One of the guards seemed to have noticed Shun Long and Liu Mei walking towards the stairs, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.
Seeing that the guard on the left was about to speak, Shun Long's eyes instantly turned golden, while the invisible figure of an hourglass expanded from his body and covered the 2 middle rank 4 Spirit realm guards.
Placed under the effects of the 'Monarch's Domain', Shun Long had forcibly halted the flow of time around the 2 guards, before he and Liu Mei continued to walk towards the fourth floor without any obstruction.
As soon as the 2 of them arrived on the fourth floor, Shun Long retracted the 'Monarch's Domain', allowing time around the 2 guards to continue to flow once again.
''Halt!''
The guard suddenly shouted, attracting everyone's attention!
People on the third floor turned their eyes towards the guard who was standing in front of the stairs of the fourth floor, including the other guard next to him.
However, there didn't seem to be anyone in front of the guard, making him look like he was shouting at an empty patch of air.
The guard hurriedly turned his head to the left to look at his friend, who seemed to be looking at him with a confused expression as well.
''Was it just an illusion?''
The guard mumbled before he lowered his head in shame, too embarrassed to make contact with the crowd any longer.
At the same time, Shun Long and Liu Mei had already arrived on the fourth floor.
In contrast to the previous floors however, the fourth floor wasn't one vast room that sold pills.
Instead, it seemed to be split into many rooms and corridors, all of them belonging to the high-ranking members of the 'Blood Pill pavilion'.
As soon as they arrived on the fourth floor, Shun Long had Little Black confirm the location of the treasury, as well as that of the 11 peak rank 9 Spirit realm experts.
''Master, the peak rank 9 Spirit realm cultivators are all gathered inside a room at the center of the floor!
As for their treasury, it is filled with protective formations, and it is also guarded by 2 peak rank 6 Spirit realm cultivators. I think that even with master's current cultivation level, it will still be hard to take care of 2 peak rank 6 Spirit realm cultivators at the same time!''
After hearing Little Black's words, Shun Long thought seriously for a good while.
Indeed, even with Shun Long's breakthrough to the early rank 4 of the Spirit realm, it wouldn't be easy for him to take care of 2 peak rank 6 Spirit realm experts at the same time, without alerting anyone in the 'Blood Pill pavilion'.
A few moments later however, he nodded his head, as he and Liu Mei headed deeper inside the fourth floor.
With Little Black's directions, Shun Long knew exactly where the members of the 'Blood Pill pavilion' were and easily avoided meeting them.
Without a Nascent Soul stage expert using their soul sense to scan the fourth floor, it was practically impossible for anyone to find Shun Long, with Little Black scanning the way forward.
After walking through more than half of the fourth floor, Shun Long and Liu Mei arrived at the end of the corridor.
Based on Little Black soul sense, Shun Long already knew, that the 2 peak rank 6 Spirit realm cultivators were right beyond this corridor, standing guard in front of the treasury.
WIth a serious look on his face, Shun Long turned to look at Liu Mei as he said
''Mei'er, I will take down one guard, and will also immobilize the other. You will only have a single breath of time to take care of him!''
Seeing the serious look on Shun Long's face, Liu Mei nodded her head.
She had already heard about the 2 peak rank 6 Spirit realm guards from Shun Long.
Although Liu Mei didn't have any confidence in fighting against a peak rank 6 Spirit realm cultivator head-on, if Shun Long could immobilize them for a single moment, then there was a chance.
Seeing that Liu Mei had nodded her head, Shun Long's eyes instantly turned golden as he circulated the 'Monarch's Hourglass'.
After activating the 'Monarch's Domain', he and Liu Mei both appeared from the edge of the corridor in front of the 2 guards.
The 2 peak rank 6 guards took less than a moment to react, while confused looks had appeared on their faces when they saw the 2 hooded members of the 'Blood Pill pavilion' in front of them.
Shun Long's eyes however were fully focused on the guard on the left while Liu Mei immediately headed for the guard on the right.
Raising his left hand in the air, Shun Long slashed the void in front of him, opening up a space tear, before his right fist immediately followed suit.
As soon as his clenched right fist entered inside the space tear, Shun Long punched forward at full-force, when a booming sound came from the guard's chest.
Crack
The peak rank 6 Spirit realm expert was sent flying through the air, before he collided with the wall behind him, coughing large amounts of blood in the process.
And yet, Shun Long knew that he had failed to hit the guard's heart with his punch!
It seemed that the guard had noticed that something was amiss when Shun Long had tore space open, and causing Shun Long's punch to miss.
Shun Long clearly knew that his punch had actually hit the guard's bones instead of his heart, and even though he was injured, the guard was still alive.
Although his injury was serious, it wasn't lethal, and it wasn't enough to prevent him from shouting for help!
Shun Long however also knew, that he had to ignore this guard now, and turn his attention to the guard on the right, since Liu Mei had already arrived in front of him.
Waving his long yellow-colored sword that had a tinge of black in it, the peak rank 6 Spirit realm guard had an evil smile on his face, as he slashed it towards Liu Mei's waist.
He had already noticed that Liu Mei was just a peak rank 3 Spirit realm cultivator, and knew that she stood no chance against him.
He hadn't even noticed that the other guard had already fallen on the floor and was in a bad condition, while the bloodlust in his eyes intensified as his sword approached closer to Liu Mei.
Shun Long's golden eyes lit up with a powerful blue light as he stared at the guard in front of Liu Mei, before he mumbled to himself
''Time Prison.''