Among the mountains, beneath a certain great mountain, lay an enormous limestone cavern.
Cultivators had transformed the cavern into a vast underground palace.
Many anomalies were kept within the underground palace.
Large numbers of New Method and orthodox cultivators moved through it, observing and testing the various anomalies.
In the deepest part of the underground palace, a huge vertical eye hung silently in midair, tentacles growing around it, twisted and eerie.
At that moment, a spear appeared out of nowhere and stabbed the eye.
The eye bled black blood. Some of that blood turned into tiny eyeballs and burrowed into the air in the direction the spear had come from.
Before long, however, another spear struck.
The spear pierced the eyeball, leaving it rolling through the air in pain, but its main body dared not let out a miserable scream, afraid of alerting the cultivators.
The tentacle-covered eyeball hid all its wails in its blood and transmitted them to the other end, venting its pain that way.
At the same time, it sought a way to sever the medium and stop the attacks.
But the moment it employed its methods, it felt them frozen in place by spells such as the [Immobilization Spell].
Gurgle!
The eyeball swiveled, somewhat bewildered.
Then a third, fourth, and fifth spear struck in succession.
The repeated blows were not fatal, but they truly hurt.
The pain pierced its heart and marrow.
At last, it could not help letting out a wail.
That single wail spread throughout the underground palace.
Within the palace, large numbers of anomalies grew agitated at the sound.
The cultivators frantically suppressed the anomalies, while some higher-ranking members rushed to the deepest part of the palace to investigate.
"Do not come in!"
The eyeball spoke in Dao Language.
The cultivators froze briefly,