As Fengyun Lie was held back by Ning Ye's talisman formation and Nine Palaces Bewildering Restriction, Tianji and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance cultivators were also gradually determining their battle's outcome.
By now, both sides had reached the point of running on fumes.
With the restriction still unbroken and nowhere to draw upon external power, every cultivator was fighting on the last remnants of their spiritual power.
The three Nirvana Realm and seven Immaculate Realm cultivators were indeed steadily running dry, but the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance cultivators were no better off. Even Tianji was going all out. If this continued, the enemy might collapse—but this newly gathered group of cultivators would likely suffer more than half its number dead or wounded as well.
Seeing this, Ning Ye seemed to grow anxious too. He shouted, "Even if we must perish together today, I'll make sure all of you die here with us!"
As he spoke, the twelve immortal ships blazed with radiance. Ning Ye had activated the core method of the ship formation—he was actually going to self-destruct.
At this sight, the cultivators were frantic.
"Break the restriction, quickly!" Hong Gang cried.
Fengyun Lie hardened his heart and spat out a mouthful of blood. Boundless divine light struck the talisman formation, shattering it in one blow. He then broke through the Nine Palaces Bewildering Restriction as easily as crushing dead wood, finally undoing the restriction.
A slit opened in the heavens!
"Success!" The cultivators rejoiced.
Seeing the radiance behind them grow ever brighter, as though it could self-destruct at any moment, they dared not delay. Fengyun Lie directly deployed a great spatial translocation art. "Go!"
The cultivators all shifted away at once.
As they watched them leave, the lightning gradually faded, and the signs of imminent self-destruction vanished along with