The formation diagram split into six, unfolding into a square cage.
It was so spacious that imprisoning tens of thousands of cultivators would have been effortless.
Yet this formation did far more than merely imprison people.
On all six barrier walls, formation diagrams lit up, and six blades more than ten meters wide emerged.
Golden runes flowed across the blades, their Sword Qi vast and boundless!
All six thrust toward Chen Tianlin at the center.
"That's a Sword Formation!"
"This formation must be at least eight-star, right?"
"The highest formation rank is only nine-star, and this one's eight-star?"
"As far as I know, the number of people in the entire Southern Region who can deploy an eight-star formation can be counted on one hand!"
"Will the Holy Lord be all right?"
Before anyone could refute that remark, another sight unfolded.
Radiance blazed in all directions, spiritual energy surged, and thunderous rumbling roared like a savage beast poised to swallow the heavens!
Looking up again, they saw, to their astonishment, that Chen Tianlin had raised his right arm high, his index and middle fingers pressed together, straight as a sword.
Above them stood a Heaven-Slaying Greatsword condensed from spiritual energy.
The instant it collided with the blade descending overhead, it shattered and disintegrated that blade.
It broke through the barrier wall even more easily, like splitting bamboo!
The other five enormous blades lost none of their edge, still locked firmly onto Chen Tianlin as they bore down on him.
Just as they came within inches of him-
Chen Tianlin swung his arm down, delivering a single slash!
The formation collapsed!
The swords shattered!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
The lingering Sword Qi tore through a vast stretch of forest, leaving a slash mark like a heavenly chasm.
Dust billowed high into the air,