The enormous demonic claw was cleaved in two by a single sword strike.
The attacks of two mighty experts were effortlessly torn apart, and a series of sounds rang out across the sky.
"Extinction Grand Formation, let all things perish!"
As the words fell, at least thirty figures appeared in the sky, each stationed in a different direction.
A black banner floated above each of their heads, and an anomalous power covered the sky in an instant.
Countless streams of black qi howled toward Haoran Academy like a hurricane.
Haoran sword light exploded across the sky, seemingly transforming into a barrier of Haoran Righteous Qi that blocked the demonic winds sweeping from the grand formation.
Wang Riyue's voice rang in everyone's ears. "All disciples of Haoran Academy, form the Haoran Grand Formation! Break this formation of demons!"
Resounding voices answered one after another, "Yes, Headmaster!"
Brilliant rays of light rose from every corner of the academy, revealing Confucian cultivators one after another.
Their numbers were not great—only around a hundred in total.
Li Qing sensed the changes in their auras. There seemed to be two Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators among them, only four in the Divine Soul Realm, around ten in the Spirit Consciousness Realm, thirty in the True Law Realm, and over seventy in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
These were all the cultivators of Haoran Academy. There were also some ordinary people among them, academy students who had yet to formally embark upon the path of cultivation.
They recited the classics in clear, ringing voices. Though they possessed no power, they had their own spirit.
"Between Heaven and Earth there is righteous qi; above, it becomes the river of stars, below, mountains and peaks..."
Their resonant voices echoed throughout the academy, and a feverish heat boiled within their hearts.