Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 1422 - Descent

Gu Yanying could not help but become serious too. Perhaps it could actually work?

But a while later, apart from the large fish that continued to flop around stubbornly, nothing changed.

Li Qingshan stopped chanting, and the illusion immediately vanished. The statue in the nook was just as ugly before, standing there without budging. It had not been dancing at all.

He ground his teeth. “I knew it would be fucking useless!” He could not help but admit just how foolish his blind desperation had been.

“That’s not what you said earlier.” Gu Yanying smiled, but she could not help but ease up as well. If he actually managed to summon a god into his body with his personality, the consequences would have been unfathomable.

“Alright, alright, get out of here!” Li Qinghan turned around to leave, giving up on this hopeful dream of his. If he could not use the Illusionary Demon Movement Technique, then he could only stick with a regular invisibility technique and make do.

The surroundings became extremely dim. The smoke and ash from the volcano blotted out half the sky, and orangey-yellow firelight seeped out from the burnt earth due to the magma. The rivers were dyed yellow too. The paradise-like island had now turned into something akin to a lair filled with demons.

Rumble! A streak of lightning illuminated the sky, kicking up a great gust of black wind. Rain began to pour down.

The deep nook in the stone wall became even darker. Only a blurry outline of the statue of Maheśvara remained. There was no ugliness left, only might and authority.

Gu Yanying suddenly discovered that Li Qingshan’s carving skills were not actually that bad. The statue in the nook actually bore great charm. He just never bothered with working carefully and polishing out the details. Probably even he had never thought he would succeed too!

“If asking for help from gods and buddhas worked, what’s the point of cultivating?”

He smiled and was about to turn around when the eyes of the statue of Maheśvara abruptly lit up as if it had come alive, staring deeply at Li Qi

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