"Hmm...?"
In midair, Gu Beiwu, who was charging toward the Four Great Hall Masters, suddenly faltered.
It was only an instant's delay.
That pillar of energy, concentrated from the supreme power of four Great Grandmasters and brimming with destructive might,
had already reached a point mere inches before him.
At that moment, the Four Great Hall Masters, the sect masters and Supreme Elders of the Four Great Sects, as well as Emperor Xuan and the Sea-Calming King...
Everyone's eyes were focused on Gu Beiwu.
They knew Gu Beiwu was now doomed to die!
Everyone seemed already to see the scene of Gu Beiwu being swallowed by that pillar of energy and reduced to ash.
The experts of the Four Great Sects even wore excited expressions at the prospect of finally eliminating this thorn in their hearts.
Emperor Xuan's gaze, however, was rather complicated.
He held respect and gratitude for Gu Beiwu, yet feared his terrifying strength and imposing power.
Seeing that Gu Beiwu was about to perish, he felt both guilt and the relief of a burden lifted.
Yet just as everyone thought this great battle was about to settle like fallen dust, and that Gu Beiwu was certain to die,
a bizarre scene finally unfolded.
"Hiss...!"
A pitch-black fissure suddenly opened in the space about ten feet in front of Gu Beiwu.
The fissure appeared only a foot or so long, yet a strange "devouring force" suddenly surged from it.
"Whoosh!"
A black vortex abruptly formed.
It actually swallowed that destructive pillar of light, jointly condensed by four Great Grandmasters, outright.
An eerie silence fell over the scene.
Under countless watching eyes,
that pillar of Yuan Force vanished without a trace in an instant, along with its billowing waves of energy, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.