The newcomer was none other than Li Youhe, Sect Master of the Netherworld Sect!
He, too, spotted Gu Yuanqing the moment he appeared. A cold sneer curled his lips as he formed a hand seal.
Driven by his hand seal, the murky yellow phantom of the Yellow Springs River suddenly expanded and accelerated!
It was as though a true tributary of the Nether River had broken through the boundary between yin and yang. Bearing a terrifying Dao rhythm that dragged all things into oblivion and corroded divine souls, it surged toward Gu Yuanqing and the entire Qian Yuan Island behind him, threatening to drown them!
This was one of the Netherworld Sect's supreme secret techniques—Yellow Springs Crossing!
Though it seemed to be no more than a phantom, anything it touched would have its flesh immediately corroded by Yellow Springs energy, its vitality devoured, and its divine soul dragged into the Netherworld.
It was both a secret technique and an extension of Li Youhe's own heavenly human realm.
Facing a Netherworld secret technique that could make cultivators of the same level give it a wide berth, Gu Yuanqing merely extended his right index finger and lightly swept it across the phantom river.
His movement was casual and effortless, without the slightest trace of aggression, as though he were brushing aside a curtain blocking his path.
There was no violent clash of energy, no dazzling brilliance. The ferociously advancing phantom of the Yellow Springs River silently broke apart down the middle!
It was as if an impassable chasm had suddenly appeared. The phantom river before that chasm could no longer advance an inch, while the portion beyond it instantly dispersed.
It was as though that single sweep of his finger had severed the connection between space and the Netherworld law that formed