Hu Li gritted his teeth, his face dark as a storm. Just moments ago, he and his fellow disciples had held an overwhelming advantage over the Glazed Sword Sect disciples. If Fang Chen had not appeared, they would have captured every last one of them before a stick of incense burned down.
But Fang Chen had appeared, and single-handedly turned the situation around.
Hu Li had just sworn to Fang Chen that the Golden Bell Formation was unbreakable. Now, under Fang Chen's furious assault, the formation they took such pride in was on the verge of collapse.
Grinding his teeth, he ordered, "Half of you, put everything you have into maintaining the Golden Bell Formation! The rest, activate your mantis formation runes and prepare to unleash the Mantis Battle Array with me!"
"Yes!"
The Eight Trigrams Gate disciples answered in unison.
They split at once. Half poured their strength into maintaining the Golden Bell Formation, while the others gathered around Hu Li and activated the special battle runes on their bodies. Masses of green runes surfaced on their skin, and a powerful aura erupted from them. Then they began circling Hu Li, faster and faster. Spiritual Qi rushed toward them from all around, soon forming a dense mist at their sides.
"What are they trying to do?"
The Glazed Sword Sect disciples frowned as they watched Hu Li and the others. A bad feeling crept over them all.
Just then, the Golden Bell Formation could no longer withstand Fang Chen's relentless attacks. It shattered in an instant, and the force sent every Eight Trigrams Gate disciple maintaining it flying.
"Aaah... Pfft, pfft, pfft..."
The Eight Trigrams Gate disciples screamed and spat clouds of blood before crashing hard to the ground.
At the same time, a powerful aura surged from the