Zhang Shuai pushed the Breath-Concealing Spirit-Hiding Art and his invisibility technique to their limits. His figure was like ripples merging into light and shadow as he cautiously crept toward the purple pool.
A hundred zhang, eighty zhang, fifty zhang...
As he drew ever closer to the Primordial Purple-Qi Lotus that concerned his path to the Dao, he could even clearly sense the primordial tremor brought by the Primordial Purple Qi exhaled and inhaled from the lotus core.
However, when he entered within roughly a hundred zhang of the pool, the fierce battle between the five demon kings and the Black-Winged Sky-Patrolling Bat had already reached a fever pitch!
Manifestation giant fists pounded the void, five-element divine light swept down from the heavens, shadow breath annihilated light, terrifying sound waves tore apart souls... The collision of all manner of powerful divine abilities generated a destructive energy storm. More terrifying still, this force severely disrupted the spatial structure within several hundred zhang!
Zhang Shuai felt his entire body tighten, as though he had fallen into an invisible mire!
The once-stable space was now like a lake struck by a massive boulder, violently warping, folding, and trembling!
Fine yet deadly spatial cracks flickered around him like black lightning!
The invisibility he relied upon was becoming increasingly unstable under the impact of these wildly chaotic spatial fluctuations, as though the violent power of space would forcibly "squeeze" him out of the void the very next moment!
If he were exposed, facing the five demon kings and that terrifying Black-Winged Sky-Patrolling Bat, he would not only lose any chance to seize the immortal treasure—his very escape would be in danger.
At this critical moment, he frantically circulated the true essence within him while concentrating his soul power to the utmost, attempting to imitate and align