As everyone watched the terrifying sight of the Milky Way turning upside down and shattered stars cascading down, their hearts stopped beating for a moment.
After the initial shock and fear subsided, their instinct to avoid being eliminated drove them to turn around hastily and desperately try to escape the frozen lake.
However, the moment they took their first step, a purple glow arrived first and struck fiercely.
Under that dense, impenetrable purple light, everyone felt their bodies suddenly sink, as if they were being crushed by a boulder weighing millions of pounds, and their legs seemed to be welded to the ground, unable to move.
Immediately afterwards, everyone was horrified to discover that subtle yet radiant purple starlight materialized and wrapped around their limbs and bodies, seeping into their skin and penetrating straight to their bone marrow.
The starlight, though seemingly gentle, carried an irresistible, binding force, causing their muscles to lose control and their nerves to feel a tingling numbness.
"What's wrong? I can't move my body!"
"Damn it! What on earth is this purple glow?!"
Someone in the crowd let out a desperate cry, their voice trembling and filled with obvious panic.
Meanwhile, the four Cloud Hidden figures who were fleeing in the far distance were also trapped in place by the starlight projected by this purple star river.
Yunyin stared intently at the purple starlight that had imprisoned him and his teammates in place.
Their breathing became erratic, causing their chests to heave violently. At this moment, the terrifying river of shattered stars had not yet truly swept over them, but they were already like lambs to the slaughter, firmly held in place, unable to move an inch.
"What grade of martial arts technique is this?"
Yunyin muttered to himself, his voice filled with disbelief.
It should be noted that even among the Nine Heavenly Gates, divine techniques are extremely rare martial arts skills.
Divine techniques are generally only fully unleashed by beings at the Saint Realm level, as the required spiritual energy far exceeds what ordinary people can control.
However, if one is fortunate enough to obtain a divine technique, it is still possible to cultivate it at a lower cultivation level. However, the power displayed is only a fraction of the true power of the divine technique, barely able to produce some special effects, and is worlds apart from the complete divine technique.
Moreover, ordinary martial arts techniques could never possess such terrifying power, capable of completely imprisoning them from such a distance using only the starlight projected down.
"Captain, what should we do now? Are we just going to be eliminated like this?"
At that moment, one of his teammates asked in a trembling voice.
Yunyin gritted his teeth, trying to calm himself down. But the galaxy sweeping down from above gave him no time to think; in an instant, the galaxy had already poured down.
Amidst the waves of countless purple stars, the countless cultivators on the nearby icy river did not even have the strength to hold out for a moment. In the blink of an eye, their figures became ethereal, turning into illusory light and shadow, and they were helplessly eliminated.
Countless desperate cries were drowned out by the roar of the starry river and dissipated in the terrifying waves of the starry sea.
Upon witnessing this horrifying scene, Yun Yin lost all composure in concealing his trump cards. His eyes widened, a resolute glint flashing within them, and his aura surged dramatically.
Immediately afterwards, a dull and continuous rustling sound suddenly rang out above his head, sounding like the prelude to the quiet awakening of ancient times.
In an instant, an enormous tree shadow slowly emerged from behind him, as if it had come from the depths of endless time and space.
As soon as the tree's shadow appeared, a vast aura that spanned the past and present spread outwards. Its trunk was thicker than imagined, each one like the arm of an ancient giant, its surface engraved with countless traces of time.
Its enormous canopy blocks out the sun, like a green dome that completely obscures the sky.
The lush foliage resembled a nimble dragon, dancing wildly in the air, creating turbulent air currents and emitting whistling sounds wherever it went.
The Primordial Tree is ranked number one on the list of all beasts!
After the Primordial Tree appeared, it immediately spread its branches and leaves, and a rich primordial power surged out from its lush foliage, transforming into countless rivers that rushed towards the four people from Cloud Village.
Wherever this river flowed, the purple starlight that had imprisoned them melted and disintegrated like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun. The four Cloud Hidden figures, who had been unable to move, suddenly felt their restraints loosen and regain feeling in their limbs.
"Quickly, move closer to me!"
Yunyin, without even checking his own condition, shouted at the top of his lungs.
The four of them strained their bodies and exerted all their strength to move closer to the Primordial Tree. At this moment, the cascading purple star river was less than a hundred feet away from them. The roaring sound made their eardrums hurt, and the destructive aura contained in the star river made their skin sting.
The sturdy branches of the Primordial Tree, like nimble arms, gently curled up and steadily lifted the four people from the Hidden Clouds.
Immediately afterwards, a hazy halo appeared around the Primordial Tree, within which countless branches swayed, seemingly destroying the structure of this space.
As the halo continued to spread, the surrounding space began to distort and deform, emitting a piercing sound, as if it were about to be torn apart.
Just as the terrifying galaxy was about to spread to their side, the purple-glowing space that was everywhere finally broke open, and the Primordial Ancient Tree exerted its power, carrying the four members of Yunyin into the distorted space.
As the blinding light flashed, their figures vanished from their original spot, leaving behind only a chaotic space ravaged by the purple starlight.
When the four members of the Cloud Village once again sensed the presence of the outside world, they found themselves in a desolate desert.
The Primordial Tree slowly lowered them, its own light gradually dimming as it transformed into a stream of light and returned to Yunyin's body.
Yun Yin's face suddenly turned ashen, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. He swayed a few times and almost collapsed to the ground. The other three were also weak and exhausted.
......
"Heh, it's actually that Primordial Ancient Tree. No wonder it's so confident in playing the fisherman..."
Qin Luo glanced at the direction where Yun Yin and the other three had disappeared. Logically speaking, since he had used this move, even ordinary saints would have no chance of blocking it, let alone these people who had not even reached the saint realm.
According to his estimation, no one present should be able to escape from the first stage of his Starfall Breakthrough Starlight Blockade. However, the methods of the geniuses in the academy competition still exceeded Qin Luo's expectations.
When asked about the Primordial Tree that helped Yunyin and the others escape, Qin Luo vaguely remembered that according to the rankings, the Primordial Tree had not appeared in the world for a thousand years, and for a long time, it had almost become a legendary existence.
Who would have thought that someone would coincidentally sign a contract with it? Moreover, in that fleeting moment of perception just now, the contract seemed to be a life contract?
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