Ling Tian still needed some time to finish setting up the formation restrictions, but Tian Xin and Tian Meng had expended a great deal of energy and could not hold out much longer. Seeing this, Ling Tian had no choice but to step out from the crowd and expose himself to the attacks of Ten Thousand Swords Cliff's sword formations. That gave the two women a chance to recover, and more importantly, bought time for Ling Tian's clone.
Ling Tian's move left everyone dumbfounded. They had never expected him to remain unflinching in the face of such fearsome attacks, much less shatter Spiritual Energy Arrows with such uncanny techniques. Chong Lou and Xing Zhan were unwilling to be outdone, so they stepped out from the crowd as well and proposed a contest to make up for their regret at not being able to fight during the Cultivator Assembly.
Seeing Ling Tian and the other two charge forward, Long Shun, Huzi, and the others felt their blood surge. They wanted to rush in too, but sensing the sharp sword intent and the murderous Refined Gold Qi that shook the heavens, they held back. They knew how far they fell behind Ling Tian and the others. More importantly, Long Shun and the others had no weapons with enough weight and force behind them. Charging in recklessly would be dangerous, and might even drag Ling Tian and the others down with them.
Tian Xie, among them, was also qualified to join the fray. His true form was an Immortal Artifact, so he feared neither the Refined Gold Qi nor the sharp sword intent. He could also switch between a human form and a spear form at will, making it easy enough to dodge the Spiritual Energy Swords. But Ling Tian had secretly instructed