A crisp crack rang out through the entire grotto-heaven. Everyone knew it was the sound of the Profound Pivot Stone shattering.
Hong Xuan looked smugly toward Yuan Bai, eager to see despair on his face before he was ejected.
Yet a strange smile appeared on Yuan Bai's face, and the Violet Cloud Furnace came crashing down toward Hong Xuan's head.
"How have you not been eliminated?!" Hong Xuan blanched.
According to the grotto-heaven's rules, shouldn't everyone from the Hezhen Society have been eliminated the instant their Profound Pivot Stone shattered?
How had Yuan Bai not only avoided being ejected, but remained able to attack him?!
The Violet Cloud Furnace came too swiftly and suddenly. Hong Xuan had never expected an attack from someone who should already have been eliminated, and could only hastily summon a Dharmic Treasure to block it.
Seeing this, Chu Mo immediately seized the fleeting opening. The Profound Banner's eerie light surged, instantly engulfing the Profound Pivot Stone Hong Xuan had been guarding so closely.
Another crisp crack rang out. Every Upper Mound disciple on the field felt an irresistible force strike them, ejecting them straight out of the Illusory Void Grotto-Heaven.
Jue Ming and Miao Xuan, who had been fighting nearby, looked back in shock and uncertainty at the sight.
Never mind those two-even Chu Mo and the other Hezhen Society members were utterly bewildered. Only Yuan Bai smiled faintly. "Junior Brother Chu, I told you-the advantage is mine!"
Time turned back to moments earlier, at the Hezhen Society's base.
Qing Song's figure burst like a bubble. He was ejected from the Illusory Void Grotto-Heaven and eliminated.
The Profound Pivot Stone shattered as well, and a powerful surge of Spirit Resonance descended upon its destroyer, sending his aura soaring.
"It worked-?"
Before the smile on the