Later, Lin Qi drew down the power of lightning. After enduring only three bolts, her divine soul was blasted apart, utterly reduced to ashes.
Seeing that one of the Five Gods had finally died, the cultivators beneath the Bodhi Longevity Tree rejoiced, while the other four were stricken with terror.
Though the five had conflicts born of competing interests, they were now grasshoppers tied to the same string.
If one died, it meant the other four would die as well!
Who was not afraid of death?!
Having been suppressed beneath the Five Gods Pagoda for tens of thousands of years, the Five Gods had dreamed each day of leaving the Five Gods Pagoda alive and restoring their former glory. Naturally, they were unwilling to die just like this.
The four seemed to reach some tacit agreement and actually gathered together under the crushing pressure.
When the Bodhi Longevity Tree released the divine souls of all its predecessors, the main battlefield had long since been trapped by the Heavenly Dao's restriction.
That was why the five had been unable to escape and were forced to endure wave after wave of divine soul self-destructions.
Now that the four sensed mortal danger, they immediately chose to join forces and break through the main battlefield's restriction.
As long as they broke the main battlefield's restriction, the lightning power could not possibly scatter across every corner of the vast Five Gods Battlefield.
Then they would have a sliver of hope.
The four divine souls who had surpassed Mahayana joined forces, strike after strike crashing into the Heavenly Dao's restriction. The main battlefield shook mountains and rocked earth, while terrifying auras surged like tides, as though they would blast the entire battlefield to pieces.
Bolt after bolt of heavenly lightning struck down. Both sky and earth