Black Mountain's words finally eased some of the tension hanging over everyone.
The Undying Mountain people exchanged glances, their mouths twitching. They had experienced this utterly unreasonable, battlefield-scouring style of combat more than once, and their ability to withstand the shock had long since risen by leaps and bounds.
So aside from being somewhat speechless, they were doing all right. They even started bickering over the little incident from earlier.
"Old Zhou... did you just hide behind me?"
"Did I?"
"You did."
"Uh... Old Song! Did you just hide behind me?"
"Bullshit!"
"I was protecting you by keeping you in front of me!"
Only Murong Li remained deathly pale. For an instant, she had genuinely believed the heavens were collapsing. Clearly, she had been badly frightened.
Luo Hongyi noticed her complexion and gently patted her back. "You'll be fine once you get used to it."
"..."
Seeing a little color return to her face, Luo Hongyi was utterly speechless herself. She suddenly recalled Murong Li's earlier prophecy: "The future is bright"...
So this was what she meant by "bright"!?
The cultivators of Floating Net Heaven were in much the same state as Murong Li. Their minds still had not caught up.
Bai He was the first to shake himself free of that world-shattering shock. Forcing down his surging blood and qi, he dropped to one knee.
"Bai He of Floating Net Heaven thanks you for saving our lives, Imperial Lord!"
The words "Imperial Lord" struck the still-shaken cultivators of Floating Net Heaven behind him like thunder out of a clear sky.
Who else could single-handedly erase such an apocalyptic calamity in an instant, if not one of those legendary beings who stood at the pinnacle of all worlds?
The Golden Immortal commanders at the front shuddered, abruptly coming to their