Huang Mei's words struck a chord with Xu Yi. He hadn't expected the Dark Gourd's emergence to cause such a commotion.
Even Bei Woqing had thrown all shame aside and rushed out to snatch it. Never mind everyone else.
The longer this dragged on, the more people would join the encirclement—and the more powerful the newcomers would be. By then, this place would truly become a dead end.
After taking the medicine, Xu Yi roused Huang Qidao. "Don't try any tricks with me. If I die, you'll die first. Tell me right now: is there a secret passage out of here?"
Huang Qidao hurriedly replied, "There's a Starry Sky passage here that leads to the Starry Sky Ancient Path. I'll let you go, but you have to let me go too. Otherwise, you might as well kill me."
Xu Yi sneered. "I'm not interested in your life."
He said that aloud, but in his heart, he had long wanted to tear Huang Qidao limb from limb.
Still, survival came first. Xu Yi immediately swore an oath, leaving Huang Qidao no choice but to trust him. Huang Qidao took out a restriction jade disc and worked it for a while. In an instant, a starry sky appeared across the boundless dome, a river of stars that seemed close enough to touch.
As the restriction jade disc slowly radiated light, the entire starry sky image suddenly came alive. Just as it grew more and more vivid, a thunderous crash rang out. The starry sky vanished at once, and the boundless dome reappeared.
Huang Mei cried out, "Those bastards must have wrecked the restriction. They're throwing everything they have at it. No restriction can hold out for long."
Under Xu Yi's murderous stare, Huang Qidao was so terrified that he repeatedly waved his