Black mist stretched across the heavens, smoke billowed over the earth!
The earth-shaking thunderous roar made their eardrums buzz and swell, threw their True Qi into disorder, and left them unsteady on their feet.
They felt as though they had suddenly been set atop a raging flood, swaying helplessly from side to side, and had to exert every ounce of strength merely to steady themselves!
When they looked up, they saw clouds and mist darkening everything, as though a tempest had suddenly descended.
Within moments, even the last faint glimmer of light was swallowed up by the black mist.
East and west were indistinguishable, north and south impossible to tell apart!
It was utter chaos, so dark that they could not see their own hands, nor make out anything even inches away!
"An art that seals heaven and earth..."
The instant the black mist began spreading, the World-Escaping Shuttle had already shot a burst of blue light from within the Purple Mansion, seeking to shift out of this stretch of heaven and earth for the time being.
But like a guttering candle in the wind, its radiance dispersed in an instant, accomplishing nothing.
"What a formidable technique... even stronger than that time with Wei Wanhua. I can't shift even an inch!"
Horrified, the World-Escaping Shuttle soon understood, and his expression grew more alarmed.
"They came prepared long ago, waiting until you left the Dragon Palace's territory before making their move! Good thing you took this Dragon Palace carriage and traveled more slowly.
The World-Escaping Shuttle could shift through the void, and traveling with him would clearly have saved time, yet Chen Heng had chosen not to use him, instead accompanying the Dragon Palace's general and elite soldiers.
"What would you do then?"
"If I had shifted you to Shouyang Mountain's