"Hmm?"
I couldn't be bothered by the Great Priest's discomfort and quickly examined the protruding part.
This protrusion looked exactly the same as the surrounding wall. However, only when I placed my hand on it could I feel its uniqueness.
"This must be it!"
I laughed heartily, a sense of exhilaration I couldn't describe filling my face. The Great Priest, thirty years east, thirty years west, you were so full of yourself just now, now it's my turn to slap your face hard!
At a moment like this, not to tease the Great Priest would be an unforgivable sin. I slowly turned, looking directly at the Great Priest's old face, which was a mix of emotions.
"Great Priest, guess where my hand is right now? Tsk tsk tsk, it must not feel good for a plan that took who knows how many years to prepare to be destroyed by someone like this!"
At this moment, the Great Priest's face was as dark as if water could drip from it. If he had looked confident before, he now resembled a volcano on the verge of eruption.
"Either burst in silence, or perish in silence."
"Batu, press it quickly and send this old man on his way!"
Mr. A, who had already come to my side, glared fiercely at the Great Priest, unwilling to be outdone. It was clear that Mr. A harbored no less hatred for the Great Priest than I did.
"Hey! Everyone come over here!"
Upon hearing my voice, Hujialuo and the other three temple guards all moved closer to me.
"Old man, your end has come!"
I ignored the Great Priest's wrinkled, chrysanthemum-like old face and reached out to press the protrusion.
"Wait! Batu, you will pay the price!"
With a burst of sound by my ear, I instinctively turned my head and saw that the phantom of the Great Priest, who had been standing in front of me, was slowly disappearing!
"Damn it, where did this old bastard go?!"
I instinctively looked around, suddenly noticing something unusual about one of the temple guards approaching me!
"Hey, you stop!"
I pointed at the guard with a solemn expression, and Mr. A next to me cocked his gun, ready for anything.
"What's wrong? Commander Batu!"
This temple guard seemed to be in his right mind. Seeing our strange looks, he stopped obediently, though he found it odd.
"Damn it, what kind of sorcery is this from the Great Priest?!"
Although the temple guard himself didn't feel anything, to the rest of us, as he walked, a dark, earthy liquid suddenly flowed from his eyes.
At first, it was only a drop or two, but after a few steps, the liquid flowed more and more, like a surging earth dragon streaming down the temple guard's body!
"This... this is!"
The temple guard finally noticed the abnormality on his body, but it was too late. At this moment, the dark, earthy liquid gushed out from his eyes and mouth, shooting onto his body and rapidly solidifying!
In an instant, before he could even react, he was solidified into a statue with a contorted expression!
"Lazhu!"
Hujialuo shouted with grief, calling the name of the temple guard who had been turned into a statue. Then, he drew his hunting knife and vigilantly scanned the surroundings.
"Great Priest, playing dirty, are we!"
My heart was heavy. If the Great Priest's attack method had no cooldown, I might as well just slit my own throat.
"Batu, I'll give you one last chance. Choose to merge with me, and I can consider preserving your consciousness. This way, you will not only enjoy the power of a god but also become the first warrior to usurp divine power in human form. How glorious that would be!"
I thought the Great Priest would disappear and lie in wait like a venomous snake in the shadows to ambush us. But to my surprise, after only a few seconds, the Great Priest's figure slowly reappeared in the center of the large hall not far away.
"Great Priest, they say that holding power for too long makes one an idiot. I think you've been a Great Priest for so long that your brain has gone numb. You're dreaming if you think I'll willingly give up my body!"
I was almost amused to death by the Great Priest's words. What did he mean by preserving my consciousness and becoming the first to usurp divine power in human form?
Putting aside whether this old trickster, the Great Priest, could keep his promise, it was nonsensical for a normal human to give up their body.
I was about to retort to the Great Priest again when I suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Damn it, this old guy was clearly invisible, why is he showing himself now?!"
Could it be...
I saw the Great Priest in the distance open his mouth as if to say something, but my mind was already completely occupied by something else.
*Bang!*
Before the Great Priest could speak, I fiercely pressed down the protrusion on the wall!
The next second, the world turned upside down!