In the eyes of Immortal Elder Wuji and the others, Xu Taiping would only have attempted something so close to courting death if Fairy Lingyue had been planning behind the scenes.
But Fairy Lingyue, who understood Xu Taiping, knew that he dared to take such a risk simply because he was following his own heart.
He must feel that Elder Zhang's trust and the lives of the countless people of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven are worth taking this risk for.
Fairy Lingyue murmured inwardly.
"Bang!"
Just as Fairy Lingyue was thinking this, within the projection at the center of the main hall, Xu Taiping, who had assumed the Dragon Whale Physique, once again drove both feet hard against the ground and leaped toward the Heavenly Gate.
"Boom!"
Amid the tremendous concussion, everyone saw Xu Taiping, his body enveloped by a golden bull demon phantom, break through several golden ripples formed from heavenly might in succession and hurtle toward the Heavenly Gate like a cannonball once more.
"Bang!"
Just as before, before Xu Taiping could swing his fist into the Heavenly Gate, the golden bull demon phantom protecting his body was shattered by the golden ripples formed from heavenly might.
"Swish!"
In a single instant, the golden ripples scraped away first the dragon scales covering him, then his flesh, sinews, and bones...
By the time Xu Taiping was only a fist's distance from the Heavenly Gate, he had once again become a blood-soaked figure, his flesh mangled all over, no different from before.
"Bang!"
The next moment, just as before, although Xu Taiping slammed another heavy punch into the Heavenly Gate, its recoil still sent him hurtling in a straight line toward the Cloud-Ascending Platform below.
"Thud!"
Amid the tremendous concussion, the entire Heaven-Ascending Platform shuddered again.
"This..."
Everyone in the Abyssal