Crack!
Lightning tore wildly through the sky in every direction, and in an instant, the ground seemed to have fallen into an apocalypse.
The vast calamity gathering in the heavens seemed unable to find the Sacred Mountain's aura. Unable to hold back any longer, it began bombarding everything in a violent frenzy.
Before long, Nie Yun too was locked within that destructive force.
Bolts of bluish-gray lightning shot straight toward him.
"Great Evolution Tianji Sword, block it!"
Seeing the lightning bearing down with terrifying force, Nie Yun knew he could not evade it. He raised two fingers like a sword and met it head-on.
To withstand this kind of heavenly tribulation, he could not use an Emperor-grade Divine Weapon, much less use the Sacred Mountain to block it.
Otherwise, it would only draw an even stronger calamity, until the target Heaven's Dao wished to kill had been completely destroyed!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Great Evolution Tianji Sword could not withstand the heavenly calamity at all. As the two collided again and again, Nie Yun spat blood wildly.
This was a calamity aimed at the Sacred Mountain. Although it had weakened considerably because the Sacred Mountain had vanished, it was still not something a mere Peak of Nine States Realm cultivator like him could contend with.
"Heavenly Dao calamities cannot be escaped. As long as one remains in the God Realm, one will be targeted! And you cannot hide in special places either. While entering them may allow you to evade it for a while, once you emerge, you will suffer even fiercer retaliation—perhaps several times, even dozens of times stronger than the current calamity!"
"In other words, I must endure it. If I can't endure it... there's no use running anywhere!"
Staring at the thunderclouds piled mountain-high in the sky,