At the same time.
Northern Buddha's figure instantly appeared above Li Changfeng. A powerful surge of force erupted from him, sweeping down to envelop Li Changfeng.
The space around Li Changfeng suddenly froze solid, pinning him so tightly that he could not move. A hand reached straight for Li Changfeng's head, greed filling Northern Buddha's eyes.
Just then, terrifying waves of force suddenly appeared in the sky and fiercely struck toward Northern Buddha, as though they had known in advance that he would make a move.
The instant Northern Buddha acted, they had already launched their attack at him. Northern Buddha's expression immediately darkened. He had not expected their reaction to be so swift, acting a step ahead of him to block his attack.
Northern Buddha's face twisted with rage. With a fierce sweep of his palm, a terrifying Black Sky Floating Pagoda force erupted, instantly annihilating the attacks aimed at him.
The frozen space around Li Changfeng was instantly crushed apart by a powerful force, and several figures appeared before him to shield him.
The experts who had come to support him had been brought here in time by Hongchen. They were Murong Longzhan, Zhang Xinyuan, Xuan Yuan, Xuan Zhen, and Xuan Ku—five Innate Inner Force experts.
At that moment, they could not help looking toward Hongchen, their hearts filled with shock. Earlier, while Zhang Daoling had been battling several of them,
Hongchen had sent voice transmissions to each of them, telling them that they had to follow his lead and act when the time came. Though confused, they had agreed, believing Hongchen would not do such a thing without reason.
They had never expected what followed to unfold exactly as he had predicted, allowing them to intercept Northern Buddha's scheme in advance. They were all deeply alarmed and