351: Sleight of hand

In an instant, within the enclosed space of the light barrier, the attacks transformed into an endless cycle!

Whether those Flying Swords were real or illusory, they were subjected to repeated impact and cutting amidst the densely shuttling ice thorns until the Divine Ability dissipated, and this purgatory-like offensive finally came to an end.

Qing Li looked up, her pupils shrinking suddenly!

Those tens of thousands of miniature Flying Swords were actually still intact, without the slightest damage. After all, the main body of that Earth-grade Magic Treasure was still in Chen Xuan's hands; as long as he himself was unharmed, these illusory manifestations would not easily dissipate.

A faint smile curled at the corner of Chen Xuan's mouth as he praised:

"Good methods! Unfortunately, they fall just a bit short."

From the corner of her eye, Qing Li glanced toward the sky; the eighth sun had already begun to condense.

Although there was still a chance to breathe, if she couldn't find the flaw in this strange sword Formation, today might truly end in failure.

As the thought crossed her mind, Qing Li's figure suddenly vanished from her spot, appearing instantly outside the miniature sword Formation, slowly walking toward the figure in white.

Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking to himself: This woman isn't stupid; she noticed the clue so quickly.

Qing Li's figure passed through the sword Formation without any obstruction, coming straight to Chen Xuan. The distance between the two was mere inches. Chen Xuan could even clearly see her heroic and beautiful face, as well as her slightly trembling long eyelashes.

She slowly raised her arm to reach out, but was blocked by Chen Xuan raising his hand. As their palms touched, Chen Xuan spoke calmly:

"Please conduct yourself with dignity, miss."

The corner of Qing Li's mouth hooked into a curve. "So that's how it is. It's just some blindfold trick; there's no real sword Formation at all."

Before her voice had even faded, a pitch-black longsword suddenly condensed in her fair palm, shooting toward Chen Xuan without any warning!

The block card activated automatically once again, steadily blocking this fatal blow; only fifteen cards remained now.

Qing Li's figure flew backward, and after putting a safe distance between them, she said coldly, "Since it's not a Formation, then things are simple."

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared beside her. Jiu Ying hurried over holding a folding fan, his tone grave. "Of the nine Demon Suppressing Towers in the northern territory, four have already been destroyed, yet the phenomena in the sky show no sign of stopping."

"Now, only by suppressing and killing this person can we break the deadlock."

Qing Li said coldly, "This person must have a special protective Divine Ability and extremely powerful methods. We must not hold back in the slightest!"

Chen Xuan glanced at the two of them, slightly surprised. He hadn't expected there to be another Integration Realm Yao. If the one from the southern territory was included, this invading army was actually led by three Integration Realm Yao!

Jiu Ying locked onto the figure in white with a sinister expression, saying in a deep voice:

"Fine! Since it's come to this, let us decide life and death today!"

As his voice fell, his figure suddenly expanded. The characteristics of an ape-type Yao were magnified to the extreme under the surge of Demonic Power in his body.

His body swelled to over thirty feet, covered entirely in thick reddish-gold fur. His arms were as thick as barrels with knotted muscles, and his palms turned into pitch-black sharp claws. The folding fan in his hand had long since vanished, replaced by two massive stone axes condensed from Demonic Power. The axe heads were covered in hideous patterns, as if they could split mountains and shatter rivers.

At the same time, a sky-blotting black-blue demonic mist suddenly surged around Qing Li, and her slender figure grew taller and taller under the wash of Demonic Power.

Fine dark-blue scales appeared on her fair skin, and three pairs of translucent scorpion wings as thin as cicada wings suddenly unfolded from her back. The slender arms that had touched Chen Xuan earlier had already transformed into a pair of pitch-black scorpion claws curved like crescent moons.

Watching this scene, Chen Xuan actually felt a bizarre sense of a 'large-scale heartbreak scene' for some reason.

The Natal Yao Aspects of two Integration Realm Yao appeared simultaneously. Their terrifying demonic pressure swept in all directions like a tsunami, causing the distant mountains to tremble violently and rubble to roll down.

Below, Chu Haotian, Master Qing Xuan, Crimson Sun Elder, and the others looked up simultaneously as if by consensus, staring fixedly at the two terrifying demonic shadows that blotted out the sky in the center of the battlefield, a trace of despair slowly growing in their eyes.

"There are actually two Integration Realm beasts! Can Senior Chen really handle them on his own?"

These words were like a giant rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring the deepest unease in everyone's hearts.

Senior Chen already needed to put all his effort into constructing that profound Formation; it was already inconceivable that he could use Divided Soul to stop that woman earlier. Now, with another Integration Realm Yao of the same rank added... Everyone felt an ominous premonition. After all, no one was a fool; such a disparate gap was simply like an insurmountable chasm.

"Do it!"

Qing Li gave a light shout, and her scorpion tail suddenly shot out like an arrow from a bow, piercing toward Chen Xuan's vitals with the sound of breaking air. Beside her, Jiu Ying held an axe in each hand, completely ignoring the miniature Flying Swords that were still scattering, and swung down at the figure in white. The wind from the axes whistled, as if to split heaven and earth in two!

"BOOM—!"

A deafening roar echoed through heaven and earth, and violent energy spread in all directions like a flood breaking through a dam.

Chu Haotian bore the brunt of it, coughing up a mouthful of blood as his figure was instantly blown away. He never expected that as a Peak Master of the Tianque Sect and a renowned figure in the Rain God Continent, he would be seriously injured today just by being caught in the aftershocks of others' combat.

The others and the Demon Race Cultivators present were the same, their blood and Qi churning from the impact of this terrifying energy. But no one had time to worry about their own injuries; Master Qing Xuan looked up sharply toward the sky, but unfortunately, the battlefield was obscured by thick black mist, making it impossible to see if Chen Xuan was safe or dead.

When the black mist dissipated slightly and she saw the figure in white still standing steadily in place, having actually blocked the combined onslaught of the two of them, a flash of surprise crossed Qing Li's eyes, followed by a harsh cry: "Again!"

"Again? Do you really take me for a clay-molded Bodhisattva?"

As the cold voice fell, a brilliant golden light suddenly pierced through Jiu Ying's abdomen! In the next moment, with a sharp "whoosh," pale purple Baleful Fire suddenly erupted on the giant ape that was dozens of feet tall. Qing Li's figure followed closely behind, also instantly swallowed by this strange Baleful Fire, and the Demonic Power in her body began to drain away uncontrollably and rapidly.

At the same time, flaming meteors fell from the sky, smashing toward Qing Li and Jiu Ying like a meteor shower!

Seeing this, Qing Li looked sharply toward the sky—the eighth sun had already condensed into form! Her face was full of horror as she cried out in shock, "How is this possible? Wasn't there still one more needed for the Formation to be complete?"

Immediately after, she saw those tens of thousands of miniature Flying Swords vanish instantly, and along with them, the sky-blue illusion faded away. Behind the illusion, a sun emitting brilliant golden light was suspended, its rays magnificent and shining in all directions.

"A blindfold trick!!!"