"Who delivers packages with just two legs? You’re talking nonsense!"
Nai You Xiao Sheng glared at Su Ran playfully, montarily ignoring the bronze statue as she gathered up the loot dropped by the treasure chest monster. When she saw an octagonal pure white gem, she quickly picked it up and looked at its attributes with delight. "Is this... a Star Shard? Oh no, it’s another quest item..."
Before she could finish her sentence, an explosion sounded from above. Su Ran’s figure in a black robe was blasted away, the cave collapsed, and the stone steps spiraling upwards all shattered and scattered to the ground with a clatter.
"Swish! Swish!"
Two beams of light shot swiftly towards the thick, bronze legs below.
"Not good!"
Seeing this scene, Nai You Xiao Sheng no longer cared about the gem’s attributes. She hurriedly jumped onto Firebird’s back, flying up into the sky, chasing in the direction Su Ran had been blown.
At this ti, Su Ran was already unconscious, falling in a parabolic trajectory towards the ground. If he were to crash into the ground, it would likely be fatal.
"Overturning Water!"
Even if Nai You Xiao Sheng wanted to save him, it was already too late. She could only watch helplessly as he fell towards the ground, her face pale with worry.
Fortunately.
Su Ran’s unconsciousness didn’t last long, and he soon woke up. As soon as he regained consciousness, he felt his body descending rapidly. Not daring to hesitate, he imdiately used the Treading on Air Technique, barely floating in mid-air, just less than two ters from the ground, which scared him into a cold sweat.
"That was close, I almost died!"
Su Ran, his heart still pounding, glanced at the ground before opening his attribute panel. From the explosion, he was left with less than 300 health points. If he really had hit the ground, he would have been a goner.
"The system is so deceitful, all three boxes were fake!"
Recalling the scene in the cave, Su Ran was infuriated, wishing he could grab the system and kick it to vent his anger. Just earlier, to save ti, he had opened both the Bronze Treasure Chest and the Silver Treasure Chest simultaneously. Instead, they both pulled together like magnetized balls, and with a flash of light, he passed out.
"Overturning Water, are you okay?"
Nai You Xiao Sheng hurried over, her voice full of concern, "Luckily you woke up early, or it would have been really dangerous!"
"Yeah, I almost t the King of Hell."
Su Ran stuffed so graveyard grass into his mouth, regaining health while complaining, "The system is so insidious, all three boxes were fake. If I’d known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have opened them!"
"While you were unconscious, two orbs of light flew out of the cave and were absorbed by the bronze statue. I don’t know what consequences that will have, but it feels like it might not be good for us."
Nai You Xiao Sheng glanced at the two large legs, her eyes full of worry. "Should we stay away from this statue?"
"Xiao Sheng, you go exploring the area first, see if there’s sothing useful."
Su Ran pondered for a mont before speaking, "The boss’s aggro is on , I’ll hold it off. Whether it’s a blessing or a curse, we need to try and find out."
"Just you? That’s not okay!"
Nai You Xiao Sheng’s expression changed when she heard this and she quickly said, "I’ll stay here with you. Two people can do more than one, you alone makes uneasy!"
"Xiao Sheng, don’t worry. I can go into stealth mode, and even if I can’t beat this boss, I can escape. I don’t want to miss the chance to take down this boss. If there’s an opportunity, I’ll let you co back and help kill it."
Su Ran said with a smile, "Hurry up and go. This boss probably won’t take long to co out."
"You... just don’t overdo it. I’ll wait for your ssage!"
Nai You Xiao Sheng took another complex look at Su Ran, said no more, and rode on Firebird, leaving towards the depths of the space. She soon disappeared from Su Ran’s sight.
"This bronze statue is not just a boss, it’s that simple!"
After Xiao Sheng left, Su Ran no longer hesitated and headed towards the direction of those two massive legs. It didn’t make sense for them to stay buried in the ground for so long, sothing was off.
For safety’s sake, he summoned Wang Cai, activated stealth mode, and then summoned his shadow bat to test the bronze statue, to see if it was really faking death.
Contrary to Su Ran’s expectations, no matter how the shadow bat attacked the legs, the statue didn’t move at all, which puzzled him even more. Its defense was so strong, could it have really died from just falling? That would be absurd!
To verify his doubts, he summoned ten shield-wielding skeletons and had them attack the legs one after another, to see if the statue would react.
However.
The two legs just stood there, letting the bone knives attack them without any reaction. Although these skeletons couldn’t break through the statue’s defense, it shouldn’t be unresponsive either?
It was the classic scenario: minimal damage, maximal insult!
"Looks like it’s really dead."
The facts were there, forcing Su Ran to believe it. It probably didn’t die from falling alone; those two orbs of light might be the key explanation here.
After waiting a bit longer without any movent, Su Ran finally felt safe enough to jump off Wang Cai and approach the legs. The first thing he did up close was rub his hips against them.
"Swish!"
The bronze statue vanished.
"What?"
Su Ran was stunned. This was just a reflexive action, he hadn’t expected it to actually work. He was a bit bewildered, not understanding where the plot was heading, and stood there in a daze.
But speaking of which, the bronze statue boss sure was unlucky. No sooner had it appeared than it fell out of the cave, completely losing its ability to move, and was ultimately sucked into his hips. Dou E’s lant was nothing compared to this!
"Human, human!"
While Su Ran was spacing out, a hurried voice called up from the pit at his feet, breaking his thoughts.
"Who’s there?"
Su Ran instinctively glanced down at the pit, seeing nothing, and tensed up, shouting, "Who’s pretending to be a ghost here, get out now!"
"Human, don’t be anxious. I’m the soul of the bronze statue. Could you lift out? It’s a bit dark down here..."
"Dark down? That’s a fresh term,"
Su Ran almost laughed, but then he recalled sothing, asking with a bit of uncertainty, "Did you say you’re the soul of sothing?"
"I’m the soul of the bronze statue."
"Pardon , I’m leaving."
Su Ran imdiately turned around and took off running. Are you kidding ? I just got the statue and now its soul shows up. To give it back would not only an returning the statue, but also inviting more trouble. Given the situation, escaping seed like the best option.
"Human, please stop. Hey, hey, don’t leave in such a hurry?"
The soul initially thought Su Ran was just putting on an act but realized he was genuinely leaving as his pace quickened, soon covering dozens of ters.
"..."
The soul was speechless, baffled by how shaless a human could be.
Soon, the soul burst into a brilliant light, like fireworks, shooting light into the sky, creating a transparent web that swept towards Su Ran.
Not noticing what was happening behind him, the farther Su Ran got from the pit, the more relaxed he felt. As long as he left the grudge’s range, the soul wouldn’t be able to do anything to him. Want to reclaim the statue’s body? Maybe in the next life!
Even if he couldn’t use the bronze statue himself, he could lt it down for crafting materials. If nothing else, it could serve as a decoration in Skeleton Village, better than letting the soul benefit!
Suddenly.
An invisible force enveloped him from above. Before he could even dodge, he was already tightly bound.
"Damn, ambushed?"
Su Ran struggled forcefully, unable to break free from the transparent web, and shouted in defiance, "Attacking from behind, how despicable! Have the guts to let go and fight fair and square!"
"Human, you wouldn’t listen when I spoke nicely, so I had to resort to this."
The soul’s voice was steady, "First return my body, then we can discuss anything else."
"Keep dreaming!"
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