A Bold Claim

At that moment, the Starship fired a tractor beam into the deep crater, trying to pull Chen Xia aboard by force.

But the three Tribulation Transcendence Stage experts attacked too quickly, too fiercely, and in perfect coordination.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The energy beam collided violently with the chains of law, the Soaring Heaven Sword Aura, and the Annihilation Palm, unleashing a storm of energy that threatened to destroy heaven and earth. The Starship's massive hull shuddered under the impact, its shields flickering. The tractor beam twisted in the raging turbulence and broke apart.

"No good! There's too much energy interference. We can't lock on for transport!" the operator shouted anxiously.

"Activate the Absolute Barrier! Cut off the battlefield!" Xu Lanxin ordered without hesitation.

Hum!

A vast blue energy barrier made of hexagonal modules projected from the Starship's underside. Like an enormous overturned bowl, it tried to isolate the crater where Chen Xia lay from the attacks outside. It was the Starship's external defensive field. Though not as sturdy as the hull's own shields, it could withstand some of the assault.

"Holy Lord Ouyang, Thunder Holy Lord, take your people down and bring Holy Lord Chen back!" Xu Lanxin cried.

"Yes!"

The hatch opened. Ouyang Shuo and Lei Qianren led a squad of the Federation's finest cultivators out first, turning into streaks of light as they rushed toward the energy barrier to reach Chen Xia from within.

But they had still underestimated the combined might of Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators.

"A mere tin shell? Break!"

Xuan Chengzi snorted and swept his horsetail whisk again. Thousands of silver strands converged into a single point, carrying the essence of breaking spells as they stabbed viciously into the energy barrier.

The sword aura released by the Soaring Heaven Sect's Sword Venerable elder changed course