Chapter 653

The statue, weathered by time, seemed to exist forever.

In this empty tribe, it was silently lost in the long river of history.

Standing here for who knows how long, in this place without the concept of time, there was no reference object to measure it.

Perhaps it was a moment, or perhaps it was an hour.

Hearing Luo Li, who sighed softly, finally made a move.

He crossed the altar steps and came to the front of the statue at close range, that is, between his own statue and Guizhong's statue.

The distance between the two was no more than three to five meters. Hearing Luo Li reached out and brushed his own statue, then pressed it on the center of the ornate pillar representing the symbol of the Dust Archon.

A mysterious power was transmitted from his palm to Guizhong's statue.

The changes that followed began.

Faint light meandered upward from the bottom of the ornate pillar, lighting it up inch by inch, until it reached Guizhong at the top of the pillar.

They saw that the Dust Lock in the Dust Archon's hand gradually changed. The stone material body unexpectedly showed deep yellow lines from the inside out, revealing the steady aura of the earth.

And the statue on his own ornate pillar that he had brushed before also seemed to be stimulated, and the sun, moon, and stars rotating around his body really began to move.

The next moment, a star map appeared above the tribe.

The bright stars covered the pitch-black top, reflecting a magnificent scene.

Just like unraveling a mystery, the Dust Lock also bloomed with light. The many mechanisms surrounding its exterior unfolded one by one, forming chains connecting to the star map.

The brilliant starlight lit up one by one along the ancient trajectory, unraveling the secrets unknown to anyone.

Hearing Luo Li took a few steps back, waiting for the lines on the star map to be successfully outlined.

"Burying this place for thousands of years, did you do it just so that this secret laid out on a whim wouldn't be discovered?"

By now, Hearing Luo Li already had some guesses, but he didn't dare to be completely sure until the moment he explored the final secret.

Rather than holding hope from the beginning, it was better to remain calm, so that even if the guess failed, he wouldn't be too disappointed.

Before setting up the Seven Archon Statues on the continent, Hearing Luo Li and Guizhong had set up their own statues.

It was probably under Guizhong's constant coaxing and lobbying that he finally promised the girl that those who could discover the secret of the statues could get the gifts belonging to the two of them.

Just like now, when an ordinary person's wish is strong to a certain extent, the Archon will cast a gaze and bestow a Vision, enabling them to obtain the power to control elements.

At that time, in the Guili Assembly, occasionally someone would get blessings from the two beloved Archons and obtain extraordinary power.

Hearing Luo Li bestowed power, while Guizhong sprinkled wisdom.

However, later, with the destruction of the initial Guili Assembly, the two statues went missing, and coupled with the merger with Morax, that ancient land inexplicably disappeared.

Now it seems that it was probably put away by someone intentionally, so that the gifts belonging to the people of the Guili Assembly would not be lost outside.

"What a selfish guy..."

The corners of his mouth hooked, seemingly recalling some past, Hearing Luo Li couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Archons love the world, but they only love their own people.

Anyone else is an object they exclude.

Soon, the starlight above his head circled into a ring, surrounding the runes representing the Archon, and then bloomed with light.

Mysterious power was surging, surging.

After a spin of the world, everything before his eyes dissipated, replaced by being in a starry sky.

Hearing Luo Li lowered his head slightly and found himself standing on a huge star disk.

The star disk carried by the star map was very vast, entrenched in the void, and occasionally a certain place flashed.

"This is... the true form of the Dominator of Time."

Hearing Luo Li obviously recognized it. The star disk stretched for a hundred meters, and the ancient seal script on the edge outline representing the fourth space was very bright.

Even through the outline of the star map, looking along the streamers, Hearing Luo Li could see what was happening in that space.

"Already confronted Bosacius, moving quite fast."

They saw Lumine and Xiao fighting a six-armed Yaksha. The two cooperated very tacitly. Although they didn't see the upper hand for the time being, they wouldn't be in danger if they kept stalemating like this.

Beside them, Arataki Itto and Kuki Shinobu acted as thugs, attempting to take down Bosacius through a gang-up tactic.

Menogias followed and commanded outside. He couldn't participate in the battle, so he had to provide verbal help.

Sister Yanfei and Miss Yelan shouldered the responsibility of looking after the Water and Fire Yakshas and couldn't go to the front line, but there was no problem for the two to interfere remotely.

Hearing Luo Li paid a little attention, confirming that Lumine and her party had no problems, and although Indarias and Bonanus hadn't woken up yet, they were taken care of very well, basically without any difficulties.

Then, it was time for him to completely unravel the deepest secret here.

Thinking this way, Hearing Luo Li gazed toward the center of the star disk. There, a light orb was wrapped in circles of runes and techniques.

Silent for a moment, he moved and approached slowly.

Seeming to notice an outsider, many runes emitted light different from the norm, seemingly warning the visitor not to approach.

The streamers accelerated at a speed visible to the naked eye, a large number of techniques began to arrange and combine, and a dangerous aura was emitted. The sharp edge cut through the space, forming a forbidden zone.

However, all this caused no influence on Hearing Luo Li.

With a calm expression, he didn't care about the danger he was about to face and stepped into it very freely.

Strangely, as Hearing Luo Li moved forward, the fractured space calmed down one by one, and no more ripples could be stirred up.

Unable to resist the intruder, the rune techniques upgraded their intensity again, but unfortunately, it was of no avail.

Just like a tender flower, no matter how it resists, it cannot withstand a hard storm.

In just a short moment, Hearing Luo Li forcibly broke into the core of the star disk.

Those techniques that followed the rules to protect the core all collapsed, and after being cut off, they returned to their original appearance.

Such a process lasted thirteen times.

Finally, when Hearing Luo Li broke through the last layer of protection and stepped into the core without any protection, his gaze was undoubtedly attracted by the figure in front, and he could no longer move away.

"The final everything, it really is you... Guizhong."

PS: It's almost finished after writing these two chapters. Although there is a lot to write about in the new version of Sumeru, the plot can't connect with this book anymore, and it's meaningless to write more, emmmm... that's about it.