Chen Fei glanced back, his brows tightly furrowed. Fortunately, while still inside Xian City, he had placed the Heaven Opening Profound Treasure containing the human race within his sleeve.
As long as he was not leaving the city to fight, Chen Fei habitually kept the human race by his side, allowing him to react immediately should anything happen.
Moreover, the Xian Clan had previously warned everyone to be ready to depart through the Teleportation Array at any time. Although the eighth-order formation was powerful, it was not unbreakable.
Thus, Chen Fei was not the only one keeping his clansmen close; most Heaven Opening Realm cultivators from the other races did the same.
Yet even the Xian Clan likely had not expected Gong Tianshu of the Rain Clan to free up enough time to personally deliver a slash—first killing an Eighth Order Creation Realm cultivator, then breaking the Dust Reversal Formation.
The power of a Ninth Order Supreme Realm expert was simply too overwhelming. Earlier, when the Rain Clan and the resentful spirits had fought with all their strength, they had only gradually gnawed away at the Dust Reversal Formation. No one knew how long it would have taken to truly break it.
Xian City had already prepared for the possibility of the formation being broken. They would delay for as long as possible, and if things truly became untenable, they would all relocate to the cities of other Eighth Order Tribes.
There were seven formations similar to the Dust Reversal Formation in total. If each could stall long enough, perhaps the Ninth Order Supreme Realm experts of the Void Return Realm could free themselves to undo the seal over the Xuanling Domain.
Unfortunately, no matter how perfect the plan had been, Gong Tianshu being able to act was a fatal