21st Century Necromancer

Inside the temple, there were a total of six statues, all large granite sculptures of Horus and Anubis.

In the hands of the six statues were different weapons: a battle axe and shield, spear, curve-bladed sword, curved scepter, bow and arrow, and halberd. All these ancient weapons were entirely made of gold, inlaid with exquisite gems, looking like mere decorations.

But when Major General Claire took the battle axe from one of the statues, these lifeless stone figures came to life.

Noticing that the statues, which were originally inanimate, suddenly turned to look at him, Major General Claire quickly retreated, holding the battle axe he had taken, and assumed a guarded stance beside Chen Yu.

"Lord Chen Yu, these statues have come to life!" Major General Claire informed Chen Yu, secretly summoning his energy to prepare for battle as these statues were immensely intimidating.

Chen Yu, of course, also sensed the change in the statues. One look at the battle axe in Major General Claire's hand, and he understood what was happening.

"The Egyptians' anti-theft measures, it seems we're going to have to fight!" Chen Yu wasn't surprised by this as he had prepared to face various traps and defenses upon entering. It would have been strange if everything could be taken away so easily without any challenge.

While clutching his own weapon and wary of the six statues gradually coming to life, Chen Yu glanced thankfully outside the temple.

The two giant statues of Horus and Anubis on the plaza remained inactive.

This made Chen Yu genuinely grateful. Although the presence of six statues was quite oppressive, they weren't difficult to deal with. It was the towering figures over ten meters tall in the plaza that were truly daunting.

Without overthinking, the six statues before him had already completed their activation and launched an attack on him and Major General Claire.

Chen Yu instructed the soldiers of the undead legion and ghost maids to retreat from the temple area, while sending a disintegration ray toward the statue that, now shieldless due to Major General Claire's actions, held only a shield.

Compared to the other five fully armed statues, it was evident that dealing with the defensively capable statue first would weaken the enemy's strength.

However, the statue simply raised its shield and blocked Chen Yu's disintegration ray.

Seeing the disintegration ray he cast only emit a golden glow upon the opponent's shield, Chen Yu couldn't help but frown slightly, clearly realizing the high quality of the equipment held by these six statues.

No wonder these items were worthy of being displayed in the Temple of Osiris. They were at least of the demigod artifact quality.

Chen Yu could certainly recognize the quality of the weapons in the statues' hands, which made him somewhat eager. Even if they could only seize the weapons from these six statues, it would be an excellent gain.

But to obtain these six pieces of equipment, they obviously had to defeat the six statues first.

The six statues before them were not simple animated figures. Each exuded a wave of divine power, along with the demigod artifact-level weapons in their hands; these statues could be considered as six demigods.

However, six demigods made of such animated statues didn't concern Chen Yu. Although these statues had commendable combat power, they were too clumsy and rigid. Against ordinary foes, it might not matter, but for Chen Yu, they were merely minor nuisances.

Gripping his scythe, Chen Yu's figure flickered instantly, appearing behind the statue holding the spear, placing a green glow on the back of its head.

Necromancy Command! Commandment: Subjugation! Undead Control!

Four consecutive control spells hit the Anubis statue, causing its spear-thrusting motion to halt. Then, its actions changed, and it swung its spear backward.

The statue wasn't attacking Chen Yu behind it but was instead targeting the nearby statue holding a curve-bladed sword.

With a sweeping motion, the spear struck the unprepared sword-wielding statue, causing it to stagger, losing several stone fragments from its body.

The now-controlled spear statue didn't pause, quickly retracting its spear, and then thrusted forward, piercing through the sword-wielding statue's chest.

These statues were all governed by rune cores inside their bodies. With the core pierced, the sword-wielding statue lost its animation and collapsed to the ground.

These animated statues were composed of excellent materials, and their weapons weren't inferior. However, the Ancient Egyptians' technology for making animated statues was somewhat primitive, making it simple for Chen Yu to resolve or control them.

Though Chen Yu effortlessly subdued two statues, Major General Claire was still contending with the shield-holding statue, barely gaining any advantage.

Seeing how Major General Claire repeatedly struck the statue with her battle axe, only for the stone fragments from the wounds to reattach and heal swiftly, Chen Yu could only sigh.

The Egyptians' design was impressive, using divine power as the energy and core to drive the statues. As long as the core wasn't damaged, these statues could quickly repair any wounds until their divine power was exhausted.

Moreover, with divine power protection, these statues weren't easily damaged. Major General Claire's prowess was commendable; she could pierce through the divine protection and inflict marks on these statues. Even with the advantage of a demigod-level battle axe, she still demonstrated her strength.

Yet, without knowing the correct method to destroy the statues, Major General Claire wouldn't destroy a statue even if she exhausted herself unless she could dismantle it into pieces.

Chen Yu certainly wouldn't watch Major General Claire risk her life. While he controlled the spear statue to attack the scepter statue, he himself once again flickered to the back of the bow and arrow statue, employing the same trick to capture it.

Having controlled two statues, eliminated another, restrained one, and with Major General Claire holding off one statue, Chen Yu didn't waste any more time. Wielding his scythe, he clashed directly with the halberd statue, leveraging the momentum to vault over its head, then slashed open the halberd statue's back, extracting the rune core within.

Without the rune core, the halberd statue, like the previous sword-holding statue, collapsed to the ground. After dealing with two statues, Chen Yu approached the shield-holding statue confronting Major General Claire, severing the statue's legs with his scythe.

The statue, upon losing its legs, fell immediately. Major General Claire did not miss this golden opportunity, engulfing herself in fierce flames, leaping up, and crushing the statue's back with her axe.