After venting his inner rage, Chen Shouyi left quickly without much killing.

After walking a kilometer or two, he heard the footsteps of the Church patrol again.

With a light leap, he grabbed the window of the second floor facing the street.

Once the patrol passed underneath and gradually moved away, he lightly jumped down again.

Watching the distant group of figures, a chill flashed in Chen Shouyi's eyes:

"The Church, priests, and patrols! Clearly, Dongning has completely fallen under the control of the God of Hunting. I just don't know whether the God of Hunting is here. If so, it would be dangerous."

Though he was powerful, against the Barbarian God, even a Martial Artist was not much better than an ant—at most, a larger ant.

"I hope my luck isn't that bad!"

Chen Shouyi withdrew his gaze and quickened his pace.

At this moment, he heard the clinking sounds from a distance, seemingly coming from the square ahead. He was slightly cautious and continued to walk lightly forward, soon reaching the square.

He looked towards the sound.

In the center of the square stood a giant stone about five meters tall. In the dim torchlight, over a dozen stone masons stood on ladders, holding wedges and steel chisels, striking this giant stone.

This was a bizarre statue, neither fully human nor bird. The statue had largely taken shape, with only some details left to carve.

It had a bird's head and a human body, holding a Long Spear in its left hand and gripping a creature resembling a snake in its right. Its eye sockets were inlaid with red gems that reflected a blood-like color in the night.

At just a glance, Chen Shouyi had a strong intuition that this was undoubtedly the Divine Statue of the God of Hunting.

Perhaps from looking too long, he felt the statue suddenly came to life, its body rapidly swelling until it towered into the clouds. A pair of huge, scarlet eyes looked down at Chen Shouyi, and faintly, countless whispers seemed to praise the God of Hunting.

He experienced a moment of disorientation but then returned to his senses.

When he looked at the statue again, a trace of dread appeared in his eyes.

"Just a statue has such mysterious power. This God of Hunting is likely far stronger than that God of Courage," he mused.

Chen Shouyi's gaze shifted back to the unaffected stone masons who were still striking the statue:

"However, this illusion should be due to my keen perception, enabling me to receive more mysterious information than ordinary people. The stone masons, as ordinary people, are not affected much and do not hallucinate, at most subtly influenced, just like in front of the City Hall Square where the God of Courage died."

Chen Shouyi did not look further and quickly left the square.

Chen Shouyi's uncle lived in the eastern part of the city. He avoided over a dozen patrol teams along the way. Almost traversing the whole city, he made it to his uncle's neighborhood by nine o'clock at night.

The neighborhood was pitch black, without a trace of light.

Not far in, a dirty Chihuahua started barking incessantly at Chen Shouyi from a distance, soon attracting more stray dogs into a chorus, making the whole neighborhood noisy.

Chen Shouyi cursed under his breath.

Of all the dogs, he hated Chihuahuas the most—their small size but boldness and loudness were annoying.

Before he got close, the Chihuahua tucked its tail and quickly fled, then stopped afar, continuing its barking.

As he walked along, the Chihuahua kept barking throughout.

Annoying Chen Shouyi immensely.

Fortunately, he soon arrived at the base of his uncle's residential building.

The ground floor's iron gate was tightly shut. Chen Shouyi went up and lightly tugged it a few times, hesitated, and gave up the idea of forcing it open.

"Uncle!"

Chen Shouyi retreated a few meters and shouted loudly.

However, he stopped suddenly after just one shout.

He realized a problem.

Since there were patrols everywhere on the streets and no night travelers, it was evident that a curfew was in place. If he shouted rashly, it might attract the attention of those with ill intentions.

Though he wasn't afraid, he disliked trouble.

He glanced up at the fifth floor, where his uncle's family lived.

With a light leap, he grabbed the fourth floor's window, pushed against the windowsill with both hands, and his body hung beneath the fifth floor's window. Chen Shouyi gently pushed the locked window,

With a "crash,"

The window made a loud noise, shattering into fragments.

Too lazy to clean up the remaining broken glass, Chen Shouyi pushed against the windowsill, his body agilely slipping into the room like a monkey.

He had just landed.

A shrill scream pierced his eardrums.

Women are indeed troublesome.

With a quick movement, Chen Shouyi immediately covered Chen Yuwei's mouth tightly.

"Quiet!" Chen Shouyi said in a deep voice.

In the darkness, with her mouth covered tightly, Chen Yuwei stared wide-eyed in terror, her face pale, shaking her head vigorously, tears involuntarily trickling from her eyes.

Chen Shouyi felt his arm pressing against a soft spot, his body stiffening as if electrified, swiftly lifting his arm.

"Sister, don't be afraid, it's me, Chen Shouyi. I'll let go now, but please don't scream again."

Feeling his cousin's initially stiff body quickly relax, Chen Shouyi promptly released his hand.

"You scared the living daylights out of me," Chen Yuwei gritted her teeth, punching his chest a few times in annoyance, then whispered, "Why did you come to Dongning? It's dangerous here."

As Chen Shouyi was about to ask about the situation, his aunt's voice suddenly came from outside.

"Yu Wei, what happened?"

"Mom, Shou Yi is here."

"Uncle is dead!" Chen Shouyi said, disbelief on his face, "How did he die? What on earth happened?"

In the living room, the oil lamp's flame flickered constantly, casting a dim light.

His aunt's face was haggard, as if she had suddenly aged over a decade. She nervously walked to the door, pressed against the security door, listened for a moment, then returned and said in a low voice:

"Half a month ago, chaos erupted in Dongning. After the God of Hunting destroyed the army here, a large number of Barbarians began pouring in and established the Church... Quite a few people were remnants from the previous cult. With these people's cooperation, they quickly took control of the entire Dongning.

Now, everyone must go to the local church at 6 AM for morning prayers, and again at 5 PM for evening prayers. Your uncle was too stubborn and loudly cursed the running dogs of the Barbarian God in the church, angering them, and was taken away and sacrificed alive."

Tears shimmered in Chen Yuwei's eyes, her eyes red, she tilted her head slightly, striving not to let the tears fall.

"Now our family is marked, and we only receive half the rice others do… Plus, some malicious person came up with the idea that my daughter and I are often criticized in the church. Even at home, there's no peace. If I hadn't fought with a knife desperately, perhaps Yu Wei…"

"This city has gone mad!"

Chen Shouyi's anger could no longer be suppressed. He slammed the table sharply, and with a crack, it shattered into pieces, fragments scattered everywhere.

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