Chapter 1796: The Human God of Giants
After thoroughly searching the village from beginning to end, Su Yang finally found some more discoveries in the tallest house inside.
This house didn't look like a place where giants lived, but rather like a shrine for worshiping deities.
Inside, Su Yang discovered a massive temple. And inside the temple, there was a statue of a giant.
This giant statue was much larger than the other giants.
In front of this statue, dozens of giant skeletons were kneeling, as if they had died here while praying for worship.
Undoubtedly, before their death, they came close to this statue to beg for their lives, only to die here in the end.
The giant sculpture, it seems, must be the deity worshiped by the giants. But the identity of this giant sculpture remains unknown?
While Su Yang was puzzled, Fatty suddenly exclaimed, "Little Yang, look here!"
"What's wrong?" Su Yang looked in the direction Fatty was pointing, and Fatty was pointing at the statue's neck with a shocked expression on his face.
Su Yang watched in surprise for a while, and curiously asked, "What's wrong?"
"Look at those tattoos!" Fatty said, "The tattoos on the neck!"
Su Yang looked closely and saw that there were indeed some tattoos on the statue's neck. They were strange patterns that Su Yang couldn't understand, so he didn't pay much attention.
"Can you understand the meaning of these tattoos?" Su Yang asked in surprise.
"It's not the meaning of the tattoos…" Fatty said, "Don't you think these tattoos look familiar?"
"Familiar?" Su Yang was confused, "How are they familiar? Where have you seen them?"
Fatty turned to look at Su Yang, "Remember that giant at the bottom of the valley we saw before? The giant in the valley had the same tattoos on its neck!"
"What!?" Su Yang's eyes widened immediately; he indeed didn't remember. But he wouldn't doubt Fatty's words.
So, the tattoos on the neck of the valley giant and the neck of this giant statue are exactly the same?
What's going on?
Su Yang was stunned, staring in disbelief at the giant statue in front of him. Undoubtedly, this was supposed to be the deity of the giants, but why were the tattoos on its neck the same as those on the giant at the bottom of the valley?
Could it be that the giant at the bottom of the valley was the original form of this giant statue?
The deities worshipped by these giants, ultimately trapped in the valley with other divine beasts, like prisoners?
Su Yang was dumbfounded; he didn't know how to explain the situation. The conditions inside the World Melting Furnace left him bewildered as to what this world had been through. The original form of this giant statue being a god, trapped at the bottom of the valley like a slave, why would such a thing happen?
Moreover, what puzzled Su Yang the most was that the person at the bottom of the valley seemed to have some connection with Fatty, which made it even stranger.
Could Fatty also have some connection with this world?
Su Yang scratched his head, looking at Fatty beside him, who was still excited. After discovering that the giant statue was indeed the giant from the bottom of the valley, Fatty was jumping up and down, as if he had trapped the deity in the valley himself.
The two of them wandered around nearby again, found nothing more, and then Su Yang took Fatty to leave.
They had spent a considerable amount of time exploring here, so they packed up the sorghum fruit and began their journey back.
The journey back was much safer, as they had explored the way and knew where the dangers and safe areas were quite clearly.
Once they returned to the camp, everyone was waiting for them, especially Lv Donglin, who had been cultivating with Qi Xuan and Deng An during this time, but his heart was always with the Human World, as his uncle, Beigong War God, was still unknown.
Counting the time, it had already been ten days outside. Su Yang didn't delay and quietly took Lv Donglin out of the World Melting Furnace.
As for Qi Xuan, Deng An, Xue Nu, and the others, they remained at the entrance of the World Melting Furnace with a group of people guarding it. If anything special happened, Su Yang could call them out at any time.
After arriving in the Human World, Su Yang received several shocking pieces of news: the second elder died in battle, the Jade-faced Judge died in battle, and all the people under the Jade-faced Judge perished, with only Ge Kaiyang escaping, but he was also being pursued by various forces.
Moreover, Lingxiao Pavilion and Tianside Cliffs completely went to war with Sky Blade Peak. With the assistance of a deputy peak master of Sky Blade Peak, Lingxiao Pavilion and Tianside Cliffs captured Sky Blade Peak without much loss.
The Peak Master of Sky Blade Peak fled alone, whereabouts unknown. Consequently, the master of Lingxiao Pavilion announced the re-establishment of the four major sects, which continued to serve the Heavenly Court.
However, immediately after announcing this, the master of Lingxiao Pavilion led the people of the four major sects to retreat to the north, not daring to approach the vicinity of Capital City.
Sandaoshima Yofu and his people had already taken over Qinghe Academy, marking the complete retreat of the four major sects. In fact, the current four major sects don't even dare to confront the already fragmented Paradise, and could only stay far away from Paradise to preserve their own strength.
Su Yang didn't expect that in the ten days he was in the World Melting Furnace, so many things had happened outside.
The most unexpected thing for him was that both the second elder and the Jade-faced Judge died.
Speaking of the second elder being killed, Su Yang was not surprised. After all, Lingxiao Pavilion and Tianside Cliffs both wanted him dead, and the Jade-faced Judge was also scheming, his death was bound to happen sooner or later.
What genuinely puzzled Su Yang was the death of the Jade-faced Judge. This person was extremely wise and Su Yang, even in confrontation with him, couldn't gain much advantage. Moreover, his strength was formidable, had many followers, and he had planned for countless years and planted unknown numbers of people. By all rights, he should have ended up as a major victor. Yet, Su Yang couldn't have expected that he would just die like that, truly taking Su Yang by surprise.
However, with the death of the second elder and the Jade-faced Judge, Su Yang felt a sense of relief. Without these two people watching like hawks, and the people from the four major sects having retreated to the north, Su Yang's operations could continue more conveniently. At least, without the highly strategic Jade-faced Judge, Su Yang could implement some other plans.
Of course, the first thing was to go to Yan Gui City. Previously, they were ambushed by the Ghost King and Zodiac Ghost King in Yan Gui City, and neither Su Yang nor Lv Donglin had thoroughly investigated the situation there. Now that the opportunity arose, the two of them certainly had to explore that place clearly, to at least find out if Beigong War God was dead or alive!