The terrifying scenes around us began vanishing rapidly before our eyes.
In the end, they dissolved into eerie mist, leaving only the long flute's mournful notes echoing without pause.
As the dissipating energy reached the female ghost with the nose ring, the long flute in her hands shattered with a sharp crack.
An exceptionally intense aura of hatred spilled out, and the strange energy sent her staggering backward.
Then she stared in disbelief at her shattered flute and at us in the distance.
"Damn it! My Demon Flute! My Demon Flute!"
She spoke in fury.
Without a flute to play, how was she supposed to keep showing off...
But Xiao Yu stared at her and said disdainfully:
"A cage like this can't hold me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Yu's entire body jolted, releasing an even stronger aura.
Immediately afterward, the surrounding mist was blasted away again.
As the black mist vanished, black iron pillars appeared all around us, each radiating an intense aura of hatred and bearing strange runes.
Looking around, we saw that the entire space we occupied was filled with these black iron pillars.
It was as if we were trapped inside an enormous cage.
Daoist Qingshan glanced around and said in surprise:
"Is this a barrier?"
"That's right. This should be some kind of barrier. It's simply manifested in this particular shape and form!"
Master spoke beside us as well.
Hearing what Master and Daoist Qingshan said, we all drew a sharp breath.
We had actually been trapped inside a barrier.
Seeing this, the female ghost in the distance said coldly:
"Impressive, Building Guardian. You really are formidable. But now that you've entered this place, don't even think about leaving."
With that, she brought her hands together:
"Kill!"
As she formed the spell seal,