"Rumble!"
As the few of them swayed violently, a thunderous explosion rang out behind them.
The illusion array that concealed the oasis outside the sect residence—and offered some defense against sandstorms and even demonic beast attacks—collapsed in an instant.
The next moment, a vast, lush green desert oasis appeared amid the boundless sea of sand.
The howling wind swept past, carrying wild sand across a hundred miles.
In the blink of an eye, vast stretches of the oasis were buried.
Countless terrified, panicked mortals were swallowed by the sand along with the villages, towns, and cities they had built.
For a time, innumerable mortals were nearly buried alive beneath the windblown sand.
Many more had their bodies torn apart in an instant by the terrifying pressure contained within the wind, becoming blood mist that merged into the endless yellow sands.
Deep within the oasis, the Sect Protection Formation around the Ancient Immortal Sect's residence activated on its own.
Yet cultivators of varying cultivation levels kept roaring as they rushed from the daoist temple, charging heedlessly toward the raging sand burying the oasis.
Most of the Ancient Immortal Sect's disciples had emerged from the mortal world within this oasis and embarked upon the path of cultivation.
They held the same feelings for both their sect and the mortal world upon the oasis.
While they remained within the daoist temple, protected by the Sect Protection Formation, their situation was somewhat better.
But once they rushed out of the daoist temple, they had to face the yellow sands filling the sky and the supreme pressure of the Spirit Severing stage.
Before they could get very far, figure after figure dropped into the yellow sand like dumplings falling into a pot.
Some trembled all over, unable to move even an inch beneath the immense