Two tiny strands of Sword Qi had drawn down the power of heaven and earth, leaving Bu Er and Jiang Zhizhou utterly astonished.
All along, they seemed to have been doing nothing more than seizing the power in this Qi-Gathering Formation for their own use. Could that also defy the Heavenly Dao?
Of course, that possibility was extremely remote. After all, they had witnessed the power of heaven and earth once before, but had never encountered a situation like this.
While they stood there in a daze, they heard the people around them gather together and let out startled cries.
The lightning had originally been aimed at Yang Qing and his companions. Now, blocked by the Sword Qi, it furiously struck toward the locust tree instead.
Several villagers were knocked unconscious on the spot, right where the group had previously been standing.
Seeing more than a dozen people struck down just like that, the villagers sensed that the heavens were truly about to change, and began rubbing their fists and flexing their arms.
Terrifying as that force was, the power of heaven and earth contained within it was equally formidable.
If they wanted to return alive and unharmed, they would have to learn to stand against everything around them.
Yet human perception could sometimes be so dull. Even at this moment of life and death, some people were still thinking about how to harness that power of heaven and earth.
Originally, their casualties would not have been too severe, but even the few clearheaded people could not overcome the fact they saw before them.
The fact that Yang Qing and his companions had taken benefits as vast as the heavens for themselves.
"I'll say it again. This has nothing to do with anyone else. We've been waiting for an outcome