Compared to the previous one-sided crushing by the guardian, whose casual movements could easily heavily injure or even directly kill one of the eighth-level tribulation cultivators, this time, by joining forces, they had finally managed to interrupt the guardian's attack.
At least the current situation indicated that their attacks were not entirely ineffective.
If that were the case, it would be truly despairing.
The current situation at least allowed them to see a glimmer of hope.
"Continue attacking."
Fang Ying's face showed joy at their successful strike, and the others' faces were filled with excitement.
Looking at the guardian, who for the first time under their assault was no longer composed and bore several injuries, one of them couldn't help but smile and say.
"As expected, it's just a pile of white bones after all. No matter how strong it was in the past, it's completely useless now."
As the words fell, the aura emanating from them intensified.
Immediately, Li Qi and the others prepared to give the guardian no chance to breathe and launched another fierce attack.
And just then.
Suddenly, the fragmented Heavenly Dao Will flickered once more, signaling the aura of an increase in power from the Plane Master's authority.
After flickering, the fragmented Heavenly Dao Will dimmed again.
Sensing this, Li Qi and the others felt a shock in their hearts for some reason, and they looked towards the fragmented Heavenly Dao Will.
They suddenly discovered that within the fragmented Heavenly Dao Will of an unknown high level, the previously robust Heavenly Dao had suddenly withered!
"That guy is directly using the Heavenly Dao's origin to fight!"
Someone suddenly cried out in alarm, only to see that the injuries on the guardian's body, which had been inflicted earlier, had completely healed.
At this moment, everyone present, being the Plane Masters of a tribulation-stage Heavenly Dao small world, had a realization.
The various power boosts enjoyed by Plane Masters were never solely from the Heavenly Dao Will.
Besides the Heavenly Dao Will, it also required the entire small world, its mountains, rivers, stones, and all living beings, to operate in unison.
This is why there's a saying: to kill a Plane Master near their own small world, one would have to face the power of the entire plane.
Even for high-level cultivators, the sheer number of low-level beings might seem insignificant.
However, if the power of those low-level beings were all unified and granted to the Plane Master for a power boost, it would be an entirely different matter.
After all, ten people each possessing a hundred pounds of strength would undoubtedly be easily crushed by someone possessing a thousand pounds of strength if they were to confront each other directly.
The Plane Master was in such a situation.
And at this moment, the fragmented Heavenly Dao Will, without the support of its associated small world, was granting power boosts to the guardian, directly consuming its own origin!
"Damn it, still pulling this stunt! Hurry up and attack, finish this guy off quickly, otherwise, by the time we kill the guardian, the origin within the Heavenly Dao Will will likely be almost depleted."
A peak cultivator at the seventh level of tribulation cursed.
And at this very moment, this person's body suddenly stiffened.
In fact, it wasn't just this person; everyone present at the scene froze.
They saw the guardian looking at them calmly, its eyes as if stars were flowing within them.
A thought blinked out of existence.
In an instant, at this moment.
Scenes upon scenes replayed before Li Qi and the others' eyes.
And as they saw the specific scenes that appeared before them, they were all horrified, feeling a chill throughout their bodies. These were terrifying sights they had never witnessed before.
If what they had seen before was an immensely prosperous and grand divine dynasty.
Then what they were seeing now was a starry sky.
And within that starry sky, densely packed, neatly gathered were countless soldiers clad in armor.
The expressions on each soldier's face were incredibly vivid, filled with a murderous intent.
And such a colossal army occupied several star fields.
Simultaneously, the view tightened again, looking towards the terrifying formations of troops.
Before each formation stood a commanding general.
Some held swords, some held halberds, and some carried a sun-shooting bow on their backs.
Some were imperious, some were arrogant and looked down on everything before them, and some remained unperturbed even as a mountain collapsed before them.
But without exception, the terrifying aura they exuded was something Li Qi and the others had never encountered before; it was a power that surpassed their current understanding.
Such a terrifying fighting force, perhaps not many were needed.
Any single general leading a detachment would be able to easily obliterate the dozens of Void Black Markets in their vicinity.
But at this moment, these incredibly powerful generals and soldiers all cast looks of longing and loyalty towards the center of the starry sky.
In the center, a middle-aged man, looking like a scholar, gentle and refined, stood quietly.
Although he was refined and scholarly, the occasional intense majesty that flickered in his eyes made him appear more like an emperor with supreme authority.
And this was not the emperor of an ordinary mortal dynasty, but a true emperor of a divine dynasty.
Seeing this scene, Li Qi and the others' pupils contracted slightly. This scholar-like man, resembling the emperor of a divine dynasty, could be no other than the guardian who had once been nothing but white bones.
Although they had already known from the Plane Master's power boost that he was likely the original Plane Master of this fragmented Heavenly Dao.
But they had never expected that the power he once commanded would be so terrifying.
From the scenes, they could see that at his peak, let alone this former Plane Master of a divine dynasty, even any one of his great generals, with a single strike, could have annihilated them completely, leaving no trace behind.
And how did such a terrifying divine dynasty collapse?
This question echoed in everyone's minds, and they secretly rejoiced that, thankfully, such a terrifying scene was merely a vision, not a present reality.
But the moment this thought crossed their minds.
Whether it was the voice from the vision or the voice of the guardian, who was now merely white bones and could only fight by borrowing the origin of the Heavenly Dao Will, rang out sternly.
"My generals."
"Charge."
"Slay the enemy!"