Yang Xiue looked at the Liu Province Governor's Great Seal Liang Zhaohuang had summoned and said, "Fellow Daoist Liang, put away the Governor's Great Seal first."
"The golden light of Human Way is highly stimulating to the Fierce Beasts in these underground rivers. While it drives off many low- and mid-rank Fierce Beasts, it will also draw powerful ones here to attack."
"When battle becomes necessary, Fellow Daoist, you can summon the Governor's Great Seal again and wield the power of Human Way to suppress them."
Hearing this, Liang Zhaohuang immediately nodded and put away the Governor's Great Seal.
At once, the golden light of Human Way illuminating all around vanished. Liang Zhaohuang could clearly sense that, within the maze-like underground river region stretching in every direction to the west, the prying gazes and surging baleful auras had diminished considerably.
Yet a small number of baleful auras were still rapidly approaching, drawn here by it.
Yang Xiue took out a compass. Its needle resembled a branch of Black Dragon Wood, yet also a dragon horn. It spun within the compass before finally pointing in one direction.
"This way."
As she spoke, Yang Xiue followed the compass's guidance and rode the alligator dragon onward.
Liang Zhaohuang and True Lord Yang Tingguang followed close behind.
This time, however, the three changed their formation. Liang Zhaohuang and Yang Tingguang positioned themselves to Yang Xiue's left and right, slightly behind her. The three formed a triangular formation as they advanced deeper into the underground rivers in the direction indicated by the compass.
As they continued deeper, Liang Zhaohuang noticed that the damaged, destroyed, and intact resource sites within the surrounding underground rivers were growing ever more numerous. This showed that the deeper they went, the more demon kings had fallen and dissolved into the