Noticing the change in Su Shuanghe's expression, Yu Ci merely smiled and did not pay it much mind, instead continuing to watch the developments on the floating island.
Sky Beam Mountain Island was now shrouded in murk as earth energy and water vapor collided. Thunderclouds and lightning pressed down from above; deadly electric fire seemed to leap across the island at every moment, while rocks and strata constantly failed to hold, splitting apart with thunderous cracks to reveal a deeper, honeycomb-like structure below. One could not help but marvel that the mountains beneath the nearby lake had long since been hollowed out. Only because the lakebed mountain range had endured countless tribulations and possessed an exceptionally hard constitution had it not completely collapsed during the island's raising.
Under the illumination of the Shadow Blade Mantis's divine ability, the "things" that had entered from five directions—"creations," to put it more pleasantly—all began, as though by prior agreement, to dive into those deep underground caverns. Since the light screen suspended above the lake had captured everything clearly, the cultivators on the lake could all make out their appearances.
Three of them were relatively conventional puppet designs.
The Eight Extremes Sect's resembled a spider and was extraordinarily nimble. The Azure Wave Water Mansion's looked like a carp, able to travel through earth, parting soil and splitting stone as though walking on level ground. By comparison, Crimson Firmament Heaven's method was far more astonishing. No one knew what material it used, but the entire "creation" resembled a snake swimming through mist, somewhere between form and formlessness. It constantly absorbed earth energy and water vapor, while smoke spilled from its "mouth and nose," seemingly carrying poison within.
The Chunyang Sect, meanwhile, had sent in a tiny sword barely an inch long. At first glance, one