Once the thought arose, it could no longer be suppressed. Xu Yi immediately urged his soul sense into action, wrapping it around a pouch of water. To his surprise, he sent it effortlessly over Li Tong's head and poured it down on him.
The layers of obstruction seemed to vanish without a trace when controlled by soul sense.
Seeing this, everyone's spirits soared. As it turned out, Xu Yi hadn't been the only one trapped in a blind spot; everyone there had been.
The layers of obstruction had been so oppressive that no one had imagined soul sense could move objects freely through an area where even their bodies could barely move.
"Let's rest for another half an incense stick. After that, we'll use soul sense to carry people, taking turns resting."
Xu Yi was in high spirits. This discovery was nothing short of a miracle that had saved their lives.
An incense stick's rest had restored nearly half of even Qu Ying's strength, though she had been the most exhausted. With everyone's morale high, Xu Yi ordered them to set out.
Just then, Yang Jun cried out, "Look down!"
Everyone followed his gaze. They could already see the suspended steps, barely twenty zhang away. By a careful count, only a little over a hundred steps remained. Their nerves, just beginning to relax, snapped taut again.
"Follow the order of the line. The first four, rest. Everyone else, take your positions and start climbing."
At Xu Yi's command, everyone gathered their soul sense and sent it toward the first four people in line.
Xu Yi had chosen four after careful consideration. There were seventeen people in all. Based on that day's test with the Heavy Bead, five could exert a hundred jin of soul sense, while twelve could exert fifty