Time rewound slightly, returning to when Huo Yutong had just arrived at Tang Sect headquarters.
After speaking with Tang Wulin, she raised her grave gaze toward the Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shell Rain in the sky and gave a cold snort. Then, a massive rose-gold vortex rapidly expanded, shielding Tang Sect headquarters.
Tang Sect's technical staff suddenly discovered that they were enveloped in a layer of rose-gold light, and all of them instinctively panicked. But before any unrest could break out, a voice they knew extremely well rang out in their minds.
"What are you waiting for? Activate the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool!"
Huo Yutong was naturally the one capable of doing this, but the person who spoke was not her. It was Ling Zichen.
At that moment, she stood beside Huo Yutong, continuously letting out excited laughter.
Huo Yutong looked utterly helpless.
"...Disaster is right at our doorstep. Why are you so excited?"
Ling Zichen chuckled.
"Because I finally have a legitimate reason to use the power of the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool! This thing consumes far too much energy, so we were never allowed to activate it casually before. Opportunities to use it openly like this are rare."
Usually, she estimated the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool's power through theoretical calculations. With her abilities, such calculations were almost impossible to get wrong, but calculating an explosion's power on paper and witnessing it firsthand were fundamentally different things to a madwoman like her.
"Fine, fine."
Huo Yutong shrugged helplessly, but she did not stop her.
This incident was clearly anything but ordinary. Since the enemy had dared to brazenly attack Tang Sect headquarters, they would naturally have factored Tang Sect's advanced technology into their calculations as well. It was better to be cautious.
In truth, if there