Regardless of whether the lightning would damage the Boundless Banner, Shi Chun quickly spread it out and wrapped it around himself. Whatever protection it could offer would have to do; he feared being injured by the exploding rocks.
The three Heavenly Immortal experts concealed within emerged with shock written across their faces, blood seeping from their mouths and noses. None had expected the thick stone shell reinforced by their cultivation to fail to withstand even a single blow. One strike had shattered it and exposed them.
How powerful was that lightning? They had not seen the Thunder Sword strike.
"Kill!" the white-haired old man screamed, his face twisted viciously, his roar seemingly intent on drowning out the thunder filling the sky.
The protective boulder had exploded, and the Thunder Sword had dispersed as well. Seizing the opportunity to give the command, he blasted out with both palms, shattering the rubble into countless fragments and hurling them at Li Hongjiu.
The black-robed and gray-robed men snapped out of their shock and did the same. Faced with such terrifying lightning, with their lives at stake, who could spare a thought for whether Shi Chun lived or died? Fighting for survival came first. They unleashed indiscriminate blasts.
In an instant, rocks from three directions converged on a single point like a torrential downpour amid the thunder.
Shi Chun was horrified. All he could do was duck his head back inside the Boundless Banner.
Li Hongjiu was equally alarmed. Under such a powerful combined assault, and at such close range, he could do nothing but give it everything he had.
He could spare even less attention for Shi Chun. Now they could only fend for themselves and leave life and death to fate.
His body suddenly spun at tremendous speed. Countless stones slid away