The new Stone Beast landed, carrying Sister Xue's complicated emotions. Its body swelled as it let out a mighty roar.
But for some reason, as she listened, she seemed to hear a person screaming in agony—just like the cries of the living when she refined stones.
The daze lasted only an instant. Sister Xue came to her senses and tossed out several more uncarved pebbles used to set the formation. Together with the Stone Beast, they formed a circle around the patch of shadow where she faintly sensed someone.
That way, even a shadow couldn't run around freely. Until the Stone Beast was dealt with, it would be trapped inside the circle.
She had left the Stone Beast where the lantern's light could reach it. She wanted to test whether that strange person who could turn into a shadow was afraid of light.
Would he trigger the rules because he was trapped and unable to avoid the light? Could he evade them by taking the form of a shadow? Or would he use the same trick again and smash the Stone Beast despite the danger of the light?
The power to control shadows and devour light was simply unheard of.
Sister Xue was both wary and curious. So even though the Stone Beast being smashed again would deal another severe blow to her Divine Soul, she still wanted to observe carefully how her opponent did it.
When an ability that perfectly countered her appeared, her most instinctive thought was that she had to figure out how it worked. She needed to know how many people in the world possessed this ability, and then she would hunt them all down and kill them. Otherwise, she would never feel safe.
Her long rope shot out again and struck the lantern, making it