As he spoke, Zhe Ying was about to flash back into the abyss. From his position, he could reach it in an instant.
But just then...
The Shadow Moon Demon Rat, still within the fissure, flashed with icy light in its eyes. The Beast-Form Spirit Shadow thought darkly, I can't let Zhe Ying go back. I have to hold him here until he dies.
The moment the thought fell, its Magic Beast aura swept back... BOOM!
Surging demonic energy burst forth, forming a gigantic tiger claw that slammed toward the direction Zhe Ying was about to leave through.
The entire underground world collapsed wildly.
Zhe Ying was forcibly brought to a halt. He cried out instinctively, "A technique of the Black Prison Tiger Clan?"
That was right. The power the Beast-Form Spirit Shadow had just unleashed was precisely that of the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger. Over the past month or so, the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had fused with half a drop of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master's blood, allowing more Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger meridians to be formed.
"You actually want to stop me from going down. It seems you do possess intelligence."
"But you'll have to wait here first. I'll be back very soon... to capture you."
Zhe Ying did not actually care much about whether Ou Tu and the others lived or died.
What he cared about was that no one was sealing off this section of the abyss. He feared that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat might still find a chance to descend.
More importantly... he was leading the team.
If too many Spirit Race geniuses died, it would look terrible on him as well. And if the Green Rhino Human Race was not killed, they would surely keep causing trouble. Every last one of