The mist vanished at lightning speed, and the figures of four Myriad Souls Sect cultivators appeared in four separate directions. Encircled by the four of them, a stretch of dark mist spanning a thousand to two thousand zhang continued to churn and surge violently.
Within that dark mist, shadowy souls and ghostly creatures flickered in and out of sight.
But on closer inspection, one would find that those shadow souls and ghostly creatures looked utterly terrified. They were clearly struggling and fleeing through the dark mist, seemingly doing everything they could to escape its shroud.
Yet the moment each shadow soul neared the edge of the dark mist, it was immediately dragged back by strange forces, plunging once more into the mist's cover.
The attendant souls clearly retained some intelligence, knowing enough to fear and flee.
As the dark mist churned and spread, it clearly contained a powerful force that eroded spiritual sense. The four Myriad Souls Sect cultivators rapidly communicated with one another mentally, but they could no longer restrain those shadow souls and ghostly creatures.
"Damn it! Release our attendant souls at once!"
A furious shout rang out. One of the Myriad Souls Sect cultivators suddenly raised both hands, and a mass of mist containing vast energy abruptly swept forth, pouncing toward the surging dark mist.
As the mist rolled forward, a black dragon with bared fangs and claws, its entire body covered in hard scales, suddenly emerged.
The black dragon let out a thunderous roar. Black mist billowed from it as it pounced toward the vast expanse of dark mist.
In an instant, the enormous black dragon, nearly a hundred zhang long, entered the surging dark mist. Amid the dragon's howling roar, its huge body coiled and writhed, violently stirring the dense mist around it.
"Hmph. This