But the Guixu Pearl's suction did not weaken.
Summers's body touched the surface of the Guixu Pearl.
Then...
Like water flowing down a drain.
The enormous figure that blotted out the sky was drawn into the Guixu Pearl bit by bit. Its tail vanished last. The eerie green light finally went out.
The sky cleared.
Sunlight once again shone over the land of Mongolia.
The entire world...
Fell silent for three seconds.
Then everyone in front of a screen erupted in cheers at once. Shouts, sobs, and laughter mingled together.
Tens of thousands embraced in Times Square. Elderly people wept in Huaxia's shelters. Command centers across the world broke into applause.
On the battlefield, Cai Jingwen returned to human form and flew over to Chen Siyao.
"Yaoyao... is it dead?"
Chen Siyao shook her head.
The Guixu Pearl shrank to its normal size and flew back into her hand. The golden patterns on its surface still flowed, but they were much dimmer than before.
"No. Without my brother controlling it, the Guixu Pearl can't kill it. It can only trap it."
Cai Jingwen relaxed, though not completely. "How long can it hold it?"
"I don't know." Chen Siyao put the pearl away. "But at least..."
She never finished.
Five auras rose from deep within the Gold-Eater Clan's formation.
Five enormous figures emerged from the black tide. Each stood over three hundred meters tall, the dark golden sheen of its carapace ten times richer than that of the previous high-level Gold-Eaters.
Their auras...
Cai Jingwen's expression changed.
"Nirvana Stage."
Five.
Five Nirvana Stage Gold-Eaters.
Chen Siyao was at the peak of the heavenly dharma form realm. Above heavenly dharma form came chaos battle body, then indestructible battle body, and only above that came the nirvana stage.
Three entire major realms separated