Heavenly Venerable Qiao could naturally dispel the divine ability he had cast himself.
With a thought, the immense "hammerhead" of the "meteor hammer" reversed its material properties once more. Its structural strength now could not withstand the coarse vine demonic dragons' battering. After another half-turn, it shattered with a deafening crash, dust and smoke billowing everywhere.
With the weapon that had not yet struck already broken, the coarse vine demonic dragons were instead freed of their restraints. They immediately split apart to either side, truly possessing the ferocity and spirit of celestial dragons as they lunged forward together.
That was not all. Bloodlight seeped through the air, linking into a curtain. The fire pestilence that had been secretly parasitizing within it buzzed into motion. Empowered by the Demon Kingdom, its plague poison was catalyzed, exterminating all life-force.
Under Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu's moonlight divine ability, weak individual entities like the fire pestilence found it difficult to survive. Thus, from the beginning, they had "burned" themselves to catalyze plague poison, seeking to seep into Heavenly Venerable Qiao's domain, befoul its spiritual light, and slow its flow of qi.
Heavenly Venerable Qiao still did not move. Yet beside him came the sound of gurgling water, which transformed into clear light and wondrous qi, isolating and purifying the plague poison in the blink of an eye.
Only then did he smile faintly. "My thanks, Fellow Daoist You."
The one who had acted from the shadows was You Yunzhen, an Earth Immortal of the Qingmiao Sect.
This veteran Earth Immortal powerhouse had always kept a low profile. Though he guarded his sect, he might not show himself even once in a hundred years.
Only those close to him knew that something had gone wrong in his cultivation. His Celestial Combat had faltered, leaving him with