The Venerable from Immortal Mountain died, turning to ash amid despair and terror.
He had relied on the precious Five Elements Ring bestowed by an elder to block the first assault from the Qilin manifestation. Both belonged to the five elements, greatly weakening that terrifying impact and allowing him to survive. Yet precisely because of that, Shi Yi had set his sights on him.
An indescribable Qilin horn pierced an enormous hole through the sky and reached the Qin Venerable in an instant. The outcome held no surprises: the Five Elements Ring in his hand shattered on the spot, and both ring and wielder were annihilated together.
Those who knew the Qin Venerable's identity went pale. He belonged to Immortal Mountain in the Mystic Domain, whose roots lay in the Upper Realm. According to rumor, an incomparably powerful "titan" ancestor presided over that clan. He had lived through unimaginably long ages, enduring as great eras rose and fell, forever alive, looking down upon the ages.
Yet Shi Yi had slain a Venerable with such a background without even blinking.
He was far from the only Venerable from a major power to die.
The Venerable from the Heaven Mending Sect had also perished. He believed his sect's name alone could cow the native creatures of the Lower Realm's cage of Eight Regions, so he had brought none of the sect's precious treasures. With only a Divine Fire Realm artifact in hand, he naturally could not withstand Shi Yi's all-out assault.
Although Shi Yi's attack had not targeted him alone, numbers meant nothing before absolute power.
Beyond those two factions, there were those from the Mystic Domain, the Heaven Domain, the Yellow Domain... There were simply too many, all drawn here by the Qilin Precious Technique.
From the moment Shi Yi appeared