The vibration deep within the fissure grew more violent than before. Inside Ye Fan's Inner World, the stellar core grew so hot it threatened to scorch his Sea of Consciousness—this was the strongest warning of danger he had experienced since his rebirth. He braced one hand against the ground while his other hand gripped Lin Zhaoyue's wrist. The warmth radiating from her palm reminded him of how their five auras had woven together into a ball of light in the void when they combined their strength moments earlier. "To the stone tablet!" he shouted over the deafening roar. "The runes resonated during the previous sealing attempt; the solution might be hidden there!"
Lin Zhaoyue's broken sword hummed in her palm. She grabbed Ye Fan's wrist in return, and the frost crystals on her sword tassel shattered into stardust. "I'll clear the way!" Before her voice faded, her sword qi had condensed into a translucent shield, shattering the oncoming black fog.
Su Qingxue staggered two steps forward, the fragments of her short flute glowing with the blood seeping from her fingertips. Biting her lip, she pressed the blood-stained shards against Ye Fan's back. "The flute music will steady your spirit. Focus." Chu Huāngzhuāng's Golden Silkworm Gu wove a blood-red net above their heads, wrapping toxic fog around Qín Wǎnshuāng's waist and dragging her toward the stone tablet. "This damned fog is corroding the Gu insects! Shuang'er's Stellar Array needs to be faster!"
Chapter 301