Yao Wan's expression suddenly turned icy, and Xiao Yan immediately grew alert.
The others, meanwhile, had more or less yet to recover from the state of being directly expelled from the Eight Emperors' Tomb. Hearing Yao Wan's cold voice spread out as swiftly as rippling water left them even more bewildered.
Dan Qing, however, unconsciously knitted her brows when she heard it.
Could she have sensed something?
With that thought in mind, Dan Qing instinctively turned her head and looked around. The powerful Divine Soul unique to an alchemist rapidly unfurled its Divine Sense at her thought, sweeping across the area.
Sure enough, now that her strength had greatly increased, she did notice someone among the crowd.
Only, before she could make a move, that person acted first.
"Heh heh heh... since the beauty discovered this poor monk first, then this poor monk naturally has no choice but to show himself and meet you!"
The figure hidden among the crowd immediately took a step forward, and beneath the shadow of his cloak, his face revealed a sinister smile.
And along with his reply, high in the sky, a massive crimson-gold light projection suddenly appeared, transforming into an enormous alms-bowl-shaped object that sealed off the entire Small Spirit Mountain region.
At the same time, a tremendous pressure of a thousand tons bore down on everyone. For a moment, it was actually not the least bit inferior to the pressure revealed when the Eight Emperors' Tomb had first opened.
Under the golden light's pressure, if one raised their head, they could see golden radiance spreading like rainbow clouds across the sky. Gale wind howled beside their ears, and there seemed to be faint, low chanting echoing there.
In an instant, those whose cultivation had not reached Sovereign level were utterly unable to