The Center of Heaven and Earth

More beams of light tore through space and bombarded the Traction Altar.

The massive impact swept in all directions. Though Lu Ye and the others had withdrawn in advance, the aftershock still sent them sprawling, while some of the Blood Race pursuing them were killed on the spot.

Having finally steadied himself, Lu Ye hurriedly looked toward the altar.

What he saw made his expression freeze.

"How could this be?" Huang Liang, watching from midair, changed color in fury.

The sight before him was unbelievable. After losing the protection of the Protective Spirit Array, the Traction Altar built by the Blood Race had endured a full volley from the Spirit Ships without suffering the slightest damage!

The greater the hope, the deeper the disappointment.

A moment earlier, Huang Liang had been certain that once Lu Ye broke the Protective Spirit Array, the Traction Altar it guarded would surely be destroyed.

But in truth, the altar's sturdiness far exceeded all imagination!

All the Longteng cultivators watching the altar were left stunned.

"What are you ants... hoping for?" Blood Fiend's cold voice rang out. Wrapped in a veil of Blood Light, he charged toward the nearest Vast Righteousness Academy cultivator.

With his mind shaken, that cultivator failed to block Blood Fiend's attack. A hand punched through his chest, and his still-beating heart was ripped straight out.

"Junior Brother Qi!" Cries of alarm rang out. More than a dozen Vast Righteousness Academy powerhouses hurriedly regained their senses and used Sword Control to attack.

Yet a corner of the Sword Formation had been broken, and they were facing a powerhouse like Blood Fiend. How could they possibly stabilize the formation again? For a time, the Vast Righteousness Academy's Sword Formation teetered on the brink of collapse.

Yuan Changcun suddenly understood.

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