"Ah, no! Fellow Daoists, retreat at once!"
Just as everyone's hearts relaxed, an extremely violent surge of energy suddenly burst forth from the towering hall. A terrifying aura immediately spread in all directions.
A cry of alarm rang out, and five figures hurriedly retreated almost simultaneously.
"Boom!~~" Amid a deafening explosion, the towering hall was suddenly reduced to ruins beneath the rampaging energy, like dry grass caught in flames.
A vast wave of explosive energy swept out. The five cultivators retreating at full speed felt a searing aura surge past them.
The explosion looked frighteningly powerful, but it posed little threat to them.
A moment later, the explosive energy dispersed, revealing a huge pit several yards deep before them. The magnificent hall that had stood there moments earlier had vanished without a trace.
"This... this... how could this happen?" Even a peak Integration stage cultivator could not help but stare in stunned disbelief at the scene before him.
"There was a self-destructing formation inside the hall. Once the protective restrictions outside were broken, the formation within was activated on its own. However, the power of this self-destructing formation has clearly been greatly weakened. Perhaps the energy in the spirit stones powering it was nearly exhausted, so it failed to unleash its full might. Otherwise, its power would have been far greater than what we just saw."
Looking at the pit before him, Zhe Hao's expression was solemn, but the light flickering in his eyes showed that he was much calmer than the others.
Faced with this, Qin Fengming was equally shocked. Although he had already made some deductions and knew that the restrictions protecting the hall were no simple matter, he had not expected them to form a Three-Ring Moon-Enveloping formation.
The only thing everyone could be thankful for was