614: The astonishment of the Lingxiao Immortal Sect members

Unlike the other Soldiers, the battle armor on his body was heavier, with the Imperial military emblem engraved on the shoulder plates. The overall sense of oppression he exuded far exceeded that of ordinary Soldiers; he was clearly an elite Soldier wearing Advanced battle armor.

"What?"

Stormy waves surged in Lin Jing's heart as her pupils suddenly constricted, her gaze fixed dead on the Imperial Soldier beside her.

The other party stood there calmly less than three feet away from her, yet she, a Body Integration Stage Cultivator, hadn't detected the slightest movement until he actively revealed himself.

"To actually be able to come to my side without me noticing, being so close and yet remaining undetected..."

She subconsciously took half a step back, a layer of cold sweat already breaking out on her back and slowly sliding down her spine.

"If we really started fighting, wouldn't he be able to take my life directly while I'm completely defenseless?"

The moment this thought popped up, it made her whole body go cold. Her previous confidence in her own cultivation was shattered at this moment.

One could only say that they were indeed a power capable of establishing a foothold in this treacherous Forbidden Ground. This level of concealment and mobility was truly unfathomable, far exceeding the Lingxiao Immortal Sect's estimations of the Forbidden Ground's forces.

Lin Jing secretly felt lucky that she had listened to Jiang Lu's advice and hadn't acted rashly; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

The Imperial Soldier in the Advanced battle armor spoke in a flat tone, devoid of any emotion, mechanically conveying the rules.

"So you are the envoys of the Lingxiao Immortal Sect. My apologies. However, we have our rules. If you wish to enter the depths, you must accept our restrictive requirements; otherwise, you can only stop here."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jing did not respond immediately but subconsciously turned her head to look at Jiang Lu beside her.

Although she was the leader, she knew that Jiang Lu had had contact with the Forbidden Ground's forces before and understood their style of doing things better.

Sensing her master's gaze, Jiang Lu quickly nodded vigorously, her eyes filled with clear affirmation.

She knew that although these restrictions would bind their actions, they were also the only way to enter the Forbidden Ground. After all, she had been brought in the same way before.

Receiving Jiang Lu's confirmation, Lin Jing took a deep breath, suppressed the complex emotions in her heart, and said with a solemn expression.

"Fine. Since we have come to your territory, we will naturally follow your arrangements. We accept all reasonable restrictive requirements."

As her voice fell, the surrounding Imperial Soldiers moved in unison, slowly putting away the energy guns in their hands.

And the starship that blotted out the sky above their heads, under everyone's watchful eyes, rippled with faint energy waves on its surface. The massive hull seemed to be swallowed by mist, gradually becoming transparent and finally vanishing completely into the sky as if it had never appeared. Only the still-stagnant air remained, proving that the suffocating deterrent just now was no hallucination.

Seeing this scene, the Cultivators of the Lingxiao Immortal Sect were all dumbfounded, their faces filled with disbelief.

"My god... such a large flying boat can not only achieve complete invisibility, but it looks like it's also been enhanced with extremely sophisticated stealth Formations. Even my Divine Thought can't detect the slightest residual aura. The strength of this mysterious power is too terrifying!"

A White-robed Cultivator murmured to himself, his tone full of shock as he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

The Green-robed Cultivator next to him patted his chest, his face still carrying the relief of surviving a disaster, and couldn't help but curse.

"Shit! I knew when I was taking my pills earlier, I felt like countless eyes were staring at me, making me feel uneasy. Turns out my intuition was right! This force's monitoring methods are too perverted; we actually didn't notice from beginning to end!"

The other Cultivators also chimed in, their faces full of lingering fear and awe.

The slight contempt they originally held for the Forbidden Ground had long since vanished, replaced only by a deep wariness of this mysterious power.

Lin Jing looked in the direction where the starship had disappeared and sighed inwardly. This trip to the Forbidden Ground would likely be even more difficult than she had anticipated.

Seeing that the people from the Lingxiao Immortal Sect had no intention of resisting, the surrounding Imperial Soldiers immediately stepped forward, their movements precise and efficient.

Each of them held a silver-gray ring-shaped device that looked like a bracelet. Its surface was engraved with fine patterns, and between the lines, a dark purple faint light, originating from the same source as the Forbidden Ground's Miasma, flowed faintly.

This was the masterpiece of the military's research department: a Spiritual Power Restriction Device specifically developed for Cultivators.

The research team had precisely referenced the physiological data Jiang Lu had left behind, analyzed the Meridians' trajectories of a Cultivator's spiritual power circulation, and combined it with the Miasma's property of weakening Spiritual Qi to create this Sharp Weapon for countering Cultivators.

Without redundant words, the Soldiers snapped the bracelets onto the wrists of each Cultivator one by one.

The moment the buckle closed, there was a slight "click," and fine suction points immediately popped out from the inside of the bracelet, adhering firmly to the skin with a touch of coldness.

As soon as she put on this device, Lin Jing's expression changed drastically.

She clearly felt that her spiritual power, which had been dissipating slowly, was now being drawn by an invisible vortex. The speed of dissipation suddenly increased several times over, and the rivers of Spiritual Qi that were originally surging through her Meridians instantly became dried up and sluggish.

She subconsciously tried to circulate her spiritual power to resist this suction, but no matter how she pushed, the Spiritual Qi in her body was like it was stuck in a quagmire, completely unable to be mobilized. She couldn't even emit a faint ripple of spiritual power from her body.

"Truly terrifying..."

Lin Jing looked at the bracelet on her wrist, her eyes full of horror and solemnity as her fingertips subconsciously rubbed the cold metal surface.

"This kind of method that can directly imprison spiritual power and accelerate its dissipation has already exceeded the understanding of the Cultivation World. I'm afraid it really is as the Sect Elders said—this Forbidden Ground power is a Legacy left over from ancient times. Otherwise, how could they possess such inconceivable power?"

Her wariness of this mysterious power deepened further. The pride of a Body Integration Stage Cultivator seemed so vulnerable in front of this small bracelet.

The reactions of the other Cultivators were similar to Lin Jing's. Some tried to activate Spells in a panic, while others tried to pry off the bracelets with force, but all was in vain. They could only watch helplessly as the Spiritual Qi in their bodies continued to drain away. The panic of losing power made many people's faces turn pale.

Jiang Lu, looking at the device that was also snapped onto her own wrist, frowned slightly, her eyes full of confusion as she subconsciously asked.

"Do I have to wear it too?"

After all, she was considered an old acquaintance of the Forbidden Ground.

"My apologies, Young Miss Jiang Lu."

The Imperial Soldier responsible for putting the bracelet on her spoke in a flat tone without any ripples.

"Your current identity is an envoy of the Lingxiao Immortal Sect. According to the rules, all outsiders must wear this device. We treat everyone equally, without exception."

Hearing this, Jiang Lu opened her mouth, wanting to say something more, but ultimately swallowed it back down.

She knew their rules were strict. Since they had already agreed to accept the restrictions, arguing further would be useless, so she could only silently accept it.