"Have I been discovered?!"
Wang Ba's heart sank, and he swiftly withdrew his consciousness from the Boundary Sea!
They were extremely far apart, yet the other man had still sensed him. Regardless of how he had noticed, Wang Ba dared not hesitate. With a thought, the Divine Patterns around him flashed as he tried to escape.
But the instant those Divine Patterns emerged, they vanished with a sharp sizzle!
"No!"
Wang Ba's expression shifted slightly!
His gaze swept around, and only then did he discover that phantoms of Golden Chains engraved with scriptures had silently appeared in the surrounding void, seemingly sealing off the very space he occupied.
"They're here too!"
"Are these rules?! Or something else?"
Sensing those Golden Chain phantoms, Wang Ba dared not hesitate. He transformed into a streak of light and shot away!
But the next instant, the monk's voice sounded directly beside his ear, carrying a faint smile:
"Since you have seen this, lay devotee, I must trouble you to wait here a little while."
Wang Ba's expression shifted slightly.
The chain phantoms suddenly began sliding at tremendous speed, then rapidly contracted!
Wang Ba felt everything around him rush forward!
No, his surroundings were not moving forward. The space he occupied was being dragged back by the surrounding chains!
His consciousness spread rapidly in that instant.
Then he saw the gray-robed monk suspended outside the Hundred-Grass Realm, his sleeve raised slightly. Yet the monk was not looking at him; his gaze remained fixed on the Hundred-Grass Realm before him.
Within the Hundred-Grass Realm, the thousands upon thousands of Fierce Beasts that had been struggling had fallen silent and withdrawn back inside.
His mind raced, countless means of escape flashing through his head in an instant.
But before he could employ any of them, he suddenly