Not everyone could do as they pleased. The fundamental reason Kongyan had reached his current level of cultivation was his own talent and fortunate encounters. Beyond that, his people were a tie he could not bring himself to sever.
Once you had ties, you could no longer act entirely as you wished.
Take the situation before them. Moments ago, he and Lu Xiaotian had been locked in fierce combat. Now they were working together to keep from being sucked into this completely unknown Gate to the Void.
Kongyan felt utterly aggrieved. The aura of the Gate to the Void seemed to be growing increasingly attuned to the spatial fluctuations around Lu Xiaotian. He felt like an innocent fish caught in the crossfire, yet he had no choice but to throw himself into joining forces with Lu Xiaotian.
Resisting the Gate to the Void's spread was completely different from their earlier fight. Even the most powerful divine abilities might prove useless.
After all, the Gate to the Void was effectively a rift into another space. No matter how powerful an attack struck it, the force would vanish like a mud cow sinking into the sea. All they could do now was hold back the phantom of the giant cauldron from spreading toward them as much as possible.
Lu Xiaotian released the power of the eight laws within him, using the Five Elements Laws as the core to form a Five Elements Law Domain.
Ice, wind, and lightning wove through it, comprehensively reinforcing the Five Elements Law Domain. Then Lu Xiaotian mixed in a small amount of spatial law power as well.
Using this Law Domain as a barrier, Lu Xiaotian held back the phantom of the giant cauldron from spreading toward them. It did indeed help to some extent.
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