Faced with this sure-kill strike from the first ferocious Heaven-Opening sword, even Laozi, the first Saint of the Prehistoric Era and the most revered in Daoist arts, did not dare receive it bare-handed.
His gaze narrowed slightly. Holding nothing back any longer, he lightly drew a Dao seal with his fingertips.
A humming Dao Sound echoed through the Nine Heavens, and an ancient, heavy pagoda, its entire body flowing with billions upon billions of layers of Xuanhuang light, manifested above the Spirit Platform over his head—
The Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda!
This was the foremost defensive treasure among the innate treasures, capable of suppressing all killing and conquest throughout the heavens and guarding the Dao Foundation of Saints. Once it stood above one's head, it possessed the bearing of invincibility and unbreakability.
The pagoda hung in the air, dropping billions of Xuanhuang curtains of qi. The heavy, boundless power of the innate Earth Dao layered upon itself, transforming into an endless defensive barrier that steadily protected Laozi on all sides.
Rumble—!
The blood-colored Immortal Slaying Sword came crashing down, hacking viciously against the Xuanhuang qi barrier!
An earth-shaking boom swept through the entire Due East Formation Domain as the blood-colored killing Dao principles and the Xuanhuang power of Dao protection collided wildly, clashing with violent force!
The scarlet sword pressure surged in a frenzy, crushing layer after layer, ceaselessly scouring the Xuanhuang wall. Every strand of sword force carried the dreadful might to shatter Myriad Laws, tearing and gnawing madly at the pagoda's defense.
Sword light crisscrossed in every direction, and an unending chain of killing moves stacked layer upon layer. Each sword was fiercer than the last, intent on breaking through the defense and cutting down the Saint.
Yet the Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda hung steadily in the void, unmoving as