A flash of dazzling light burst from the sea of clouds between Solitary Sound Cliff, signaling Heavenly Spirit Granny's final struggle as ghostly hands dragged her down to the bottom of the cliff.
Yet that miserable wail likewise showed that, sealed within the Forbidden Law Barrier, she had no strength to resist.
"There are ghosts here!"
Everyone's scalps tingled.
This was too bizarre.
A dignified Taixu stowaway had merely tried to fly across the sea of clouds between the cliffs, only to be devoured on the spot.
Even though Heavenly Spirit Granny had stopped in her tracks at the last moment during the pursuit, she had been swept into the depths of the cliff by an inexplicable force simply because she was too close.
If this wasn't "haunted," then what was it? "The Forbidden Law Barrier..."
"Someone else has set up a scheme here!"
Mu Lin was greatly shocked by Heavenly Spirit Granny's inexplicable fall, for even he could not see what power lay hidden at the bottom of that cliff.
Mu Lin knew of the Forbidden Law Barrier. He knew it better than anyone.
Because Saint Mystery Gate of the Holy Palace had a Forbidden Law Barrier as well.
Yet precisely because he knew the truth, Mu Lin understood even more clearly that beneath a Forbidden Law Barrier, no spiritual cultivator could possibly use their own abilities.
But the water-type power that had churned heaven and earth here, the hand of bloody water that had dragged Heavenly Spirit Granny into the abyss, was not some actual "ghostly entity." It was elemental power! "Perhaps the Forbidden Law Barrier was arranged by 'him,' which is why only 'he' can remain untouched within it." Bai Lian voiced his startled, doubtful guess.
After a pause, he muttered as though refuting himself, "But who