Lu Feng was still absorbed in wondering how the Ancient Desolation Altar could ignore the spiritual pressure of two Domain Realm experts when every ring of the altar began to turn. The tranquil lake beneath it suddenly churned violently, like boiling water on the verge of bursting apart.
Beneath the surface, the countless black jade stones that had lost their flowing blue radiance after the thunder faded began to tremble in response to the Ancient Desolation Altar's disturbance. Even before the waterside steps of the pavilion where Lu Feng stood, a powerful vibration could be felt.
Crack!
A crisp yet muffled cracking sound suddenly came from the bottom of the lake.
With his Evil-Dispelling Spirit Eyes activated, Lu Feng saw that an enormous crack had appeared in a Black Jade Stool embedded at the deepest point beneath the waters directly below the Ancient Desolation Altar. The stool was larger than an Eight Immortals table. The instant it shattered, seven or eight slightly smaller black jade stone stools surrounding it also burst apart one after another. Seven or eight streaks of blue-silver light flashed from the cracks, scattering at astonishing speed like loaches darting from their holes.
As the crack in the central stone stool widened, a square Black Iron Plate abruptly shot out from it. The scattered blue-silver lights were unexpectedly drawn back in an instant, pouring into the suddenly emerged square Black Iron Plate.
After the black iron Four Directions Plate absorbed several streaks of blue-silver light, the crisscrossing patterns at its center suddenly lit up. Then, a terrifying suction force erupted from those intersecting patterns and surged toward the stone stool below.
The next moment, a strange ball-like mass nearly half a meter wide was sucked out. Its entire body radiated gold-orange, pale violet, crimson, and pitch-black hues.