"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Wei Xuan. You only suffered those minor injuries because you shielded us from the Void Demons' spiritual sense attacks earlier. Now it's my turn to protect you."
As Madam Xuanyin spoke, her flight speed increased considerably.
The spiritual light bursting from her bell also enveloped Wei Xuan, shielding him within it.
Their actions, however, left Dao Lord Shushi and Venerable Gu Huan, whose cultivation was slightly weaker, trailing behind.
Venerable Gu Huan was in particularly dire straits. His soul had already suffered grievous damage. Although he could still keep his mind clear enough to control the circulation of Immortal Essence within his body, he was barely managing it.
He fell to the very rear, and the distance between him and the three ahead continued to widen.
The two sound waves ignored the three in front entirely and surged straight toward him.
Venerable Gu Huan's pupils abruptly contracted, revealing panic and despair he could not conceal.
He frantically drove the Immortal Essence within his body into the pearl.
But it was futile. The pearl could not withstand the two spiritual sense attacks at all, and its spiritual light instantly collapsed.
"Aaargh!"
Another agonized scream tore from Venerable Gu Huan's mouth.
He immediately lost control of his body and plunged into the ground.
The ground had clearly been specially reinforced.
Venerable Gu Huan left a crater only ten feet wide before rolling out of it.
He tumbled for several miles before crashing into an open door and finally coming to a stop.
A figure approached from afar and stopped beside Venerable Gu Huan.
It was Song Wen. Nine gray tentacles still extended from his head-Shadow Void's tentacles.
Immediately afterward, another towering black figure swept over. It was the Void Dragon Vine.
"Shadow Void, Void Dragon Vine, keep watch