663 A Narrow Escape! (1/2)
The entire cavern was flooded with power as the Thearch Collapse's destructive shock waves collided with the force of Daoist You Ran's self-destruction of his two heads. The clash created an incredible force. Regardless, it wouldn't have resulted in such destruction if it had taken place elsewhere.
Within the pillar hanging over the cavern were vast quantities of flesh and blood that had been distilled and used to heal the injured Never-Ending Clan and the damaged Death Dao Battle Robes. However, that wasn't its original function!
At the height of the Death Dao Battleship's glory, the pillar and its numerous blood and flesh veins had been used to transport fuel, which had been formed from the endless crushing of skeletons and grinding down of bones into fuel. The fuel was then sent to the wielder of the battle robes, who would then make use of the fuel to power and steer the battleship!
The pillar was akin to an eternal engine!
The force of both Wang Baole's Thearch Collapse and Daoist You Ran's self-destruction of his heads had destroyed the pillar and in turn… blown up this eternal engine with endless power!
That had been the cause of this unimaginable, vast power. The power wasn't contained within the cavern. It flowed up the pillar and spread throughout the numerous veins into the second level!
Countless blood and flesh veins exploded with the destruction of the pillar, causing the entire second level to quake. Cracks began to appear and widen, and eventually, the pillar collapsed.
A deafening explosion followed, rumbling in the air. The earth caved in, as a significant portion of the second level was affected by the explosion. The cultivators who had been engaged in fierce battles on the second level were all alarmed by the sight. Feng Qiuran, especially. She had exhausted herself while being pursued by her enemies and had suffered severe injuries that had almost caused her to pass out. Her strong will was the only thing keeping her on her feet right now.
At present, the lands caved in and shattered rock and stone spewed into the air. The entire world shook violently. Both Feng Qiuran and her pursuers were affected by the destruction around them, shock coloring their eyes as multiple explosions erupted around them at the same time.
The dozens of blood and flesh veins that were directly linked with the pillar came from the skies. They didn't escape unscathed after the pillar's collapse, allowing the destruction to spread to the first level.
The world was transformed drastically. Both sky and earth shattered, and the first level suffered a similar fate. Violent quakes shuddered through the worlds, with the sacrificial altars on the respective levels suffering the greatest damage!
All veins led back to these sacrificial altars. They rumbled as the veins suffered damage and collapsed, their grinding stuttering to a pause. The fearsome beasts that were pulling the handles were, in turn, yanked back violently.
As the tug-a-war of forces continued, numerous of the gigantic wooden handles began showing signs of splintering and cracking. Three handles snapped!
Handles cracked, beasts roared, and the earth shuddered. All three worlds on the first level shook. The entire Death Dao Battleship shook.
With the collapse of the pillar and its veins, and the quaking of the millstones, the interference given off by the battleship was severely weakened to the point that teleportation was now possible.
Zhao Yameng, who had been hiding on the second level and racing away from each cave-in, immediately sensed that. Panic flashed across her eyes. She looked around, but Wang Baole was nowhere in sight.
She had no idea where Wang Baole was at this moment, or what had happened to result in this series of catastrophic changes. She watched as the world collapsed around her. After a moment of silence, she clenched her jaw and twisted her teleportation talisman without hesitation.
The blinding light of teleportation flashed to life. Zhao Yameng vanished from the battleship in the next moment, reappearing outside the battleship, above the Sea of Fire in the region of the sword handle.