Clang, clang! Squelch!
As magical artifacts and spells collided, tremendous power rampaged unchecked, accompanied by all manner of harsh, grating sounds.
Even the stray shock waves turned the battlefield upside down.
Vegetation vanished into ash, the ground was riddled with craters, and traces of flames, frost, and other spells littered the area.
The earth lay scarred as far as the eye could see.
The Hua Household cultivators' desperate resistance ultimately paid off. Most attacks from Liu Yu and Li Buyu's side were intercepted en route, with only a scant few breaking through.
Two spirit artifacts drew particular attention: one was a Flamebird wreathed in blazing fire, and the other a holy, silvery-white Flood Dragon.
The latter, in particular, surpassed the former in might by a considerable margin.
After two years of "plundering," some of the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the team also possessed high-grade spirit artifacts.
Yet differences in cultivation, magic power, and other factors left the power they unleashed somewhat lacking, insufficient to break through the Hua Household's Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
After breaking through their defenses, the dark-red Flame Bird and silver Flood Dragon plunged headlong into an "ocean" formed by countless first-tier spells and ordinary magical artifacts.
Fire serpents, Ice Spikes, lightning.
Countless first-tier spells shone with multicolored spiritual light, like glittering stars forming a vast, surging "ocean" that swallowed the Flame Bird and silver Flood Dragon.
Bang, bang, bang!
The dark-red Flame Bird and silver Flood Dragon swept through everything in their path. Even a casual strike could shatter more than a dozen first-tier spells.
But whenever one spell was destroyed, another immediately took its place.
Low-tier spells followed one after another, packed so densely that their numbers seemed endless.
The sight would have made any ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator's scalp prickle.
But Liu Yu and