Pei Ling immediately rose to his feet, already activating [Five Ghost Heavenly Net Escape] as he fled toward the buildings behind the Post Station.
The ground rippled in layer upon layer, like the surface of a body of water. At the center of the ripples, bloodied hands reached out one after another, clutching his legs tightly.
Then the hands swiftly climbed up, reaching for his entire body.
Pei Ling immediately turned to look at the Wushi Villa cultivator. He saw the man's aura shifting, his expression turning incomparably strange in an instant. His voice filled with longing as he began, "Inferior immortal..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the Wushi Villa cultivator froze slightly, suddenly forgetting what he had been about to do.
The next moment, the many bloodied hands around Pei Ling instantly withdrew.
Without the slightest hesitation, he continued fleeing toward the back door.
"Bang!"
Pei Ling pressed one hand against the wall, forcibly stopping his momentum, and nearly slammed right into it.
He looked up and saw that the back door was off to the side behind him. Somehow, he had fled in the wrong direction!
The Reincarnation Tower cultivator had made his move!
At that moment, the Dao Integration Stage female cultivator who had entered last had already lifted her clay bowl, about to drain it in one gulp.
Thick darkness, almost tangible, suddenly spread around Pei Ling, swiftly staining the entire space like heavy ink.
It was [Nether Heaven Mist] from the Eternal Night Desert!
Then, [Nether Heaven Mist] began to rapidly contract.
Before long, the vast cloud of [Nether Heaven Mist] had become a jet-black bead, no bigger than a fingernail.
A fair, delicate hand suddenly reached out and snatched up the bead.
Its slender fingers slowly opened. [Nether Heaven Mist] vanished