As Luo Yunji continued rising into the air, the blue seal above his head gradually solidified. The Seven Star Swordlights in the sky could no longer pierce through it; a shield of light that emerged from the seal gradually blocked them outside.
Seeing this, Daoxuan True Person's eyes filled with astonishment. He had learned from the Ancestral Hall on Back Mountain that Zhang Xiaofan possessed a sword technique no less formidable than Ghost and God Slayer. Thinking of this, Daoxuan True Person grew even more interested in the art Luo Yunji had mastered.
"Once this is over, it seems I'll have to have a good talk with Fatty Tian!"
Daoxuan controlled his true art while letting his mind wander. For a moment, he failed to notice the change in the ice spheres atop the blue seal in the night sky.
On the ground, the Small Bamboo Peak disciples danced gracefully. Their perfectly synchronized movements left everyone on Heaven-Reaching Peak entranced.
Though the swordlights no longer stabbed down, Zhang Xiaofan still asked his senior sisters to channel their spiritual energy into him. He meant to unleash the Dragon Slayer Art and see whether he could cleave open the blue seal above.
In midair, Luo Yunji stepped through his "Footwork," reciting the incantation as he passed through the blue formation seal. Then, as though the seal were solid ground, he stepped right onto it.
"Burp!" He let out a drunken belch, pouring all the spiritual energy he had accumulated into the seal.
The ice spheres atop the seal instantly unfurled like flower buds. Ice Lotuses, crystal clear, bloomed one after another, sending wisps of frigid mist and flecks of ice swirling upward. A few breaths later, they converged at the very center of the seal, forming a transparent sphere—not quite ice, but