"Boom!"
As Lin Changheng abruptly opened his eyes, the world outside abruptly fell still.
It sank into absolute, deathly silence.
Then an overwhelming pressure, terrifying beyond measure, erupted from the valley at the center of the celestial phenomenon and swept outward in every direction.
It surged like a mountain flood bursting through a dam, ravaging a hundred li in an instant, and like a towering tsunami rising from the boundless deep, it crashed down with a thunderous roar, crushing everything.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom-"
Wherever the pressure passed, even the air twisted and distorted, as though two unimaginably terrifying hands were wringing it back and forth like a towel!
Every cultivator watching-whether at Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, or the Core Formation Stage, whether early, middle, or late stage, whether at the peak or not-suddenly felt their bodies grow heavy beneath that pressure. Without exception, they dropped to their knees with a succession of thuds!
It was as though an immensely terrifying, towering mountain pressed equally upon every person, bearing down from head to toe, seeping from skin into marrow, making every joint groan beneath the unbearable burden.
They could not rise at all!
For a moment, not a single person remained standing. Everyone knelt upon the ground.
Those in worse condition wore terrified expressions, sweat beading on their foreheads and their faces deathly pale. Only by kneeling on both knees, bending their spines, lowering their necks, and pressing their foreheads to the ground could they ease the pressure on their bodies.
They were truly prostrated with all five points touching the earth, without even the strength to lift their heads and look around.
Those in slightly better condition braced their hands against the ground, veins bulging as they gritted their teeth. Their bones creaked all over, their faces flushed red,