Shen Luo came up to "Ghost Vine Venerable," raised his sword, and split the white umbrella hovering over his head. Then he separated another strand of his divine soul and sent it into Ghost Vine Venerable's consciousness sea with a secret art.
Ghost Vine Venerable slowly opened his eyes and exchanged a smile with Shen Luo.
Then the entrance to the space within the Free-and-Easy Mirror opened once more. After looking around, Shen Luo stepped inside.
His soul fragment took control of Ghost Vine Venerable's body again, but instead of attacking the white umbrellas to free the others, he looked up at the beam overhead.
He abruptly swept his hand upward. A streak of blood-red light shot from his palm, and a length of Blood-Red Thorn Vines flew into the air, striking the beam squarely.
A sharp crack rang out.
The beam snapped and fell from above.
In midair, the illusion concealing it dissipated, revealing the pitch-black Soul-Birth Pillar beneath. It slammed into the floor and shattered to pieces...
Almost simultaneously, the entire hall shook with a thunderous rumble. An invisible aura rippled outward from the Soul-Birth Pillar, followed by a powerful restriction aura surging up from underground.
It really was the Soul-Birth Pillar. Delight instantly filled Shen Luo's heart.
Just then, cries erupted all around him, followed by several spells and abilities blasting across the hall, making the entire structure shudder violently.
Ghost Vine Venerable hurriedly dodged aside. When he looked back, he discovered that the White Oil-Paper Umbrellas hovering over everyone's heads had fallen to the floor, and the others had all awakened.
But having awakened so abruptly, they had yet to shake off the illusions' influence and had instinctively unleashed their spells.
"Everyone, come to your senses!" After a brief pause, Ghost Vine Venerable bellowed.
Only then