As time passed, most of the several thousand cultivators who had gathered outside Cloud Water Marsh earlier had already left.
Still, more than a thousand remained, unwilling to give up—or perhaps simply hoping to watch the spectacle and see how things would turn out when the Three Great Holy Lands joined forces to attack Cloud Water Marsh.
So they stayed.
After an unknown amount of time, a thunderous boom suddenly erupted from deep within Cloud Water Marsh. Immediately afterward, an utterly terrifying aura swept outward like a hurricane.
Countless birds and beasts were startled into flight. They screeched and roared, their cries full of terror.
The people outside Cloud Water Marsh also felt a suffocating, dreadful pressure. Their hearts trembled, and they stared in shock toward the depths of the marsh.
"Th-this is..."
Someone's eyes widened as he spoke in alarm, his voice tinged with uncertainty.
Before he could finish, dazzling rays of light suddenly burst from deep within Cloud Water Marsh, their divine radiance soaring into the heavens!
Boom! Rumble—
A series of deafening booms rolled through the air.
From a distance, they could just make out divine lights exploding deep within Cloud Water Marsh. Terrifying waves surged through the air like a tide, sending ripples cascading outward as if a dreadful storm had swept through.
Many of the birds and beasts that had been startled into flight were silently obliterated by the terrifying shock waves, reduced to dust!
The sight left everyone even more horrified.
"It seems the people from the Three Great Holy Lands have encountered a powerful foe! With shock waves this terrifying, the battle must be at least at the level of Tribulation True Monarchs!"
Someone drew a deep breath, gazing intently into the depths of Cloud Water Marsh as he spoke in a low