By the time Meng Yutong and Dugu Zixuan reached the eastern and western sides respectively, it was already too late.
Even though Chen Changqin and Bai Yi quickly organized people to destroy the stone pillars, the pillars had already been fully stabilized.
The colossal pillars stood several thousand zhang tall, piercing straight into the clouds.
The dark green patterns across their surfaces spread wildly, while the surrounding land withered and cracked at a visible rate.
Bai Yi: "Damn it, why isn't this anything like what I imagined?"
Suddenly, a streak of black light flashed toward Bai Yi.
A dense sense of death surged into his heart. Bai Yi hurriedly swung his chessboard to block it.
Yet he was instantly swallowed by that black light, and in the end, he had no choice but to shout, "Salted Fish, save me..."
Meng Yutong, who had been about to make a move, twitched at the corner of her mouth and silently withdrew her hand.
"(｀へ′) Hmph! Overestimating yourself. And you dared to take command and charge at the front with that?"
Meng Yutong looked calm, gazing at Bai Yi in the distance as though he were some useless little piece of trash.
Bai Yi: "Sister-in-law, I was wrong, I was wrong! Save me, quickly..."
Meng Yutong snorted coldly and waved her hand. A star large enough to cover half the Northern Domain instantly came crashing down from above.
The stone pillar shook violently. The black light enveloping Bai Yi trembled fiercely as if in pain, then dispersed.
Bai Yi swiftly broke free and retreated, finally returning before the others.
He panted heavily, his face full of disbelief. Looking at Meng Yutong, he asked, "Um, Sister-in-law, how did you do that?"
"Hundreds, even thousands of us bombarded that stone pillar again and again without