358: Chapter 352 Siege

At this time, Song Yang was completely unaware of all this and continued forward.

The temple's passage was deep and long, as if it had no end.

The side halls on both sides still shimmered with treasure light, exuding a fatal temptation.

But Song Yang's heart was as still as water. The simple stone stele in his storage ring showed no further movement, so he looked straight ahead and bypassed these side halls entirely.

He had a premonition that the true core opportunities within this temple were closely related to this stone stele.

The rest were nothing more than ornate traps.

However, as he went deeper, a heavy, massive sound came from far behind him, echoing in the deathly silent passage, making one's heart tremble.

Song Yang paused and suddenly turned around.

At the end of the long passage he came from, an unimaginably heavy metal gate was slowly descending from above!

This is...

Song Yang's pupils contracted.

Soon, another identical Star Chart Gate fell simultaneously!

Song Yang's expression darkened.

He had been set up.

From the moment he stepped into this temple, perhaps even from the moment he took out that stone stele, he had already become prey.

The previous treasure hunting was just bait used by the opponent to lure him deeper.

Now, the net was closing.

The only way out was forward!

Song Yang's speed suddenly exploded as he flew toward the depths of the passage!

Rumble! Rumble!

Behind him, every thousand meters, a gate crashed down, completely cutting off all his paths of retreat.

The sense of pressure grew stronger and stronger.

Finally, the moment the last gate closed behind him, the front suddenly opened up.

An incredibly magnificent hall appeared before Song Yang's eyes.

The dome of this great hall was so high its top couldn't be seen, looking like a real starry sky.

Twelve sky-propping pillars surrounded the area, and on each pillar, a heaven-and-earth-straddling deity and demon was carved, each in a different form and lifelike.

At the deepest and highest part of the hall were several giant thrones.

Several figures sat quietly upon the thrones.

Their auras were completely different from any lifeform in Song Yang's knowledge.

Sitting in the center was Panu, a lifeform composed entirely of countless faceted crystals.

To his left was Casa, a lifeform burning with dark red flames.

To the right was a shadow, as if it did not exist in this dimension.

Besides them, there were giants made of rock and elemental bodies gathered from wild winds...

Every single one emitted an aura that was at least at the Cosmic Level!

The moment Song Yang stepped into the hall, all eyes locked onto him in unison.

"Welcome, Outsider."

A cold voice rang out directly in the depths of Song Yang's mind.

The one speaking was Panu, at the very center of the thrones.

He slowly stood up from the throne, his body made of countless crystals reflecting brilliant light, illuminating the entire deathly silent hall.

"Countless ages have passed, and we have finally waited long enough."

"Hand over the 'key'."

Panu looked down at Song Yang in the center of the hall, who was as tiny as an ant.

"We can let you return to silence without pain."

The key!

Song Yang's heart shook violently, but he remained calm on the surface.

As expected, it was for this!

But, what key?

Besides this mysterious stone stele, what else did he have that was worth such a dragnet set by these ancient beings?

Could the key be this stone stele?

Countless thoughts flashed through Song Yang's mind like lightning.

Beg for mercy? Impossible.

Explain? Even more futile.

These old monsters who had lived for God knows how many tens of thousands of years never intended to let him leave alive from the start.

The only way out was to fight his way out!

But he also knew that fighting head-on offered zero chance of winning.

The opponent's quantity and quality formed an absolute suppression over him.

Even if he released the Plant Lifeform and cooperated with the blood vine, he could at most resist briefly, and the final result would still be death from exhaustion.

Seeing the silent Song Yang, the flame lifeform Casa lost his patience.

"Big brother! Why waste words with him!"

"A lowly human, just crush him to death and take out the key!"

Tyrannical killing intent, like physical magma, rushed at him.

Panu slightly raised his hand, stopping Casa's impulse.

His gaze remained locked on Song Yang, as if he wanted to see through every secret in the depths of his soul.

"It seems you do not intend to cooperate."

"So be it."

"Since you are unwilling to hand it over voluntarily, we will just have to take it ourselves."

The moment the words fell.

Several figures on the thrones stood up simultaneously.

The shadow of death loomed over him as never before!

"Star Beast!"

Roar!!!

A beastly roar that seemed capable of tearing through the sea of stars exploded within the hall without warning!

A silver light flashed!

Space was torn apart like a fragile mirror by a force so overbearing it reached the extreme!

A Star Beast, pure white with beautiful metallic wings on its back, appeared out of thin air!

Before they could react!

The Star Beast's massive claws reached out like lightning, grabbing Song Yang.

"Thinking of leaving?!"

The flame lifeform Casa roared, and a sky-blotting giant flame hand slapped down toward the Star Beast's head!

However, it was already too late!

The pair of beautiful metallic wings on the Star Beast's back suddenly spread open!

Buzz—!

Countless silver runes lit up on the feathers, and the surrounding space distorted and folded violently, forming a visible vortex!

"Stop him!"

Panu shouted.

Several attacks exploded simultaneously!

But their targets, the figures of the man and the beast, had already become blurred and illusory in the spatial vortex.

Boom!!!

The violent attacks completely annihilated the last position where the Star Beast had stayed, causing the entire hall to tremble violently.

However, beneath the attack, there was nothing.

The figures of Song Yang and the Star Beast had long since disappeared without a trace.

Only the distorted space remained, slowly smoothing out.

Silence.

The entire magnificent hall fell into a deathly silence.

"Aaaaaah—!"

A furious roar erupted from the mouth of the flame lifeform Casa, and dark red flames soared into the sky, almost burning a hole in the starry dome!

"Spatial Jump... He actually possesses a Star Beast with Spatial Jump capabilities!"

In front of the throne, Panu slowly sat back down.

"Big brother, what do we do now?" the flame lifeform Saka asked.

Panu was silent for a long time.

"He cannot escape."

"The key is closely linked to the temple; his location has already been locked by us."

"Pass down my order, all clansmen are to move out!"

"At all costs."

"Capture him!"

"Reclaim our hope of leaving!"