Under more than ten Spiritual Impacts, the dense, indissoluble fog above the Nether Capital seemed to be instantly gnawed through with ever-expanding holes.
Faced with such large-scale attacks coming from multiple directions, the Ritual Field Domains spread throughout the capital were roused one after another. As overlapping domains collided and clashed, the earth trembled violently.
Deep beneath the Nether Capital, enormous golden pillars stood erect, their bases submerged in viscous silver liquid. When the impacts and tremors arrived, they suddenly began to turn with a rumble. The liquid slowly flowed and swirled around the pillars, shining with dazzling light.
These were ritual instruments that bore part of the force of the attacks. Any power the domains could not immediately dissolve would be absorbed here, then fed into the molten liquid made from Esoteric Ritual materials underground.
By using multiple nested domains to withstand the assault, they prevented the capital's defensive field from being breached in one stroke.
Even so, the fierce bombardment still shook the entire city. In areas where ritual reactions were especially intense, the ground rose and fell like waves, while buildings swayed without cease.
This revealed the difference between the previous attack and the current one.
Though they were both Spiritual Impacts, the combined offensive created by everyone appeared, on the surface, to cause greater destruction.
But in truth, Chen Chuan's strike had been condensed and focused. After piercing through the black mist, it had struck the ground below.
Although that impact had been worn away and weakened along the way, the Esoteric Ritual power it stirred had been forced to gather and contract. As a result, the consumption produced by the collision was essentially borne and absorbed by the ritual itself.
While the shockwaves from everyone's attacks had inflicted considerable damage upon the city, what had