An enormous, black-hole-like body burst out of the ground and flew straight into the sky, instantly stretching across the night. Even the torrential rain was blocked and stopped for a moment.
Yi Lianhai came back to his senses. He was a bedraggled mess from the rain, but his face was filled with excitement.
He was now frantically operating the equipment, muttering, "God... there really is a God... it really is God!"
But Qin Manjiang, trapped inside the equipment, now had an entirely different mindset.
He had thought that even if the Guanyin Incarnation suffered some harm, it probably would not cost her her life.
But Yi Lianhai had just said that if this continued, the price she paid would go far beyond death. She would disappear, her very existence erased!
That was something Qin Manjiang absolutely could not accept.
Even setting aside the possibility that she was Nie Yunzhen, she had saved him several times along the way without regard for the cost. Qin Manjiang could not possibly stand by and let her disappear.
"Stop!"
Qin Manjiang shouted at Yi Lianhai, who was bent over in a half crouch on the ground.
Yi Lianhai ignored Qin Manjiang entirely and continued operating the equipment, accelerating the Ascension process.
Meanwhile, the enormous "God" that had flown high into the sky and lay horizontally in midair seemed to have only just awakened and was determining Its position.
"I told you to stop!" The Guanyin Phantom behind Qin Manjiang instantly opened her eyes. A wash of scarlet, bloody light made Yi Lianhai's scalp prickle, though he had not even looked up.
He had no choice but to raise his head and take Qin Manjiang's voice seriously.
"At a time like this, what are you even saying?" Yi Lianhai shouted in the rain.
"Let me