The enormous Eight Trigrams Sword Formation brimmed with killing intent, suffused with a faint blue radiance. Like a vault of heaven descending from the Ninth Heaven, its overwhelming pressure and murderous aura instantly crushed those within the formation.
Several Qi Refining Realm disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect continuously coughed up blood. After the Celestial Plate Sword Formation stripped away their cultivation, they had been utterly reduced to mortals, with no further chance at immortality in this life. As the Celestial Plate Sword Formation revolved, they could no longer bear its pressure and fainted directly within the sword formation.
The two golden dragons in the sky suddenly broke free of their spiritual energy shackles, violently twisting their massive bodies. Yet when they saw the white-and-blue Eight Trigrams Sword Formation on the ground, terror flashed through their lantern-sized eyes. They turned their dragon heads skyward and fled frantically toward the horizon.
"How... how could this happen?" The tall woman's eyes had already dimmed, all life gone from them. Watching the dragons flee, she muttered under her breath.
"Senior... Senior Sister." The cute-faced woman beside her also stood frozen, utterly at a loss.
Perhaps hearing her junior sister's voice, the tall woman immediately came back to herself and said anxiously, "Quick, use your Divine Sense to call the dragons back. Have them escort us to Heavy Sword Peak. As long as we find Senior Brother Li and the others, we'll be safe..."
Before she could finish, the tall woman froze again.
"First Sword of the Nine Palaces!"
Chen Fan shouted in a low voice. A sharp sword suddenly manifested in his hand once more, also white and blue. The moment its blade formed, a mass of purple-gold Sword Qi surged forth again.
Then Chen Fan lightly took a step forward. Ripples