The colossal beast would sometimes crash into the cluster of mountain cities, then slam into the clouds, its agonized howls endlessly shaking the mountain cities beyond the barrier.
But Sikong Jing had no mind to spare for anything else. He stared fixedly at the illusion before him.
Within this fourth illusion, the Nine Heavens Emperor was still locked in battle with the Six-Horned Magic Beast...
It picked up directly from the last one...
It was the moment when the Nine Heavens Emperor had begun forcibly forging the Aurora Emperor Vein. The Six-Horned Magic Beast, under the Mountain City Lord's control, was relentlessly bombarding him with the Aurora Sacred Pearl.
The Nine Heavens Emperor was drenched in blood, drawing the Aurora Sacred Pearl's bombardments into his body and continuously forming the Aurora Emperor Vein.
"So it can be done like this..."
Sikong Jing stared unblinkingly at the Nine Heavens Emperor's construction of the Aurora Emperor Vein and its aura within the illusion, gaining an entirely new understanding.
Without even realizing it, his own Aurora Emperor Vein had improved again.
After an unknown amount of time, the Nine Heavens Emperor in the illusion was no longer completely restrained by the Aurora Sacred Pearl and began to launch his counterattack.
"Mountain City Lord, get out of Six-Horned's body."
The Nine Heavens Emperor's voice was frigid to the extreme. Sword after sword slashed toward the Six-Horned Magic Beast, each carrying Tribulation-Breaking Power, as though piercing into the beast's consciousness to drive out the Mountain City Lord's spirit shadow.
Yet the Six-Horned Magic Beast under the Mountain City Lord's control was equally terrifying beyond compare, constantly striking back.
This was a peak battle the likes of which Sikong Jing had never seen before.
For a time, Sikong Jing forgot all about his present danger and