The thick smoke at the explosion site was quickly blown completely away by the air currents in the crevice above. Yet the platform and the passage at its edge had not been opened at all by the force of the cataclysm. Instead, as the platform rose, they had sealed even more tightly!
"What do we do?" I asked Qingcheng Ruoxue, but my heart was already in turmoil. An intense sense of the unknown and helplessness that I had never experienced before filled me to the brim!
Even Li Poxiao was speechless now. The Everlasting Divine Sword in his hand trembled faintly, and when he looked at me, a trace of astonishment colored his expression.
"I calculated the timing perfectly. With the passage closing as well, how could I possibly let you succeed? Xia Yitian, have I understood you too well?" Hei Zi retreated swiftly, avoiding the encirclement of Qingcheng Ruoxue and Li Poxiao. Granny Ni Shigu, Dugu Mu, and Li Xiangru also came surrounding us one after another. Even Wan Songxiao, who had noticed the change in the situation and seemed to understand something, drifted over on the spot, taking up a stance as though he were protecting Hei Zi.
"Heh heh, whether you understand me or not, I don't know. But I'm certain I don't understand you!" My expression was ugly, and Qingcheng Ruoxue had no solution either. She sent me a voice transmission: "Xia Yitian, I'm out of ideas this time too... I'm the one who harmed you."
"What's the use of saying that now?" I clicked my tongue, naturally seething with resentment. Sister-in-law had only just obtained her own body and had ridden the Void Jade Sword to the Land of Dao Inquiry to wait for me. Now that the passage was sealed, she was trapped in