The wind atop the mountain abruptly stilled, and Qin He pressed down hard with the source-birth law at his fingertips.
Within the valley, the once-disordered formation patterns instantly lit up. Interwoven gold and black light erupted from the ground, turning into fine chains of law that wound toward the Burning Heaven Lord's three attendants.
The illusion formation erupted at the same time. The surrounding rock walls and scorched earth twisted into a boundless sea of fire, engulfing all four of them.
"This is bad!"
The gaunt cultivator in Daoist robes paled abruptly. Runes flashed wildly at his fingertips as he tried to summon fire-aspected spiritual energy to break the formation.
But the moment he raised his hand, the spiritual energy around him was devoured by the true demon law within the formation. The runes at his fingertips instantly dimmed like snuffed-out candle flames.
The two Saint Tier guards reacted swiftly. The flaming spears in their hands surged in size, their tips condensing fire several yards long as they slashed at the chains of law.
The spear light struck, but left only faint white marks on the chains. Instead, the merit golden light upon the chains rebounded against them, jolting their arms numb and splitting the webbing between their thumbs and forefingers.
At the same time, crimson and blue light spilled from the formation's nexus, becoming countless fine threads of fire that wound around the three men and scorched the foundations of their spiritual power.
"My lord, save me!"
One guard roared, unleashing his Saint Tier pressure as he tried to break free. But the instant his spiritual power entered his meridians, the true demon law corroded it. A tearing agony shot through his meridians, and his Saint Tier aura immediately dropped by more than half.
Crimson filled the Burning Heaven