Tower Master Mo Yu's sudden blast of golden lightning was like divine thunder of judgment, intent on purging every sin from the world!
The sight caught everyone completely off guard!
Dazzling arcs of light reflected off Li Tianyang's wide-eyed, cold-sweat-drenched face.
"Mo Yu! How dare you..."
Li Tianyang roared. The one-horned colossal beast manifestation behind him roared as well, throwing all its strength into resisting the lightning.
A gray-black top-grade Dao treasure shield was summoned, blotting out the sky and sun. A scroll-type defensive Dao treasure unfurled, tightly enclosing Li Tianyang, while a defensive Dao art formed through resonance with the Primordial Chaos Meridian Field was unleashed as well.
But...
None of it worked!
To that lightning, all of his methods were even more fragile than paper. The instant they made contact, they crumbled apart.
The pressure from a higher level of life seemed to imprison him where he stood. He could only watch helplessly as the lightning, like a golden dragon, descended upon him, utterly unable to escape!
Everything happened in no more than a flash of lightning and a spark of flint!
Boom—!!
The lightning struck.
Endless golden lightning exploded across the boundless starry sky. Everyone present, even those beyond the Young Emperor Tower region, was blinded by the sudden flash and unable to open their eyes.
With terror written across his face, Li Tianyang collapsed to the ground. His scrambling, crawling figure was gradually swallowed by the lightning.
"Save me!!"
Li Tianyang's final cry was drowned out by the thunderous roar.
His body seemed to have been devoured by dragon-like lightning, leaving behind not the slightest trace.
At death's door, he was no longer the lofty Imperial Preceptor, nor was he the privileged heir backed by Heavenly Venerable experts.
At the very end, he writhed like an