Seeing this, Yuan Ming could no longer worry about anything else. With a turn of his wrist, he drew the Soul Annihilation Sword, channeled his Mahayana magic power, and slashed at the spatial passage.
A black gleam flashed over the Soul Annihilation Sword. A phantom of a young girl emerged, then merged into the half-arc sword light that swept forth. In a flicker, it vanished into that mass of Black Mist.
There was no violent explosion, nor were there any intense spatial fluctuations.
Only a flash of light flickered within that mass of Black Mist before it instantly returned to dead silence.
The spatial passage immediately disappeared, leaving behind only a body that slowly drifted down.
Before they could rejoice, they saw that the falling body was only a half-corpse from the chest down. Her upper body had already been torn apart by Spatial Power and returned to Bright Moon Palace.
The upturned corners of Xi Ying's lips slowly fell, her eyes filled with worry.
The swelling divine soul from Xia Jie's body transformed into a gigantic deep-blue giant. It opened its mouth and swallowed the half-body of the goddess, then gradually sank back into his own body.
The instant the two bodies drew close, layer upon layer of dense blue threads extended out, wrapping him within them and forming a massive cocoon.
Immediately afterward, all auras were sealed away, and the operating formation also came to a halt.
"Senior Xia Jie..." Yuan Ming said hesitantly.
"We can only leave it to fate." Xi Ying shook her head.
The two could only stand guard nearby and quietly wait for the result.
Time trickled away bit by bit. Though it had only been three days and two nights, it felt to them as though a hundred years had passed.
Finally, at