Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Blood spikes crisscrossed the formation, shooting toward Lu Xiaotian with barely a moment to spare.
Lu Xiaotian displayed the speed and explosive power of his lightning and fire laws to the fullest, darting through the formation. He slapped some of the blood spikes aside, while others skimmed past him by a hair's breadth.
As the formation shrouded Lu Xiaotian, the effect of the Space-Sealing Demon Talisman naturally faded. But inside the Blood-Spike Demon-Bird Formation, his surroundings were far more perilous than they had been under the talisman.
Demon Warden Jiu and the others felt deeply conflicted. Lu Xiaotian was trapped inside the formation, and once it was activated, its attacks would pour down without end. Even someone as powerful as Lu Xiaotian could only scramble to dodge the blood spikes within, unable to confront them head-on.
Still, anyone with a keen eye could see that no matter how fierce the formation's power was, it would take time to kill Lu Xiaotian outright.
The thunderclouds gathering from all directions carried the power of ice and wind. The Celestial-level experts only sensed them when they drew close.
"How is this possible? The tribulation has brought forth the power of all three minor wonders at once!" a middle-aged woman cried out.
Crack! A massive lightning bolt, several zhang thick, crashed down from the thunderclouds. The entire void trembled beneath its astonishing force.
"Retreat, quickly!" They had planned to hold out a little longer. They didn't need to kill Lu Xiaotian; if they could merely leave him gravely wounded, then even his heaven-defying abilities wouldn't let him survive the tribulation before him. And if he somehow made it through, the five of them would still be lying in wait nearby, ready to capture him before he could fully recover.
But none