As a projection of the divine soul, the black shadow would likewise be swept away when it encountered spatial-temporal turbulence.
But to the black shadow's master, losing nothing more than a divine soul projection was no great loss.
He merely needed to send out more divine soul projections at once, and there would be no need to fear such losses.
Realizing that all of his divine soul projections had been restrained, the black shadow gave a light cough and simply revealed himself.
Dozens of divine soul projections appeared around them at once, then slowly merged into one, transforming into a divine soul projection dozens of times more solid as it calmly met Xu Chunniang's gaze.
"I have never met you, Fellow Daoist. I wonder why you say such a thing?"
Xu Chunniang frowned. She vaguely felt that this person was familiar, yet his face was entirely unfamiliar.
She was quite certain that she had never dealt with him before.
Xu Chunniang suppressed the doubts in her heart, and her tone turned cold.
"Tell me. You followed those three all the way here—what exactly were you after?"
"That is simple enough."
The black shadow explained, "Before the entrance to the Sand Abyss, I kept an extra eye out. I noticed that everyone else was scrambling to jump into the Sand Abyss, while those three deliberately lagged half a beat behind. I grew suspicious, so I condensed a divine soul projection and followed them to see what they intended to do."
"Is that so?"
Xu Chunniang cast him a half-smiling glance, then suddenly raised her hand and seized at him.
The black shadow was startled and hurriedly retreated.
Yet when she made her move, it was as though she had already calculated his escape route. He dodged repeatedly, but still fell into