In an instant, two extremely powerful Soul Guidance Ray collided.
The light flickered, illuminating the vast underground area of the Illustrious Virtue Hall. A violent explosion erupted from the collision, engulfing the already unconscious Soul Engineer below.
Jing Hongchen's expression suddenly changed. Only when the Soul Guidance Ray collided did he realize that there were still many researchers from the Illustrious Virtue Hall underground. At this moment, he wanted to free up his hands to release a soul-guided barrier.
"Damn it! I can't pull my hand out!"
Jing Hongchen cursed angrily, his right hand veins bulging, his face contorted with rage, as he tried to pull back his right hand that was controlling the Soul Cannon.
However, the collision of the Soul Guidance Ray could not be stopped at all. The Soul Power that kept being output from his hands not only could not be stopped, but also firmly attracted his hands.
Jing Hongchen could only watch helplessly as the terrifying explosion hurtled towards the Soul Engineer below.
Suddenly, Jing Hongchen felt the suction force generated by the collision of the Soul Guidance Ray in front of him weaken abruptly, and a black figure instantly rushed towards the people below.
The speed was so fast that even Jing Hongchen didn't have much time to react.
boom!
The enormous impact instantly swept through the entire underground space.
The confined space combined with the violent explosion nearly doubled the energy generated, causing the ordinary metal used in the construction to suddenly turn red and slowly liquefy.
The heatwave lasted for a full five minutes before the thick dust finally dissipated, allowing Jing Hongchen to finally see the situation beneath her feet.
Suddenly, 'Si' appeared below, and a huge soul-guided barrier protected the unconscious Soul Engineer underground.
Jing Hongchen stared at this scene with a surprised expression, and for a moment he even forgot to turn the Soul Cannon in his hand.
At this moment, he couldn't understand why 'Si' from the Shadow Garden, who was his enemy, would go to save his Soul Engineer from the Illustrious Virtue Hall. After all, the entire Sea God Island of Shrek had been bombed, resulting in heavy losses.
Something that seemed impossible, even absolutely impossible, happened at this moment.
Jing Hongchen asked warily, "What exactly is your purpose? Why did you attack Illustrious Virtue Hall?"
Si put away the Soul Tool Shield in her hand, slightly raised her head to look at Jing Hongchen in the air, and replied, "Why do I need to remind you of what Illustrious Virtue Hall has done? At this moment, it's not just because of the Illustrious Virtue Hall, but more importantly, you, as the Illustrious Virtue Hall, naturally know what the Sun Moon Empire has done."
Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen was greatly alarmed and immediately realized that she had sided with Xu Tianran, and that the Shadow Garden already knew about Xu Tianran's collusion with that Evil Soul Master.
He hadn't expected that such a secret matter would be known by the Shadow Garden, and he didn't even have time to marvel at the power of the Shadow Garden's information network.
Instinctively, the countless Soul Cannon behind him immediately aimed at the Ju Zi below.
"In that case, stay!"
Jing Hongchen's eyes narrowed, his killing intent boiling. He had no other choice; the only solution now was to leave as many people from the Shadow Garden alive as possible.
If all that's needed is to buy some time, Xu Tianran will naturally send those people to provide support.
Undeterred, Ju Zi let out a delicate shout, her long legs sank down, her Soul Power surged forth, and with a burst of strength from her waist, the black longsword flew straight towards Jing Hongchen.
At the same time, her storage ring flashed, and several Soul Cannon appeared. Her black robe immediately separated several tentacles to connect the Soul Cannon to them.
Soul Power was transmitted into the Soul Tool through the tentacles.
In an instant, several dazzling beams of light followed the longsword and attacked Jing Hongchen.
Jing Hongchen dared not be careless and immediately took out his level nine Defensive Soul Tool and released it. The Soul Cannon behind him was also fully charged and collided with the attack released by Ju Zi once again.
For a time, neither of them could determine a winner.
Meanwhile, beneath Illustrious Virtue Hall.
Ke Ke, leading dozens of members of the Shadow Garden behind her, had arrived at the deepest part of the Illustrious Virtue Hall through the passage that Huo Yuhao had suggested opening.
Wow!
A tremor ran through the ground, and a lot of soil and rocks fell down.
Ke Ke finally realized where they were.
This is a dark and secluded corridor, illuminated only by a few dim Soul Guidance Lamp.
"Lord Si is giving us more time. Act now!"
Ke Ke gave instructions to the people behind her.
The members of Shadow Garden immediately sprang into action, taking out sophisticated Soul Tool from their Storage Soul Tool to begin their investigation.
"The thing is over there."
At that moment, one of the members made a discovery and immediately pointed to the deepest part of the corridor.
The remaining members nodded to each other and, at Ke Ke's signal, immediately headed in that direction.
Ke Ke reminded the members who had disappeared into the darkness, "Be careful! If there's any danger, evacuate immediately and give me a signal!"
"Clear!!!"
A chorus of replies echoed from the darkness, followed by a series of hurried footsteps as they slowly disappeared from the scene.
Ke Ke didn't follow. Instead, she reached out and took off her hood, then took out a lighting Soul Tool to illuminate the surroundings.
The air here was murky and cold; she didn't really like it.
Ke Ke frowned and stretched out her slender fingers to touch the cold wall in front of her.
"Not here."
She touched the wall with one hand as she walked in another direction.
The movement was slow; the fingers traced the cold metal wall meticulously, as if afraid of missing some detail.
Ke Ke wasn't in a hurry. Even though the place would shake from time to time due to the battle above, she still carefully explored the walls.
Suddenly, she felt her finger touch a tiny bump.
The protrusion is very inconspicuous; if you were to casually brush past it, you would not even notice it. If a careless person were to look for it...
Even if he touched that tiny bump, he would probably subconsciously think it was his imagination and miss it.
Fortunately, Ke Ke noticed the protrusion.
Ke Ke raised the illumination Soul Tool in her hand to light up the area where her finger was touching. The inconspicuous protrusion was difficult to distinguish even with the naked eye.
This confirmed to her that this was the place she was looking for.
"According to what 'Si' said, then the next step should be like this..."
Ke Ke reached out and pressed down the small protrusion. The next moment, a noisy grinding sound of gears suddenly rang out, and the surrounding walls also emitted a mournful wail like that of a vengeful ghost.
A metal door suddenly opened behind Ke Ke.
"Cough cough cough... There's so much dust."
Ke Ke waved away the dust in front of her and turned to look at the door that had appeared.
Whoosh!
A foul, fishy stench immediately wafted out from the open door.
Ke Ke frowned and threw the illumination Soul Tool in her hand inside, illuminating a corner of it.
It was a bright red, viscous scarlet liquid that spread throughout the wall and was still slowly flowing down it.
This room seems to be filled with an eeriness!