More than ten days later, thirty-six triangular blue formation flags floated at varying heights in the air and above the ground outside the barrier formed by the Embracing Origin, Unifying Qi Formation. Lu Xiaotian and Duming each held a black flag, standing inside the formation.
Lu Xiaotian swept his formation flag through the air. A stream of pure magical power flowed into it, passing in turn through the thirty-six triangular flags and forming a beam of spiritual light.
"Third Miss, do it!" Lu Xiaotian shouted. Before his words had even faded, Yue Yu slapped her palm against the barrier. Spiritual light rippled across it.
"Not enough! Take turns!" Lu Xiaotian shouted again.
Lang Du, Xie Wu, and the other Spirit Transformation Demon Race members attacked the barrier one after another. The ripples of light across it grew increasingly violent.
"Fellow Daoist Du, guide the spiritual energy!" Lu Xiaotian and Duming waved their formation flags and formed hand seals, executing a complicated sequence of changes. The spiritual light rippling across the barrier was drawn into the flags. Guided through all thirty-six, it was channeled straight underground. With a boom, the immense spiritual power blasted a hole more than ten zhang wide into the ground.
The thirty-six formation flags that had been floating in the air rattled under the strain of the surging spiritual power.
"For the human race to hold their own against the Demon Race, they must have their strengths. Their lifespans may be shorter than ours, but they've accomplished quite a bit in other areas." The gathered Spirit Transformation demons nodded in admiration.
The hole blasted into the ground by the immense spiritual power grew larger and larger.
Lu Xiaotian flicked a finger, sending a cold stream of magical power into a particularly unstable spot on the barrier. It