Chapter Thirteen: Humanoid Sculpture

  Not long after Kong Fang entered the valley, four more people appeared at the entrance of the valley.

  Kong Fang suddenly changed direction and ran towards the valley because he discovered the four of them. This valley was not far from where the four were previously, and Wang Hao's crazy screams before his death allowed the four to hear some sounds, so they rushed over quickly.

  "The voice just now came from this direction, but we rushed all the way here and didn't see a single person. It's really strange." The proud young man standing among them furrowed his brow, with some puzzlement in his eyes.

  "Zhang Shixiong, if we can't find them, then let's just forget about it. It's not our business anyway." One of the young men said with a flattering expression.

  Upon hearing this, Zhang Shixiong turned his head and gave the speaker a cold glance. This one glance made the speaker involuntarily shrink his neck, and a hint of regret flashed in his eyes, silently scolding himself for being too talkative earlier.

  In San Xing Shan, the entry-level disciples of the Ziqiong sect generally do not conflict with each other. If a conflict does occur, it is usually due to hatred or competition for refining materials. The refining materials that can trigger mutual slaughter among entry-level disciples are certainly not ordinary. This Zhang Shixiong obviously wants to take advantage of the situation and seize the refining materials. But at this time, he actually proposes to give up, which would be unusual if they didn't offend him.

  The young man, who had reacted and was somewhat regretful, immediately made amends, saying: "Since Brother Zhang has determined that the sound came from here, it must be correct. Let's search for it right away. We might be able to find the person who appeared here earlier." The young man said this to the other two people.

  Zhang Shixiong's face slightly relaxed, but he stopped the three of them from searching here and instead headed directly into the valley. The three of them exchanged a glance and hastily followed behind him.

  Kong Fang went deep into the valley, but his eyes carefully observed the mountains on both sides, hoping to find something. However, until he reached the end of the valley, Kong Fang did not discover any unusual places.

  Standing at the end of the valley, looking at a large flat land surrounded by Sanxing Mountain in the middle, Kong Fang couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

  "Before I crossed over, this place was often visited by novice disciples. If there's anything unusual here, it would have been discovered long ago. Why would they wait for me to find it?" Kong Fang sighed with a bitter smile.

  Although he didn't hold much hope in his heart, Kong Fang's interest in San Xing Mountain remained undiminished. After all, some refining materials would inevitably appear here, and if he was lucky enough to obtain a precious refining material, it wouldn't be bad either.

  Kong Fang looked around casually, but when his gaze fell on the flat ground hundreds of meters away, Kong Fang's expression suddenly changed, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

  The three mountains surrounding the vast land in the middle were extremely flat, but Kong Fang found that hundreds of meters away, there was an inconspicuous depression.

  Kong Fang immediately went all out, rushing towards the depression at the fastest speed.

  His body was extremely strong and Kong Fang's speed was extremely fast, it only took a short dozen seconds to arrive in front of the depression.

  Staring at the sunken ground, Kong Fang's mouth was wide open in shock, his eyes full of astonishment.

  In front of Kong Fang, a five-meter-sized ground suddenly sank and formed a deep pit. The depth of the pit was so deep that even with Kong Fang's current eyesight, he couldn't see the bottom. As far as his line of sight could reach, there was only a vast expanse of dark darkness. If it were just this deep pit, Kong Fang wouldn't be too shocked. What really shocked Kong Fang was that this deep pit was actually in the shape of a palm print.

  The palm of the hand is extremely clear, with all five fingers visible. It's absolutely impossible for it to be a natural formation; it must have been left behind by some powerful being who slapped their hand here. Moreover, creating such a deep hole in the shape of a handprint without even a single crack appearing on the surrounding ground is a level of control that leaves Kong Fang speechless.

  "Sanxing Mountain is indeed not an ordinary place, but what exactly happened here in the past and how did a strong person leave such a mark." Kong Fang withdrew his astonished gaze from the palm-shaped deep hole and hurriedly looked at other places on this vast expanse of land.

  Elsewhere it is extremely flat, and there are no signs of strong people left behind. However, in the middle of these three mountains, there is a large area of extremely flat ground, which is actually not very normal.

  Kong Fang was somewhat perplexed in his heart. If it were a fight to the death among strong people, it would be impossible for only one such mark to remain within the Three Punishment Mountains. But if it weren't a fight to the death among strong people, then the appearance of this deep and bottomless handprint-like pit seemed inexplicable as well.

  Just as Kong Fang wanted to take a look around, suddenly, Kong Fang's eyebrows furrowed tightly, and he turned his head towards the mountain valley where he had come from.

  Only four young men in their twenties swaggered out of the valley and stood at the edge of a clearing hundreds of meters away.

  "Brother Zhang is indeed wise and brilliant. It seems that someone has entered the interior of Sanxing Mountain along the mountain valley." The three people standing beside Brother Zhang immediately began to flatter him.

  Zhang Shixiong smiled proudly and didn't say anything. In his heart, he was just guessing and didn't have much confidence that someone had entered the interior of Sanxing Mountain, but at this time, enjoying the flattery from his subordinates, he naturally couldn't speak the truth.

  Kong Fang frowned and glanced at the four of them before ignoring them, turning around to leave.

  "Hey, kid! You saw us and didn't come over to pay your respects right away? That's already rude. And now you dare to turn around and leave? I think you're getting too big for your britches. Get over here quickly, or else we'll have to take action." A young man standing next to Zhang Shixiong said with a cold face.

  The other two looked calm, but with a hint of disdain in their eyes.

  In the hearts of the three, although they were just followers of this Zhang Shixiong, as long as this Zhang Shixiong became an inner disciple, they would also get rid of their lowly identity as outer disciples. Kong Fang's clothes were not only tattered but also stained with a lot of dark blood, obviously he was one of the most miserable among the outer disciples, and naturally he was not taken seriously by the three.

  Moreover, they entered the valley relying on their own conjecture to find the people who had previously competed for refining materials at the entrance of the valley, and then snatch the refining materials from each other's hands. The three of them thought that not directly laying a hand on Kong Fang was already being very polite.

  These three people have such great confidence, all because Zhang Shixiong had refined a third-grade weapon with a piece of material from Sanxing Mountain a few days ago. In previous years, refining a third-grade weapon was already a sure thing for inner disciples.

  Zhang Shixiong had gained great benefits here, how could he bear the greed in his heart, so he brought three followers to Sanxing Mountain again, hoping to find some good materials for refining equipment.

  Kong Fang turned his head and looked at the four people, his eyes extremely cold.

  Looking at that gaze devoid of any emotion, the four Zhang brothers felt as if they were being stared down by a wild beast, their bodies involuntarily trembling, and a thread of fear actually arose in their hearts.

  Kong Fang snorted coldly and turned around to leave.

  Zhang Shixiong and the other three suddenly looked ugly, thinking that they had just been intimidated by someone so thin and weak. The expressions on their faces changed constantly, turning red one moment and green the next.

  "You come up, I'll get him under control. I want to make him understand that a disciple of this inner hall is not someone who can be insulted by a lowly outer sect disciple like him." Zhang Shixiong, who was used to being flattered, had never encountered such disregard before, and his face instantly turned ferocious, letting out a low growl.

  The other three did not hesitate at all and instantly rushed out. Although they were intimidated by Kong Fang's momentum just now, the three of them did not think that even if they joined forces, they still couldn't take down this slender youth.

  At this moment, the vast and empty land suddenly shook slightly, but the surrounding Sanxing Mountain did not move, and the scene was extremely strange.

  Suddenly, a red glow burst forth on this land, the red light was hazy, like mist.

  Crack!

  A terrifying voice directly echoed through every place inside and outside the Three Punishment Mountain, whether it was Kong Fang and Zhang Shixiong and others on the empty land inside the Three Punishment Mountain, or another team of people outside the Three Punishment Mountain. They were all shocked by this terrifying voice, fell to the ground, and the terrifying red light made Zhang Shixiong and others unable to open their eyes.

  Kong Fang made an effort to open his eyes wide and stare at the empty space in front of him, where three human-shaped sculptures suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The sculptures were seven or eight meters high, with twisted bodies and ferocious faces, as if they were being tortured.

  Kong Fang was shocked in his heart, these three carved sculptures and the human shape vaguely formed by San Xing Mountain were exactly the same.

  "Hiss, hiss, hiss"

  Three beams of red light suddenly shot out from the three-sided sculpture, one of which instantly enveloped Kong Fang, another enveloped Zhang Shixiong and his three companions not far away, and the last beam directly appeared outside Sanxing Mountain, shrouding another group of people.

  The red light suddenly contracted sharply.

  In the blink of an eye, Sanxing Mountain returned to calmness again, but the three teams of people who were on Sanxing Mountain had already disappeared.