Chen Xuanji's heart lurched.
He wanted to resist, to stir his soul into action again.
But his body was too heavy to lift.
Even his thoughts had grown sluggish.
The light of the Mountain Protection Array dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The formation patterns stopped circulating.
Every defense ground to a halt at that moment.
Greed's eyes lit up.
"An opening!"
He let out a roar.
The turbid qi throughout his body erupted at full force, forming a colossal claw that blotted out the sky and sun.
It raked down viciously toward South Peak, the array's weakest point.
If that strike landed,
not only would the array shatter completely,
everyone on South Peak would be crushed to death in its grip.
Zi You and Immortal Emperor Shen Nong looked up at the colossal claw descending from the sky, despair spreading across their faces.
They wanted to dodge.
But shrouded in sloth power, they moved as slowly as snails.
They could only watch helplessly as the colossal claw drew closer and closer.
At that critical instant,
a streak of dark golden sword light shot over from Main Peak.
Swift as lightning, the sword light struck the colossal claw with unerring precision.
The blow knocked the claw slightly off course.
It grazed the edge of South Peak and clawed into the void beside it.
Five deep rifts tore open in the void.
Holding the Human Emperor Sword, Xuanyuan Tian Ji hovered above South Peak.
Her face was as pale as paper, her chest heaving violently.
That strike had all but drained the last spiritual energy in her body.
But she had still stopped it.
"If you want to break the array, you'll have to get past me first."
Xuanyuan Tian Ji tightened her grip on the Human Emperor