MTLNOVEL Chapter 581: The Gap
Quality lies in precision, not in quantity.
With the assistance of quasi-Dao Venerables like Ancient Speech and Qianran, Reincarnation Daoist selected a total of seventy-seven Dao Lords. Together with their combined power, they amounted to eighty-one individuals, forming a Ninety-Nine Sky-Extending Immortal Slaying Formation, and intensified their training.
Of course, besides their training, they also did not relax their surveillance of the surrounding movements of grass and wind.
After all, the starry sky of the Lower Realm in this past millennium had changed greatly compared to before.
Various Immortal Spirits purposely descended, intending to collaboratively blaze through an enormous event in the Lower Realm starry sky in accordance with the plan of the Master of Primordial Yi.
These powerful Immortal Spirits could even easily advance to Dao Venerable.
Soon, the occurrence of Dao Venerables in the Lower Realm, normally seen only once in tens or hundreds of thousands of years, would exceed the number that could be counted on one hand.
Under such circumstances, even though Reincarnation Daoist also possessed the strength of a Dao Venerable, he still did not dare underestimate the situation.
This was the reason why, when the void surrounding the Northern Sea Star started contracting and collapsing towards one direction at a speed surpassing that of light, Qianran, who had refined the Void Path and was within this tens-of-light-years radius, quickly noticed the anomaly.
"Something's not right! The ripples in the void are abnormal!"
Dao Lord Qianran whispered, continuously observing the surroundings.
This change caused Ancient Speech to pause his actions as well: "What happened?"
His Divine Sense swiftly spread out.
However...
The contraction and collapse brought by the "Void Dao Lord" seemed like a natural phenomenon of the universe operation.
Just like the rotation of a planet, even though it could reach hundreds of meters per second, the creatures on the planet are completely unaware.
At this moment, Ancient Speech and others trapped in this starry void felt the same way.
But as a Void Dao Lord, Qianran could feel that the void was being contracted at an alarmingly fast rate.
However, the principle behind this contraction was beyond his imagination.
This puzzlement brought a sense of unknown that made him uneasy.
"Something is wrong! Something has happened!"
He wanted to forcibly merge into the Great Void Path to do something.
Even to use the mysterious aspects of the Great Void Path to leave this starry sky and look further away.
But as soon as he tried to merge in, he was shocked to discover that he could not initiate the power of the Great Void Path.
As a Void Dao Lord, it was as if he had been stripped of resonance with the Great Void Path, directly demoted below the rank of Dao Lord.
No!
Not below the Dao Lord!
He was demoted below Hollow Void, to Golden Core!
In the Hollow Void Realm, one could still harness the Void Force to perform Void Travels, but now, he could not even initiate the most ordinary Void Force!
"Not good! Something happened! The Great Void Path! I can't harness the power of the Great Void Path anymore! Someone has sealed this void area!"
Dao Lord Qianran exclaimed.
His Divine Sense immediately attracted the attention of Ancient Speech, Shenghui, including Reincarnation Daoist.
They, along with other Dao Lords forming the Ninety-Nine Sky-Extending Immortal Slaying Formation, quickly sensed the void following his expressions.
Some Dao Lords who were not of the Void Path also used Void Techniques, trying to perform Void Shuttle.
But without exceptions, all failed.
"What's going on?"
"Our piece of the void has been locked!?"
"Damn, although I'm not a Void Dao Lord, I still have a Superior Grade Void Dao Artifact. Yet this artifact is now useless like a piece of scrap iron, unable to demonstrate any void mysteries!"
Suddenly, the Dao Lords started to panic.
Anyone would know this was not normal.
At that moment, a Dao Lord suddenly shouted: "Look at the starry sky!"
Following his shout, many Dao Lords looked up.
At that time, they were shocked to discover that stars, meteorites, including stellar bodies which were originally very far from them, were now approaching their position at an extremely fast speed.
And the speed of approaching was extremely fast.
With this trend...
It won't take long for these stellar bodies, planets, and meteorites to collide with their bodies.
"Is someone trying to use stars to attack us? But the impact force from these stars couldn't hurt us at all."
A Dao Lord said, full of confusion.
"No! That's not it!"
At that moment, Dao Lord Ancient Speech seemed to realize something, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes: "It's not that someone is driving these stars to collide with us, but... the space is contracting. We, and the space accommodating these celestial bodies, are rapidly contracting from dozens of light years to a few light years, to trillions of kilometers, then to hundreds of millions of miles. This drastic change is causing us to have this illusion that these celestial bodies are colliding towards our location!"
After saying this, he was shocked into silence: "This is the power of the Gate of the World! Someone wants to grasp the starry space of dozens of light years, including all of us Dao Lords, and crush it in one fell swoop!"
Under the exclamation of this Dao Lord, other Dao Lords also came to a realization.
However, each of their faces was filled with disbelief.
Gate of the World!
How could a Divine Skill of the Gate of the World possibly annihilate dozens of light-years of starry sky!?
Don't even mention Dao Lords, for Hollow Void beings, destroying a star is as easy as lifting a feather.
Even if placed in a black hole, they would be able to retreat with ease.
But to ask them to compress dozens of light-years of space into one, and cause it to completely collapse and annihilate, such a method, let alone Hollow Void beings or Dao Lords, even Dao Venerables cannot achieve.
At most, they can capitalize on the situation to incite a cosmic disaster, sweeping through a swath of the starry sky like a massive tsunami!
This technique...
"How is this possible!?"
Even Reincarnation Daoist's eyes erupted with disbelief.
But now is clearly not the time for astonishment or shock.
"Quick, Qianran, break this Void!"
Dao Lord Gu Yan immediately focused his gaze on Dao Lord Qianran.
But Dao Lord Qianran's eyes revealed a look of agony: "I can't do it."
Although his understanding and mastery of the Void Path had once reached the Immortal Venerable Level, at this moment, facing the collapsing and contracting void, a deep sense of helplessness surged in his eyes: "I can't do it, this method of Void contraction is too powerful, I can't even shake this part of the Void!"
"How can someone utilize Void power to such an extent!?"
Despair also emerged in the eyes of other Dao Lords proficient in the Void Path.
"I can't do it, but we must try!"
Reincarnation Daoist bellowed with a powerful Divine Sense imbued with comforting force, resonating instantly among the Divine Sense Perception of every Dao Lord: "Under my command, join forces, set up the Ninety-Nine Sky-Extending Immortal Slaying Formation! Break through this Void's blockade!"
After speaking, he added again: "The Lower Realm Starry Sky simply does not permit the existence of too powerful forces, even if the strongest are Dao Venerables, and I, am also a Dao Venerable, with our combined strength, as long as we can unite, we can definitely break free!"
These words, along with the soothing Divine Sense, actually provided a backbone for the chaotic Dao Lords, and soon, the Ninety-Nine Sky-Extending Immortal Slaying Formation was set up.
But at this moment, the contraction of dozens of light-years of Void also reached a certain extremity, the Dao Lords could even clearly see a large number of planets, meteorites, including more than ten stars.
And in the outer layer, a force capable of crushing everything surged forward, crazily beginning to compress this space, with a destructive force, annihilating everything within this contracting void.
"Great Void Technique!"
Dao Lord Qianran let out a terrified shout: "It's a torrent composed of Great Void Technique! How could anyone manipulate the Great Void Technique to such an extent!"
"It's him! It's him! It is him!"
Dao Lord Shenghui roared: "It is that mysterious Dao Venerable! No! He is even Alkaid! The one who ascended previously, having received the legacy of Time Daoist Ancestor! He merely borrowed the name Alkaid, ascending from the Gate of the Immortal Realm! Because the Immortal Realm has a Void Immortal King but no Time Immortal King, allowing the inheritor of Time Daoist Ancestor to ascend is safer and more prudent!"
This Dao Lord seemed to believe he had seen through the truth, quickly saying: "Alkaid, who received the legacy of Void Ancestor, has always lingered in the Lower Realm, using his mastery of the Void Path from his Void Ancestor heritage to rapidly traverse every corner of the starry sky, hunting dao lords, accumulating Great Dao shares... And now, he's attacking us... intending to…"
"This is a misunderstanding!"
Dao Lord Gu Yan shouted: "We and Dao Venerable Alkaid are not enemies, on the contrary, we should be on the same side, we shouldn't be fighting each other, but should be working together, quick! Convey our intentions to Dao Venerable Alkaid, ask him to stop!"
"We can't send the message! Divine Sense simply cannot be transmitted! The Void is contracting too quickly, faster than our Divine Sense can travel!"
Dao Lord Qianran felt the continuously crushing force of the Great Void Technique, his expression filled with despair.
"Then break this spatial blockade! I refuse to believe, both as Dao Venerables, no matter how strong he is, how much stronger can he be!"
Reincarnation Daoist let out a long howl, the power of the Reincarnation Path being performed to the extreme, imbuing all the power of other dao lords within the Ninety-Nine Sky-Extending Immortal Slaying Formation into himself: "Six Paths Reincarnation! Break for me!"
He pressed down with a virtual hand, and above the skies, a massive grinding disc seemed to appear, containing six different Great Daos circulating within, the power of Composite Immortal Technique furiously colliding with the barriers contracting this Void, also grinding all the descending Great Void Technique into nothingness.
"Good!"
This scene instantly gave hope to the dao lords, revitalizing each of them.
"Worthy of being a Daoist! To be able to utilize a formation in the Lower Realm and perform Composite Immortal Technique involving six Great Daos!"
Dao Lord Shenghui's eyes shone brightly.
However, their surprise and exhilaration lasted only a moment, the originally descending Great-Empty Technique changed.
It turned directly into a Spatial-Temporal Collapse Technique!
And…
It was many times more powerful than the ordinary Spatial-Temporal Collapse Technique, a Composite Immortal Technique!
Under the impact of this Composite Immortal Technique, the Composite Immortal Technique Six Paths Reincarnation that Reincarnation Daoist and the Ninety-Nine Sky-Extending Immortal Slaying Formation unleashed was instantly crushed.
The force of Spatial-Temporal Collapse, with a destructive force, rolled down, instantly grinding each Dao Lord into powder.
"No!"
Dao Lords Gu Yan, Shenghui, Qianran, and others let out cries of despair.
"Dao Venerable Alkaid stop! I am Reincarnation Daoist, a disciple of Tianming Immortal King, here to seek cooperation…"
Reincarnation Daoist crazily stimulated his Divine Sense, the powerful Power of Divine Sense piercing through the skies.
But…
The Void was contracting too quickly!
The overwhelming might of the Spatial-Temporal Collapse Technique crushing down.
Before this Divine Sense could be transmitted, it was already ground into ashes.
This scene immediately caused Reincarnation Daoist to experience unprecedented despair.
"Why did it turn out like this!"
The next moment, he, Dao Lords Gu Yan, Shenghui, Qianran, and everything within this contracting void, were enveloped by the Spatial-Temporal Collapse Technique, turned into dust, and ground into nothingness.
To their deaths, they hadn't even managed to meet Alkaid, nor exchange even a single piece of information.