The crowd exchanged glances. Then, flashes of flight light erupted from the many Nascent Soul Cultivators as they accelerated and flew ahead toward Huangdang Mountain.
Ning Fa frowned slightly. His powerful divine sense swept across the frontal battlefield, but seemingly due to the influence of Huangdang Mountain's mountain-protecting grand formation, he could not inspect the situation in detail.
The same was true of the rich mining areas within several hundred miles, leaving him unable to determine where True Lord Cang Lei and the Huayu Sect disciples were now.
He quickly made up his mind to first approach the battle ahead and confirm the situation at close range.
Huangdang Mountain was shrouded from its mountainside upward in a crimson spiritual light barrier, while a heavy mass of fire clouds blanketed dozens of miles overhead.
Fireballs the size of water vats rained down from those fire clouds like falling meteors. From afar, the apocalyptic sight was horrifying.
At the same time, beneath the heavy fire clouds, hundreds upon thousands of cultivators were scattered across every direction like locusts, relentlessly attacking the mountain.
Though these people looked little different from Cangyuan Cultivators, their clothing and adornments were entirely different. Most wore all manner of animal hides and fur skirts, while many bore strange tattoos that gave off a savage, feral air.
They were clearly Tianli Cultivators. Above every one of their heads floated an ethereal-looking aqua-blue lotus.
Whenever fireballs fell from the fire clouds above, the aqua-blue lotuses flashed with watery light and swept the fireballs inside. When the lotus leaves unfurled again, the fireballs had vanished.
Although the aqua-blue lotuses dimmed somewhat, they could clearly hold out for a while longer.
Meanwhile, enormous beasts dozens of zhang long could also be seen. Their bodies were covered in armor flickering with rune-light, and