The instant the five guardian priests saw the Nine Nether Yin Thunder Pearl, they let out shrill cries of terror. One of them immediately took out a Warning Talisman, preparing to activate it.
Watching this scene through the spirit mirror, Grand Governor Ji Yuan, strategist Gu Yue, and Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu all revealed expectant looks.
That Heavenly Temple pawn—the Dao Realm assistant priest—already had a Nine Nether Yin Thunder Pearl in his palm.
In other words, he would be able to completely detonate the Nine Nether Yin Thunder Pearl the very next instant.
Let alone the fact that the five guardian priests had no time at all to send out their Warning Talismans—even if they did, what use would it be?
Even Ji Yuan of the Grand Governor's Mansion found his heart surging with excitement.
Once the Blood River Forbidden Zone was breached, the final condition for the great undertaking he had plotted for so long would be fulfilled.
The four people in the Grand Governor's Mansion's secret chamber were practically all waiting for the central node of this Space Folding Formation in the mirror to be swallowed by the radiance of the Nine Nether Yin Thunder Pearl.
This should have taken no more than an instant. Yet nearly a breath had passed, and the glow of the Nine Nether Yin Thunder Pearl in the Dao Realm assistant priest's hand had not erupted. Instead, the Warning Talismans in the five guardian priests' hands had already flown in every direction.
"What is going on?" Grand Governor Ji Yuan frowned.
"Hm?"
Hong Ru of the Heavenly Temple frowned and scrutinized the scene in the mirror.
The image in the spirit mirror was not especially clear. They had not noticed it earlier, but upon looking closely now, Hong Ru's expression changed