The moment the soul drifted out of the bottle, it let out a pleading cry that only Divine Sense could perceive.
"Martial Uncle Fang, I have no grudge against you. Please spare this junior..."
The soul was blurry, looking as though it would dissipate at any moment, but its basic appearance could still be made out through Divine Sense.
"Tang Tian!"
The two elders of the Feng Lineage cried out almost in unison. As the nearly transparent soul continued pleading, it also looked around in panic.
When it saw the two men standing before it, it froze, and its pleas came to an abrupt halt.
"Feng... Feng... Feng... Senior? It is Senior Feng! Senior, save me! Save me!"
After staring blankly for a moment, Tang Tian flew toward the Feng Lineage patriarch without regard for anything else.
But in the next instant, he was flung back by the spiritual-energy barrier surrounding the area. He let out a miserable scream, and his soul turned even more transparent.
Tang Tian's actions caught Feng Second Elder off guard, and he was startled by what he saw.
After Qi Condensation Realm cultivators died, although their souls still possessed formidable possession abilities, they were extremely frail before a spiritual-energy barrier set up by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
With the slightest carelessness, Tang Tian's soul would have been reduced to ashes.
Feng Third Patriarch hurriedly waved his hand, swiftly dispersing the spiritual-energy barrier. At the same time, he flicked the soul-storage bottle with his other hand, and a faint strand of soul power immediately surged from it.
The moment the soul power appeared, it wrapped around Tang Tian's screaming soul, quickly turning his screams into groans.
Although the soul-storage bottle was merely the lowest-grade soul-type magical artifact, as an artifact capable of housing souls, it was