What happened?
At that moment, this thought surfaced in everyone’s mind in the Colosseum.
Could it be that the fight between these two was so intense that it nearly broke the secret compartment housing this Colosseum?
Many had that thought, but quickly dismissed it. How could that be? If the battle fluctuations from a few major realms higher had caused all this, it might be plausible, but these two young ladies were only at the Nascent Soul and Yin General levels. Their fight couldn’t possibly involve spatial layers.
But since it wasn’t them, what was happening?
Ling Xiaoyou sat in the audience, the support stick in her hand stopping its wave because of the roar that just shook the space. She tilted her head in confusion, looking around to see where the explosion had occurred.
But no matter how she searched the venue, she couldn’t find where the explosion happened.
She furrowed her pretty brows slightly, looking at the two on the competition field, and suddenly realized they, too, had simultaneously stopped moving. The blood-colored spear and the Yangyan Great Sun, each occupying half the field, remained under their control, not attacking.
Clearly, Bai Shuanglian and Su Taosheng were also wondering where the sudden, loud roar came from.
In other words, that explosive roar had nothing to do with them.
Could it be that the explosion was just a group illusion cast by someone?
Just as Ling Xiaoyou was thinking this, her expression suddenly changed. Her pupils contracted as she looked at the ground on the Colosseum’s field.
It was a very thin crack—so thin that if one didn’t pay attention, they might have missed it.
But in an instant, that crack grew larger and spread, turning into a spiderweb-like network covering half the field, and the cracks kept expanding.
At this moment, many audience members also noticed this scene and cried out in surprise.
Seeing this, Bai Shuanglian and Su Taosheng realized something was wrong and quickly withdrew their magic arts, moving away from the cracks.
And then, the two suddenly noticed several people had appeared above the cracks at some unknown time, staring seriously at those cracks, as if they could see something terrifying through them.
Among these people, Bai Shuanglian keenly spotted her own Grandma Qiuyin and Li Xueman.
Both were powerful cultivators without exception, and to stand together with them meant the others’ cultivation levels couldn’t be too different.
But what could cause so many great cultivators to wear such grave expressions?
As her thoughts raced, Bai Shuanglian seemed to suddenly remember something. Her expression changed as she looked at Su Taosheng and quickly shouted:
“Fall back—!”
But before she could finish her words, the ground’s cracks abruptly shattered, and from beneath emerged a massive, blood-red vertical pupil.
It was a terrifying eye. Even just looking at it from the side, without being the focus of its gaze, one still felt their mind and body being wounded.
Every cell and every strand of Spirit Power in their body told them—
“Run! Run as far away as possible!”
Seeing that eye, Bai Shuanglian felt her entire body trembling. It was a gap in life level, an invincible powerhouse.
But even so, she gritted her teeth and persevered, not fainting under that pressure. She clenched her fists, nails digging into her palms, struggling against the might emitted by that eye.
It felt like an eternity, yet also like an instant. A gentle wave of Spirit Power enveloped her, isolating her from that pressure.
Bai Shuanglian panted heavily.
“Huff… huff… huff…”
She felt her forehead covered in cold sweat.
First, she looked toward Su Taosheng, who was closest to her, and saw that she had already fainted under the pressure. However, a layer of pale golden Spirit Power was safely protecting her, so there was no need to worry about her safety for now.
Then she quickly looked toward Ling Xiaoyou.
Although Ling Xiaoyou sat in the audience, at some distance from this eye, such terrifying pressure might still have affected her.
Fortunately, Ling Xiaoyou was also protected by a layer of cyan Spirit Power, and nothing had happened to her.
Bai Shuanglian exchanged a glance with Ling Xiaoyou, who looked at her with concern. When the latter let out a sigh of relief, Bai Shuanglian nodded, then finally looked toward Bai Qiuyin, who was flying toward her.
It was Bai Qiuyin who had just acted, protecting her and Su Taosheng. Otherwise, being so close to the pressure of such a supreme being would have caused serious injury or death.
“Grandma Qiuyin, what exactly…”
Bai Shuanglian looked at Bai Qiuyin. Although she already had a guess in her heart, she still asked to confirm.
But before she could finish, she saw Bai Qiuyin nod solemnly and speak:
“It’s that Demon Grand Duke. The eye just now was his eye, peering into the void outside this secret compartment.”
“So that’s it…”
Bai Shuanglian was silent for a moment, then nodded. She looked toward the other powerful cultivators and suddenly noticed they had disappeared.
And not just them—the eye of the Demon Grand Duke Weisasi from the ground was also gone.
Now, in the hole in the ground, a chaotic color appeared.
That color had no fixed form or fixed hue. It was chaotic now, but in the next second it turned pitch black, and in the next second it became a deep blue.
This was the Void, the representation of disorder and chaos.
Bai Shuanglian quickly averted her gaze from the Void opened in the ground and found that Bai Qiuyin’s figure was also gradually blurring.
“We are now fighting the Demon Grand Duke in the Void, trying to kill him there. But even so, if you notice anything amiss, leave the Imperial Capital as soon as possible.”
As she spoke, Bai Qiuyin formed a wooden plaque with her Spirit Power and handed it to Bai Shuanglian.
“Now, this secret compartment has been anchored by the Demon Grand Duke, making space travel difficult. But this item can take you away from here. Once you have everyone ready, use it to leave.”
After finishing forming the wooden plaque that could bring people out, Bai Qiuyin’s figure faded even faster.
She quickly added the last few words of advice:
“We will fight the Demon Grand Duke in the Void, trying to kill him there. But even so, if you notice anything amiss, leave the Imperial Capital as soon as possible.”
With that, the energy of Bai Qiuyin’s clone seemed to be depleted.
She disappeared before Bai Shuanglian could respond.
Bai Shuanglian glanced at the wooden plaque in her hand, then used Spirit Power to pull Su Taosheng, who was protected by Bai Qiuyin’s Spirit Power, and flew toward Ling Xiaoyou.
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