When they saw the giant hand pressing down on them, the three Holy Lords were all extremely horrified.
The giant hand was enormous, at least several hundred feet in size, looming over their heads, so large that it could be said to blot out the sky.
More importantly, the power emanating from the giant hand was terrifying, and it also had the ability to suppress space.
This made it difficult for the three Holy Lords to escape, even if they wanted to.
He couldn't use his movement techniques at all and was almost completely suppressed in place, waiting for the giant palm to press down.
The white-robed youth seemed intent on seeing the three struggle and despair. His giant hand descended slowly, not quickly, creating a suffocating sense of oppression.
"How can they be so strong? Where did these two monsters come from?"
The First Holy Lord's eyes were filled with shock.
He couldn't believe that he, who had just achieved the Golden Core stage, was about to be suppressed by someone in the blink of an eye.
And the other party was someone he had never heard of before.
As the giant hand slowly descended, the First Holy Lord knew that he had to make a choice.
With a determined heart, the newly condensed golden core of magical power within his body instantly erupted.
He activated a large amount of magical power that he hadn't yet had time to become familiar with, his hands forming hand seals, while his mind quickly descended to communicate with a mysterious will deep within the mountain beneath his feet.
"roar!"
As the First Holy Lord spared no effort to communicate with that mysterious will, a vast and majestic roar suddenly resounded from deep within the Holy Mountain.
The white-robed youth was shocked by the roar and for a moment, he couldn't control himself from unleashing his magical palm strike.
"What?!"
The white-robed youth was taken aback. Suddenly, a blue light appeared within his body, blocking the mysterious roar and calming his mind.
The giant hand, which had been slowly descending, suddenly accelerated and slammed down on the three ants below with overwhelming force.
But the First Holy Lord had already seized this fleeting opening.
A giant, earth-yellow dragon emerged from the ground in front of it and charged toward the giant hand above its head.
He reached out to his two sworn brothers, a yellow light emanating from his body, and his body quickly sank into the ground beneath his feet.
boom!
The earth dragon activated by the Third Holy Lord appeared to be powerful, but in front of that giant palm, it was like sand and gravel, easily scattered with a single blow.
The giant hand, still powerful, slammed down on the spot where the three had been standing.
A powerful force erupted, and instantly, the earth shook and mountains trembled.
The ground within a radius of several miles was completely overturned and cracked layer by layer.
Fortunately, the sacred mountain was huge enough; otherwise, such a single blow would have likely leveled it.
"They actually escaped!"
However, the white-robed youth who unleashed such a stunning attack showed no sign of triumph; instead, his face was ashen.
After withdrawing his magical giant hand, he discovered that the three ants had actually escaped.
"Earth Escape Technique? A native Golden Core cultivator who has just broken through and whose mana core is only of the lower grade can actually use Earth Escape Technique! And what was that mysterious roar just now?"
The young man in white robes looked extremely grim, and at the same time, he couldn't quite believe it.
You should know that true escape techniques are not so easy to master.
Even among Golden Core Realm experts, only those with an extremely deep understanding of the Great Dao Rules and who are on the verge of entering the Nascent Soul Realm can comprehend the mysteries of merging with heaven and earth and unleash the art of escape.
Now, a newly advanced low-grade Golden Core cultivator actually used earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used in Chinese fantasy novels) right under his nose to evade his attack and escape.
This infuriated the young man in the white robe, but also left him bewildered.
“These three are somewhat special,” the gray-robed man said in a deep voice. “That roar just now seemed to have come from the mountain spirit of the giant mountain below.”
The three people seemed to have an unusual connection with the spirit of this mountain.
That's why he was able to use the Earth Escape Technique.
"The will of the mountain spirit?" The white-robed youth was taken aback.
He thought back and realized that it was indeed as his senior brother had said; the roar he had heard earlier did not seem to come from a living being.
"Senior brother, what should we do now? Just let those three ants go?"
The young man in white robes said with great reluctance.
It was a great humiliation for him to have three native ants, whom he had previously looked down upon, escape from his grasp.
"This mountain is extraordinary; it should be one of the pillars of this world. Those three people are hiding in the mountain, protected by the mountain spirit, and can freely travel within the mountain."
Unless we can destroy this mountain, we're afraid we won't be able to do anything to them.
The gray-robed man shook his head.
Destroy this mountain...
The man in white robes stared at the enormous, imposing mountain beneath his feet, speechless for a moment.
Even an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to completely destroy the backbone of a small world, let alone a Golden Core cultivator like him.
"Let's go. After this fright, those three are probably like startled birds and dare not come out again. Let's go elsewhere to gather intelligence."
When I came here just now, I saw a large city at the foot of this mountain. If we just grab some people, we should be able to get the information we want from them.”
The gray-robed man turned and flew downwards.
Although the young man in white robes was unwilling, he glared at the sacred mountain with resentment and caught up with his senior brother.
"Senior brother, why don't you let me do it later?"
"Alright, but we must not commit too many killings. We don't know how long we will have to stay in this small world."
If one accumulates too many sins, one may be targeted by the will of Heaven and suffer calamity.
"At that point, it will be impossible to move an inch, so how will we be able to seize any opportunities?"
“I know what I'm doing, senior brother.”
The two brothers quickly flew to the sky above the holy city. The white-robed youth took the initiative and stretched out his hand, and the giant magical hand that had appeared before reappeared.
Amidst the terrified gazes of countless city dwellers, he slammed his palm down.
...
"Big brother, are you alright?"
Inside a mysterious cave within the sacred mountain, the Second and Third Holy Lords were anxiously watching the First Holy Lord.
At this moment, the First Holy Lord was spitting out mouthfuls of blood.
His internal energy was also extremely chaotic, and there was no trace of the high spirits he had when he first advanced to the Golden Core Realm.
"He won't die for now."
The First Holy Lord forcefully suppressed his injuries while simultaneously circulating his cultivation technique to absorb the earth's energy from the mountains to heal himself.
In order to break through the suppression of that mysterious expert, he did not hesitate to forcefully activate the newly formed golden core of magic power that he had not yet fully mastered and controlled.
Now, his magical power has gone berserk, his meridians are torn, and he suffers severe internal injuries.
If the wounds aren't healed quickly, the newly formed golden core of magical power might collapse.
The earth's energy on the sacred mountain was extraordinary. Soon, a rich earth energy surged in from the surrounding cave walls and permeated the First Holy Lord's body.
Seeing this, the second and third Holy Lords dared not utter another sound, for fear of disturbing their elder brother's healing.
As the earth's energy continued to flow into his body, the almost violent aura emanating from the First Holy Lord gradually subsided.
After a long while, once his breathing had completely calmed down, he finally opened his eyes.
