The Five Ta'a Brothers hurried back to defend, standing before Mo Hua like five small mountains, allowing no one to approach.
Cheng Mo, Yang Qianjun, Situ Jian, and the others also began closing ranks around Mo Hua.
Relying on his superior Movement Technique, Feng Zichen took the lead and charged at Mo Hua.
Using the Xiaoyao Wind-Treading Step to close the distance, then the Eight Trigrams Wandering Wind Step to weave among the Void Gate disciples, he became a white phantom. Within a dozen exchanges, he broke through the Void Gate's defensive line and rushed to within twenty zhang of Mo Hua.
He was also, thus far, the closest prodigy to Mo Hua among all the disciples of the Four Sects and Seven Gates.
Feng Zichen's swift sword then swept in like the wind, striking straight for Mo Hua's vital point.
But once he came within ten zhang, the rocks and earth beneath him rose up and transformed into a cage, blocking his path.
A moment later, the Five Ta'a Brothers immediately closed in around him, their five massive swords raining down upon Feng Zichen in a furious barrage.
The great swords carried immense force and terrifying power.
Feng Zichen cultivated the swift sword and did not dare meet them head-on. He could only avoid their edge and retreat.
Yet he had barely taken a few steps back when a thread of Spirit Ink seeped into the ground and turned into a patch of quicksand.
Focused on guarding against the Five Ta'a Brothers' massive swords, Feng Zichen carelessly stepped into the quicksand with his right foot. Though he broke free in an instant, his heart could not help but tremble.
In the midst of a chaotic battle, being restrained by an Array Technique—even for only two breaths—was enough to prove