There was an instant silence outside the city gate of the Zenith Nation.
The members of the Holy Wave Race widened their eyes, initially at a loss, then shocked.
No matter what their cultivation levels were, no matter how they suspected Xu Qing and Chen Erniu previously, at this moment, they could only look at the Black Heaven Statue kneeling there in excitement.
Their hearts were in turmoil and they were completely dumbfounded.
Even the mind of the Spirit Repository Realm king rumbled. An unprecedented storm stirred in his mind and swept through his sea of consciousness. The three secret repositories behind him also distorted.
The most shocked person was none other than the youth who had escorted Xu Qing and Chen Erniu all the way here.
As the prince of the Zenith Nation, he had always been confident about his intelligence. On the way here, he had pretended to be stupid, and thought that he had successfully tricked the two small thieves at their own game. However, now that everything had reversed, he didn't even know how to react.
At that moment, his eyes were open the widest and his mind was shaken the most. A million lightning bolts seemed to explode in his mind as he fell into a daze.
"Wha… what…"
"How is this possible!"
"That's… the Black Heaven Statue!"
His body trembled and his breathing became hurried as he felt an intense sense of unreality.
Among the 36 cities, not every city had the qualifications to request the statue from the upper dynasty. Only four cities had this qualification, and these four cities belonged to the forces of the direct line of the four great dynasties of the Holy Wave Race.
Hence, this prince of a small country knew very well what the Black Heaven Statue represented.
It symbolized the Black Heaven Race!
And the statue that symbolized the Black Heaven Race was actually kneeling down to the other party. This matter was beyond ridiculous, let alone what the statue shouted out…
Those two words were like the laws of the Heavenly Dao. The sound echoed in all directions and lingered in the air.
Qing Qiu was also shocked. At this moment, she felt that her thoughts were in a mess.
Originally, when she saw that the two people from the Black Heaven Race had been exposed, she instinctively thought that these two people were in disguise, which would explain why they didn't kill her. She firmly believed that there was a high chance that they were humans.
However, before this thought could take root, it was changed in the next instant. Moreover, it wasn't a simple reversal but an earth-shattering reversal.
This was because the word 'Master' represented too much. If one thought about it deeply, it would completely shock everyone.
In an instant, all the gazes here gathered on the expressionless Xu Qing. These gazes contained horror, complexity, shock, and disbelief.
Even though the captain had made plans and communicated with Xu Qing on the way here, he clearly didn't expect the effect to be so exaggerated.
Only Xu Qing's expression was calm from the start. As for what he was thinking, outsiders didn't know.
Anyway, calmness was his usual expression and he was very good at maintaining it.
Previously, on the way, he and the captain had discovered the problem with the Holy Wave Race's youth.
Firstly, the other party's cultivation base was very weak. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't dare to probe. This was because once the probing result was successful, only death awaited the other party.
Secondly, as a lower race, it was unreasonable to probe the upper race like this. No matter how ingenious it was, it was wrong.
However, it would be too fake if he directly believed them without probing.
This was the reason why that youth from the Holy Wave Race probed on the way. He wasn't trying to probe the truth but was worried that they would see through his thoughts, so he deliberately probed.
It was a way of doing things in reverse thinking.
It was also this action that allowed Xu Qing and the captain to see some clues. As for how to deal with him, Xu Qing had already thought of it on the way.
Previously, he had studied the eyes of the Black Heaven Race in the county for three days. What he obtained wasn't only the progress in spells but also the effect of his Purple Moon Heavenly Palace on his eyes.
He vaguely understood that after he disguised himself as the Black Heaven Race, he might be even more distinguished than the true Black Heaven Race to a certain extent.
This was because the Black Heaven Race believed in the Red Moon, and the Purple Moon in his Fourth Heavenly Palace was formed from the authority he had plundered from the Red Moon. It also possessed the status of a god.
To a certain extent, he was the same as the Red Moon.
This was also the reason why the Black Heaven Statue greeted him as 'master'.
Even cultivators who were extremely pious and came into close contact with the Red Moon all year round would find it difficult to see the problem. This was because this power came from the same source and belonged to the level of a god.
Only the Red Moon herself would be able to see through it.
At that moment, everyone was shocked and the surroundings were silent. The captain's expression revealed anger and his cold voice echoed in all directions.
"Such guts!"
"With your identities, what right do you have to investigate the divine son of my Black Heaven Race?!"
"If you ruin our race's important matter, your deaths won't be worthy of pity!"
As the captain's voice rang out, the Black Heaven Statue kneeling in front of Xu Qing suddenly erupted with black light. Its entire body emitted an astonishing baleful aura as it turned its head and looked at everyone from the Zenith Nation.
Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. He could sense that he could give orders to this Black Heaven Statue.
As the captain's voice rang out and the baleful aura of the Black Heaven Statue spread, gasps rang out from the Zenith Nation. The king of the Zenith Nation quickly stepped forward and bowed deeply to Xu Qing.
"Greetings, upper race!"
After him, all the Holy Wave Race members at the city gate stepped forward with trembling hearts and greeted Xu Qing in unison.
"Greetings, upper race!"
The prince of the Zenith Nation directly knelt down and shouted with a trembling voice.
