But Cao Feiyu's cultivation was profound after all, and her will was steadfast. Taking a deep breath, she forcibly suppressed her churning blood and the stray thoughts breeding within her Sea of Consciousness. She pushed her cultivation art to its limit, primordial energy surging through her body like a tide and forcibly driving out the invading icy death qi and the mental interference brought by those bizarre whispers wherever it passed.
A moment later, Cao Feiyu's aura steadied once more.
Seeing Cao Feiyu regain her footing, Chen Fei felt slightly relieved. He sat back down beside the rock wall, but did not take out the jade slip again. Instead, he devoted most of his attention to vigilance.
On the Yin Side, divine sense was restricted, and even the five senses were heavily suppressed. Danger often came from the most unexpected directions.
At the same time, Chen Fei spared a sliver of attention to the Night Demon War Soldier's progress in refining the Array Puppet within the Void Return Realm. The instant the Yin Side descended, the Void Return Realm was affected as well. Its space trembled slightly, but quickly stabilized.
The Night Demon War Soldier's movements did not pause in the slightest. Instead, as the Yin qi outside surged, the Void Return Realm automatically drew in a thread of pure yin-baleful power and incorporated it into the artifact refining process, seemingly lending the Array Puppet's tempered materials greater depth and resilience.
Time passed slowly amid absolute darkness and bone-piercing cold. The bizarre whispers at their ears waxed and waned, as if testing the defenses of their hearts.
From deep within the rift valley, horrifying sounds occasionally drifted over—sometimes like weeping, sometimes like howling, sometimes like bones grinding together—but they remained far away and did not approach the stone platform.
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