Yu Huayuan's face was deathly pale as he struggled to maintain the array. He could feel the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi beneath his feet rapidly descending into chaos and depleting, his connection to the Grand Array being forcibly severed by an overwhelming power.
In just over ten breaths.
BOOM—!!!
A deep, muffled boom echoed, as if a pillar supporting the heavens and the earth had suddenly snapped.
High above Qingfeng Temple, the thousands of sharp streams of qi that symbolized the Grand Array's power froze in unison. Then, like dispersing smoke, they vanished into the air without a sound.
The luminous barrier shrouding the mountain gate shattered piece by piece, dissolving into a sky full of glittering motes that drifted down.
At the same time, the entirety of Qingfeng Mountain seemed to shudder. The ground shook and dust billowed from the corners of every temple hall.
