Precarious

What was this?

The cultivators of the Five Great Families stared blankly at the tiny pillar, utterly bewildered.

No one had ever seen such a thing, yet in everyone's perception, the place where it stood seemed to have become a black hole, madly devouring the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy within the Secret Realm. The entire Secret Realm now seemed to be swept up in a Spiritual Energy storm, its momentum vast and mighty.

If they allowed this to continue, all the Spiritual Energy in the Secret Realm would likely be devoured clean. By then, the Secret Realm itself might collapse.

"What a ruthless method!" Chu Ruoyu's eyelids twitched violently. He truly could not understand what deep hatred the outsider bore toward Silver Snake Valley to leave behind such a vicious contingency.

"Dig it out, quickly!" someone roared.

At once, someone stepped forward, intending to pull the Heaven's Mystery Pillar out of the ground.

What should have been an easy task proved otherwise. Even after exhausting every ounce of strength, that cultivator could not budge the Heaven's Mystery Pillar in the slightest.

Someone nearby could scarcely believe it and went to lend a hand, yet the result remained the same.

"This is bad. This thing has already connected to the Earth Vein. It cannot be moved!"

At last, an elderly cultivator of broad knowledge saw through the crux of it.

Such a tiny object should not have resisted several cultivators working together. There was only one possible explanation: it had already become tightly linked with the Earth Vein. To move it would be equivalent to moving Silver Snake Valley's Earth Vein.

That was simply beyond human power!

"It's over!" A horrifying thought surfaced in everyone's minds. Every cultivator present staggered, their faces turning pale.

"What grudge? What hatred?" Chu Ruoyu's