Years ago, after Jinxu Nu had shed his old body and fully assumed human form, the Two Elders of Mount Song had taken him into Lianshan's treasure vault on Moon Island and blasted the stone figures apart with their Flying Swords and Magic Treasures.
Later, the things had joined themselves back together and healed. After they came into Shi Feiyang's possession, he refined them anew with his magic. Their means of attack were too limited; once they left the protection of the vault's formation, enemies who discovered their workings might do as the Two Elders of Mount Song had done, bypassing the sparks formed by the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light to attack their bodies directly.
He therefore had each Stone Man form a spell gesture with its left hand. It looked like the sword gesture a Sword Immortal used to control a sword, but the stone swords in their hands would not actually fly out. The gesture in their left hands controlled the Five Elements Essence Qi, concealing another spell.
Xin Chenzi hurled a Yin Soul Poison Fire Bomb. Just as it struck, five-colored radiance suddenly burst from the Stone Man's body. The bomb hit that radiance and immediately exploded into a great mass of emerald ghost fire, engulfing the Stone Man.
Yet the bomb failed to shatter the protective radiance, remaining several inches from the Stone Man's body. The five-colored light spun outward, blasting the Jade Fire into sparks that filled the sky.
Seeing this, Xin Chenzi fired four more poison-fire bombs in rapid succession, then sent out one of his Flying Swords. At the same time, he cast the Demon Ghosts Net, sweeping it over the Stone Man.
Inside the cave, Shi Feiyang saw that Bai Guanhong's demon tribulation had reached its most critical stage. Outside,