"It's the aura of the Immortal Realm! I can feel the aura of the Immortal Realm!"
"It really is Heaven Gate! I've waited three thousand years for this! At last!"
"The day we ascend is here! Everyone, charge!"
When Wang Zhifan opened the first Heaven Gate with a slash, the most excited people in the square were not his true disciples, who stood ready to move. They were the Mahayana Realm and Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators who had gathered there!
These old monsters had delayed their ascension for all sorts of reasons. Now, with the aura of the Immortal Realm so close, a thousand years of pent-up excitement overwhelmed many of them. Ignoring the agreement the fat Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivator had just made with Wang Zhifan, they surged toward Heaven Gate high above, moving as fast as lightning!
The fat man, nominally the leader of the old cultivators, kept his head. Though he stood at the Tribulation Crossing Peak Realm and yearned to become an Immortal more than anyone, he forced down his frenzy. He did not rush toward Heaven Gate with the others. Instead, he remained on the ground, watching Wang Zhifan, who had displayed the might of an Immortal moments earlier, to see how he would respond.
Seeing people try to make a fool of him the moment Heaven Gate opened, Wang Zhifan's lips curved into a cruel smile. He vanished in a flash. Terrifying auras erupted around Heaven Gate overhead, their shockwaves sweeping in every direction. Angry and agonized screams followed, piling one atop another as though Purgatory had descended upon the world!
"Who dares stop me? Behold my Heavenly Demon Sacred Body—Aaaah!"
"Immortal-Slaying Cauldron! Crush him! Aaaah! My Immortal-Slaying Cauldron! Impossible!"
"Everyone, attack togeth—Run! Run!"
The people in Ascension Pavilion's square could not