"Hold them off for a moment?"
The four exchanged glances at those words.
The Heavenly Maiden nodded decisively, then said, "I will hold them back for a moment. Whether you can break the formation depends on you."
Chen Nianzhi understood. With the Innate ancient treasure, the Grand Cold Snow Lotus, protecting her body, even if she faced several Heaven Immortals at Great Perfection working together, she could remain undefeated.
With her promise, Chen Nianzhi felt considerably more confident.
Having made up his mind, Chen Nianzhi began attacking the formation without pause, hoping to find a flaw within it.
The instant the formation was disturbed, the Chaos ancient beasts guarding the Chaos Nest sensed it. Dozens of Chaos ancient beasts immediately charged toward the nest's core, intending to surround and slaughter them all.
Fortunately, the other three were no weaklings. Heaven's Edge Ancestor disregarded the cost and unleashed his full strength, using the Heavenly Separation Twin Swords to hold back two Chaos ancient beasts comparable to Heaven Immortals at Great Perfection.
Jiang Linglong also spread out the Eight-Trigram Array Flags. In an instant, they displayed the divine power to reopen earth, fire, wind, and water, blocking more than ten Chaos ancient beasts at the early and middle Heaven Immortal stages.
The remaining Chaos ancient beasts continued their relentless assault, but when the Heavenly Maiden spread open the Grand Cold Snow Lotus, they were still unable to advance an inch for a short while.
With the three of them blocking the Chaos ancient beasts' attacks, Chen Nianzhi was able to focus fully on breaking the formation.
Yet this was, after all, a ninth-rank superior Innate ancient formation. Though the formation itself was rather crude and had many weak points, breaking it was far from easy.
In a short span of time, Chen