At that moment, Yan Wushi and Bai Xiaotian had already lunged before the Ancestral Spirit Statue. Gripping the Kunwu Greatsword, Yan Wushi gathered all his strength and viciously cleaved at the Fox Clan Ancestral Spirit Statue.
Spirit patterns lit up across the massive blade, erupting with a dazzling golden sword radiance. Carrying immense force, it crashed down with a thunderous blast, making half the mountain tremble.
Yet through the dust and smoke, Yan Wushi's Kunwu Greatsword was jolted back. A hemispherical dark-red Restriction barrier appeared over the altar, like an overturned bowl shielding the Ancestral Spirit Statue beneath it.
Yan Wushi's expression darkened at the sudden appearance of the Restriction. As expected, it won't be so simple.
Bai Xiaotian was just about to make his move when the Ancestral Spirit Statue within the Restriction suddenly flashed red in its eyes. The curve of its split mouth seemed to be mocking their attack.
Before the two could strike again, several dark-red beams shot wildly from the surfaces of the stone pillars on the altar toward them.
Yan Wushi hurriedly raised his sword to block them, but when the red light struck the blade, it immediately produced waves of hissing sounds along with white smoke from corrosion, making his heart ache.
"Vajra Body Protection!"
With a roar from Bai Xiaotian, golden light flashed around both him and Yan Wushi, swiftly forming layers of Vajra Dharma Forms around them that barely withstood the red-light assault.
This was Mount Putuo's defensive secret art, Vajra Body Protection, which could grant oneself and one's allies an impregnable Buddhist School vajra defense.
Immediately afterward, Bai Xiaotian flipped his hand and summoned a gleaming golden Demon-Subduing Pestle, then gave it a fierce shake.
A thunderclap burst from the clear sky!
Amid boundless rosy light, a hundred-zhang golden phantom