However, just as these waves of blood surged in, Lu Xiaotian's expression remained unruffled. The dharma pearl within his body began to turn, and cold, refreshing dharma power flowed toward the center of his brows. A vertical ice pupil suddenly opened there.
The scene before him looked like a world of ice and snow. The demonic spirit hidden within the waves of blood, along with the Blood Demon Soul Garment, had nowhere to hide beneath the True-Illusory Ice Eye.
Lu Xiaotian beckoned, and the five defensive formation flags, already badly damaged, transformed into five streaks of light and flew back, blocking the five vital positions through which the blood tide was surging. The demonic spirit controlled by Xiang Nanming and the Blood Demon Soul Garment controlled by True Person Mengshan had originally planned to pour in while the formation was being broken and storm toward the cave dwelling where Xiang Qingcheng was. Who could have known that the formation would change again at this moment? The four attack-oriented flags—Yao, Qi, Guang, and Chen—which had remained tucked in Lu Xiaotian's palm, covered the two of them between them like a stroke of divine inspiration, while the other five defensive formation flags blocked the nearly uncontrolled blood tide surging toward Xiang Qingcheng's cave dwelling.
The four attack-oriented flags—Yao, Qi, Guang, and Chen—were still completely intact. In an instant, they enclosed the demonic spirit and the Blood Demon Soul Garment. Each of the four flags released a streak of spiritual light, forming a dark-blue spiritual barrier. However, this dark-blue barrier was quite different from the harmless defensive barrier before. Streaks of azure spiritual light within it coalesced into Sword Qi, which darted back and forth among the four formation flags and shot toward the demonic spirit and the Blood Demon Soul Garment.
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