"No matter."
Feeling the worried gazes of the people behind him, Elder Hong Tian uttered only two words.
His calm words were full of confidence, as if he didn't take the enemies blocking their path seriously at all.
Ji Yuan suddenly realized that the old man in front of him, who usually looked amiable and approachable, was from Lei Ze Peak!
When it came to destructive power, among the many inheritances of the Nine Xuan Sect, Lei Ze Peak was the undisputed number one, even surpassing Tian Jian Peak.
The reason Elder Hong Tian often went out on sect business was not just because of his strong ability to handle matters.
It was also because his cultivation realm, and even his personal destructive power, far surpassed that of cultivators of the same realm!
However, Ji Yuan still felt a little worried in his heart.
After all, constantly manipulating the flying artifact would inevitably lead to a decline in Elder Hong Tian's condition.
And what they were about to face was one late-stage third realm cultivator and two mid-stage third realm cultivators!
As his thoughts raced, several miles were quickly covered, and the two sides were now less than half a mile apart.
Everyone could even feel waves of icy killing intent filling the space around them.
"Form the formation!"
A ferocious roar suddenly echoed through the sky!
As soon as the sound rose, over twenty powerful auras erupted. The disciples of the Shen Xuan Sect, standing on the flying artifact, each poured their mystic energy into the formation flags before them.
More than twenty spiritual lights flickered and connected with each other.
In just over ten breaths, a grand formation appeared before Ji Yuan and the others.
Mysterious formation patterns emerged, and power comparable to the mid to late third realm erupted without restraint!
Ji Yuan had already handed over the control of the flying artifact. Now that the formation was complete, he immediately felt a powerful resistance.
Under the influence of the formation's power, the world seemed to be imprisoned, and immense pressure squeezed in from all directions!
"Hmph!"
Elder Hong Tian let out a cold snort, and then lightning and thunder appeared on his body!
He transformed into a dazzling bolt of lightning and instantly disappeared from his original position. Wherever he passed, the formation's power retreated.
Seeing this, Ji Yuan seized the opportunity and poured a large amount of mystic energy into the artifact.
The speed of the flying artifact instantly surged, closely following behind the bolt of lightning.
"Seeking death!"
Staring at the bolt of lightning that ripped through the heavens, a middle-aged man coldly grunted.
He suddenly took a step forward, appearing more than twenty feet away. The aura of a late-stage third realm cultivator erupted from within him.
The temperature in this space suddenly dropped by more than tenfold. Ice crystals and snowflakes even began to drift in the sky.
Cold killing intent swept out, and sharp sword qi surged towards the heavens. Countless ice crystals and snowflakes gathered, transforming into a great sword several dozen feet long.
"Slash!"
The middle-aged man pointed his sword forward, and the great sword above his head rapidly slashed down!
The nearly transparent ice crystal great sword refracted streams of dreamlike radiance.
But within this dreamlike beauty, there was a palpable killing intent.
"Break for this old man!"
Amidst the flashing lightning, Elder Hong Tian's figure suddenly appeared.
He formed hand seals and fiercely struck forward.
In an instant, lightning surged throughout heaven and earth, as if the heavens were enraged and about to unleash an endless tribulation!
Rumble!!!
Thunder roared incessantly. Countless thick bolts of lightning appeared out of nowhere and fiercely struck the ice crystal great sword!
The great sword, which was capable of killing ordinary early-stage third realm cultivators, immediately shattered on the spot, turning into countless ice crystal powder that dissipated into the heavens and earth with the wild wind!
Seeing this, the middle-aged man let out a cold snort. As he waved his sleeves, dozens of ice crystal long swords immediately condensed around him.
An extreme cold power was released from the ice crystal long swords, seemingly capable of freezing the entire world.
"Go!"
With a single command, dozens of ice crystal long swords shot through the air!
The extreme cold flowing along the swords, and the sharp sword qi, actually tore through the void and annihilated the crisscrossing lightning!
However, Elder Hong Tian showed no surprise at this, but rather a smile appeared on his face.
In the next breath, sword intent rose from behind him, as if supporting a radiant canopy!
Countless clouds gathered, then transformed into myriad cloud swords that swiftly descended from the high heavens!
Boom boom boom!!!
Each ice crystal long sword collided with countless cloud swords!
Amidst each explosion, violent power stirred up gusts of wind, so powerful that even a second realm cultivator fighting with all their might would find it difficult to resist.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning pierced the air, tearing through the howling winds and the surging mystic energy echoing in the sky.
A short staff, radiating endless lightning, appeared before the middle-aged man in an instant, the distance between them no more than five or sixzhang.
Seeing this, the man clapped his hands together fiercely. When he pulled them apart again, a long sword had miraculously appeared in his grasp.
This sword was pure white and semi-transparent, as if carved from ice crystal.
As soon as it appeared, it emitted a chilling aura, seemingly capable of freezing even the void!
The middle-aged man, holding the sword in one hand, suddenly struck forward with a powerful downward slash. Dreamlike multicolored light flashed across the sky.
Clang!!!
A stream of extreme cold sword qi erupted, instantly slicing at the short staff!
Countless bolts of lightning were instantly frozen by the extreme cold and fell from the sky.
At the same time, the short staff was coated with a layer of frost. The mystic energy within it was almost congealed, and its originally bursting power weakened by nearly half.
The next moment, under the immense impact, the short staff was sent flying backward.
Elder Hong Tian immediately sent out streams of mystic energy, transforming into lightning to extinguish the frost on the short staff.
Then, he quickly formed hand seals and activated all the restrictions within this artifact!
The entire short staff instantly burst with dazzling light. In the high heavens, it flickered and then transformed into a colossal size of over tenzhang!
With a furious roar, it smashed down heavily, causing the void within dozens of zhang to distort!
Around the colossal staff, the void itself seemed to shatter, and countless black cracks spread outwards.
"Change formation!"
The middle-aged man retreated several zhang and then shouted loudly.
In an instant, the more than twenty disciples of the Shen Xuan Sect immediately changed their hand seals, pouring an endless stream of mystic energy into the formation flags before them.
With the spiritual lights flickering, the grand formation underwent a change. Countless formation patterns rapidly flowed, and the pressure in the world suddenly vanished.
Following that, a light screen was erected, with numerous formation patterns appearing on it, exuding an aura of invincibility.
Boom!!!
As the colossal staff descended, an extremely terrifying fluctuation of mystic energy erupted!
Elder Hong Tian's full-force strike, its power reaching close to that of a peak third realm cultivator, unleashed endless lightning that filled an area of a hundred zhang!
However, in the next moment, his expression changed slightly. He could feel that under such an attack, the light screen erected by the opposing formation had not been shattered as easily as anticipated!