Huo Hai had not entered the second level. He had merely swept through the area around one node. But this was the Nether Soul Grotto, after all. Who knew how many years it had spent absorbing soul power? There were simply too many Wraiths inside.
He would have no shortage of cultivation resources for the time being. Fighting Emperor-Grade Wraiths to the death now simply was not worth it. It seemed it was time to leave. At that thought, Huo Hai flashed away, retracing his steps.
Before long, Huo Hai reached the place where he had entered. His hands rapidly formed seals, sending runes drifting through thin air. Yet even after a long wait, nothing happened. "What's going on? Wasn't it here? No, with my memory, there's no way I could forget such a short route. Or is the location not quite right?"
After some thought, Huo Hai began probing the surrounding area. But no matter how he tried, he could not find the exit. After a long while, his face gradually turned livid. "Damn the Heavenly Soul Sect. I still fell into their trap."
Huo Hai gradually figured it out. He had fallen for the Heavenly Soul Sect's scheme after all. They had not laid two layers of safeguards, but three. The first was naturally their mental power defenses. Ordinary people could not extract information from the minds of Heavenly Soul Sect disciples.
The second was the entry point here. Anyone who entered would arrive very close to a node, where Spirit Emperor Realm Wraiths gathered in packs. Even someone who obtained the information from a Heavenly Soul Sect disciple's mouth through other means would still have difficulty escaping death. And that was only the second layer. If the intruder was powerful enough that even this could not kill