No one who had not witnessed it with their own eyes could imagine just how crushing that despair was.
A rock stratum stretching hundreds of miles, dozens of miles wide and hundreds of meters thick was abruptly heaved up by an irresistible force, soaring high into the air, shattering the dark clouds overhead and driving even the freezing wind and snow into oblivion. Then, like the collapse of heaven itself, it came crashing down.
Even Lin Qi had witnessed countless grand scenes, even seen many demigods locked in fierce battle in the Blood Qin Empire. But only when he saw this world-destroying sight with his own eyes did he suddenly realize—how restrained and cautious those Blood Qin Empire demigods had been when they fought.
"They've gone mad!" Long Cheng and Hu Xinzhu rose to their feet at the same time. Halos far exceeding their own strength swirled around them both—clearly life-saving measures left behind by elders of their families. When faced with irresistible danger, those halos would be enough to preserve their lives.
Lin Qi shot into the air and said in a low voice, "Enough nonsense. Fight!"
A deep howl rose from within Lin Qi. Three-colored halos emerged around him at once: the heaviness of earth, the nimbleness of water, the savagery of flame. The three fundamental elements churned and collided around his body. Then, as water and fire violently rubbed against each other, great sheets of lightning erupted. Lin Qi became like a thunder god shrouded in ten thousand zhang of lightning, charging straight toward the rock stratum overhead.
Amid a low WOOOOOSH, the rock stratum spanning dozens of miles compressed the air. Beneath its massive bulk, the air had already been crushed into a visible white barrier. The enormous slab came smashing down from several thousand meters