Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2568: 258: Assembly_3
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Even mighty Fusion cultivators, who dominate the Cloud Sky Realm, perish without fanfare in this Realm Sea.
The demise of these Fusion cultivators drew no notice from fellow cultivators, for even Tribulation Crossing experts now reel from the exploding suction force!
As their Primordial Spirits and Dao Domains swiftly dissolve away, a bone-chilling fear grips every cultivator's heart!
“No! If things continue like this, all of us will be sucked completely dry!”
Gazing at the massively swollen vortex that still couldn't shake the full Duanhai Cliff, Wang Ba's heart plunged into despair!
…
At the same time.
Sprawled next to the Great Realms like a lifeless cadaver, faint blue flames ignited slowly within the sunken eye sockets of Zhang’s Ruins at that instant.
The flames wavered faintly, as though detecting something unusual.
It gradually rose to a sitting position, pivoted around, and stared toward the heart of the Realm Sea.
Far off, beside the Cloud Sky Realm, Zhang Bokai witnessed this, his face growing tense as he remembered True Man Taiyi's orders. Without hesitation, he teleported via the formation to stand by the rising Zhang’s Ruins, peering in the same direction yet perceiving nothing. Puzzled, he bowed deeply and respectfully:
“May I ask, senior, have you sensed any abnormalities?”
Zhang’s Ruins kept its gaze fixed ahead, its flickering azure flame-like eyes silently scanning the horizon.
Its ashen-black visage remained stiff and emotionless, yet Zhang Bokai felt an immense pressure bearing down inexplicably.
Suddenly, a profound voice rumbled directly into his ear:
“He is coming.”
“He is coming?”
Zhang Bokai's heart jolted fiercely!
He instantly grasped who 'he' meant.
“Tianshang is coming?”
Instinctively, Zhang Bokai glanced back toward where Zhang’s Ruins stared, still spotting nothing.
Yet he wouldn't question it, blurting out quickly:
“May I ask, senior, how soon until his arrival? I'll alert everyone right away.”
“Ten…”
“Ten days?”
A sliver of relief eased into Zhang Bokai’s chest.
“Nine…”
Zhang’s Ruins ascended slowly into the air.
Zhang Bokai blinked in surprise:
“Nine incense sticks?”
“Eight…”
Zhang’s Ruins gradually straightened its form, eyes locked on the far distance.
Zhang Bokai's face paled as understanding dawned:
“This soon?!”
“Seven…”
“Got it!”
Hearing the relentless countdown, Zhang Bokai's scalp crawled with dread; he wasted no time, activating his sound transmission artifact at once.
“Three…”
“Two…”
“One…”
Just as he finished sending the message, Zhang Bokai detected a shift, snapping his head upward.
At the limit of his sight, deep within the Realm Sea.
A faint golden gleam, shrouded in boundless shadowy vastness, glided silently from afar.
“You can return now.”
Zhang’s Ruins ‘Bu Gui’ stood tall, blocking the Great Realms from behind, its azure flames mirroring grave solemnity as it watched the nearing golden radiance.
Zhang Bokai shuddered inwardly, eyeing the colossal Buddha ballooning in his view, and fled without delay, vanishing in a thought.
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“Going on like this, we'll all be sucked dry before we even breach Duanhai Cliff properly!”
Sensing how rapidly the Six Root Magic Staff pulled Primordial Spirits, Dao Domains, and more from the gathered cultivators, while eyeing the vortex's tiny central hole steadily widening around the Six Root Magic Staff, Wang Ba brimmed with grave concern.
Shattering Duanhai Cliff turned out far tougher than anticipated.
Though the Six Root Magic Staff acted as the key to unlock Duanhai Cliff, simply cracking it open fell short of their goal—to pierce straight through Duanhai Cliff, linking inside and out to dismantle the core power of the three great Dharma Realms.
Even after rallying almost the full might of the Four Great Realms, this ferocious suction rendered it insignificant, like a mere droplet in the ocean. Should the vortex hollow swell once more from the influx of cultivator essence, and the pull intensify further, no one here might survive!
However, halting the supply now would waste every prior sacrifice, and Tianshang surely wouldn't grant them a redo.
This realization sparked a sudden insight in him:
“No, depending only on the cultivators present, even if they endure briefly, Duanhai Cliff's suction will overwhelm them!”
“I need to find a different approach immediately!”
Thoughts whirling, he sifted through his lifetime of knowledge while scanning his surroundings swiftly.
His gaze brushed over the distant Four Great Realms and Zhang’s Ruins, and a spark ignited in his mind.
Yet before he could delve deeper into his thoughts, the pull from the Land-Parting Staff abruptly intensified once more!
Wang Ba reflexively glanced upward.
He beheld the vortex cavity, previously no larger than a round table, voraciously sucking in offerings from countless cultivators before swelling to the size of a small pond in a mere instant!
The whirl of the encircling vortex had accelerated to a staggering velocity.
This drove the nearby Six Root Magic Staff even farther apart.
Furthermore, the vortex's spinning motion began rippling across the surrounding Duanhai Cliff walls.
Upon the once-flawless cliff faces near the vortex, watery ripples and coin-like patterns surfaced, slowly creeping outward!
That vortex cavity's growth reverberated back to the Six Root Magic Staff, amplifying the suction by yet another multiple!
Bang!
Amid the array behind him, a somewhat frailer fusion cultivator was sucked dry in an instant by the overwhelming pull!