Ghost Suanni traveled downstream along the river.
Suddenly.
He sensed an abrupt disturbance in the spiritual energy at the riverbed ten miles ahead.
Ghost Suanni immediately grew vigilant, extending his spiritual sense in all directions without restraint.
Then his heart clenched.
For abnormal spiritual-energy fluctuations had appeared one after another in every direction around him.
Without time for further thought, Ghost Suanni shot skyward, intending to flee the river's surface.
"Ghost Suanni, where do you think you're going?!" Song Wen's furious shout rang out.
The next moment, a short spear gleaming with lightning pierced the water's surface and shot toward him.
Ghost Suanni's expression froze at once.
He hurriedly brought out the Yin Soul Banner.
In an instant, thick ghostly qi, dark as ink, surged from the banner.
Like a flood dragon bursting from the water, the ghostly qi bared its fangs and claws as it lunged at the incoming short spear.
Ghost Suanni knew full well that the ghostly qi he had summoned could not possibly stop Song Wen's short spear. At most, it could hinder it for a moment or two.
He swept up a gust of yin wind and fled toward the depths of the riverbed.
Quite a few hidden caverns lay scattered across the bottom of this river.
In particular, the stretch of river where he currently was had a riverbed riddled with hidden caverns.
Some of these caverns were only several or several dozen zhang deep, while others were unfathomably deep.
Moreover, these caverns intersected with one another in a tangled maze.
Ghost Suanni intended to use these hidden caverns to escape.
With his spiritual sense fully spread, he quickly selected, from among the many caverns, a deep passage whose destination was unknown.
Just as the cavern was within reach.
Abruptly.
A transparent barrier lit