The next few seconds.
Giant Spirit Mountain God Wei Shan's emotions went through a dramatic rise and fall.
The fourth second.
He suddenly discovered that the three Void Divine Dragonflies surrounding him had erupted with vast clouds of Black Qi, which rushed toward him at high speed.
A thought instinctively surfaced in the mountain god's mind. So the genius of the Myriad Heavens Race isn't all that impressive!
They had kept saying that the Divine Worms would attack after five seconds, yet they had launched a joint attack in the fourth second.
A full second early! Wei Shan was about to use his Defense Secret Art with all his strength when, for some reason, Cheng Han's exact words came to mind—a true joint attack.
He suddenly understood. The word "true" in that statement seemed to have been stressed ever so slightly, as if it were emphasizing something.
The Deity's heart tightened.
What exactly had Minute God General meant by "true"? Had the Divine Worms used some trick in their first attack?
As thoughts spun through Wei Shan's mind, he instinctively held back a portion of his divine power.
He did not go all out.
Nor did he use his strongest defensive means.
As though possessed, he wagered his life and used only half his strength.
Wei Shan's body instantly expanded by more than double. Bright yellow light burst from his surface, condensing into layer upon layer of light shields.
The next moment.
The two sides collided.
Boom!
A deafening blast rang out.
The surging Black Qi slammed viciously into the light shields.
As if suffering intense corrosion, the smooth surfaces of the shields instantly became pitted and scarred. After trembling a few times, they vanished.
In that instant.
Several hundred outer light shields were shattered by the Black Qi.
Even