Suppressing the Heavenly Stele Elder, who had been about to make a move, Chen Nianzhi led the others onward.
Over the time that followed, they continued climbing the mountain and obtained quite a few rare treasures.
However, compared with the other major factions that fought one another for spoils, they had abandoned many treasures, and thus failed to seize any more high-grade Chaos treasures.
As time passed, they unknowingly came within the final half of the journey to the summit of the Primordial Divine Mountain.
"We're almost at the top."
Seeing that the summit was close at hand, Chen Nianzhi could not help but smile faintly.
The pressure here was more than ten times stronger than at the mountain's foot. Many ordinary half-step Limitless cultivators present had expended over half their mana, and their combat strength had likely fallen by sixty or seventy percent.
Even the top half-step Limitless cultivators had probably used up more than half their mana. Only peerless Supremes could maintain their peak combat strength, though even they had consumed no small amount of mana.
Only people with foundations like Chen Nianzhi's, as well as Qu Nishang and the others who had cultivated Supreme Immortal Domains, lacked no mana at all, and their combat strength had not changed much.
Clang—
At that moment, a majestic toll of a bell suddenly erupted from the mountaintop.
The bell's chime was deafening, transforming into ripples of the Great Dao that swept across the eight desolations, as though it had pressed the boundless sea of the Great Dao beneath all living beings.
The expressions of all the Supremes present changed sharply. Even Chen Nianzhi's face sank slightly, revealing extreme gravity.
"The sound of the Chaos Ancient Bell."
Chen Nianzhi's expression shifted. He nodded to those beside him, then immediately headed toward