Blue light flashed, and the Sword Qi struck the surface of the whirlwind, yet it was like mud flowing into the sea. Seeing this, Lin Xuan was not surprised; that strike just now had merely been a probe.
He reached out and pointed at the ancient shield hovering above his head. With the ringing clash of metal on metal, the shield abruptly expanded, blocking in front of Lin Xuan.
Across the shield's surface, red light streamed and flowed, while fist-sized runes flickered incessantly, giving off an ancient, unadorned aura from the Primordial Era.
Whooo...
The whirlwind slammed into it. The ancient shield shook without stopping, but it successfully blocked the attack. Lin Xuan let out a breath of relief. The Jade Profound Sect's Sect Protection Array might have been incomparably powerful, but these few lingering restrictions that remained should not pose him any great danger.
Of course, Lin Xuan did not dare delay here for too long either. Heaven knew what sort of changes or attacks the array might produce after a while. Lin Xuan walked toward the array core he had identified...
What Lin Xuan did not know was that while he was racking his brains to break the array, in a small mountain hollow somewhere, purple light flashed, and a sharp-faced, monkey-cheeked cultivator appeared out of thin air.
In this person's hands, he held a jade box, his face showing an expression of extreme cherishing. It was precisely the "traitor" Sword Nether Palace had spoken of.
And around his body was wrapped a layer of pale blue protective film. Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy, how could he be some low-level Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator? He was clearly an expert at the peak of the Core Condensation Realm.
He was even a notch above Lin Xuan.
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