Shen Luo had no mind to answer the Green Ox Spirit's questions. He immediately circulated the Huangting Scripture with all his strength, and golden light surged around him. The phantoms of six dragons and six elephants began to emerge, releasing an incomparably vast aura.
Before the dragon-elephant phantoms could fully take shape, the Golden Cord wrapped around Shen Luo suddenly burst with golden-red light. Layers of bird-seal runes emerged from the radiance, and an immensely powerful Restriction force arose within them.
Immediately afterward, Shen Luo felt the Magic Power pouring from his body get absorbed by the Golden Cord in an instant. It drained away like a burst riverbank, and the dragon-elephant phantoms that had just gathered around him swiftly dissipated along with his vanishing Magic Power.
"What is going on?" Shen Luo was greatly alarmed.
He hastily circulated his cultivation method again, attempting to break free in one burst of effort. Yet the moment his Magic Power stirred, the Restriction runes on the Golden Cord immediately absorbed it all.
"Don't waste your strength. Unless you're a Taiyi True Immortal, don't even think of breaking free from this Gourd-Gold Rope through brute force. If you don't believe me, go ahead and try. I'd like to see just how much Magic Power you have," the Green Ox Spirit said with a smile, loosening his grip on the Six-Chen Whip.
Shen Luo's heart stirred at those words. The golden light around him receded, and he stopped resisting with the Huangting Scripture. A layer of watery blue light appeared instead as he formed a Water-Repelling Art hand seal.
Once the close-fitting blue light appeared, it began expanding outward, trying to force open a little space from within so Shen Luo could escape.
But the instant that light expanded, the Gourd-Gold Rope's divine ability