Miao Qing followed the direction of disturbance sensed by her Spirit Zen all the way to the outskirts of Demon Suppression Forest. Thinking of the forest's peculiar nature, a trace of hesitation flashed across her face.
Then she recalled the words of Master Hengyi Chan, and her hesitant gaze hardened.
She strode into the depths of Demon Suppression Forest.
Having been brought inside once before by Master Hengyi Chan, Miao Qing was fairly familiar with the environment within Demon Suppression Forest and was not troubled by the figure residing there.
She made her way deep inside, winding past one blue-black earthen hill after another.
At last, she saw the cause of her unrest.
Lu Feng, Jiang Ruoyun, Tang Yuan...
As Miao Qing watched one familiar face after another from her memories appear before her, a flicker of delight involuntarily rose from the depths of her tranquil heart.
But when she saw the innumerable beastly shadows all around them, encircling them and eroding their Soul Seas, that delight instantly turned into worry.
Lu Feng's group was in peril of the utmost degree.
The Soul Defense Array had already been eroded by beast souls to the point of collapse.
Jiang Ruoyun, Xiao Jiao'er, and Qiu Shuang were still where they stood. Above them hovered the enormous phantom of a Dipper Bowl.
It was precisely the Dipper Bowl Lu Feng had flung out at the critical moment to protect them.
Meanwhile, he and Tang Yuan had charged alone into the countless savage shadows of Soul Beasts, desperately fighting them at the cost of greatly depleting their Soul Power.
Because there were simply too many beast soul remnants, the two could not avoid having those remnants invade their minds even as they fought.
At that moment, while their bodies fought with all their strength,