The strange black aura unleashed by the Demon King made Xu Yi feel wretched. He couldn't dodge it, much less reflect it, and could only keep absorbing it with Unreasonable Points.
Constructing Unreasonable Points consumed tremendous amounts of mana, and the Demon King's attacks were growing more and more savage. Xu Yi was practically risking his life to absorb the demonic energy balls the Demon King unleashed.
Nor was that all. Several times, he'd tried to close in and use the Zixiao in his hand to attack the Demon King's true body. But the Demon King never let him have his way, easily dodging whenever Xu Yi tried to approach.
Though Xu Yi was having an incredibly hard time of it, he wasn't especially flustered. He unleashed another Unreasonable Point, devouring a ball of demonic energy, then darted away like a drifting cloud—straight toward the distant group of cultivators.
All this time, he had kept coughing up blood, yet he had fought with fierce abandon and never asked anyone for help. The cultivators, who had been fighting the golden monsters halfheartedly, were all watching intently, waiting for Xu Yi to unleash his big move.
After all, Xu Yi had been the one to provoke the Demon King at the start of the battle. The disdain in his eyes was still fresh in everyone's memory. Yet no one could have dreamed that his big move would be them.
"Everyone, help me hold out for a short while, or we'll all die here!"
Before his shout had even faded, Xu Yi had retreated to the very back. He gulped down Spirit Wine mixed with spiritual liquid, then took out a formation stone and activated its restriction. In an instant, a flowing-water-like barrier closed around him.
This Three Wonders Formation Stone had been