Ten people made it onto the Nine Heavens Ranking.

Excluding the other nine people before the sinking, they were all extremely proud.

What kind of situation would make the nine people temporarily set aside their pride and join forces?

The answer is... the sky has fallen.

The most terrifying thing in this rift is not the endless stream of tri-colored giants, at least not to them.

The real terror lies in the collapsing sky.

When the sky, which had suddenly been torn apart, crashed down like a pendulum, all nine people were on high alert.

Lin Sanmo, who was in the center, slowly swung his black sword, which unleashed a hundred-foot-long sword light, and lotus flowers bloomed in the void.

His sword aura served as a signal, and the other eight followed suit. In an instant, the surging Yuan energy even temporarily halted the downward flow of the spiritual energy storm, clearing the sky above the valley.

However, the nine people, whose powerful abilities could easily tear apart ordinary mountains and seas, were completely unfazed when they collided head-on with the collapsing sky.

The terrifying attack, combining the power of nine people, only delayed the sky for a moment before it collapsed again.

However, the nine people seemed to have expected this. Although their expressions were solemn, none of them showed any surprise. But with Bai Fei's loud shout, they all suddenly spread their arms.

No matter how powerful the attack, it could only freeze the collapsing sky for a moment, and its only purpose was to buy the nine people a moment to build up their strength.

boom!

As darkness descended, under the tense gaze of countless eyes below, the nine people, with their hands raised, held up the collapsing sky with a muffled thud.

Squeak!

With a chilling creaking sound, Wu Yi was the first to collapse due to exhaustion, and the others' expressions changed.

Just as many exclamations rang out, a beast-like shadow seemed to flash across the void, and Wu Yi, whose cheeks had turned purplish-blue, straightened up abruptly.

The nine people struggling to hold on and the collapsing sky formed a brief balance, which felt like only a few seconds, yet also like centuries had passed, until finally...

With a muffled thunderous sound, the collapsing sky began to rise, then returned to its original position like a pendulum, embedding itself into the black hole-like gap in the sky amidst a deafening roar, as if everything just now was merely an illusion.

Of the nine people, apart from Lin Sanmo and another ordinary-looking young man who showed no abnormalities, the rest were pale and nearly exhausted.

"Hmph, Wu Yi, if you had summoned 'Crimson Eye' earlier, you wouldn't have almost been unable to hold on."

Cao Yi, who was absorbing the spiritual energy beneath his feet, snorted coldly.

"Thanks to someone, 'Red Eyes' was almost exhausted before, and it was only with great difficulty that it recovered some of its strength. It's already good that it can still make a move."

Wu Yi stared at Cao Yi with a murderous intent in his eyes, "Once you enter the Seventh Heaven, I'll see how much of your father's skills you've learned!"

"Shut up, all of you!"

Seeing that Cao Yi was about to retort, a spirited young girl in the middle spoke up in a cold voice.

"The power of this collapsing sky is growing stronger and stronger. Whether we can hold out until the Seventh Heaven opens is unknown. If you have the guts, jump down now and fight to the death. Otherwise, shut up and stop your nonsense!"

Wu Yi and Cao Yi exchanged a glance upon hearing this, but ultimately turned their gazes away.

The nine stone pillars on the jade platform are arranged according to some mysterious law. Everyone has tested it several times. Only when all nine people stand on them will the sky collapse at the slowest speed and with the weakest power.

As long as one person is missing, the power of the Sky Dome will increase by three points.

It was only after several perilous situations that the current balance was barely achieved after gathering all nine members of the Nine Heavens Ranking.

If it were a mountain and sea from the Eighth Heaven Ranking, it wouldn't even be able to support a corner of it.

Ironically, this stone pillar is also the key to opening the seven heavenly gates.

When there are nine people, the Heavenly Gate opens the slowest, but it is also the most secure.

By this time, two-thirds of the seven heavenly gates had already appeared in mid-air, and no one wanted to fail at this crucial moment.

Not only were the nine people waiting for the Heavenly Gate to open, but the group of warriors below the Jade Platform who were resisting the wave of three-colored giants were also anxiously waiting.

There are nearly three hundred martial artists gathered in the rift valley. If they are evenly distributed, there should be at least thirty martial artists in each direction.

But at this moment, in the due south direction, only a dozen or so people were struggling to resist the attack of the three-colored giants.

Not only were they all weak and injured, but even the most powerful among them had only reached the half-step Mountain and Sea realm.

The strangest thing is that this array doesn't contain a single mountain or sea!

Moreover, a few meters behind them, a woman dressed in a bright red dress stood indifferently, holding a long black whip.

Whenever someone in the formation could no longer hold on and wanted to retreat to catch their breath, the woman in the red dress would swing her long whip and lash the person hard.

Snap!

Seeing yet another young warrior in the formation being whipped until his skin was torn and bleeding, yet still gritting his teeth and not uttering a sound, rushing forward to help his teammates withstand the pressure from the three-colored giants, the woman in the red dress finally let out a mocking laugh.

"What a deep bond of camaraderie! It seems that those of you who study military affairs do indeed have some issues with your minds!"

As the woman in the red dress spoke, her smile suddenly vanished, and she said coldly, "Just as annoying as that Shen Qian!"

Snap!

The woman in the red dress, her face suddenly turning resentful, lashed out with her whip again.

This time, more than a dozen people were affected. Just as the long whip was about to hit the girl in green in the middle, the people around her changed their expressions and rushed to block the whip for the girl.

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