Josh hadn’t had ti to respond when she was suddenly pulled down by soone.
Just one more step, and the Sea God’s statue would have fully opened its eyes.
Pulled away, Josh felt as if the connection with desire and love had been severed, leaving her without emotional support. Her entire body seed exhausted, as if she’d run eight hundred kiloters, going limp in the strong embrace behind her.
Yuze’s face turned cold, his eyes darkly fixated on the statue.
The statue’s eyes remained closed, but the overwhelming pressure of the Sea God burst forth, almost forming tangible hands intent on crushing Yuze.
Yuze shielded Josh, instantly unleashing a spiritual power even stronger than the Sea God Statue’s, his eyes conveying a warning.
Last ti, he underestimated the strength of the Sea God Statue and was caught off guard.
This ti, it wasn’t so easy to deal with.
His spiritual power surged segnt by segnt, golden light faintly flickering in his eyes, leaping from S-grade to SS, then to SSS!
The entire ancestral hall trembled in response.
The spiritual power of the Sea God Statue was repelled, the stone sand re-clayed, as if the unsealing just now was an illusory mistake.
The ancestral hall returned to calm.
Yuze withdrew his spiritual power and turned to look at Josh.
Josh’s face was pale, almost transparent, her whole being drenched as if fished out of water, and even her usually bright amber eyes were dimd.
"How do you feel?" Yuze placed her on the ground.
Josh took a mont to catch her breath, the pain from the trauma of her spiritual sea making her furrow her brows, every breath sent sharp pains stabbing through her temples.
Weak, she leaned back, trusting as she nestled into Yuze’s arms, murmuring feebly, "It hurts so much..."
Yuze twitched his mouth, raising his hand to flick her forehead: "Are you risking your life? Daring to try on anyone?"
Josh took a long pause, climbing out of his embrace, her eyes regaining their brilliance: "It’s so magical, Captain. I actually felt love just now? For a mont, I genuinely felt that I deeply, deeply loved the Sea God, his loneliness and pain made hurt too."
"Love, my foot!" Another flick landed, turning Josh’s forehead a delicate red.
Yuze, not yet satisfied, glared at her harshly: "No early romance for minors!"
"Okay..." Josh rubbed her forehead, puzzlingly asking: "Why was I so weak after using the skill just now? It didn’t happen investigating the Holy Daughter and Yue Xi before."
Yuze coolly glanced at her: "What level are you, and what level is he? The god’s spiritual power is at least SS level or above, and you’re a little F. Sensing such a high-level spiritual sea consus enormous spiritual power. It’s no wonder you’re overdrawn. If it weren’t for my quick arrival, you’d be waiting for Ma Qi to collect your corpse."
Josh suddenly understood, no wonder.
However, she seed to have found a way to awaken the Sea God without realizing it.
If Yuze hadn’t pulled her away just then, she might really have awakened the Sea God.
But whether the Sea God was friend or foe, black or white, she was still unsure. It definitely couldn’t be awakened recklessly.
Josh looked at the statue, blinking: "Captain, don’t you think the details of the statue have beco much more refined?"
Yuze nodded: "I guess it’s not far from awakening."
Josh touched her chin: "This Sea God statue looks a lot like you..."
Yuze glared at her darkly: "You’ve learned to insult in a roundabout way now?"
Josh froze for a mont: "I’m serious."
Yuze’s face darkened further: "It’s impolite to insult any more."
Josh found it strange: "This Sea God statue really looks like you, especially the eyebrows and mouth shape."
Yuze, more puzzled than she, held her chin, examining her face: "Let see, am I still under the srization of the dead fish?"
The statue with narrowed eyes, broad lips, and thick, square face—how was it like him?
Seeing his expression was not joking, Josh found it odd, what’s going on?
Could it be that the Sea God statue she saw was different from what Yuze saw?
This Sea God statue clearly resembled him a lot.
Suddenly, Josh was shocked, perhaps the statue resembled the rmaid King more!
Sothing seed to flash in her mind, did she forget so important fragnt?
In the previous novice instance, when she reviewed her playback, all clips related to the rmaid King were censored.
Although the official explanation claid that the rmaid’s ntal pollution was too strong, even through the screen, it could cause ntal harm to players.
But later, experienced players entered the instance hoping to obtain the sa sacred item, but the rmaid King at the bottom of the pool wasn’t the sa she had seen.
And it was only a regular rmaid with normal spiritual force, just a common instance monster.
Josh felt a bit confused, vaguely sensing sothing was amiss, but couldn’t pinpoint it.
Forget it, once they finish the instance, she can check the cara footage of the Sea God’s statue during the replay to see if it’s the sa as what she saw.
Josh waved her hand: "Never mind, I’m too lazy to explain to you."
Yuze released her, sitting beside the case: "How’d it go? Find anything out?"
Josh shared her findings about the emotions on the Holy Daughter and Yue Xi with him.
Yuze also shared the information he gathered with her: "Yunbing said the last candidate for the Holy Daughter disappeared with a man she loved after being chosen, but was killed and exposed in the wilderness, ending miserably. All previous Holy Daughters were prohibited from falling in love, and she alone suffered this fate for a man."
Josh nodded knowingly.
She already had a faint hypothesis.
The two exchanged looks, both thinking of the tower on the mountain.
Since they knew where the Forbidden Nightmare was, it was necessary to check it out.
Not far away, Yue Xi was leading won to carry a new body to a thatched house.
Didn’t last night have a sacrificial ceremony? How could soone still have died?
Josh slightly furrowed her brows, all the Sacrificial Girls were controlled on the mountain last night, yet soone still died?
She and Yuze exchanged a glance, wrapping a fine spider silk around his ankle.
Yuze nodded.
The two split up, hiding on either side of the house, as the won carried the body past. They didn’t notice the taut, hovering spider silk on the ground, tripping the leading woman.
The body tumbled out, startling everyone around.
Yue Xi’s face darkened: "What’s going on?!"
The won hurriedly covered the body, lifting it again.
Though brief, Josh saw the body’s stomach was cut open, and its facial features were bleeding.
Quickly retrieving the spider silk, she exchanged glances with Yuze, each retreating to regroup at the mountain’s base.
Just as they were about to ascend the mountain, a shout ca from behind.
"Wait! You two, stop!"
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