"You're those Outer Dao practitioners! Elder Yan, how dare you collude with the Outer Dao!" At Elder Wu's words, Li Chen turned to Elder Yan.
"Elder Yan" burst out laughing. "I'm from the Righteous Qi Continent to begin with. I was ordered to infiltrate this place and act as an inside agent. What collusion are you talking about?"
"What? You're from the Righteous Qi Continent?" Li Chongyang exclaimed in shock. "No wonder so much information leaked before. You tipped them off for the ambush we suffered last time too, didn't you?"
Elder Wu waved a hand. "Yan Qi, don't waste words on them."
Then he addressed the others. "Don't bother trying to stall for time, either. I've already enveloped this place with the Earth-Covering Cloud-Banishing Banner. Unless someone outside comes close to investigate, no one will notice anything amiss."
Yan Qi nodded at his words and took up a position to one side, helping surround Li Chen.
Hearing this, the others hurriedly sent strands of divine sense probing their surroundings.
They immediately discovered that, at some unknown point, dense black shadows had spread across the surrounding walls. Vast amounts of void primordial energy lay within them, sealing the warehouse off from the outside.
Their divine sense could not penetrate it at all. Once it sank inside, they felt the emptiness of the void, as though they stood before an abyss.
They tried tapping it through remote manipulation, only to find it as solid and tough as a physical substance.
That was the world barrier of a grotto-heaven world. Battle Puppets rated five-star or above often used this power to fashion powerful armor. They would likely find it difficult to break through in a short time.
Li Chongyang transmitted his voice. "The Earth-Covering Cloud-Banishing Banner... that sounds like a magical treasure