Shen Luo and Zhong Kui sped forward. Within a few breaths, they had reached the edge of the encirclement and were about to break free completely.
Countless beams of blood-red light suddenly surged from the void ahead. A massive crimson banner that blotted out the sky swept out from within, blocking their path!
"Don't even think of escaping!" A figure stood atop the great banner—it was Nine Nether.
As his words fell, he grabbed at the air with his right hand. Countless blood clouds rose from the crimson banner, churning as they swept toward Zhong Kui and Shen Luo.
An earth-shaking baleful aura descended. Struck by it, Shen Luo's vision immediately went black, and he nearly passed out.
"It's the Chi You Banner! I'll hold him back—Fellow Daoist Shen, leave now!" Zhong Kui's expression changed, and a trace of resolve flashed through his eyes. He opened his mouth and spat out a mass of black qi, which merged into the Ghost Eye on his finger.
"Senior Zhong Kui!" Shen Luo was alarmed.
He could see clearly that the black qi Zhong Kui had spat out contained more than half of his Divine Soul power. He was risking his life!
The mass of black qi Zhong Kui had expelled was instantly crushed by the vortex. The black vortex suddenly swelled, expanding more than tenfold in an instant. Like a giant maw that could swallow the heavens, it bit down on the crimson banner.
The blood clouds on the banner also poured into the black vortex, and the baleful aura permeating the area immediately dissipated.
"You've pushed your Ghost Eye Acupoint to this extent. Aren't you afraid of having your soul utterly destroyed, without even a chance at reincarnation?" Nine Nether's body was also caught by the vortex's force, and he had