"Just as expected, a Spirit Transformation evil cultivator entered this place."
Xun Kun spoke in a low voice, confirming the suspicions the four of them had held earlier.
The Nine Nether Underworld Dragon Umbrella hovered above the two of them, shielding them from the increasingly violent Polar Gale Zone winds. Yunxi's spiritual power rapidly drained away, and she frowned, feeling as though a storm was about to break.
Meanwhile, Yun Chen and Han Lian were delayed. Because of Yunxi's battle with the evil cultivator, the Polar Gale Zone winds in the Mid-ring had grown ever more violent, affecting the Nascent Soul Cultivators who had only just managed to enter the Mid-ring. While desperately resisting the polar gales, they slowly retreated toward the outer ring.
Even the slowest-witted cultivators sensed that something was wrong. Yet their retreat could not match the rampaging polar gales. Some weaker Nascent Soul Cultivators had already been swept up and flung about, and the gales were carrying them toward the central area.
Yun Chen and Han Lian could only stop and begin pulling people out. Saving one was better than saving none—they could not simply watch them be ground to pieces by the polar gales. At a time like this, the gap between Spirit Transformation cultivators and Nascent Soul Cultivators became clear.
Yun Chen and Han Lian also had ten years of experience fighting side by side, and their coordination was flawless. They pulled back nearly every Nascent Soul Cultivator within sight.
However, while the two worked together to rescue a nascent soul female cultivator, she actually self-destructed her Nascent Soul, instantly knocking the surrounding Polar Gale Zone winds off their original course. Like a giant meat grinder, they swept in Yun Chen and Han Lian, who had been preparing to teleport away, carrying them into