Chapter 3534: Breaking the Formation

Of course, if Chi Xiong had controlled a spiritual domain, he wouldn't have been so easily defeated.

Xuan Qingzi, Tong Xi, and Heavenly River Sword Master were all shocked. It was their first time witnessing a true spirit avatar merge with a Mahayana cultivator to fight; seeing it firsthand was far more impressive than hearing about it.

A ripple appeared above the Nine-Headed Ice Lion's head, and a dazzling golden tower materialized out of thin air. The tower's surface was engraved with a three-legged Golden Crow pattern, emitting astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations.

This was the remnant of a Profound Heaven Treasure, the Golden Crow Pagoda. It had absorbed the essence of an eighth-tier mid-grade Golden-Eyed Golden Crow. Once trapped by this treasure, escape would be extremely difficult.

As soon as the Golden Crow Pagoda appeared, its base sprayed out a brilliant golden light, engulfing the Nine-Headed Ice Lion.

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion glowed intensely with white light, transforming into a massive ice sculpture. The ice sculpture was then swept into the Golden Crow Pagoda and vanished.

Realizing something, Zha Xiao quickly performed a hand seal. The purple jade lock on his chest glowed brightly, and a thick purple light barrier materialized, protecting his entire body. Simultaneously, a gigantic purple figure appeared above his head, shimmering with purple light as if solid, enveloped by purple flames.

Around him, within a thousand-zhang radius, a vast expanse of crimson flames erupted, shielding him.

A cold wind blew, and the Nine-Headed Ice Lion appeared above Zha Xiao's head. Zha Xiao reacted quickly, performing a hand seal. The purple figure clapped its hands towards the Nine-Headed Ice Lion, simultaneously spitting out a thick stream of purple flames.

Zha Xiao opened his mouth and spewed out eighteen purple-glowing flying daggers. After spinning rapidly, they merged into a massive purple blade, about ten feet long. The blade was wreathed in purple flames, radiating terrifying heat.

The purple figure's hands struck the Nine-Headed Ice Lion, producing two muffled thuds. The purple flames landed on the Nine-Headed Ice Lion's body, rapidly spreading and engulfing it.

The massive purple blade slashed at the Nine-Headed Ice Lion, creating a dull clang like metal striking metal.

A dazzling white radiance swept out, quickly extinguishing the purple flames. The void within a ten-thousand-zhang radius was frozen solid, and Zha Xiao also turned into an ice sculpture.

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion's claw descended from the sky, crushing the ice sculpture. The remains transformed into a five-colored lotus flower, shimmering with spiritual light, clearly a substitute treasure for averting calamity.

A green petal shattered, leaving behind a four-colored lotus.

A burst of purple flames lit up in the void a thousand miles away, manifesting as Zha Xiao's figure, his eyes filled with terror.

As soon as he appeared, the void above him rippled, and a massive, pale beast claw materialized. It stomped on his protective spiritual barrier, which instantly shattered. He let out a shriek, his head bursting into a large mist of blood. A miniature nascent soul had barely left his body when it was struck by a white beam of light, emitting a scream before dissipating.

Zha Xiao was utterly destroyed. In less than fifteen minutes, Ye Xuanfeng had slain two Mahayana cultivators. A flash of silver light revealed a colossal silver-glowing tower, covered with intricate beast patterns depicting roaring tigers, coiling dragons, and buzzing insects. Its spiritual energy was astonishing, and its apex bore seven equally sized precious orbs.

This was the Seven Star Demon-Subduing Pagoda, a Profound Heaven Treasure and the Ant Tribe's guardian artifact. The Golden Crow Pagoda was merely an experimental item.

Let alone Ye Xuanfeng, who had merely merged with the Nine-Headed Ice Lion's avatar, even the true Nine-Headed Ice Lion, if trapped by this treasure, would find it hard to escape death.

The base of the Seven Star Demon-Subduing Pagoda sprayed out a silver radiance, engulfing the Nine-Headed Ice Lion.

One of the exotic beast patterns on the tower seemed to come alive, emitting a strange roar.

Upon hearing this sound, the Nine-Headed Ice Lion's nine heads instantly felt drowsy. Just as the silver light was about to envelop it, a massive, yellow-glowing cauldron flew over and slammed into the Seven Star Demon-Subduing Pagoda.

With a dull clang of metal, the Seven Star Demon-Subduing Pagoda flew backward, and the Nine-Headed Ice Lion regained consciousness. With a flicker, it reappeared hundreds of miles away.

The void vibrated and warped, and numerous crimson runes emerged. After glowing brightly, these runes transformed into gigantic, mountain-sized fireballs.

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion's surroundings blurred, and it suddenly found itself in a crimson space. White snowflakes rapidly vanished, and a vast expanse of crimson flames erupted from the ground. The temperature quickly soared, as if it had fallen into a volcano.

"Spiritual Domain!"

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion spoke in human tongue.

Zha Shuo and two others also appeared, together confronting Xuan Qingzi and his five companions. "Since you recognize this as a spiritual domain, then leave your lives behind!"

Zha Shuo's expression turned cold. He performed a hand seal, and countless crimson fireballs materialized, hurtling towards the Nine-Headed Ice Lion.

Ye Xuanfeng was trapped by his spiritual domain and would not easily escape.

"Just you?"

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion's tone was full of disdain.

"Hmph, do you truly believe a true spirit bloodline is invincible? Let me show you that there's always someone better!"

Zha Shuo snorted coldly and changed his hand seals. The void within a two hundred thousand-mile radius vibrated and warped, revealing hundreds of thousands of crimson fire blades.

Hundreds of thousands of crimson fire blades hurtled straight towards the Nine-Headed Ice Lion, poised to pierce it like a sieve.

Meanwhile, Leng Mei and five other Mahayana cultivators also attacked Xuan Qingzi and his five companions. The remaining three Mahayana cultivators controlled the clan's protective formation, preventing Wang Qingshan and others from breaking in.

Leng Mei personally confronted Shi Yan, with a massive yellow cauldron, the Profound Heaven Treasure Heavenly Cocoon Cauldron, floating above Shi Yan's head.

If Shi Yan hadn't intervened, Ye Xuanfeng might have met with misfortune.

Chi Feng held a silver-glowing nine-angled formation plate, casting hand seals into it. A colossal thundercloud floated high above, flashing with lightning and rumbling with thunder. Thick silver lightning bolts struck down, heading directly for Xuan Qingzi and his five companions.

The Ming Clan's higher-ups had long anticipated the possibility of enemies infiltrating the Tianming Mountains and had already prepared defenses.

Xuan Qingzi deployed the Xuan Qing Sky-Transforming Banner to attack the enemies, while Chi Feng and his five companions moved to counter.

Outside the golden light barrier, Wang Qingshan and his seven companions intensified their attacks. However, with Mahayana cultivators personally controlling the formation, they found it difficult to breach it immediately.

Wang Qingshan pondered for a moment, then sent a telepathic message to Shi Pan: "Fellow Daoist Shi, I have a treasure here that's quite effective for breaking formations. How about I deploy it later, and you all cooperate with me to breach the formation?"

After all, this was the Ant Tribe's territory. It would be better to break the formation and deal with the enemies sooner rather than later. Who knew if the Ant Tribe had reinforcements?

A prolonged battle would not benefit any of them.

If they could break the formation, Wang Qingshan would have made a significant contribution.

Shi Pan's face lit up with joy upon hearing this. He quickly sent telepathic messages to the other Mahayana cultivators, instructing them to cooperate with Wang Qingshan.

Chen Yueying performed a hand seal, and yellow sand filled the sky. Countless yellow grains of sand surged upwards, transforming into ten-foot-long yellow sand blades that slashed towards the golden light barrier.

The dense yellow sand blades struck the golden light barrier, producing a muffled sound, but the barrier remained unmoved.

Suddenly, a silver-glowing short blade appeared amidst the yellow sand blades. Its hilt was engraved with a lotus pattern. This was the Spirit-Breaker Blade.

The Spirit-Breaker Blade struck the golden light barrier, and an astonishing sight unfolded: the golden light barrier instantly dented inwards, its spiritual light dimming.

"No good! Stop them quickly!"

The Mahayana cultivators controlling the formation changed their expressions drastically. They were about to intervene and stop Wang Qingshan and the others, but it was too late.

A yellow-glowing spear shot forth, striking the golden light barrier. Chen Yueying and her five companions simultaneously attacked the same spot.

Following a massive explosion, the golden light barrier shattered like a bubble.