Lu Xiaotian's expression changed drastically as well. Even what Mingqu had told him seemed to be no more than that the Star Pole Tribe could use a blood sacrifice to summon other images of the Starry Sky Pagoda. But the situation unfolding before his eyes seemed to diverge from what he had expected. It was as if another formidable being was slowly awakening within this ancient blood-sacrifice ritual.
Though only a sliver of its aura had leaked out, its strength far surpassed that of ordinary Golden Immortals. If the being was successfully summoned, none of the foreign Golden Immortals present would likely escape. As for him, the man temporarily occupying the body of a Deep Abyss Beast, whether he survived afterward would probably depend entirely on the being's mood.
But with the various factions locked in a chaotic melee, it wasn't as if anyone could simply call a halt. Even if the Deep Abyss Beasts, the Honghao Celestial Court's immortal army, and some of the Ice Shadow Tribe were willing to stop, the Star Pole Tribe would have to agree first.
"Bad news! They're summoning the tower spirit!" Whale One Soul, a Green-Faced Asura Whale, cried out in alarm. While he was distracted, the middle-aged Daoist nun's horsetail whisk swept toward his face like a gentle breeze. The Green-Faced Asura couldn't stop it in time. He thrust a hand out and struck the space before him, punching a hole through it and slipping inside. When he reappeared, more than ten li away, he staggered out. Once Golden Immortals reached a certain level of cultivation, they could use the power of their own laws to construct a temporary passage with an effect like teleportation. It was a wondrous application of law space.
Whale One Soul had clearly cultivated this ability to