Crack... crack...!
A sound like glass on the verge of shattering echoed incessantly beside Ingrid and the others!
Looking at the barrier shielding them from the fierce astral winds around them, Azure Frost, Akai Mary, and the others within it remained calm as ever!
When they had first entered the passage leading to the ancient ruins, they had thought the journey would be smooth sailing, with no danger to speak of!
Yet not long after these girls entered, countless violent astral winds suddenly surged through this pitch-black passage—winds capable of instantly obliterating even God Emperor Realm cultivators!
If Miyano Akemi had not reacted quickly and hurriedly pulled out a divine artifact to shield them all...!
Although Ingrid, Mizuki Shiranui, and the others all possessed means of saving their own lives, injuries would certainly have been unavoidable!
"This is bad, this is bad!"
"The barrier from your protective divine artifact is about to give out! Are we seriously going to die in this long, dark passage before we even lay eyes on the ruins?!"
Seeing the barrier covered in dense, inch-by-inch cracks, Ling Suning—who had shamelessly forced her way into clinging to the girls' thighs—could not help but reveal a panicked look!
After all, the violent astral winds outside were simply too terrifying. Any ordinary cultivator below the God Emperor Realm caught within them would have both body and soul shredded to pieces and utterly annihilated in less than a breath!
Even body cultivators who had tempered their flesh to the extreme would be left severely crippled by astral winds of this scale even if they were lucky enough to survive. Their path of cultivation might even be cut off completely!
As for Angel Leng, their protector, she too had concealed herself in the void and followed them into this dark,