"This formation really does live up to its reputation for toughness. Even the Demon-Slaying Sword can't break through it." Shen Luo appeared beside the light barrier. After murmuring his admiration, he raised a hand and recalled the Demon-Slaying Sword.
Then he rapidly chanted an incantation. Green light blazed around his body, and with a flicker, he vanished from the spot.
Green light flashed inside the cavern's exit, and Shen Luo appeared. Scarlet sword light rose beneath him, carrying him outside at tremendous speed.
"Thief! You won't escape!" The golden-skinned burly man was near the entrance. His eyes lit up, and he immediately abandoned everyone inside the cavern to give chase.
Zen Master Bao Shan saw this from afar and immediately followed. But just as he reached the cavern's exit, golden light flashed ahead of him, and Lili'er appeared, her hands weaving a blur of afterimages.
"Flowers Raining from the Sky!"
Hidden weapons shot from her hands, coated in all manner of deadly poisons. They formed a multicolored torrent, the fierce wind they stirred shrieking like the howls of terrible ghosts as they swept toward Zen Master Bao Shan, blotting out sky and earth.
Startled, Zen Master Bao Shan hastily stopped and pointed his spiked club forward. A golden shield appeared before him.
A string of crisp clinks and clangs rang out as the hidden weapons struck the shield, scattering flecks of golden spiritual light.
These hidden weapons were astonishingly powerful. Some pierced several inches into the shield, making it tremble incessantly as the spiritual light on its surface rapidly peeled away. The impacts drove him steadily backward.
Zen Master Bao Shan's expression darkened. He soon gave a cold snort, and golden radiance blazed from his body, with the faint image of an Arhat emerging within it. The golden shield around