Miasma filled the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden behind Black Wind Cave, and beast roars shook the heavens. Han Li led the first squad into hiding among the trees, watching the restless spirit beast cubs inside the garden-three third-rank Thunder Flood Dragon cubs were chained within a Spirit Gathering Array, purple arcs coiling around their bodies. Two Core Formation Late Stage cultivators from the Spirit Controlling Sect stood outside the array, while twenty Blood Bat Guards from the Loose Demon Alliance kept watch with crossbows.
"Griffin, scout the core of the Thunder Flood Dragons' protective array," Han Li transmitted. The Magnetic Essence Griffin became a fine gold-and-black streak that swept past the beast pens and sent back an image: [The array core is the Thunderstrike Stone at its center, powered by nascent soul spiritual power. The chains bear Spirit Controlling Contract Seals. Forcibly severing them will trigger a lightning storm.]
"Elder Mo's star-magnetic power can break the contract seals." Star power flowed around Han Li's fingertips as he took out the Star-Magnetic Puppet Controller. "Fifty Magnetic Essence Puppets, heed my command-break the array!"
The magnetic essence crystals in the fifty Magnetic Essence Puppets' joints lit up, and they charged toward the beast pens like a torrent of steel. Seeing this, Thunder Leopard unleashed his Thunder Whip at the puppets. "Impudent thieves! You dare trespass in the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden!" The whip struck their magnetic essence shields, bursting into dazzling sparks. The magnetic essence crystals in their joints actually redirected and reflected the lightning, and Thunder Leopard staggered back with a scream as his own whip struck him.
Windhawk seized the opening to activate the Spirit Controlling Contract Seals. The chains abruptly tightened, drawing agonized roars from the Thunder Flood Dragon cubs. Han Li sneered and poured Grand Void spiritual power