"Hehehe. You two juniors certainly know quite a bit. But to me, capturing you would hardly take any effort. Since you refuse to surrender, leave your lives here."
With a laugh like the chiming of silver bells, the blue-green light screen over the black stone platform flashed. A brilliant blue streak shot out and plunged straight into the enormous incense burner atop the towering altar.
As the two touched, a dazzling, murky yellow light flashed, and a small five-tiered pagoda flew out of the burner. With a flicker, it expanded to roughly half a zhang across and two zhang tall.
As the pagoda appeared, an immense pressure surged forth. At the same time, murky yellow vapor poured out of it, instantly spreading over an area more than ten zhang across.
As the murky yellow mist spread, chilling cries of ghosts and howls of wolves rang out from within it. The two elders' minds immediately wavered upon hearing them. Only by forcibly circulating their magical power did they finally suppress the effects of those horrifying sound waves.
Just as the two elders steadied their minds, the murky yellow mist churned. Four ghostly shadows flashed out and hurtled toward them.
"Ah! This isn't the Soul Stabilizing Bowl, but it must still be a treasure that imprisons souls. Junior Brother, hurry! We must unleash our strongest methods and break that restrictive spell, or we'll never escape alive."
The elder was certainly knowledgeable. He immediately discerned the pagoda's function.
Though his assessment was entirely correct, he had forgotten that the restrictive spell at the entrance was part of the cave's entire array. Once that spell was broken, the ancient restriction imprisoning the female cultivator would inevitably fail as well. This would undoubtedly help her break free.
But with matters having reached this point, the