They had spent tremendous effort, gathering a large number of clansmen and using battle formations to trap the old dragon. Just as they were about to bring him down, the secret realm's protective grand formation had actually been breached. It had caught everyone completely off guard.
The Sky-Shadow Clan differed from the other natives of the Deathbane Devil Pool. Only after reaching a sufficiently high cultivation realm could they resist that astonishing aura of death and decay.
Those with lower cultivation still needed the secret realm's protection. Otherwise, the Sky-Shadow Clan's experts would not have gone to such lengths to seek other places to survive.
Had several experts not still been outside, even with Lu Xiaotian arranging a Sacred Boulder Dharma Manifestation avatar outside and the old dragon causing chaos from within, breaking through the protective grand formation so easily would have been utterly impossible.
"Although I've breached your formation, the damage is still under control for now.
"I've also temporarily spared the formation masters from your clan. If you can stop your treacherous clan leader and help me retrieve my true body, there is still a chance to salvage the situation.
"If you let matters continue deteriorating, your protective grand formation will be beyond saving. When that happens, you won't need me to explain what kind of situation you'll be facing—you know perfectly well yourselves."
The voice of the Sacred Boulder Dharma Manifestation reverberated outward, shaking the minds of the vast majority of Sky-Shadow Clan members who still did not understand what had happened.
So it was their clan leader who had attacked this outsider, then broken his promise and trapped the man's true body inside the secret realm. That was what had provoked the counterattack.
With merely an avatar, he had breached their protective grand formation and plunged