On a towering mountaintop stood eighteen Formation Pillars, each a thousand zhang tall. Formation Beads circled them, constantly drawing in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and sending the Five-Colored Spirit Light within the pillars erupting skyward. Eighteen beams of Five-Colored Spirit Light, each ten thousand zhang long, shot into the heavens, forming a light curtain that covered several hundred li.
Just then.
Boom, boom, boom! Explosions thundered as astonishing storm ripples surged up from the ground. Countless sandstorms churned, and Ancient Tower Guards wreathed in blazing 卍-shaped flames charged madly toward the Formation Pillars.
But an astonishing sight unfolded.
The moment an Ancient Tower Guard charged into the range of the Five-Colored Spirit Light curtain, a terrifying force surged and erupted. The guard swung its blade, unleashing astonishing rings of blade-light as it fought its way inside...
Yet the Ancient Tower Guards that entered were like clay oxen sinking into the sea, producing no further response. Explosions thundered within as they tumbled about inside.
As more and more Ancient Tower Guards charged in, bursts of wind-and-thunder explosions and the clash of metal on metal rang out from within, as though they were fighting something inside...
As still more Ancient Tower Guards charged inside, increasingly terrifying explosions continued to send tremors outward...
The entire barrier formation shook more and more violently. At that moment, all its Five-Colored Spirit Light seemed on the verge of collapse. Yet the wind and thunder raging within only grew fiercer, leaving them unable to discern what was happening inside.
But none of that mattered anymore.
What mattered was that Ye Han and the others had successfully lured these Ancient Tower Guards over and trapped them inside the Five Elements Heaven-Shaking Formation.
In a secluded mountain ravine several hundred li away, Ye Han and his three companions