Zheng Dong did not recognize these two divine statues, nor did he intend to get involved.
He prepared to head towards the inverted black tower-like structure in the sky with Shen Bing and Shen Xue, seeking a way to leave the Ghost Soul Ruins.
Just as he was about to leave, he felt a strong spatial fluctuation.
Another divine statue, using spatial teleportation, blocked their path.
This statue's form was also peculiar, resembling a fleshy ball covered in hands, with each hand possessing a mouth of a different shape.
Every type of mouth Zheng Dong had ever seen could be found on these hands.
A hand with an alligator's mouth lunged at Zheng Dong, tearing at him.
Its sharp fangs glinted with a faint cold light.
Zheng Dong still did not summon his beast companions.
He clenched his fist and threw a straight punch.
A cyan light enveloped his entire fist, the power of his Azure Dragon bloodline erupting, accompanied by faint dragon roars.
Instantly, the fangs of the alligator's mouth were shattered into pieces.
However, it did not force the divine statue back.
More hands swung towards Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong sensed that the strength of this divine statue was close to the Overlord level.
It was likely that most of the Emperor-level undead in the Ghost Soul Ruins space would not be its match.
But this was perfect for Zheng Dong to expend the two bloodline powers within him.
Zheng Dong flapped the fiery wings on his back, his entire body flashing like a meteor as he moved at high speed.
He attacked while moving.
His hands were like blades, severing the incoming arms.
However, being held back by this divine statue.
More undead also caught up.
The fleeing Beast Tamers paid no attention to Zheng Dong and the others.
They actually hoped that more people would help them attract attention.
Unfortunately, there were too many undead, and Beast Tamers in their ranks kept falling.
Moreover, they seemed unaware that the exit to Ghost Soul City had already closed.
They desperately ran towards Ghost Soul City.
The number of undead there was no less than those behind them.
Of course, Zheng Dong and the others did not remind them.
After all, no one trusted each other.
The battle continued, and Zheng Dong severed dozens of the divine statue's arms.
The strange-handed divine statue was also surprised.
However, it subsequently became even more excited.
It grew increasingly interested in Zheng Dong.
This also drew the attention of the two-faced monstrous statue towards Zheng Dong.
It seemed that killing stronger Beast Tamers benefited them more.
The two-faced monstrous statue continuously emitted strange sounds.
These sounds greatly affected people's emotions.
With the slightest carelessness, one could suffer a loss.
Zheng Dong felt various emotions surge into his heart like a breached flood.
He almost lost his reason and fell into a frenzied slaughter.
Shen Bing and Shen Xue beside him felt the same.
Although they sensed the abnormality, their actions became uncontrollably more violent, and the malevolence within them grew heavier.
Without hesitation, Zheng Dong raised his left hand. Ling'er appeared in the form of the Elemental Ancient God Tree, and he then released the Overlord-level Light, Dark, and Fire Elementals.
Immediately afterward, Ling'er merged back into Zheng Dong's body.
The Light, Dark, and Fire Elementals began to engage the two strange divine statues.
Although these two statues possessed peculiar skills, their strength was vastly inferior to the Light, Dark, and Fire Elementals, as they had not yet reached the Overlord level.
They quickly fell into a disadvantage.
The Light and Dark Elementals simultaneously attacked the two-faced monstrous statue.
They also began to compete secretly.
The Dark Elemental in its demonic form smashed the crying face of the two-faced monstrous statue with a single punch.
The Light Elemental in its angelic form was not to be outdone, and it attempted to rip apart the smiling face of the two-faced monstrous statue.
The two-faced monstrous statue felt a sense of crisis for the first time.
It became somewhat panicked.
It wanted to escape.
However, how could the Light and Dark Elementals, who were already exerting their strength against each other, allow it to flee?
They surrounded it from both sides and unleashed a barrage of attacks.
In the face of absolute strength, even peculiar attack skills were of little use.
As for the Fire Elemental in its Sun Titan form, it helped Zheng Dong deal with the strange-handed divine statue.
The three flames of anger, fear, and desire continuously erupted from the Fire Elemental, engulfing the strange-handed divine statue.
These three flames collided, causing continuous explosions.
The strange-handed divine statue was battered and bruised, suffering immense pain.
Shen Bing and Shen Xue summoned all their respective beast companions to deal with the undead that were gathering to launch sneak attacks.
The battle continued for a while.
Under the combined assault of the Light and Dark Elementals, the two-faced monstrous statue could no longer hold on and was eventually shattered by them, its two faces completely separated.
As the two-faced monstrous statue fell, its body disintegrated, revealing a peculiar black plaque.
The plaque bore strange patterns and did not appear to be complete, making it unclear what it depicted.
However, judging by the energy fluctuations of the plaque, it was at least equivalent to a Level 7 resource.
Following this, the Light and Dark Elementals also helped Zheng Dong defeat the strange-handed divine statue.
He also obtained another strange plaque.
These plaques seemed to be the life cores of these divine statues, or perhaps they held some special significance.
Zheng Dong collected them.
As for the surrounding undead.
Zheng Dong did not linger to engage them.
He flapped his fiery wings and flew towards the inverted tower-like structure with Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
Shen Bing used the power of the Undying Nether Phoenix, and a pair of wings also materialized behind her.
As for Shen Xue, she rode the colossal undead-type beast companion, the Abyss Winged Emperor Dragon, following closely behind.
Several tens of minutes later, they arrived outside the black tower-like structure.
It was a seven-story building.
The lowest floor had the smallest construction area, with each subsequent floor becoming larger.
The topmost floor was equivalent to the size of a football field.
The entrance was at the very top.
And there was no door.
The entrance resembled a monster's gaping maw, dark and eerie within, quite intimidating.
Zheng Dong, Shen Bing, and Shen Xue discussed the matter and decided to send a clone to scout the situation.
Similar to their experience at the Flower Sea Cemetery, they each used their methods to condense a clone.
Shen Xue also summoned the Night Giant Emperor.
Subsequently, Zheng Dong's clone, along with Shen Bing's Nether Phoenix clone and a split entity of the Night Giant Emperor, entered.
Passing through the dark entrance, they entered the grand hall on the topmost floor.
The layout here resembled a large temple.
However, the divine statue erected at the highest point was not that of the Nether Ghost King God.
Instead, it was the statue of the creator of the Ghost Soul Ruins space, the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant.
The Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant was a branch of the Prison Suppressing Divine Elephant clan, and its own strength was considerable.
Of course, compared to the Nether Ghost King God, the difference was as vast as that between a speck of dust and a towering tree.
After searching around, Zheng Dong's clone encountered no danger.
Naturally, it also found no resources.
This place seemed to be merely a temple.
Subsequently, Zheng Dong's clone continued to search downwards.
It still discovered many statues of the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant.
These statues varied in appearance, but they were all relatively normal, recognizable as Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephants.
In front of each statue, a stick of black incense was placed.
It was unclear how this incense was made, as it continuously burned, and did so very slowly.
Zheng Dong's clone estimated that it would take at least thirty years for a single stick of incense to burn out.
Going all the way down, they only encountered the Spirit of the Ruins on the second to last floor.
The Spirit of the Ruins in the Ghost Soul Ruins space was a special clone of the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant.
This clone became the Spirit of the Ruins after the demise of the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant.
This was also the resurrection method the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant had left for itself.
The Spirit of the Ruins, in the form of the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant, was not very large in size.
It was clad in black armor, possessed two long tusks, and its elephant trunk resembled a flexible python, moving about freely.
It had long since detected Zheng Dong and the others.
It did not make a move to stop them.
Firstly, it was confident in its own strength. Secondly, the lowest floor of this place also enshrined a statue of the Nether Ghost King God, which required Beast Tamers like Zheng Dong as sacrifices.
It looked at Zheng Dong's clone with icy eyes, as if regarding an ant, paying it no mind.
Zheng Dong's clone also sized up the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant.
The Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant gave him an extremely dangerous feeling.
It possessed at least quasi-divine strength.
This was somewhat troublesome; leaving the Ghost Soul Ruins space would likely be very difficult.
Outside, Zheng Dong's main body, without hesitation, turned to leave with Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
They wanted to distance themselves from the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant.
"It's over, how can this Spirit of the Ruins be so strong!" Shen Xue exclaimed in surprise.
She mounted the Abyss Winged Divine Dragon, but before she could fly far, she felt a strong spatial fluctuation, and then a powerful force teleported her before the Prison Suppressing Ghost King Elephant.
Zheng Dong and Shen Bing were also unable to escape and were teleported back.
As the Spirit of the Ruins, it could mobilize the power of the Ghost Soul Ruins space to directly teleport any extraordinary creature or Beast Tamer within the ruins to its presence.
However, it did not attack Zheng Dong and the others.
The next second, Zheng Dong and the others, along with their clones, were teleported to the lowest floor.
They immediately felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, a chilling aura permeating the air.
The bone-chilling cold seeped into their very marrow.
Shen Xue couldn't help but shiver.
She then sneezed several times.
Shen Bing was slightly better off; possessing the bloodline power of the Undying Nether Phoenix, she had strong resistance to this chilling aura.
Zheng Dong, however, felt nothing.
The fiery wings behind him dispersed the chilling aura around him.
He cautiously surveyed his surroundings.
This was also a temple.
The divine statue enshrined in the temple was humanoid, with three crimson eyes and a green face with fangs, appearing quite normal. It was the primary form of the Nether Ghost King God.
As if sensing Zheng Dong and the others, the statue of the Nether Ghost King God's eyes revealed a look of excitement.
It had also developed self-awareness, making it an independent undead-type extraordinary creature.
It was quite pleased with this offering.
It reached out to grab Zheng Dong.
However, its power was far inferior to the Spirit of the Ruins, though significantly stronger than the two divine statues Zheng Dong had encountered before, reaching the Overlord level.
This was not yet enough to threaten Zheng Dong.
What Zheng Dong wanted to clarify most was what the Spirit of the Ruins intended to do.
If the Spirit of the Ruins intended to attack them, they would likely find it difficult to cope.
To this end, Zheng Dong released the Light and Dark Elementals to deal with the statue while simultaneously searching for a way to leave.
However, spatial teleportation could not directly send him to the outside world.
Zheng Dong attempted to use spatial teleportation skills as the primary component, constructing a combined ultimate skill, hoping to break through the barrier of the ruins space and teleport directly to the outside.
Of course, this method was somewhat wishful thinking.
However, Zheng Dong had no better options.
Upon seeing the Overlord-level Light and Dark Elementals, the statue of the Nether Ghost King God was also surprised.
It suddenly felt that this offering was a bit tough to swallow, not so easy to consume.
However, it did not give up.
It unleashed a quasi-divine skill, the Grudge Ghost Domain.
Instantly, a strange power permeated the entire temple.
One by one, undead creatures of peculiar forms appeared.
Zheng Dong recognized the forms of the two divine statues he had previously killed among them.
There were a total of one hundred and eight undead creatures appearing within the Grudge Ghost Domain, all of which were clones of this statue.
Each of these clones was at the peak of the Emperor level, only one step away from the Overlord level.
Most terrifyingly, this statue could transfer its power to any of its clones at any time, allowing it to transform into its true form.
This made it very difficult to kill the statue of the Nether Ghost King God.
The Overlord-level Light and Dark Elementals struggled to distinguish its true form, often giving it opportunities for sneak attacks.
The Light Elemental used the super-tier skill, Radiant Divine Fist, and punched at the Overlord-level statue's true form.
Immediately afterward, it felt a violent energy fluctuation from its back.
The statue's true form had transferred its power to a clone behind it, and the statue it attacked had become a clone.
If the statue's clone was heavily injured by the Light Elemental, then it was considered heavily injured.
Even if it died, as long as the true form remained, there was a chance to re-condense a clone.
However, if the Light Elemental suffered an attack and was injured, it would not recover quickly.
Zheng Dong immediately realized that the statue of the Nether Ghost King God intended to use its clones to exchange for opportunities to heavily injure and kill the Light and Dark Elementals.
This was proving to be quite troublesome.
However, it was still manageable.
Zheng Dong still had a Fire Elemental of Overlord level, as well as two legions of Light and Dark Elementals.
He planned to have the Fire Elemental cooperate with the two Light and Dark Elemental legions to stall more of the Nether Ghost King God's clones.
Furthermore, he would join the battle with Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
As for the Overlord-level Light and Dark Elementals, they would look for opportunities to eliminate the clones of the Nether Ghost King God's true form while dealing with it.
Zheng Dong's objective was to eliminate the clones first, then deal with the true form.
There were only a little more than half of the Nether Ghost King God statue's clones remaining around it.
Most of its clones were being held back by Zheng Dong and the others.
This way, the Light and Dark Elementals would have more opportunities.
The Light Elemental feigned an attack on the Nether Ghost King God statue's true form.
The Dark Elemental, meanwhile, looked for opportunities to eliminate the clones of the Nether Ghost King God statue.
Afterward, they switched roles, with the Dark Elemental attacking the Nether Ghost King God statue's true form, and the Light Elemental looking for opportunities to eliminate the Nether Ghost King God statue's clones.
Although the Light and Dark Elementals disliked each other.
Their cooperation was still quite tacit.
Soon, the statue realized something was amiss.
It had not gained any advantage, yet its clones were continuously decreasing.
Before long, more than half of its clones were gone.
Re-condensing them was also troublesome for it.
In this manner, it was even less of a match for Zheng Dong and the others.
What to do?
It let out a roar, ordering the Spirit of the Ruins to help it.
Since it had gained self-awareness, it had always been worshipped, and it assumed the Spirit of the Ruins would obey it.
Of course, this was also because the Spirit of the Ruins had always catered to its various demands, giving it this illusion.
The Spirit of the Ruins observed all of this, its eyes darting slightly, as if calculating something.
After a few seconds of thought, it waved its hand, and several divine statues enshrined in other temples were also teleported over.