This canopy was precisely the Ultimate Barrier that the Four Holy Beasts had joined forces to set up.
Yet that sky-piercing giant claw was wrapped in the sharp Geng Metal Qi that could annihilate everything, and it came crashing down!
Rumble--
The void wailed. Waves of light flashed like blades, ripples swept wildly in all directions, and wherever they passed, blazing flames erupted, dazzling and piercing, as if the entire world were burning.
Boom--
Dipamkara Buddha Daoist and the other three were violently shaken and sent flying backward together, staggering as a sweet, bloody taste rose in their throats. The canopy above their heads exploded on impact, its fragments pouring down like rain as all its radiance dimmed.
Though hastily formed, this defense had already gathered half of the cultivation of the Four Saints and was nearly indestructible.
But Geng Metal was the sharpest of the Five Elements. It governed slaughter, shattered all laws, and severed cause and effect. This strike had not only pierced through the canopy, but had also shaken the four men's Dao foundations until they loosened slightly.
Dipamkara and the others turned deathly pale as they looked up at the thirty-thousand-zhang-tall true form of the White Tiger. A chill shot straight to their crowns—fear poured over their heads like icy water, leaving their limbs cold.
The White Tiger threw back his head and roared. Wind and clouds shifted violently, mountains paled, and Heaven and Earth seemed to plunge into Eternal Night.
A flash of white light passed. The Geng Metal Qi receded like a tide, and the enormous true form rapidly contracted, soon transforming into a white-robed youth.
He held a Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand. His swordlike brows reached into his temples, his starry eyes contained light, and his face was as beautiful