Councilor Duan and Sheng Zheng both froze when they saw a similarly thick wall appear below. Sheng Zheng unconsciously stepped forward, staring intently. "This is..."
At first glance, he had thought it was the Black-Gold Colossal Rampart they had cast down last time. But upon closer inspection, he discovered the two were different. Even so, anyone could see that they bore some connection to each other, and his expression could not help but darken.
Councilor Duan said with a half-smile, "I heard the rampart Councilor Sheng commanded last time was broken by Origin Xia's treasure that suppresses the Dao? It seems Celestial Xia learned this thing from that battle as well."
Sheng Zheng snorted. "It is merely a clumsy imitation."
Though he said so, this thing posed no small obstacle and trouble for them.
The Celestial Xia rampart was shielded by Nether City Golden Sand and protected by the returned Capital Gate Instrument, giving it two layers of protection.
The key was that the area ahead lay within the Celestial Xia Domain. It was impossible to repeat the earlier scene of everyone joining forces to drive Myriad Immortals' Ferry over their opponent, for when the aura of the Heaven-Bearing Diagram descended, it first had to contend with Origin Xia's heavenly order. That was tantamount to an additional burden, preventing it from unleashing its full power. This was also Celestial Xia's home-field advantage.
Councilor Duan said, "Test them first. Let us see how much they have truly learned."
He raised a hand, preparing to cast down the array artifacts they had readied beforehand to probe the rampart before them. Yet before he could act, countless fine grains of golden sand drifted toward their position.
The golden sand was gathered so densely and thickly that it resembled a boundless golden sea of