Without hesitation, Shangguan Xingyue turned and sprinted in another direction!
She moved extremely fast, each step landing on the appropriate hexagram position to conceal her presence!
Against an ordinary Black Rakshasa, this would certainly have worked.
Ever since Shangguan Xingyue had been captured and brought back, a deity had possessed her and controlled her movements. Kong An had been exceptionally cautious about this.
But the one pursuing her now was Zhan Si.
Though stripped of his title as Sinpo, he still possessed a Sinpo's strength!
Zhan Si maintained his pace. He could go no faster.
Shangguan Xingyue had merely reacted in time. She was nowhere near strong enough to outpace Zhan Si, and her hexagram positions were equally useless. The distance between them was closing rapidly!
She fled far from the Bright Consort Palace, passing at least five or six other halls.
Here lay a hillside with no more buildings. Rather than sloping gently downward, it ended at the Cliff Platform. A tower stood before it, but only its framework had been erected. Its sides were full of gaps, as though awaiting bricks and stone.
Palm-sized black objects were stacked neatly along the lowest level of the framework, their glaze thick and dark.
In a fleeting glance, Shangguan Xingyue suddenly spotted a great many people standing beside the tower.
They had not been there a moment earlier. Now they had abruptly appeared.
They were all women, youthful in appearance, their expressions wooden and empty.
Then the women advanced with delicate steps, surging toward Shangguan Xingyue!
Their movements looked slow, yet within a few breaths, they had completely blocked her escape!
Shangguan Xingyue's expression changed drastically. She immediately pulled out her remaining Seven Yin Arts Talismans, trying to intimidate them!
Not only did this have no effect, it made those "Bright