He wanted to dig into the ground too.
But all the weeds around them had been stripped bare, tossed into a complete mess by the gale.
"Daoist, how much longer do we have to wait?"
The Daoist said nothing. He merely silently unleashed his Ghost Domain, its range just enough to envelop the two of them.
The smaller the area covered by a Ghost Domain, the less anomalous energy it consumed.
If there were no external forces wearing it down, then the energy required to maintain a Ghost Domain depended on one's mastery of it. The more proficient one was, the less energy it consumed; the less proficient one was, the more it consumed.
If they had not been at the center of a battle between two powerful Contract Anomalists, the Daoist could have maintained the Ghost Domain for a long time.
But...
Du Jiashi raised his head and watched in terror as the edges of the Ghost Domain were constantly being worn away by external forces.
It looked as though it might shatter at any moment, teetering on the brink of collapse.
The Resentful Woman appeared behind the Daoist, wrapping her hands around his neck as she hung her entire body from him.
She leaned close to his ear and seemed to whisper something.
The Daoist's expression did not change.
Only the smile on his lips became gentler.
Du Jiashi viciously raked his hair into an even bigger mess. It had already been ruined by the wind. "Daoist, this isn't the time for flirting. How are we supposed to get out of here?"
"I didn't expect your will to survive to be so strong."
"Of course it is. If I accidentally died at the hands of a Weird, I could only blame my lack of skill and weak strength.