"How could this be? The statue actually released soul power to bolster the light barrier released by a soul artifact?" Faced with this sight, the old woman could not help voicing one question after another.
She was of course very familiar with the statue in the cave. When she had awakened her own soul back then, she had even remained before this statue for several days. But she had never imagined that the soul power radiating from the statue could actually merge with an external object.
"Hmph. I refuse to believe that a mere soul artifact, even with some outside power bolstering it, can withstand this master's powerful attack." With a cold snort, several fist-sized azure spheres shot forth as the old woman waved both hands.
An enormous surge of soul power erupted. As a soul-power tempest suddenly appeared, several attacks of tremendous might struck the black light barrier almost simultaneously.
"Boom, boom, boom—!" A string of thunderous explosions rang out nearly at once. A colossal gale suddenly manifested in the cave, its astonishing power revealed amid a blaze of blinding azure-black light before it rapidly battered outward in all directions.
The gale slammed into the stone walls and ceiling of the cavern, filling the air with incessant clanging. Shattered rocks flew everywhere and fierce winds howled, nearly enveloping more than half the cave.
Following the tremendous explosions, the barrier formed from black light suddenly began to sway violently. It twisted and flickered rapidly, seemingly about to be torn apart on the spot by the wildly violent soul power. Yet just as a smile appeared on the old woman's face, the violently distorted black barrier unexpectedly began to stabilize once more.
Watching the scene before her, the old woman's expression turned sinister.
She truly could not understand how an ordinary