Ling Hun told Cui Wugu to stay inside the temple for now and keep out of sight. He walked out of the hall himself, gave his body a shake, and vanished.
One of Kongtong's Monster Daoists caught sight of him and started in alarm. He sent a voice transmission to his fellow disciples. "I think I just saw Ling Hun."
"How could he be down there? Wasn't he supposed to be in the south?"
Everyone turned to Evil Mute Yuan Da. Yuan Da was equally puzzled. He thought the results calculated by Chen Yufeng and so many others could not possibly be wrong. After probing with his life-bound god-demon, he said, "I can sense everyone down there clearly. Ling Hun isn't among them."
The Kongtong cultivators all asked whether the man who had spotted him had been mistaken.
"There's no chance I mistook him! I'd recognize that bastard even if he were burned to ashes!"
"Fine! Whether he's there or not, we've already finished setting up the Nine Heavens Capital Seal Ghost-Slaying, Form-Capturing Grand Formation. All the better if he's inside. We'll wipe him out too and finally vent the bitter resentment we've carried ever since he wronged us!"
After some discussion, they intensified their spellcasting. First, they sealed off all the space surrounding the Daoist temple, determined not to let so much as a fly escape. Then they began using the Nine Heavens Capital Seal Great Method to seize souls, intending to kill everyone inside, one after another!
The eight men presiding over the formation first targeted eight young Daoists and cast their Spells to seize their souls.
They had assumed that, since these young Daoists had only recently begun their training, their primordial spirits could be snatched away with ease. Instead, Spell after Spell produced no response whatsoever.