Apotheosis

Staring at Nicholas, who was standing from a distance, Rocher murmured, "With Nicholas' cunning personality, he must have figured out a way to prevent us from escaping now that he performed this theurgy."

"We can't just stay still and wait for death to come," said Sword Chen.

Looking up in the sky, Zen noticed some changes on the eight-diagram disc. He observed it for a while before saying, "The eight-diagram disc is becoming smaller."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked up at the same direction.

Like a millstone, the huge eight-diagram disc still kept spinning, pulling everyone to have them rotate around Nicholas.

If it continued, they would eventually be pulled into the center of the vortex.

Suddenly, a blazing light appeared from the other side of the huge vortex, spreading out an extremely strong wave of space.

Even at a long distance, everyone felt the strong fluctuation of space.

After the light gradually dimmed, Samuel appeared from out of the blue.

His hand was trembling, as he held onto the Spear of Supreme Harmony. His face was ghastly pale.

Even though he had hit the barrier of the vortex with all his might, Samuel still couldn't break it.

The woman initially planned to have Samuel's clone to try it out. But having seen this, she couldn't help shaking her head. It would be useless and a waste of energy.

"Ha-ha! Samuel, do you think you can escape? Dream on!" Nicholas sneered, laughing hysterically.

Raising his hands in the air, he controlled the eight-diagram disc, speeding up its spin as the vortex' border shrank rapidly.

All members of the alliance of powerful clans, as well as Samuel, Zen and the rest tried hard to press themselves against the barrier. But no matter how hard they tried to escape, they were like small boats drawn to the center of the huge whirlpool.

The huge vortex, which was originally hundreds of miles wide, shrunk by half in just a few seconds.

"What should we do now? Are we really going to die here today?"

"Holy Nicholas, aren't we all members of the alliance? For the sake of our cooperation, please spare our lives!"

"Nicholas, we followed you obediently, but you want to sacrifice us? You don't deserve to be the head of the alliance!"

Most people who were members of the alliance were overwhelmed by despair.

They had followed Nichol

tching also revealed their disappointment.

Shortly after, a small crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the eight-diagram disc and quickly spread to its center.

During that time, the attacks launched by the other people also reached the eight-diagram disc, expanding the damage and increasing the cracks on the disc.

"Did we make it?" one asked, seeing the cracks spreading.

"It worked!" another giggled.

"The Furnace of Dark and Light is actually fragile!"

Their eyes lit up with hope and excitement.

Someone consumed pills, burnt their blood essence, and others even activated secret techniques. They launched the second round of attacks simultaneously.

With their joint attacks, the cracks on the eight-diagram disc became wider. Just as the cracks were about to spread to the edge of the eight-diagram disc, Nicholas suddenly sneered and said, "Ha-ha! How naive are you all!"

After that, the Dark and Light energies on the surface of the eight-diagram disc started to fuse together, mending the cracks quickly until they disappeared without a trace.

Everyone below were stunned and stopped their attacks in despair. They thought they finally found a way out, but it was just a misconception. Everyone felt desperate.

"It's no use."

"The Furnace of Dark and Light is a perfect combination of Dark and Light energies. It would be impossible for us to break it."

With all their hope gone, a deeper sense of despair overwhelmed them.

Just then, the scope of the huge vortex shrank again, making it less than ten miles wide now.