That power came with terrifying speed, swift as lightning, leaving everyone no time to stop it.
"Careful!"
Lin Qiao'er cried out in alarm.
The Buddhist flame of the Lotus Lamp flew out, trying to block part of the formation's backlash.
But the moment the Buddhist flame drew near, it was jolted back by the dark-red formation light.
The clear light of Yun Wuxia's Jade Disk had only just risen when the cracks across its surface widened again.
Feng Jianxing shouted furiously, and the Tiger Soul Sword was forced half an inch from its sheath, only to be stopped by Li Cangfeng's raised hand.
"No need."
Li Cangfeng's voice was still calm.
The instant his words fell.
The dark-red formation light crashed down onto him.
Bang!
Amid the muffled impact.
Li Cangfeng's body shook violently.
His black robes snapped and billowed.
His head of black hair was, in the space of a breath, dyed with broad swaths of gray and white.
Blood slowly spilled from the corner of his mouth.
Yet beneath his feet, he did not retreat even half a step.
The Sword Intent in his hand did not scatter, either.
Instead, under that formation backlash, it still held fast to the formation path he had cut open.
Su Shi'er's pupils abruptly shrank.
"Senior Li!"
Li Cangfeng did not even turn his head.
He merely looked at the complex Array Seal gradually appearing ahead, now bearing one more crack.
As the Array Seal emerged, a hazy little path appeared before everyone as well.
Li Cangfeng said faintly, "The path... is open. The rest depends on you all."
As his words fell, the hand gripping the sword trembled almost imperceptibly.
A thread of blood slid down between his fingers and fell onto the stone patterns underfoot. Yet it did not immediately