Li Xiaoya's body drifted across the lake of golden liquid like a piece of driftwood, showing no sign of waking...
The Golden Light Barrier above the Mountain Valley still protected the entire bowl-shaped valley, its surface as smooth as a mirror!
"Bang! Bang!" Threads of spatial light above the Golden Light Barrier kept erupting, shooting down to strike it. Golden light splashed everywhere, and the barrier trembled incessantly...
Stranger still!
The golden liquid grew clear at an ever-increasing pace. Before long, it turned into specks of starlight that shimmered and surged into the sky, replenishing the Golden Light Barrier...
Meanwhile!
In the skies of the Second Layer!
"Aooo! Aooo!" The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast's enormous body hurtled forward through the air!
Down on the ground, red light and flames erupted all over the Three-Headed Charging Bull Beast as he madly pursued the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast. His three enormous bull heads blazed with red light, and with a succession of "Boom! Boom! Boom!", they spat out streams of red flames at the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast overhead!
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast kept dodging, looking desperately anxious.
"One-Horn! Stop struggling and accept your death!" the Three-Headed Charging Bull Beast roared furiously.
The Second Layer had a flight-prohibition restriction, but as Great Immortal Haocang's mount, the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast possessed special hand seals that counteracted it, allowing him to ignore the restriction. That was precisely why he had risked his life to flee to the Second Layer. Although the Three-Headed Charging Bull Beast had a higher cultivation level, he could not fly under the flight-prohibition restriction and could only pursue the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast on the ground.
"Hmph! Catch me first, then talk!" the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast snorted and shouted angrily. Suddenly, golden and orange light burst from his entire body, and