Sensing the terrifying power of the talisman suddenly sweeping across heaven and earth, Venerable Gu Cang was just about to attack the other five cultivators when his mind trembled. He hurriedly circulated his magic power and poured it with all his strength into the array around him.
The five cultivators who had originally intended to advance and assist Mou Ling were all shocked when they suddenly saw such terrifying explosive energy sweeping toward them.
Without the slightest hesitation, their figures flashed away as they fled into the distance.
Although Venerable Gu Cang reacted swiftly, he was ultimately still too slow. Just as he drove the array around him with all his strength, a piercing buzzing suddenly rang out from the array's barrier. Under flashes of wild azure light, the array that had withstood bombardment from more than a dozen cultivators for dozens of days without the slightest abnormality suddenly shattered.
The terrifying explosive energy swept out and wrapped around the three cultivators within the array.
Fortunately, the restrictive barrier had offered some resistance, giving the three inside the array a brief chance to escape. As the restrictive barrier shattered, three streaks of escaping light flashed out in succession, shooting rapidly beyond the valley.
However, the five cultivators beside Mou Ling were not so fortunate.
They had originally been standing together with Mou Ling. Under the sweep of Qin Fengming's Splitting Light Misleading Shadow Sword Technique, they had naturally been positioned farther forward than Mou Ling to resist the wave of sword blades. When the Ink Crystal Stone talisman array self-destructed right behind the blades, the five bore the brunt of it and were engulfed by the explosive energy.
Even Mou Ling, who had been standing behind the others, had been caught by a small portion of the explosive energy. Naturally,