Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2567: 258: Assembly (Part 2)
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However, this hold lasted only a brief moment. Though Lady Hua was adept at replenishing her strength, the immense pull from Duanhai Cliff overwhelmed her swiftly, making her sense exhaustion almost right away.
The instability extended beyond Lady Hua; even the auras surrounding Heavenly Monarch Chao and Xiahou Demon, these seasoned Mahayana powerhouses, began to flicker unsteadily.
It was evident that they were approaching their breaking points as well.
Xiahou Demon reacted more bluntly, detecting the fearsome draw from the magic wand and realizing no one could afford recklessness now, yet he couldn't suppress his anxious push:
“True Man Taiyi, why aren’t you faster!”
“Too much talk!”
Heavenly Monarch Chao snorted coldly nearby. Even with his Primordial Spirit and Dao Domain teetering on the edge of exhaustion, he placed firm faith in Wang Ba’s decisions, so he refused to voice any disruption.
Xiahou Demon’s outburst failed to sway Wang Ba.
His eyes locked onto the vortex core amid the Six Root Magic Staffs, a mere fingertip in width, pulsing between contraction and dilation, as he kept computing and inferring via the fully refined Six Root Magic Staffs:
“Once Duanhai Cliff opens, the rule disparities and Chaos Origin Substance differences across Duanhai Cliff will trigger a nightmarish flow imbalance instantly. The wider the breach, the more horrifying the imbalance grows, manifesting here as a dread suction beyond the mere cost of breaching Duanhai Cliff…”
“The bigger the opening, the suction surges exponentially!”
“Our current forces might not suffice!”
A weight settled in Wang Ba’s chest, his stare drawn irresistibly to the vortex eye, yearning to glimpse something through that tiny gap, yet finding only void.
“Have the senior brothers not arrived yet?”
His brows furrowed deeply.
He wished to hold out, but with the arrow nocked and string drawn, release was inevitable.
Through the Six Root Magic Staffs, he gauged the shifting suction from Duanhai Cliff and the conditions of the other five Mahayana experts. Kong Zen clearly retained spare power, but Heavenly Monarch Chao and Xiahou Demon appeared marginally short.
He assessed his own state too.
Thanks to the burden shared among the other Mahayana cultivators, he felt notably eased; though strained by the pull, endurance was possible for some time.
“No more waiting!”
Wang Ba noted Bai Lechan and Bald Man Jiao’s conditions dipping further; the fingertip-sized vortex eye, now contracting after expansion, threatened to seal shut. His heart clenched—he couldn’t hesitate—and he bellowed resolutely:
“Suction’s about to spike—brace yourselves, everyone!”
“Ignite the formation!”
At Wang Ba’s order, the long-prepared formation cultivators sprang into action without delay, channeling the array at once!
Just an instant passed.
Beams from the formations lanced out, enveloping the six wielding the Six Root Magic Staffs.
Buzz!
A roaring surge flooded into Wang Ba, offsetting his drain and pouring into the Land-Parting Staff, which Duanhai Cliff devoured in a flash…
Suddenly, fueled by the immense output from nearly ten thousand Unification cultivators and six or seven hundred Crossing Tribulation ones, the Six Root Magic Staffs blazed with dazzling radiance.
The central vortex whirled madly as well.
Its core aperture ballooned from fingertip width to the span of a round table!
In that moment, all peered through the vortex’s circular heart, beholding the realm beyond Duanhai Cliff.
Vast and enigmatic…
“Is that the far side of Duanhai Cliff?”
Gripping the Overturning Water Staff, Xiahou Demon gazed into the opposite Realm Sea, sensing its alien, primal rules—barren and desolate against their own vibrant Realm Sea, steeped in stark emptiness and scarcity.
It defied belief that myriad beings and cultivators lurked in this forsaken Realm Sea.
Not just Xiahou Demon; those nearest the aperture—Heavenly Monarch Chao, Bald Man Jiao, Lady Hua, Bai Lechan—all betrayed keen fascination.
Heavenly Monarch Chao, aware of Wang Ba’s roots, probed the Realm Sea’s rules and found it hard to credit:
“Could Taiyi truly have arisen from such a desolate wasteland?”
“Utterly inconceivable!”
This barren expanse paled against even mid-tier Domains in the Realm Sea, far from rivaling the Four Great Realms.
Yet from it sprang an enigma like Taiyi.
Shock defied expression.
But before any could ease their tension, the draw from their magic wands surged manifold!
Heavenly Monarch Chao, Xiahou Demon, and the others detected the suction surging stronger, causing their faces to twist in alarm!
Even with prior warnings from Wang Ba and their preparations, nobody foresaw such a massive abrupt rise in the pull from Duanhai Cliff.
Right away, certain slower-to-react Unification cultivators inside the formation got fully sucked dry.
Their Dao Domains and Primordial Spirits floating over their heads were drained empty in a flash, abandoning just a hollow shell of human skin!
“Careful!”
Lady Hua, the lone Mahayana able to maneuver freely, caught sight of it and her countenance shifted faintly. Though she swiftly unleashed multiple petals toward those Crossing Tribulation and Unification cultivators, several Unification cultivators still met a quiet end…