to water, borrowing the wind to soar."

Rocks shattered.

The tide surged behind, filling the once waterless area dried for nearly a century completely, seemingly leaving no gap, forcing even the Li Fire to retreat under high pressure.

Her expression cold, a closer look would reveal Yue Yue's pupils once again covered by the Fire Phoenix, like awakening another persona, her hands move calmly, originally intending to draw a hairpin from her back, but her face changed dramatically.

"Shuang Ning sees inadequacy…"