"Jiang Yushan, what did you do to this fairy?"
Su Zhixi's willow brows shot upright as she shouted angrily.
Song Wen wore a smile, his tone calm.
"Rest assured, Fairy. I bear you no ill intent. That rune is called the Myriad Transformations Incantation; it will not affect your soul in any way. Its sole function is to conceal soul fluctuations, preventing soul lamps from tracking you."
The secret art Myriad Transformations Incantation had come from Gu Que.
Back then, when Song Wen rescued Rong Shao and intended to travel with him to Demonfall Valley, he worried that Rong Luan and Yu Bi would use Rong Shao's soul lamp to track them down. Thus, he obtained this secret art from Gu Que and taught it to Rong Shao.
The Myriad Transformations Incantation could conceal soul fluctuations, but it had one limitation: it could only last for thirty-six hours. In other words, to keep the secret art from failing, it had to be cast anew every three days.
As Song Wen spoke, a surge of Blood Tide suddenly churned beneath his feet and rushed toward Su Zhixi.
Seeing that her longsword could neither advance an inch nor be pulled free from Song Wen's withered claw, Su Zhixi abandoned it and swiftly retreated, intending to widen the distance between them.
But how could her escape speed surpass the surging Blood Tide?
As the Blood Tide drew ever closer, six formation flags, each a foot tall, suddenly appeared before her.
The formation flags spun rapidly around her body, gradually coalescing into a cyan barrier.
At that moment, the Blood Tide had already surged forth. Like raging waves crashing against the shore, it slammed viciously into the barrier, which had yet to fully take shape.
Spiritual light flared brilliantly from the barrier, before it