Zhang Yu's incarnation in the Peaceful Realm sensed that an offensive was brewing above. Waves of warning washed over him; clearly, this enemy's move would be anything but simple.
Combined with the methods of twisting the void beyond the Earth Continent, he could roughly surmise that the enemy was harnessing and wielding the power of the void.
This showed that the enemy excelled at breaking fortified positions. Without even coming into contact with their foe, they could display their own might. Different enemies called for different methods. Against an enemy like this, they could not simply hold one position—that would be offering themselves up as targets. They had to go out and break the enemy.
This worked out well. Before Celestial Xia truly launched its counterattack, they needed to make use of this man. Though Zhang Yu did not believe they could capture him, they could always give it a try.
However, there was no need for him to personally go up and fight the man. At this very moment, his external body was heading this way aboard a golden vessel after the garrison fortress had been destroyed.
Councilor Chuan was controlling his magical power when he suddenly sensed that something was amiss. Turning his head, he saw a golden vessel approaching from the distant sky.
As the golden vessel drew closer, an intense sense of threat rose within him.
He had already been guarding against a countermeasure from Celestial Xia, so he did not panic. He immediately abandoned his suppression of the Peaceful Realm, stretched out his hand, and grabbed toward the direction from which the golden vessel was coming.
First, he guided down the power of the Heaven-Bearing Diagram, resisting and wearing away the golden sand wrapped around the vessel. At the same time, rings of light bloomed