"Exactly. That pool is a spirit spring, a full four or five hundred zhang deep. The enormous spatial rift lies deep within its source, surrounded by many smaller spatial rifts. It's extremely dangerous; touch one through a moment's carelessness, and you'll be sucked inside, dying without a place to be buried. But precisely because it's dangerous, it's also an excellent place to hide and escape," Purple Bamboo said.
Shen Luo's heart jolted at those words, but there was nowhere else to hide now. He could only go there.
He moved like lightning, shooting above the pool with a whoosh, then plunged in without hesitation and dove downward.
Shen Luo had barely vanished when the Devouring Heaven Tiger, the Giant Strength Divine Ape, and the eight earthly fiend corpse kings flew over, about to pursue him into the pool.
"Spatial power is fluctuating deep within that pool. There are many spatial rifts, and it's extremely dangerous. Don't pursue him," the bald man's voice rang out from afar. The Devouring Heaven Tiger and the others immediately stopped.
"Master, that man stole my Divine Artisan Cannon! We must get it back!" the earthly fiend corpse king holding the enormous Puppet Armor crossbow said urgently.
"Rest assured. Once Doll City completes its evolution, not just that brat, but everyone who entered the Black Abyss Mystery Cavern will die. Doll City is our foremost priority now. Don't let other matters sprout branches from the trunk," the bald man said gravely.
With that, he stamped his foot on Doll City again. A beam of yellow crystalline light over a zhang thick shot out from within it and struck a cavern wall near the pool.
That cavern wall was covered in brass-colored metal, seemingly some exceedingly precious metal-attribute spiritual material. As Doll City's yellow light sank into