Two longswords came hurtling through the wind, carrying a thick stench of blood and Killing Intent as they struck straight at Lin Qi's vital points.
Lin Qi remained unhurried. She took a rough breath and formed hand seals with both hands.
Array—activate!
In an instant, flying sand swept across the ground. The earth went from silent tremors to violent shaking, cracks splitting open one after another as killing intent flooded the entire space.
A wolf's howl shot from the distance into the vault of the heavens.
The sky suddenly dimmed. A lone moon slowly hung high overhead, its killing intent spreading into every corner of the battlefield.
That killing intent mingled with the wolf howls, condensing into phantom images of gray wolves. In the blink of an eye, a blood-colored battle formation appeared before Lin Qi, blocking the two attackers.
"Attack!"
At Lin Qi's command, countless gray wolf phantoms charged in perfect unison toward the cultivators ahead.
In the blink of an eye, the Eastern Continent cultivators, who had barely held the upper hand, revealed terrified expressions. Amid furious roars, a new round of chaotic battle erupted.
The few remaining cultivators from the Central Continent seized the chance to counterattack.
Lin Qi formed another hand seal and activated the ninth-grade Immortal Slaying Four Sword Array she had set up first.
However... there was no movement for quite a while.
It had failed!
A chill crept up Lin Qi's back. She wiped at the nonexistent sweat on her forehead.
"Good thing I set up a second battle array... otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable!"
If she had activated the ninth-grade Immortal Slaying Four Sword Array back then and it had shown no response... Lin Qi would likely have been judged eliminated on the spot.
No, perhaps she would not even