Break the Formation

Just as the giant hammer was shattered and the Thick Earth Sect members were reeling in shock, Li Tianyin's bell chimes suddenly turned rapid and shrill, piercing like silver needles!

"Fifth Soul Skill—Soul-Shocking Thought-Severing: Three-Point Pierce!"

Rather than a wide-area control technique, she condensed her spiritual attack into three invisible sharp awls. Seizing the instant Shi Lei's control over the formation wavered after his soul skill was broken, she precisely stabbed at the three Soul Power nodes connecting the Gravity Quagmire and the frontal rock wall!

Shi Lei let out a muffled groan, his mind feeling as if it had been pierced by needles. Though he instantly stabilized himself with Soul Sage-level spiritual power and the foundation of the formation, the Mountain Rock Formation's operation in the frontal area truly stalled for less than half a breath! The suction of the Gravity Quagmire weakened by thirty percent, and the Soul Power circulation within the frontal rock wall fell into momentary disorder!

For Li Aotian, who had been building up momentum for so long, that half-breath was the chance to decide victory!

"The path is open—Brother Aotian!" Li Xiaochen laughed. The final metal plate fell into place, and the silver path extended straight to the base of the frontal rock wall, only three meters away!

Li Aotian let out a sky-shaking roar and shot forward like an arrow loosed from its bow. Sprinting along the metal path, he moved so quickly even within the Heavy Mountain Domain that he left afterimages behind! The silver-white glow of Steel Skin around him blazed like a small sun, while his fifth soul ring's profound black light erupted for the first time in this tournament!

"Fifth Soul Skill—Metal-Rending Slash: Mountain-Piercing Form!"

His right arm rose high, his entire arm and hand seeming to turn into