Just then, a black shadow shot over from ahead. It was Soul-Snatching Horse-Face.
Shen Luo hurriedly put away the Heaven-Turning Seal. This seal was an ancient supreme treasure and still renowned far and wide; it could not be seen by outsiders.
Just as he put away the Heaven-Turning Seal, Soul-Snatching Horse-Face shot over. His face was pale, and he panted heavily. Clearly, he too had suffered a Divine Soul attack within the gray space and was seriously injured.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, you were the one who broke that Restriction just now, weren't you? What a terrifying Restriction. If I had remained there a moment longer, even if I survived by luck, my Divine Soul would have been gravely damaged." Soul-Snatching Horse-Face glanced around twice and spoke with lingering fear.
"That gray-space Restriction was deliberately set up here. Its purpose was to stop those using the Earth-Escaping Technique to descend," Shen Luo said.
"So someone truly is manipulating this from behind the scenes! That person deserves to die! However, in my current state, I truly lack the strength to continue onward. Fellow Daoist Shen, wait for me a moment. I will be ready soon." A sinister gleam flashed in Soul-Snatching Horse-Face's eyes. He took out a pitch-black pill, swallowed it, then sat cross-legged and began refining it with his cultivation.
Shen Luo frowned at this, but Soul-Snatching Horse-Face had already sat down, so he could not very well disturb him. He could only wait nearby.
At that moment, Shen Luo sensed something and turned to look behind him.
A black figure shot over. It was Zhao Feiji. He held a white ghostly shadow in each hand, apparently the two skeletal monsters that had pursued them earlier. At some point, they had fallen into Zhao Feiji's hands and shrunk to one-tenth their