"Senior Brother Chen, w-what's going on?"
They looked at the Locking Demon Tower, its Immortal Light gone.
At a glance, it no longer possessed even the slightest trace of an immortal artifact's Immortal Might. It looked more like an ordinary pagoda. Deng Xuan couldn't help staring at it in astonishment, at a loss for what to do, and turned to Chen Zongru.
"Yeah, Senior Brother Chen. Why do I feel like the Locking Demon Tower has fallen completely silent? I can't even sense whether that guy is still alive anymore."
"And just now, when we tried to activate the Locking Demon Tower's Immortal Dao origin, it suddenly stopped responding altogether."
Lu Wanhe spoke with a deeply furrowed brow.
Chen Zongru was just as baffled as they were. He had no idea what was going on.
At that moment, Xu Younian, standing nearby, heard Deng Xuan and Lu Wanhe and could no longer hold back. "Fellow Daoists, could something have happened to your sect's immortal artifact...?"
Chen Zongru stared fixedly at the Locking Demon Tower before him, then turned to Xu Younian and gave a wry smile. "Daoist Xu, I don't know what's happened either."
After a pause, he looked at Deng Xuan and Lu Wanhe. "Junior Brothers, let's try again and see if we can activate the Locking Demon Tower."
"Sure!"
Deng Xuan and Lu Wanhe nodded.
The three immediately tried to activate the Locking Demon Tower again, but, unfortunately, it still didn't respond at all.
"Senior Brother, this..."
Deng Xuan and Lu Wanhe both looked toward Chen Zongru.
Chen Zongru frowned and drew a deep breath. "Let's wait and see. Perhaps... perhaps the Locking Demon Tower has already subdued that fellow."
"But before he died, he used some kind of technique that caused the tower to fall temporarily silent