Amid the darkness below, a layer of dense mist suddenly appeared, suspended in the air. Through the mist, He Xuan instantly sensed strange-shaped Nether Soul Ghostly Creatures roaming and darting through it.
There were not many of those ghostly creatures. From time to time, one could be seen suddenly shooting upward, seemingly trying to burst out of the mist. Yet the dense mist appeared to contain a restraining force. Whenever a ghostly creature reached the edge of the mist, it immediately veered back at high speed.
"Jin Shi, don't be hasty. That mist seems somewhat unusual." He Xuan spoke urgently as his figure suddenly blocked Jin Shi's path.
Jin Shi could not speak human words, but its intelligence was extremely high. Hearing He Xuan's urgent warning, its body immediately came to a halt.
He Xuan waved his hand, and a puppet instantly appeared. With a thought from him, the puppet slowly approached the mist below.
"Eh? It seems there's no danger." Watching the Profound Tier peak puppet sink into the surging mist below without the slightest obstruction before flashing back to his side, He Xuan furrowed his brow.
Although he had said there was no danger, He Xuan still swung his arm, sending a palm blade cleaving out.
Amid hissing sounds, the palm blade, which was not particularly large, swept through the dark space and instantly touched the mist below.
"Pop!" A soft sound like a bursting bubble rang out, and the palm blade sank into the mist.
In an instant, the mist below roiled violently, becoming fierce in the blink of an eye. Blurry, pitch-black objects shot out one after another, swiftly swallowing the palm imprint.
He Xuan saw clearly that those pitch-black objects of varying sizes were undoubtedly Nether Souls.
"The mist below seems capable of hindering the