Chen Cuo reached out, as though plunging his hand into a cloud of mist. He clenched his fist and caught several wisps of Mist Aura.
Above the starry sky, three more stars flickered.
Reflected in Chen Cuo's eyes, they jolted him awake. The scene before him changed: the towering Dao trees vanished once more, replaced by Tingyi's figure and the scattered points of emerald light around her!
"Ranking List, come!"
As Lü Shang spoke those two words, the list suddenly trembled.
Emerald light rose everywhere, above and below, in every direction, then streamed toward the list in Lü Shang's hand!
The list grew ever more crystalline and green. Unfurling in the wind, it became a long scroll that seemed to stretch without end. It twisted and coiled like a vast serpent, soaring out of Chang'an City and beyond its walls until it occupied a great swath of sky!
Even Dangkouzi and the others outside the city could see it clearly!
They had been watching the upheaval within the city, but now the long scroll swept into view. The moment their eyes touched it, many felt their minds waver!
Several young-looking cultivators even cried out as their True Spirits left their bodies and flew straight toward the scroll!
Most had come with their elders, who acted the instant something went wrong. But their own minds had wavered first. Even after they unleashed Divine Abilities and Spellcraft, their efforts sank like stones into the sea. They could hold back their disciples' and younger relatives' bodies, but not the wisps of True Spirit spilling from their souls!
"Whoever did this is too powerful. We can't stop it!"
They saw what was happening and knew what was at stake, yet could only watch helplessly as wisps of True Spirit from their disciples and younger