The foremost desiccated corpses had already charged to within thirty feet of the light barrier.
They extended their withered, sharp claws, preparing to tear through the Prison Ship's defenses with their bare bodies.
Old Ancestor Cangwu abruptly turned toward Zhou Xuan, who stood before the Formation Disk, his expression hardening with absolute resolve.
"Token Master! There are too many! We can't possibly kill them all!"
Old Ancestor Cangwu shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice fierce with a readiness to face death.
"I'll detonate my longevity realm origin source here and hold them off to buy you time!"
"Take the Supreme One Token and retreat! We cannot let the Immortal Court's authority fall into these monsters' hands!"
With that, Old Ancestor Cangwu actually reversed the flow through his meridians. The longevity dao fruit in his dantian began swelling violently, radiating an exceedingly dangerous aura of destruction.
Just as Old Ancestor Cangwu was about to detonate his dao fruit.
A hand reached out from behind and seized his shoulder.
Black-gold markings coiled around that hand. With an utterly irresistible force, it yanked him backward.
Old Ancestor Cangwu felt an immense force strike him. He staggered back more than a dozen steps against his will and slammed into the wooden wall of the cabin.
The black-gold power forcibly suppressed the reversed flow in his meridians, and his swelling dao fruit instantly settled down.
Zhou Xuan strode to where Old Ancestor Cangwu had been standing and pressed his right hand firmly onto the Formation Disk before him.
He turned his head and cursed at Old Ancestor Cangwu.
"Get back! Who told you to throw your life away?"
"Save that old life of yours to guard my gate. Don't waste it here for nothing."
After berating Old Ancestor Cangwu, Zhou Xuan turned