The mountain path below narrowed again. As the two sped back down, they had to be even more careful to avoid provoking an attack from the black vortex below.
The boundless green light above continued to stream onward, but it flew straight over their heads.
Although it could no longer strike where they stood, Li Yan still controlled the Guiyi Water-Parting Spike, making it whirl rapidly before them. It transformed into a shadowy shield that protected them both behind it.
He had no idea whether those green-light attacks were controlled by the little girl in the blood-red dress, or whether they might suddenly change direction and shoot toward them...
Several dozen breaths later, the two finally let out a sigh of relief. The Guiyi Water-Parting Spike in Li Yan's hand vanished, and the endless green light overhead no longer shot out from the curtain of light.
The ear-piercing shrieks that had filled heaven and earth moments ago vanished after the final wave of green light. In an instant, the place returned to its previous deathly silence.
That abrupt shift from motion to stillness made this place seem even stranger. Li Yan could even hear Mei Hongyu's violent heartbeat...
"An extremely powerful restriction. We cannot force our way through. Next, I'll try breaking it!"
Li Yan spoke, and Mei Hongyu still heard an astonishing calmness in his voice.
As Li Yan spoke, his eyes remained fixed upward. His earlier test had been to see whether they could force their way through.
Clearly, the answer had been direct: forcing their way through meant facing attacks as terrifying as the ones just now, attacks Li Yan could not withstand head-on.
Li Yan spoke quickly as the aching weakness in his arms steadily recovered with the rapid circulation of spiritual power...
Although the attacks