Boom!
No sooner had Demon Monk Zhenwu spoken than a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from a black cloud above his head.
At the same time, torrential rain poured down once more.
In an instant, the black lotuses that had been flying above Dusk Rain Forest fell into the forest below, one after another.
"Amitabha. Though Dusk Rain Forest's farewell rain failed to see Zhenwu out, it can still suppress him."
At this sight, Monk Xuanzhi, who stood beside Xu Taiping, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Taiping glanced at Demon Monk Zhenwu, who was racing toward them over the ground in the distance, then turned to Xuanzhi and asked:
"Is flying on objects also forbidden within Dusk Rain Forest?"
Xuanzhi nodded at his question.
"Once the barrier is activated, torrential rain and gang winds fill the skies above Dusk Rain Forest. Unless you're a Demon King-level spirit bird, flying on the wind or on an object is dangerous."
"All the more so for yaomo, whose very presence the barrier rejects."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately had an idea.
He glanced back at the two peaks towering into the clouds behind him, then at the valley between them, and asked without turning his head:
"Master Xuanzhi, if I blocked this valley, how long would it take them to climb over?"
Xuanzhi considered it, then said:
"This valley is also called Butterfly Valley. It's one of Dusk Rain Forest's four exits, one in each cardinal direction. Both sides of the valley connect to the surrounding mountains, forming a natural screen."
"Its purpose is to prevent outsiders from entering and leaving at will."
"Now that all of Dusk Rain Forest's barrier restrictions have been activated, if this exit were blocked as well, ordinary human cultivators would still be all right.