The Five-Finger Mountain overturned and came crashing down. Beneath its overwhelmingly fierce offensive lay all manner of protective Dao essence.
He intended to forcibly envelop and suppress the weightless zone containing the two disciples.
Since entering the Saint's Tomb, Venerable Duanyue's purpose had always been clear. When danger arose, the first priority was to save people. Right now, the urgent task was to stabilize that chaotic stretch of space!
"Venerable, be careful!"
The instant the gravity trap activated and the suction of the Space Crack erupted, Jiang Shu keenly sensed a faint killing intent rising from the chaotic spatial shadows beyond the crack. Its target was Venerable Duanyue, who was casting his technique to rescue them.
But his warning came a moment too late.
A shadow shot out from the chaotic interplay of light and shadow behind the Space Crack, accompanied by a soundless sonic boom and swift as lightning.
Its target was a sliver of the Law's core node exposed by the Five-Finger Mountain Venerable Duanyue had slammed down.
This trap was a chained Killing Move aimed at rescuers!
The shadow moved at an astonishing speed and possessed an enormous body, almost blending into the chaotic space behind it. Only when it drew near did its true form emerge.
It was an eerie creature shaped like a giant lizard!
Its entire body was covered in dark, heavy bone armor resembling some kind of metamorphic jade. Twisted dark-red patterns of spatial cracks naturally ran across the armor, as though it had been born with an affinity and resistance to space.
Its massive head was an inverted triangle, eyeless, with nothing on its face but a gigantic maw split all the way to its ears and packed with spiraling sharp fangs.
At the ends of its thick limbs were horrifying claws