Zhu Youmu's flurry of maneuvers achieved nothing. Instead, he worked himself into a frantic scramble, looking decidedly bedraggled.
He gave a low, muffled grunt and rapidly changed the mudra formed by his hands. This time, he unleashed the Buddhist Sect's most formidable Bolo Divine Flame. Golden Buddhist fire merged into the sandalwood Buddha light, the light feeding the fire's force and the fire bolstering the light's might. Light and flame mingled into a golden tide that surged against the Five-Colored Archway once more.
The others also realized that his strength alone could not break through the enemy's immortal formation, and sent their flying swords and magic treasures to attack.
Shi Feiyang had already finished setting up the immortal formation. From the Five-Colored Archway to his newly built Xuanyuan Main Hall, colored radiance surged, dazzling as an ocean of light, blocking every spell they hurled at him.
He simply defended at his ease, relying entirely on the formation to resist them. Only when an enemy unleashed the Vajra Giant-Spirit Divine Palm or some devastating magic treasure did he intervene to break the attack.
The stalemate continued for over four hours. His opponents still could not advance, while the Five-Colored Archway continued to shimmer with brilliant, dazzling light.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xuejun led another party flying in from the west. Rather than attack from the front, they followed Xuanshu and used an escape technique to enter through the rear of the mountain.
Xuanshu had cultivated on Bridge Mountain for many years, and her cave abode lay in an extremely secluded spot behind the mountain.
Her escape technique was wondrous. When she used it, astral fiend qi enveloped her entire body. As she released it, earth and stone rolled back to either side like water, revealing a passage. After she passed, the earth and