The Sword Sect's Old Ancestor, Zhou Tai, had barely finished his cry of alarm when the overwhelming pressure descending from the sky suddenly crashed down upon the main peak of the Xuanming Sword Sect!
Rumble—!!
The earth shook and the mountains swayed! The dense storm clouds shrouding the mountain range were instantly torn apart by that overbearing, utterly unreasonable force!
Blinding daylight suddenly poured down, yet it brought not the slightest warmth. Instead, it illuminated the terrified faces of countless Sword Sect disciples below!
The vast martial pressure bore down like an ancient divine mountain, its force rivaling the arrival of a Venerable fighting at full strength!
"Thud!" "Thud!"
The weaker disciples crumpled to the ground beneath the sudden, terrifying pressure as though a giant hammer had struck them squarely in the chest, their hearts pounding wildly!
Even Sword Sect elders at the Dao Evolution Realm felt their blood and qi churn and their breathing grow labored, as though two ten-thousand-foot mountains overflowing with Imperial Qi were pressing upon their shoulders. Even standing straight became extraordinarily difficult!
"Enemy attack—!!"
A shrill alarm tore through the deathly silence and instantly spread throughout the entire Sword Sect mountain gate!
Countless horrified and bewildered gazes turned skyward in unison.
There, a silver-white Nine Luminaries Division star vessel floated silently above the plaza before the Xuanming Sword Sect's main hall. The unique markings of a Retainer General were engraved upon it, and the shadow it cast covered nearly half the main peak!
At the bow of the star vessel stood a tall, upright figure clad in black.
The youth's robes snapped in the wind, his expression calm and unruffled.
It was Ye Li!
At this moment, he stood alone, looking down indifferently upon the Xuanming Sword Sect below, which was facing a great enemy