At the sight, Deng Qiuzhi had no choice but to change course, bringing his two withered, scrawny arms before him to block Wenren Shangzhi's flying arm.
Wenren Shangzhi's arm was like a meteor, carrying tremendous might. Even though Deng Qiuzhi had braced himself, it sent him staggering backward, smashing through dozens of pagodas and temples before he finally stopped.
Lu Danyan acted at just the right moment. A slight flick of his whisk swept up the arm from the ground, and he tossed it to Wenren Shangzhi beside him. "Fellow Daoist Wenren, your arm."
Wenren Shangzhi silently took the arm and fitted it against the severed stump. In an instant, it healed as good as new, restoring him to peak condition.
In fact, even if Lu Danyan had not tossed the arm back, it would have regrown on its own in less than half a breath.
"Whew..."
Deng Qiuzhi climbed out of the collapsed golden pagoda's rubble, looking thoroughly disheveled. Just as he began searching for Zhang Yuan, he suddenly sensed danger overhead.
He looked up.
Five banners-cyan, white, red, yellow, and black-each occupied its appointed position. A formation of extraordinarily high quality appeared above him, with Zhang Yuan standing at its very center.
[Pre-Heaven Five-Direction Five-Element Grand Formation].
With a slight shift of Zhang Yuan's thoughts, the five banners, each a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure, unleashed their wondrous effects simultaneously, severing and sealing space, suppressing divine abilities, and sending thunderbolts, blazing fire, and cold currents at Deng Qiuzhi.
Deng Qiuzhi's pupils widened. He was about to summon his conceptual image to withstand the wondrous effects of the [Eastern Mystic-Yang Fusang Banner], [Southern Flame-Bright Scarlet-Crimson Banner], and [Northern Profound-Devouring Nether Capital Banner], only to discover that his conceptual image had been suppressed by several tenths, preventing him from exerting his full