The moment the Black Nails detonated, the wound on the Holy Radiance Sky Falcon's chest tore wide open.
Gray-black flames erupted from its flesh and raced through every blood vessel in its body. Mottled dark patterns spread across its golden wings, and a layer of crimson covered its once-sharp eyes. The Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's pressure surged out of control, making the entire valley tremble.
Bai Jin stepped down from the Signal Tower.
Eighth Soul Skill: Boundless Passage.
Silver ripples swept across the ground, and he entered the mountainside. Seven black-clad Soul Masters hidden in the passage had only just raised their heads when the space around them hardened into transparent cages. No matter how they drove their Soul Power, their bodies remained fixed in place. Even their fingers could barely twitch.
"The bird outside is theirs." Bai Jin walked deeper into the cave. "You're mine."
The leading Soul Douluo's pupils contracted. He bit down hard, crushing a blood bead hidden between his teeth.
Every chain inside the mountain tightened at once.
Nineteen Spirit Hall Soul Masters hung on either side of a stone chamber. Black patterns crawled from the chains into their skin, draining their Soul Power. Hu Liena charged into the cave close behind Bai Jin, suppressing the sacrificial formation with Divine Slaughter's Domain while her Fox Tail wrapped around the two nearest chains.
"I'll save them," she said grimly.
The deacon hanging nearest the entrance had already lost consciousness, and the Soul Power in his chest was faint. Hu Liena did not cut the chain outright. She first severed its connection to the formation with her psychic power, then used a fox tail to support the wounded man. As the clasp left his skin, a wisp of black energy tried to burrow into her palm. Divine Slaughter's Domain