The moment his words fell, Lu Yang vanished from where he stood.
And at the very instant he left, a murky hue surged up from that spot, like the gaping maw of an abyss, instantly swallowing a corner of his robe.
"Ho ho."
A hundred thousand li away, Lu Yang stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the missing corner of his black robe. He blinked with interest. "This is a technique of [Geomancy]."
It resembled the annihilating light that the [Geomancy] Dao Ancestor had previously struck down from afar. Both directly extracted the pillars between Heaven and earth through the methods of [Geomancy], triggering the collapse of earth, water, wind, and fire. It was a crude imitation of the Final Calamity. Based on Lu Yang's personal experience, it possessed at most one percent of the Final Calamity's power.
Just then, a voice rolled in:
"Junior Brother, you dodged quite quickly. But since you have already fallen into my [Immortal-Nurturing Land], don't even think of leaving without my permission."
No sooner had he spoken than a thunderous boom rang out.
In an instant, Lu Yang felt his connection to the outside world abruptly sever. Severed Earth and Heaven—he seemed to have become the enemy of the entire world in a single moment.
Then annihilating light came rushing straight at him.
Lu Yang paid it no mind. Forming a Dharma Seal, he summoned the Infinite Ring that symbolized [Order]. Layer upon layer, it piled up as he allowed the annihilating light to strike him.
Yet all the power within that annihilating light, upon landing on him, was diverted into the Infinite Ring and continuously ground away—great transformed into small, small transformed into nothing—until it dissipated into smoke. This change immediately drew a soft exclamation from afar, followed by tens