"Boom!"
Just as when Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi had made it onto the Ranking Ascension earlier, the instant Elder Lu placed the Same-Boat Chain upon it, the stone stele emitted a dazzling crimson radiance.
This was precisely the sign that the Same-Boat Chain contained tremendous spiritual power.
"Clang!..."
Then, with the ringing cry of a sword, the crimson radiance on the stone stele suddenly gathered into a dazzling sword light and shot into the sky.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
In the blink of an eye, this sword light pierced straight through three layers of barriers in the firmament.
The sight made the spectators' hearts seize.
Even though they had already guessed that Xu Taiping's Same-Boat Chain contained an immense amount of spiritual power, the speed at which his flying sword soared still frightened them.
"Bang, bang, bang!..."
Before the spectators could recover, the sword qi formed from Xu Taiping's Same-Boat Chain broke through another three layers of barriers laid across the firmament in succession.
For a moment, everyone drew in a sharp breath-
"His sword qi pierced straight through three thousand zhang!"
Yet even then, although the sword qi formed from Xu Taiping's Same-Boat Chain had slowed considerably, it still showed no intention of stopping.
"Bang!"
Under everyone's horrified gazes, the slowly flying sword qi broke through another barrier.
Just as everyone thought the sword qi surely had to stop this time, unexpectedly, it merely slowed considerably once more, without showing any sign of impending collapse.
Finally, beneath everyone's incredulous gazes, the sword qi, which seemed to be crawling like a tortoise, broke through yet another barrier.
"Four thousand zhang!"
A spectating cultivator in the stands could not help crying out.
But amid this person's exclamation, after slowly ascending a little farther, the sword qi ultimately failed to break through