The car entered an area full of strange and towering stones two hours later.
As soon as the car entered this place, Peter Brown felt an uneasy sensation rising in his heart.
After glancing around, Peter’s gaze sharpened, and he knew that the trap should be here.
"Almost there. After passing through this area, we will arrive," Stephen Taylor said, seemingly relieved.
The car stopped in the central region, and Stephen Taylor said, "Everyone, get out and take a break. We’ll continue on afterwards."
When everyone got out of the car, Maisy Spencer walked over to Peter and said, "Why do I feel unsettled?"
Ella Johnson also felt anxious, saying, "I have the same feeling."
Both Mr. Gray and Henry Thompson clearly sensed the danger and moved towards Peter and the others.
At that moment, Peter’s gaze sharpened. He saw Stephen Taylor, Emery Robertson, the driver, and two other people stand in five different positions. Then, each of them took out a knife without any hesitation, and directly stabbed it into their own chest.
Ella Johnson had never seen such a thing and screamed on the spot.
Everyone was shocked to see their self-mutilation, not knowing why they did it.
"Soul-subduing Array!"
Stephen Taylor yelled, and then incessantly recited an unintelligible incantation.
Following his shout, the area filled with strange stones was suddenly enveloped in a mist, and the scenery started changing, giving off an eerie atmosphere.
This was a completely deserted area, and Peter and the others were instantly trapped in the formation.
Ella Johnson, frightened, immediately hugged Peter as if only being close to him was safe.
Maisy Spencer was not slow either, and also grabbed Peter’s hand.
Both women were terrified at this point.
Meanwhile, the two bosses had disappeared into the spinning formation.
"Soul-subduing Array!"
Upon seeing this formation, Peter’s gaze sharpened.
The Soul-subduing Array was an ancient witch formation. Its most significant feature was to subdue souls by guiding unknown evil spirits into it. When trapped in the formation, numerous evil spirits would manifest, leaving ordinary people with little, if any, resistance.
Peter summoned a protective talisman for himself, and then activated the protective talismans for the two women as well.
A faint layer of light appeared around the three of them. Previously shrouded in darkness and fear, the two women were amazed to see the light emanating from their bodies.
When Ella Johnson quickly took out the jade talisman Peter had given her, she saw that the light was indeed coming from it.
Upon seeing this, Maisy Spencer exclaimed in surprise, "Peter, so you’ve always been guarding against them. Why didn’t you say so earlier?"
Both women were intelligent and immediately understood that Peter had been cautious.
"I only had doubts and wasn’t sure. Besides, I wanted to see the mining here."
Peter’s words made the two women breathe a sigh of relief.
However, at this point, the formation had been completely activated by the blood of the five individuals and was continuously strengthening.
The eerie atmosphere was growing stronger, and various evil spirits lunged at the three of them, their sharp cries chilling to the bone.
Both women had never experienced anything before. They were completely terrified and could only hold on tightly to Peter, afraid that they might lose him if they were careless.
At this moment, Stephen Taylor’s voice came from outside the formation.
"Peter Brown, you ruined many of our Sect Brothers in the South Sea! Today, we’re going to make sure you die a soulless death!"
Peter smiled and said, "You think a formation can trap me?"
"Hmph, Peter Brown, we know you’re capable and resourceful, but this is a Soul-subduing Array. Guided by witchcraft, the evil spirits that come here will become stronger and stronger each time. Even a Qi Refining Fifth Level cultivator may not necessarily survive. I’d like to see how you can get out of this."
"Emery Robertson, what’s your story?" Peter asked.
At that moment, Emery Robertson’s voice came, "Handsome, I’m sorry, but among the people you destroyed in the South Sea were my fiance and a senior from my Master’s Sect. It’s an order from my Sect to kill you."
"So this must be the mining area for the rough stones you mentioned. No wonder you set up a formation here, using the stones’ spiritual energy to strengthen the formation," Peter quickly figured out the situation and asked.
"As expected, you’re a formation master. However, even if you understand formations, what can you do? This formation is constantly changing, and breaking it requires time. Under the influence of spiritual energy, the power of evil spirits will be greatly enhanced. You have no chance. If I were you, I would hurry to find a way to break the formation."
As he spoke, Peter heard someone chanting a strange incantation in a loud voice.
With the incantation being recited, when Peter looked at the formation, evil spirits appeared out of nowhere and lunged at them, their sharp cries accompanied by constant biting attacks against their defenses.
"Peter, what should we do?"
Both women, having heard Peter’s conversation with Stephen Taylor, looked at him worriedly.
Peter smiled and tried to appear calm. He knew that the two women had never experienced anything and that he was the only one who could lead them out of here.
"Emery Robertson, what happened to our two companions?" Having been tempered in the business world, Maisy Spencer boldly asked.
"Those two are dead!" Stephen Taylor shouted back.
Hearing this, Maisy Spencer sighed. She hadn’t expected such a situation where the two bosses would die so inexplicably.
However, Peter laughed, knowing that they were probably not dead but only unconscious. Now, they should be in the hands of Stephen Taylor and the others. There should be no danger to their lives as long as they were unconscious inside the formation.
"Hold onto me, I’ll take you out."
Now that Peter had figured out the situation in the formation, he was prepared. He took a jade talisman from his ring and then threw it at several locations.
It seemed that Peter was randomly throwing jade talismans, but in fact, only he knew that his talismans were hitting the formation eyes just right, effectively suppressing the formation.
It was an ancient method to break witch formations, a method that only Peter had. No one else could have done it.