True Person Ranming reached with his great hand toward the Celestial Mystery Fish swimming through the grand hall. As long as he captured it and severed the line connecting the two worlds, he could cut off the guidance leading outside, leaving the Heavenly Master with no way to find the path back.
But that alone could not ensure there would be no mishaps. After dealing with this, he would still need to find a way to seal the rift above. Only then would everything truly be foolproof.
The Celestial Mystery Fish seemed utterly unaware at the moment, but just as the hand was about to touch it, an illusory figure appeared within the grand hall.
True Person Chonghua had not sent out his entire divine aspect earlier. He had left behind a trace here.
This trace of aura was exceedingly faint, and it had concealed itself using the arrangements within the hall, so True Person Ranming had failed to notice it beforehand.
As the great hand approached, that strand of Divine Energy suddenly lunged forward and struck directly against its wrist.
The strike was exceptionally well timed, landing precisely at a point where the divine aspect was internally fractured. Thus, though it was only an extremely faint strand of Divine Energy, it still halted the great hand for an instant.
That strand of Divine Energy directly dissipated in the collision.
The Celestial Mystery Fish noticed it then. Taking advantage of the hand's brief pause, it flicked its head and tail and darted through the fingers.
True Person Ranming's certain capture had failed. He immediately realized the problem: as long as the Celestial Mystery Fish remained, that rift could not be sealed.
The Celestial Mystery Fish was extremely nimble and could distinguish friend from foe. Once it had not been caught