The moment that great hand emerged above the Nascent Soul cultivator's head, it was only a few feet wide. Yet as it soared, it absorbed all the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. By the time it reached a point not far beneath Xiao Hua, it had already grown to a zhang in size.
Xiao Hua had naturally seen it long ago and was doing his utmost to flee upward. But when the great hand descended, an irresistible force suddenly arose in the surrounding space. Not only did the true yuan within Xiao Hua's meridians freeze, unable to flow in the slightest, but even his physical body was seized, utterly unable to move!
"So be it!" Xiao Hua's expression remained unchanged. He naturally knew that Nascent Soul cultivators possessed inexhaustible means. He had merely wanted to sneak out from underground, so being captured alive by the other party had not been beyond his expectations!
Moreover, the Nascent Soul cultivator's great hand was quite imposing, glimmering with a ghostly green light. Even the dozen or so Giant Ink Pythons attacking the cultivator nearby hesitated and halted!
"Let's see where else you can run!" the Nascent Soul cultivator sneered, urging his magic power as he prepared to fly up and capture Xiao Hua.
As luck would have it, with a tremendous whoooosh, a massive Ink Sand storm suddenly erupted from the surface, which had already been touched by the aftershocks of the Ink Storm, and came crashing down headfirst!
Swish, swish, swish... Countless currents of the Ink Storm rapidly scoured the Nascent Soul cultivator's great hand. Not daring to be careless, he slapped his hand against his storage pouch, and an emerald-green ring flew out. A thick layer of radiance completely enveloped him!
At that moment, the Nascent Soul cultivator stared almost