As Yang Jian’s Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade struck the edge of the seething Guixu vortex, a crisp sound like shattering glass echoed from the northwestern firmament. The black-robed youth, having taken the form of the Xiaotian Hound, snapped his head up, his canine ears twitching upright. "Master, that is the Heavenly Pillar you are guarding!"
The group looked up to see spiderweb-like cracks covering the surface of the white jade Heavenly Pillar that spanned the Thirty-Three Heavens. Sun Wukong’s Fiery Eyes of Truth revealed petrified patterns creeping along the column—these were clearly the sealing formations of Yang Jian’s Eight-Nine Profound Art. Beneath Nezha, his Wind and Fire Wheels suddenly erupted in a hundred-foot blaze. "This is bad! The core of the pillar is leaking blood-tainted evil energy!"
"Retreat!" Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye burst with golden light, illuminating the chaos roiling within the pillar. One hundred and twenty-nine thousand and six hundred witch-rune incantations disintegrated simultaneously, and the phantom of Gonggong smashing against Mount Buzhou flickered within the cracks. The Xiaotian Hound abruptly transformed back into his canine form, clamped his jaws onto Yang Jian’s battle robe, and darted three hundred miles back.
Chapter 403