At that moment, what Su Qingjie needed to do was use her higher-level Jieyun Dao to forcibly sever the reversed Devouring Connection linking the twelve Elders to Qin Guan, and pull back the source destiny they had lost.
However—
The instant Su Qingjie's power touched those torrents of destiny, an even mightier force suddenly reared up like a ferocious beast roused to fury.
It surged back along the Karma Connection Su Qingjie had extended!
"What?!"
For the first time, shock appeared on Su Qingjie's beautiful face. The Jieyun Dao Power she had always been proud of, and that had never failed her, was rapidly melting away and being assimilated.
Worse still, a devouring sensation that seemed capable of freezing her soul spread along that power toward her fingertips.
This was no ordinary backlash!
This was a higher-level force suppressing and plundering Jieyun itself.
"Sever!"
Su Qingjie reacted with lightning speed. Alarm bells rang in her mind, and she unhesitatingly severed her contact with that force.
She even drew upon her own source, sacrificing a wisp of pure Jieyun Power to completely burn away the Karma Connection she had extended!
"Hiss..."
A barely audible sound rang out. A wisp of faint Gray Smoke appeared out of nowhere at Su Qingjie's jade-like fingertip, as if something invisible had been forcibly vaporized.
Su Qingjie drew back her hand, her eyes filled with unprecedented wariness and apprehension.
What exactly was that terrifying Devouring Power just now? Was it because of that Fishing Rod, or did it come from Qin Guan himself?
Just how many secrets was this kid hiding?
Daring not be careless, Su Qingjie sent her divine sense along the Jieyun Seal, trying to probe Qin Guan more deeply.
But her divine sense seemed to touch an unfathomable void, unable to see through