Boundless icy energy spread over the glacier, and beads of ice even began falling from the sky.
All three swiftly retreated. None of them had expected the Ghost Mystery Sect to have another late-stage Nascent Soul grand cultivator hidden away.
Yet just as they were about to leave through the small world's opening...
An icy radiance suddenly blazed beneath their feet.
Jiang Daorong and True Lord Xuan Puppet's expressions changed drastically at the same time.
"This is..."
The intense white light stabbed painfully into their eyes. None of the three dared close their eyes, forcibly enduring the searing pain, but when they regained their bearings, they were nowhere near the small world's entrance.
They had clearly arrived in the center of the small world, with ghost banners rising all around them.
Thirty-six ghost banners formed a Dark Ghost Heaven-Howling Grand Array.
Amid billowing black vapor, countless lesser ghosts wailed and roared, their cries enough to send chills down anyone's spine.
"This is the Star-Turning Shift Divine Ability!" Jiang Daorong had heard of this divine ability, which only deepened his horror.
"True Lord Yin Yuan, aren't you afraid we'll get out and expose you to Xuanming? You deliberately faked your death to escape. That violates one of the demonic sects' gravest taboos!" True Lord Xuan Puppet was both furious and somewhat frightened, but he still forced himself to sound calm.
True Lord Yin Yuan's methods were far more troublesome than they had imagined.
The Star-Turning Shift Divine Ability alone ensured that they could not escape the small world, not to mention the Dark Ghost Heaven-Howling Grand Array confronting them.
Their situation was far worse than they had anticipated.
"You'll have to get out first." True Lord Yin Yuan sneered, then formed a spell seal and directed it toward the array.
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