His figure flashed, appearing at the breach, and two pairs of enormous claws formed from spiritual power immediately gripped its edges.
The clawed fingers of condensed spiritual power dug into the edges of the light screen and pulled hard to either side.
The breach in the protective barrier widened little by little. Beneath the claws, the golden light screen hummed under the unbearable strain.
"Not a chance!" Gu Che snorted coldly. A longsword radiating dazzling sword intent appeared in his hand, and its ringing cry resounded through heaven and earth.
That sword cry was clear and lingering, like a bolt of lightning cleaving down from the highest heavens.
Gu Che became a streak of supreme sword light and charged at the Xiangliu Clan expert. Wherever his sword light passed, it carved a white scar through the void.
Under the Xiangliu Clan expert's horrified gaze, a single sword strike sent him flying, and the enormous claws of spiritual power tearing at the grand array instantly dissipated.
Fragments of spiritual power burst apart, dissolving into specks of light in the air.
By the time he steadied himself, a deep sword wound had appeared across his chest.
Dark blood seeped from the wound and dripped into the void.
He looked warily at Gu Che, who stood at the breach. Human sword cultivators possessed the most formidable offensive power among cultivators of the same realm.
"Jiu Li! How are you?" Another Xiangliu Clan expert flashed to Jiu Li's side.
"Jiu Ze, I'm fine! We can't let the barrier close!" Jiu Li stared bitterly at the slowly closing barrier.
The tear in the golden light screen was drawing together inch by inch.
"Stop standing around and attack!" Jiu Ze looked toward Si Yi and the other six figures.
Several other figures also spoke up, looking