Just then, Lin Chuan felt the black altar tremble slightly, emitting a deep, shadowy glow that directly forced back the aura of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.
As the altar's light contended with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, the force suppressing Lin Chuan weakened considerably instead.
"When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman profits!" Feeling much of the pressure on him lessen, a sharp gleam flashed through Lin Chuan's eyes.
The moment he had sensed that terrifying pressure, the three Primordial Scriptures had automatically manifested to help him bear it. Yet unexpectedly, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth they attracted had instead divided the altar's suppressive power over Lin Chuan. With this give and take, not only could the aura of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth no longer descend upon Lin Chuan, but even the altar had lost its restraint over him.
Lin Chuan looked up at the sky. He could clearly sense that the aura of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was still raging outside. Dark clouds hung densely overhead, and terrifying flashes of lightning streaked through them from time to time, including Deva Path Thunder Punishments such as Purple Heaven Divine Thunder. But under the spread of the altar's black radiance, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth did not dare approach the vicinity of the island, much less the altar itself. It could only roar unwillingly outside, waiting for an opportunity.
Lin Chuan took a deep breath. His sky-blue Tenseigan appeared, and with the eruption of his ocular power, everything on the island came into view.
The island was not very large, only around ten kilometers across. Other than the black altar before him, Lin Chuan found nothing unusual on it.
And this sole altar was also