In Mingyue Palace, the faces of the people witnessing the sudden change turned somewhat pale. In the instant they sensed something was wrong, following Li Fan’s instructions, they prepared to activate the random teleportation necklaces on their bodies.
However, they were astonished to find that this vital lifeline had lost its effect at this moment.
As the entire Mingyue Lake, akin to a toy, was being pulled upward towards the sky, Su Xiaomei, Xiao Heng, and the others had extremely unpleasant expressions.
“This kind of power is that of a Dao Integration Immortal Sage!” Suddenly, fear and confusion filled their hearts.
But for what? Just to gain a few contribution points?
The small Mingyue Palace couldn’t resist even Soul Transformation cultivators, let alone a Dao Integration Immortal Sage personally taking action.
However, despite their emotions, in front of a Dao Integration Immortal Sage, they could only be like ants, utterly powerless.
Helplessly, they watched as the entire Mingyue Palace rose higher and higher, and they themselves, like turtles in a jar, had nowhere to escape.
“Younger sister, is this the great fortune you mentioned?” Yin Yuetin’s face turned ghastly pale, and she looked at her sister with disbelief.
Yin Yuezhen looked bewildered, at a loss for words.
Then, as if recalling something, she quickly said, “Don’t worry, Senior will definitely make a move! It will surely turn bad luck into good…”
Before she could finish speaking, a loud noise came from outside the Mingyue Palace.
Everyone looked and saw a huge mushroom cloud rising, centered on the Mingyue Palace, expanding rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it covered the entire Mingyue Lake.
In the sky, the one who initiated the explosion, Li Fan, had a pained expression on his face.
Originally, the planned Devouring Startling Spirit Formation was only meant to cover the range of the Mingyue Palace, intending to delay the arrival of a powerful enemy.
But unexpectedly, the unknown Dao Integration expert didn’t directly launch an attack. Instead, he wiped out the entire Mingyue Lake.
It seemed like he wanted to take them somewhere.
With no choice, Li Fan had to spend several times the original cost to expand the self-detonation’s scope.
“It’s fine. As long as we can escape this time, we still gained something.”
Since he chose to take action, Li Fan no longer hesitated. Carefully taking out a black spike from his bosom, he aimed it at the silver thread in the sky and threw it forcefully.
At the moment of the explosion of the Devouring White Mist, the silver thread seemed to encounter a natural enemy and subconsciously contracted for a moment. However, immediately afterward, it ignored the white mist touching it and instead wound even tighter around the Mingyue Lake.
In the sky, faint thunder-like sounds could be heard.
“Devouring White Mist? Hmph, your Mingyue Palace is the head of all evils, disrupting my grand plan. Even if it costs me some lifespan, I must capture you.”
“If I don’t thoroughly deal with you, it will be difficult to dispel the hatred in my heart!”
Before the words fell, a black radiance was pierced into the silver thread.
“Dimension Cleaving Nail? Interesting.”
The radiance of the silver thread dimmed. Then, another black spike shot into the sky.
“Go!” Li Fan’s voice sounded timely.
Without needing Li Fan’s reminder, Su Xiaomei and the others, who sensed that the random teleportation necklaces were once again usable, immediately activated the teleportation formation.
One after another, radiant flashes occurred, and the people from the Mingyue Palace disappeared consecutively.
Continuous explosion sounds echoed from below.
In an instant, the Mingyue Palace turned into ruins.
Above the ruins, a black shadow slowly appeared.
His face showed no signs of impatience; instead, it carried a playful expression, like a cat teasing a mouse.
“Escape? Where can you escape to?” The black-robed cultivator lightly waved his whisk, and in the air ahead, several thin threads suddenly appeared out of nowhere, extending in different directions from this point.
“Little Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator, you are truly ignorant of life and death. I’ll capture you first.”
The black-robed cultivator extended his right hand, pinching one of the silver threads between his fingers, and slowly exerted force.
At the point where the silver thread disappeared, the space suddenly shattered and became blurry.
Li Fan’s silhouette slowly appeared.
At this moment, he was looking up, seemingly gazing at the sky. There was a shocked expression on his face as if even his thoughts were frozen at this moment.
His body, along with the surrounding scene, was gradually being pulled back to the black-robed cultivator.
Just as Li Fan was about to be completely captured, the movements of the black-robed cultivator suddenly stagnated.
The mockery on his face vanished without a trace, replaced by a gradually serious expression as he stared at the ground below.
Just now, the large amount of detonated Devouring White Mist did not return to the White Mist Barrier that separated the various provinces as it should have.
Instead, it descended to the ground.
Then, like flowing water, it continuously infiltrated underground.
In just a moment, a large amount of Devouring White Mist was devoured by the earth.
This abnormal scene made the black-robed cultivator, who had lived for thousands of years, involuntarily furrow his brows.
“What is this…”
Suddenly, a sense of unease surged in his heart. He calculated continuously with his left hand, and his expression kept changing.
Clearly, even for the black-robed cultivator, this mysterious event was extremely difficult to calculate.
His aura fluctuated, wrinkles appeared slowly on his face, and strands of white hair began to show. Blood flowed from his eyes.
After a while, the black-robed cultivator suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.
Then, he shouted loudly, “Devouring Rebirth Formation?”
“Old Blue Feather, do you still want to seek longevity even after death!?”
A trembling sense of fear surged from the depths of his soul, and the black-robed cultivator instinctively had the thought of fleeing.
But immediately after, he looked towards the direction of Yuandao Heavenly City.
“No wonder these years, the usually peaceful Yuandao Province has been full of slaughter, with countless cultivators dying…”
“My Blue Feather Legacy plan also went unexpectedly smoothly. It turns out I was also manipulated.”
“Arrogance, too much arrogance!”
The black-robed cultivator gritted his teeth, “How could I let you have your way!”
At this point, he no longer cared about the people from the Mingyue Palace. Letting go of the silver thread, he rushed towards the direction of Yuandao Heavenly City.
…
“Tru…”
The frozen thoughts gradually recovered, and Li Fan almost uttered the word “Truth.”
However, the pulling force from the other side had already disappeared, and Li Fan, who had returned to safety, forcibly swallowed the word.
“So, this is a Dao Integration Immortal Sage…”
Li Fan’s face turned dark. All of his so-called preparations were nothing but jokes in the face of absolute strength disparity.
Just now, it was undoubtedly the most dangerous moment since Li Fan crossed. He could sense that something had happened around him, but his soul was frozen and he was unable to make effective reactions or thoughts.
If the black-robed cultivator hadn’t been startled away, Li Fan might really have been finished.
“Just prompting more than five hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators to appear prematurely directly attracts an expert of this level…”
“No, there were still quite a few more who were captured along with the Mingyue Palace just now.”
“There are probably many who imitated my breakthrough loaning.”
“So, is it because there’s a sudden surge in Foundation Establishment cultivators?”