Everything outside the grand formation was flooded with firelight. Even the formation itself gave off a dull sound under the crushing pressure, like glass cracking apart.
Many Fire Spirit Clan Elders could not withstand that immense pressure and coughed up blood, but they still held on with all their might. No one gave up.
If even one person failed to hold on, the chain reaction it brought now would naturally be devastating.
Even for a true Heaven Supreme expert like the Fire Spirit Clan Leader, it was the same.
The sleeves of his robe were ignited by the raging flames. The destructive fire had nearly pierced through the Clan Protecting Grand Formation, yet he forcibly held it back with both hands. Beneath the sleeves burned to ash, the Fire Spirit Clan Leader's hands instantly turned charred black, too gruesome to look at.
"Clan Leader?!"
"I'm fine! Elders who can't hold on, recover and adjust your breathing in order. I'll fill in this part of the grand formation—"
There was a faint tremor in his voice, but it did not hinder the Fire Spirit Clan Leader's decisiveness.
"We Fire Spirit Clan Descendants—how could we possibly let the Clan Leader bear this alone?!"
"We are willing to live and die with the Clan Leader!"
As their voices fell, not only the Elders with Earth Supreme cultivation, even the younger generation at the Supreme level all began supporting the Clan Protecting Grand Formation above their heads.
The gaps that could not be filled by strength were filled with their bloodline.
The Fire Spirit Clan Leader no longer had time to sigh over it. Everything before him was so scorching that it could melt all things, leaving him no room to think about such matters.
"..."
Only after a while, just as the Fire