Chapter 290 Suppression (2/2)

Now that they were there, the Thunder Shell Lord could finally take a break.

Feeling the chains of lightning keeping it captive dissipating, the statue slowly got to its feet. It looked like a centaur the way its legs seemed glued to the sides of its horse.

Flourishing its crescent blade, it shot a quick glance at the Thunder Shell Lord. Narrowing its eyes, it turned around abruptly and took a mighty swing at Gao Peng!

Gao Peng casually intercepted the blade with his left hand.

Raising his eyebrows, Gao Peng flicked the blade away violently, causing the statue to stumble backwards.

The statue was just about to try again when an ear-splitting roar rocked them both. The roar echoed in the mountains and out into the distance.

The bronze statue went limp, and its skin rippled furiously. It felt weak all of a sudden, as though someone had just ripped off its skin.

From between the mountains, an enormous head poked out, its gaze fixed upon the statue.

An enormous fissure opened up beneath the statue's feet. It couldn't escape in time and was swallowed up by the ground from the waist down. Layers of earth started enveloping the statue. It formed what looked like a giant meatball.

Cracks started appearing in the earth, but just as quickly as they appeared, they were plastered over by even more layers of earth.

Eventually, the statue was fully entombed in a 60 foot wide ball of earth.

The ball started rolling towards Stripey and eventually landed somewhere near his rump. Stripey then rather unceremoniously sat on the ball, like a hen warming its eggs.

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Under the careful manipulation of both the Allied Government and the Southern Sky Group, this situation was quickly brought under wraps.

Naturally, the Allied Government didn't want people finding out about this crisis, while the Southern Sky Group was perfectly content adding a Lord-tier creature to their ranks in secret.

After all, the news about the two Emperor-tier familiars was still spreading like wildfire. Something like this would barely register in the collective consciousness of the people.

After some digging, Gao Peng found out that statues were animating all over the world. Depending on the material of the statues, their abilities were all vastly different.

Gao Peng had noe huge concern—the statue of the Huan Shan Buddha had yet to show signs of life. The Huan Shan Buddha statue was located in Ba Shu, which was rather close to both the Yuzhou and Suzhou base cities.

Although the Huan Shan Buddha statue wasn't the largest in the Huaxia region, it was definitely in the top five. More importantly, it had a wealth of history that no other buddha statue had. It had been built in the Tang Dynasty and been the destination of pilgrims and travellers alike for thousands of years.

According to reports, the Huan Shan Buddha was located where three rivers met, specifically the Min River, the Qing Yi River, and the Da Du River.

Legend had it that before the statue was built, the place was constantly afflicted by terrible floods. After the statue was built, the floods stopped occurring as often as they once had.

”Young Master Gao, this was a photo taken recently somewhere near the Huan Shan Buddha.” Huang Ya slid Gao Peng a couple of pictures. In the pictures, the Huan Shan Buddha had a benevolent smile on its face. The raging rivers were as smooth as a mirror, with not a ripple in sight...