The Cyclone only got closer and closer as the followers of the skull god started to sustain even greater damage.

"Ahh! Nooo!!!

" Another one of them was sucked into the cyclone and exploded into minced meat.

Seeing that this was only getting worse, the Nascent Soul realm follower decided to bite the bullet and ask for help.

"Oh, Great Prophet! Help us! We cannot hold on anymore!

" They called out.

"Oh? So they finally decided to do this?

" Shirong said upon hearing the words of the followers.

He could very well see the fear on their faces and their inability to hold on against the attack. This was of course an exceedingly strong attack, that even Shirong had to admit he had not seen before.

'Will father even be able to resist something like this if he was at the same cultivation base as me right now?' Shirong couldn't help but wonder.

There were plenty of Strong people in Shirong's clan and there were also people who could fight over their cultivation bases. There was no lack of Ji clan members who hadn't defeated those that were one or two cultivation stages above them.

There were even some extremely talented ones that had managed to defeat other cultivators that were an entire realm above them. One such example of this was none other than the current patriarch of the Ji clan, Shirong's Father.

He was said to be the top prodigy in the Ji clan in over three hundred years now and had been the patriarch for a hundred and fifty years. It was his talent and fighting capabilities that had won him the seat of the patriarch.

Shirong himself was only in his thirties and yet had heard plenty of stories of his father and how he defeated one foe after the other, overcoming tribulations as if they were a child's play.

He had long since wanted to reach the same level like that and he could finally consider that he had reached it.

"Father… Grandfather… Great Grandfather… Ancestor… I have done it.

" Shirong muttered to himself as he massacred five more Nascent Soul realm followers.

But just as he said this, he felt a wave of weakness pass through his body, that made him tremble.

"Huh? What?

" Shirong got confused.

He quickly used his spirit sense to inspect his body and saw what had happened.

"Dammit! This is taking up too much spirit Qi.

" Shirong cursed.

In his body, Shirong could see that his Nascent Soul was now starting to release the spirit Qi that was within it. As for the one in his Dantian and meridians, it had already been used up. And because he was currently synchronized with Lin Wu and their meridians were linked, he did not detect the problem until it was late.

His body simply registered Lin Wu's own spirit Qi as his and thought that he still had a lot of it left.

The wind and lightning attribute spirit Qi cyclone definitely used up a massive amount of spirit Qi such that even a normal Adult Stage Nascent Soul realm cultivator might not be able to sustain it for long.

Whereas Lin Wu and Shirong had already continued it for over a minute now and had managed to kill nearly eight Nascent Soul realm experts, four of which were at the Adult Stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

If one considered it in the manner of investment and return, it was certainly worth it. But it did not do Shirong that good, since his trouble had not ended yet.

~Shua~

A wave of spirit Qi spread from the distance, pulling Shirong's attention for a moment.

"Huh? They took down three more barriers?

" Shirong said, feeling astounded.

The Followers of the Skull god were now at the eleventh barrier and only three more were left before they would be able to reach the central area of the ruins. Shirong took a quick look around the newly exposed area but could not see anything that was of value right away.

"It must be hidden… there is a lot of debris here…

" Shirong muttered to himself.

But while he was thinking this, Lin Wu was having different thoughts.

"System, you seeing this **?

" Lin Wu questioned.

"How are they going through the barriers so fast even when we were unable to do so? And I thought 'we' had the specialty for that.

" Lin Wu said with frustration.

On one hand, Lin Wu was fine with this as the quicker they got to the center, the greater chance there was for them to awaken the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle. But there was also a chance that they might catch her off guard and manage to hurt her.

That was one thing Lin Wu did not want to happen, as she was going to be his trump card in all this.

"It would be best if she can awaken on her own and come see all this…

" Lin Wu said to himself, wishing that it would happen.

Alas! Sometimes what we wish and what we get are vastly different.

~Huala~

~Huala~

Out of nowhere, a massive wave of dark energy came towards the cyclone and towards Lin Wu in turn. The energy was strange, almost sticky in nature. It touched the surface of the cyclone and managed to resist it!

"What? How?

" Lin Wu couldn't help but be surprised.

Shirong was the same, and he tried to see where it was coming from. His spirit sense spread around but met a strange interference in the form of the dark energy.

"It can even affect spirit sense?

" Shirong said in shock.

The dark energy then started to spread more and more until finally, it turned into two large hands. Each of the hands was black and looked to have a fluid surface. In addition to that, the hands also had seven fingers each instead of the usual five.

"That Dao Shell realm cultivator!

" Lin Wu recognized.

His eyes traced the source and there he saw the boy floating in the distance, the energy coming from his hands and trying to strangle the cyclone.