At Fairy Meng Shang's deliberate reminder, Fairy Meng Shang brought out the Soul Locking Divine Silkworm Silk. The pursuers' faces changed dramatically. They stared at the silk with awe, and some of them seemed ready to retreat. Ling Tian was puzzled by their reaction and hurriedly asked Po Qiong about it.
"Divine silkworms are a kind of silkworm. The silk they spin can devour Mental Power, and so lock a person's Nascent Soul," Po Qiong explained, his voice tinged with excitement. "Divine silkworms are exceedingly rare, so their silk is even rarer. Silk refined into an Immortal Artifact is rarer still, but its power is also much greater. It could probably lock the Nascent Soul of even a Nine Heavens Profound Immortal with ease."
A Nascent Soul was the foundation of a cultivator. If a Nascent Soul was locked, the whole person was effectively sealed away, reduced to an ordinary mortal.
At this, Ling Tian nodded and looked toward the pursuers. "No wonder those people look so terrified. I'd be scared too. Once locked by Divine Silkworm Silk, even the highest cultivation would be useless."
Meanwhile, after bringing out the Divine Silkworm Silk, Fairy Meng Shang had grown playful. With a thought, she transformed it, and a dozen strands of silk snaked outward toward the six pursuers. The Divine Silkworm Silk shimmered with a hazy light, and the distinctive aura of an Immortal Artifact spread through the air, making their hearts tremble.
Feeling that aura, the six pursuers looked utterly panicked. The Killing Intent they'd shown earlier was nowhere to be seen. The cultivator at the late stage of the Nine Heavens Profound Immortal realm shook his head fiercely. "Retreat! Since she has this Immortal Artifact, we couldn't do anything to her even if we died trying."
With that, he