The strength of Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland's move lay not in his cultivation realm, but in his exquisitely precise control over spells.
For both the Great Sun Golden Flame and the Golden Crows it formed were spells that cultivators of the lower realm could learn.
Boom!
Just as the two men thought Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland was about to shatter the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation in one stroke, Tribulation Clouds suddenly gathered above the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, sending a thick bolt of tribulation lightning crashing straight down onto it.
Bang!
With just one bolt of tribulation lightning, the Great Sun Golden Flame surrounding the Mysterious Wasteland Tower exploded apart, and more than half the Golden Crows shattered.
"As expected, when a heavenly immortal from the upper realm acts, the Heavenly Dao strikes back. Even Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland is no exception."
Qiu Shanyuan shook his head with deep regret.
Had that bolt of tribulation lightning come a little later, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation would surely have broken. Then the Eight Emperors might very well have been reduced to ashes beneath Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland's Great Sun Golden Flame.
Once the Eight Emperors fell, not only would Mysterious Wasteland Heaven's predicament be resolved, but when the Heaven-Demon War arose again, the Human Race would have nearly half as many powerful foes to face.
After all, the Seventh Demon Abyss and the Ninth Demon Abyss were the strongest of the Nine Abysses.
Boom, boom, boom!
Just then, three more bolts of tribulation lightning fell in succession from the Tribulation Clouds shimmering with seven-colored radiance in the sky.
After those three bolts fell, only a little over a hundred of the thousands of Golden Crows formed from the Great Sun Golden Flame remained, barely enough to hold their own against the damaged Immortal-Slaying Sword