"The guy just now was fishy." As they poured into the eighth-floor Guardian space, Earth Monkey spoke up, clearly having sensed something amiss.
"Let's take it one step at a time."
"If it really is as Lvyin said, our commission ends at the eighth floor."
"Everyone perk up. Once we defeat this layer's Guardian and rescue the wicked souls imprisoned on the eighth floor, we'll leave Ice Fire Island and set sail for the Eastern Continent where we can live the high life!" Seeing the underlying unease in everyone's hearts, Yu Yifeng immediately laughed and hurried to reassure them. After all, if morale collapsed, they would likely defeat themselves before even meeting this floor's Guardian.
"Hahaha, the captain is right." Prompted by Yu Yifeng like this, the others immediately grew jubilant, figuring victory was right ahead.
"The space on this floor is a bit different from the previous ones." Yet Xiao Yan grew quiet the moment he entered this eighth-floor space, his vast soul power releasing directly in an attempt to trace a hint of the Guardian's whereabouts. But what surprised Xiao Yan was that even with his current soul power strength, he could not manifest a single shred of it within this eighth-floor space.
That feeling was as though his own soul power had been imprisoned, leaving Xiao Yan with the frustration of having strength he could not use.
"Interesting."
"I was actually planning to go rescue that subordinate of mine and have him track down the sole soul Guardian on Ice Fire Island to help Xiao Yan break through to the Immortal Realm Soul, but who would have thought this fellow ran out on its own?" Sensing Xiao Yan's gloom, the Soul Devouring Master inside Xiao Yan laughed instead.
The Guardian of this eighth floor might only be