Ling Shuang stopped one of them up ahead and asked, "What happened?"
The man said, "The Youxiong Clan has come for revenge! They released the snakes!"
"Snakes? What kind of snakes?" Luo Zheng froze.
Ling Shuang frowned. "They're the soul snakes raised by the Youxiong Clan. How dare they release snakes here? Let's go out and take a look!"
The two had just rushed out of the temple when they saw a vast, dark mass ahead!
Only after staring carefully did Luo Zheng realize it was a writhing swarm of dark snakes. Yet he couldn't make out the patterns or details on the soul snakes.
The native life-forms of the Other Shore could distinguish appearances and details, but souls from beyond the Other Shore—even Luo Zheng's physical body—could only see a rough outline, unable to make out features or finer details. As Ling Shuang had said, these soul snakes had been released by the Youxiong Clan.
"The snake tide is coming!"
"Get back to the temple!"
"Damn the Youxiong Clan! Could they be planning to attack our Heavenly Palace temple?"
The many Heavenly Palace disciples shouted loudly, their words clearly brimming with indignation.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Blades of sharp light slashed toward the snake swarm, instantly cutting many soul snakes in half.
Most of the Heavenly Palace disciples fled, but a small number fought back, striking down the soul snakes.
These Heavenly Palace disciples were all quite powerful. Purple light rippled across the surfaces of their Yang Souls. They were still some distance from reaching indigo souls, but they were nonetheless figures capable of entering the Ninth Heaven and Tenth Heaven.
But the snake tide was simply too vast. These people couldn't kill their way through it at all. As they attacked, they constantly retreated toward the temple entrance.
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