Thud...!
Just as Xu Taiping was filled with astonishment, a light suddenly tore through the darkness before his eyes amid a muffled explosion, appearing in front of him.
Looking closely, he saw that the light was actually a fist wrapped in blazing flames.
Bang!
In that single glance, the flame-wreathed fist slammed heavily into Xu Taiping.
For an instant, Xu Taiping felt as though his physique would be torn apart by the fist's terrifying force.
But in the end, this ultimate Dao true dragon divine being body withstood the punch for him.
Boom...!
The force of that punch parted the earth behind him like flowing water, and his body kept sinking into the ground.
But compared with the tremendous force driving his body into the earth, what truly plunged Xu Taiping into greater despair was the battle intent that came with that punch.
Rumble...
This battle intent, thick as ink, covered him layer after layer, cutting off his Divine Sense little by little.
Even the Lotus Eye and the power of time could not sense any aura from the outside through this battle intent. They could only faintly sense people attempting to charge into the expanse it covered.
After sensing those faint auras, Xu Taiping murmured inwardly:
It should be Sister Lingyue, Master, and the others... What a pity... This time... I couldn't... bring them back...
As he spoke, his Divine Sense reached behind him once more, and he murmured:
It seems... that light earlier... must have been them too...
As he thought this, Xu Taiping's Divine Sense began to scatter.
Thud...
Thud, thud...
Suddenly, a series of muffled collisions like heartbeats abruptly gathered Xu Taiping's nearly scattered divine intent back together.
Battle... battle intent?
Having weathered countless battles, Xu Taiping immediately realized that these collisions came from two masses