"Form up!"
Just as everyone stood stunned, Daoist Daoxuan's commanding voice rang across the entire battlefield.
"All Green Cloud Sect disciples, hear my command! Form the sword formation!"
Though they lacked the Ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword as the formation's central focus, several hundred Green Cloud Sect disciples could still unleash tremendous power by forming a simplified sword formation.
"Heavenly Sound Temple disciples, form the Subduing Demon Array!"
"Incense Burning Valley disciples, form the Mystic Fire Array!"
Master Puhong of Heavenly Sound Temple and Yun Yilan of Incense Burning Valley gave their orders at the same time.
At their words, the disciples of the three great sects quickly came to their senses.
They swiftly shifted their formations. Beams of light shot into the sky, forming three enormous arrays in midair.
The Green Cloud Sect's sword formation sent sword energy soaring into the heavens, sharp and unmatched.
Heavenly Sound Temple's Buddhist formation blazed with golden light, solemn and imposing.
Incense Burning Valley's fire formation roared with flames, scorching the sky.
The three great formations faced one another from afar, enveloping both the Kui Ox below and the Demon Sect cultivators atop the mountain.
A world-shaking battle was about to erupt.
Everyone's nerves were stretched taut.
Yet Li Xiaoyu's gaze did not linger on the Kui Ox below.
His eyes remained fixed on the mountaintop, on the strange formation the Demon Sect had laid there.
A sense of unease gnawed at Li Xiaoyu.
The Demon Sect had gone to such lengths to lure out the Kui Ox. Could their only goal really be to seize this ancient beast?
No. It couldn't be that simple.
Li Xiaoyu could sense that besides the power drawing the Kui Ox from its slumber, the formation concealed another force—one far more sinister and evil.
That force seemed to be