"The lingering aura of the Demonic Beast here... it's so powerful!!!"
Before they even approached the black Stone Pillar, an immensely powerful surge of demonic qi slammed into them like a gust of wind.
"Boom, boom...!"
For a time, wind howled around them.
Even Xiaohei's flight slowed considerably under the buffeting of that powerful demonic qi.
Ping'an suddenly spoke with relief:
"Fortunately, this Hundred Ghosts Night Run drove away all the Demonic Beasts here. Otherwise, even if we found this place, we might not have been able to defeat such a powerful Demonic Beast."
Old Daoist Huang also spoke with lingering fear:
"The creature lurking beside this black pillar might have been a karmic hindrance-class Demonic Beast. Against a Chaos Demonic Beast of that level, even if all three of us fought with everything we had, we might not win."
Xu Taiping tightened his grip on the Jade Pendant in his palm, then nodded.
"This truly is a great fortuitous opportunity with disaster hidden in good fortune, and good fortune hidden in disaster."
Just then, amid successive booms as he tore through the air, Xiaohei forced his way through the wind barrier stirred up by the lingering demonic qi and caught up with the flock of cold crows once more.
"Rumble..."
Almost simultaneously, dazzling Golden Runes began appearing above the towering, enormous Stone Pillar.
"Caw! Caw, caw...!"
The flock of cold crows began circling the enormous black pillar.
Then, amid piercing crow's cries, the enormous black pillar began slowly descending, sinking bit by bit into a Cold Pool below.
Xiaohei, who had already flown above the Cold Pool, immediately hovered in midair and asked:
"My lord, what should we do next?"
Xu Taiping watched the black pillar sinking steadily into the Cold Pool. After pondering for a moment, he said: