The several stone Buddhas battling Lu Xiaotian had already been at a disadvantage. Caught completely unprepared, they were pulled toward the spatial vortex without the slightest warning. As Lu Xiaotian resisted the vortex's suction, he had no strength to spare for anything else. The immense tearing force within that spatial vortex made even Lu Xiaotian's heart pound with alarm.
By the time they realized what was happening, it was already too late to fight back. The astonishment in the stone Buddhas' eyes was exactly the same as in Ming'e's. Lu Xiaotian couldn't help feeling surprised. He had thought it was a hidden measure of the Buddhist sect, but he hadn't expected even the sect's eminent monks to know about it!
"Senior Brother Kongming, what's going on?" As a Mahayana cultivator, Kong'e reacted swiftly to the situation before him. The Void Sky Cauldron had originally been controlled by him and Kongming together. Now, despite channeling his magic power, he got no response at all. He, too, was being sucked toward the spatial vortex, his body flying toward it against his will. Even circulating his magic power couldn't free him!
Even Kong'e, who had been caught unprepared, couldn't escape. Nor could Xiang Qingcheng, Dongfang Yi, or Devil Lord Tongtian, despite having been warned. The spatial vortex's immense suction left them helpless.
Only the Ghost Ant King and another stone Buddha were farther away and thus less affected. The Ghost Ant King had no mind to keep fighting the stone Buddha now. Its expression panicked, it darted backward.
"Amitabha. This calamity has befallen the Buddhist sect from within its own ranks. A sin, a sin!" The five stone Buddhas let out a long, mournful sigh. Even the one fighting the Ghost Ant King voluntarily plunged into the spatial vortex.
The Five Supremes Monks