The heavy, lingering toll of a bell reached your ears almost at the same moment your feet touched solid ground. Already on high alert, you immediately focused your attention and senses in the direction the sound had come from.
Just as your divine sense left your body and was about to trace the sound to its source, a crisp "ding-a-ling" rang out from the same direction. Its tone was bright, clear, and rhythmic, almost soothing. Yet when your projected divine sense touched those waves of sound, it was as though it had struck an invisible wall and was forced back.
The sound waves were nothing like their gentle chime; they carried an attack within them. Fortunately, your divine soul was far from ordinary. That brief contact caused only slight discomfort. As the soul-representing Life Dao Pattern flashed brilliantly, your divine soul was instantly restored and returned safely to your body.
Although your senses had been obstructed, the moment you landed, you had also activated the Void Golden Eye divine ability. Your divine sense was merely a supplement to it, a feint prepared mainly for probing.
Just as the Ink Bone Origin Spirit had told you, it was uncertain whether the Ink Alarm and Ink Bell still remained, or how much intelligence they retained. From the very beginning, you had to test them. To a certain extent, this would reveal how powerful the Living Puppets summoned by the bell and chime would be...
In truth, even the Void Golden Eye was somewhat affected. A hazy mist continuously tried to cloud your vision and lead you into misjudgment. Fortunately, the Void Golden Eye was no ordinary Divine Eye or common divine ability. As an ability refined from a Great Supernatural Power and Double Pupils, it still allowed you to glimpse much useful