Just then, a wisp of golden flame suddenly flew from Xu Taiping's Left-Eye Lotus Pupil with a boom.
Just moments earlier, he had used his remaining Primordial Chaos Power to perform one final deduction.
Beside him, Lin Buyan immediately caught on and asked curiously:
"Was everything he said true?"
Xu Taiping drew a deep breath and nodded.
"Yes."
For a moment, everyone, Lin Buyan included, looked ashen.
But Xu Taiping's gaze immediately sharpened as he said:
"But he'll need at least half an incense stick's time before he can unleash the Returning Heaven Edict."
"And during that time, he must accumulate power to unleash the Returning Heaven Edict. He can only use the Origin of the Great Dao to sustain the Mystic Yellow Bell and cannot attack us."
"Otherwise, he'll suffer a backlash."
"That's precisely why he suddenly stopped attacking us."
Hearing this, the Jade Emperor's eyes abruptly blazed with killing intent.
Clearly, he had not expected Xu Taiping's Great Deductive Power to deduce the drawbacks of his Returning Heaven Edict in such detail.
But after a brief moment of astonishment, the Jade Emperor immediately looked at them with contempt and said:
"I doubt you lot can even withstand the Backlash Power from my Mystic Yellow Bell."
His words, however, did not intimidate them.
With a boom, Lin Buyan summoned wind and thunder into her palm and said:
"Everyone, as long as we break this Mystic Yellow Bell within half an incense stick's time, we can end this Heaven-Treading Contest!"
As she spoke, Lin Buyan abruptly slammed her palm toward the Mystic Yellow Bell.
Clang...!!
Amid the ear-splitting toll, the Mystic Yellow Bell's phantom image suddenly began to disperse.
But immediately afterward, a boom rang out, and the Mystic Yellow Bell's invisible Backlash Power abruptly struck Lin Buyan.
Bam!!
Amid