A few breaths later, calm returned to the dim valley floor.
Such a bizarre scene sent chills down Qin Ming's spine.
Xiao Zhongren was just... gone?
A cultivator as powerful as a Golden Core Ancestor had been unable to struggle even once.
However, Qin Ming could tell that the terrifying presence inside the cave seemed to be trapped by that black iron pillar and could not come out at all. Moreover, that blood-red tongue had a limited reach—only around a dozen zhang.
Xiao Zhongren had been truly unlucky, standing right beside the black iron pillar.
Just then.
The green Artifact Spirit trapped beneath the red net-like magic treasure suddenly broke free without Xiao Zhongren's control and fled toward the depths of the abyss.
"Trying to run?!"
Qin Ming's gaze sharpened. He had gone through so much trouble and risked entering this place—all for this very thing.
How could he let it escape?
He vanished from where he stood and used the Blood Escape Technique, appearing above the green Artifact Spirit in an instant.
Seeing this, the Artifact Spirit opened its mouth and spat out a swath of green mystic light at Qin Ming.
In an instant.
The scenery before Qin Ming abruptly changed. Three ghostly figures emerged from the void and blocked his path.
The three ghosts had faces pale as ice, gloomy and chilling, and their strength had actually reached the False Core level.
They were none other than Xu Yang and the other two, whose souls had just been devoured by the green Artifact Spirit.
No one knew how the Artifact Spirit had done it, but it had instantly raised the strength of their soul bodies by an entire level.
Qin Ming did not give it another thought. He directly released the Mystic Water Crocodile and the Silver-Winged