Nezha unfurled the Red Armillary Sash, turning it into countless tiny crimson threads that silently burrowed underground, passing through rock cracks and soil to envelop the entire underground space beneath Rocky Beach within the sash's sensing range.
These crimson threads lay hidden in the earth, giving off an extremely faint aura. Even Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with keen senses would find them difficult to detect.
Xiao Wu had not been idle either.
With her speed, circling an area several miles wide took no more than an instant. She marked every possible alternate exit and buried several auxiliary poisonous herbs brought back from Sunset Forest near each one. They were not lethal, but they could slow a Soul Beast's movements.
By the time they finished, it was already the following night.
"Everything set up?" Nezha asked.
"Done." Xiao Wu lightly hopped down from a tree. "I planted something at every exit we could find. As long as they come out through any of those openings, we'll sense them."
"Let's begin."
The moment Nezha finished speaking, Er Ming let out an earth-shaking roar. His enormous body leaped high into the air before crashing down into the center of Rocky Beach like a meteor.
Boom—!
The ground shook violently. A massive pit several yards deep was smashed into the center of Rocky Beach, and countless shattered stones shot outward like cannonballs.
Immediately afterward, Er Ming pounded both fists into the ground and unleashed his Gravity Domain at full force.
Gravity within several hundred meters instantly multiplied several times over. Even the air became viscous. Rocks were pressed into the soil, while the ground sank inch by inch with Er Ming at its center.
At the same time, Da Ming unleashed his Slow Domain. Azure light spread in every direction, overlapping with Er Ming's Gravity