But just then, a ball of white light suddenly appeared in midair, as dazzling as the blazing sun.
Immediately afterward, three enormous silver lightning bolts, each as thick as a bucket, shot out of the white light. They lit up the entire island in an instant and struck the same spot on the black-and-red light barrier in rapid succession, too fast for anyone to react.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three thunderous blasts rang out, and the black-and-red light barrier shuddered violently three times.
With the first lightning strike, most of the light at the point of impact dissipated.
With the second, cracks spread across the light barrier.
With the third, the black-and-red light barrier could hold out no longer, and a great hole was blasted through it.
The third silver lightning bolt, now reduced to nearly half its size, plunged through the barrier. Another explosive crash came from within the formation immediately afterward, as though the silver lightning had blasted something else apart.
The smile on the tall figure's face froze, then gave way to shock and fury. He darted like lightning to the Rebirth Soul-Transference Formation and brought out a large black-and-red banner embroidered with a Black Dragon design identical to the dragon-shaped pattern inside the formation.
He formed hand seals with both hands, sending one spell seal after another into the banner. A streak of blood-red light shot from its tip and merged into the black formation.
The black formation immediately began operating several times faster. Around the great hole in the black-and-red light barrier, an enormous blood-red demonic rune appeared, resembling a great dragon with its head and tail joined.
The blood-red demonic markings flickered rapidly, issuing piercing shrieks as the hole in their midst swiftly closed. But just before it sealed completely, three streaks of light shot