Boom!
The Firmament was torn apart by black light!
A colossal pitch-black tree fell from the heavens, seventeen black Divine Dragons coiled around it, their long cries resounding in every direction!
In an instant, it seemed heaven and earth had turned upside down, their positions reversed!
Gale-force winds merged with the black light. Every streak cut like a blade, invading flesh and eroding thought!
The cultivators caught within screamed again and again. Not only were their bodies battered and covered in wounds, but even their Divine Souls and souls were corroded and showed signs of breaking apart. The wind swept them helplessly out of the city!
Though Dangkouzi and the others had divine arts and Treasures protecting them, they could scarcely withstand it. Black patterns spread ever more densely across their bodies, while the divine radiance of their Treasures, True Fire, and Mysterious Pearls grew dimmer. The black-lit gale blew and shoved them out of Chang'an City as well!
Dangkouzi struggled against the wind and black light surging at him from every direction, doing his best to stay close to the other sect leaders and elders. He knew that in such terrifying conditions, even with his Dao Attainment and reserves, he would face an uncertain fate if he became isolated and exhausted his Magic Power and Spirit Light!
"This is the projection of a Dao Tree!" Chang Wuyou drove back the black light with Raging Flame, clearing a pocket of calm. "Legend says that at the source of all things, the River of History, Divine Abilities, and Transcendence, there has been a boundless land since heaven and earth were born. The Heavenly Dao is nurtured within it! Whenever a path is born, a tree comes into being!"
"A Dao Tree?" Dangkouzi's eyelid twitched. "Doesn't that mean the Grand Duke is