At that critical moment, dazzling light erupted around Jiang Yun, as though a new sun had risen inside the hall.
Countless flashes of lightning danced like silver snakes across his body. More than three million Bloodline Runes blazed together, like a brilliant river of stars falling to earth.
The light formed a solid barrier, shutting out the unnerving whispers.
Jiang Yun gritted his teeth and once again drove the Bloodline Fusion Secret Art with all his might.
The art surged like a raging tide, sweeping over not only the mysterious diagram but also the Bloodline Runes.
The runes, already condensed to unfathomable depths, seemed to come alive under the art's power. They gradually took solid form, rising like an ancient, unyielding city wall. An imposing aura radiated from them, mercilessly repelling every intrusion.
At the same time, the Dao Origin Bloodline within Jiang Yun churned like boiling magma. Wisps of red bloodline mist, as lively as little spirits, streamed into the runes.
In an instant, the rune wall took on an inscrutable air. An indescribable pressure descended like the Primordial Divine Mountain, shaking the entire space.
It was a feat that could be called Heaven-Cleaving Earth-Creation!
The power of more than three million bloodlines awakened at once, like primordial beasts that had slept for ten thousand ages. Heaven and earth shook violently.
That boundless aura shot into the highest heavens, stirring ripples across the River of Time. Powerful beings hidden deep in the ages turned to look back. Their souls felt gripped by an invisible hand; every one of them sensed something.
It was an ancient summons from the depths of their bloodlines, desolate yet burning, as if it had crossed endless time and space to tell an age-old secret.
Yet no matter how those extraordinary figures searched, they could