672: Chapter Four-sided Eight Extremes Formation

“Be careful. There’s a Half-Step Emperor Realm existence within the insect swarm. Everyone, pay attention.”

Oriental Ling’s gaze was like a torch. He keenly sensed the danger in the surging insect swarm.

But as the Dragon King of Great Xia and Prince Wuan, Oriental Ling and Lan Cang had to lead by example and stand at the very front.

“Buzz~”

Suddenly, a low and heart-shaking sword hum resounded, as if the entire space trembled because of it.

This sword hum, like an invisible shockwave, quickly spread in all directions.

Just as everyone was astonished, Yao Chen, clad in light armor, suddenly appeared from the Void Realm like a phantom.

She tightly gripped a longsword in her hand, its blade shimmering with a cold light, exuding a heart-palpitating Sword Intent.

This Sword Intent, like surging waves, quickly swept out with Yao Chen at its center, occupying nearly half the sky.

Wherever it passed, the air seemed to be torn apart, forming fine cracks.

Following this, an astonishing scene unfolded.

Yao Chen’s longsword suddenly swung, and streams of Sword Intent, as if imbued with life, quickly condensed into materialized Sword Intent longswords.

These Sword Intent longswords intertwined and danced in the air, echoing each other, like a magnificent sword feast.

At this moment, Yao Chen exuded an extraordinary aura. Her figure, surrounded by the Sword Intent longswords, appeared exceptionally sacred and majestic.

She seemed to be an Incarnation of a sword spirit, making people dare not show the slightest disrespect.

“Sword Domain! This is a Sword Domain! It has already surpassed Sword Intent and almost reached the level of materialization!”

Among the crowd, a King Realm Expert exclaimed in shock.

He widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief as he looked at the scene before him.

One must know that this King Realm Expert was also a Sword Dao Expert himself, and his comprehension of Sword Intent was already quite profound.

However, even he had only comprehended Proficient Sword Intent, still a considerable distance from Major Achievement Sword Intent, let alone the Sword Domain above Sword Intent.

“Although Dragon Lord is not here, the eight of us can still form the Four Extremes Eight Directions Formation. With Sword Lord as the core, we might not be unable to slay that Half-Step Emperor Realm!”

At this moment, Lord Qingyun, one of the Nine Lords, gently smiled as he flicked the long fan in his hand. The rest of the Nine Lords nodded slightly.

This was a method they had possessed for a hundred years. The Four Extremes Eight Directions Formation could be formed by four or eight people in a battle formation, and the more people, the greater the power.

Coupled with Sword Lord’s strength, slaying a Half-Step Emperor Realm was not an exaggeration!

One must know that the Four Extremes Eight Directions Formation could condense the power of everyone in the battle formation onto one person, and it could also share damage.

However, it had a fatal flaw: once the battle formation was formed, their lives would be linked together.

Once defeated, at best, they would suffer severe backlash, their cultivation crippled; at worst, they would die directly.

However, the Nine Lords had performed the Four Extremes Eight Directions Formation more than once or twice. In that turbulent era, it was precisely their repeated desperate struggles that allowed Great Xia to survive to this day.

“Everyone, form the Four Extremes Eight Directions Formation!”

Gun Jun shouted in a low voice, and the rest of the Nine Lords instantly changed positions, pouring their power into Sword Lord’s body.

Not far away, a faint light flickered in Duanmu Yan’s eyes. He quietly watched this scene, a look of surprise on his face.

“As expected of the Nine Lords. Each of them possesses battle power comparable to a King Realm Late Stage, and they even have such a method.”

In his eyes, the auras of the eight people seemed to be linked together, and an inexplicable numerical value was rapidly climbing.

This was their newly updated combat assistance System, which could monitor the opponent’s battle power changes in real-time.

At this moment, the numerical value representing Sword Lord had already surpassed any King Realm, truly reaching the Half-Step Emperor Realm, and not just an ordinary Emperor Realm.

“What rare data, or rather, as expected of Great Xia’s top Experts. No wonder the boss is willing to cooperate with Great Xia.”

At this moment, amidst roars and the demise of countless Gray Phantom Moths, they finally approached within five li of Great Xia’s border.

Sword Lord Yao Chen suddenly raised her gaze, her figure unmoving, but the Sword Intent around her body became even more condensed, as if resonating with every trace of Sword Qi in the heavens and earth.

As the Nine Lords’ power converged, her Sword Domain was no longer confined to just a small part of the sky, but expanded dramatically.

In just a few breaths, it enveloped the entire battlefield. Sword light flickered, its sharpness fully revealed, and even the surging insect swarm slowed down for a moment under this pressure.

“Sword Rain!”

Yao Chen’s voice was clear and firm. The longsword in her hand seemed to sense its master’s will, its blade trembling, emitting bursts of sword hums.

That was the ultimate of the sword, a sign of Sword Intent materializing.

The Half-Step Emperor Realm insect Expert in the swarm evidently also sensed this unusual power fluctuation and the fatal danger.

They let out sharp and terrifying shrieks, then their figures suddenly accelerated, like five gray lightning bolts, directly rushing towards the center of the sword formation—Yao Chen.

Their intention was to break this seemingly impregnable Sword Domain and break Great Xia’s defense line.

“Come on!”

Yao Chen shouted in a low voice, gripping her sword with her right hand, the sword tip pointing directly at the sky, then she swung it down fiercely.

Within the Sword Domain, myriad Sword Qi condensed into longswords with sharp gleams, carrying the momentum of opening the heavens and earth, colliding head-on with the five Half-Step Emperor Realm insect Experts.

“Boom!”

A tremendous roar echoed through the sky, and energy fluctuations spread outwards like a tsunami. The insect swarm in that area was instantly cleared by the impact of this force, and even the distant mountains trembled.

However, at this crucial moment, those five Half-Step Emperor Realm insect Experts were not killed in one blow. They strangely transformed into streaks of afterimages, dodging this wave of attacks, and quickly adjusted their stance, preparing to launch a second round of attacks.

Clearly, these Half-Step Emperor Realm Experts of the Gray Phantom Moths were also extraordinary. Even with the amplification of the Four Extremes Eight Directions Formation, it was difficult to completely suppress them in a short period of time.

“Do not be careless, continue to strengthen the formation!”

Upon seeing this, Oriental Ling immediately reminded everyone, and at the same time, he and Lan Cang also attacked simultaneously.

Although the two did not have the battle formation’s amplification, they also used some of Great Xia’s hidden power, and upon encountering the Half-Step Emperor Realm insect, they did not fall into a disadvantage.

Yao Chen saw this and joined in without hesitation. In an instant, a great battle erupted, so fast that the people below could only see afterimages.

On the city wall, only Wind Light Dance and Azure King could clearly see the battle above, and both showed relieved expressions.

“It seems our worries were unnecessary. With them, Great Xia’s future will surely continue.”

“Indeed, before that, what we need to do is buy them time.”

The two conversed through sound transmission, their eyes filled with relief, but even more so with determination.

“Everyone, prepare!”

As the Gray Phantom Moths approached, military orders were rapidly transmitted, and everyone prepared themselves.