The last time Xia Ruofei had encountered the spirit body in this Stone Chamber, his strongest and most visceral impression had been its blistering speed. Back then, he hadn't even had time to react; even if his mind registered the movement, his body completely failed to keep up.
And that had been when the spirit body possessed Song Wei's physical form. Because it hadn't fully succeeded in taking over her body, its speed and strength had been somewhat restricted—certainly slower than it was in its pure spiritual form. Even so, Ruofei had been forced to rely on the time array flags, using the difference in time flow inside and outside the array to bridge the speed gap. But the spirit body had quickly countered that tactic. Using Weiwei's body as a hostage to make him hesitate, it had advanced step by step toward the time formation.
