"Hold the formation!"
The four Netherworld Sect disciples immediately formed hand seals.
This was exactly the moment Chen Changqing had been waiting for.
The Dragon Pattern Sky-Splitting Spear avatar sprang into the air, its tip thrusting straight at the black banner on the eastern side.
The disciple guarding the banner turned pale in alarm and sacrificed a shield to block it.
The spear tip struck the shield.
The shield exploded.
The spear's momentum did not stop, piercing straight through both man and banner.
The Haotian Hammer avatar smashed toward the western side.
The two Demon Cultivators there joined forces to summon ghostly phantoms, hoping to stop the ancient hammer.
The ghostly phantoms had barely lunged out when the hammer shattered them apart.
The ancient hammer struck the ground.
The two Demon Cultivators bled from all seven orifices and crumpled limply to the ground.
The black banners to the south and north remained.
The middle-aged man roared in fury, shooting a black nail from his palm straight at Chen Changqing's brow.
Chen Changqing did not dodge.
The space before him dipped slightly inward.
The black nail suddenly slowed by half a beat.
The Heavenly Thunder Sword swept across.
The black nail was cut into two.
The instant Chen Changqing drew upon the embryonic form of a law, a stabbing pain shot through his sea of consciousness.
The medicinal power of the Jade Marrow Golden Ganoderma had yet to fully settle, but this time, drawing upon it went more smoothly than before.
He did not waste the chance. With a shift of his feet, he was already before the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man staggered back in shock.
"What movement technique is this?"
Chen Changqing brought his sword down.
"You're not qualified to ask."
The middle-aged man raised a palm to receive