Chapter 496: Desert Treasure Hunt (Part 3)

Across the long distance, Zhang Yuan fixed his eyes intently on that cluster of golden glow beside the throne.

He only glanced at it, then his entire soul couldn’t help but be drawn toward it, and every cell in his body seemed to be shouting silently, conveying an unparalleled intense desire.

Zhang Yuan felt he had never been as greedy as this moment, nearly insane to possess something.

When he discovered the Red Blood Divine Soldiers earlier, his mind hadn’t lost control like this!

Totally relying on strong willpower, Zhang Yuan forcefully suppressed the impulse to rush over and take the golden glow immediately.

From the deepest part of his divine soul, he faintly sensed a trace of unease.

That was an instinctive alert from life’s natural instincts!

Intuition was telling Zhang Yuan that things weren’t so simple.

He took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down, then carefully observed the hall before him.

This massive hall was built with opulent magnificence and a very grandiose atmosphere, squared in design, with twelve huge fierce beast pillars supporting the high dome, making those within feel exceedingly small.

All the walls were painted with exquisite murals, splendidly colorful and breathtakingly beautiful, and though sealed by unknown years of dust, they hadn’t faded a bit.

And between the fierce beast pillars, there stood one after another warrior statue.

Each statue was about seven feet tall, lofty, majestic, and entirely clad in thick armor.

At a glance, Zhang Yuan could see over a hundred warrior statues!

For some reason, when his gaze fell upon a particular statue, it felt as though the latter might "come alive."

Apart from these warrior statues, on either side of the throne inside, there stood four general statues each.

Compared to the warrior statues, the general statues were larger, with armor more exquisite and splendid.

Yet, whether for the warrior statues or the general statues, all had helmets covering their faces, obscuring their true appearance.

These statues gave Zhang Yuan a very uneasy feeling.

Although they didn’t move a bit, Zhang Yuan felt as if countless eyes were staring at him.

Zhang Yuan disliked this feeling very much!

The next moment, the Eagle-Shooting Bow silently appeared in his hand.

Zhang Yuan suddenly drew this Profound Soldier Longbow, while steadily nocking a Meteor Iron Arrow on it!

Meteor Iron Arrows were the best partner for the Eagle-Shooting Bow, capable of fully unleashing this Profound Bow’s power, yet costing hundreds of times more than ordinary Fine Iron Arrows, and rare in material.

In his storage space, Zhang Yuan was prepared with merely a hundred of them.

Thus, in most situations, he wouldn’t use Meteor Iron Arrows to fight.

But for Zhang Yuan now, there was no thought of sparing them!

In an instant, his soul and mind united, and he locked onto a nearby warrior statue.

Pure and powerful Primordial Celestial Gang True Power silently flowed into the Eagle-Shooting Bow, causing this Profound Soldier to emit a faint glow.

A mysterious force flowed along the bow and bowstring, blending into the Meteor Iron Arrow.

The arrowhead of this arrow suddenly revealed a chilling cold light!

Bang!

Zhang Yuan suddenly released the full moon-drawn bowstring, and the Meteor Iron Arrow surged forward, propelled by immense force, crossing dozens of steps.

It struck dead center on the head of that warrior statue!

Puff!

The spiraling arrowhead penetrated through the helmet’s defense without any resistance and pierced through its head.

A section of the trilateral arrowhead, with a burst of golden dust, emerged from the back of its head!

At that very moment, a burst of dazzling light suddenly exploded from this warrior statue.

Rumble～

Simultaneously, behind Zhang Yuan, the grand doors of the hall closed automatically!

His retreat was entirely cut off.

Click!

The warrior statue that had its head pierced by the Meteor Iron Arrow moved.

It suddenly raised its right hand, opened its five fingers, and grasped the arrow shaft, then forcefully pulled it out.

Amazingly, it drew the Meteor Iron Arrow out of its own head!

The warrior statue’s head turned ninety degrees, gazing straight at Zhang Yuan.

Even though the opponent’s helmet obscured its true appearance, Zhang Yuan felt a gaze filled with fury and rage fixate on him.

He felt something was amiss.

Clang!

The warrior statue threw down the arrow it held and grabbed the hilt, drawing out the weapon it carried.

Then it howled to the sky!

Although Zhang Yuan didn’t hear a single wail in his ears, his divine soul consciousness was violently impacted in an instant, as if slapped face-on by a storm, causing his head to buzz steadily.

And this act by the warrior statue seemed like a signal, as dozens of statues around it simultaneously "came alive."

In the blink of an eye, the sounds of swords drawing from scabbards echoed continuously.

These tall, robust warrior statues all leaped from their pedestals, charging towards Zhang Yuan with heavy, powerful steps!

Inside the hall, murderous intent boiled over.

Seeing this scene, though Zhang Yuan’s heart sank, he didn’t lose his composure.

Truly the real treasure wasn’t something easily obtained!

In fact, the moment he stepped into this hall, he was prepared for battle.

With a wave of his hand, Zhang Yuan returned the Eagle-Shooting Bow to the storage space, switching his weapon to the Taowu Saber.

The Black Giant Ant, Golden Grasshopper, and Jade Mantis, three Divine Nest Hosts, all activated simultaneously.

High-Powered Strength, agility, Intermediate Sword Technique Profound Communication, instantly enhanced himself!

At this moment, Zhang Yuan entered a state of full-on explosion.

"Kill!"

Suddenly he exhaled a breath and charged fiercely at the warrior statues rushing towards him.

In this moment, Zhang Yuan’s heart was at its most tranquil, only his eyes blazing with fiery blood flames.

Cross-Sweeping Thousand Soldiers!

The next moment, a blade aura like a ribbon slashed horizontally at the two warrior statues at the forefront.

This blade aura, empowered by the Taowu Saber’s Blood Evil Qi and twentyfold strength, in conjunction with the fusion and activation of the Sword Technique Profound Communication ability, slashed into their waists with unparalleled speed.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The two charging warrior statues suddenly split in half, their upper bodies still raising longswords, maintaining an offensive posture.

Their lower bodies continued to run for a few steps, suddenly losing momentum and falling heavily forward.

Bang! Bang!

Immediately afterward, the upper halves of the two warrior statues followed and crashed onto the floor with a dull thud.

But they didn’t "die" from this; they astonishingly continued to crawl forward on the ground.

Still clutching their weapons tightly!

But Zhang Yuan had no time to deliver another blow to them because more warrior statues swarmed over, surrounding him in the blink of an eye, with longswords imbued with terrifying power slicing down from various directions.

These warrior statues were not only extremely fast but also had exceedingly fierce sword momentum.

The most terrifying aspect was that they could form a sword array, demonstrating powerful combat abilities.

In an instant, Zhang Yuan found himself in the utmost perilous situation!