"Why?" Lin Chuan frowned. Shangguan Dieche's expression gave him a very bad feeling.
"The Soul Refining Sect specializes most in controlling souls. Judging from Grandmaster's battle with that blue-robed cultivator earlier, he can almost certainly be from the Soul Refining Sect. The black chains he fired from between his brows are called Soul-Locking Chains, an extremely powerful soul attack technique. Once someone is bound by his Soul-Locking Chains, their soul will fall under his control—either refined away or forcibly ripped from their body!"
"The ghostly faces and resentful souls within the Soul-Summoning Banner were refined from living souls extracted by his Soul-Locking Chains. Their power is terrifying, and the technique is infamous throughout the Central River Continent!"
"As for Ni Huanzhi, I suspect someone from the Soul Refining Sect extracted her living soul. But whether she is dead or alive remains uncertain. If we can find her soul and return it to her body, she may still survive!" Shangguan Dieche said solemnly.
The Soul Refining Sect was not among the absolute top powers of the Central River Continent. It lagged behind the Origin Sect, the Great Sound Pavilion, and others to a certain extent, but it was still a colossal force not to be underestimated. In particular, it was said that the Soul Refining Sect's master had cultivated his soul to the level of a half-immortal. He was immensely terrifying; even first-grade cultivation forces did not dare provoke him lightly.
Encountering members of the Soul Refining Sect in the Floating Spirit Domain this time was even more unsettling. Here, there were virtually no effective methods to counter soul attacks. Once one fought a Soul Refining Sect cultivator, it truly meant nine chances of death for every one chance of survival!
"You mean Ni Huanzhi's living soul was extracted, and someone