Chapter 155: Petrifying Eye

Golden Eyes ignored the thoughts of these people and plunged straight into the water.

The pool water was much deeper than he had imagined, and once inside, the depths below were vast and boundless, stretching far beyond the reach of his sight.

Though the light was extremely dim, Golden Eyes possessed extraordinary vision, and his sight remained completely unaffected.

In the gloomy, murky depths, Golden Eyes looked all around, and finally, behind a cluster of bizarre rocks, he noticed something unusual.

He swam hard toward the strange rocks, but before he even got close, he suddenly froze as a pair of gleaming eyes emerged from behind the boulders.

Those eyes were fierce and sharp, piercing toward Golden Eyes like daggers.

Just that single glance forced Golden Eyes to circulate all the spiritual energy in his body just to resist.

Fortunately, he managed to resist it—not necessarily because the other party's gaze wasn't powerful, but because the eyes of Golden Eyes himself were truly extraordinary.

The moment he circulated his spiritual energy, two laser beams shot out directly, striking the eyes behind the rocks head-on.

The eyes behind the boulders faltered visibly, completely unprepared that Golden Eyes would be able to break her magic. The figure shrank back entirely into the stone.

The bizarre rock burst with a muffled sound under the attack of the laser eyes of Golden Eyes.

Amidst the churning water, a red-lipped beauty with a head full of venomous snakes had nowhere left to hide. She held a crossbow, its sharp arrow already aimed and fired at Golden Eyes.

Seeing that his opponent had finally revealed her true form, Golden Eyes felt a surge of triumph. As for the arrow shot by the snake-haired beauty, its momentum was already greatly reduced in the water, and its speed had slowed considerably—how could it possibly injure him?

The snake-haired beauty writhed her body and suddenly exerted force, charging toward the surface of the water.

Naturally, Golden Eyes followed closely, darting upward toward the surface.

You are no match for me in the water, but do you think you will become formidable once you reach the shore?

Golden Eyes certainly did not believe it.

Everyone in the cave stared intently at the pool. Although they could not see what was happening at the bottom, the water was clearly beginning to churn violently.

More and more turbulent!

Soon, with a loud crash, a figure burst out from the pool.

The onlookers dared not make any rash moves.

The next second, the entire serpentine body of Golden Eyes burst out of the pool, following closely right behind the previous figure.

As everyone looked on, a snake-haired beauty and the half-snake, half-human Golden Eyes began to grapple fiercely.

They had not expected Golden Eyes to have quite some skill, actually managing to flush out the hidden entity.

Watching the two of them fighting back and forth in mid-air, Golden Eyes did not fall behind in the slightest.

However, although he was holding his own, subduing that woman was by no means easy.

Moreover, judging by the combat style of Golden Eyes, every single move was lethal; if the woman's cultivation level were not high enough, she would definitely have been killed by him.

If the woman were killed, wouldn't the clues be cut off?

A martial artist beside Alice could no longer restrain himself. With a flash, he rushed forward, attempting to help Golden Eyes capture the snake-haired beauty.

To his surprise, the moment he executed a single move, he happened to meet the fatal gaze of the snake-haired woman, and his mind instantly went numb.

In fact, it was more than just his mind that went numb; his entire body became paralyzed.

In a fraction of a second, his whole body turned into a stone sculpture, losing all sensation.

The martial artist, who had been airborne, transformed into a stone statue mid-air and plummeted straight downward.

"Crack!" The stone statue crashed heavily onto the ground, shattering into several pieces.

This sudden and terrifying change stunned everyone present.

"What kind of wicked sorcery is this?!" The Great Mage stood a bit further back and had not seen how the martial artist had been petrified. Furthermore, seeing that Golden Eyes had been fighting the snake-haired woman for so long without such an outcome, he was truly filled with doubt.

Believing that his fifth-tier cultivation level was undoubtedly superior to that of Golden Eyes, he rushed forward without another word.

By this time, Golden Eyes had snapped out of his astonishment upon seeing the martial artist turn into a stone statue and shatter into tiny fragments.

Back at the bottom of the pool, he had already sensed that those eyes were extraordinary. So it was a petrification ability! Fortunately, his own Golden Eyes were unaffected; otherwise, that mutual gaze at the bottom of the water would have long since made him fall victim to her magic.

Seeing the Great Mage rushing forward, Golden Eyes curled the corner of his mouth, leaning back calmly without the slightest intention of issuing a warning.

These people had no friendship with him; why on earth should he save them?

Knowing nothing of the danger, the Great Mage charged in and immediately unleashed a wave of cursed black smoke.

Before the black smoke could even reach its target, the snake-haired woman turned her head, and an exceptionally fierce pair of eyes shot a direct glare at the Great Mage.

Before the Great Mage could even react, his entire body became completely immobilized.

The Great Mage, possessing fifth-tier cultivation, instantly turned into a stone statue.

"How can this be?!"

Everyone instinctively took half a step back.

Just at that moment, a brief cry escaped from the shadow beside Yoshino, who had also turned into a stone statue, his eyes raised and locked in a gaze with the snake-haired woman.

Suddenly, Taoist Santong realized the truth: "Everyone, avoid her eyes! Her eyes possess a petrification ability!"

Eyes with petrification abilities—such a thing was unheard of!

However, the ongoing ancestral regression and the resurgence of spiritual energy were already full of wondrous phenomena, and all sorts of bizarre abilities were bound to appear.

"Golden Eyes, you knew very well that there was something wrong with her eyes, why didn't you warn the rest of us?!" Alice demanded, furious over the loss of a subordinate.

Yoshino, having similarly lost a limb, glared at Golden Eyes with bitter hatred: "Despicable!"

Golden Eyes was well aware of the dissatisfaction among the crowd, but he had no intention of currying favor with them: "What are you all afraid of regarding a petrification gaze? I, Golden Eyes, am certainly not afraid!"

Every single one of these people was a potential competitor of his; it would be far better to use the snake-haired woman to get rid of these annoying stumbling blocks first.

With that thought in mind, Golden Eyes was no longer in a hurry to continue fighting the snake-haired woman.

The snake-haired woman clung diagonally to the cliff face, glaring menacingly down at the crowd.

Everyone below dared not look upward. A petrification gaze was no laughing matter; no matter how high their cultivation level was, they would inevitably turn into stone sculptures if they dared to look!

However, the snake-haired woman did not wait for anyone to meet her gaze. Instead, holding her bow and arrow, she calmly began to demonstrate her archery skills.

"Whoosh!" An arrow was fired, narrowly missing Taoist Santong's ear.

Fortunately, Taoist Santong's vigilance was high enough that he had already prepared his defense the moment he heard the sound of the wind splitting, though he still did not dare to raise his head. Instead, he shifted his position and spun the Vajra Umbrella in his hand, sending several blade projections slashing toward the snake-haired woman.

Dodging was much easier for the snake-haired woman, as she had no need to avoid anyone's gaze.

Golden Eyes, standing off to the side, began to stir up trouble: "Didn't you people cry and shout about killing the master of this place? Now that you can't use your eyes to look, have you all turned into cowards?"

Hearing this, the snake-haired woman wore a look of utter ruthlessness: "Just based on the likes of you?!"

With that, she drew her bow and shot again. The arrow split into four parts mid-flight, hurtling toward the remaining survivors.

Meanwhile, Golden Eyes stood leisurely to the side, simply watching the show.

Yoshino cast a cold, ruthless glance at Golden Eyes and instantly teleported, swinging his samurai blade in a direct slash toward Golden Eyes.

"This fellow is dying for us to die; why should we keep him around here to cause trouble!"

"That's right, let's finish him off first!" Alice agreed.

Though the two of them did not dare to look directly at the snake-haired woman, they could still evade her attacks by relying on their hearing.

As for Golden Eyes, there was nothing they needed to hold back against.

Seeing that both of them had turned their hostility toward him, Golden Eyes naturally did not dare to be careless, unleashing his laser eyes without pause.