Zichuan Bo's expression changed instantly. Lin An's sword was simply too fast—so fast that he barely had time to react. He had controlled Explosive Clay to block the sword light earlier, yet he had not expected the nine swords' fusion to shatter it outright.
However, a Body Fusion cultivator was still a Body Fusion cultivator. After suffering a covert loss at Mu Li's hands before, he had long since become wary of these three Void Refinement cultivators before him. Even though he had been caught off guard now, he would not end up severely wounded as directly as before.
To put it bluntly, that previous incident had happened entirely because he had underestimated them.
"Defend!"
Zichuan Bo shouted lowly. Countless streams of earth spiritual energy rushed toward him, instantly forming a solid rock barrier. He had cultivated this defensive spell for a long time and could practically cast it instantly, specifically to deal with situations where someone attacked him at close range.
It might not be able to completely stop Lin An's Nine Luminaries Sword Formation, but it could buy him ample time to prepare his next move.
Yet at that moment, Lin An's eyes suddenly narrowed. Specks of light shone within his amber pupils as an eerie ripple spread out from his eyes.
"Break!"
Boom!
The rock barrier that had just formed before Zichuan Bo collapsed with a thunderous crash. There was no warning and no process; by the time Zichuan Bo realized what had happened, nothing stood between him and the Nine Luminaries Sword Formation any longer.
"You!!!"
Zichuan Bo's eyes widened in terror. He simply could not understand why his spells seemed like paper before that youth, incapable of exerting the slightest effect. The three giant birds had been like that before, and now his defensive spell