Elder Zhuang's expression changed drastically as he felt an immense pressure, opting to strike first, forcibly gathering his breath despite the deeper corrosion of poison in his body.
Sounds of surging tides emanated from around him, and in the blink of an eye, his spiritual power converged, forming a towering vortex that enveloped both Su Jie and Han Ruyan.
This was a lethal technique from the Nine Seas River Map Technique, a top-level cultivation technique of Guan Chao Pavilion, crafted by Elder Zhuang. Any cultivator caught in it would find their spiritual power suppressed, and their physical body and divine soul torn apart by the vortex.
"Netherworld Burial!"
Han Ruyan raised her left hand, her jade finger lightly tapping.
The towering vortex immediately surged with an aura of death, the vegetation in the mountain forest below withering and falling, the creatures rotting and decomposing.
"What!"
