Comparative Observation

Liang Zhaohuang had snatched more than a dozen intact void worms from Kunpeng's jaws, but now was not the time to study them. He stored the worms in specially made jade boxes.

He then stepped onto the Five-Colored Lotus Platform and flew into the air, arriving at the spot atop the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace where the protective barrier had cracked open.

After drawing close, he carefully examined the cracks in the barrier, using spiritual power, Spiritual Sense, ocular arts, and every other method at his disposal to try and observe the boundless void beyond the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace through them.

After repeated observation, he soon discovered that more and more worms were gathering in the void around the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace.

Even farther away, he could vaguely make out the figures of even larger, more ferocious and terrifying void monsters appearing, all faintly converging upon the Cloud Firmament Palace.

Just as he had expected, the presence of himself and Kunpeng seemed to be constantly drawing these creatures of the void toward them.

Meanwhile, the flaws in the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace's defenses—the cracks in its protective barrier—allowed these void creatures to discover them and invade the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace through those gaps and fissures.

If they remained here any longer, leaving aside their own safety, the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace itself might not survive the invasion of these ever-growing and ever-stronger void creatures.

At that thought, Liang Zhaohuang immediately used the Black Tiger Sword he had left in the Kunpeng Secret Realm to contact his nephew, Liang Ruiqin, in the secret realm.

He had the other man reopen the passage connecting the Kunpeng Secret Realm and the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace, so that he and Kunpeng could return to the Kunpeng Secret Realm.

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