Rhine wanted to step forward and attack, to stop the person in the coffin, but she paid him no heed. His ability attacks struck her body, only to be blocked by the golden protection.
Seeing this from the shadows, Chen Mo immediately became alert. He swiftly applied various Talismans to himself, concealing his aura as much as possible. Then he flashed backward, intending to leave the mountaintop platform and retreat directly to the foot of the mountain.
He felt that some of the Restrictions displayed by the person in the coffin were wrong, perhaps connected to the Nine-story Tower.
Especially now, with the person in the coffin wearing an ashen expression, her eyes filled with severity, the hatred in her gaze seemed enough to kill Rhine and everyone before her.
How could someone in the coffin with such formidable strength possibly have no backup plan? That was why he sensed something was off and immediately fled. No matter how enticing the treasures were, his own life was worth the most.
Especially within this Nine-story Tower, he had sensed something strange. The suppression on his Spiritual Sense inside the tower was far too severe. It was definitely no simple object.
Unfortunately, Chen Mo was still a little too slow. Just as he flashed away and was about to reach the edge of the platform Barrier, the entire space suddenly stopped shaking under the Restrictions of the person in the coffin. Everything froze.
Yes, froze. In the literal sense. Everything in space except the air—everything that could move, was moving, or was about to move—came to a complete halt.
Ability attacks hung in the air, their halos of light still spread out before them. The remaining black-armored men, who had been attacking the Ability Users with their blades, also stopped at that