Under everyone's watchful gaze, that incomparably vast force swept up wind and waves, forcing back the one who had launched the attack.
Bang!
With a muffled crash, the attacker was sent flying backward.
Seeing this, the other cultivators along the way flashed golden light in their eyes and quickly moved aside.
The flying figure was hurled a full thousand zhang away before barely managing to steady himself.
Yet though he had stabilized his body, his aura had become utterly chaotic, and crimson blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
This scene made the other cultivators in the area suck in a cold breath.
As they looked at the scroll in the sky, several more degrees of wariness entered their eyes.
One had to know that the owner of this scroll had not even appeared yet. The power contained in the scroll alone was already so terrifying.
Then they recalled the recent rumor circulating through the Cultivation World that someone would publicly reveal Su Shi'er's whereabouts.
Many cultivators who had initially paid it no mind now raised their vigilance to the utmost.
Across the vast plaza, countless pairs of eyes converged upon the scroll in the sky.
For a long while, no one spoke, nor did anyone make any unnecessary movement.
At this moment, everyone was waiting for the owner of the scroll—or for the scroll's next change.
And amid their anxious anticipation, the scroll in the air began trembling ever more violently.
In merely the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
Dazzling golden light shone, radiant as the blazing sun.
Within the light, the scroll suspended high in the air slowly unfurled.
The opened scroll resembled a golden curtain of light hanging in the sky.
Watching this scene, some in the crowd looked puzzled, while others