A screeching, eardrum-shattering boom thundered into the hall. The intensity distorted the air, causing vision to become hazy and bodies to tremble. Cries of agony and pain erupted from the lower-level cultivators as some outright went unconscious, suffering severe cranial damage with their ears and nose bleeding profusely.
Pakhet and Imentet acted decisively; the latter had no time to bring out her Heavenly Treasure, relying on her quick-to-execute Hidden Desert Art—Khamsin's Veil—to unleash a limited-range sandstorm of black and white to engulf those of Wei Wuyin's entourage, including the Sages and Wei Wuyin himself, while the former relied on her Mystic Aura, projecting a spherical mystic ward to serve as a primary defense. Imentet was skilled in all things defense, but Pakhet was offensive-oriented, and her best instantaneous defense was her Mystic Aura condensed into a ward.