Seeing Great Heavenly Venerate call for reinforcements, Bing Kuang and his Martial Ancestor, who was forming hand seals, tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
Soon, a figure slowly emerged from the spatial rift beside Great Heavenly Venerate.
The figure was completely shrouded in black mist. Faintly, two unusually sinister gazes shot out from within, sending chills down one's spine.
"What matter calls for me... Hm? A Four-star Battle Saint? Interesting!"
The figure within the black mist had just been about to ask Great Heavenly Venerate why he had summoned him when, in the next instant, he sensed the powerful aura emanating from the white-robed elder beside Bing Kuang and could not help but feel surprised.
The black mist slowly rippled, revealing an exceptionally pale face. That face did not appear old at all; instead, it looked like that of a youth. Yet his tone was incomparably sinister, making it clear that his true age was certainly not what his appearance suggested.
"Soul Hall Vice Hall Master?"
On Bing Kuang's side, the moment he saw the figure in the black mist, his eyes filled with surprise as well. The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master had already possessed a formidable reputation in the era before Bing Kuang chose to seal himself away. After so many years, his strength was surely even more terrifying than before.
"Martial Ancestor, this man is the Vice Hall Master of Soul Hall. His strength is formidable. I'm afraid..." Bing Kuang said worriedly.
"I know. Today's matter has become rather troublesome. If he wishes to leave, I have no absolute confidence in keeping him here!" the white-robed elder said gravely. As he spoke, the hand seals he had been slowly forming finally came to a stop.
As the elder completed his hand seals, eighteen