Cutting In
Chi Xia said nothing. She knew Bi Fan was more or less right.
The power to shatter the Heavenly Stele? Even if everyone here formed an array and attacked it, they probably couldn't even budge the stele, much less shatter it. It simply wasn't realistic.
"Does that mean we're completely helpless?" Chi Xia asked.
"Look at the Fortune Ranking!" Bi Fan said.
Chi Xia turned to the Fortune Ranking and saw that Heitian's fortune points had already surpassed one million. His name had turned gold.
"A million fortune points. This is probably the highest total in nearly five hundred thousand years!" Chi Xia felt despair creeping in.
"Is there really no way to stop Heitian? At this rate, he'll probably absorb every Fortune Vein here!" Chi Xia murmured. "If Heitian succeeds, the entire Hundred States will become hell."
"Stop him? Of course there's a way!" Bi Fan's voice rang out.
Chi Xia froze, then looked at Bi Fan in surprise.
Bi Fan didn't answer right away. Instead, he turned to look at the many Fortune Veins being drawn toward them and said, "Look how many Fortune Veins are still here."
Chi Xia glanced at the dense mass of Fortune Veins converging around them and sighed. "So what if there are a lot? Heitian will just devour them all."
"What if we take the Fortune Veins before they enter this turtle shell? Could Heitian still absorb them then?"
Chi Xia froze, then abruptly raised her head to look at Bi Fan, a glimmer lighting her eyes.
"You mean we cut Heitian off?" As soon as she said it, she seemed to realize something. The light in her eyes dimmed, and she frowned. "But the Fortune Veins are all protected. Extracting the fortune power inside won't be easy. We can't