After casting a deep gaze upwards, Xing He and Xiao Hua retracted their eyes and then walked into the depths of the temple.
As Xing He and Xiao Hua approached, they witnessed the elders prostrate on the ground, each radiating an unusually reverent deanor.
Each person's head kept bowing towards the front.
Upon seeing this, Xing He and Xiao Hua felt slightly relieved. Originally, they were worried that these elders were stubborn, but now it seed their earlier concerns were unwarranted.
Just as Xing He and Xiao Hua were about to kneel in front of the statues, there was a loud boom, and as the explosion echoed, the entire temple began to shake.
All the elders, upon feeling the vibrations, looked upward and saw the opening revealed on the beam above.
Their hearts trembled, and a sense of panic arose because they saw the blood-red color from the broken beam above advancing toward them.
Though the invasion was slow, the elders knew it was just a matter of ti.
Once those blood-red fogs descended, it would surely engulf everyone here.
Imdiately, all the elders stood up, and all the so-called prayers and reverence vanished, turning entirely into a fear of death.
At this mont, the ethereal divine presence, to the elders, was already an otherworldly existence, no longer important. What mattered to them was the imdiate life-and-death mont. After all, if they couldn't survive now, who cared about future years?
The actions of the elders changed Xing He's expression dramatically. He quickly exclaid, "Esteed elders, do not panic. As long as the divine protects us, everything will be fine. As long as you maintain enough respect for the divine, the divine will not let you go to your deaths."
"Hmph, what do you know? If the divine truly existed, he would have intervened by now. Although we don't know how you survived, we know there are absolutely no divine beings in this world."
"Exactly, if divine beings existed, how could they watch us die with open eyes?"
"That's right, at such tis, we can only trust ourselves; everything else is illusory. Only by relying on our own ans can we live well."
"..."
A mont ago, elders who believed in divine existence now all chose not to believe.
According to the elders, if the divine existed, this catastrophe wouldn't have occurred. Since it has, it represents that there is no divine existence in the world.
In the face of a real life-and-death crisis, the elders would rather trust themselves than the nonexistent divine.
Seeing these elders, Xing He and Xiao Hua felt extrely disappointed. Of course, they understood that these elders displayed such behavior because they were truly scared.
As long as they are human, they would feel fear, which is perfectly normal for the elders.
Xing He glanced at the slowly descending blood-red fog above, his heart anxious, knowing that the critical mont had arrived, and there could be no negligence.
Otherwise, it might result in a very unfavorable situation.
Xing He and Xiao Hua exchanged a look and no longer dealt with the murmuring elders. They both dropped to their knees.
"Honored Divine Lord, if you have spirit, please grant your most loyal believers a chance to demonstrate. Help your believers let any who doubt your existence know what a grave mistake they have made, and let them understand that only reverence, not doubt, can be shown to the divine."
As Xing He and Xiao Hua spoke, they uttered these words.
These words were spoken loudly, and the elders heard them, yet they responded with scornful chuckles and looked upwards, heads withdrawn in fear.
But to everyone's surprise, after Xing He's and Xiao Hua's voices fell, the statue sitting on a spiritual platform at the temple's forefront seed to co to life.
"What kind of opportunity do you seek?" Ye Feng asked calmly from within the statue.
The sound silenced the room. Xing He and Xiao Hua were in disbelief, their eyes fixed intently on the front.
Seeing the statue sit there like a living person, loud roaring surged in their minds.
They couldn't believe they had truly summoned the divine presence, which was a huge surprise for them.
After hearing Ye Feng's words, the elders instinctively turned around and looked towards the statue.
Under the gaze of all the elders, the statue actually smiled at them, and imdiately, their hearts felt as if a million grass-mud horses were galloping through.
All the expressions on their faces froze, their wide-open mouths reflecting their inner shock, making them extrely regretful.
They regretted why they had spoken words of disbelief in the divine; now, seeing the statue smile, they realized they had offended the omnipresent divine.
Boom!
With a sound, all the elders' hearts jumped. They once again looked at the ever-enlarging gap above.
Before they could retract their gaze, all the elders knelt on the ground, continuously speaking.
"We were blind and should not have doubted the divine, should not have disbelieved in the divine. We swear, we didn't an to; we were truly scared, truly afraid of death. Hence, we acted disrespectfully towards the divine. We beseech the divine to understand and forgive us, to accept us, and let us beco your most loyal believers."
All the elders quickly repented, speaking rapidly, fearing they would deepen the misunderstanding with the divine.
With their shift in mindset, Ye Feng clearly felt the Power of Faith starting to erge!
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