Rings of five-colored halos spread abruptly outward like ripples on water, with the high platform at their center, until they enveloped all of Tiandang City.
In an instant, some seal over Tiandang City seemed to have been undone, and an utterly terrifying aura of destruction suddenly rose from beneath the city.
The force of Heaven-Gate Rogue Person's kick abruptly dissipated.
"Ah... aaaaaah...!!"
Along with that aura of destruction came a furious roar filled with grief.
Unlike the puzzlement in the eyes of Kang Cangzi, Lü Daoxuan, and the others, the Three from Taiqing Paradise all looked horrified when they heard that furious roar.
Su Chan even cried out in alarm:
"Heavenly sorrow power?! Why did Sanxuan Realm's heavenly sorrow power have to be triggered now?!"
Beside him, Yuqiuzi stared at Xu Taiping's mangled body, his face ashen and his gaze icy.
"How did you learn of this old man's Heaven and Earth Inversion Edict?"
With the flesh of his face mangled, Xu Taiping shook the Heavenly Sound Bell in his hand again with a jingling ring, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly as he said:
"Instinct."
As he spoke, another roar filled with fury and killing intent rang out, and streaks of crimson polar light abruptly appeared across the sky canopy above Tiandang City.
Before anyone could recover their senses, those streaks of crimson polar light suddenly transformed into masses of heavenly fire that fell from the sky.
Boom! Boom, boom, boom...!
Amid ear-splitting blasts as they tore through the air, the masses of searing heavenly fire hurtled down upon Heaven-Gate Rogue Person and his two companions one after another.
Yet Xu Taiping and the others did not encounter a single mass of heavenly fire.
Just then, the Old Daoist suddenly shouted:
"Everyone, do not reveal any killing intent!