The Nine-layered Sword Strike was an attack much like a barrage of Impact Arrows. Though it consisted of Sword Qi, its power was formidable when the strikes were layered together—stronger even than the Soul Slaying Sword and Heart Slaying Sword. Especially now, with Venerable Sword Saint having fused four golden cores, if those sword energies were allowed to strike the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, they might well inflict enormous damage and destroy it. If that happened, Ling Tian and the others would have no choice but to abandon Fengyun Realm and escape through the secret Teleportation Formation.
That was exactly what happened. Little White and the others took turns launching attacks to intercept the sword energy, but their efforts did little to weaken it. Even after they had intercepted it, it still posed a grave threat to the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation. It remained uncertain whether the formation could withstand it at all.
Still, no one was worried, because Ling Tian had yet to attack. At this moment, he was the strongest of them all, controlling the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and aided by several Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures. At the very least, he was on the same level as Venerable Sword Saint. If he intervened, he would surely weaken the Sword Qi significantly, and the formation should have no trouble withstanding the attack. After all, in all this time Ling Tian had done more than simply break through to the eighth level of the Near-Saint stage. More importantly, his Small World had grown immensely. The Pseudo Small World he wielded would therefore become far more powerful when merged with the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, while also making the formation much more stable.
Ling Tian then launched his attack. He sent out only