Soul Devouring Ghost Restriction

A ten-foot-tall green stone gate blocked their way. A dense black light screen covered its surface, bearing a hideous Black Ghost Face. On closer inspection, its eyes could be seen shifting about, as if it were alive.

Liu Chen and the others emerged one after another, but several Qi Refining Stage disciples failed to escape in time and were crushed into pulp beneath the Yellow Giant Stone.

"This is the Soul Devouring Ghost Restriction!" Lin Cai cried out, her face changing as she spotted the Black Ghost Face on the light screen.

"Soul Devouring Ghost Restriction!" Shi Yue furrowed his brows, his expression grave.

He had read about this restriction in a book on formations. As its name suggested, the Soul Devouring Ghost Restriction was a type of Ghost Dao restriction.

The Soul Devouring Ghost Restriction was a defensive restriction with extremely powerful defenses. It was a third-grade formation! To break it, one needed the souls of a great many cultivators. The higher the rank of the evil ghost sealed within the restriction, the more cultivators' souls it needed to absorb.

"Soul Devouring Ghost Restriction? How could it be this kind of Ghost Dao restriction?" Liu Chen frowned, looking troubled.

"What's wrong, Fellow Daoist Liu? Didn't you say you knew nothing about formations? How do you know about the Soul Devouring Ghost Restriction?" Lin Cai asked curiously, her beautiful eyes shifting.

"I happened to read about it in an ancient book. There are fewer than twenty cultivators here altogether. Even if the restriction absorbed all our souls, that might not be enough to break it. We'd be better off breaking it by force," Liu Chen said calmly.

Mu Qian turned to Shi Yue with a beaming smile. "Fellow Daoist Li is a Lightning Cultivator. Perhaps he could break the Soul