"We can't retreat! We can't run either!"
Staring at the oncoming raging tide, Ji Ning gripped his sword hilt tightly, straightened his chest, and stood in front of Yu Wei and Xiao Qian.
If Ji Ning had been alone, he could have used the Annihilation Sword to cleave open the formation and escape.
But Yu Wei and Xiao Qian were beside him now. Once Ji Ning broke out of the formation, the two of them would inevitably face the formation's attacks.
A man had to take responsibility. At a time like this, he could only endure it!
"Five Elements generation and restraint, Annihilation Lotus Platform!"
With a roar, Ji Ning erupted with brilliant radiance. Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal. The Five Elements cycled and transformed into an enormous Five Elements lotus platform.
The enormous lotus platform enveloped the three of them. Its five-colored petals spun continuously, the colors intertwining as an aura of five-colored light capable of annihilating all things rose around it.
Annihilation! Ruin! Destruction!
Boundless watery light swept forth, but the Five-colored Lotus Platform stood like a pillar in midstream, immovable and unshakable amid the surging raging tide!
No matter how violently the raging tide surged or how vast the water vapor became, the Five-colored Lotus Platform burst with endless radiance, continuously annihilating the incoming watery light, as though... it would never dissipate.
"Damn it... the consumption is too great!"
Using the Annihilation Sword Intent to operate the Five-colored Lotus Platform, Ji Ning felt his true essence pouring from his body like a breached riverbank.
At this rate, even with pills and essence liquid, he would not be able to hold out for long! Once the pills were exhausted, would he not still end up dead?
As he frantically swallowed essence