"Half of you, deal with those Heavenly Fiend Sect men. Don't let them break the Grand Formation. The other half, stay on guard against the Demonflame Gate cultivators!"
Xuan Le, who led the group, considered briefly before giving the order decisively.
Then he leaped out of the formation and took the lead, releasing a small, pure-white sword. It turned into a streak of white light and intercepted a flying saber and a bead-shaped magical artifact outside the Four Fiends Formation.
Hearing this, the cultivators in Xuan Le's group released their own magical artifacts and charged out of the formation, taking on most of the enemy's attacks. Naruto and the two women naturally joined them.
Han Li stayed close beside Naruto. The strange techniques Naruto had displayed earlier made Han Li feel that his abilities were unfathomable. Staying near him felt safer and offered a better chance of survival.
Naruto had no intention of revealing his Flying Thunder God assassination technique or his two deadly weapons, the Nine Heavens Astral Wind and divine thunder, in front of everyone. He simply selected three top-grade magical artifacts at random from his Storage Pouch.
The first was a Golden Bell hovering above his head. The golden light it shed enveloped his entire body, providing powerful protection.
The second was a mirror that spun before his chest, its surface roiling with gray mist.
The third top-grade magical artifact was a gleaming golden hammer, which Naruto sent hurtling at the enemy.
The enemy attacking him was a dark-faced man in yellow, who directed a black flag seething with fiendish energy at Naruto.
The black flag waved from side to side, quickly whipping up a fierce black wind that first blew toward Naruto's golden hammer.
The black wind contained fiendish energy that could sever Naruto's connection to