At the critical moment, An Chen snapped his fingers, instantly swallowing Yu Tianyao and Big Ears into the shadows below.
An instant before he went in, Yu Tianyao unleashed a lightning strike.
An Chen had temporarily drawn them into his Soul Skill's Shadow Space without connecting it to the Shadow World or any other dimension, so Yu Tianyao and Big Ears would be safe for now.
An Chen himself, however, could not move because his feet had turned to stone. The petrification spread faster and faster until it reached his knees.
Thunder boomed, and a bolt of blue lightning descended from the sky, striking An Chen's petrified legs.
Yu Tianyao's lightning strike had arrived, attempting to blast apart his petrified legs.
Unfortunately, as the lightning hit the stone and arcs danced across it, his legs remained completely unscathed.
An Chen had never expected him to break the petrified legs apart. The instant the lightning fell, he condensed a flaming longsword in his hand and swung it hard at the unpetrified flesh above his stone knees.
With a sizzling slash and a flash of black flame, An Chen toppled forward.
Just then, the stone wave surged up from behind and crashed into the legs An Chen had left standing, instantly crushing them and absorbing them into itself.
An Chen activated his skill again, attempting to melt his flesh, sink underground, and escape.
Unfortunately, the stone wave seemed enraged at having missed him. Its speed abruptly increased, and it engulfed An Chen in the blink of an eye.
An Chen took the opportunity to turn into a puddle of flesh and merge into the stone wave.
He had not died, however. As a Shepherd, he had already fully digested the Rose Bishop Potion. As long as his Spirituality survived, he would not