"Understood, master. The exit of the corridor up ahead..." he pointed to said end, that opened into a large chamber—the true entrance to the chaotic shaft. "I'll place a barrier of my own there. If you stay on this side of it, their spiritual pressure shouldn't be able to get to you."
"All right." Chen Huan assumed his true form. He was clearly planning on going all-out from the start. "Good luck...and come back alive, Chen Huan my friend."
"You bet. I'll show this bastard that he's still two Heavens too early to be messing with a Sacred Beast!"
I focused my senses to extend them to follow Chen Huan. Because of our connection as Sacred Beast and Champion, it was nearly effortless, even after he formed the barrier. I could sense the saboteur, not far below—they were waiting in the first level of the chaos shaft proper.
