Faced with such a terrifying situation that had appeared out of nowhere, the ones who were frightened were not only the members of the other tribes who had come to attend the gathering. Even the members of the Quefu tribe now wore shocked expressions, their eyes filled with terror.
Among these Integration stage cultivators, some had already attended dozens of times. There were even quite a few who had attended a hundred times.
Yet nothing like this had ever happened at any previous gathering.
Not even the Quefu tribe's ancient records had ever contained any account of such an event.
Faced with this scene, everyone naturally revealed anxious expressions as well. Hu Feiwen and the others each took out their restriction tokens. Their magical power surged within them as they desperately activated the tokens that could control some of the restrictions on the Sky-Reaching Pillar.
In an instant, urgent humming sounds rang out from their hands one after another. Several clusters of radiant light flashed into existence, and in the blink of an eye, they wrapped around everyone's bodies.
But just as Hu Feiwen and the others were about to drive the tokens and release the restrictive energy, a sudden series of explosive cracks rang out from within the radiance covering their bodies.
Amid the popping sounds, the several clusters of radiance that everyone had just activated suddenly went out one after another, like flames doused by basins of cold water.
"Not good! The restriction tokens can't be activated!" Several cries of alarm rang out at once.
Upon suddenly witnessing such a scene, the terror on everyone's faces immediately became impossible to suppress.
They sensed that the soul energy within their bodies was still being drawn out in an endless stream by that irresistible, strange force and scattered into the