"His Majesty!"
"Rumble—"
Countless ancient martial cultivator corpses, wielding sabers, spears, swords, and halberds, smashed down in every direction with mountain-toppling, sea-overturning force. The earth shook, the ground crumbled apart, and a pit over a zhang deep was blasted open before them.
Chen Sanshi used an Earth Evasion Talisman and appeared behind the ancient corpses, but when he looked up at the sky, there was already no path of retreat.
Countless Nascent Soul Ancient Corpses flew on swords toward the gap in the barrier, having long since blocked the escape route.
"Close the barrier. You leave first."
As Chen Sanshi dealt with the ancient corpses lunging in to kill him, he urged his subordinates onward. If they did not withdraw now, the ancient corpses would soon chase them beyond the gap.
His spear braced against an incoming broadsaber. "This is My imperial command! Just leave first and leave the token behind. I have my own means!"
"By your command!"
Dongfang Jingxing looked at the tide-like swarm of ancient corpses and could only obey. After leaving the barrier, he used an object-controlling spell to deliver the token into the emperor's hand.
At the same time, the gap in the barrier vanished and sealed shut once more. Under the rampaging sword qi, several ancient corpses were shredded to pieces.
Chen Sanshi caught the Guardian Envoy Wooden Token and crushed the last Earth Evasion Talisman on his person, intending to escape the encirclement, shake off these ancient corpses first, and then seek a chance to leave the barrier.
But at that very moment, a Nascent Soul Ancient Corpse flashed and likewise burrowed underground. It was incomparably swift, clutching a flying sword as it stabbed straight at him.
The talisman had never been of a particularly high grade to begin with.
Struck by that