These immortal-army soldiers were directly dissolved along with their flying swords. Large numbers of immortal-army soldiers behind them also died one after another beneath the venom. Amid the surging ghostly aura, no one knew exactly how much venom there was. The immortal army, which had held a slight advantage moments ago, could not help feeling intimidated at the sight.
"Sun-Suppressing Swordfire!" Xiao Yu barked coldly. A formation of immortal-army soldiers flew over from behind in a tightly organized battle formation. Each released the sword intent within their bodies, and thousands upon thousands of Sword Qi converged into one. Within the scarlet sword-light, raging flames suddenly surged.
Xiao Yu swept out a sleeve. The Sun-Suppressing Sword, one of the Seven Suppressing Swords, slowly flew to the front of the formation, guiding this sheet of swordfire forward.
The swordfire and venom intertwined. Large amounts of swordfire were extinguished, but the rampaging venom was blocked as well.
After a period of repeated entanglement, the Sun-Suppressing Swordfire ultimately gained the upper hand. It burned all the way into the ghost-scorpion swarm, leaving corpses strewn everywhere. The Seven Luminaries Sword Wheel, which had just been held back, took the opportunity to break through and slaughter the ghost-scorpions into scattered, defeated remnants.
The Lotus Avatar's cultivation had already surpassed that of all previous Grand Firmament Sword Lords, but the immortal army below had mainly been trained around the Seven Suppressing Swords of Nine Central City.
The Seven Suppressing Swords were more suited to training a large-scale immortal army. As for the immortal-army commanders at the middle and upper levels, who possessed higher cultivation, the Lotus Avatar had either taught them sword arts individually or guided their cultivation.
The immortal army under the Lotus Avatar's command did indeed have a much shallower foundation than those of the