Xiao Hua carelessly slipped, his entire body plunging downward. He could not help but be horrified. How was this any different from when he had encountered Xiang Min before?
Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Hua shook his body, and the Phoenix Dharma Body immediately emerged from within him. A phoenix cry rang out as it shielded him. Immediately afterward, Xiao Hua urged his mana, and the flames of the Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal rapidly circulated through his meridians, forcibly pouring mana into his body. Only then did he barely manage to halt himself in midair!
With a boom, Xiao Hua was like a lit match, flames winding around his entire body. By their light, he finally saw his surroundings clearly.
"Ah!" Xiao Hua nearly cried out. Seeing clearly would have been better left undone. Pitch-black mist had flooded every direction around him, with no edge in sight. Within it floated countless indistinct faces—some human, some beastly, some birdlike, too numerous to count. "Damn it, Xiang Min must have tampered with this!" Xiao Hua cursed without even needing to think. "Seeing that he was about to kill the fire ape and thunder beast, that bastard grew greedy and wanted to swallow everything himself. Who knew what he did while controlling the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array! These wrongful souls must have been ones he captured before! Martial Ancestor Zhen may have made preparations earlier, but he was on the other side of the valley—there was no way he could have done anything within the array! Xiang Min activated the array first, and all the Golden Core cultivators got dragged into this mess! Ah, Eldest Senior Brother, Eldest Sister-in-Law, and Xue Xue... I'm afraid their chances of survival are slim!"
The moment Xiao Hua thought of Xue Xue, he grew frantic. He