Chapter 713: The Owner
The female Spiritual Statue stood 300 meters tall, dressed in white, with four arms and a face split down the middle.
The left half of her face was that of a woman, radiant and sacred, resembling the Guanyin manifestations of the Cihang lineage. Her bottom left hand was holding a red spider lily that bloomed and withered endlessly, going through the constant cycle of life and death. Her other upper left hand held a vase, from which a willow branch was placed. Dew dripped from the willow and landed precisely on the flower. Each drop corresponded with the lily’s cycle of bloom and decay. The flower flourished with the drop, then wilted, awaiting the next dew drop in an eternal loop.
The right half of her face was a ghastly skull, shrouded in gloom, its sockets glowing with eerie green flames. Her upper right hand held a blood-dripping slaughter blade, forged entirely from white bone. The other bottom right hand held a skull goblet that was brimming with fresh blood, collecting the drops of blood from the bone blade. No matter how much blood fell, the goblet never overflowed.
The canal was so crowded that turning a large ship was nearly impossible. But to a Pseudo-Immortal, that was not even a challenge.
Among all the Pseudo-Immortals, few were as unrestrained and direct as Madam Qi.
Suddenly, a lightning dragon surged into the sky as Dreaming Cloud drove his Thunder Chisel into the chest of The Inn’s Heaven-rank attendant, blasting him straight through the three floors of the ship.
The lightning dragon was also a signal that no Heavenly Beings remained on the ship to interfere with Madam Qi’s next move.
Madam Qi gazed down at the ship below, which was now as small as a makeup box. Then, she reached out with her hand. Her Spiritual Statue followed suit, extending its hand. The red spider lily between its fingers did not hinder the gesture at all.
In a sense, the Martial Arts Practitioner's body spirit and the Shaman's Spiritual Statue were one and the same. Both moved in accordance with the actions of their true body.
From above, the Spiritual Statue reached downward. Five finger-like depressions suddenly appeared at the edge of the Grand Illusion Realm, as the giant hand pierced through the illusion and reached toward the ship below.
Everyone aboard was terrified beyond belief. The Green Phoenix Guards could not be bothered to fight the enemy and scrambled to abandon ship, fleeing for their lives.