The stone chamber at the bottom of the lake.
The young man sat cross-legged in the center, bare from the waist up, his eyes tightly shut as though asleep. A faint, barely audible whistling echoed through the chamber.
If Pill King Gu He had been here at this moment, he would have been utterly terrified and fled at top speed.
Because that sound was not the young man snoring—it was Soul Power howling! Invisible and incorporeal Soul Power condensed into a long vine, and every swing carried an eerie, heart-palpitating sensation, like a long whip hanging down from the Nine Netherworlds. This was suppression on the level of the soul!
Soul Star Vine! A Soul Skill from the Soul Cultivation Method.
Chen Guan sat as still as a bell. With a shift of thought, the several-zhang-long Soul Star Vine swiftly transformed, splitting into two thinner soul vines before breaking apart again. Two became four, then four became eight, repeating over and over. In the blink of an eye, it had become a "pile" of thin, zhang-long cords.
Like a weaver, Chen Guan carefully sorted and rewove them. Before long, the heart-palpitating Soul Star Vine had become a net.
Even after reaching this point, Chen Guan did not stop. Azure Flame flowed forth and clung to it, turning it into a tangible fire net.
Controlling the Soul Fire Net to attack, he ultimately left a dense imprint across the ceiling of the stone chamber.
His face slightly pale, Chen Guan opened his eyes and rose to examine the marks left by the Soul Star Vine and Soul Fire Net.
The former was more powerful, but its uses were limited.
Though the latter was slightly weaker, it was far more versatile. It could attack, defend, and even bind an enemy's soul.
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