Xiao Hua halted at the edge of the passage, not daring to proceed. He cautiously extended his divine sense little by little, sensing the force beyond the passage that dragged everything downward and drew it in. Suddenly, realization struck him. "This... seems to be magnetic force? A magnetic force that attracts all things?"
Xiao Hua had only read about magnetic force in the Thunder Control Sect's records. He had never imagined that he would encounter it here!
"Magnetic force is also divided among the five elements. Different magnetic forces possess the strongest attraction toward different attributes. It is said that the most formidable magnetic force can draw in all five-element objects in the world! Only things outside the five elements would be unaffected by it! But how could there possibly be anything in this world that lies outside the five elements?" Xiao Hua thought to himself. "The Profound Iron needle should be metal-element. The magnetic force here can attract metal objects. The other five-element objects can also be drawn in, but their pull is not as great as it is on metal-element objects! And... this magnetic force can even suck in divine sense. I'm afraid it is somewhat strange!"
After pausing for a moment, Xiao Hua opened his Eye of Delusion Breaking again. Beyond the scarlet passage ahead, strands of earthy-yellow radiance drifted down like rain!
"Ah, I understand now!" In an instant, Xiao Hua came to his senses. "This magnetic force not only attracts metal-element objects, it also attracts Earth-attributed spiritual energy! That is precisely why Zhong Yaoru exists in a place like this!"
With that thought, Xiao Hua no longer lingered and flew out of the passage.
Before Xiao Hua even emerged from the passage, he set his cultivation art in motion, circulating spiritual power around his entire