"Boom...!"
Just as Ping'an's startled cry rang out, another enormous black spear plastered with densely packed talismans tore through Xuān Pǔ Palace's outer barrier with the force of a storm sweeping through rotten timber, roaring down from the sky like a black dragon.
Fortunately, this time, the spear struck not the Sword Platform where they stood, but another floating immortal mountain behind them.
"Bang!"
Amid the thunderous crash, the floating immortal mountain was pierced through, and the enormous black spear covered in talismans plunged deep into the sea below.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
Almost simultaneously, rings of golden ripples, seemingly solid, suddenly spread outward from the shafts of those enormous black spears.
"Rumble..."
In an instant, the earth shook and the heavens rocked throughout Xuān Pǔ Palace's Forbidden Grounds.
It was as though those rings of golden ripples were about to tear the whole place apart.
Seeing this, Old Daoist Huang glanced at Xu Taiping behind him and frowned.
"It looks like we'll have to activate Xuān Pǔ Palace's Thousand-Mile Layered City Grand Formation ahead of time."
Clearly, the Grand Formation Fengdu Prefecture itself had laid down for these Forbidden Grounds was on the verge of failing to withstand Heavenly Lord Cangwu's methods.
Hearing this, Ping'an immediately picked up his Voice Transmission Jade Slip.
"I'll send word to Mr. Qin Ming right away."
The method of activating Xuān Pǔ Palace's Thousand-Mile Layered City Grand Formation, inherited from the Ancient Heavenly Court, was a closely guarded secret of Fengdu Prefecture. A Ghost King had to activate it personally.
"Boom!"
But before Ping'an could send the message, a tall, slender figure abruptly appeared before him with an ear-splitting rush through the air.
A closer look revealed that it was none other than Ghost King Qin Ming.
Qin Ming's face was as pale as