Nine Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, three black, and two red—circled Xuan Zi, and a pair of bull horns had grown from his head. He looked toward the culprit behind the explosions. Then, accompanied by terrifying pressure, his huge, palm-leaf-fan-like hand, transformed by Martial Soul Possession, reached for the Evil Soul Master.
Seeing that things had taken a turn for the worse, the Evil Soul Master immediately detonated the remaining corpses around him. While Xuan Zi was busy suppressing the explosions, he darted out.
Although Dai Yunze could not release Spirit Detection, his Spirit Eye still watched the entire process. When he saw the Evil Soul Master charging in his direction, something occurred to him, and he instinctively tried to push the person beside him away. But he was a step too slow. His hands did not land on Huo Yuhao, but instead on the Evil Soul Master who had seized him. An intensely cold, sinister sensation instantly invaded his fingertips and spread through his entire body.
That single second of hesitation was enough for the Evil Soul Master to drag Huo Yuhao into an escape tunnel and vanish.
Explosions rang out one after another. The Evil Soul Master was presumably blowing up the tunnel to prevent Xuan Zi from pursuing him.
"Bastard!" Suppressing his fury, Xuan Zi turned to Wang Yan. "Hurry and check on Xiaotao and the others. I'll go save Huo Yuhao!"
The moment he finished speaking, Xuan Zi controlled the earth element to dig his way downward, pursuing the Evil Soul Master.
Seeing Xuan Zi leave to rescue Huo Yuhao, Dai Yunze and Wang Yan were the first to move. Both immediately rushed into the depths of the cavern to check on the Inner Court disciples.
With his spatial teleportation ability, Dai Yunze was no slower