Six days passed in a blur, and Yan Chihuo's group remained safe and sound. Everyone's nerves had long since settled, and they had even grown somewhat lax. After all, Cloud Purity Palace was only a day's journey away. Once they reached Cloud Purity Palace, even Ascension Stage Cultivators would be unable to do anything to them.
Suddenly, a streak of white light appeared, splitting at once into thirty-six threads of sword light that formed a Six Harmonies Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation, engulfing the Golden-Winged Two-Headed Bird carrying Yan Chihuo and the others.
Someone was launching a sneak attack!
Yan Chihuo had actually remained vigilant all along, but this was a premeditated ambush. He could only split off three fiery shadow clones and do his utmost to protect everyone.
Yi Fan's reaction was not slow either. With a backhand motion, he sacrificed a small golden umbrella, which instantly expanded to over a hundred zhang and stood before Yan Chihuo's fiery shadow clones.
With a thunderous boom, the Golden-Winged Two-Headed Bird was shredded to pieces. Yi Fan's eyelids twitched. This flying treasure possessed formidable defenses; an ordinary strike from a Spirit Cultivation Stage cultivator could not harm it in the slightest. Though the enemy had come prepared, being able to accomplish this spoke volumes of his strength.
Though that sword strike was formidable, Yan Chihuo and Yi Fan were both Spirit Cultivation Stage Cultivators, and their combined defense was naturally impressive. Moreover, the flying treasure had dissipated most of the sword formation's power, so no one was injured.
Clearly, the enemy had more tricks up his sleeve. Before the sword formation dispersed, another twenty or thirty spirit-channeling divine abilities came hurtling toward them. This time, Yi Fan's expression changed completely.
Though spirit-channeling divine abilities were the specialty of Dao Integration Stage Cultivators,