Ba Qiu! Baxia's furious shout boomed like thunder.
The powerful figures watching from afar sensed that something seemed amiss, but Baxia could clearly feel that Ba Qiu's condition was terribly wrong.
His once sharp, luminous gaze now seemed veiled in dust, gradually dimming, as though his consciousness were sinking away.
Yet the aura around him grew ever more powerful, faintly reaching a point that was difficult to suppress.
Baxia and Ba Qiu's fates were entwined. Even the sinking consciousness of the Inner Realm's strongest expert affected him somewhat.
Clatter, clatter...
The rattling of chains grew clearer. Enormous pitch-black chains bound the Star Cloud Giant layer after layer, swiftly tying it up tight.
That binding was even reflected upon Ba Qiu's main body.
Where no one else could see, a chain had also appeared around Ba Qiu.
An inexplicable force erupted, and the Star Cloud Giant began sinking downward. It was as though an invisible passage lay beneath Ba Qiu; the giant's feet vanished first, followed by its legs, then its waist...
The light had completely vanished from Ba Qiu's eyes!
"Moo..." Baxia opened his mouth, and a strange roar resounded through the Void. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of golden blood, and golden rain instantly fell across a vast expanse. Staring fixedly at Ba Qiu, he let each syllable rumble from his lips. "Wake up already!"
Those lightless eyes suddenly cleared for an instant.
A trace of bewilderment first appeared on Ba Qiu's face. Then, as if he had sensed something, he lowered his head and stared into an indescribable place, murmuring, "So that's how it is!"
So this was the truth of the world!
He had actually faintly sensed it before, but without truly taking that final step, there had been no way to verify it.
Yet at