After hearing
Nie Li's expression was far more serious than it had ever been before. Wuya Zi and Xiao Yu both grew solemn as well, focusing their attention and observing their surroundings.
Nie Li stood amid the towering pillars. Before them, faint light and shadows emerged from the void, forming what looked like a transparent wall standing in their path, preventing them from advancing even a single step. Nie Li swiftly inscribed runic patterns, one after another, each one blooming with brilliant radiance. Together they formed a massive runic pattern formation that was imprinted into the transparent wall.
Boom!
The runic pattern formation in the void detonated. A tremendous shockwave swept outward, and the five colossal pillars around them shook violently, cracks rapidly spreading across their surfaces.
The earth rumbled and trembled as though an earthquake had struck.
A rift was torn open in the transparent wall before them.
The protective barrier of the Phantom Divine Palace had been broken!
"Follow me in!" Nie Li said in a low voice, and lunged straight into the tear in the barrier.
Whoosh—whoosh. Wuya Zi and Xiao Yu followed right behind him.
The ground shook violently. The five stone pillars toppled to the earth, and several towering mountains surrounding the Phantom Divine Palace crumbled to pieces. The Thousand Illusion Bewildering Formation on the outer perimeter continued to collapse and disintegrate.
At that moment, the powerful experts from the various Divine Sects who had been gathered outside the Thousand Illusion Bewildering Formation witnessed the scene and were struck with shock.
"What's happening?"
"What's going on?"
In all their previous explorations of the Phantom Divine Palace, nothing like this had ever occurred. Looking off into the distance, they could see the Thousand Illusion Bewildering Formation shattering.
The experts of the
"The Thousand Illusion Bewildering Formation has been broken! Everyone, get ready—we charge into the Phantom Divine Palace immediately!"
"Send word back to the old ancestors. The Thousand Illusion Bewildering Formation outside the Phantom Divine Palace has been shattered. Tell them to send reinforcements at once!"
The experts from the Feather God Sect, the Fire God Sect, and the other Divine Sects couldn't help but show expressions of wild joy as well.
In the past, the Thousand Illusion Bewildering Formation had blocked them completely—they couldn't so much as approach the Phantom Divine Palace. But now that it was broken, they finally had a chance to enter.
Legend held that inside the Phantom Divine Palace lay the hidden treasure of an extraordinarily powerful being!
Whoever entered first would surely obtain the most valuable finds!
The instant the Thousand Illusion Bewildering Formation crumbled and dissipated, countless figures transformed into streaks of light, hurtling toward the Phantom Divine Palace from every direction. Everyone wanted to be the first one inside!
Just then, several muffled booms rang out.
All those streaks of light slammed into an invisible, transparent barrier.
"Ow…"
"What is this thing?"
Most of them hadn't even noticed this transparent barrier beforehand, so when they charged forward, they crashed straight into it, splitting their heads open and bleeding profusely—a wretched sight.
There was yet another barrier surrounding the Phantom Divine Palace! This one was incredibly sturdy, far too resilient for ordinary Celestial Star or even Celestial Rotation realm powerhouses to break through.
Only by shattering this barrier could one enter the Phantom Divine Palace!