Chapter 3552 — Ascending Cloud Terrace Island (Part 1)
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"Opener, place both hands upon it and circulate the mnemonic of your heart method!" the Southern Heaven Libationer declared in a loud voice.
Wei Zhao did as instructed, laying his hands upon the spinning five-pointed star, only to discover that the star was no solid thing but an illusion. Be that as it may, he began swiftly circulating the mnemonic of his heart method!
The instant Wei Zhao's mnemonic began to turn, some force seemed to push Cloud Terrace Island—that island half-submerged in the sea—suddenly rising up out of the water, growing ever larger, until at last, at the edge where it joined the coastline, there abruptly appeared a passage-like formation corridor, much like the formation arrays by which the crowd had traveled to the Five Baleful Wastelands and the Five Baleful Mountains!
In that moment Wei Zhao finally understood: this corridor had been opened by the power of his own Five Elements, and something seemed to be hinting to him that should he cease circulating the mnemonic, the corridor would vanish!
At this, Wei Zhao wished to leap down and lead the inheritors charging swiftly into the Cloud Terrace Island corridor, but to his dismay he found that his hands seemed glued in place, utterly unable to pull free!
It was just like that time at the stone gate of the mountain cave—he could not extricate himself!
And when the thought of retreating arose in him, a voice seemed to hint that this was his mission! To open the way for these inheritors, he must hold on to the very last moment—only at the last moment could they enter the Cloud Terrace Island corridor!
They were burning themselves up to make possible the passage of the other trial-goers who would go onto the island! Such was their mission!
So the opener's role was no fine assignment after all—that fool bird Tagan Long had been so smug about it! Yet Wei Zhao did not regret it; after all, for the inheritors' sake, he too must do this! Wei Zhao could feel how utterly spent the inheritors were—if any one of them failed to give her all, that oppressive might would fall upon Wei Zhao. Whether Wei Zhao could survive such pressure in that instant was uncertain, but the opening of Cloud Terrace Island would certainly halt!
"The corridor is manifest—trial-goers, begin ascending the island one after another! Xuanchen, you come with me first!" With that, the Southern Heaven Libationer charged into the corridor at the head of them all, and Ancestor Xuanchen followed close behind!
Right after them, Kang Jingming and the other trial-goers likewise entered the corridor one by one in the order they had queued. They too had seen how the inheritors were trembling, and judged they could not hold out much longer—everyone must reach the island as quickly as possible!
Though Tianchan, Song Lingwei, Bingtang, Xueli, Xiao Che, Zhong Yongliang, and the others were likewise deeply worried for Wei Zhao and the inheritors, they had no choice but to enter the corridor in order, and could only pray that Wei Zhao and the rest would in the end make it safely into the corridor!
Yet once everyone had entered the corridor, Guan Xin suddenly could hold out no longer; her body swayed, and she collapsed straight to the ground! Of all these inheritors, Guan Xin was the woman with the weakest foundation.
Close behind her came Little Jiu, and then Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Yu Ning, Tang Zhi, and Feng Xiaoxiao all fell one after another where they stood! It seemed none of them could hold on any longer—every one of them had fainted on the spot!
The moment they collapsed, the oppressive force upon Wei Zhao surged, and the vast, immense power pressed him straight down off the pillar of light!
Wei Zhao tumbled headlong into the sea!