After Lu Feng and Wu Ying discerned the clue, they each returned to their original Striped Coffin. Although the Eight Thorns Soul Locking Array no longer exerted its power, the Striped Coffins remained enveloped in Yin Soul Water, making it no easier to enter them than it had been to swim out.
In fact, with the oppressive force of the Yin Soul Water present, opening them from outside was far more difficult than opening them from within.
The two exerted every ounce of strength they had before barely squeezing back into the Striped Coffins. Once inside, however, neither had any clear idea what to do next.
Although Lu Feng had deduced that there should be a passage beneath the Striped Coffins, he had no idea how to open it. Moreover, the coffins were filled with Yin Soul Water, making it difficult for him to wield much soul perception.
As he pondered, Lu Feng suddenly noticed that the Yin Soul Water inside the Striped Coffin was draining away at an exceedingly slow pace. A large empty space had already appeared above his head, where he had previously been fully submerged.
Lu Feng naturally lowered his gaze. Through subtle sensing, he finally discovered a narrow crack where the Striped Coffin fitted into the Stone Seat. The Yin Soul Water within the coffin was draining into the Stone Seat through that crack.
As the Yin Soul Water receded from the Striped Coffin, the interior gradually returned to how it had looked when they first fell.
Only, the originally pitch-black inner walls of the Striped Coffin now seemed far darker than before, carrying a faint luster they had not possessed previously.
There are patterns! Lu Feng did not know whether it was merely an illusion, but within that sheen, he seemed to faintly make