Seeing the giant ape's overwhelming might, Yuan Zhongyu was startled as well. What kind of divine ability was this, to make the entire formation tremble? Looking again above the giant ape's head, two or three thousand avian cultivators bared their fangs and claws, beating their fleshy wings as they flew toward them. Behind the giant ape, several thousand more avian cultivators came charging after it, waving banners and shouting as though they could trample Yuan Zhongyu and Liang Mingfu into meat paste with their bare palms alone!
"Only this will do!" Yuan Zhongyu said helplessly. His hands formed an abstruse hand seal, gripping the bottom of the banner, while all the spiritual power in his body surged forth at once. When a jade-green radiance spread across the banner, veins bulged on Yuan Zhongyu's face as he shouted, "Fellow Daoist Liang, help me!"
Liang Mingfu knew Yuan Zhongyu was being driven to force a duck onto the perch, and he truly had no confidence in this. He hurriedly stepped forward as well, forming the same strange hand seal. As the seal took shape, a purplish-black ball of light emerged from his hand!
"Go!" As Liang Mingfu struck out with his hand seal, the ball of light landed directly on the banner!
With a clear whoosh, black and white radiance flickered across the entire banner. A faint yet sharply distinct gateway emerged from the banner, like a rainbow bridge spanning the great formation.
"All disciples, heed my command!" After Yuan Zhongyu and Liang Mingfu cast their hand seals, their faces turned slightly pale. Both shouted, "Activate the Life and Death Gate!"
"Buzz, buzz..." Violent tremors spread from the black-and-white gateway as it gradually expanded. The black-and-white radiance swirled at tremendous speed over its surface, transforming in an instant into an eerie gray!