Exposed All Along

No sooner had Danyangzi finished speaking than Shen Luo's voice sounded in his Consciousness Sea:

"To be honest, I've fought that Grain Avoidance Stage cultivator before. His cultivation isn't much to speak of, but he's good at escaping. I hope you won't underestimate him."

Danyangzi paused, slightly startled. This time, Shen Luo had sent the message to him alone.

"I understand. Thank you for the warning," he replied.

No one had any real objection to Lu Huaming's plan, so they held their breath and waited.

Soon, the people inside the barrier began forming hand seals and activating the Magic Formation.

As Xuan Xiao and the others chanted words too obscure to make out, the seven small White Bone Jingguan in the Seven-Lamp Soul-Guiding Formation lit up one after another. Two ghostly green flames burned in the eye sockets of every human skull.

Wisps of black smoke drifted from the trembling flames and spread several yards above the formation, slowly gathering into a dark cloud.

Yin Baleful Qi filled the cloud, where a chaotic vortex was faintly taking shape.

Just then, Xuan Xiao's eyes snapped open. He pointed two fingers ahead, sending a speck of blood-red light from his fingertips into one of the Jingguan altars.

Madam Miao and Blood Child struck as well, placing specks of blood-red light on the other altars.

As their movements ended, a blood-red pillar rose from each of the seven Jingguan altars and reached the dark cloud above.

The instant the pillars touched it, a red glow spread through the cloud. The blood-red vortex that had only just formed began to spin rapidly, releasing a powerful pulling force.

Magic Power surged from Xuan Xiao and the other two seated around the altars like a tide. Each stream spiraled up a blood-red pillar and entered the