The massive Battle Qi spiked club came crashing down. The Black Heaven Cult experts behind Snake Princess scattered in every direction, and Snake Princess was no exception.
With her Lord Tier strength, Snake Princess could have blocked the blow if she had gone all out. But Evolver experts never clashed head-on without sufficient confidence. Doing so would put them in danger.
So Snake Princess slipped several yards sideways, avoiding the brunt of the strike. A slight surge of Spirit Force around her body was enough to disperse the powerful shockwave that followed.
With a thunderous crash, the massive Battle Qi spiked club left a huge crater in the ground. The Black Heaven Cult experts' formation fell apart.
The Sharp Metal Banner and Blazing Fire Banner charged forward in the Arrow Formation, punching straight through the Black Heaven Cult experts and dividing them into three groups.
The Thick Earth Banner advanced a little more slowly, just behind the Sharp Metal and Blazing Fire banners. Shrouded in white mist, they stood like a solid Iron Wall, ready to support those leading the charge.
"Lowly martial artists dare attack the Holy Church? Die!"
A Leader Tier elder of the Black Heaven Cult roared and brought his sword down in a vertical slash. Powerful Astral Qi gathered along its edge, forming the phantom of a thirty-foot sword that descended on three Sharp Metal Banner warriors.
The strike was immensely powerful. It had to be one of the elder's strongest moves.
But behind them, someone in the Thick Earth Banner raised a small flag. Three Thick Earth Banner Warriors stepped diagonally forward, taking position behind the Sharp Metal Banner warriors under attack.
White mist spread, drawing over the Astral Qi wall of the Fortified Wall Formation to shield the three Sharp Metal Banner warriors.
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