Atop the gate tower.
Nearly all the high-grade Supernatural Ability Users involved in encircling Little Prince Huai had now deployed and joined the battle outside the pass.
Only five Celestial Surveillance Bureau experts remained beside Wei Xing to protect him, and all their attention was focused on the battlefield.
Buzzz!
Just then, Wei Xing suddenly sensed an eerie, binding force rising from beneath his feet.
Terror struck him. He whipped his head around, only to see the "cold, aloof expert" Xu Ersan had summoned raising an arm and pointing at him from afar.
"You...?!"
Wei Xing cried out and instinctively tried to dodge, only to discover that his feet could no longer move.
Looking down again, he saw that several transparent black threads had bound his legs tight. Those threads had no physical substance; they were manifestations of a spell that bound the "true soul."
Whoosh!
At the same time, Xu Ersan and the five Celestial Surveillance Bureau experts noticed the disturbance behind them and turned to look.
"Don't let them disturb me."
Li Yan wore a luxurious blue brocade robe, his black hair dancing in the wind. His bearing was icy, and the terrifying aura of a fourth-grade Supernatural Ability User was already faintly emanating from him.
The instant he entered combat, his entire bearing underwent a tremendous transformation. Not only was his aura powerful, but he also exuded an indescribable sense of jeweled opulence, along with an arrogance that looked down upon all the heroes beneath heaven.
Back in Qingliang Prefecture, Li Yan's supernatural abilities had all been firmly suppressed, leaving him able to display only the abilities of his "exclusive character." But compared to Li Yan's true self, with his Soul Body united, those tricks were not worth a damn.
After being trapped in Qingliang Prefecture for