The statue was small.
However, Tonglu was not tall either.
She held the statue in her arms, her eyes filled with astonishment.
Nothing else.
In the Segis World, the statues of the gods often served only one purpose: they were used for believers to pray to and worship, serving as a link between mortals and the gods.
Although, in theory, the statues marked by the gods were also considered divine artifacts, people typically did not see them that way.
Divine artifacts were tools.
But a statue was a symbol of a True God.
You could break or dismantle a True God's divine artifact without consequence and even curse while holding it, and it wouldn't matter.
But try doing that with a statue...
You might suddenly receive heavenly justice, sending you back to the Extreme Bliss of the Divine Country.
Oh, no.
Divine Punishment had a soul-destroying effect—in case of being hit by it, even reaching the Divine Country would be out of the question.
