"Hmph. A useless effort!"
His expression cooled. He raised the devouring orb high, and no matter how many purple-gold Dragon Shadows lunged at him, every last one was sucked into the spatial Daoist Magic, unable to harm him in the slightest.
The Ascendant Will had assumed Xiao Yao was playing a game of nine feints and one true strike, hiding her real body among the countless Dragon Shadows while waiting for a chance to attack him.
But before long, he realized that did not seem to be her aim.
At the same time, the other three devouring orbs came under attack from the purple-gold Dragon Shadows as well.
As an endless stream of Dragon Shadows poured into the orbs, this spatial Daoist Magic rapidly approached the limit of what it could contain.
Controlling four devouring orbs at once was already the most this Treading-Void Split Soul could manage.
Xiao Yao was clearly trying to overwhelm the spell through sheer, indiscriminate pressure, driving up its cost and forcing him to pour what little strength remained in Wang Sanjin's body into it.
With the solid foundation of Xiao Yao's Dao Foundation, sustaining her spell was barely a burden at all.
By comparison, Wang Sanjin was plainly at a disadvantage. Before the devouring orbs could swallow every purple-gold manifestation in this realm, Xiao Yao's endless assault of Dragon Shadows might wear him down first.
Realizing how precarious the situation had become, he dared not underestimate her any longer. He immediately sent a Thought Transmission to the other Treading-Void Split Soul: "Fellow Daoist, why not lend me a hand? The sooner we deal with this youngster, the sooner we can seize and refine the Creation Origin."
"Heh. I was waiting for you to ask. You sounded so confident earlier that I could hardly step