“What was that!?” Face filled with surprise, Li Fan subconsciously looked down at the ground under his feet and unleashed his psychic awareness to examine what was under there.

However, it only reached a position about thirty meters below the surface before it was obstructed by a layer of blood and couldn’t go any further.

After hearing the strange sound, the others also unleashed their psychic awareness to scan the surroundings and ran into the same obstruction as Li Fan had.

None of them were able to detect what was under the ground.

“You’re wasting your energy,” Feng Luo said. “That layer of blood was established by our sectmaster. Considering your cultivation bases, none of you will be able to penetrate it with your psychic power.”

BAM!

At that moment, another strange sound rang out from under the ground.

Feng Luo and Yu Tong’s expressions looked increasingly intense, as if they knew something wasn’t right.

“What’s going on? One heartbeat echoing out every once in awhile is quite...