It was impossible to distinguish day from night in the fog. Xu Mingxi could only judge the current time by observing the concentration of starlight guided by his first soul skill.
The night was getting late, and since the two Saint Souls had entered, no one had appeared.
The Xiao Family Saint Soul said goodbye and went straight back into the dense fog. He needed to go back and look for Xiao Rui, which was the most important goal of his journey.
Xu Mingxi sat alone, watching the Xiao Family Soul Saint leave indifferently. Now that she couldn't contact her grandfather and her supporters were gone, she had to pretend to be unscrupulous.
She just didn't believe that the fog that even Soul Kings and Soul Saints couldn't stop would be a threat to her grandfather. At best he would be restrained by something.
"Let's go in and take a look."
Chen Qingting stood in front of the ruins, staring at the broken gate in front of her, then glanced at Xu Mingxi, the only outsider. If she didn't agree, she might have to take other measures.
The so-called saviors of her sister and honored guests of the Chen family were all fake. The only thing that made them wary was Xu Mingxi's strength and the mysterious background revealed from the Yuan family's involvement.
Xu Mingxi naturally also saw through the current situation. There were some subtle changes in the appearance of the two Chen brothers when they looked at him. However, who knew whether the protector was there or not.
"Let's go and see together."
The two brothers of the Chen family looked at each other secretly and nodded. Now was not the time to antagonize each other. It is still unknown what dangers are inside. In the end, whether there would be any benefits and whether those benefits were worth their actions to the detriment of each other were things to consider.
Chen Qingting recalled the smoke wolves they had encountered before. Although it did not pose any threat to them, they were forced to enter here.
But its immortal and tireless appearance really scared her. Shaking her head at her brother, Chen Qingting took the lead and walked towards the ruins.
Xu Mingxi followed the two brothers, while the iguana soul saint of the Chen family walked at the end. He always paid attention to the movements behind, but he also paid a lot of attention to Xu Mingxi.
After they entered, the great elder behind them also wanted to follow, but just as he was about to step into the ruins, the broken door suddenly closed and thick smoke began to billow around them.
The great elder's face changed instantly. He couldn't even see because of the smoke. His fourth soul ring flashed and directly hit the gate.
The door was blasted open, and the great elder walked in and saw that the hall was empty. Xu Mingxi and the others had long since disappeared.
After Xu Mingxi and the other three stepped into the ruins, they heard the creaking sound of the door closing. They suddenly turned around, only to see that the door they had just entered had disappeared.
Chen Qingting's martial spirit possessed her and she punched the spot where the door had originally been. The exploding fist collided with the wall but did not cause any damage.
The four people present retreated to the center involuntarily. They saw a thick fog billowing around them, and they heard the hoarse roars of beasts in the fog.
Under Xu Mingxi's gaze, smoke billowed out and a smoke wolf came out of it. Chen Qingting was about to use the same trick again, advancing to parry it head-on, then knocking it down with a single blow.
However, she did not expect that the attack power of this smoke wolf was completely different from the previous one. Chen Qingting's arm was instantly gripped and blood splattered everywhere. The pain made her stop involuntarily. The smoke wolf took this opportunity to shrink back into the smoke.
Chen Qingting retreated back to the team, her arm still bleeding, and she no longer dared to attack at will.
The monster in the smoke would not miss this opportunity. The wolf-shaped one came from behind and the tiger-shaped one came from the front. The two of them attacked everyone from the smoke together.
Chen family soul saint Chen Xi stopped the tiger form, Xu Mingxi's star net slowed down the speed of the wolf form, Chen Qingting's fifth soul ring lit up, and she attacked with one claw, smashing it to smithereens.
The two smoke monsters were defeated and turned into mist and returned to the dense mist, preparing for the next attack. Xu Mingxi and the other three people looked around vigilantly, and their mood instantly plummeted sharply.
The monsters that transformed from the mist were immortal and tireless, but their soul power and physical strength were limited, and they had no capital to waste.
"Come on, let's go into the smoke. You guys lead the way. I'll protect the surroundings."
At the critical moment, Xu Mingxi stood up and entered the fog. Monsters could attack from any direction, and only the Star Guard could protect the four of them.
He could feel the intensity of the star power around him. Perhaps it was already night, when he was at his strongest.
The others had no other choice but to believe that Xu Mingxi could truly protect them.
Chen Qingfeng carried Xu Mingxi on his back, and a brilliant crown of stars appeared. The fourth and fifth soul rings lit up at the same time, and the stars twinkled, forming a flowing curtain of light enveloping everyone in the center.
This was the first time the three members of the Chen family had seen Xu Mingxi's fourth soul skill. They were so shocked that they took Xu Mingxi and rushed towards the thick fog. This was their only way.
There weren't as many monsters within the thick fog as one might imagine. From what Xu Mingxi observed, there seemed to be only one wolf and one tiger attacking them.
The intensity of its attack was roughly equivalent to an ordinary attack from a Soul Emperor. Xu Mingxi could still hold out for now, but each attack made his face paler and paler.
"Hurry up, I can't hold out any longer."
At Xu Mingxi's call, the three members of the Chen family held hands and ran wildly in one direction. They had spent more than half of their soul power, but they still didn't seem to have touched the border, there wasn't even the slightest trace of the border.
"Stop, we can't continue. If we continue forward, we won't even have the soul power to fight these two monsters."
Xu Mingxi was carried on Chen Qingfeng's back. She briefly scanned her surroundings and thought, but she didn't even realize the boundary of the thick fog.
Her mind was in turmoil. She pinched herself hard, forced herself to calm down, and began to think.
On the Douluo Continent there are only soul beings, gods, human soul masters, and soul guides. If we don't take the gods into account first, the chance of meeting them is very small.
There is also no way that soul beings and human soul masters can stop Titled Douluo and trap the four of them here. This is basically beyond this category.
Xu Mingxi's mind kept recalling the information he had read in the Star Crown Sect and the original works he had read in his previous life, and he felt extremely anxious.
The great elder of the outside world looked at the four people lying in the empty hall, a strange soul guide hovering above the center of the hall, and the soul bones exuding bright light inside, and his heart was filled with indescribable worry.
This soul guide was obviously aimed at spirits. Even he was fooled when he first entered. Could Mingxi really find the flaw?
The Great Elder wanted to directly destroy this strange soul guide tool, but he was afraid that it would affect Xu Mingxi's mental power, so he could only watch the soul power in his body disappear.
If in the end, Xu Mingxi's soul power was almost depleted, he would take direct action, and he wouldn't be able to care about so many things at that time.